Chicago Founders TV
Chicago Founders TV showcases conversations with the most interesting and accomplished founders in Chicago. Most of our episodes are recorded before a live audience at 1871, Chicago's Digital Startup Hub.
In our headlining show, “Chicago Founders’ Stories”, creator and host Pat Ryan sits down with a hall of fame-level founder to hear his or her true story, then explores it as only two founders having a conversation together can. We examine topics like where the idea came from, their background in entrepreneurship and technology, achieving product/market fit, getting liquidity, two-sided networks, raising venture capital, scaling, and more.
Stay tuned for a brand new series called "The Only Thing That Matters" -- coming to you soon on Chicago Founders TV!
Opening Acts 2017: M1 Finance
Founders' Stories: Peapod's Andrew and Thomas Parkinson
Founders' Stories: ExactTarget's Scott Dorsey
Founders Stories Opening Acts - Project 44
Founders Stories Second Acts - Dag Kittlaus
Founders' Stories: comScore's Gian Fulgoni
Founders' Stories: thinkorswim's Tom Sosnoff
OptionsXpress + Reverb.com Founder David Kalt: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Raise Founder George Bousis: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Grubhub Co-Founder Matt Maloney: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
OkCupid, SparkNotes, eDonkey, Excelerate Labs Founder Sam Yagan: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Braintree Founder Bryan Johnson: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Relativity (kCura) Founder Andrew Sieja: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Basecamp Founder Jason Fried: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Coremetrics, Bazaarvoice and Data.World Founder Brett Hurt: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Fieldglass founder Jai Shekhawat: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Avant Founder Al Goldstein: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Opening Acts 2017: PreparedHealth
How the Lessons from Founding Bonobos Paid Off at Trunk Club for Founder Brian Spaly
Morningstar Founder and CEO Joe Mansueto: His Journey to Product-Market Fit
Founders' Stories: Belly's Logan LaHive
Founders' Stories: Grubhub's Matt Maloney
Founders' Stories: Centro's Shawn Riegsecker
Founders' Stories: Starter League's Mike McGee and Neal Sales-Griffin
Founders' Stories: Siri's Dag Kittlaus
Founders' Stories: Braintree's Bryan Johnson
Founders' Stories: SAVO's John Aiello
Founders' Stories Best of 2016: Brett Hurt of data.world, Bazaarvoice, and Coremetrics
Founders' Stories: Joe Mansueto of Morningstar