Kai Han is the Co-Founder of Pallet. Pallet is building an infrastructure for modern hiring through tools designed for communities and creators. Founded in 2020, Pallet has raised 7 million in funding over 2 rounds.

Wes Kao is the Co-Founder of Maven, a platform for cohort-based and community-driven courses. Maven partners with the world's best instructors to deliver a live and online student experience at scale. Prior to Maven, Wes was the co-founder of the altMBA where she helped grow it to thousands of students in over 550 cities globally. She specializes in building cohort-based courses and writes a newsletter on marketing, online courses, & thinking. More about us: Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered in Chicago with additional locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Vitalize Team: Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVC​ Caroline - https://twitter.com/caroline_yeager​ Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212​ Pitch us: https://www.vitalize.vc/​

Austen Allred is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Lambda School, an online coding school that invests in the students by offering free tuition. Founded in 2017, the Lambda School is currently helping graduates land jobs at Fortune 500 companies to some of the top startups globally. Austen was formerly the co-founder of Grasswire and co-author of the growth hacking textbook Secret Sauce. Austen's ideas on the future of work have been featured on TechCrunch, WIRED, The Harvard Business Review & more. More about us: Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered in Chicago with additional locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Vitalize Team: Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVC​ Caroline - https://twitter.com/caroline_yeager​ Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212​ Pitch us: https://www.vitalize.vc/​

Jarrid Tingle is Managing Partner of Harlem Capital where he focuses on deal sourcing, organizational strategy, and due diligence efforts. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School (finished top 5% in his class) and is featured on the 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 list. Harlem Capital is a fund founded in 2015 with a mission to forever change the face of entrepreneurship, aiming to invest in 1000 diverse founders over the next 20 years. In 2019, they started with a 40 million dollar fund and now have over 174 million dollars in assets under management. More about us: Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered in Chicago with additional locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Vitalize Team: Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVC​ Caroline - https://twitter.com/caroline_yeager​ Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212​ Pitch us: https://www.vitalize.vc/​

Justin Gordon is the Director of Marketing and Community at Vitalize and has interviewed hundreds of founders throughout his career. In this episode, he breaks down some of the key insights around startup fundraising from a few founders in particular.

Allison Robinson is the Founder and CEO of the Mom Project, a digital talent marketplace and community that connects professionally accomplished women with world-class companies. Founded in 2016, The Mom Project is changing the way women work and redefining career structures by providing women with real work opportunities that are in balance with their personal goals. You can find out more about The Mom Project at https://themomproject.com/. More about us: Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered in Chicago with additional locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Vitalize Team: Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVC​ Caroline - https://twitter.com/caroline_yeager​ Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212​ Pitch us: https://www.vitalize.vc/​

Sid Pandiya is the Co-Founder & CEO of Kona ( https://www.heykona.com/ ) the EQ platform for teams, that helps companies build their team culture in Slack.

Amanda DoAmaral is an educator, activist, and co-founder of Fiveable - a social learning network for students. She spent half a decade teaching high school history in Oakland, CA, where her passion for creating equitable educational opportunities was ignited. Amanda has been a vocal advocate for inclusive history curriculum and is active within the Milwaukee tech community.

In today's episode, you'll get a Venture Capitalist's take on how to evaluate early-stage startup founders, including red flags to watch out for in the process.

Ryan Haynes is the Co-Founder and CTO of Osmosis ( https://www.osmosis.org/ ) a company whose mission is to empower the world’s clinicians and caregivers with the best learning experience possible. They have a comprehensive library of 1,800+ videos, 2 million subscribers on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNI0qOojpkhsUtaQ4_2NUhQ ) and are backed by Greycroft, Felicis Ventures, and other incredible VCs.