HeyJaredThe SoCal Edge
Southern California has a stereotype that people play in the sun and surf all day. This podcast showcases what drives entrepreneurs in SoCal and gives them an edge from living here in LA, San Diego, and everywhere in between.
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Before You Sell: Building a Business Private Equity Wants to Buy (opens the original)
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What makes a business truly ready to sell? And why should founders start thinking about an exit years before they actually want one? In this episode of The SoCal Edge, Art Dicker sits down with Shaaya Sharifi, founder and CEO of Isle Ventures, to discuss how founders can build enterprise value and prepare their companies for a successful exit. Drawing on his experience in private equity, venture-backed companies, operating roles, and M&A, Shaaya explains how sophisticated buyers evaluate founder
From UCSD Lab to Medtech Startup: Sai Zhou on the Future of Wearable Ultrasound (opens the original)
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What if an ultrasound machine could become small enough to wear—and continuously monitor what’s happening inside the body? In this episode of The SoCal Edge , Art Dicker sits down with Sai Zhou, founder and CEO of CircuCare , a San Diego medtech startup developing wearable ultrasound technology. Sai traces his journey from studying materials science in China to biomedical engineering research at UC San Diego, where he worked on making traditional ultrasound technology dramatically smaller, thinn
Inside the Private Equity Playbook: Getting Your Company Financially Ready (opens the original)
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What happens when a growing company outgrows its bookkeeper—but isn’t ready for a full-time CFO? How does having a private equity owner change how management looks at the financials? In this episode of The SoCal Edge , Art Dicker sits down with Erin Ludwig, founding partner of Blue Bird Partners , a fractional CFO firm focused on founder-owned and private-equity-backed technology companies. Erin explains the financial infrastructure growing businesses need as they move from simply making money t
Climbing Through Crisis: Alice Kao’s Entrepreneurial Journey (opens the original)
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Alice Kao never planned to build a chain of climbing gyms. After starting her career in investment banking and the toyindustry, Alice discovered rock climbing while living in London during a difficult period in her life. What began as a way to find community and rebuild her confidence eventually became the inspiration for Sender One Climbing . In this episode of The SoCal Edge , Alice shares thestory of building Sender One from an idea around her dining room table into a growing Southern Califor
Bringing Order to Startup Chaos, with Rob Gaudio (opens the original)
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What happens when a startup grows faster than its systems can handle? Art Dicker speaks with Rob Gaudio, CEO of Gaudio Growth Partners, about helping early-stage companies bring order to financial and operational chaos. They discuss cash flow, founder bottlenecks, 90-day planning, KPI tracking, investor readiness, and when it makes sense to bring in a fractional CFO or COO. Rob also explains how the right systems and accountability can help founders scale more safely, make better decisions, and
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