207 Episodes

  1. He sold AI robots to Walmart & raised $150M. His #1 advice to founders? "Trust your gut." | Daniel Theobald, Founder of Vecna Robotics

    Published: 8/12/2024
  2. VCs give a lot of advice— & a lot of it sucks. Be careful who you listen to.

    Published: 8/8/2024
  3. He took 3 years to make his 1st sale—then grew 1000x to $10M ARR 3 years later. | Alex Hoff, Founder of Auvik

    Published: 8/5/2024
  4. If you wake up with your heart pounding out of your chest— do this.

    Published: 8/1/2024
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Each Google/OpenAI update kills more startups. Here’s how to make sure you're not next.

    Published: 6/27/2024
  15. 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
  16. Zoom hits an all-time low. Here's what AI startups can learn from the WFH hype cycle.

    Published: 6/20/2024
  17. 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
  18. ChatGPT just hit $3B in ARR—here’s why Sam Altman is a strategic genius.

    Published: 6/13/2024
  19. 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
  20. 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

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