Warm Intro

Warm Intro With Chai Mishra
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The Best Conversation On The Internet. Made in San Francisco. Founders, artists, politicians and chefs open up about their childhoods, hot takes and insecurities — with honesty, humor, and heart. Warm Intro is what happens when you sit down at a dinner party and fall into the best conversation in the room. Not an interview. A conversation. Honest, human, and sometimes weird conversation with interesting people doing big things.  Hosted by Chai Mishra. Presented by Wefunder. Views are our own.

  1. The 25-Year-Old That Made an Oscar-Qualifying Film

    6D AGO

    The 25-Year-Old That Made an Oscar-Qualifying Film

    Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    1h 36m
  2. The Founder Who Found Fashion’s Fit Problem

    MAY 2

    The Founder Who Found Fashion’s Fit Problem

    Isabella Sun gave up a job on Wall street to solve fashion’s fit problem — one hiding in plain sight — nearly half of American women are 5'4" or under, yet almost nothing is made to fit them. With no fashion background whatsoever, Isabella founded Short Story — a personal styling service for petite women — out of her apartment in 2019. She packed boxes until 3 AM, ran to the post office so often her doorman thought she was losing it, and got into Y Combinator that first summer. Today, Short Story has dressed hundreds of thousands of women. In this cathartic conversation, we talk about growing up in a family of founders, the many horrors of running an ecommerce company, why the fashion industry ignored petite women for so long, and what it actually means when a piece of clothing fits you for the first time. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    1h 30m
  3. The World's Greatest Knot Artist

    APR 21

    The World's Greatest Knot Artist

    Windy Chien is one of San Francisco's greatest living artists. But that's just her most recent life. In a previous life, Windy owned San Francisco's coolest record store, Aquarius Records. In yet another, she was on the original iTunes team, building the way we all now experience music.  Today, as the undisputed queen of knots, her work proudly hangs everywhere from the MoMa to Google's HQ. Her path here took her through every possible complication in the line. Join us for a rich conversation about what it feels like to call yourself an artist, Steve Jobs' motorcycle, the zen of art and the best Cambodian Beatles cover bands. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    1h 8m
  4. The Philosopher Sharing Indian Thought with the World

    APR 11

    The Philosopher Sharing Indian Thought with the World

    Professor Purushottama Billimoria is a philosopher, historian, and one of the people most responsible for getting the world of philosophy to take Indian and Eastern thought seriously, not as spirituality or religious studies, but as philosophy proper.  He's also my former professor and friend.  Join us for a deeply human conversation about philosophy, the corrupting power of wealth, the Parsi Diaspora, and Bob Dylan. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    52 min
  5. The Chinatown Local Running To Succeed Nancy Pelosi

    MAR 14

    The Chinatown Local Running To Succeed Nancy Pelosi

    Connie Chan is running for the most important house seat in the country. Her path here has been unlike anyone else's. Connie is an immigrant and a daughter of San Francisco's Chinatown. She rose through the ranks of its city government, eventually coming to represent a large portion of it. She's a proud progressive from a very proudly progressive city, now in a race for mainstream power. Join us for sentimental conversation about how Connie got her name, what went wrong in San Francisco and Chai's question that made Connie pause. 0:07 Chai's Warm Intro to Connie 1:50 Origin of her name 3:29 Moving to the US at 13 4:50 First time in San Francisco 6:30 SF Chinatown 7:15 Connie's childhood hero 8:43 Starting out as a translator 14:19 How Connie won her campaigns 17:30 Connie's view of SF politics 20:02 Connie's district 1 21:20 Daughter of Chinatown 22:50 Immigrant civil rights movement 27:54 Why run for Congress 29:26 What makes a good campaigner 37:02 Debate with Saikat Chakrabarti and Scott Wiener 38:40 SF's problems 44:42 Loss of civic pride in SF 48:10 SF is the future 49:28 Role of SF's Congresswoman 53:44 What to say to 13 yo Connie 54:45 Name after Connie Chan Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    57 min
  6. The Woman Helping Create Superbabies

    MAR 12

    The Woman Helping Create Superbabies

    0:00 Chai's warm intro to Noor 1:40 Parents’ unconditional love 7:35 Chai’s thoughts on parenting 8:16 Noor’s childhood 12:29 Orchid was always the goal 18:46 What’s Orchid and why? 25:30 Early Users and Haters 30:52 Criticism that Noor understands 34:35 Orchid’s accidental life changing story 38:52 Noor’s dream world 43:48 Just being a grandma Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    48 min
  7. The Only Funny Man On LinkedIn

    FEB 25

    The Only Funny Man On LinkedIn

    Jack Kuveke is a spitting image of the disgraced CEO Adam Neumann. At 20, he ran a 50 million dollar crypto fund in Belgrade, Serbia. His meme factory is called Jabroni Capital. All of this and almost everything else about Jack is objectively hilarious. Jack is an absurd man who has had an absurd career in an absurd industry. This has given him the ability to ridicule tech and finance better than anyone else. He sincerely roasts CEOs, he ironically broetry praising Elizabeth Holmes and his fake VC firm can’t invest in you “because you’re too early”. He does all of this on the most unintentionally funny platform, Linkedin. Join us for a ridiculous conversation about how Jack made a career posting memes, why Peter Thiel is so worried about the anti-christ, and why VCs and CEOs (including Chai) love getting roasted by Jack. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    57 min
  8. The Immigrant Woman Who Sold A Million Sneakers

    FEB 12

    The Immigrant Woman Who Sold A Million Sneakers

    Sidra Qasim created the internet’s favorite sneaker. In getting there, she has lived a life that no one could have predicted. Born and raised in rural Pakistan, Sidra clawed her way out of a system that afforded her no opportunities. Through sheer will, she made it to America and started a company that no one believed she could run. But now, at 39, Sidra is the founder CEO of Atoms — notoriously the world’s most comfortable sneaker brand, with over 1,000,000 pairs sold, worn by celebrities from Malala to Marques Brownlee, funded by Silicon Valley’s greatest minds. Join us for a deeply sentimental conversation about what true courage looks like, how things go viral, and how just about every founder deals with depression at one point. Warm Intro A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.  Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube. YouTube: @warmintro Instagram: @warm.intro Hosted by Chai Mishra Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley. Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider. Presented by Wefunder Wefunder created The Community Round. — allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities  — allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success. Raise on Wefunder Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.

    1h 1m
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The Best Conversation On The Internet. Made in San Francisco. Founders, artists, politicians and chefs open up about their childhoods, hot takes and insecurities — with honesty, humor, and heart. Warm Intro is what happens when you sit down at a dinner party and fall into the best conversation in the room. Not an interview. A conversation. Honest, human, and sometimes weird conversation with interesting people doing big things.  Hosted by Chai Mishra. Presented by Wefunder. Views are our own.

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  • Creator
    Warm Intro With Chai Mishra
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Warm Intro
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    Warm Intro

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