Very True by Verissimo

Alex

Brought to you by Verissimo Ventures, The Very True Podcast features candid startup insights and conversations with early-stage founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of tech. From behind-the-scenes startup stories to hard-earned lessons on fundraising, scaling, and staying resilient, each episode offers a window into what it really takes to build something bold.

  1. 3d ago

    Everyone's Wrong About AI Moats — Lessons from Inside Early Google

    In this episode of Very True, Alex reconnects with his friend of fifteen years, Michael Stoppelman, recorded 7,000 miles apart — Alex in Israel, Michael in the Bay Area. Michael's path runs from a Purdue computer science and biology double-major, through Google's earliest, wildest pre-IPO days building the click-fraud detection systems that got him promoted from post-sales support into engineering, to becoming the SVP of Engineering who joined his brother Jeremy at Yelp and helped scale it into a public company. Today Michael is a Venture Partner at Verissimo Ventures, an active angel investor across hundreds of companies, and the builder of CC Marvin, an AI chief-of-staff for investors. Alex and Michael pull the thread between two boom eras twenty years apart: Google circa 2003 figuring out whether clicks, CPA, or something else entirely was the real business model, and today's AI labs wrestling with token pricing, seat pricing, and usage-based pricing. They map Anthropic's enterprise-and-coding strategy onto Google's old Android and YouTube playbook, debate whether frontier "omniscient" models will always beat cheaper specialized ones, and ask the harder question underneath it all — is software engineering as a career dissolving, or just being rebuilt around a new killer skill: product design? They close on what's actually durable in tech — chokepoints, brand, and distribution — and what founders and workers should do about the next wave. Episode Highlights [03:17] Life Inside Early Google: Michael recounts working in "Building Pi" during Google's pre-IPO days, riding Segways with Larry and Sergey, and building the click-fraud detection tools that got him promoted from support into engineering. [07:19] From Google to Yelp: How the same "defend against fake signals" instinct that shaped Google's ad business led Michael to join his brother Jeremy's scrappy local-search startup. [15:55] Anthropic's Android Moment: Michael draws a direct line from Google's Android and YouTube acquisitions to Anthropic's enterprise-and-coding land grab with Claude, and why Claude Desktop is the new "connection with the user." [29:20] The CRUD vs. Frontier Split: Why most software will run on cheap open-weight models like GLM, while a shrinking slice of high-stakes work (satellites, bikes, power plants) still demands the most expensive frontier intelligence. [40:22] The Hype/Reality Gap: If AI were truly omniscient, why hasn't it rewritten the Linux kernel or shipped a faster C compiler? Michael's reality check on how far coding agents have — and haven't — come. [51:34] Displacement or Entrepreneurship Boom?: The pair debate job-loss anxieties, why the government's own measurement systems can't be trusted, and why Michael thinks agentic AI nets out to more founders, not fewer engineers — closing with a plug for his new project, CC Marvin. Full Chapter List [00:53] Welcome & Reconnecting Across 7,000 Miles [01:42] From Purdue Biotech Dreams to Google's Early Days [03:17] Inside Building Pi: Larry, Sergey, and Pre-IPO Google Culture [05:31] The All-Star Roster: PMs and Colleagues Who Became Famous VCs [07:19] Defending the Click: Why Fraud Was an Existential Threat [09:43] Jumping to Yelp: Cracking Local's Emotional Intelligence Problem [12:45] 2003 vs. 2026: The Business Model Question Nobody's Solved [15:55] The Android Playbook: How Anthropic Is Building Its Enterprise Moat [21:27] Coding as the Universal Translation Layer [24:41] Software Engineering, Dissolved and Rebuilt by Agents [27:36] Are Coding Agent Margins Actually Durable? [29:20] The Coming Bifurcation: CRUD Apps vs. Frontier Intelligence [33:59] Beyond Coding: Specialized Models for Biology, Physics, and Earthquakes [38:13] Why Product Design, Not Code, Is the New Killer Skill [40:22] The Gap Between AI Hype and Compilers That Still Haven't Improved [42:39] What's Actually Durable: Chokepoints, Brand, and Distribution [47:48] Adapting to the Agentic Era Without Losing Your Job [51:34] The Entrepreneurship Boom & a CC Marvin Plug Links & Resources CC Marvin: https://ccmarvin.com/Verissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Michael Stoppelman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelstoppelman/Alex Oppenheimer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/ About Very True Hosted by Alex Oppenheimer, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    Everyone's Wrong About AI Moats — Lessons from Inside Early Google
  2. Jul 16

    When Pattern Recognition is a Liability - How VC is updating its priors for AI and which ones still hold

    In this episode of Very True, Alex reconnects with old friend Nic Poulos, early stage investor at Euclid and former cofounder of Bowery, to dissect how venture capital evolved from a quirky cottage industry into a massive industrial complex. Nic shares his journey from the early days of New York’s seed ecosystem back when writing a $250k check into a B2B SaaS company was considered a novel idea to today's highly concentrated, hyper competitive landscape. Alex and Nic dive deep into the evolution of vertical software, exploring how TAMs expanded beyond anyone's predictions and how AI is now unlocking massive services budgets. They debate the shifting cultural narrative of the "founder career path," the real world limits of non technical founders "vibe coding" their own enterprise tools, and the looming DPI dilemma hanging over the venture asset class. They also pull no punches on the current state of SPVs and the reality of fund math in a polarized fundraising market. Episode Highlights [11:03] Tech as an Economic Layer: Nic and Alex discuss how technology transitioned from being a distinct investment sector to a foundational layer of the entire economy, and how that shifted VC from a niche asset class to Wall Street's darling.[14:19] The "Founder" Career Path: Is entrepreneurship a calling driven by a need to solve a persistent problem, or has it just become another corporate ladder? Alex and Nic discuss the pros and cons of the mainstreamification of startup culture.[24:14] Vertical SaaS 101: Why the historical knocks against vertical software, small TAMs and niche markets, turned out to be wrong, and how superior CAC dynamics and AI are opening up blue ocean opportunities.[30:06] The New Build vs. Buy: With the rise of Claude and ChatGPT, everyone is suddenly a developer. Nic and Alex explore the limits of "vibe coding" and why complex, enterprise ready software will always require specialization of labor.[39:35] The DPI Dilemma: A candid look at the venture liquidity crunch. Nic breaks down the regulatory and cultural hurdles of the modern IPO window, the role of strategics, and why the math just doesn't work for mega funds playing the fee game.[49:29] The Problem with SPVs: Why the current craze of hired gun SPVs creates massive misalignment with LPs, and why founders and investors need to focus on absolute value creation over manufactured markups.Full Chapter List [00:00] Introduction & High School Flashbacks[02:14] Nic’s Journey: From Tech Banking to Launching Bowery in NY[04:32] When Investment Banking Ruled vs. The Era of the Founder[07:28] Shooting Fish in a Barrel: The 2014 Series A Landscape[11:03] Software Eating the GDP & The Specialization of SaaS[14:19] Entrepreneurship as a Career Path vs. Earned Insights[21:49] Venture Capital: From Cottage Industry to Industrial Complex[24:14] The Vertical vs. Horizontal Software Playbook[28:40] AI's Expansion of Market Potential and Services Budgets[30:06] Build vs. Buy in the Era of Vibe Coding[36:22] The Power of the "From Industry" Founder[39:35] Where is the DPI? Exploring Exits, IPOs, and M&A[44:31] Fund Math: $10M Micro Funds vs. $10B Mega Funds[49:29] SPV Misalignment and the Flight to QualityLinks & Resources Euclid: https://www.euclid.vc/ Verissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Nic Poulos on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/npoulos/Alex Oppenheimer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexoppenheimer/ About Very True Hosted by Alex Oppenheimer, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    When Pattern Recognition is a Liability - How VC is updating its priors for AI and which ones still hold
  3. Jul 2

    AI Companies Are Trying to Run Uber's Playbook but Missing a Critical Ingredient

    In this solo episode of Very True, Alex tackles one of the hottest and most scrutinized topics in tech today: the elusive business model of Artificial Intelligence. Right now, almost every major AI company raising billions is running a familiar playbook. It’s a spectacular playbook mastered by Uber: raise an unimaginable amount of money, lose it on purpose to change consumer behavior, and turn the prices up once you own the market. But Alex points out that while everyone is quoting the Uber playbook, nobody is copying the exact piece that actually made it work. By holding Uber’s historical financials up against today's AI landscape, Alex breaks down the difference between a subsidy that is a strategic investment and a subsidy that is just a prayer, revealing why the destination for AI keeps moving. And what does it all depend on? Well-understood Unit Economics that match the business model.   Episode Highlights: [00:00] The Uber Playbook and the Missing Piece: Alex introduces the core strategy driving AI fundraising today and highlights the stark difference between an unoptimized business and an misunderstood business. [01:05] The Simplicity of Uber’s Unit Economics: Breaking down Uber on a single slide. Alex explains how marketplaces balance supply and demand at a local level, creating a knowable mathematical machine where Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) could be recovered in five months before printing pure profit. [03:45] The 20-Billion-Dollar Land Grab: A look back at Uber’s aggressive fundraising and financial journey from its 2019 IPO ($13 billion in revenue at an $8.5 billion operating loss) to its massive 2025 turnaround ($52 billion in revenue and $9.8 billion in free cash flow) fueled by behavior change and a shift toward delivery. [08:15] AI's Reality Check - Subsidizing in the Dark: Why the Uber playbook is breaking down for AI labs. Alex discusses the lack of unit economic clarity, the challenge of defining an AI "unit" (is it a token, a query, or an agent?), crumbling switching costs for users, and why AI companies are subsidizing toward a destination they cannot yet draw. [13:10] Cooking Up a New Model: Alex shares how he is using his mechanical engineering background to build a predictive, pressure-tested CAD model for AI unit economics rather than just feeling through the darkness. Links & Resources: Verissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Follow Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/Uber Financials: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19cNzPABWoB8YY8xRHA9UI6xyGdyOEFsZvXQUipwvKWg/edit?usp=sharingUnit Economics Overview: https://www.loom.com/share/aaddd4018b0a47cc80c6dd64e00846fc  Cal Newport's AI Reality Check: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4eV36PZCnUxc3TxSybfVN3?si=75131e6cd91147d9 About Very True: Hosted by Alex, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    AI Companies Are Trying to Run Uber's Playbook but Missing a Critical Ingredient
  4. Jun 16

    Bet on yourself. Don't be someone's option bet.

    In this solo episode of Very True, Alex talks about how venture math actually works and why it looks completely different depending on your fund size, the stage you invest at, and the company you are building. Over the last few years, the venture market has gotten increasingly distorted. Between massive headline valuations, intense liquidation preferences, and a setup where VCs can get rich purely on guaranteed management fees, founders are frequently pushed into a moon or bust game. Even if you build a great company with real technology and real revenue, you can easily wind up walking away from a successful mid-market acquisition with nothing. Alex breaks down the financial friction between early-stage and late-stage investing, why paper wealth metrics like MOIC are misleading, and why founders need a clean secondary strategy to protect their equity. It all comes down to one question: Are you running your own option bet, or are you somebody else’s? Episode Highlights: The management fee game. How venture capital mechanics can misalign a VC’s incentives with a founder’s outcome, allowing partners to build massive wealth on fees regardless of fund performance. Clean slates vs recaps. A look at why the market aggressively floods money into unproven startups while leaving existing, operationally solid companies stranded if they carry historical valuation baggage. The entry valuation trap. A breakdown of how over-paying on entry valuation or over-raising downstream triggers brutal liquidation preferences that wipe out founders and early seed investors at exit. MOIC vs DPI. The critical difference between parading paper wealth and waiting for cold hard cash to hit the bank, and why great early-stage managers care about returning realized capital. Running your own option bet. Why optimizing the middle path of $50M to $250M exits, focusing on sustainable revenue growth, and leveraging early secondary sales is the real playbook for building true generational wealth. Links & Resources: Substack Essay: https://alexoppenheimer.substack.com/p/thinking-about-writing-down-your Medium Essay: https://medium.com/@Alexoppenheimer/are-recent-valuation-hits-as-unreasonable-as-they-seem-88f5ae789e92 LinkedIn Essay: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-mess-up-good-company-make-any-money-along-way-alex-oppenheimer/ Verissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/ Follow Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/ About Very True: Hosted by Alex, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    Bet on yourself. Don't be someone's option bet.
  5. Jun 4

    No Easy Answers: A Founder’s Reality Check on the LLM Boom

    The honeymoon phase for AI applications is officially over. In this episode of Very True, Alex Oppenheimer sits down with long-time friend Isaac Heller, Co-founder and CEO of Trullion, to cut through the generative AI hype cycle and deliver a grounding reality check on the state of enterprise software. Isaac shares his unconventional journey from playing professional poker in Macau to launching an accounting technology company in 2019, a time when the back office was entirely "unsexy." Fast forward to today, and building AI tools for finance is one of the most crowded tables in tech. Alex and Isaac break down why vertical SaaS moats are shrinking, the critical difference between deterministic and probabilistic AI architectures, and the structural threat automation poses to traditional entry-level career paths. It is a gritty, honest look at why the rules of technology and career growth are fundamentally shifting, and why there are no easy answers for founders or the next generation of builders. Episode Highlights [04:21] The Macau Arbitrage & Choosing the Right Table: Isaac explains how his time playing professional poker in China shaped his startup philosophy. It is always better to find an uncrowded, highly lucrative table than to try to be the absolute best player in a hyper-competitive room.[22:07] Auditable vs. Probabilistic AI: Why generic LLMs fall short in corporate finance. Isaac outlines the necessity of "Auditable AI," which provides deterministic systems with complete traceability, as opposed to the probabilistic guesswork of foundational language models.[28:30] Corporate Gerrymandering: Alex breaks down his concept of "corporate gerrymandering," which is the fracturing of companies into highly artificial, arbitrary line-item roles, and explains how AI is systematically dissolving these operational inefficiencies.[40:09] Shifting Economic Premiums: A look at how traditional baseline white-collar skills are losing their market premium and why specialized accounting, law, or radiology work will increasingly be viewed as a historical "art form."[52:12] The Core Instinct Crisis: Alex and Isaac tackle the generational gap left behind when AI automates entry-level tasks like basic data input or syntax coding, and how future executives must build their critical thinking skills without the traditional corporate ladder.Links & Resources Trullion: https://trullion.comVerissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Isaac Heller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacheller/Alex Oppenheimer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/About Very True Hosted by Alex Oppenheimer, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    No Easy Answers: A Founder’s Reality Check on the LLM Boom
  6. May 27

    What Actually Is Enterprise Software Anymore? with Roy Rubin of Magento

    In this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with Roy Rubin, Founding Partner of R2 Ventures and former founder of Magento, to dissect the shifting foundations of enterprise software. Roy shares his incredible journey from starting a freelance programming shop as a UCLA student to building Magento into an open-source e-commerce giant — funding his growth entirely through customers before eventually selling to eBay. Today, as an investor writing pre-seed and seed checks, Roy is wrestling with the same question Alex is: what actually is enterprise software anymore? Alex and Roy dive deep into the rapid commoditization of the AI layer, exploring whether the new wave of vertical AI startups are actually just glorified system integrators (VARs). They discuss the lost art of customer-funded growth, why application software got so expensive to build, and the "premium valuation" dynamics between systems of record and work methodologies. They also get tactical about the build-vs-buy dilemma, sharing why both of them recently decided to code their own AI-agent-driven portfolio management systems rather than just writing checks. Episode Highlights [09:15] Customer-Funded Growth: Roy breaks down the "old-school" approach of letting your customers fund your business, contrasting it with the modern venture treadmill of fabricated valuation targets.[13:33] The True Cost of Software: Alex questions the billions spent on R&D for application-layer SaaS and discusses David Sacks's "burn multiple" as a truer measure of operating efficiency.[18:03] The Valuation Premium: Why companies that function as both a system of record and a work methodology historically capture the highest multiples in the public and private markets.[23:49] The "VAR-tical" AI Era: Are vertical AI platforms true tech products, or just an enterprise sales channel (and system integrator) for underlying models like Claude and OpenAI?[30:22] VCs Who Code: Roy and Alex discuss building their own internal operating systems to manage portfolio data, and why AI agents are changing the way non-technical founders can build software.[43:23] Startups vs. Incumbents: Roy's take on why legacy enterprise players hold the advantage in distribution and data, and where early-stage founders should actually be placing their bets.Full Chapter List [00:00] Introduction: What Actually is Enterprise Software Anymore?[02:24] Roy's Background: From Israel to LA, the IDF, and Freelance Coding[05:06] The Early Days of E-Commerce & Discovering Open Source[08:14] Building Magento: Customer-Funded Growth vs. Venture Capital[10:48] Unpacking the Magic and Margins of the SaaS Business Model[13:33] Burn Multiples and R&D Bloat in Application Software[18:03] Systems of Record vs. Work Methodologies[22:48] The Open Source Strategy & Building an SI Ecosystem[23:49] "VAR-tical AI" and the Commoditization of the Wrapper[30:22] VCs Building Software: Custom Portfolio OS and AI Agents[38:27] Historical Technology Adoption vs. Modern Execution[41:14] The Allure of "Boring" Picks and Shovels Businesses[43:23] Final Thoughts: The Future of Startups vs. IncumbentsLinks & Resources R2 Ventures: https://www.r2vc.com/Verissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Roy Rubin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/royrubin/Alex Oppenheimer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/About Very True Hosted by Alex Oppenheimer, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    What Actually Is Enterprise Software Anymore? with Roy Rubin of Magento
  7. Apr 29

    All ARR Taste Like Chicken with Elliot Comite

    In this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with Elliot Comite, VP of Finance at Perchwell, to dissect the "full-stack" operator mindset. Elliot shares his journey from the high-stakes growth equity world at Stripes Group to the scaling trenches of Ironclad, exploring why the best finance leaders act as the translation layer between the board's "Hawkish" perspective and the team's "in-the-sauce" reality. Alex and Elliot dive deep into the psychology of the venture ecosystem, the necessity of "narrative control" during a fundraise, and the fundamental difference between building a model and building a company. They discuss the "Single Pane of Glass" philosophy, why all ARR "tastes like chicken" when you're looking at a P&L, and the grit required to move from analyzing businesses to actually running them. Episode Highlights [15:16] The Three Faces of Finance: Elliot breaks down the three roles of a growth-stage operator: hiring for the Past (Accounting/Controls), the Present (Operating/FP&A), and the Future (Strategy/Capital Markets).[20:42] The Single Pane of Glass: Why the finance lead is the only person in the company with a truly objective view of reality, and how to use that "canonical text" to align an executive team.[27:43] Decoding VC Psychology: A candid look at the "Default ADHD" of venture capitalists and how their herd mentality and academic pipelines influence the way they evaluate your business.[41:10] The 5-Bullet Point Rule: How to survive the fundraising "shot clock" by distilling your business into the five key bullet points that actually end up in an investment memo.[49:07] The "Just Win Baby" Principle: A lesson from the Al Davis school of management on why top-tier investors will often ignore "perfect comps" to simply win the deal when they see a winner.[56:58] Defining the Strategy: Elliot’s final word on the finance leader as a "simplification engine" who helps the entire organization see the path from today to five years out.Full Chapter List [00:00] Introduction: 10 Years of Friendship & Shared Philosophies[02:11] From Growth Equity to Building: Why Investing Wasn't Enough[03:52] The Art + Science + Teamwork of the Company Side[05:15] The Ironclad Journey: Scaling Software for 5,000-Year-Old Processes[06:05] Bringing Tech Infrastructure to Real Estate at Perchwell[09:36] Being "Deep in the Sauce": Why Building is Energizing[11:21] Defining the Job: Everyone's Role is Enterprise Value[15:16] Hiring the Past, the Present, or the Future[17:52] Billionaires vs. Jail: Creative Finance vs. Creative Accounting[20:42] Why All ARR Tastes Like Chicken[25:00] The Unbundling of the Venture Capitalist: Deals vs. Sourcing[27:43] The Psychology of the Board: Managing "Hawks"[38:17] Narrative Control: Defining the Problem for Your Investors[41:10] Fundraising Tactics: Avoiding the Gross Margin Rabbit Hole[49:07] Managing Stakeholders & The "Just Win Baby" Principle[52:59] Career Advice: Why VCs Make Surprisingly Good Salespeople[56:58] Closing Thoughts: The Fun and Terror of StartupsLinks & Resources Perchwell: https://www.perchwell.com/Verissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Elliot Comite on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotcomite/Alex Oppenheimer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/About Very True: Hosted by Alex Oppenheimer, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    All ARR Taste Like Chicken with Elliot Comite
  8. Apr 15

    Turning Ambient Restlessness into Productivity Through Movement

    In this solo episode of Very True, Alex introduces a concept he calls Ambient Restlessness, the low-grade mental noise that modern life has wired into most of us, and makes the case that instead of fighting it, we can learn to use it. Drawing on his own experiences mountain biking, running his first half marathon at the Dead Sea, and driving between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv a decade ago, Alex builds a practical spectrum of focus states and shows how matching the right mental load to the right physical activity can unlock creativity, deepen learning, and replace the exhausted, drained feeling of a YouTube rabbit hole with something that actually feels like an accomplishment. This one is a departure from the usual startup and finance conversations on Very True, but the underlying framework of awareness, calibration, and turning a liability into an asset will feel very familiar. Be sure to check out the substack here: https://alexoppenheimer.substack.com/p/the-focus-spectrum Episode Highlights: Introducing Ambient Restlessness: Why your brain's constant need for stimulation isn't a character flaw, and how to redirect it instead of white-knuckling your way through a deep work session you're not ready for.The Focus Spectrum: From mountain biking at 100% locked-in to lap swimming as moving meditation, Alex maps out how different physical activities demand different levels of cognitive load and what that means for what you pair with them.The Two Failure Modes: Why listening to an emotional audiobook while descending at 30mph is as unproductive as sitting on the couch trying to focus. Finding the sweet spot is the whole game.Muted Sessions & Baseline Awareness: The underrated practice of going out in silence, not to be productive, but to understand where you actually are so you can make better decisions about what you're capable of.Adding a Layer to Deep Work: Alex respectfully pushes back on the "distractions are evil" framing and proposes a semi-distracted state as a legitimate, powerful mode, especially for people who need creativity before they even know what to do deep work on.Links & Resources: Olo Meditation App: https://www.olo.appGet a free WHOOP and one month free when you join with my link: https://join.whoop.com/312F8912 Cal Newport's Deep Work: https://calnewport.com/books/deep-work/Cal Newport's Slow Productivity: https://calnewport.com/books/slow-productivity/Substack: https://alexoppenheimer.substack.com/p/the-focus-spectrumVerissimo Ventures: https://verissimo.vc/Follow Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oppenheimer/About Very True: Hosted by Alex, Very True by Verissimo Ventures explores the honest, unvarnished stories of founders and the real problems they are solving. We look past the hype to find the truth in technology and entrepreneurship.

    Turning Ambient Restlessness into Productivity Through Movement

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Brought to you by Verissimo Ventures, The Very True Podcast features candid startup insights and conversations with early-stage founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of tech. From behind-the-scenes startup stories to hard-earned lessons on fundraising, scaling, and staying resilient, each episode offers a window into what it really takes to build something bold.