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.
Warm Intro
A Warm Thank You
A message from Chai.
Warm Intro
A conversation, not an interview. Warm, sometimes weird, conversations with interesting people doing big things.
Warm Intro is a video podcast. We're available on every major podcast app and YouTube.
YouTube: @warmintro
Instagram: @warm.intro
Hosted by Chai Mishra
Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley.
Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider.
Presented by Wefunder
Wefunder created The Community Round.
— allowing founders to raise funds directly from their communities
— allowing anyone to support their favorite founders and join their success.
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Views here are those of the host and the guest. Wefunder makes the show possible but doesn't control who we have on or what we say.
Hey, let's Hai Now, as you know, we are currently in the process of making season two, but I wanted to come on here in the meantime and, uh, just say a couple quick things. Actually, I have three exact points to make. I have for you a confession, a request, and a promise. I'll start with a confession. So if you go back and you listen to the very first mini episode we posted. Where I come on and I introduce the show that we're making, you will realize that I had absolutely no idea what I was doing with the show. See, at the beginning of this thing, I thought that I was making a show that I was gonna be, me and my founder, buddies commiserating about what it's like to start a company and the pain and the, and the, the joy of it. But what I have realized from the experience of making these 10 episodes. Is that this show is a lot bigger than that, and it means a lot more than that to people. This show is about the experience of building anything bigger than yourself, and that includes founders, but it also includes artists and includes politicians. This show is about what it's like to let your work speak for itself. The show is about trying every day. To make your life's work. Now that brings me to 0.2, which is a request. See, the reason that we've been able to get all these incredible guests on is because, and you wouldn't know this if you're just watching this on YouTube, but we actually have incredible numbers for young podcasts, and that's not just. Who listens to our podcasts, but also how they listen to our podcast. Our audience, quite frankly, watches the episodes more and comes back from more of these episodes than just about any podcast at this stage that we are at. You would never know this, and without getting into the mechanics of how podcasts work, but we are on the cusp of being a top 10% podcast globally. And all we need to get there is for every person currently listening to this to go into their podcast app and hit subscribe and to send this podcast to one person that they know. If everyone does that, we will become a top 10% podcast worldwide and we can get these messages about building something and these interesting conversations with, with interesting people. Just so many more out there. So that's my request. Please subscribe and please send this to just one person you think that'll like this. And finally, with that, I have a promise to make. I promise you that the 10 episodes that are currently on our feed are going to be the absolute worst episodes we have ever made. We are working so incredibly hard on every little aspect of this podcast. From the set to the equipment, to the editing, to the research, to the guests, to the questions, every little thing you can imagine, we're gonna make better. Every episode from here on out is going to be better than the last one. I promise you. This show will keep getting better. And then that brings me to my final point. Thank you. None of this makes any sense without you, the viewer, the listener, you all have been so incredibly supportive and thoughtful with your comments and kind and, and, uh, critical in just the right way. I, I can never explain to you how much this season has meant to me, and I'm so excited to make more content for you all. Thank you so much. And I'll see you in the next year.