The Bell Curve

The Bell Curve
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This all began with an idea. How can we empower others looking to launch a venture or start something new? The answer? By telling our stories, and those of co-founders and executives - breaking down what propelled them to success and how they braved adversity and uncertainty. We are Jake Zapata and Tom Hittinger - two lifelong best friends who have taken two vastly different approaches to putting our ideas into practice.

  1. 13. Aakash Shah - CEO @ Wyndly, Fixing Allergies Permanently, Being In Y-Combinator & If It's Worth It

    04/18/2023

    13. Aakash Shah - CEO @ Wyndly, Fixing Allergies Permanently, Being In Y-Combinator & If It's Worth It

    Aakash Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wyndly and is fixing allergies permanently. Listen to Aakash talk about how Wyndly is fixing allergies once and for all and his experience in the Y-Combinator W21 cohort. Aakash's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mraakashshah/ Wyndly Website: https://www.wyndly.com/ Y-Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/

    57 min

  2. 03/14/2023

    12. Meggie Williams - CEO @ Skiptown, The HUGE Hidden Opportunity in Pet Care, Disrupting the Pet Services Industry

    Meggie Williams is the Founder and CEO of Skiptown, the first-of-its-kind, tech-infused, dog park, bar, and dog care facility. Meggie and her team believe that the pet services industry is ready to be disrupted and are leading the charge expanding to multiple locations across major cities in the US following $27M raised in their latest round of funding. Listen to Meggie as she tells her story founding Skiptown, the hidden opportunity in pet care, and how Skiptown is capitalizing on it right now! Meggie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meggie-williams/ Skiptown website: https://skiptown.io/ Fundraising Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/12/pet-services-startup-skiptown-raises-27m.html?page=all

    46 min

  3. 02/28/2023

    11. Oliver Guerrero - CEO SCP Labs, Working with Elon at SpaceX, Taking his company public

    Oliver Guerrero is the CoFounder and CEO of SCP Labs and is changing the way we get treated at the doctor's office.    Oliver's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-guerrero/  SCP Labs Website: https://www.scplab.com/   Oliver's Previous Startup (NASDAQ: FHLT)  https://exceleradce.com/ Crew Dragon Project SpaceX : https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/

    55 min
  4. 10. Alex Piasecki - CoFounder & COO of Seal the Seasons, Building the 5th Largest Frozen Fruit Brand, How to Sell Into Grocery Stores

    12/06/2022

    10. Alex Piasecki - CoFounder & COO of Seal the Seasons, Building the 5th Largest Frozen Fruit Brand, How to Sell Into Grocery Stores

    Alex Piasecki is the co-founder & COO of Seal the Seasons, a frozen fruit brand putting a farmers market in your freezer. Alex & his cofounder, Patrick, started Seal the Seasons as college students at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and have grown the company to be the 5th largest frozen fruit brand doing over $10M+ in annual revenue. You can find Seal The Season's products in over 5,000 grocery stores across the country, like Wegmans, Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Costco, The Fresh Market, and others.  Seal The Season's website: https://sealtheseasons.com/ Alex's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-alex-piasecki-a7690532/

    47 min
  5. 9. Zach Boyette - CoFounder of Galactic Fed, building a fully remote company as a digital nomad

    11/15/2022

    9. Zach Boyette - CoFounder of Galactic Fed, building a fully remote company as a digital nomad

    Zach Boyette is the CoFounder and Managing Partner of Galactic Fed, an award winning growth marketing agency with 160 employees. Before co-founding Galactic Fed in 2018, Zach worked as a Growth Manager & Head of Paid Media & Growth Labs at various companies like Google and Toptal. To learn more about Zach's company, Galactic Fed, visit their website: https://www.galacticfed.com/

    50 min
  6. 8. Tara Zedayko - CEO of Dig Labs, Creating AI for visual experiences

    11/01/2022

    8. Tara Zedayko - CEO of Dig Labs, Creating AI for visual experiences

    Tara Zedayko is the CEO & CoFounder of Dig Labs, which started with a mission to make our pets healthier.    Tara is a scientist-turned-GM-turned-entrepreneur who uniquely made her company self-sufficient without any outside investment since Nov 2020.   Listen to Tara discuss everything from networking through achievement to pivoting your business through difficult times.    Dig Labs website: https://getdiglabs.com/ Tara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zedayko/ Tara's Twitter: https://twitter.com/taracz

    44 min
  7. 7. Marcus Viereckl - Building tech for the worlds largest fund to being CTO of Alias Intelligence

    09/27/2022

    7. Marcus Viereckl - Building tech for the worlds largest fund to being CTO of Alias Intelligence

    Marcus Viereckl is the CoFounder and CTO of Alias Intelligence, leading background investigations and due diligence company disrupting the background check industry using technology. Before co-founding Alias, Marcus was an Assistant Vice President at Blackstone. To learn more about Marcus' company Alias Intelligence visit their website: https://www.aliasintelligence.com/

    47 min
  8. 6. Imran Ahmad - COO & CFO of Health iPASS, How to scale a company to exit

    09/06/2022

    6. Imran Ahmad - COO & CFO of Health iPASS, How to scale a company to exit

    Imran Ahmad tells us what it's like to go from successful investor to successful operator. His skill set is rare, and this episode is full of gems you can incorporate into your business.

    49 min
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This all began with an idea. How can we empower others looking to launch a venture or start something new? The answer? By telling our stories, and those of co-founders and executives - breaking down what propelled them to success and how they braved adversity and uncertainty. We are Jake Zapata and Tom Hittinger - two lifelong best friends who have taken two vastly different approaches to putting our ideas into practice.

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  • Creator
    The Bell Curve
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The Bell Curve
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