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Roundtable Series w/ Ted Mann, Joe Biancaniello, Michael Crossey, and Mike Petrakis Ep 3 | Founding Philly

This episode is sponsored by J.P. Morgan and Cozen O'Connor. --- In this episode of Founding Philly, I sit down with Ted Mann, Mike Petrakis, Mike Crossey, and Joe Biancaniello for a roundtable conversation on what it really takes to start, fund, and scale a company in Philly. This episode is part of the Roundtable Series, a new format of Founding Philly. Same mission—spotlighting the startup journey—now with more voices at the table from across the Philly ecosystem. We kick things off...

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Aug. 27, 2025

Roundtable Series w/ Ted Mann, Joe Biancaniello, Michael Crossey, and…

This episode is sponsored by J.P. Morgan and Cozen O'Connor. --- In this episode of Founding Philly, I sit down with Ted Mann, Mike Petrakis, Mike Crossey, and Joe Biancaniello for a roundtable conversation on what it really takes to start, fund, and scale a company in Philly. This episode is part …

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June 23, 2025

The Roundtable Series w/ Helena Jaramillo, Tito Obaisi, and Lilly Che…

This episode is sponsored by JP Morgan. --- In this episode of Founding Philly, we bring you the second installment of our Roundtable Series—recorded live at the Fitler Club—where we gather Philadelphia's top founders and ecosystem builders for a candid conversation about what it’s really like to b…

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April 29, 2025

The Roundtable Series w/ Tiffanie Stanard, Adit Gupta and Tom Falzani…

This episode is sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs . --- In this episode of Founding Philly, I sit down with three Philly founders—Tiffanie Stanard, founder and CEO of Stimulus, and Adit Gupta and Tom Falzani, co-fou...

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Jan. 22, 2025

Veeva, Co-founder Matt Wallach | Founding Philly Ep. 50

In this episode of Founding Philly, I sit down with Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, a cloud-computing company dedicated to pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Starting with just $7M in venture capital, Mat...

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Dec. 10, 2024

HealthVerity, Co-Founder & COO Andrew Goldberg | Founding Philly Ep. …

This episode is sponsored by J.P. Morgan . --- In this episode, I interview Andrew Goldberg, Co-founder and COO of HealthVerity, a software company advancing science by synchronizing transformational technologies with the nat...

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Nov. 19, 2024

Carbon Reform, Co-Founder & CEO Jo Norris, FairNow, Founder & CEO Gur…

In this episode of the Founding Philly podcast, we interviewed the 3 finalists from this year's PACT "Lion's Den" segment—their Shark Tank'-style pitch competition. Over 60 startups pitched throughout the day and only these 3...

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Oct. 2, 2024

Data-Driven Growth: Strategies for Early-Stage Startup Success

  By Christopher YoungChristopher Young is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in building and scaling tech ventures. He founded and led Async Interview, a SaaS technology company, to its acquisition by RIVS. At Gopuff, he s…

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April 10, 2024

Your First Four Hires

  By Laura RemakerLaura Remaker has over a decade of C-level HR and talent acquisition experience, notably influenced Philly startups like Greenphire, Spring EQ and Getta as Head of People Operations. She currently serves as the Chief People O…

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