Episodes
- He had paying customers before he even incorporated—then hit $1M ARR in a year and raised a $19M Series A. | Rahul Shivkumar, Co-Founder of Assured Nov 2, 2026 · 56:54
- His free app hit 200 locations and nobody used it, then he raised $25M. | Tushar Mishra, Co-Founder & CEO of Delightree Oct 26, 2026 · 49:15
- Carriers wouldn't talk to him, so he started with kids' smartwatches—then landed AT&T, Revolut and Klarna and now wins 90% of deals. | Hermann Frank, Co-Founder & CEO of Gigs Oct 19, 2026 · 46:01
- He has cold outbound data on 40 million startups. Here's what works. | Daniel Saks, Co-Founder of Landbase and AppDirect Oct 12, 2026 · 53:40
- He introduced his buyers to VCs instead of pitching them—then closed 20 deals in a row and a $20M Series A | Jonathan Awad, Co-Founder & CEO of Baselayer Oct 5, 2026 · 1:02:07
- He runs 3 dinners a week instead of cold outbound—and closes $500K+ ARR deals. | Nick Fleisher, Co-Founder & CEO of Sandstone Sep 28, 2026 · 49:10
- Revenue fell from $25M to $8M—so he raised $75M in crowdfunding and ignored VCs. | Dan Novaes, Co-Founder & CEO of Mode Mobile Sep 21, 2026 · 51:06
- He turned off a product with 20M users and went from 70 people to 7—then raised a $47M Series A. | Keith Peiris, Co-Founder & CEO of Lightfield Sep 14, 2026 · 45:31
- VCs chased crypto and passed on his “boring” startup—then he raised $385M at a $2B valuation. | Aaron Schumm, Founder & CEO of Vestwell Sep 7, 2026 · 49:49
- He sold his 8-figure business to bet on a side app—then grew it to 20x in a year. | Andrew Antos, Co-Founder & CEO of Within Aug 31, 2026 · 49:31
- He spent $0 on marketing for 2 years—then raised $400M at a $3.25B valuation. | AJ Loiacono, Co-Founder & CEO of Judi Health Aug 24, 2026 · 55:03
- He spent $150K on brand before he had a product—then closed $1.5M ARR in 1 month. | Niklas Lindgren, Co-Founder & CEO of Endra Aug 17, 2026 · 46:17
- He lost all 5 of his first deals—then built the next Looker and raised $250M. | Colin Zima, Co-Founder of Omni Aug 10, 2026 · 52:38
- He fired almost everyone, kept 2 engineers—then grew 12x and raised a $30M Series A. | Rafael Broshi, Co-Founder of Notch Aug 3, 2026 · 52:42
- He worked out of a police department for free for a year—then built a $6.8B company. | Ben Rudolph, Co-Founder of Peregrine Jul 27, 2026 · 40:44
- 1st-time solo founder does 90 interviews in 90 days—closes a $25M Series A 2 years in. | Damien Lewke, Founder of Nebulock Jul 20, 2026 · 50:28
- He tries 1,000 ideas a decade & kills nearly all—that's how X built Waymo & Google Brain. | Astro Teller, CEO of Moonshots at X (Alphabet) Jul 13, 2026 · 48:06
- He raised $75M—but kept his team to 21 people & pays everyone the same salary. | Cos Nicolaescu, Co-Founder of Accrual Jul 6, 2026 · 57:38
- He quit Stripe and hit $10M ARR in 4 years—with $0 marketing spend. | Anurag Goel, Founder of Render Jun 29, 2026 · 47:43
- He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk Jun 22, 2026 · 46:05
- He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. | Dan Mishin, Founder of Manifest Jun 15, 2026 · 42:37
- He churned 100% of his revenue on purpose—then grew 10x to $2M ARR in under 12 months. | Ali Khokhar, Founder of Amigo AI Jun 8, 2026 · 53:00
- He hit $1M ARR by sending 500,000 cold emails—then raised a $25M Series A in 6 days. | Mark Hughes, Co-Founder of Solidroad Jun 1, 2026 · 42:52
- Q1 2026 w/Carta: What you need to raise a Series A. | Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta May 25, 2026 · 38:28
- How to get a VC (like me) to wire you $2M in under 2 weeks (the FOMO playbook) | Solo Episode May 18, 2026 · 21:47
- Coinbase's ex-CPO bet on AI agents before ChatGPT—now he's closing 7-figure Fortune 500 deals. | Surojit Chatterjee, Founder of Ema May 11, 2026 · 37:27
- How this 1st-time founder went from closing customers for $500 a month to $300,000 a year. | Sean McCarthy, Founder & CEO of BackOps May 4, 2026 · 55:46
- He built for 2 years before raising a dollar—then hit $13M ARR and a $40M Series B. | Alex Halliday, Co-Founder & CEO of AirOps Apr 27, 2026 · 40:45
- 180 VCs rejected him—then a $60K billboard got him to $2M ARR in 4 months. | Isaiah Granet, CEO of Bland AI Apr 20, 2026 · 52:22
- She bet on a consumer app when every VC wanted B2B—then grew to $10M ARR. | Anada Lakra, Founder of BoldVoice Apr 16, 2026 · 52:20