Great Entrepreneurs with RJ Lumba

Solving Loneliness at Scale: Papa’s Andrew Parker

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Papa, Andrew Parker. Papa provides vital social support by pairing older adults and families with Papa Pals, who are trained and vetted companions who provide a helping hand and an open ear, resulting in less loneliness and better health.
Andrew and his family were struggling to balance the daily demands of life with supporting his grandfather Joseph, whom they referred to affectionately as “Papa”. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Miami, Papa is a manifestation of Andrew’s vision of a world where no one has to go it alone.
Before Papa, Andrew was VP of Health Systems at MDLIVE, a leading provider of virtual healthcare services in the U.S.  Papa is backed by Softbank, Tiger Global, Comcast Ventures and other notable investors.
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The Future of Mainstream AI: Dataiku’s Florian Douetteau

In this episode, we speak with Florian Douetteau, the Co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, enabling data experts and domain experts to work together to build data into their daily operations, from advanced analytics to Generative AI.
Florian co-founded Dataiku in 2013 - he envisioned a future for businesses with AI to become mainstream through the collaborative effort of everyone in the company, not just data scientists or technical experts. Today, more than 600 companies worldwide use Dataiku across industries including life sciences, logistics, retail, manufacturing, energy, financial services, software, and technology.
Florian began his technology career at Exalead, a search engine startup, and has held multiple positions in product management, engineering, and data analytics in various fast-growing tech companies. 
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Conquering the Printing Industry: Gelato’s Henrik Müller-Hansen

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Gelato, Henrik Müller-Hansen. Gelato represents the world's largest network of print on demand and logistics options. They produce personalized print products in 33 countries, reaching more than 5 billion people.
Gelato’s mission is to empower the rapidly growing “creator economy” with local production and delivery of customized items to every consumer on the planet. The company is backed by Insight Partners and other notable investors.
Henrik and his team originally launched Optimalprint in 2007. As Optimalprint grew so did the idea of how to improve the profitability and efficiency within the printing industry. This led to the launch of Gelato in August 2012.
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Digital Workplace Transformation: AvePoint’s TJ Jiang

In this episode, we speak with Tianyi Jiang (TJ), CEO and Co-Founder of AvePoint, an independent software vendor of SaaS solutions to migrate, manage and protect data.
More than 17,000 customers trust AvePoint’s Confidence Platform to optimize their SaaS operations and secure collaboration. AvePoint’s SaaS solutions are also available to managed service providers via more than 100 cloud marketplaces.
TJ co-founded AvePoint in 2001 and has served as the company’s CEO since 2005.  TJ was recently named a Top 50 SaaS CEO of 2023 by The Software Report.
TJ launched MaivenPoint, an edtech company that enables educators, students and organizations to create engaging learning experiences to meet their unique, evolving needs.
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Revolutionizing Code Intelligence: Sourcegraph’s Quinn Slack

In this episode, we speak with Quinn Slack, the Co-founder and CEO of Sourcegraph, a leading code intelligence platform revolutionizing how developers understand, fix, and automate their code.
Founded in 2013,  Sourcegraph uses the power of AI with Cody, their AI coding assistant, to help developers better understand their code. Over one million engineers use Sourcegraph to improve code security, efficiently onboard developers, promote code reuse, resolve incidents, and boost code health.
Before Sourcegraph, Quinn was the Co-founder of Blend Labs, which created a platform to transform consumer banking experiences and streamline workflows for their teams. Currently, he is a Board Member of Hack Club, a national nonprofit that brings coding clubs to high schools nationwide.
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Enabling Efficient Investing: Public.com’s Leif Abraham

In this episode, we speak with the Co-founder and Co-CEO at Public.com, Leif Abraham. Public.com is an investing platform that helps people become better investors. Members can build a diverse portfolio of stocks, funds, and crypto within a single platform.
Launched in 2019, Leif and his team’s main vision started by introducing the world to fractional investing. Public.com became the first broker-dealer to introduce commission-free, real-time investing. Then, they set their sights on creating a new kind of multi-asset investing experience. They offer the tools, data, and AI-powered insights customers need to make informed investment decisions.
Prior to Public.com, Leif was the Co-Founder and CEO of AND.CO, which was acquired by Fiverr in 2019.
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Global FinTech Infrastructure Leader: Jeeves Founder Dileep Thazhmon

In this episode, we speak with Dileep Thazhmon, the Founder and CEO of Jeeves, an all-in-one corporate spend and expense management platform for businesses in global markets. The platform allows clients to open multi-currency accounts, issue corporate cards, send cross-border payments, and manage expenses.
More than 3000 companies across the world trust Jeeves with their financial payment stack. Jeeves has raised $380 million from Andreesen Horowitz, CRV, GIC, and other notable investors.
Previously, Dileep was the Co-Founder & COO at Jeeng/PowerInbox, which he exited at $100 million.
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Elevating The Software Experience: Pendo’s Todd Olson

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Pendo, Todd Olson. Pendo’s software product experience platform allows companies to make product intelligence actionable with speed and scale, giving rise to a new generation of companies that put product at the center of everything.
A three-time entrepreneur, Olson teamed up with fellow product leaders and technologists from Red Hat, Cisco, and Google to launch Pendo in October 2013. Its customers include the world’s leading companies, including Verizon, Morgan Stanley, LabCorp, OpenTable, Okta, Salesforce, and Zendesk.
Todd’s passion for helping digital teams build great products led him to write his first book: “The Product-Led Organization: Drive Growth By Putting Product at the Center of Your Customer Experience”.
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Credit FinTech Powerhouse: Avant Co-Founder Paul Zhang

In this episode, we speak with Paul Zhang, the Co-Founder and leader of technology of Avant, a credit-first financial technology company that provides access to innovative financial solutions, including personal loans and credit cards.
Since its founding in 2012, the company has connected almost 3 million customers to $8 billion in loans and 1 million credit cards.  Avant has raised over $600 million of equity capital.
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Dominating The E-Commerce Experience: Bloomreach’s Raj De Datta

In this episode, we speak with Raj De Datta, the Co-Founder and CEO of Bloomreach, a leading software platform for digital commerce experiences that powers brands representing 25% of retail E-Commerce in the US and the UK. He is also the best-selling author of "The Digital Seeker" - a playbook for digital teams to win big.
Founded in 2009 by Raj De Datta and Ashutosh Garg, Bloomreach was primarily focused on creating products centered around site search, which later evolved to include additional tools for merchandisers, such as product recommendations. They unify real-time customer and product data so businesses understand what customers really want.
Before launching Bloomreach, Raj was entrepreneur-in-residence at Mohr-Davidow Ventures, served as Cisco’s director of product marketing, and was on the founding team of telecom company FirstMark Communications.
Raj supports RepresentUs and United States Tennis Association.
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