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Ambition Today, Startup Stories with Kevin Siskar

Ambition Today is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company as you create your own incredible story. Follow the show @AmbitionToday.

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Update frequency
every 22 days
Average duration
41 minutes
Episodes
64
Years Active
2015 - 2025
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Fundraising With AI

Fundraising With AI

On Tuesday, June 3, Nelson Mullins NYC hosted an energized gathering of founders, investors, and tech enthusiasts eager to dissect modern fundraising strategies through the lens of AI. Set against pa…

00:55:21  |   Fri 13 Jun 2025
How I Raised My Seed, Series A, & Series B

How I Raised My Seed, Series A, & Series B

This episode of Ambition Today is supported by: Finta, The Capital Copilot 

In October 2024, Finta hosted a panel for LA Tech Week called “How I Raised - Seed, Series A, Series B.” Featuring founders…

00:53:52  |   Tue 29 Oct 2024
Fundraising Perspectives From 3 Sides Of The Table: An Investor, a Founder, and a Lawyer

Fundraising Perspectives From 3 Sides Of The Table: An Investor, a Founder, and a Lawyer

During NY Tech Week 2024 we hosted a live panel discussion in midtown Manhattan on the state of fundraising in 2024. Delving deep into the nuances of fundraising from three different perspectives: an…

01:05:09  |   Mon 17 Jun 2024
How Lorenzo Thione Is Scaling Support For Diverse Founders With Gaingels

How Lorenzo Thione Is Scaling Support For Diverse Founders With Gaingels

We sat down with one of the most influential people in tech, Lorenzo Thione, who shares his very inspiring journey and how that led him to be where he is today.

Lorenzo grew up in Milan, Italy and ha…

00:30:52  |   Thu 02 Jun 2022
How Jordan Levy Left His Mark On The Venture Capital Industry

How Jordan Levy Left His Mark On The Venture Capital Industry

In the fall we sat down with one of the godfathers of Venture Capital, Jordan Levy, who shares his very inspiring founder story and how that led to his career as an investor.

Jordan co-founded Softwa…

00:46:35  |   Sat 05 Mar 2022
Scott Wayman's Plan for Kangarootime to Support the $648 Billion Care Economy

Scott Wayman's Plan for Kangarootime to Support the $648 Billion Care Economy

Scott Wayman's shares his epically inspiring founder story. His passion for Kangarootime is next level and the company is currently focused on winning the childcare management software space for dayc…

00:56:51  |   Tue 05 Oct 2021
Creating Data-Driven Sales Leaders With Peter Kazanjy

Creating Data-Driven Sales Leaders With Peter Kazanjy

Pete Kazanjy is Ambition Today’s new guest from Southern California. He is sitting in San Francisco, CA right now as we speak, enjoying Alamo Square.

He is a serial founder and seasoned early stage S…

00:47:14  |   Fri 13 Nov 2020
Jack Greco Builds A Unicorn Company In Buffalo

Jack Greco Builds A Unicorn Company In Buffalo

From growing up on a dairy farm, to a successful entrepreneur with hundreds of employees, meet our next guest, Jack Greco. Greco co-founded ACV Auctions, an online auction dealer platform, which was …

00:34:09  |   Fri 06 Nov 2020
News Roundtable: Future of American Cities and Working From Home

News Roundtable: Future of American Cities and Working From Home

Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler are at it again, discussing the current news in our world today. Each person brings one topic to the table and they talk about them both.

Kevin’s Topic: The Future of Ame…

00:35:36  |   Fri 23 Oct 2020
Bringing Back Jeff Wald To Discuss The End Of Jobs

Bringing Back Jeff Wald To Discuss The End Of Jobs

Our next guest is so amazing, we had to interview him a second time! He was on nearly 5 years ago on Episode 8! Jeff Wald is an entrepreneur who has started three technology companies, with his lates…

00:40:44  |   Fri 16 Oct 2020
News Roundtable: R.I.P. to RBG and Facebook

News Roundtable: R.I.P. to RBG and Facebook

In this new episode, Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler discuss the current news in our world today. Each week, each person brings one topic to the table.

This week Tim chose to talk about the sad passing …

00:31:16  |   Wed 07 Oct 2020
Join The Bandwagon With Harold Hughes

Join The Bandwagon With Harold Hughes

Our next guest on the show, is the amazing Harold Hughes. He is the founder of Bandwagon, which helps companies discover the identity of their fans in order to increase attendance, offer personalized…

00:39:44  |   Fri 21 Feb 2020
Alexis Beechen Drops Some Knowledge From Building Her Wine Empire

Alexis Beechen Drops Some Knowledge From Building Her Wine Empire

Imagine being on a cruise with friends and a good business idea comes to mind, then months later, your idea is now being distributed in Walmart’s around the world! Today’s guest, Alexis Beechen was e…

00:29:39  |   Wed 29 Jan 2020
Automating Indoor Agriculture with Dan Nelson's Grow Computer

Automating Indoor Agriculture with Dan Nelson's Grow Computer

Packing for a nice relaxing vacation, you look around, and realize, you have these beautiful plants that you have worked so hard in growing, and you wonder, are they going to be thriving when you get…

00:48:47  |   Wed 11 Dec 2019
Taylor Jacobson Teaches Us Distraction-Free Productivity with Focusmate

Taylor Jacobson Teaches Us Distraction-Free Productivity with Focusmate

After a summer break, we are back with a brand new season of Ambition Today!

Season 3 brings with it some fresh new changes to the podcast, coming to you from our brand new podcast studio in the hear…

00:46:45  |   Wed 27 Nov 2019
Bryan Janeczko Is Helping Entrepreneurs Gro

Bryan Janeczko Is Helping Entrepreneurs Gro

Bryan Janeczko was recently named one of the Top 23 LGBTQ people in Tech, along side other notable figures such as Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, and more. He has built a strong track record for building gre…

00:32:41  |   Mon 13 May 2019
Skip Hop's Michael Diamant Innovates Baby Products

Skip Hop's Michael Diamant Innovates Baby Products

From being forced to layoff his whole staff, to selling his company for $140 million, our next guest, Michael Diamant, has great insight on how he became successful. Michael Diamant created a well-kn…

00:50:24  |   Mon 08 Apr 2019
Australia's Benjamin Chong Helps Startups Excel With Right Click Capital

Australia's Benjamin Chong Helps Startups Excel With Right Click Capital

Today, my guest is a fellow Founder Institute Director, Benjamin Chong. Benjamin has been the director of Founder Institute in Australia since 2011 and is also well known as a partner at Right Click …
00:38:35  |   Mon 25 Mar 2019
Michael Loeb's New Approach To Launching Billion Dollar Companies

Michael Loeb's New Approach To Launching Billion Dollar Companies

Joining us today is Founder and CEO of Loeb Enterprises, Michael Loeb. Loeb Enterprises is an early stage venture investing company and an incubator for startups. Prior to Loeb Enterprises, Michael c…

00:54:17  |   Mon 11 Mar 2019
Brian McCullough How The Internet Happened & What Is Happening Today

Brian McCullough How The Internet Happened & What Is Happening Today

Approaching two decades later, our guest, Brian McCullough’s company is still going strong. Brian is CEO of ResumeWriters.com which is the longest lasting company for this service, shout out to Brian…

00:36:33  |   Thu 21 Feb 2019
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