The Manav Podcast
Manav hosts a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with successful entrepreneurs, investors, and experts. Each episode explores their personal insights, stories, and strategies for achieving success. The show aims to uncover practical lessons and actionable advice for listeners interested in business and investing.
Episodes
#34 - Omri Yoffe - Founder (Vi), Raising $145 million, American Healthcare System, Building Palantir of Healthcare
Omri Yoffe is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Vi, an enterprise AI company transforming healthcare, life sciences, and wellness. Under his leadership, Vi has evolved from an AI-powered personal fitness platform into a major enterprise health technology company that uses data and artificial intelligence to improve patient engagement, accelerate clinical trials, support drug commerc
#33 - Ryan Thorpe - How to Market Mobile Apps, 3m+ ARR
Today’s guest Ryan built an app studio with a portfolio of 40+ apps with 50M+ lifetime downloads and today he will share a playbook on how to grow mobile apps. Ryan joined the AI-powered mindfulness journaling app Reflectly initially in a growth role (Aug 2020), then became Co-Founder/CMO/COO. Reflective Apps now and a 4.6 average rating Reflectiveapps, including apps like Monefy and The Mindfuln
#32 - Anita Verma Lallian - Data Centres, AI, Biggest Land Deal In The History Of Arizona
Anita Verma-Lallian is an American real estate developer, entrepreneur, and film producer known for her role shaping large-scale land deals and pioneering development in Arizona. She is the founder and CEO of Arizona Land Consulting, a firm that advises investors and developers on acquiring and developing strategic land assets across the state. Verma-Lallian comes from a family with deep roots in
#31 - Shaun Clark - Founder (Go High Level), How to Acquire First 1000 Users
Shaun Clark is the Co-Founder and CEO of GoHighLevel (HighLevel), a SaaS platform built to help marketing agencies and businesses manage leads, automations, CRM, funnels, messaging, and more. With a background in software, Shaun previously founded InvoiceSherpa, a tool for automating invoice collections. He attended Oregon State University for computer science and also took part in Stanford’s Inno
#30 - John Rush: Building 24 Startups and Earning $3.2M/Year, AI Agents
John Rush is a bootstrapped multipreneur and maker. He’s the force behind Unicorn Platform, a no-code website builder tailored specifically for busy founders. Acquired in 2022, Unicorn has since grown into a six-figure, high-traction platform serving over 300,000 users through SEO-driven growth and creator-led distribution.John builds on his vision with MarsX, a holding company comprised of over t
#29 - Kent Yoshimura - Founder, NeuroGum, Reaching 100m+, Shark Tank, Ultra Marathons, Caffeine
Kent Yoshimura is the co-founder and CEO of LA-based Neuro (also known as NeuroGum), a health-and-wellness brand delivering functional gum and mints that help people feel more focused, energized, and calm—anytime, anywhere. A neuroscientist by training (UC San Diego), Kent brings a diverse creative background as a muralist, illustrator, filmmaker, and multimedia artist, having collaborated with gl
#28 - Ishita Agrawal - Founder, The Tapp, NFC Technology, Quantum Marketing
Ishita Agrawal is the visionary founder and CEO of Tapp, a platform on a mission to transform post‑purchase customer engagement into something magical.Recognizing that the sales funnel ends too early, she reimagined it—at the moment of unboxing or first use, when emotions are highest—by creating dynamic, AI‑driven experiences that spark connection and loyalty.With Tapp, brands can engage customers
#27 - Dr. Alan Goldhamer - The Insane Benefits of Water-Only Fasting
About Dr. Alan GoldhamerDr. Alan Goldhamer, DC, is co-founder of TrueNorth Health Center (est. 1984) in Sonoma County, CA—the world’s largest facility specializing in medically supervised water-only fasting and SOS-free (no added salt, oil, sugar) whole-food nutrition. (TrueNorth Health Center) He has supervised more than 25,000 therapeutic fasts and leads clinician training and research through t
#26 - Paul Rice - Founder, Fair Trade USA, Trump Tariffs
In this episode of the Pursuit of Knowledge podcast, we sit down with Paul Rice, the visionary founder of Fair Trade USA. Since 1998, Paul has revolutionized global trade by collaborating with iconic brands like Whole Foods, Costco, Patagonia, and Walmart. Through Fair Trade USA, Paul has expanded ethical certification across coffee, tea, cocoa, sugar, apparel, home goods, and personal care produc
#25- Ben Mones - Founder (Fama), Raising 30m, How AI is changing the recruiting space, Human Captcha
Ben Mones – CEO & Founder of FamaBen Mones is the CEO and Founder of Fama Technologies, a pioneering AI company that helps organizations identify and manage risk in the hiring process. With a background in entrepreneurship and digital risk management, Ben is widely recognized for advancing ethical AI in employment screening. Under his leadership, Fama has become a trusted platform for thousand
#24 - Romain Torres - Founder (Arcads AI), Growing to $7m ARR in 18 months, AI Product Ideas
Romain Torres is the Co-Founder of Arcads AI, a platform revolutionizing video advertising through the use of AI-generated actors and automated video production. Since launching in September 2023, Arcads AI has enabled brands and marketers to create high-performing ad content at scale, entirely from text input.At Arcads, Torres is building a solution that removes the traditional bottlenecks of vid
#23 - David Tran: Tax Strategies for High Income Earners to Help Reduce Taxes
David Tran is a financial strategist and founder of Prime Path Advisory, helping high-income earners stop overpaying taxes and start building lives of peace, freedom, and clarity. He’s also behind SaaS Tax Credits and co-founder of xFusion, with deep expertise in tax, startups, and scaling. Host of The Fuse Show and advisor at Golden Rule Ventures, David’s mission is simple: make wealth-building s
#22 - Clay Alexander - Founder (Ember), Inventing, 250+ Patents, Apple Partnership, Ember Cube
Clay Alexander is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur, best known as the founder and CEO of Ember Technologies. He holds over 250 patents worldwide and is recognized for creating the world’s first temperature-controlled mug, which debuted with Starbucks in 2016. Alexander began his entrepreneurial journey in 1999 with Radiance Lightworks, a leading lighting design firm serving clients l
#21 - Sam Baig - Goldman Sachs, 4 Business Ideas in E-commerce, 3PL, Thailand
Sam Baig is a serial entrepreneur and former Goldman Sachs analyst, currently the Co-Founder of Printfits, a thriving print-on-demand company launched in 2020, focused on redefining how people create custom apparel online. Before diving into the startup world, Sam spent over two years at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the executive wealth management group and contributed to overseeing portfolio
#20 - Ken Babcock - CoFounder(TangoAI), Harvard, Fundraising, AI Agents
Ken Babcock is the co-founder and CEO of Tango, a software company that enables users to create step-by-step tutorials for digital processes. He and his co-founders, Brian Shultz and Dan Giovacchini, left Harvard Business School during the pandemic to start the company. Prior to founding Tango, Babcock held roles in analytics, data science, and product strategy at Uber. He began his career at Delo
#19 - Adelle Archer - Founder (Eterneva) , Lab Grown Diamonds, Shark Tank, Fundraising
Adelle Archer is the CEO and co-founder of Eterneva, a company that transforms the ashes or hair of loved ones and pets into memorial diamonds. The idea for Eterneva was inspired by the loss of her close friend and mentor to pancreatic cancer, leading Archer to seek a unique way to honor her memory. Prior to founding Eterneva, Archer spent four years as a product marketing leader in the tech indu
#18 - Peter Voss - Founder (Aigo.AI), AGI, Cognitive AI, Robotics
Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, engineer, and AI researcher known for coining the term artificial general intelligence (AGI). He is the founder and CEO of Aigo.ai, a company developing advanced conversational AI assistants. Voss has been a pioneer in cognitive AI, advocating for AI systems that can learn, reason, and adapt more like humans. With a background in software engineering and a passion fo
#17 - Neville Medhora - Increase Sales with Better Copy, Stop being Boring, Swipefile.com, NevBlog
Neville Medhora teaches copywriting, marketing, and persuasion techniques, focusing on writing that sells. He runs @kopywriting where he shares actionable advice on how to write compelling content that converts, whether for emails, sales pages, social media, or landing pages. His teaching style is casual, fun, and direct, using humor and real-world examples to simplify complex ideas.Key Lessons
#16 - Ryan Begelman - Cofounder (Summit), $51m Exit, Powder Mountain, Bisnow Media
Ryan Begelman is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and executive coach with a track record of building and scaling businesses to remarkable success.He helped grow Bisnow Media from $1M to $22M in revenue, ultimately selling it for $51M in 2016. As an early investor, his $46K investment in Bisnow generated an astounding $64M in cash distributions over 7.5 years. Today, Bisnow is the largest publishe
#15- Alex Marantelos - Founder (Intryc), Raising $4.2 million, QA, AI agents, YC
Here is my interview with Alexis Marantelos.He is the Co-founder and CEO of Intryc, an AI-powered Quality Assurance platform designed for Customer Support. Outside of professional endeavors, Alexis enjoys staying active with calisthenics, reading literature on science and philosophy, and exploring remote parts of the world.Links:https://www.intryc.com/ My socials:Website: https://www.manavgolecha.
#14 - Atif Siddiqi - Founder (Branch App), Raising 600M+, IdeaLab, Crypto, Fintech
Atif Siddiqi, the Founder and CEO of Branch app, a workforce payments platform that’s changing the way workers and businesses manage pay. His journey to launching Branch began with his time as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Idealab, an accelerator based in Pasadena he saw firsthand the challenges faced by workers using outdated payment systems. That insight led him to create a platform to solv
#13 - Brian Wong - Founder (Kiip), Raising 40 million, Investing, The Cheat Code
Brian Wong founded Kiip, a mobile advertising platform focusing on rewarding users during "achievement moments" in mobile apps.
At the age of 18 Brian graduated from college after skipping four grades.
While flying on an airplane, he came up with an idea for an ad tech platform for running more targeted ads on mobile apps that will be more relevant and valuable for the user.
He co-f
#12 - Shivani Mouleeswaran - Founder (Ember Robotics), Tesla, Robotics, India, FSD
Shivani is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ember Robotics. Before starting Ember, she worked at Tesla Autopilot, where she focused on optimizing camera performance for autonomous systems. With over five years of experience working on camera systems for autonomous robots, Shivani co-founded Ember to address the challenges she's encountered with robot hardware and system reliability.
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#11 - David Pang - Founder (Dimely), AI Agents, YC, SAAS
Meet David Pang, the founder behind Dimely (YC S24) and SheetWhiz, with over 1.8M shortcuts triggered! Starting with a simple Chrome extension in 2022, David and Peter turned their part-time project into full-time innovation, building AI agents to revolutionize B2B billing. Learn how they’re automating complex billing tasks and reshaping workflows
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#10 - Elizabeth Yin - Hustle Fund, Launchbit, Getting Acquired, Investing
Elizabeth Yin is a co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund focused on software entrepreneurs. Prior to this role, she was a partner at 500 Startups, where she invested in seed-stage companies and managed the Mountain View accelerator. Earlier in her career, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit, which was acquired in 2014. She holds a BSEE from Stan
#9 - Laodis Menard - Founder (Argil AI), YC, AI Agents, Filmmaking
Laodis is the founder of Argil AI and they are building the video generation engine for the creator economy.
Video is powerful but expensive and often a last resort. Yet, it’s the best-performing media for branding, sales, and internal content.
Argil is building a tool that:
Clone yourself with just 2 minutes of video or use our avatars
Input text or voice scripts
Generate fully edited, en
#8 - Nik Sharma - DTC Guy, Sharma Brands, Launch Strategy, Celebrity Brands
Here's my interview with Nik Sharma, Founder and CEO of Sharma Brands which consults, launches, and scales DTC brands leading their categories.
They have worked with Rare Beauty, Feastables, Eight Sleep, and Taco Bell.
Nik Sharma is widely known as “The DTC Guy,” a Forbes 30 Under 30 member, AdWeek’s Young & Influential, and a resource that brands and investors turn to for growth. Nik is th
#7 - Mike Straight - Founder (Farmpod), Fundraising, Farming, Aquaponics, Vertical Farming
Imagine a future where your food doesn’t travel thousands of miles to reach your plate. Instead, it comes fresh from a self-contained farm in a shipping container outside your backdoor.
That’s the groundbreaking vision of FarmPod, a startup based in St. Croix. They aim to revolutionize our relationship with food through a fully automated vertical aquaponic system. This solar-powered, self-sustai
#6 - Adam Draper: Most Active Deep Tech Investor, Coinbase, Boost VC, Bitcoin
In this episode of Emerging Founders, we have Adam Draper. He is the founder and managing director of Boost VC, the most active Deep Tech investor on the planet. They average one deal per week, and their check sizes are between $50k and $500k. They’ve been doing this for 12 years. He tells the founding story of Boost VC and how he invested in unicorns like @coinbase, @amplitude, @benchling, @sendw
#5 - Nasrat Khalid: Founder (Aseel App), World Bank, Omid ID, Grants & Non-Profits
In this podcast episode, Nasrat Khalid, the founder of Aseel, discusses his platform, which combines the functionalities of Etsy and GoFundMe for developing and underdeveloped countries. Aseel aims to bridge the digital divide by providing artisans in these regions access to the digital economy, allowing them to sell their products directly to global consumers without intermediaries.
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#4 - Po Shen Loh: Expii, Mathematics, Improv, Olympiad, Novid
Po-Shen Loh is an American mathematician, educator, and social entrepreneur known for his innovative work in combinatorics and creative approaches to education and healthcare.
A professor at Carnegie Mellon University, he served as the national coach of the USA International Mathematical Olympiad team from 2014 to 2023, leading them to multiple victories.
Po-Shen is also the founder of Expii,
#3 - David Hanson: Founder, Hanson Robotics, Building Sofia, Frubber, AI, Sculpting
I interviewed David Hanson Jr., an American roboticist who is the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hanson Robotics, a Hong Kong-based robotics company founded in 2003.
The designer and researcher create human-looking robots with realistic facial expressions, including Sophia and other robots designed to mimic human behavior.
Dr. Hanson is a unique individual who understands the techn
#2 - Dawson Chen - CoFounder (Martin -AI Voice Assistant), Yale, Y-Combinator, Fundraising
This is a conversation with Dawson Chen, a 20-year-old founder who dropped out of Yale to build an AI assistant called Martin. Martin is an AI butler app designed to integrate seamlessly into your life by building a personal relationship with you over time. Whether you communicate through the app, via text, or by email, Martin adapts to your preferences and becomes an indispensable part of your da
#1 - Rajat Bhageria: Founder (Chef Robotics), Investing, Robots, AI, Passion Hypothesis
In this interview, Rajat Bhageria, Founder of Chef Robotics, highlighted the growing labor shortage and high turnover rates among food assembly workers. These challenges, combined with the repetitive nature of the job, make it inevitable that robots will eventually take over these roles.While human oversight will still be necessary, especially in cooking tasks, automation will significantly enhanc
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