Fritz Lanman is the CEO of ClassPass, one of the fastest growing online fitness startups. ClassPass recently joined the Unicorn Club after getting an valuation of one billion dollars. Lanman is also an angel investor in various successful startups such as Pinterest, Wish, and Square. We talked to him about the creation story of ClassPass, how he became the CEO, and the secrets to investing in companies that end Read more
Davis Smith is the CEO of Cotopaxi , a company that sells a premium line of outdoor gear. Before founding Cotopaxi, a B-corp that has been a subject of a Harvard Business School case study, Smith had founded two other companies: baby.com.br and pooltable.com. We asked him how he went from selling baby products in Brazil and pool tables in the US to founding Cotopaxi, and what being a certified B-Corp means to h Read more
A lot has changed in e-commerce over the last twenty years. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, anyone could open an online store and make money. There was a lack of real competition, and with technology not being as affordable, it was harder for a member of the general public to buy stock to make money. Nowadays, technology is more affordable than ever; anyone can buy anything they want from China, and Amazon is th Read more
Adrian Aoun is the CEO of Forward , a preventive healthcare company which he co-founded with former employees of Google and Uber. Aoun is also the founder and former CEO of Wavii, which he sold to Google for $30 Million, and a prolific angel investor with dozens of successful bets including Pinterest and ClassPass. We talked to him about Forward’s business model and mission to reveal and dismantle t Read more