Smart Venture Podcast

The best information diet for future CEOs. Subscribe to our video podcast on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/GraceGongSmartVenturePodcastHost Grace Gong talks to the most influential people in business, venture capital, and tech. From executives to billionaire founders, Grace helps you get smarter one episode at the time.SVPpro.com LinkedIn: @GraceGong IG/Tw: @GraceGongGGFB: @SmartVenturePodcast

Smart Venture Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Grace Gong, with 161 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Grace Gong hosts Smart Venture Podcast, a business show with 161 episodes published.

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  Episode #161

  #161 Acrew Capital's Founding Partner Lauren Kolodny, Alumni Ventures Independent Board Director

  Feb 26, 202550 minS0

  <p>Lauren Kolodny is a Founding Partner of Acrew Capital. Lauren leads the fintech thesis area at Acrew. She has made investments in companies including Chime, Clara, Divvy, Gusto, Klar, Papaya, Pie, & Plaid. Prior to co-founding Acrew, Lauren was a partner at Aspect Ventures. Previously, Lauren worked in product marketing at Google, where she led a number of launches for Workspace, including Google Drive.</p> <p> </p> <p>You can learn more about: </p> <p> </p> How AI is Transforming the Future of Financial Services The Evolution of Payments Technology Cross-Border Financial Solutions in a Global Economy <p> </p> <p>#Fint...

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  Episode #160

  #160 StepStone Group Partner Seyonne Kang

  Jan 20, 202555 minS0

  <p>Seyonne Kang is a Partner at StepStone Group. As of September 30, 2024, StepStone was responsible for approximately $682 billion of total capital, including $176 billion of assets under management. She is a member of the private equity team, focusing on venture capital and growth equity investments. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Kang was a partner with Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that merged with StepStone in 2021. Before that, she spent seven years in investment management with a focus on private capital. Before moving into investment management, Ms. Kang spent about a decade on Wall Street in institutional equities...

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  Episode #159

  #159 Olaplex Inc. (Nasdaq: OLPX)'s ex- President and CEO, Moroccanoil's ex - Global CEO, JuE Wong

  Sep 22, 202453 minS0

  <p>JuE Wong is the former President & CEO/ Executive Board Director of Olaplex Inc. (Nasdaq: OLPX). Prior to Olaplex, she was the Global CEO/ Executive Board Director of Moroccanoil, the President of Elizabeth Arden, and an Independent Board Director of The Red Door by Elizabeth Arden. Other notable companies she has served as a leader include Murad and Perricone MD, among others.</p> <p> </p> <p>You can learn more about: </p> <p> </p> How to Be the CEO of an Iconic Cosmetic Brand The Career Journey of a Public Company CEO How to Lead a Hyper-Growth Company and Turn Arou...

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  Episode #158

  #158 Cisco's EVP & Chief Product Officer, Box's ex-CPO & CSO, JLL & Equinix Board Member, Jeetu Patel

  Sep 20, 202454 minS0

  <p >Jeetu Patel is Cisco's Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer. He combines a bold vision, steeped in product design and development expertise, operational rigor, and innate market understanding to create high growth businesses. He is relentlessly focused on building world class products that solve Cisco customers' biggest problems – bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of their organization in the era of AI.</p> <p >Previously he was Cisco's Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he led the strategy and development for these businesses and held P...

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  Episode #157

  #157 Intuit Ventures' Managing Director, ex- M12 Microsoft's Venture Fund Partner Adam Coccari

  Sep 20, 202459 minS0

  <p >Adam Coccari is the Managing Director of Intuit Ventures, Intuit's Venture Capital team responsible for overseeing Intuit's investment in startups around the world. Prior to Intuit, Adam spent 8 years at Microsoft where he was most recently a Partner at M12 – Microsoft's Venture Fund.</p> <p > </p> <p >You can learn more about: </p> <p > </p> <p >1. The future of AI in financial services</p> <p >2. Trends in B2B SaaS and SMB-focused technologies</p> <p >3. AI-driven innovation strategy</p> <p > </p> <p >#VentureCapital #FinTech #AI #IntuitAssist #StartupInvesting #Innovation #SaaS</p> <p>=====================</p> YouTube: @GraceGongCEO Newsletter: @SmartVenture LinkedIn: @GraceGong TikTok: @GraceG...

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