Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba

In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Fleiss, Co-Founder and Board Member of Rent the Runway, an online clothing rental service that is changing the way people get dressed by offering access to high-end fashion at a fraction of the cost.

Rent the Runway is disrupting the trillion-dollar fashion industry with its “Closet in the Cloud,” the world’s first and largest shared designer closet. Jennifer co-founded the company in 2008 an...

In this episode, we speak with Mo Al Adham, Founder and CEO of Frec, a company transforming complex financial products that have traditionally only been available through wealth advisors, into automated, easy-to-use technology.

Mo’s team has been funded by a long list of notable investors including Google, Meta, Brex, and others, with their biggest backer being Greylock.

Frec’s goal is for customers to reach financial independence....

In this episode, we speak with Matt Angle, the Founder and CEO of Paradromics, whose interface platform records brain activity at the highest possible resolution: the individual neuron.

Paradromics’  technology aims to help millions with unmet medical needs suffering from paralysis and movement disorders to chronic pain, addiction, depression and other mental health conditions.  Its AI algorithms decode massive amounts of brain-dat...

In this episode, we speak with Doug Brien, President of Roofstock and Co-Founder and CEO of Mynd.  

Roofstock is building the world’s leading single-family real estate investment platform. It has surpassed $6 billion in transactions and continues to disrupt the industry, deploying technology and innovation to build a vibrant, data-rich service for real estate investing.

Doug is a former professional athlete turned entrepreneur on a...

In this episode, we speak with Jason Guss, Co-Founder and CEO of Octane, a financing platform assisting fast and confident powersports purchases by making financing as easy as cash and creating access through fair credit products.

Under Jason’s leadership, Octane has raised both debt and equity amounting to approximately  $2.6 billion.  Prior to Octane, Jason worked at Capital One in Corporate Strategy. 

Since 2014, Octane has part...

In this episode, we speak with Ethan Thornton, Founder of Mach Industries, which is building the next-generation of defense systems. 

Ethan dropped out of MIT at the age of 19 years old to found Mach Industries, which was soon backed by Sequoia’s Stephanie Zhan and Shaun Maguire and eventually Bedrock Capital’s founder Geoff Lewis. Ethan ran a wood and metal workshop in high school to make the initial Mach products. 

Since 2020, Ma...

In this episode, we speak with Jordan Taradash, Co-Founder and CEO of PeopleOne Health, which provides world-class healthcare that seamlessly blends treatment and prevention, leading to significant savings for employers and employees by keeping people healthier.

Jordan oversees PeopleOne Health’s executive team, steering the company’s strategic vision, culture, and sales, as it advances as one of the fastest-growing leaders in valu...

In this episode, we speak with Sam Li, Co-Founder and CEO of Thoropass, an information security compliance and audit solution that enables companies to get and stay compliant with infosec frameworks and privacy standards.

Under Sam’s leadership, Thoropass has supplemented its core products with audit services, pentesting, and AI cybersecurity solutions. Before Thoropass, Sam was an EIR at Bain Capital Ventures after running Zinc Pl...

In this episode, we speak with Michael Weisz, Founder and CEO of Yieldstreet, the leading private market investment platform helping people dive into alternative investing with confidence and ease.

Founding the company in 2015, Michael’s team believed private market alternatives should be a fundamental part of investors’ portfolio. From real estate, venture capital, private equity, art, short term notes and beyond, Yieldstreet inve...

In this episode, we speak with Guy Benjamin, Co-Founder and CEO of Healthee, a healthcare platform that makes it easier, faster, and more efficient to get care.

Founded in 2021, Guy’s team believes everyone, everywhere, deserves access to high-quality affordable healthcare. The platform provides personalized, instant, and uncomplicated answers to coverage, treatment, and benefits questions, end-to-end Open Enrollment support, and t...

In this episode, we speak with Eric Voogt, Founder and CEO of Proof, the world's first on-demand service-of-process platform that provides instant access to experienced servers and the ability to track a serve in real-time from a desktop computer or mobile device.

Founded in 2017, Eric’s paralegal understood the issue of tirelessly calling process serving companies to see if they had availability, while faxing docs and waiting to g...

In this episode, we speak with Nelson Chu, Founder and CEO of Percent, which is unlocking private credit and providing unparalleled access through its modern private credit market, empowering investors, borrowers, and underwriters with innovative technology to increase the speed and frequency of transactions at a fraction of the cost.

Founded in 2018, Percent’s platform is becoming the market standard for asset-based and corporate ...

In this episode, we speak with Ankit Gupta, CEO and Founder of Bicycle Health, a digital clinic to help people free themselves from opioid dependence.

In 2017, after spending time in an orthopedic clinic to learn more about pain management and opioids, Ankit founded Bicycle Health to increase access to high-quality, integrated medical and behavioral healthcare for people with opioid use disorder. Through a single app, Bicycle Healt...

In this episode, we speak with Kristian Ranta, CEO and Founder of Meru Health, an online holistic mental health provider.

In 2016, Kristian founded Meru Health after losing family members to mental health struggles and seeing so many others struggle. From these experiences, he learned that access to mental health care was severely lacking and the available care often didn’t work. His team felt that a more comprehensive, holistic ap...

In this episode, we speak with Sean Duffy, the Co-Founder and CEO of Omada Health, a virtual-first healthcare provider that nurtures lifelong health, one day at a time.

Since 2011, Sean and his team’s mission has been to inspire and enable people everywhere to live free of chronic disease. They do this by building digital health programs that are evidence-based, performance-priced, and designed to delight their users.

Omada is back...

In this episode, we speak with David Bates, the Co-Founder and CEO of Linus Health, a digital health company focused on transforming brain health for people across the world.

In 2019, David and his team of individuals with exceptional backgrounds in neuroscience, clinical care, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software, created a digital platform that enables a future where people can live longer, happier, and healthier live...

In this episode, we speak with Karl Ulfers, the Co-Founder and CEO of DUOS, a technology-enabled service provider that connects people to the essential resources required to attain the highest level of health.

After personal experiences with his grandparent, Karl realized that healthcare was simply not optimized for the complexities of aging. Founded in 2021, DUOS was created to form trusted relationships with older adults using te...

In this episode, we speak with Stephen Sokoler, the Founder and CEO of Journey, the leading proactive mental health solution for modern companies.

In 2015, Stephen founded Journey with the mission to help all people live happier, healthier, less stressed lives. Rooted in live group learning, peer support and proactive health, Journey provides the most engaging, cost-effective way to reduce turnover and tackle burnout.

Before Journe...

In this episode, we speak with Satyen Sangani, the Co-Founder and CEO of Alation, an enterprise software company, whose data catalog serves enterprises in organizing and consolidating their data. Nearly 600 global enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 100 — rely on Alation to realize value from every data and AI initiative.

Alation is backed by Thoma Bravo, Riverwood Capital, Salesforce Ventures and other notable investors.

Si...