Your First Million

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Delane Parnell is the founder of PlayVS, a fast-rising esports platform specializing in high schools. Launched in 2017, PlayVS is the official operator of esports in high schools in 15 U.S. states, and counting. and has raised nearly $100mil – half of that in their latest Series C round of a whopping $50mil. Born and raised in Detroit, 27-year old Delane has been working since he was 13, was at one point the youngest Black venture capitalist in the country, and has owned and sold companies since he was a teenager.

Guest

Delane Parnell

Photo by Arlan Hamilton.

Links:

• • PlayVS
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Transcript

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Music:

• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/the-art-of-cool
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/sunday-afternoon
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/pancakes
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/hearts-flowers

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Mel Robbins is one of the most booked women speakers in the world. She’s an inspirational speaker, a best-selling author, and now a daytime
talk show host. The Mel Robbins Show, produced by Sony, debuts Sept 16, 2019. Listen in on this electric conversation recorded in Mel’s New York office.

Guest

Mel Robbins

Links:

• • Mel Robbins
  • Instagram
  • The 5 Second Rule
  • Mindset Reset Guide

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• Audible: Get a free Audible book and 30-day trial at www.audibletrial.com/YourFirstMillion!

Transcript

The transcript for this episode will be available shortly.

Credits

Music:

• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/the-art-of-cool
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/sunday-afternoon
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/pancakes
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/hearts-flowers

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Detroit native Melissa Butler is the founder of beauty brand The Lip Bar, which has become a nationwide phenomenon. Melissa obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Finance from Florida A & M University before working on Wall Street as a licensed stock broker. In 2012 she made a life pivot and grew an indie upstart into what has become a multimillion dollar business. The Lip Bar has a flagship store in Detroit, and can be found in nearly 500 Target locations nationwide.

Guest

Melissa Butler

Links:

• • Lip Bar
  • Melissa Butler on the Today Show

Transcript

The transcript for this episode will be available shortly.

Credits

Music:

• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/the-art-of-cool
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/sunday-afternoon
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/pancakes
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/hearts-flowers

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Ryan Hoover is the co-founder and CEO of the wildly popular startup platform Product Hunt. After selling it to AngelList, he remains at the helm of the company and leads a ~20-person remote team across the world. Product Hunt has helped give meaningful exposure to more than 50,000 companies and their tens of millions of product launches, and Ryan is regarded as one of the most influential people in tech. He now also invests in startups out of his Weekend Fund and recently relocated from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Guest

Ryan Hoover

Links:

• Ryan Hoover
• Product Hunt
• Weekend Fund

Mentions

• • • • Suzy Ryoo

Transcript

The transcript for this episode will be available shortly.

Credits

Music:

• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/the-art-of-cool
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/sunday-afternoon
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/pancakes
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/hearts-flowers

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Paul Judge is an entrepreneur, inventor and investor who has been based in Atlanta since 1995. He is a co-founder of TechSquare Labs, Pindrop (valued at $600million as of Dec 2018), Luma (acquired 2018), and Purewire (acquired 2009), and former Chief Technology Officer of CipherTrust (acquired 2006). He has invested in over 60 technology startups to date. Paul also briefly worked with IBM and NASA. His companies have gone on to exit for hundreds of millions of dollars cumulatively.

Paul is featured prominently in Fast Company’s September 2019 Atlanta issue.

Guest

Paul Judge

Links:

• • • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Website
    • Fast Company article

Transcript

The transcript for this episode will be available shortly.

Credits

Music:

• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/the-art-of-cool
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/sunday-afternoon
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/pancakes
• https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale/hearts-flowers