Founders and Funders
Founders and Funders
Alumni Ventures Group
Founders and Funders, a podcast by Alumni Ventures Group (AVG), is a forum where we discuss how entrepreneurs and investors work together to build great new companies.
EP 63: Simplifying Primary Care for Doctors and Patients
As Co-Founder and CEO of Lolly Medical, Zachary Sweeney and his team are building a healthtech platform that allows patients to schedule a doctor’s appointment with the push of a button.
Mar 9, 2020
24 min
EP 62: Meet a UCLA Bruin Helping His Fellow Alums Invest in Venture Capital
UCLA alum Larry Jen discusses his investment background and decision to join Westwood Ventures as Managing Partner.
Feb 20, 2020
20 min
EP 61: Baking a Healthy, Entrepreneurial Snack
Brianna Makaric created a healthy snack made with high-quality superfoods and probiotics to help support your immune and digestive systems.
Feb 18, 2020
20 min
EP 60: The Tax Benefits Most Venture Investors Aren’t Aware Of
How venture investors can claim a federal tax exclusion by investing in Qualified Small Business Stock.
Feb 4, 2020
20 min
EP 59: Applying Analytics to Address Biases in the Workplace
Timi Dayo-Kayode is helping People Ops professionals identify and prevent biases in the workplace.
Jan 7, 2020
26 min
EP 58: How Two Student Athletes Developed the First Engineered Tampon
Greta Meyer and Amanda Calabrese looked at tampon leakage as an engineering problem and developed a solution based on fluid mechanics.
Dec 24, 2019
29 min
EP 57: Why Alumni Ventures Group Is Investing in the Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow
Head of Outreach Drew Wandzilak talks about the history, mission, and progress of Alumni Ventures Group's 10,000 Entrepreneurs (10KE), an initiative aimed at helping young adults explore entrepreneurial careers.
Dec 19, 2019
15 min
EP 56: The Software Team That’s Revolutionizing Sleep Health
Daniel Gartenberg wants people to sleep better, and he's banking on a tech solution that could outperform sleep aids and therapeutics.
Nov 27, 2019
29 min
BONUS EPISODE: Celebrating the First Anniversary of Spirits & Startups in Boston
Over the last year, we’ve shared a series of bonus segments from Spirits & Startups. In October 2019, AVG returned to Boston to host its latest Spirits & Startups event. Producer Scott Murphy joined the team down in Boston. Listen along as he narrates the sights and sounds of the event and shares his conversations with the entrepreneurs behind AVG portfolio companies, our AVG team members, and investors.
Nov 6, 2019
6 min
EP 55: Cancer, Chemo, and a Quest to Disrupt Clinical Trials
Ping Yeh, co-founder of StemoniX, took notes on the ineffectiveness of therapeutic clinical trials while undergoing chemotherapy treatment. When he emerged cancer-free, he took on a new challenge.
Sep 10, 2019
28 min
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