Category: Unicorn Founders

Fired at 36 from his dream job at Time Inc., Michael Loeb turned rejection into the billion-dollar spark behind Synapse and Priceline.com. 
This week, we are resurfacing our conversation with Johanna Småros, co-founder of RELEX Solutions, one of Finland's leading unicorns.
This week, we dive deeper into Steve Chen’s journey co-founding and leaving YouTube, and why we should all take bold leaps in life.
We spoke with Johanna Småros, co-founder of RELEX Solutions, one of Finland's leading unicorns, on the unique path of RELEX Solutions, over 10 years bootstrapping and built “The Finnish Way” - practical and transparent.
Featuring Somak Chattopadhyay, founder of Armory Square Ventures, and Vikas Mehta, COO of ACV Auctions. Their paths beautifully overlapped after their MIT days when Somak recognized ACV's potential in B2B automobile marketplaces and recruited Vikas to lead the operation.
Featuring Iman Abuzeid, who upon raising her $80 million Series B funding round, valued her healthcare career marketplace startup at $1.65 billion.
James Rogers, Founder & CEO of Apeel shared about his journey over the last decade, and how he’s finally getting closer to his “why” in the first place.
Nirvana Chaudhary who is at the helm of Nepal’s first and only company listed on the Forbes list of Billionaires since 2015, valued in excess of $2.5 Billion.
Nicole Sahin who founded and scaled G-P, a global PEO leader from an idea to over $4Bn in value chats with me in Davos on her thoughts on the future of work, the challenges of globalization and some of her own hard lessons in scaling.

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