Adam Foroughi

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1,682 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 27 Apr

Adam Foroughi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Apr 2026 with 2.

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · 20VC: Applovin: $160BN Market Cap, $5.48BN Revenue, $10M EBITDA Per Head | Why the Best Do Not Need Mentorship | Why Founders Should Not Angel Invest | Why Kindness in Business Will Slow You Down with Adam Foroughi · 27 Apr 2026 podcast
A lot of the things that we've been able to accomplish just don't make sense to people.
And in a world where things don't make sense, people think you're cheating.
The founder mentality has got to be chase winning.
In order for me to get paid anything, the stock had to clear that and then keep going up from there.
Almost in every relationship in my life, I was never really present.
That fear of blow-up is one of my big motivators.
Yeah, I like it.
I try to go unscripted, so I can't say I reviewed them, but it was a lot of questions.
I think you almost, if you've had success, you almost have to be inspired by winning.
If you're fearful of losing or you have a fear of failure, I feel like you're almost starting to be stuck.
You're not going to take shots that are material and you're going to protect downside more than go after upside.
And I don't tend to believe that's really the founder mentality.
If you took a risk once upon a time to start a business where there was nothing, you didn't even know what it was going to become.
And you knew the odds were 99.59 is likely that you were going to fail.
That in itself has to tell you the founder mentality has got to be chase winning.
And so over the years, I've taken motivation through winning.
And I think it's also important to note that founders don't tend to be motivated by money as well if they're really successful.
That's something that I like to ask in interview questions.
And I found the best people are motivated by personal growth, development, being inspired, finding things intellectually stimulating, winning.
But it never tends to be money because money is a very, very tough thing to continuously be motivated by.
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