Warm Intro
Warm Intro is what happens when you sit down at a dinner party and fall into the best conversation in the room.
Not an interview. A conversation. Honest, human, and sometimes weird conversation with interesting people doing big things.
Entrepreneurs, artists, politicians and chefs open up about their childhoods, hot takes and insecurities — with honesty, humor, and heart.
Presented by Wefunder.
Hosted by Chai Mishra.
Views are our own.
Episodes
14 episodes
The NASA Engineer Building America’s New Iron Dome
Sebastian Fischer is a different kind of Silicon Valley engineer. He’s not a coder. He builds physical objects that move fast, blow up and generally bring about shock and awe. Sebastian started by building tiny rockets in his paren...
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47:08
The 22 Year Old Building A Hotel On the Moon
Skyler Chan wants to make humanity intergalactic and he's not entirely sure why anyone would want to work on anything else. At 22, Skyler has already lived a life. He flew airplanes with the Canadian Air Force, started a company, wo...
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Episode 13
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48:25
The Most Bipartisan Congressman in America
Congressman Mike Lawler holds a seat that no other Republican had held since the year he was born (he is a 39-year-old Republican from deep-blue New York).The reason he was able to win — and keep — that seat is the same reason he's been...
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Episode 11
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54:44
Silicon Valley’s Most Effective Philanthropist
Matt Flannery’s work has uplifted over six million families across a hundred countries.That’s because Matt is one of the godfathers of microfinance. His creations, Kiva and Branch, have delivered billions of dollars in small loans to so...
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Episode 10
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1:13:51
The Founder Who Helped Startups Raise Over $1 Billion
Nick Tommarello has probably helped fund more American founders than almost anyone alive.But Nick’s not a businessman — he’s a founder. That distinction matters a lot to him and it defines everything about him. See, Nick lo...
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Episode 9
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46:48
The Startup Founder Running For Governor Of California
Ethan Agarwal is the youngest and strangest candidate running for Governor.Ethan’s not a politician, he’s a founder. And a very successful one. He grew his first company to $100M in revenue, and then sold it. He then raised $50M for a s...
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Episode 8
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1:00:52
The Tech Founder Who Became America’s Best Chocolate Maker
Todd Masonis makes the best chocolate in America—but he took an unexpected path to get there.Todd co-founded a startup with Sean Parker (yes, that Sean Parker from The Social Network). After selling it for over $150 million, he walked a...
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Episode 7
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1:07:21
The Street Artist Who Took Over An Entire City
fnnch is San Francisco's Banksy; the most loved and hated artist in the city. People who love him believe that he made the city a more joyous, beautiful place to be. His haters think he is an outsider who helped gentrify the city.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:55:52
The Founder Helping People Buy Their First Homes
How do you find a mission actually worth spending your life on? Are most startup “mission statements” complete BS?Niles Lichtenstein wants everyone to own a home and he’s dedicating his career to making it possible.Niles lost his ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:07:48
The Founder Reinventing The Global Spice Trade
What is the point of a business? Is it exclusively to make money? Or could there be more variables in this equation?Sana Javeri Kadri is on a mission. She started a company at 22 to build an entirely new model for one of the...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:16:20
The Youngest 2-Michelin Star Chef In America
Harrison Cheney might be the best chef of his generation.His restaurant (Sons and Daughters) recently earned its second Michelin star and a green star, and Harrison himself won the Michelin Guide’s Young Chef of the Year award. He has w...
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Episode 3
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1:14:17
The 39-Year Old Challenging Nancy Pelosi
What should you work on as a young person? The smaller, achievable thing that builds your track record? Or the big bold thing that probably won't work?Saikat Chakrabarti is running to unseat Nancy Pelosi — the most powerful, feared, and ...
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Episode 2
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