A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders

163 Episodes

1. He refused to quit his job until $1M ARR—then grew to $5M ARR & closed a $25M Series A. | Pierce Ujjainwalla, Founder of Knak

   Published: 7/29/2024
2. 99% of founders SUCK at storytelling. Here's the pro who taught Slack & Salesforce how to do it. | Matthew Dicks, professional storyteller & bestselling author of Storyworthy.

   Published: 7/25/2024
3. In 2019, he went all-in on AI, grew to $3M ARR in 2 years—then to $85M ARR in 5. | Shubham Mishra, Founder of Pixis

   Published: 7/22/2024
4. How Wiz grew to $500M ARR in 4 years—& could exit to Google for $23B (largest VC-backed exit in history)

   Published: 7/18/2024
5. He built a farming robot that shoots weeds with lasers— then closed $10M in pre-sales before shipping a single one. | Paul Mikesell, Founder of Carbon Robotics.

   Published: 7/15/2024
6. Tesla’s EV market share (finally) falls below 50%. Good news for founders— incumbents took 15 years to match 1 founder.

   Published: 7/11/2024
7. YC founder raises $3.5M, keeps team to 3 people—then grows 10x to $2M ARR in 1 year. | Benjamin Encz, Founder of Ashby

   Published: 7/8/2024
8. Pickleball grew 3x in 4 years to 14M players. Not by competing with tennis— but by creating a new market instead.

   Published: 7/4/2024
9. He fought Al Qaeda in Iraq, turned down $250K at McKinsey—& built a $150M+ ARR unicorn. Here’s how it happened: | Blake Hall, Founder of ID.me

   Published: 7/1/2024
10. Each Google/OpenAI update kills more startups. Here’s how to make sure you're not next.

    Published: 6/27/2024
11. 1st-time founder meets 120 VCs— closes $2.7M in 5 weeks, 10x oversubscribed. Here's the step-by-step guide to close a round. | Andrew Rea, Founder of Taxwire

    Published: 6/24/2024
12. Zoom hits an all-time low. Here's what AI startups can learn from the WFH hype cycle.

    Published: 6/20/2024
13. He grew to $22M ARR in 4 years—but regrets spending so much on growth. | Chris Walker, Founder of Refine Labs

    Published: 6/17/2024
14. ChatGPT just hit $3B in ARR—here’s why Sam Altman is a strategic genius.

    Published: 6/13/2024
15. Reddit hit 1M users in 1 year. The key was listening to users—& not doing what they said. | Reddit CTO & Founding Engineer Chris Slowe

    Published: 6/10/2024
16. She quit her job without a startup idea. Then built a $550M startup from a bad dentist appointment. I Wardah Inam, Founder of Overjet

    Published: 6/3/2024
17. Ex-Squarespace CEO on how to sell to SMBs, build tight feedback loops, & stay close to customers even after raising $200M+ | Dane Atkinson, Founder of Odeko

    Published: 5/27/2024
18. He built Uber for parking & exited. Then raised $100M+. Here's his formula for finding product-market fit. | Shmulik Fishman, Founder of Argyle

    Published: 5/20/2024
19. COVID nearly bankrupted him. Then with AI he grew from $0 to $25M ARR in 4 years. | Andrew Lockhead, Founder of Stay22

    Published: 5/13/2024
20. He raised $11M off a deck. Here's how he launched Clumio & grew 4x to over 8-figures in ARR. | Poojan Kumar, Founder of Clumio

    Published: 5/6/2024