Opening doors to conversations with iconic technology founders and funders. Episodes every Tuesday.
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Brought to you by a founder and funder, The Room Podcast was founded in 2020 by Madison McIlwain and Claudia Laurie, who met as product managers in San Francisco in 2018. Since starting The Room, Claudia founded a venture-backed startup and Madison became a partner at a VC fund. Their perspective as both a founder and funder offers a unique lens for insightful storytelling and execution-oriented advice as they converse with iconic entrepreneurs.
Claudia and Madison were listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media 2024 for their work on The Room Podcast.
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Over ten seasons, Claudia and Madison have sat down with over 90 guests, 87% of whom identify as underrepresented in technology. Guests include the likes of Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare, Henrique Dubugras Ciara, the Grammy-award winning R&B vocalist, Spencer Rascoff of Zillow and more. The combined guest companies are valued at over $ billion today and have raised north of $6.5 billion in venture funding.
More than a podcast, The Room has transcended from URL to IRL community. The Room hosts community events in San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Miami, New York, and beyond. Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about how you can join us for a live recording, happy hour, or even be a part of our community Slack.
The Room Summit will be coming to NYC this July.
Silicon Valley Bank and Perkins Coie are proud partners of The Room Podcast. Learn more about our sponsors here.
The Room is a podcast for anyone passionate about consumer & tech products. If you want a deeper look at the early days of your favorite app, brand, or tech experiences, our guests were in the room where it happened and they're sharing their stories.
Catch up on over 80 origin stories.
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The Room is the ultimate podcast! I am an avid podcast listener from How I Built This to Acquired, but this is by far the best. The two hosts bring a fresh new perspective on the tech ecosystem, with great guests with different diverse experiences. Would highly recommend 10/10!
So refreshing to see fresh faces in tech! Madison and Claudia provide highly relevant and insightful content. As a fonder , this is the kind of advice I need to help get my business off the ground. Thank you for sharing these stories!
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