Guests

Josh Chrenko is the co-founder and President of Achigan Brand, a company creating smallmouth bass fishing gear and apparel. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, he also founded medical device sales company 2 Circle Medical and co-hosts the Smallie Talk podcast.

Sasha Millstein is the founder and CEO of Aunt Ethel's Pot Pies, a Brooklyn-based frozen food company reinventing comfort food with nutritious, flaky-crust pot pies inspired by her aunt's 35 years of secret recipes.

Shane Lyons is Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Vesti, an artisanal sandwich catering company in Los Angeles. A Food Network alum and Next Food Network Star finalist, Lyons created Vesti's focaccia sandwiches inspired by Mediterranean conservas; the company now caters to Netflix and SpaceX.

Amanda Horan co-founded Line + Cleat, the only woman-owned life jacket company in the United States. Launched in 2023, the brand creates US Coast Guard-approved children's life jackets that blend safety with style, addressing a gap she found as a mother and former youth soccer coach.

Max Levchin is the founder and CEO of Affirm and a co-founder of PayPal, where he served as CTO and helped build its early anti-fraud systems.

Co-founder of MadeGood and Riverside Natural Foods, where she leads impact and responsible sourcing. Salma launched MadeGood with her siblings in 2014.

Salman Amin Khan is an American educator and the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a free online learning platform he started in 2006. Khan Academy has grown from tutoring his cousin to serving 155 million students globally with over 6,500 video lessons.

Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-American computer scientist and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He co-created CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, and is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.

Slava Rubin co-founded Indiegogo in 2008 and served as CEO. The crowdfunding platform faced 93 investor rejections before launch. Rubin studied finance at UPenn and worked at J.P. Morgan before investing $30,000 of his own savings to start the company.

Alex Supak is the co-founder of Broda Beverage Company, an alcohol brand focused on real ingredients, high-quality production, and transparent labeling.

Co-founder and President of MadeGood. Alongside his sisters Salma and Sahba, Nima launched MadeGood in 2014 after their family food business was sold in 2012.

Founder and former CEO of Hinge (founded 2011). Harvard Business School graduate (2009). Led Hinge to become a top global dating app before stepping down in Dec 2025 to launch AI dating startup Overtone with Match Group support.