27/12/2024

“I don’t want to be the smartest person in the room anymore”: LaunchX CEO/dad Forest Richter on leadership hubris, being friends with your team, and giving tough feedback.

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur and today I am chatting with the dad of LaunchX, aka our CEO (and my boss) Forest Richter. Forest considers himself a startup operator, having started and sold his own startup and led operations for lots of venture backed startups. He loves early-stage hustle and ideation and joined LaunchX six months ago, further fueling his absolute love for entrepreneurship. In fact, he loves entrepreneurship so much that when he was interviewing with the team for this position everyone thought that his energy was fake. Six months later, I can confirm, the energy is still there and it is very real. So bring on the energy for a chat with my boss on how to be an effective leader. We talk about his core, data-driven philosophy and why it works, being a “cool-boss” or a hard ass, the hubris of leadership, how to give tough feedback, and self-leadership in small teams. Connect with Forest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/forestrichter/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

34 min

13/12/2024

“Opportunity doesn’t come the way you want it to”: Salah Osman on the American Dream as a Kenyan, Serving People, Fate, and Being Open Minded.

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur and today I am chatting with Salah Osman, a fintech entrepreneur and fellow LaunchX 2020 alumni from Kenya. We get pretty philosophical here about money, ambition, fate, and how everything circles back to his motto of serving people. Salah is someone who really loves life and you can see it in the way he approaches life and his way of finding his version of an “American dream” now that he is in the US. On the note of serving people, he is now leading a LaunchX initiative in East Africa to bring the education an impact back to the community that he grew up in. But this is all about him and his story of optimism, giving back, trust in fate, and being open minded, Connect with Salah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salah-osman-460747179/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

31 min

28/11/2024

No Regrets: 2024 AwardX winner Abbie Goddard on her startup Spikey

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur and today I am chatting with the 2024 AwardX winner, Abbie Goddard the founder of drink spike detection company Spikey. She is all energy and good vibes, and we chat about the process of starting a company at 15 years old, the challenges of running and scaling down a team, and having fun in entrepreneurship. Connect with Abbie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigailgoddard/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

26 min

04/11/2024

Hear from the 2024 alumni: A day in the life at LaunchX and building confidence + startups

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur and today I am chatting with three different LaunchX alumni from the recent 2024 summer program. Usually the first thing alumni say about this program is that the people are amazing. I love getting to chat with our ambitious and charismatic alum, so enjoy getting to know both what you’re getting into with the LaunchX program and who will be there. Connect with Abhishek, Sophie, and Sudenaz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-gopal-ramshanker/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-liu-b161952ba/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudenaz-irem-ak/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

17 min

15/10/2024

“Your Network is Your Net Worth”: venture capitalist Adam Choe on how to bootstrap your startup, leveraging 'student' status, and getting funded.

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur and today we are talking to Adam Choe. Adam is a partner at Tundra Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in preseed founders with unique insights into untapped markets. He is an entrepreneur, former managing director of a startup accelerator, an investor, and all-around over achiever with so much experience in how to succeed in the startup world through meaningful connections. He also happens to be a judge for our recent AwardX competition, where we are looking for teenagers at all-stages of startup-development to win cash prizes and coaching. If you are listening before November 1st, 2024, make sure to apply. Learn more at award.launchx.com. Today we talk about how to get support for your startup, how to approach people, and the importance of your network. Find Adam and Tundra Ventures here: www.linkedin.com/in/adamchoe @choeyoutheway on Instagram and Twitter www.tundravc.com Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

36 min

09/10/2024

Fail Fast, Fail Cheap, Have Fun: Guillaume Catella on a Valentines day cofounder breakup, planting seeds, and a different perspective to focus. [PART 2]

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur. And today we are talking to Guillaume Catella, the founder of Creatella, a venture builder with a team of 30+ that has helped launch over 50 startups that went on to raise over 50 million. He is an angel investor himself with 18 years of experience in tech and entrepreneurship across the world and our conversation was so powerful that I had to split it into two parts to help process the wisdom. Today, we chat about a Valentines-day cofounder breakup, what it means to 'focus' as an entrepreneur, and the relentless pursuit of opportunities. Find Guillaume and Creatella here: www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumecatella https://creatella.ventures/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

22 min

07/10/2024

Unexpected Entrepreneurship: Guillaume Catella his venture builder, metal music, and red & flags for cofounders [PART 1]

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur. And today we are talking to Guillaume Catella, the founder of Creatella, a venture builder with a team of 30+ that has helped launch over 50 startups that went on to raise over 50 million. He is an angel investor himself with 18 years of experience in tech and entrepreneurship across the world and our conversation was so powerful that I had to split it into two parts to help process the wisdom. Today, we chat about the fear when jumping into entrepreneurship, how a cofounder relationship is like a marriage, and how Guillaume built his venture builder, Creatella. Find Guillaume and Creatella here: www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumecatella https://creatella.ventures/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

29 min

30/09/2024

"Ideas are Cheap, Execution is Expensive": Ali Debow on dropping out of NYU & launching 2.5mil USD tech startup swsh

Welcome to "Fueling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast" where we explore what it means to balance ambition with purpose – because true success isn’t just about the money or the views—it’s about the impact we make and the lives we touch along the way. I’m your host Rachel, a fellow gen-z serial entrepreneur. And today we are talking to Ali Debow, a 22-year old NYU drop out, Thiel fellow, and founder of swsh: swsh is an AI powered shared photo album app to help capture your memories and connect you with those you shared them with. Today we talk about the hustle of building a network from nothing, "delusional" confidence in yourself and your team, pivoting, and what it took to drop out of school and launch her tech app, swsh, in New York. Find Ali and swsh here: www.linkedin.com/in/alexandradebow/ www.instagram.com/joinswsh/ Find me! (Rachel): www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkzhang/ www.instagram.com/rachelkzhang

22 min

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Welcome to Fuelling Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs: A LaunchX Podcast! Hosted by fellow gen-z founder and LaunchX alumni, Rachel K Zhang, we will dive deep into the future of entrepreneurship, balancing ambition and execution, and more. Tune in to hear from FANTASTIC guests - including self made TikTok viral brand owners, college dean's of admissions, business program directors, Silicon Valley AI innovators, and more. More about LaunchX here: www.launchx.com www.instagram.com/launchxed

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Episodes

“I don’t want to be the smartest person in the room anymore”: LaunchX CEO/dad Forest Richter on leadership hubris, being friends with your team, and giving tough feedback.

“Opportunity doesn’t come the way you want it to”: Salah Osman on the American Dream as a Kenyan, Serving People, Fate, and Being Open Minded.

No Regrets: 2024 AwardX winner Abbie Goddard on her startup Spikey

Hear from the 2024 alumni: A day in the life at LaunchX and building confidence + startups

“Your Network is Your Net Worth”: venture capitalist Adam Choe on how to bootstrap your startup, leveraging 'student' status, and getting funded.

Fail Fast, Fail Cheap, Have Fun: Guillaume Catella on a Valentines day cofounder breakup, planting seeds, and a different perspective to focus. [PART 2]

Unexpected Entrepreneurship: Guillaume Catella his venture builder, metal music, and red & flags for cofounders [PART 1]

"Ideas are Cheap, Execution is Expensive": Ali Debow on dropping out of NYU & launching 2.5mil USD tech startup swsh

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