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Patrick Johnson of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) stops by to talk about Startup Banking, Venture Debt, and the other ways SVB partners with founders and investors to support innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Blake Oliver of FloQast stops by to discuss the latest trends in Cloud Accounting. Before joining FloQast, Blake owned and operated a cloud accounting practice in Southern California.

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Maren Kate Donovan of Recruit explains how to scale your startup's recruiting efforts. We also go over frequent recruiting mistakes and best practices. Kruze Consulting uses Recruit and is a huge fan!!!

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Matt Gunnin of Esports One explains the Esports phenomenon and how his company's computer vision powered audience experience makes it that much more enjoyable for viewing. Esports One allows the audience to track the pros and even learn from them.

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Kevin Busque of Guideline 401k drops by to talk Startup 401k's. Kevin talks about his experience being in charge of TaskRabbit 401k and realizing the 401k system could be improved dramatically.

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Beth Stevens of Opendoor comes by to talk about her experiences running Legal & Compliance at a Fast Growing Startup. Before joining Opendoor, Beth ran Legal & Compliance at Earnest and did the same for Sidecar.

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Shruti Merchant of HubHaus is pioneering long-term home sharing. HubHaus members share a large house and use the platform to connect with potential roommates, easily pay rent and split bills.

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Aaron Tyler, Managing Director at TriplePoint Capital, discusses Venture Debt for Startups. Aaron covers the East Coast for Triplepoint but does deals nationally. Aaron has worked in Venture Capital or Venture Debt for 15+ years.

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Evan Meagher, VP of Finance at Logikcull and another 2nd-time guest (!), stops by to discuss SaaS Startup life. Evan helps run Logikcull which has become a major player in the Legal Discovery software market.

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Eli Ceryak of Cushman & Wakefield, our first 2 time guest on Founders and Friends (!), stops by to discuss the 2018 Startup Real Estate Outlook.

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Rob Sadow of Scoop talks about how Scoop makes commuting fun and easy. Scoop allows company team members to share rides to and from work through an easy-to-operate app. Scoop has become a widely offered perq in the Bay Area and Seattle.

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Lee Firestone of OpenReel makes creating video easy for businesses through OpenReel's remote capture technology. Kruze Consulting uses OpenReel and absolutely loves it. You can see our OpenReel video library at youtube.com/kruzeconsulting.

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Ben Munoz of Nadine West discusses the entrepreneurial journey - from sleeping in his office and renting out his apartment to help fund Nadine West - to a successful subscription commerce business that is profitable and growing rapidly.

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Michael Piacente discusses his firm, Hitch Partners, the leading Executive Search Firm for Security Professionals.

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Matt Miller of Embroker comes by to discuss his companies efforts to automate insurance for startups. Embroker is an online service that lets startups fill out an online form and get quotes for all kinds of insurance.

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Chuck Pettid discusses Republic's unique brand of crowdfunding equity investments for startups. Chuck runs Republic's Deal Team which means he leads origination and then vets all Republic equity crowdfunding campaigns.

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Josh Lowy discusses Hugo's software which makes documenting meeting insights easy and sharing with your team even easier. Hugo lets the team "be in the Know without being in the Room." Go to Hugo.ai and use the discount code "KRUZE" to get 6 months of Hugo for free!

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Will Hawthorne of Code Advisors discusses M&A for Startups. Will explains how a startup can create leverage with multiple buyers, the importance of reliable financials and accounting and important deal points every Startup CEO should know.

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Leslie Sagalowicz Barber of Intuit's Quickbooks discusses Quickbook's excellent online software package including the newly launched QB Community. Kruze Consulting has 150+ clients on Quickbooks Online and loves the service.

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Kaushik Ranchod of the Ranchod Law Group stopped by to outline the H1B Visa Process for Startups. Kaushik walks us through all the deadlines and best immigration practices.

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Zack Blum joins us to discuss Fleetsmith's new Cloud Based Mac Management Software.

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Raphael Crawford-Marks has built a next generation employee recognition service called Bonusly. The Service's integration with Slack makes it quick and easy to reward co-workers for a job well done. Bonusly has become one of Kruze Consulting's most popular tools.

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Reilly Brennan of Trucks VC invited us over to discuss early stage transportation startups. Reilly is a seed Venture Capitalist in the sector and also a Lecturer at Stanford. HIs passion is helping founders build their dream companies.

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Devon Tivona of Pana discusses how Pana combines mobile app technology and virtual travel assistants to make travel easy. Although Pana is for business travel, I used it on a recent vacation and loved it.

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Sarah Schaaf of Headnote retraces her journey from Google Lawyer to legal industry startup founder. Headnote makes billing and collections easy for lawyers.

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Jesse Freese of Sequoia Consulting Group discusses the PEO approach for employee benefits at startups. Sequoia is a highly regarded, full-service Benefits and Risk Management provider that delivers payroll, benefits and other compliance needs.

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Jeron Paul of Capshare stops by to talk about Cap Table Management for Startups. Capshare is the leading software provider for Cap Table Management. It allows startups to escape unreliable excel reports and bring their Cap Table into the cloud.

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Laurie Lumenti-Garty of Square One Bank joins Founders & Friends to explain the services that every startup should receive from its bank. Square One focuses entirely on startups and does an excellent job.

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Peter Lai joins Founders & Friends to discuss his new company, Emburse. Peter is a serial entrepreneur and sold his last company to Box.

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Mike Lederman runs the West Coast Region for Bridge Bank, one of the premier banks that serves startups. Mike explains venture debt and the other services that Bridge Bank provides to its startup clients.

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Ronjini Joshua is the founder of The Silver Telegram, a PR agency for startups and crowdfunding campaigns. She walks us through the best practices for Startup PR, how to get the most out of your PR Agency and a few "what not to do" stories. :)

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James Schramko of SuperFastBusiness discusses building productive habits both personally and professionally.

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Rene Lacerte is Founder & CEO of Bill.com, the leading online business payment provider and one of Kruze Consulting's favorite software tools.

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Tye DeGrange of Round Barn Labs talks startup growth marketing. Tye takes a data driven approach to marketing. It's all about performance for Round Barn Labs. We talk tactics including the power of Influencer Marketing.

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Peggy Chang, Co-Founder & CEO of Activity Hero, explains how she came up with the idea of building a one-stop shop website to find and book kids camps and classes.

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Vincent Turner of Uno Home Loans is a Fintech pioneer in Australia & the US. Vincent's latest company, Uno Home Loans, is dramatically simplifying the Australian mortgage process by making it completely digital.

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Mark MacLeod founded SurePath Capital after serving as Startup CFO for Shopify and Freshbooks. Mark was also a VC at Canada's Real Ventures.

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Augie Rakow of Orrick is one of the best startup lawyers in the Valley.

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Steve Gillan of Azure Capital Partners discusses his firm's strategy of investing in Post Seed Stage Startups.

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Healy Jones of ForUsAll discusses Startup 401k's, including why startups should offer them and how to make them cost effective for employers and employees. ForUsAll is the leading 401k provider for startups and Kruze Consulting is a huge fan.

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Josh Reeves of Gusto shares his vision and people first values. Gusto is the premier payroll system for startups and a huge Kruze Consulting partner.

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Haje Jan Kamps of TechCrunch comes by to explain How to Get Your Startup Covered.

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Matt Ziser of Tobi stopped by to talk about running Operations at a fast-growing eCommerce startup. Tobi is an online retailer that compares to Forever 21. The company has successfully bootstrapped into a large eCommerce business.

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Jacob Colker of Lighter Capital discusses startup funding and how to minimize dilution through Lighter Capital's startup loans.

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Ed Aten of Merchbar shares his experiences building the leading ecommerce site for all things music merchandise.

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Aaron Moskowitz, an Enterprise SEO Executive, stops by to share his best Startup SEO Tips. Aaron has tons of experience in online marketing and SEO. He also shares what not to do so your startup won't end up in the penalty box. :)

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Sonja Hoel Perkins shares her passion for two women-centric organization she has founded, Project Glimmer and Broadway Angels.

Project Glimmer inspires girls to believe in themselves.

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Steve Walker, Founder of Cobaltix, coaches us through how startups can outsource their IT systems. Cobaltix works with hundreds of startups and knows all the best practices.

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Glen Evans runs Recruiting at Slack. Before Slack, Glen managed a large recruiting organization at Facebook. Glen retraces his career in recruiting and the lessons he learned along the way.

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Evan Meagher of SigFig came by to share the lessons he has learned helping SigFig scale. Evan is Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Operations so he's seen it all.

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Eli Ceryak from Cushman & Wakefield stops by Kruze Consulting to talk about the Startup Real Estate Market. Eli specializes in the San Francisco Bay Area but we covered some of the other big startup hubs as well.

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Steve Bennet is an active Angel Investor, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at San Jose State University, and consults as a Startup CFO.

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Jeff Samuels of Founder Shield joins us to talk Insurance for Startups. We discuss General Liability, Errors & Omissions, Workers Comp, and Benefits.

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Jeff Smith of Facebook joins us to discuss Facebook.Design, the company's initiative that gives back to the design community with free GUI tools and much more to come.

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Brian Sterz of Miracle Mile Advisors talks personal money management for startup founders and team members.

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John Pettus is the Founder & CEO of Fiskkit, which is developing a better way to discuss the news. Fiskkit is a social enterprise that has created a commentary and fact checking system for the Internet.

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Amber Merrigan of Avison Young talks Startup Real Estate in Oakland. Amber has covered Oakland for years and it's startup ecosystem is exploding.

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Lynn Perkins is the Co-Founder and CEO of UrbanSitter. UrbanSitter makes finding a babysitter easy. The mobile service lets parents view the reputations and experience of sitters.

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Matt Rissell is the Co-Founder & CEO of TSheets. He shares a great story from his last company that led to the founding of TSheets Time Tracking Software.

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Robert Kohler started Kohler Law Group to provide outsourced in-house counsel for startups. Robert is an entrepreneur himself, having started his own firm and a series of restaurants in San Francisco.

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Jamie Ceglarz of The Sourcery came by to talk about recruiting for growth stage startups. The Sourcery is an outsourced recruiting solution for early-stage startups. As the startup scales so does the relationship with the Sourcery.

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Matthew Belloni is the Executive Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. In this episode, Matt talks about the evolution of his own career from entertainment lawyer to journalist and editor.

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Patrick Sullivan is the Co-Founder & COO of 2600hz. Patrick shares his thoughts on bootstrapping to startup success. 2600hz is a cloud telecom company gives developers and businesses access to cloud telecom services.

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Monica Ohara & Hannah Russin of Datascore came on the podcast to talk Growth Marketing for Startups. Monica & Hannah are all about the data.

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Kathy Woeber Gardner is a Partner at Montgomery Pacific LLP and has spent her career as a lawyer working with startups. Kathy began at Orrick and then moved to Montgomery Pacific.

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Mike Barash is the founding partner at Codeword (formerly Knock Twice), a hybrid PR, content, advertising, branding and design agency that puts start-ups on the map and builds campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the world.

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In this episode, Ashish talks about how a failed Internet venture (with me :)) helped him recognize the opportunity at 99designs.

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David Bergeron of T3 Advisors walks us through the San Francisco Startup Real Estate Market. David shares his 3 Tips every startup should know when negotiating a new real estate deal.

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Jen O'Neal and Jeff Manheimer founded Tripping.com to make finding a vacation home anywhere in the world easy. Tripping is like Kayak for the vacation home market.

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Bill Growney is a Partner at Goodwin Procter, one of Silicon Valley's leading startup law firms.

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Brian Mullen of Twilio was the company's first business hire. He's a Business Development guru.

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David Barrett is the Founder & CEO of Expensify, the world's best expense management software. The Company's motto is Expensive Reports That Don't Suck.

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Rod Drury is the Founder & CEO of Xero, a multi-billion publicly traded accounting software company. Xero began in New Zealand and is going head to head with Intuit's Quickbooks across the globe.