My Biggest Lesson

About My Biggest Lesson

Welcome to My Biggest Lesson, the podcast that brings you the key learnings from the most influential founders, executives and investors in the Colorado tech community. Hosts, Adam Burrows and Chris Erickson, are the founders of Range Ventures - an early stage venture firm based in Denver. Listen to a series of conversations featuring the leaders of successful startups in Colorado and beyond. You’ll learn about their life, career, and the most important lesson they’ve learned along the way. Find out more about what they're up to at Range.VC at https://www.range.vc/ (https://www.range.vc/) Connect with Adam and Chris and the Range VC team on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/range-ventures/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/range-ventures/)

Publisher

Range Ventures

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jun 2021

Latest episode

6 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 81 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ben Siegel: Don’t Pitch-Make Them Care

   Abode CEO Ben Siegel discusses the evolution of his company, the decision to sell, and the importance of customer-centric storytelling in consultative sales, in an interview with Adam.

2. 

   12 Jan 2026

   Raj Babu: Great Ideas Come From Anywhere

   This week Adam speaks with Raj Babu, partner at BFG Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in emerging food, beverage, and consumer brands. Prior to joining BFG, Raj served as President of Birch Benders, the #1 natural pancake and waffle mix brand and a BFG portfolio company. Under his leadership, the business expanded to four product lines in over 10,000 stores, leading to an acquisition by Sovos Brands. In this episode, Raj talks about the nuances of investing in the food sector, particularly consumer packaged goods (CPG), and the innovation from Colorado's natural food industry with companies like Bobo's Oat Bars and Caulipower as examples of standout successes. He also shares insights on identifying lasting trends versus fleeting fads and emphasizes that great ideas can come from anywhere within an organization. Listen now on: Amazon Music (Alexa) | Spotify | Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts! Connect with hosts Adam and Chris and the Range VC team on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/range-ventures/ Check out more about what we're up to at Range.vc This podcast is powered by The Plug Podcast Agency See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3. 

   6 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Andrew Schremp: Give Before You Get

   In this episode, Andrew's shares his unique perspective on the evolution of the Colorado tech ecosystem, valuable insights for navigating the startup scene, plus examples of his biggest lesson on the the importance of building genuine relationships

Inside a recent episode

Ben Siegel: Don’t Pitch-Make Them Care

Published 6 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I've been fortunate to see some of it and I know some predated us. So I want to talk about what is the biggest lesson that you'd love to impart to others? Yeah, I think the biggest thing that changed kind of how we operate across the entire company. And I don't think this was a one time like, you know, less than that we learned, it kind of happened over time, but was just realizing that nobody cares about what we're doing in like the best way possible, right? Like we were selling software to big enterprise companies, the person who signs the check, you know, is getting asked for money from 50 different people at the org. […]

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• Perry Rosenbloom
• Andrew Antonio
• Seth Sternberg
• Andre McGregor
• Adam Kitain

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Quality

49

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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