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Auren is CEO of NQB8, GP at Flex Capital, Chairman of Dialog; former CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP).
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Harley Finkelstein is the President of Shopify ($SHOP), a leading ecommerce platform valued at over $80 billion. Shopify powers over 2 million ecommerce stores in 175 countries.
On this episode, Harley and Auren discuss:
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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
Brent Beshore is the founder and CEO of Permanent Equity, a unique private equity firm that buys cash-generating small and mid-sized businesses— with the intention to hold them indefinitely.
Permanent Equity owns over a dozen businesses in diverse sectors including aerospace, building and construction, and martech.
On this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Brent discuss:
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Mark Gerson co-founded Gerson Lehrman Group, the world’s largest expert network. He’s also the co-founder and Chairman of United Hatzalah and the African Mission Healthcare Foundation.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Mark discuss:
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Michael Batnick is a managing partner and Director of Research at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He’s also the host of the excellent investing and finance podcast network The Compound.
In this episode, Auren and Michael discuss:
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Anand Sanwal is the founder of CB Insights, a business analytics platform and global database of intel on technology companies. Anand was CEO of CB Insights for 14 years and recently stepped into the role of executive chairman.
In this episode, Auren and Anand discuss:
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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Anand Sanwal on X at @asanwal.
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Scott Lynn is the founder and CEO of Masterworks, the first company to securitize art. Masterworks manages $940 million in art assets and has nearly 900,000 investors on its platform. Scott is also a multitime founder– prior to Masterworks, he founded companies in online gaming, advertising and fintech including AdKnowledge, Virtumundo, V2 Ventures and Payability.
In this episode, Scott and Auren discuss:
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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Scott Lynn on LinkedIn.
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Dmitri Alperovitch is the co-founder and former CTO of Crowdstrike, and he’s currently the chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a national security think tank. He’s also the author of the new book World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Dmitri discuss:
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Jonathan Ross is the founder and CEO of Groq, a company that develops high performance microchips purpose built for AI and machine learning. Prior to founding Groq, Jonathan invented Google’s AI processor, the TPU.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Jonathan and Auren discuss:
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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Jonathan on X at @JonathanRoss321.
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Greg Isenberg is the CEO and Founder of Late Checkout Studio, a holding company for online community businesses. Greg has founded three venture-backed startups and he was also an advisor to TikTok and Reddit.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Greg and Auren discuss:
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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Greg at @gregisenberg
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Saagar is the co-host of the podcast and web series Breaking Points, which has over a million subscribers on Youtube. He was previously a White House correspondent for the Daily Caller.
On this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Saagar discuss:
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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Saagar on X at @esaagar.
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