EisnerAmper Podcast

Engaging Alternatives: Outlook for Corporate Credit and Special Situations Investing

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Loren Remetta, CIO, Bow Bridge, a corporate credit and special situations manager. Loren shares his outlook for high-yield and credit derivative markets and more.

TechTalk: To the Moon! Startup Launches New Era of Data Storage

Chris Stott, Founder, Chair, CEO of Lonestar, talks with EisnerAmper's TechTalk host Fritz Spencer about pioneering the future of data services on the Moon in the pursuit of solving customer demands. In this episode, Chris shares the excitement around Lonestar’s first successful lunar mission in February 2024 and what it means to launch the first data center beyond Earth’s orbit—advancing the vision for a greater lunar technology ecosystem.

TechTalk: Think Inside the Box: SAAS Startup Makes Business Sustainability (More) Accessible

Alex Lassiter, Founder and CEO of Greenplaces, talks with EisnerAmper's TechTalk host Janina Teoxon about how his startup is empowering business leaders across industries to achieve their sustainability goals. In this episode, Alex describes his all-in-one sustainability platform as a “chief sustainability officer in a box,” making the process to measure, report, and reduce carbon emissions more accessible to non-Fortune 500 companies. Note: The environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) platform provides a dashboard on how to both reduce your footprint and save money. Learn how Greenplaces is meeting the evolving needs of businesses—and the planet.

Engaging Alternatives: Venture Capital Investing in Israel's Enterprise Entrepreneurs

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Daniel Frankenstein, Co-Founder of Joule Ventures, a U.S.-based partner-only seed fund investing in Israel’s most compelling enterprise-focused entrepreneurs. Daniel shares his outlook for investing in these entrepreneurs including the greatest opportunities, challenges and more.

Engaging Alternatives: Private Equity Seeding/Investing in Emerging Managers

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Dan Pogue and Peter Birk, Vice Presidents of Moelis Asset Management’s Catalyst Partners, which provides strategic capital to private equity emerging managers. The duo share their outlook for seeding private equity managers, including the greatest opportunities and challenges, how the firm integrates ESG, DEI and more.

PE Dealbook: Private Equity Dealmaking in the Hospitality Sector

In this episode of Private Equity Dealbook, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Mark Leavitt, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Enlightened Hospitality Investments, a growth equity fund he runs with restauranteur Danny Meyer that invests in the hospitality sector. Mark discusses some of the transactions he has completed, including Culture Pop and Goldbelly. He walks us through the processes, along with the opportunities and challenges faced when it came to those deals. He also discuss how he navigated through the due diligence process on those transactions and more.

TechTalk: Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Therapy Emerges from Seed-Stage Startup

Ken Mariash, CEO of Sinaptica Therapeutics, talks with EisnerAmper's TechTalk host Janina Teoxon about the novel approach his startup is taking to develop a non-drug therapy to treat Alzheimer's. In this episode, Ken acknowledges the repeated failures the industry has faced on its quest to find a cure for the disease and explains why his personalized and connectome-targeted neuromodulation approach has gained the FDA breakthrough designation. Learn how Ken and his team are overcoming investor skepticism as their promising treatment emerges.

Engaging Alternatives: Multifamily Real Estate Investing in the U.S. Secondary Markets

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Jennifer Hoover, Managing Partner, Highgate Capital Group, a Chicago-based multifamily real estate investment firm focused on secondary markets throughout the U.S. Jennifer share her outlook for multifamily real estate investing in those markets including the greatest opportunities and challenges, how the firm integrates ESG, her experience being a woman investment manager in the industry, and more.

Engaging Alternatives: Investing in Hotels on Major College Campuses

In this episode of Engaging Alternatives Spotlight, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Gary Brandeis, CEO of Scholar Hotels & Managing Partner of Real Estate Capital Management. Gary shares his outlook for investing in hotels and hospitality assets near major college campuses including the greatest opportunities and challenges. He also discusses how the firm integrates ESG and more.

TechTalk: Startup Founder Proves “No tech background, no problem.”

Yobe Qiu, Co-Founder of Book an Author talks with EisnerAmper's TechTalk host Janina Teoxon about her commitment to educating our children and celebrating diversity. In this episode, Yobe describes how her game-changing web-based platform helps expand connections across the educational landscape, matching authors with academic institutions, and streamlining the entire authoring journey from discovery to payment.