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Episodes
Inside Anchor’s Journey to Product Market Fit and 9-Figure Sale to Spotify with Mike Mignano
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Eric Newcomer on Scaling to 80,000 Newsletter Subs, How to Pitch Reporters
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Newcomer is the founder of Newcomer, a publication he launched in October of 2020 to cover the business of startups and venture capital. He had j...
Siqi Chen on How To Go Viral, Secrets to Storytelling, and Forgetting Best Practices
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Siqi Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Runway, the modern and intuitive way to model, plan, and align your business for everyone on your team. Or, in ...
Automating the $80 Billion SOC 2 Market with Shrav Mehta (Secureframe)
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shrav Mehta is the Founder and CEO of Secureframe, which empowers businesses to build trust with customers by automating information security and comp...
Epic Gardening's $100+ Million YouTube Playbook with Kevin Espiritu, Founder and CEO
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Espiritu is the founder and CEO of Epic Gardening, which is, by multiple measures, one of the largest brands in gardening on the planet.What sta...
How Kirsten Green Built Forerunner Ventures
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsten Green is the founder of Forerunner Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses on understanding the mindset of the modern consumer. Kirsten ...
The Great Media Arbitrage: How Craig Fuller Built FreightWaves
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Fuller is the Founder and CEO of FreightWaves, a media company and data provider for the global supply chain. He’s also the CEO of Flying Medi...
Building a $510 Million Personal Care Giant with Danielle Cohen-Shohet, Founder & CEO of GlossGenius
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Cohen-Shohet is the CEO and Founder of GlossGenius, the all-in-one booking, payments and POS solution that helps beauty and wellness professi...
The Story of Nubank, The World’s Largest Neobank with Co-founder Cristina Junqueira
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cristina Junqueira is the Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of Nubank, the largest neobank in Latin America – and in the world – with more...
Immigrant to $250M CEO: How Circle Powers the Creator Economy with Co-founder and CEO Sid Yadav
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sid Yadav is the Co-founder and CEO of Circle, the all-in-one community platform trusted by creators like Tiago Forte, David Perell, and Miles Snider....
🎮 General Intuition Co-founder Pim de Witte on Growing Medal to 10+ Million Gamers
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pim de Witte is the Co-founder and CEO of Medal, which enables millions of gamers to capture and share their favorite gaming moments with friends. Pim...
How Unit Operates with Precision, with Itai Damti (Co-founder and CEO of Unit)
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Itai Damti is the Co-founder and CEO of Unit, the platform that helps leading tech companies store, move, and lend money.Unit has raised over $170 mil...
Pricing Lessons from the Fastest Growing Companies with Kevin Liu, Co-founder and CEO of Metronome
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Liu is the Co-founder and CEO of Metronome, which enables software companies to launch, iterate, and scale their business models with billing in...
Zapier’s Secrets to Product Market Fit with Wade Foster (Co-founder and CEO of Zapier)
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wade Foster is the Co-founder and CEO of Zapier, an automation platform that helps you work faster. Wade and his co-founders Mike and Bryan started th...
How Solugen is Saving the $5 Trillion Chemical Industry (Co-founders Gaurab Chakrabarti & Sean Hunt)
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gaurab Chakrabarti and Sean Hunt are the Co-founders of Solugen, which replaces petroleum based products with plant-derived substitutes without sacrif...
Secrets of the $131 Billion Parking Industry with Jonathon Barkl (Co-founder and CEO of AirGarage)
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathon Barkl is the Co-founder and CEO of AirGarage, a full-stack parking management company that helps real estate owners increase their income.Jon...
Securing Open Source Software with Dan Lorenc, Co-founder & CEO of Chainguard
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Lorenc is the Co-founder and CEO of Chainguard, the best way to secure your open source software. Dan and his co-founders Kim, Matt, and Ville sta...
From Food Stamps to a $20 Million Fund with Nichole Wischoff
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nichole Wischoff is the founder of Wischoff Ventures, a Pre-Seed and Seed firm that invests up to $1 million in non sexy industries. Nichole closed he...
Lessons From Scaling Pilot to a $1.2 Billion Valuation with Co-founder and CEO Waseem Daher
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Waseem Daher is the Co-founder and CEO of Pilot, the bookkeeping, CFO, and tax provider for startups and fast growing businesses. Prior to Pilot, Wase...
Bootstrapping Webflow to $10M ARR, and scaling to a $4B Valuation with Vlad Magdalin (Co-founder & CEO)
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vlad Magdalin is the Co-founder and CEO of Webflow, software that empowers designers to build websites without code. Vlad started the company with his...
What is OpenStore? How Keith Rabois is Acquiring Shopify Brands
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Keith is the Co-founder and CEO of OpenStore, a portfolio of brands building its own shopping destination. Before starting OpenStore, Keith was an ear...
The $4 Trillion Business of Financial Crime with Natasha Vernier, Co-founder and CEO of Cable
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Vernier is the Co-founder and CEO of Cable, the all-in-one effectiveness testing platform for financial services. Prior to Cable, Natasha join...
Growing Deel to $300M+ ARR in Four Years with Co-founder and CEO Alex Bouaziz
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Bouaziz is the Co-founder and CEO of Deel, a full stack global HR and payroll platform. But the company didn’t start that way, and we’ll talk...
How Semil Shah Built Haystack
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Semil Shah is the Founder of Haystack, an institutional venture capital firm that backs outlier founders at the earliest stages. Semil started Haystac...
🧪 The Einstein of Ecommerce: Bootstrapping to 9-Figures in Revenue with Sean Frank (CEO, Ridge Wallet)
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Frank is the CEO of Ridge Wallet, a men’s wallet and accessories brand that does over 9-figures in annual revenue. The company started in 2012 ...
Modern Treasury: How to Move Quadrillions of Dollars, with Co-founder and CEO Dimitri Dadiomov
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dimitri Dadiomov is the Co-founder and CEO of Modern Treasury, an operating system for the new era of payments. Dimitri and his co-founders Matt and S...
The Business of Newsletters with Kendall Baker, “The Sports Newsletter Guy”
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kendall Baker currently leads Yahoo’s sports newsletter business. In 2017 he launched the first daily sports newsletter called Sports Internet, whic...
🏀 How Overtime Grew to 85 Million Fans | Dan Porter (Co-founder and CEO, Overtime)
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Porter is the Co-founder and CEO of Overtime, a sports network for the next generation of fans. OT reaches 85 million fans per month and runs a ba...
🍫 How to Build a $70 Million Chocolate Factory | Nick Saltarelli (Co-founder, Mid-Day Squares)
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Saltarelli is the Co-founder of Mid-Day Squares, a healthy, functional chocolate bar. Nick, his wife Lezlie, and her brother Jake started the com...
🍕 The $1.3 Billion Pizza Business: How Ilir Sela (Founder & CEO, Slice) is Arming the Pizza Rebels
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ilir Sela is the Founder & CEO of Slice, the online ordering and all-in-one software platform that helps pizzeria’s manage their business. Ilir star...
🏥 Making Healthcare a Product, Not a Service | Adrian Aoun (Founder and CEO, Forward)
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Aoun is the Founder and CEO of Forward Health, which is rebuilding healthcare as a product, not a service. Forward is supported by investors li...
Lessons From Building Mercury with Immad Akhund (Co-founder and CEO, Mercury)
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Immad Akhund is the Co-founder and CEO of Mercury, a digitally native bank for startups. Mercury is supported by investors like a16z, Coatue, CRV, Cha...
How Primer Turns Teachers Into Superheroes | Ryan Delk (Co-founder and CEO, Primer)
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Delk is the Co-Founder and CEO of Primer, a startup helping ambitious kids unlock their potential by empowering teachers to launch and run their ...
Selling $100 Million in Dog Collars | Ken Ehrman (Co-founder, Halo Collar)
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Ehrman is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Halo Collar, a smart dog collar that tracks your dog with GPS. Halo Collar uses patented technolo...
Sweetgreen: Building McDonald’s for the Next Generation, with Jonathan Neman (Co-founder and CEO)
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Neman is Co-Founder & CEO of Sweetgreen, an American fast casual restaurant chain that serves salads. Jonathan and his co-founders started th...