In this episode of The Schmooze, Gary Coover—Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Superlayer—shares insights from a career spent building, scaling, and investing in early-stage companies at the forefront of innovation. Gary has worked across the startup ecosystem, from co-founding a venture-backed e-commerce company to architecting and leading global incubation and investment programs at Samsung NEXT, where he helped launch a $150M venture fund, expand operations into Israel and Europe, and develop models that led to multiple acquisitions and spin-outs. In our conversation, Gary reflects on what it takes to build companies from the ground up, the realities of operating at the earliest stages, and how he and his wife think intentionally about raising ...