Max Haot - Mission for Infinite Humanity

Join Adam Draper, founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, as he chats with Max Haot, CEO of Vast. Max shares his wild ride from L...

James Sinka - We Can Save Ourselves

Join Adam Draper, founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, as he chats with James Sinka, Chief Scientific Officer at BIO Protocol....

Andrew Bakst - "Cure hair loss, obviously"

Adam Draper, Founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, sits down with Andrew Bakst, Co-Founder of HairDAO, to explore how decentral...

Patrick Joyce - "Nullius in verba"

Join Adam Draper, Founder of Boost VC and host of the "Can’t Be Done" Podcast, as he chats with Patrick Joyce, Co-Founder of ResearchHub. They dive in...

Jordan Kutzer - Overcoming Rejection, Visceral Virtual Connections, and VR as a Car for the Internet

Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with Jordan Kutzer, founder of Throwback Studios, about how Jordan correlates the competitive nature of starti...

Sampriti Bhattacharyya - An Awakening, Flying Boats, and Maritime Dynamism

Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with Sampriti Bhattacharyya, founder of Navier. She shares her journey from a small city in India to building...

AJ Forsythe - from 2000lb Crystals, to Cracked iPhones, to Chickens on Mars

Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with AJ Forsythe, founder of Coop, about his not-so-illustrious journey as a founder, and the rewarding yet ch...

Collin West - Rowing across the Arctic, Near Death Experiences, and Venture Capital

Join Boost VC’s Adam Draper as he chats with Collin West, founder of Ensemble VC, about his incredible journey rowing across the Arctic Ocean and how...

Bringing Scientific Expertise to the VC Market—with Arkady Kulik of RPV

According to a BCG report, only 19% of VCs have some kind of scientific or technological competence. And that creates a translation problem between de...

DeepTech Series Ep # 4: Betting on Mission-Driven Deep Tech—with Maryanna Saenko of Future Ventures

If a VC is excited about a deep tech company upfront, what can we do to temper our enthusiasm and make a rational decision on whether to invest?
...

DeepTech Series Ep # 3: What to Look for in a Deep Tech Founder—with Greg Castle of Anorak Ventures

Deep tech founders are either technically gifted or great at building a business. But it's seldom both, at least in the beginning.
 
So, w...

DeepTech Series Ep # 2: Thesis Development for Deep Tech—with Seth Winterroth of Eclipse Ventures

How does a venture firm approach investments in deep technology?
 
Seth Winterroth is Partner at Eclipse Ventures, a VC firm that partners...

DeepTech Series Ep # 1: Making Global-Scale Impact Through Deep Tech—with Ian Rountree of Cantos

What inspires a venture firm to focus on deep tech?
 
Ian Rountree is Founder and General Partner at Cantos, a venture fund that invests i...

DeSci Ep # 7: How DeSci Bridges Academia and the Startup World—with Niklas Rindtorff of LabDAO

Many independently minded, young scientists are too ambitious for academia… But the startup world isn’t quite right for them either.
 
How...

DeSci Ep # 6: Commercializing Science for Climate Solutions—with George Church & Ben Lamm of Colossal

In academia, most scientists publish their ideas and stop there. But if we want our breakthroughs to benefit society, we have to take it a step furthe...

DeSci Ep #5: An Investor’s Perspective on DeSci—with James Sinka of Orange DAO

Why invest in decentralized science?
 
James Sinka is a classically trained chemist and materials engineer and DeSci investor at Orange DA...

DeSci Ep #4: Decentralizing Drug Development—with Paul Kohlhaas & Tyler Golato of Molecule

Under the current centralized system, drug development happens in silos. 
 
Pharmaceutical companies don’t share information. Scientists r...

DeSci Ep #3: Why Scientists Are the Unappreciated Creator Class—with Jocelynn Pearl of LabDAO

The internet has given content creators of all kinds a way to monetize their talents. Writers have Medium. Teachers and vloggers have YouTube. 
...

DeSci Ep. #2: Addressing the Misalignment of Incentives in Science—with Patrick Joyce of ResearchHub

Only 1% of first year PhD students become research professors. 
 
This creates a hypercompetitive environment where scientists will do wha...

DeSci Ep. #1: Using Web3 Tech to Reward Good Science—with Chris Hill & Philipp Koellinger of DeSci Labs

The system for publishing scientific research is broken. 
 
Academic success is measured by citations rather than scientific quality. And...

DeSci Intro: A Framework for Understanding Decentralized Science or DeSci

At Boost VC, we’re known for supporting early-stage blockchain startups. 
 
Why is that such an important part of our identity? Because in...

The DotCom Boom And Bust with guests Marc Andreessen and Tim Draper

The media is filled with experts comparing today’s market with the dot-com crash of 2000. But few, if any, of these experts actually lived and worked...

Ep.111 Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Ask an Astronaut—with Dr. Edward Lu of B612

Dr. Edward Lu is an astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut who logged 200-plus days in space between 1995 and 2007. Today, he serves as the Cofounde...

Ep. 110: Solving the $800M Problem of Apparel Returns—with Vadim Rogovskiy of 3DLOOK

A total of $2T in apparel is sold online each year. But 30% to 40% of that apparel is returned. So, what if consumers could snap a couple of photos wi...

Ep. 109: Translating Complex Tech Through Design—with Daniel Scrivner of Flow

Design is about much more than just making things look good. Design is valuable because it translates the complexities of technology to us mere mortal...

Ep. 108: Designing the Test Flight of VR—with Orla Harris of SideQuest

Orla Harris is the Cofounder and COO of SideQuest VR, an early-access testing platform for virtual reality with headquarters in Northern Ireland. Orla...

Ep. 107: The Future of Fundraising—with Joris Delanoue & Thibauld Favre of Fairmint

When serial entrepreneurs Thibauld Favre and Joris Delanoue joined forces to build the future of fundraising, the Frenchmen chose San Francisco as the...

Ep. 106: A Migration Path from USD to Crypto—with Andy Bromberg of Eco

More and more people understand that crypto is going to be big. But they don’t really know why. And they don’t want to be forced to turn all of their...

Ep. 105: Get Uncle Sam to Invest in Your Startup—with Sedale Turbovsky of OpenGrants

Most founders avoid dealing with Uncle Sam unless absolutely necessary. But what if you could engage the government as an investor in your startup?

Ep. 104: Building Your Team & Product in Tandem—with Sam Cole & Sameer Baroova of FitXR

Here at Boost VC, we define a startup as an organism in which the founders work to attract the smartest, most dynamic people to solve the problem they...

Ep. 103: Why Now is the Right Time for Crypto—with Chris Dixon of a16z

Ep. 102: The Next Big Idea in Crypto—with Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss of Gemini

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been on the forefront of two internet revolutions, social networking and cryptocurrency. So, what do they think is t...

Ep. 101: A Batwoman-Signal for Female Founders—with Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures

Despite being raised in the tech startup world, Jesse Draper didn’t believe she could BE that. Because she didn’t see women entrepreneurs, it didn’t s...

Ep. 100: To Define Your Business Model, Follow the Money—with Emily Dong of Snout

A lot of founders are focused on making their solution accessible to everyone, so they offer it for free. But you’ve got to make money if you want to...

Ep. 99: Finding VC in an I-Don’t-Know Moment—with Dillon Liang

Finding VC in an I-Don’t-Know Moment—with Dillon Liang
 
Are you curious about how different industries work? Would you like to learn some...

Ep.98: The Evolution of a Founder as a Startup Scales—with Spenser Skates of Amplitude

In the early stages of building a startup, the founders are doing all the things—all by themselves. But as a company grows, the most successful founde...

Ep.97: If You Can’t Be a Unicorn, Be a Workhorse—with Aleem Mawani of Streak

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If You Can’t Be a Unicorn, Be a Workhorse—with Aleem Mawani
Not every startup can be the proverbial venture unic...

Ep. 96: The Future of Education is VR—with Tom Impallomeni

We learn more through experience. And we experience more through VR. In fact, virtual reality solves for many of the limitations of in-person learning...

Ep.95: How dWeb Outdoes the Traditional Internet—with Matthew Gould & Brad Kam of Unstoppable Domains

Most of us spend a significant amount of time cultivating our online assets. And yet, we don’t actually own our slice of the digital economy. Our soci...

Ep.94: Funding Biotech with Conscious Capitalism (to Save the World)—with Arvind Gupta

The old way of doing capitalism is about making money in the short term, and that way of thinking has caused a lot of destruction. But some venture fu...