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The next play podcasts contains interviews with the world’s greatest operators, founders, and investors. We dive deep into their journey to share lessons from recent career changes and help listeners figure out their next play.

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The next play podcasts contains interviews with the world’s greatest operators, founders, and investors. We dive deep into their journey to share lessons from recent career changes and help listeners figure out their next play.

    Rajiv Ayyangar: from founder of Tandem to CEO at Product Hunt

    Rajiv Ayyangar: from founder of Tandem to CEO at Product Hunt

    Rajiv is the CEO of Product Hunt. Previously he was CEO and co-founder of Tandem, a virtual office. He studied bioengineering at Princeton and subsequently worked at Fairchild and Yahoo.

    Thank you to our Gelt for sponsoring this episode. Gelt specializes in providing comprehensive tax solutions tailored for businesses and their owners. They will help you and your business manage and optimize your taxes, helping you pay the least amount of tax legally possible. Go to ⁠⁠joing⁠⁠⁠⁠elt.com/nextplay⁠⁠ and make sure to let them know we sent you to get 15% off your first year. Disclaimer: this is not tax advice.

    Huge thanks to ⁠⁠Alex Banaga⁠⁠ for designing our logo and thumbnails.

    • 31 min
    Cristina Cordova: joining Stripe as employee #27, investing at First Round Capital, to becoming COO at Linear

    Cristina Cordova: joining Stripe as employee #27, investing at First Round Capital, to becoming COO at Linear

    Cristina Cordova is the Chief Operating Officer at Linear, a purpose-built system for managing software development. She's also an investor and advisor to technology startups. Prior to Linear, she spent her career helping build technology companies from the earliest stages. She spent more than seven years at Stripe building its partnerships organization from the ground up and leading a business unit building new financial services products for early-stage companies. She also led platform, partnerships and self-serve growth at Notion and invested in early stage startups as a partner at First Round Capital. 

    Thank you to our Gelt for sponsoring this episode. Gelt specializes in providing comprehensive tax solutions tailored for businesses and their owners. They will help you and your business manage and optimize your taxes, helping you pay the least amount of tax legally possible. Go to ⁠joing⁠⁠elt.com/nextplay⁠ and make sure to let them know we sent you to get 15% off your first year. Disclaimer: this is not tax advice.

    Huge thanks to ⁠Alex Banaga⁠ for designing our logo and thumbnails.

    • 43 min
    Rex Woodbury: from partner at Index Ventures to starting VC firm Daybreak

    Rex Woodbury: from partner at Index Ventures to starting VC firm Daybreak

    Rex is the Founder and Managing Partner of Daybreak, a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City. Before founding Daybreak, Rex was a Partner at Index Ventures. He focuses on the application layer of technology, investing in internet, software, and marketplace businesses with the potential for viral adoption. Rex also writes Digital Native, a publication about people and technology that reaches 55,000+ weekly readers.

    Thank you to our Gelt for sponsoring this episode. Gelt specializes in providing comprehensive tax solutions tailored for businesses and their owners. They will help you and your business manage and optimize your taxes, helping you pay the least amount of tax legally possible. Go to joingelt.com/nextplay and make sure to let them know we sent you to get 15% off your first year. Disclaimer: this is not tax advice.



    Huge thanks to Alex Banaga for designing our logo and thumbnails.

    • 33 min

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