MBIT: Behind The Scenes of Business Success Shamus Madan

Dori Yona is the co-founder and CEO of SimpleClosure, a startup that automates the process of shutting down a company. He is also a former co-founder and COO of Earny, a consumer fintech app that was acquired in 2021. In this episode, I sit down with Dori to learn about his entrepreneurial journey, the challenges and opportunities of the business closure industry, and how he raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding in less than 24 hours without a pitch deck.

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"American homeowners have been lied to. The housing market has been plagued by inflating construction costs from labor shortages, supply chain bottlenecks, and volatile pricing for basic materials." - Ritwik

Here's how Ritwik Pavan is working to solve the problem with Krava

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Learn more about Krava here: https://getkrava.com

When Kat Cole was nine years old, she was living with her single mother and two siblings with less than $10/week for food. Today she serves as the President & COO of Athletic Greens. Here's how she did it.

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Emil Michael immigrated to the United States in the early 1970s. Now well-known as the former Chief Business Officer of Uber, he was instrumental to the company's success. He led Uber's international expansion strategy and helped the company raise nearly $15 billion from key investors worldwide.

In today's interview, we discuss one of the most critical lessons Emil learned from his mentor, Bill Campell, who is famous for mentoring the likes of Jeff Bezos, Larry Page,  Eric Schmidt, and Steve Jobs. We will also understand his story and how he helped build Uber into the most valuable ridesharing company in the world. 

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Twitter of Guest (Emil Michael): @emilmichael

The year is 2008. Hussein Fazal just quit his tech job to co-found AdParlor, which built marketing campaigns to run on Facebook. He didn’t know if it would work but decided to give it a shot. Hussein sold the company in 2011, stayed on as CEO for a few years, and then, in 2016, launched Snaptravel, a discount hotel reservation service that has saved consumers well over $150 Million. But unlike most companies, for their first 100 customers Hussein didn’t write a single line of code. Today, he joins to share his journey as an entrepreneur and how he even got Steph Curry to back his company.

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Twitter of Guest (@hussein_fazal): Hussein Fazal 


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Six years ago, Jason Shuman was driving for Uber with $400 in his bank account.  Today he is now a General Partner at Primary,  a $1 Billion AUM firm in NYC. 

How did he do it? He had to make himself invaluable. If you want to learn how you can make yourself invaluable listen to Jason's full story.
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Twitter of Guest (Jason Shuman): @JasonrShuman

Learn more about Primary Venture Partners here.