Forged in America Podcast Transcripts
Ravin Gandhi and Al Goldstein · 59 episodes with transcripts
Forged in America is a conversation between longtime friends & entrepreneurs Ravin Gandhi (GMM Nonstick Coatings) and Al Goldstein (Avant, Stoic Lane, Pangea) who have founded, built, and exited numerous businesses in addition to investing in dozens of successful startups.
Spoken has transcripts of 59 Forged in America episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from June 3, 2026.
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E40: Mitchell Green's $9B and Why Persistence Beats Intelligence
June 3, 2026
Mitchell Green (0:00)
AI is the great equalizer of intellect. So in the world we're gonna come in in the next 20 years, what skills are gonna be really important? EQ, the ability to speak, write, communicate, sell, be persistent. I mean, I've heard Ken Griffin talk about this, that the ability to sell something, and the ability to have…
Ravin Gandhi (0:44)
Welcome to Forged in America. As always, I am Ravin Gandhi with my buddy Al Goldstein, and we are both entrepreneurs who have built and sold businesses. And believe it or not, today is episode 40
And to celebrate episode 40, we have an amazing guest, Mitchell Green from Lead Edge Capital. This is a super unique growth equity firm, over $9 billion AUM. Their last fund was over $3 billion. And we're going to get into their unique structure, but it is a pleasure to have Mitchell on today.
Al Goldstein (1:18)
Really appreciate it. Thanks, Mitchell. I love your contrarian sticker in the back and you got that racing helmet. We're going to have to dig into some of that at some point.
Maybe, yeah, maybe a place to start. What differentiates you guys? You have this amazing group of experts that are also your LPs, right? Is that a core part of the differentiation strategy?
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