The Bear Roars
The Bear Roars is hosted by three-time decacorn entrepreneur and venture investor Dan Caruso. Colorado Innovators, the Bandwidth revolution (associated with Dan's book), and DeepTech are areas of focus. The purpose is to celebrate innovators, inspire listeners, and spark conversations within the innovation community.
Governor Jared Polis on Quantum, Aerospace, and What Colorado Is Leaving on the Table
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has five months left in office, and Dan didn't want a retrospective. Polis leads with the win he's proudest of: Colorado went from 27th in the country for preschool enrol...
Best in the Country for Education, and Closing Schools — with Aquiles La Grave, Part 2
Aquiles La Grave is back on The Bear Roars, this time live in front of an audience at Tulagi Music Festival, three weeks into his campaign for mayor of Boulder. In July, U.S. News named Colorado the b...
Two People, Three Years, and a $9 Billion IPO — with Ed Hallen
In this episode of The Bear Roars, Dan sits down with Ed Hallen — co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Klaviyo, the company he and Andrew Bialecki started in 2012 and took public in 2023. Before t...
X Games Wasn't Broken. It Was Under-Imagined — with Jeremy Bloom
In this episode of The Bear Roars, Dan sits down with Jeremy Bloom — CEO of X Games, two-time Olympic mogul skier, former NFL wide receiver, and the founder behind Integrate and Owl AI. Jeremy takes t...