The {Closed} Session

Tom Chavez -- super{set}
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Building a company from scratch is soul-sucking and mind-numbingly hard - but it’s the best thing ever. We know this because we’ve built a couple ourselves - and we’re building a lot more right now. We’ve made a lot of money for our employees, our shareholders, ourselves - we’re proud of that - and that’s why we want to talk about how it’s done. Join us - Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya - in The Closed Session, where we reveal all the joys and sorrows of company building. From the guttermost to the uttermost, we’re not going to hold back.

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    Why augmented intelligence (not automation) will define enterprise AI

    Most enterprise AI failures aren't model problems—they're data architecture problems. Vivek Vaidya, serial entrepreneur with 25+ years building enterprise software and current CTO/Co-founder of super{set}, explains why vector databases alone can't solve enterprise AI and why knowledge graphs are foundational for production systems. He breaks down the critical difference between augmented intelligence (AI proposes, human approves) versus full automation, details how governance layers must respect existing enterprise data policies, and reveals why non-deterministic LLM outputs create compliance nightmares that kill enterprise adoption. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  2. How auction theory is reshaping finance and compute trading

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    How auction theory is reshaping finance and compute trading

    Most financial markets still run on one-to-one matching when optimization engines could unlock trillions. Kelly Littlepage co-founded OneChronos after exits to major financial institutions, building the fastest-growing US equities market processing $20 billion daily using Nobel Prize-winning combinatorial auction theory. He breaks down why capital markets lagged behind ad markets in auction sophistication, how machine learning solves NP-hard matching problems at Wall Street speed, and why GPU compute markets need combinatorial auctions to handle non-fungible infrastructure across latency zones and chip architectures. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  3. How to systematically remove yourself as your business's biggest bottleneck

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    How to systematically remove yourself as your business's biggest bottleneck

    Most founders think scaling means hiring more people, but 66% of Inc. 5000 companies fail within eight years because growth without systems is just expensive chaos. Charles Gaudet, founder of Predictable Profits and "CEO Whisperer" who's unlocked $100M+ in client revenue, breaks down why founder-dependent businesses hit inevitable walls regardless of funding or talent acquisition. He reveals the three systematic traps (setup, sales, and scale) that keep seven-figure CEOs trapped in operational bottlenecks. Plus, Charles shares his framework for achieving 50% recurring revenue and removing yourself from daily decision-making without breaking company momentum. This is an episode you don't want to miss. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  4. The Path to Funding Your Next Great AI Startup Idea

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    The Path to Funding Your Next Great AI Startup Idea

    Most AI fundraising advice is performative gibberish disconnected from capital reality. Arjun Dev Arora, managing partner at Format One, breaks down why founders absorbing social media narratives about billion-dollar pre-seed rounds are setting themselves up for failure.  Arjun reveals why traditional VC support models collapse post-check, how technical founders systematically mismanage board dynamics, and why the only defensible AI moats come from proprietary data loops. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  5. 4 Part Framework to Secure Startup Funding

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    4 Part Framework to Secure Startup Funding

    Most founders pitch the wrong metrics while $200 billion flows into AI startups annually. Vijay Rajendran, author of #1 Amazon bestseller "The Funding Framework" and venture builder at gAI Ventures, breaks down why fundraising feels harder despite abundant capital. He reveals the four-part system that shifts founders from pitching to partnering, why retention metrics will expose vanity user counts, and how inference costs are crushing margins for AI companies that don't understand their unit economics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  6. Institutional CRM AI deployment strategies

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    Institutional CRM AI deployment strategies

    Most enterprise AI pilots die in the sandbox trap. Miguel Milano, President & CRO at Salesforce with $40B in revenue operations, explains why 95% of AI implementations fail without enterprise-grade data infrastructure and deterministic workflows. He breaks down Salesforce's three-pillar strategy for scaling AI beyond proof-of-concept: data foundations with metadata context, agentic layers that combine probabilistic reasoning with deterministic execution, and apps that codify standard operating procedures into reusable automations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    How to craft messages people remember

    Most founders think storytelling is fluff that distracts from product metrics. Terry Szuplat, Obama's longest-serving speechwriter who crafted eight years of presidential addresses, reveals why narrative craft is your last defensible moat in the AI age. He breaks down the three-part framework that structured 3,000 White House speeches, explains why vulnerability beats data in investor pitches, and shares the "only you can say" principle that cuts through ChatGPT-generated sameness plaguing startup communications. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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    Building startups and wealth with purpose

    Most VCs chase momentum while missing systematic market dislocations worth billions. Sean Mendy, co-founding partner at Westbound Equity Partners, built a $125M fund targeting the 97% funding gap for underrepresented founders. He didn't do this out of charity, but as alpha generation through expanded deal flow and objective evaluation frameworks. The conversation reveals how network-driven sourcing creates self-reinforcing homogeneity, why impact metrics must align with venture-scale business outcomes, and Westbound's 50% profit-sharing model that attracts values-aligned founders in competitive rounds. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Building a company from scratch is soul-sucking and mind-numbingly hard - but it’s the best thing ever. We know this because we’ve built a couple ourselves - and we’re building a lot more right now. We’ve made a lot of money for our employees, our shareholders, ourselves - we’re proud of that - and that’s why we want to talk about how it’s done. Join us - Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya - in The Closed Session, where we reveal all the joys and sorrows of company building. From the guttermost to the uttermost, we’re not going to hold back.

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    Tom Chavez -- super{set}
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