Dr. Shante William is a healthcare venture capitalist and Co-Founder of Black Pearl Global Investments. Her goal is “to change healthcare worldwide,” and she uses her invisibility as a black woman in the VC space to her advantage.

Garth Moulton talks about the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. He co-founded two companies. One sold for about $140 million to Salesforce. The other failed, and he gave all the money back to investors.

Keith Luedeman sold his company in 2016 and is now a vocal advocate for start-ups in Charlotte, N.C. He’s the Executive Director at Innovate Charlotte, and an active venture investor in the Charlotte Region.

Greg Brown, the President of Cardinal Finance and the Administrator of the Charlotte Angel Fund, talks about funding, failure, and how to pitch investors.

Rob Cummings, Co-Founder of DealCloud, talks about the importance of storytelling, lead investors, and his favorite slide in the pitch deck.

Haley Bohon explains how she left her job in mechanical engineering to become the Founder & CEO of SkillPop.

Meggie Williams, the Founder & CEO of Skipper, shares how the biggest failure in her life led to her proudest accomplishment.

Samantha C. Smith is the Founder and CEO of Vishion, a color matching & design app. She talks about dropping out of business school to become an entrepreneur, and shares a simple mathematical formula to help you recover from failure.

Davita Galloway is an artist & co-owner of Dupp & Swat in Charlotte. She studied at Parsons School of Design & shares why one of her worst/best failures helped turn her life around.

Alexis catches up with her cousin Mat Santos, the bassist for Ra Ra Riot. They discuss life, death (and everything in between), and chat about the new album, Superbloom.