Geeks Of The Valley

Geeks of the Valley connects with some of the brightest minds globally, who are leading their respective industries today. We discuss the hottest upcoming industry trends and how their work is affecting the global economy.

Geeks Of The Valley is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 91 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Geeks Of The Valley, a technology show with 91 episodes published.

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  Episode #17

  The Signals Behind Breakout Brands with FirstLook’s Brian Folmer

  Sep 15, 202629 minS7

  Brian Folmer is the founder of FirstLook and FirstLook Ventures, a consumer-focused investor network connecting emerging brands with a community of accredited investors. Through FirstLook’s product-driven investor experience, he has built a platform that helps founders put their brands directly in front of potential backers while creating a more hands-on way to discover the next generation of consumer companies.At FirstLook Ventures, Brian invests in Seed through Series B consumer brands and evaluates opportunities through more than early traction alone. He shares what makes a consumer business compelling to investors, how founders can frame a credible fundraising story, the signals behind product and brand-market fit, and why relationships, thoughtful positioning, and realistic capital plans matter in a competitive CPG market. The conversation is a practical look at how founders can stand out and how investors assess enduring consumer brands. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfolmer Website: https://firstlook.vc

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  Episode #16

  How Physical AI Is Building the Kinetic Age with UP.Partners' Adam Grosser

  Sep 2, 202637 minS7

  Adam Grosser is the Chairman and Managing Partner of UP.Partners, an investment firm backing entrepreneurs building the technologies that help move people and goods faster, safer, and more efficiently. Before founding UP.Partners, Adam was a General Partner at Foundation Capital and a Managing Director at Silver Lake, where he led the Energy and Resources Fund. Shaped by early lessons from innovators including Steve Jobs and George Lucas. In this episode, learn why AI is moving from bits to atoms, how he evaluates high-conviction physical AI investments, why technical moats and supply-chain resilience matter, and why ambitious founders should seek meaningful problems. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamgrosser Website: https://up.partners/

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  Gaming Drives as a Global Cultural Force with XSET’s Greg Selkoe

  Aug 18, 202654 min

  Greg Selkoe is the Co-Founder and CEO of XSET, a gaming lifestyle and media brand operating at the intersection of gaming, music, sports, fashion, and culture. Before launching XSET, Greg founded the streetwear e-commerce company Karmaloop and later served as President and Co-Owner of FaZe Clan, giving him decades of experience building brands around emerging cultural movements.At XSET, Greg is developing a creator-led media platform designed for Gen Z and Gen Alpha audiences. In this episode, he discusses the lessons he learned from success and failure, the importance of resilience and choosing the right business partners, why gaming has become a defining force in popular culture, and how XSET is helping brands connect authentically with the next generation of consumers. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-selkoe-3b9964ab/ Website: https://xset.com

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  Episode #14

  Backing the Signal and Building the Trust with Entrepreneur Ventures’ Jonathan Hung

  Aug 2, 202636 minS7

  Jonathan Hung is the Managing Partner of Entrepreneur Ventures, an early-stage signal fund investing in a broad portfolio of promising startups through fast, conviction-driven checks. Before launching the fund, Jonathan invested more than $10 million across 250 companies and 50 venture funds, building an extensive view of what separates durable founders from short-term momentum.He is also the author of Your Emergency Contact, which explores why trust, reliability, and strong professional relationships are essential to building successful companies and investment partnerships. Earlier in his career, Jonathan helped operate his family’s international textile business, an experience that shaped his practical approach to entrepreneurship, leadership, and capital allocation. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhung/ Website: https://www.entrepreneur.vc

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  Episode #13

  #130: From Building Facebook's Billion-Dollar Ad Business to Dog Food, with Get Joy's Tom Arrix

  Jul 20, 202636 minS7

  Tom ArrixTom Arrix is the founder and CEO of Get Joy, a Connecticut-based pet wellness company building what may be the first truly functional gut-health platform for dogs. Before pivoting to pet nutrition, he spent nearly three decades at the top of media, sports, and advertising — most notably at Facebook, where as VP of Global Marketing Solutions for North America he built and led the company's North American advertising business, growing it from roughly $18 million to over one billion dollars in revenue.Tom's career spans several of the defining media companies of the last 30 years. He began in banking before moving into media, holding senior roles at Turner Broadcasting and serving as SVP of Digital Sales & Marketing at CBS Sports, ahead of his landmark run at Facebook. In 2016 he co-founded Adjacency Partners, a business advisory firm helping early-stage companies scale faster — a bridge that kept him close to founders as he considered his own next chapter.That chapter became deeply personal. After his Golden Retriever, Cooper, was diagnosed with lymphoma, Tom immersed himself in canine nutrition, and the power of whole-food nutrition gave him and Cooper 18 more months together. That experience led him to found Get Joy, built on a gut-health thesis and its BellyBiotics line. Today the company has launched across 477 Sprouts Farmers Market doors nationwide, counts Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner as its wellness ambassador, is trusted by more than 30,000 pet parents, and runs much of its operations — from customer service to marketing analytics — on AI. Largely bootstrapped, Tom's vision is to make Get Joy for dog nutrition what AG1 has become for human health: a daily, foundational product pet parents never question. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-arrix-668a7771

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