Sit Down Startup

A podcast by Adam O'Donnell - Wednesdays

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93 Episodes

  1. [$400M raised] FLYR Labs’s Founder, Alex Mans: journey to product-market fit

    Published: 3/20/2024
  2. [$80M+ raised] THAT Product-market fit moment: Avoid the analysis trap; Shippo’s Founder, Laura Behrens Wu

    Published: 2/21/2024
  3. Trulia’s Founder; product-market-fit journey with Sami Inkinen

    Published: 2/8/2024
  4. Failed startup to $98M raised; Thoropass’s Founder, Sam Li shares their product-market-fit journey

    Published: 1/24/2024
  5. [$163M raised] Knowing you’ve hit product-market fit; Redpanda’s Founder, Alex Gallego

    Published: 1/10/2024
  6. [$100M+ raised] How to get product-market fit validation without an MVP

    Published: 12/6/2023
  7. [$217M raised] Stop convincing prospects and find the ones who get it: Sentry’s Founder, David Cramer

    Published: 11/8/2023
  8. Arc’s $181M Success: Unity-Led-Growth with Founder, Don Muir

    Published: 10/25/2023
  9. Bootstrapped to $40M and then raised $125M? Slice’s Founder, Ilir Sela

    Published: 10/4/2023
  10. [$150M raised] OpenStore’s Co-Founder, Jeremy Wood: Building the Right Engine: Overcoming Doubts

    Published: 9/6/2023
  11. [$200M+ Raised] Self-Doubt & Worry to Thriving Through Startup Challenges; Electric.ai's Founder, Ryan Denehy

    Published: 8/24/2023
  12. The Founder-led Content Formula; Atrium’s Founder Pete Kazanjy

    Published: 8/9/2023
  13. [$1.2B Val] Epidemic Sound's Founder, Oscar Hoglund: Overcoming Gov Regulations & Launching A Marketplace

    Published: 7/26/2023
  14. Tailscale's $113M Success: Developer-Led-Growth

    Published: 7/14/2023
  15. [$161M Raised] From Series A Struggles to 400 Employees: LinkSquares' Growth Strategies with Founder Vishal Sunak

    Published: 6/21/2023
  16. Bootstrapped to $100M+ Exit: Pardot’s Founder, David Cummings' Startup Journey

    Published: 6/7/2023
  17. Instacart's Former Chief Growth Officer; Building a Successful ML Startup: Anomalo's, Founder, Elliot Shmukler

    Published: 5/24/2023
  18. $0 to 100M ARR in 18-months: Revolutionizing Cloud Security With Base Thinking; Wiz’s Co-Founder, Ami Luttwak

    Published: 5/10/2023
  19. ($155M raised) Glean’s Founder, Arvind Jain: How to close enterprise deals from day one

    Published: 4/26/2023
  20. Bootstrapped to nearly $100M exit to Citrix; Jesse Lipson; knowing when to ignore the “smart” advisors vs. just building

    Published: 3/29/2023

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Here’s how to startup. Even when the world goes topsy-turvy. From one home office to another, Zendesk leaders chat with founders, CEOs, and makers on their startup journey. There’s rule-flipping, new dogma and recycling failure into growth. Plus, why customer experience is at the heart of success, as told by people who know unpredictability inside out. (That seems pretty helpful right now.)