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S6 Ep. 7 James Norman: Black Operator Ventures
Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 36 seconds
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S6 Ep. 6 Tim Kight: CEO of Focus 3
Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 56 seconds
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S6 Ep. 5 Inside Refinery: Bernadette Butler, StoryTap
Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 35 seconds
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S6 Ep. 4 Upal Basu: General Partner at Ngp Capital
Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 11:01 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 6 seconds
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S6 Ep. 3 Dave Mawhinney: The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Published: Sept. 27, 2022, 7:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 20 seconds
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S6 Ep. 2 Inside Refinery: Mike Kadin, CEO of RedCircle
Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 19 seconds
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S6 Ep. 1 Gokul Rajaram: Investor and Company Helper
Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 10:30 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds
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Trailer: Season 6 is Coming Soon!
Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 42 seconds
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S5 Ep 5. Pete Blackshaw: CEO of Cintrifuse
Published: April 19, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 43 seconds
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S5 Ep 4. Carl Grant: Executive Vice President of Global Business Development at Cooley
Published: April 12, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 52 seconds
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S5 Ep 3. Steve Escaravage: Executive Vice President at Booz Allen
Published: April 5, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds
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S5 Ep 2. Aashish Dalal: Co-founder of ParkWhiz (now Arrive Mobility)
Published: March 22, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 5 seconds
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S5 Ep 1. Brian Cobb: Chief Innovation Officer at CVG airport
Published: March 15, 2022, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds
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S4 Ep 7. Man Behind the Mic Part 2: Interview by Joe Kaiser at Mercato Partners
Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 24 seconds
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S4 Ep 6. Man Behind the Mic Part 1: Interview by Joe Kaiser at Mercato Partners
Published: Nov. 9, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 17 seconds
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S4 Ep 5. Stephany Lapierre: Tealbook
Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 35 seconds
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S4 Ep 4. Adam Sharkawy: Material Impact
Published: Oct. 19, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 13 seconds
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S4 Ep 3. Elaine Bryant: Dayton Development Coalition & Jobs Ohio
Published: Oct. 12, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 17 seconds
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S4 Ep 2. Sarah Anderson: Vault Fund
Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 50 seconds
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S4 Ep 1. Jeff Bloomfield: Braintrust
Published: Sept. 28, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 37 seconds
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S3 Ep 12. Alex Frommeyer: Beam Dental
Published: June 29, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 43 seconds
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S3 Ep 11. Kimberly Reed: Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Published: June 22, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 8 seconds
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S3 Ep 10. Brian Hopcraft: Lewis & Clark Ventures
Published: June 15, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 30 seconds
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S3 Ep 9. John Nottingham: Nottingham Spirk
Published: June 8, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds
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S3 Ep 8. Roy Bahat: Bloomberg Beta
Published: June 1, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 51 seconds
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S3 Ep 7. John Simon: Sigma Prime & GreenLight Fund
Published: May 25, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 6 seconds
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S3 Ep 6. Mitch Port: BlockFi
Published: May 18, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds
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S3 Ep 5. Darcy Howe: KCRise Fund
Published: May 11, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 21 seconds
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S3 Ep 4. Nick Cromydas: Hunt Club & Kaleb Dumot: Integrity Power Search
Published: May 4, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 9 seconds
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S3 Ep 3. Ethan Batraski: Venrock
Published: April 27, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 29 seconds
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S3 Ep 2. Adam Symson: E.W. Scripps
Published: April 27, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 27 seconds
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S3 Ep 1. Dhani Jones: Entrepreneur & Former NFL Linebacker
Published: April 27, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 13 seconds
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Cross Over Episode: Refinery Ventures on The Casted Podcast, Season 6
Published: April 20, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds
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Cross Over Episode: Tim Schigel on Negotiations Ninja with Mark Raffan
Published: April 6, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 33 seconds
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S2 Ep 12. Jon Medved: OurCrowd
Published: March 23, 2021, 12:32 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 55 seconds
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S2 Ep 11: Steve Santamaria
Published: March 16, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes
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S2 Ep 11. Steve Santamaria: Folio Photonics
Published: March 16, 2021, 5:30 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes
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S2 Ep 10: Niki Scevak
Published: March 9, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds
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S2 Ep 10. Niki Scevak: Blackbird Ventures
Published: March 9, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds
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S2 Ep 9: Bruce Vojak
Published: March 2, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 18 seconds
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S2 Ep 9. Bruce Vojak: Breakthrough Innovation Advisors
Published: March 2, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 18 seconds
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S2 Ep 8: Kevin Maney
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds
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S2 Ep 8. Kevin Maney: Author & Category Design Advisor
Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds
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S2 Ep 7: Mackey Craven
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 26 seconds
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S2 Ep 7. Mackey Craven: OpenView
Published: Feb. 16, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 26 seconds
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S2 Ep 6: Michelle McBane
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds
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S2 Ep 6. Michelle McBane: StandUp Ventures
Published: Feb. 9, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds
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S2 Ep 5: Baiju Shah
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds
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S2 Ep 5. Baiju Shah: Cleveland Innovation Project
Published: Feb. 2, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 21 seconds
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S2 Ep 4: Noor Sweid
Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 16 seconds
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S2 Ep 4. Noor Sweid: Global Ventures
Published: Jan. 26, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 16 seconds
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S2 Ep 2: Victor Gutwein
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 12:35 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds
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S2 Ep 2. Victor Gutwein: M25
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 12:35 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds
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S2 Ep 3: Steve Walchek
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 35 seconds
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S2 Ep 1: Wendy Lea
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 34 seconds
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S2 Ep 3. Steve Walchek: FIS
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 35 seconds
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S2 Ep 1. Wendy Lea: CEO, Board Director, Strategic Advisor
Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 6:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 34 seconds
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14 - Jason Warner
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4:10 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds
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S1 Ep 14. Jason Warner: GitHub
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4:10 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds
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15 - Scott Dorsey
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4:06 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds
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S1 Ep 15. Scott Dorsey: High Alpha
Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4:06 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds
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13 - Yuval Brisker
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 57 seconds
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S1 Ep 13. Yuval Brisker: Mezu
Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 57 seconds
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12 - Chris Rizik
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds
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S1 Ep 12. Chris Rizik: Renaissance Venture Capital
Published: Nov. 10, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 22 seconds
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S1 Ep 11. Joe Marks: Carnegie Mellon University
Published: Nov. 3, 2020, 6 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds
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10 - Chad Summe
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds
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S1 Ep 10. Chad Summe: Quotient Technology
Published: Oct. 27, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds
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S1 Ep 9. Vic Gatto: Jumpstart Foundry
Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 55 seconds
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S1 Ep 8. Bob Meese: Duolingo
Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 53 seconds
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07 - Tim Holcomb
Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds
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S1 Ep 7. Tim Holcomb: Miami University
Published: Oct. 6, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds
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06 - Nick Moran
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 35 seconds
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S1 Ep 6. Nick Moran: New Stack Ventures and The Full Ratchet Podcast
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 35 seconds
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05 - Anant Madabhushi
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds
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S1 Ep 5. Anant Madabhushi: Case Western Reserve University
Published: Sept. 22, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds
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04 - Tim Guleri
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds
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S1 Ep 4. Tim Guleri: Sierra Ventures
Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 13 seconds
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03 - Ian Hathaway
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 5:10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 6 seconds
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S1 Ep 3. Ian Hathaway: techstars
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 5:10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 6 seconds
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02 - David Cohen
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 5:05 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 37 seconds
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S1 Ep 2. David Cohen: techstars
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 5:05 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 37 seconds
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01 - Shashank Saxena
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds
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S1 Ep 1. Shashank Saxena: VNDLY
Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 52 seconds
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