Our guest today is on a mission to revolutionize the advertising industry and the way Gen Z spends money and spends time with one another.
Sam Obletz is the co-founder of Claim, which he launched with his classmate Tap Stephenson while at Harvard Business School.
The Claim app seeks to build a new way for friends to connect and for brands to reward their customers. This is done not with more screen time, likes and reposts, but through fostering authentic, in-person connections and experiences among peers around a brand.
And investors have taken notice, including the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital which announced its partnership with Claim last year.
In today’s episode, Sam will dive into Claim and share his insights on entrepreneurship, raising capital, and generational attitudes towards spending, among other topics.
In the episode we will learn: