318 Episodes

  1. Jackie Fast (Sandbox Studios) - How to Build a Talent-Led Brand, The Intersection of Celebrity x Entrepreneurship and What Makes A Great Partnership

    Published: 3/8/2022

  2. Greer Tessler and Cara Kaufman (Simple Food Ventures) - Why they only invest in CPG products that work on-shelf, the difference between better for the planet and better for you, and analyzing product differentiation

    Published: 3/1/2022

  3. Ksenia Yudina (UNest) - How she's Helping Parents Invest in Their Kids

    Published: 2/17/2022

  4. Eric Kinariwala (Capsule) - How one visit to pick up his prescription led him to create a new type of pharmacy

    Published: 2/15/2022

  5. Mike Smerklo (Next Coast Ventures) - What it was like working for Ben Horowitz, How he set up a search fund and bought a company, Why he invests in consumer when he comes from enterprise

    Published: 2/10/2022

  6. Walker Drewett (NuBrakes) - How He Started a Mobile Brake Repair Company with No Automative Experience

    Published: 2/8/2022

  7. Joe Kudla (Vuori) - What Was Missing From Active Apparel, How He Scaled His Brand Profitably, and How He Pivoted To Find Customer-Fit

    Published: 2/3/2022

  8. John Foraker (Once Upon a Farm) - How To Craft A Story For Retail, Why Jennifer Garner Came On Board as Chief of Brand, and Their Approach To Scale

    Published: 2/1/2022

  9. Brandon Yahn (Convivialité Ventures) - Why the Second Largest Wine & Spirit Company is Investing in Consumer Tech

    Published: 1/27/2022

  10. Avrum Elmakis (CLMBR) - How He's Bringing Vertical Climbing To Your Home, The Future of Fitness and How He Fundraised From Top Athletes

    Published: 1/25/2022

  11. Abigail Cook Stone (Otherland) - How She Turned Her Love of Scents into a Leading Candle Brand

    Published: 1/21/2022

  12. Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Vision Fund) - His Three Consumer Investment Themes, How Fund 2 is Different From Fund 1, and How He Invests in Tech and Non-Tech Businesses

    Published: 1/19/2022

  13. Jessica Peltz-Zatulove (Hannah Grey) - How Brands Are Engaging with Web3, Why Identity Driven Brands Will Win and The Metaverse

    Published: 1/14/2022

  14. Mike Ghaffary (Canvas) - What’s next after the iPhone, Unpacking Web3, Metaverse and Remote First Products, and Is this the time to be investing in B2C or B2B

    Published: 1/11/2022

  15. Tushar Garg (Flyhomes) - How He’s Helping Families Buy Their First Home, and Why Real Estate Still Hasn’t Seen Much Innovation

    Published: 1/6/2022

  16. Stephen Hughes (Sunrise Strategic Partners) - What Makes a Great Market, When Should a DNVB Hit Retail and the History of the Natural Foods Movement

    Published: 1/4/2022

  17. Nisha Dua (BBG Ventures) - Opportunities within health and wellness, Investing in climate friendly consumption and solving problems for the 99%

    Published: 12/21/2021

  18. Ben Sun (Primary Venture Partners) - Lessons Learned from Building The First Social Networking Site, The Rise of New York's Tech Scene, and Are Early-Stage Companies Overvalued in Today's Market?

    Published: 12/16/2021

  19. Brett Thomas (CAVU Venture Partners) - How He Adds Billboard Value, His Approach to Brand Building, and When Consumer Companies Should Raise Capital

    Published: 12/14/2021

  20. Holiday Recap: Sarah LaFleur, Founder & CEO of M.M. LaFleur

    Published: 12/13/2021

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The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription. Mike also interviews founders that are building some of the most disruptive consumer facing companies in the world. The conversation usually includes the insight the founder discovered, fundraising strategy, and the pitch. This podcast also includes bonus episodes. Each bonus episode dives into a particular subject that might not have to due with the fundraise or venture capital, but still would be helpful to founders. For example, a bonus episode on brand strategy or how to construct a board of directors. All bonus episodes will be clearly labeled. For all episodes, please visit www.theconsumervc.com. For updates, you can follow @mikegelb on Twitter.