13. Aakash Shah - CEO @ Wyndly, Fixing Allergies Permanently, Being In Y-Combinator & If It's Worth It
Aakash Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wyndly and is fixing allergies permanently. Listen to Aakash talk about how Wyndly is fixing allergies once and for all and his experience in the Y-Combinator W21 cohort.
Aakash's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mraakashshah/
Wyndly Website: https://www.wyndly.com/
Y-Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/
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12. Meggie Williams - CEO @ Skiptown, The HUGE Hidden Opportunity in Pet Care, Disrupting the Pet Services Industry
Meggie Williams is the Founder and CEO of Skiptown, the first-of-its-kind, tech-infused, dog park, bar, and dog care facility. Meggie and her team believe that the pet services industry is ready to be disrupted and are leading the charge expanding to multiple locations across major cities in the US following $27M raised in their latest round of funding.
Listen to Meggie as she tells her story founding Skiptown, the hidden opportunity in pet care, and how Skiptown is capitalizing on it right now!
Meggie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meggie-williams/
Skiptown website: https://skiptown.io/
Fundraising Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2022/12/pet-services-startup-skiptown-raises-27m.html?page=all
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11. Oliver Guerrero - CEO SCP Labs, Working with Elon at SpaceX, Taking his company public
Oliver Guerrero is the CoFounder and CEO of SCP Labs and is changing the way we get treated at the doctor's office.
Oliver's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-guerrero/
SCP Labs Website: https://www.scplab.com/
Oliver's Previous Startup (NASDAQ: FHLT) https://exceleradce.com/
Crew Dragon Project SpaceX : https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/
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10. Alex Piasecki - CoFounder & COO of Seal the Seasons, Building the 5th Largest Frozen Fruit Brand, How to Sell Into Grocery Stores
Alex Piasecki is the co-founder & COO of Seal the Seasons, a frozen fruit brand putting a farmers market in your freezer. Alex & his cofounder, Patrick, started Seal the Seasons as college students at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and have grown the company to be the 5th largest frozen fruit brand doing over $10M+ in annual revenue. You can find Seal The Season's products in over 5,000 grocery stores across the country, like Wegmans, Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Costco, The Fresh Market, and others.
Seal The Season's website: https://sealtheseasons.com/
Alex's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-alex-piasecki-a7690532/
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9. Zach Boyette - CoFounder of Galactic Fed, building a fully remote company as a digital nomad
Zach Boyette is the CoFounder and Managing Partner of Galactic Fed, an award winning growth marketing agency with 160 employees.
Before co-founding Galactic Fed in 2018, Zach worked as a Growth Manager & Head of Paid Media & Growth Labs at various companies like Google and Toptal.
To learn more about Zach's company, Galactic Fed, visit their website: https://www.galacticfed.com/
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