Startup Mindsets

Dan Gonzales

Welcome to Startup Mindsets! Dan Gonzales is your host! Each week, we'll dive into how founders across technology and innovation leaders think about running their business and why entrepreneurship is important in today's world. Subscribe & discover your Startup Mindset today! Enjoy the show! :) -Dan Instagram: @startupmindsetspod Website: startupmindsets.com Linkedin: Startup Mindsets

  1. 3D AGO

    Ai for Board of Directors: Raffaela Rein

    Raffaela is a tech entrepreneur turned board director, with experience on boards including Porsche, €5bn PE firm Mutares, and tech unicorn IU.Her newsletter, The AI Leadership Edge, delivers actionable insights to over 11.000 investors, board and business leaders.Previously, Raffaela founded CareerFoundry and WWV, scaling startups to eight figure revenues and building ventures in frontier technologies.She began her career at BlackRock and launched three companies across Asia-Pacific for Rocket Internet.Recognized by Forbes, Capital’s 40 Under 40, and among Europe’s most influential women in tech and VC, Raffaela has built her career at the intersection of innovation, leadership, and emerging technologies. BoardLens turns post-investment work into momentum — so funds can systematically drive performance after the check clears, not just report it. Startup Mindsets is SPONSORED BY DELVE To say compliance is complicated is an understatement.  Constantly worrying about SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA, CMMC, FedRAMP and more can leave your head spinning. Even worse, a misstep can get pretty costly for your startup. That’s why Delve is designed as an AI-native compliance platform. Delve uses AI agents to handle headaches like taking repetitive screenshots for you, monitoring your tech stack for security gaps in real time, auto-filling security questionnaires in your browser or in CSV, and creating secure data rooms to send to prospects and auditors. Their team can personally work with you in Slack to get you 100% compliant, and manage your whole audit for you.  Over 1,000 of the fastest-growing companies get compliance done in Delve including Lovable, Bland, Micro1, Instantly, and 11x. For our listeners, they're offering an exclusive $1k discount on any compliance framework. Check out https://delve.co/book-demo and start using AI for compliance. Also a major shoutout to Popup.fm which we used to record and host this live conversation. Popup helps you make money from your live events. Forget juggling dozens of apps. With Popup you can sell tickets or run free events  then monetize with products, merch, recordings and offers before, during, and after you go live. The intro music was my cool cousin, Jim Narvios, a person injury lawyer in Houston, Texas if you ever need one.

    42 min
  2. 02/27/2025

    Berkeley Skydeck's Executive Director: Caroline Winnett

    Caroline Winnett is the Executive Director at Berkeley SkyDeck, a world leading startup accelerator. We discuss What it is like running a startup accelerator. How academics make the decision to commercialize their ideas and research.  What Skydeck looks for in applicants. Advising startups on their best path forward. About their fund _ _ _ _ The Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is the investment partner for UC Berkeley’s SkyDeck Accelerator Program. The Fund invests $200K into each startup that goes through SkyDeck, and can participate in later stage investment rounds with Berkeley founders. One of the most active seed investors in the Bay Area, the Fund has made over 130 investments in 3 years!   In a first-of-its-kind, public-private partnership, the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund shares one-half of fund profits with UC Berkeley. This unique partnership helps support UC Berkeley education and creates a source of funding for UC Berkeley’s public education mission.   The Berkeley SkyDeck Fund is run by Chon Tang, Managing Partner, and Brian Bordley, Partner. It is funded by organizations such as Sequoia Capital, Sierra Ventures, and Canvas Ventures, as well as other VC firms, individuals, and large corporations. Learn more about Berkeley Skydeck: https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/our_team GRAB YOUR COPY OF STARTUP MINDSETS ON AMAZON, UNLOCK VALUABLE LIFE AND BUSINESS INSIGHTS FROM OUR RESEARCH, PODCAST, AND LIFE EXPERIENCES: https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Mindsets-Blueprint-Innovation-Driven-Connected

    49 min
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Welcome to Startup Mindsets! Dan Gonzales is your host! Each week, we'll dive into how founders across technology and innovation leaders think about running their business and why entrepreneurship is important in today's world. Subscribe & discover your Startup Mindset today! Enjoy the show! :) -Dan Instagram: @startupmindsetspod Website: startupmindsets.com Linkedin: Startup Mindsets