Venture Best Spotlight Season Three Episode One

When Matt Howard co-founded EatStreet, online food ordering was still in its infancy—and restaurants were receiving orders via fax. Over the next decade, Matt led the company through explosive growth, a strategic acquisition, and a bold move to classify delivery drivers as employees—long before the rest of the gig economy caught on.  

What do you do after helping grow a startup to 2,000 employees? For Jeff Erickson, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Forecastr, the answer was simple: help other founders do it better.  

When Dr. Tatiana Fofanova made the leap from clinical research to entrepreneurship, she brought with her a personal understanding of the challenges faced by medical professionals and patients alike. Driven by her desire to solve those pain points, she and her co-founders started Koda Health.