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The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 9.18.26
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Weekly Recap 9.11.26
The WeekThe WeekAccess is Cheap. Execution is the Moat.
Founder UncoveredIrina Denisenko, KnoxA five year wait. A five minute call.
CMO UncoveredCMO UncoveredGreat Brand Collabs Begin With Truth
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Weekly Wrap 8.28.26
VC UncoveredVaughn E. CroweThe best founders aren’t chasing trends, they're building on an earned secret.
VC UncoveredVC UncoveredThe Next Venture Advantage Isn’t Capital
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Weekly Wrap 8.21.26
CMO UncoveredChang Fu, OwnwellWhen an offer is almost too good to be true.
CTO UncoveredJody BaileyAI Is Making Code Easier. It Is Making Trust Harder.
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Weekly Wrap 8.14.26
CTO UncoveredDeepak Ramaswamy, LightspunInside LightSpun, the AI bottleneck isn't generating answers, it's deciding which ones to trust.
Founder UncoveredMike Peregrina, Amby AI“Growth at all costs will cost you.”
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 8.7.26
VC UncoveredMorgan Blumberg, M13In regulated markets, the hard part is also the advantage
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 7.31.26
Founder UncoveredGal Vered, Checksum.AIThe Binary Bet: Risk, Verification, and the Real Bottleneck in AI-Driven Development
CTO UncoveredSan Oo, AbridgeBefore you redesign the system, understand the room it serves
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 7.24.26
CTO UncoveredChad Fowler, BlueYard CapitalBuilding Systems That Want to Be Changed
Founder UncoveredYair Grindlinger, Surf AIThe best defenders do not wait for the future to settle.
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 7.17.26
CTO UncoveredPatrick Leung, Faro HealthThe most expensive experiments in medicine still begin as prose
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 7.10.26
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals 7.3.26
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals
Founder UncoveredTravis Hedge, Vouch.usThe Founder Who Changed His Mind and Built a Better Company Because of It
The WeekThe WeekUncovered Originals
VC UncoveredNeal Mintz, Wischoff Ventures“You have to do as much of the job as you can before actually having the job.”
Founder UncoveredKatrin Kaurov, FrichThe Pros and Cons List Said Don't Do It. She Did It Anyway.
CTO UncoveredRyan Grothouse, MuxThe Moat Underneath the Moat
VC UncoveredChristine Keung, J2 VenturesFrom Government Insider to Investor: Helping Founders Unlock Opportunity in the Public Sector
Founder UncoveredCosmin Nicolaescu, AccrualThe Engineer Who Never Stopped Building
CTO UncoveredGal Vered, Checksum.AIThe gap AI left open: Writing code is solved. Verifying it is not.
Founder UncoveredCarlos Chavez, SytrexHe Stopped Pitching... and Got Seven Term Sheets
CMO UncoveredYogesh Mehra, Neu MoneyThe Right Customer, Not the Easy One: Rethinking the Cost of Growth
VC UncoveredAndrew Peng, Collide Capital“Great founders are everywhere. It’s just that venture access is not.”
Founder UncoveredDori Yona, SimpleClosureThe Company That Helps Founders Let Go
CTO UncoveredAlan Boyce, Sprout SocialWhat Happens When the Invisible Contract Breaks? Rebuilding Engineering for a Non-Deterministic World
CMO UncoveredAndrea Leewong, ParafinThe Invisible Brand: How Parafin's CMO Markets a Company That Nobody Knows They've Already Met
CMO UncoveredAlex Braman, GreenlightThe Next Chapter of Greenlight Began When Parents Asked a Different Kind of Question
CMO UncoveredKendall Bazan, Groundfloor FinanceHow Kendall builds borrower demand engines in niche lending markets and why the handcrafted moment is making a comeback.
CMO UncoveredJess Wen, SoLo FundsWhy brand is much more than a feeling, and how she is building a company identity that outlasts any founder, any algorithm, and any ad budget.
VC UncoveredEdwin Andrade, Core Innovation Capital“I don’t need to be the loudest person in the room to stand out. I focus on asking the right questions and building conviction.”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredThe Best Returns Reshape the Financial System
Founder UncoveredJohn Taylor Garner, OdynnHow John Garner Built a Company for a Problem the Market Hadn’t Noticed Yet
CMO UncoveredIsla Dickerson, Happy MoneyThe Return to Stickiness: How Isla Dickerson Is Rebuilding Marketing From the Inside Out
VC UncoveredCharles Hudson, Precursor VenturesFinding Alpha in Founders No One Else Will Meet
CTO UncoveredRob Zuber, CircleCIWhen the Cost of Code Collapses, Everything Built Around That Cost Must Change
Founder UncoveredSteve Ancheta, zig.aiHow one question became a new company.
CMO UncoveredLauren Dresnick, Nexus, Ripple, Arta FinanceThe Practitioner's Edge: Why human judgment and targeted storytelling still matter in automated marketing environments.
VC UncoveredRachel Stern, Govtech Ventures“Most VCs see state and local government as slow, fragmented and unglamorous. I see 80% margins, near-zero churn, and acquirers actively pay”
CMO UncoveredVivek GirotraFrequency Is Not Loyalty
VC UncoveredMercedes Bent, Premise“Most of investors' role is actually making clear non-emotional logical decisions consistently. Those are some of the biggest skills you hav”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredEric Theis on the AI Opportunity Inside Neglected Workflows
VC UncoveredSelina Troesch, Intuit Ventures“I’d rather have a really beautiful un-portfolio than some big blow-ups. I have a sense of what are important things to understand before I”
CMO UncoveredCasey Akerblom, BluevineBreaking the barriers of business banking.
CMO UncoveredLiza Moiseeva- CommonsHow Commons Scales Mission-Driven Fintech Through Content
CMO UncoveredTenzin Rose, Vooma.AIWhy Vertical Expertise and Custom Agents Beat Horizontal SaaS
VC UncoveredSherman Williams, AIN Ventures“What attracts me to founders are those who can clearly and concisely articulate a gap in a market, why they are uniquely qualified to build”
VC UncoveredDemi Obayomi, Sapphire Ventures“Success is the ability to make other people’s dreams come true.”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredHow Elad Gil Views the Next Phase of AI in Professional Fields
VC UncoveredDaniel Ramirez, 10VC“Try to make the right decision and then try to make your decision right.”
VC UncoveredItamar Novick, Recursive Ventures“The ones that really go big are companies that get to a one winner take most dynamic.”
VC UncoveredAhmad Tahir, Moderne Ventures“It’s not about having the perfect plan; it’s about testing hypotheses fast, learning faster, and adjusting direction before the market move”
VC UncoveredNatan Reddy, Ironspring Ventures“Industrial tech winners will be determined, not only on their speed of entry, but by how adept they are in their commercialization strategy”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredThe Cybersecurity Innovation Era
VC UncoveredMonique Woodard, Cake Ventures“I believe that the future is really about this intersection of technology and demographic shifts, because demographic shifts reflect change”
VC UncoveredAtlas Berry, M1C“The world is industrializing... we want to back the founders that are pushing forward this next industrial era.”
Thesis UncoveredThesis UncoveredBetting on the AI Stack