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Underdog Ecom Podcast

Jack Oswald & David Lindahl

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🚀 Welcome to the Underdog Ecom Podcast—the raw, unfiltered podcast for ecommerce founders actually in the trenches. Tired of the same 9-figure guru success stories? We’re talking real highs, lows, and struggles of running an underdog ecommerce brand—from cash flow crunches to ad meltdowns and everything in between. 🔥 What You’ll Get: - Honest conversations about building a brand without venture capital. - What’s working (and what’s not) in DTC, Amazon, and wholesale. - The latest industry sh ...
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The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
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What if you had a business coach who was a creative just like you, and could ask them about how they built a successful business they love? That’s what we do each week on Design Business Freedom. Hosted by Melissa Galt –– award winning business coach, marketing consultant, and interior designer with over 3 decades of creative experience –– every episode is an in-depth look at how to create systems and processes, increase your confidence, and build a quality team to support you. The goal is t ...
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Bootstrapped Growth

Bootstrapped Growth

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Welcome to Bootstrapped Growth where you will get actionable, tactical steps you can implement immediately to get results. No latest tips or tactics. No mindset training or feelings. Myself and the guests I bring on are going to share with you the most effective sales, marketing and business skills, strategies, and frameworks so you can repeatedly build a business in any economy.
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Startup to Last

Rick Lindquist and Tyler King

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Two founders talk about how to build software businesses that are meant to last. Each episode includes a deep dive into a different topic related to starting, growing, and sustaining a healthy business.
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IndieRails

Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith

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Jeremy and Jess interview indie developers who have a passion for the Rails framework and bring their hustle and creativity to building a business. They strive to understand the challenges these developers face and how they are overcoming them to create successful businesses.
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The Startup Podcast

Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad

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A guide to the unique mindset and approach that drives Silicon Valley style disruption. Build product, raise money, and scale your startup like the best. TSP hosts Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein share practical advice based on decades of experience at Google, Uber, and their own startups.
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Welcome to the AI Builders Club. Yeah, it’s a podcast, but it’s also a workshop, a group chat, and your new favorite corner of the internet if you’re trying to build quality automations with AI. This isn’t a snake oil “prompts that print money” operation. It’s hands-on agentic workflows, pro tips, and real talk from two cofounders in the trenches building a new no-code automation platform. Each week, Aaron Dignan and Chase Adams take on one real-world mess, like inbox chaos, scrambled meetin ...
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Unique business problems call for genius solutions. Go behind the scenes with today’s world-class leaders who dared to bring revolutionary ideas to life. Learn how they met their challenges head-on and how you can translate their lessons into your own real-world business success—whether you’re leading a start-up or Fortune 500 company. Host Manuj Aggarwal is the founder of TetraNoodle Technologies. When not interviewing industry leaders for Bootstrapping Your Dreams, he provides revolutionar ...
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Indie Bites

James McKinven

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Short, bite-sized conversations with indie hackers that have started small, profitable and bootstrapped businesses. You'll learn how they come up with ideas, what they do to validate, find those first customers and make a sustainable income. Episodes every Tuesday.
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Lav Musings

Vladislav Supalov

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Your stream of inspiration about bootstrapping, building a portfolio of assets and making a living as an independent creator on the internet. With your host Vladislav Supalov. Check it out!
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This podcast will follow my journey as I create https://www.reviewiply.com my latest bootsrapped SaaS. I will keep you updated on everything that goes on. How many customers, how many free trials, what is the MRR? All of the details you could want about my latest SaaS product.
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The Modern Acre

Tim & Tyler Nuss

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The Modern Acre is the podcast for builders in ag who think differently. Tim and Tyler interview the entrepreneurs, farmers and leaders that are innovating the food and agriculture industry. Through conversations with guests and their own unique insights, Tim and Tyler are leading the dialogue on modern agriculture - from their own farm journey to the latest investment trends. Learn more at www.TheModernAcre.com
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Hi, I’m Diane Tarshis — a strategic startup consultant and founder of Startup Distillery, where I partner with entrepreneurs who are experts in what they do, but have never built a business before. Together we dive into the details of their vision so we can dial in their business model and financial roadmap — giving them the clarity and guidance they need to grow and get funded. I’ve spent the last 20-plus years helping entrepreneurs from all walks of life build successful businesses and get ...
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Welcome to the ultimate podcast for exploring *how to make money online*, *build a business on a budget*, and *leverage the best tools and resources* available in the digital marketplace! This show is your guide to understanding a variety of *online income streams*, including *affiliate marketing*, *eCommerce*, *freelancing*, *digital products*, and *passive income generation*. If you’re looking to start a side hustle, grow an entrepreneurial idea, or learn *proven strategies to boost your r ...
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Open Threads

Brian Casel

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Brian Casel hosts conversations with founder friends. We talk about startups, products, software, entrepreneurship, but also what's happening in our lives away from our screens and revenue graphs.
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Bowen Gines discusses the hurdles of business. Dive into the strategies and techniques of running and enjoying your business. You will learn from his and other entrepreneur's experiences so that you can build a business that you love. You will learn how to start your business as well as setting up the legal aspects, bootstrapping, taxes, cash flow, sales, marketing, social media, websites, SEO, ranking your Google business listing, building a team, productivity, building your business correc ...
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Backstage Capital is venture investment fund that backs underrepresented tech startup founders. Since inception in September 2015, Backstage has deployed nearly $2m into 40+ startups around the U.S. that are led by women, POC, and LGBT founders. This podcast takes you behind the scenes to show you what it's like to build a fund from scratch and give you deep insights into what investors are REALLY looking for. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You might steal a donut. But that'll have nothing to do ...
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As Meghan, Duchess of Sussex builds out a business of her own, she’s getting advice and insights from a handful of amazing women who have scaled small ideas into successful companies. These fly-on-the-wall conversations will no doubt inspire anyone who’s interested in turning their own entrepreneurial dreams into a reality and anyone else who just wants to hear what really happens behind the scenes.
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Open Circuit

Latitude Media

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The energy transition, decoded. Every week, three industry veterans explore the tech breakthroughs, market shakeups, and policy shifts that are driving the biggest industrial transformation in history.
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This podcast episode presents a showcase of insights from Melissa Chiou, a marketing and media consultant, who elucidates the strategies she employed to bootstrap her business. Central to her narrative is the significance of cultivating a robust mindset, which she posits as foundational for entrepreneurial success. Melissa recounts her journey from…
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In this powerful solo episode, Melissa shares the raw and real story of how she launched her interior design business with no funding, a mountain of debt, and sheer determination. You’ll hear her journey from a corporate hospitality career to her first design roles, and ultimately to bootstrapping her own design firm against all odds. This is not j…
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Sameer Narkar is the founder and CEO of Konnect Insights, a global SaaS company based in Mumbai that provides an omnichannel customer experience platform to consumer brands in 100 countries. Sameer created Konnect Insights in 2015 to help customer service teams respond to customers who mention their brands on social media. The product and company h…
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Can you really build and launch a startup without writing code, or even knowing how to? As AI tools promise lightning-fast product development, many founders still fall into old traps: over-validating, under-executing, or waiting too long for a technical cofounder. In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein are joined by Eric Simons, founder o…
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America is choosing obstruction over abundance. While AI, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing require massive infrastructure investments, we're trapped in a permitting system designed for a different era — and a political system that rewards blocking over building. In this episode of Open Circuit, we're joined by Brian Deese, former director o…
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When was the last time that you evaluated how you are compensated for your creative services? The last time that you raised your rates to reflect your experience and value? You know what I’m about to tell you: it’s time, in fact, you’re overdue! Today we’re diving into how to accurately charge for your services based on your value rather than your …
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Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky are the co-creators of the Design Sprint (the famous five-day product innovation process) and authors of the bestselling book Sprint. After decades of working with over 300 startups in the earliest stages, they discovered that most startups fail not because they can’t build, but because they build the wrong thing. The v…
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Why do some goals drain you while others inspire action? In this powerful conversation, Jesse Pujji and executive coach Dave Kashen unpack a core concept at the heart of entrepreneurship: the Desired Future State (DFS). They explore how clean motivation, grounded in acceptance and vision—not fear or lack—can transform the way you lead, strategize, …
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This podcast episode delves into the inspiring journey of Victor Idoko, the founder of CFV Advisory, who epitomizes the essence of bootstrapping a business. Victor elucidates the principles that guided him in establishing his firm, emphasizing the paramount importance of clarity, focus, and vision. He shares that a personal, value-based approach to…
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In this episode of the Trial to Paid podcast, Shervin Koushan discusses the development and success of his versatile app, AnyTracker, which allows users to track various metrics from any website. Shervin outlines his guiding principles for creating successful apps and shares how his personal coding journey from high school to studying robotics at u…
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Today I’ll share my insights into the podcasting universe, from a software founder perspective. There are so many untapped opportunities in a space where budgets and expectations are growing massively, so why not talk about the most challenging issues and what could be gained if they were solved. This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is sponsored…
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Tracy Larson is President and CEO of WeSuite, a vertical sales automation platform designed for larger integrators who sell complete security systems for commercial and residential real estate. Tracy and the cofounders were in the security systems business before launching a sales software company for this market in 2008. WeSuite is now a comprehen…
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[00:00:00] Intro – Jesse hints at a personal and professional transition [00:00:27] Jesse’s life update – spiritual journey and post-Japan reflection [00:01:30] The Motorboat vs Sailboat leadership metaphor explained [00:02:51] Internal conflict: fear of letting go and team dependency [00:04:03] Overwhelm from managing multiple businesses – “a comp…
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Is Silicon Valley building the future or just trying to rule it? From Elon Musk’s new political party to retail investors buying fake OpenAI stock, the startup world is getting weirder, faster. In this episode, Chris Saad and Shira Lazar break down a massive week in tech, politics, and startup culture. They unpack Elon Musk’s launch of the “America…
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This podcast episode serves as a showcase for bootstrapped entrepreneurship, featuring insights from Carol Tice, a seasoned business journalist who successfully transitioned into entrepreneurship. Tice recounts her journey of establishing a business aimed at assisting freelance writers, which she ultimately sold for a significant profit. Central to…
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Vova Feldman is the founder of Freemius, a Merchant of Record payment provider. He's been at it for a while, and it wasn't always easy. Vova shares his approach to weathering the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, how to build a team (and mis-hires), and what operating in the payment industry means for a crafty founder. The blog post: https://theb…
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AI Builders Club – Club Meeting Minutes | Ep. 2: Build Your AI Inbox Assistant Meeting Agenda: Tame email chaos with smart, personalized automation Topic: Can AI help you stop dreading your inbox? Welcome back to the AI Builders Club meetup. This week, Chase and Aaron take on a daily productivity drain: overflowing inboxes that bury priorities and …
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In this episode, Jess and Jeremy chat with Matt Swanson, CTO of Arrows, author of Boring Rails, and host of the YAGNI podcast. In addition to his blog, Matt shares a lot of his knowledge about product development on Twitter. We talk with Matt about how Arrows builds software, what it means to be a product engineer, the easiest way for devs to get t…
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Looking back on your entrepreneurship journey, which decisions made the biggest impact? In this solo episode, Rob Walling breaks down the 10 decisions that shaped his success, like choosing action over perfection, learning fast from failure, and building a financial cushion to take smarter risks. It’s an honest look at what worked and the choices t…
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The paramount focus of this podcast episode is the presentation of actionable strategies for bootstrapping a business, as articulated by our featured guest, Amethyst Mahoney. In a compelling narrative, Mahoney recounts her journey from humble beginnings to establishing a successful enterprise, emphasizing the efficacy of high-ticket programs as a m…
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Are you sure your startup should be raising venture capital? Most founders assume VC is the goal—but for many, it's the wrong fuel entirely. In this episode, we bust that myth wide open. Join Yaniv Bernstein and Chris Saad as they sit down with Amir Shevat, General Partner at Darkmode Ventures (ex-Google, Slack, Twitter), to unpack the seven most d…
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When 47 million people across Spain and Portugal lost power for nearly half a day in April, the finger-pointing began immediately. "Too much renewable energy," declared the critics. Even U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright piled on: "When you hitch your wagon to the weather, it's a risky endeavor.” There's just one problem with this blame-renewables…
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Melissa delivers a heartfelt reminder that the real freedom you crave in your design business—and your life—starts within. She walks you through a powerful, affirming list of freedoms you’re entitled to claim, from releasing self-doubt and shame to designing a business that truly lights you up. This is your invitation to step into your full brillia…
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Maor Shlomo is the founder of Base44, an AI-powered app builder that he bootstrapped to an over $80 million acquisition by Wix in just six months. As a solo founder (with severe ADHD), he hit $1 million ARR just three weeks after launch and grew the product to more than 400,000 users, all while navigating two wars in Israel and never raising a doll…
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In this conversation, Rick and Tyler explore various topics ranging from smoking techniques and the evolution of grilling methods to the challenges and benefits of a four-day work week. They discuss business growth strategies, particularly focusing on customer retention and the importance of securing renewals. The conversation shifts to the technic…
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One aspect of the AI hype we’re all dealing with right now is severely underreported. And it’s that part that I personally think has a much more substantial long-term impact than all the magical video generators and coding agents. This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is sponsored by Paddle.com The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/th…
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Henry Valentino is the founder and CEO of EConnect, a leading provider of facial recognition software for casinos and stadiums, ensuring venue security and compliance. He founded EConnect in 2009 and pivoted several times before focusing on a security platform utilizing AI for casinos during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Econnect platform offers facia…
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What happens when the internet starts charging AI to crawl its content? And can legacy tools like Figma or Grammarly survive the AI age, or will they be replaced by smarter, faster upstarts? In this episode, Yaniv Bernstein and Chris Saad break down some of the most important shifts in tech and business right now. From Cloudflare’s launch of AI pay…
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Andrew Wilkinson is the co‑founder of Tiny, a holding company that quietly owns more than three dozen profitable internet and consumer brands, including Dribbble and the AeroPress coffee maker. Starting as a teenage barista and web designer, he’s created a portfolio approaching $300 million in yearly sales (and he was personally worth over $1 billi…
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In this episode of the Trial to Paid podcast, Rob Morgan welcomes Martin Rue, the founder of LangSesh, to discuss his journey from a lifelong passion for languages and software engineering to creating an innovative language learning tool. Martin shares his guiding principles for building products, the importance of honesty and doing meaningful work…
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Shane Rosenthal and Simon Hamp from the NativePHP Project have brought PHP, and with it my favorite web framework Laravel, onto Mobile devices. I love this: taking established tech and porting it into places where you wouldn’t expect. I’ll be talking to Share and Simon about how they accomplished this, and, maybe even more impressively, how they tu…
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AI Builders Club – Club Meeting Minutes | Ep. 1: Let AI Prep Your Next Meeting Meeting Agenda: Fix the chaos of external meeting prep Topic: Can AI rescue us from last-minute scramble syndrome? Welcome to the first official AI Builders Club meetup. This week, Chase and Aaron kick things off with a common workplace pain: external meetings that start…
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This week, we dive deep into the power of collabs—brand, creator, and retail—and how they can drive growth without relying solely on paid ads. From custom merch drops to brand partnerships, they unpack their own wins, misses, and lessons learned trying to make collabs actually work. 📢 Enjoyed the episode? Thanks for listening! Leave a review on you…
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Download the Bootstrapped Report: https://www.jointhequarter.com/bootstrapped Read the full deep dive: https://www.jointhequarter.com/blog/processdriven Check out ProcessDriven: https://processdriven.co By saying it's my MBA business, I basically gave myself permission for the first three years to just focus on learning and getting paid anything to…
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Are you repeating any of these mistakes in your business? In this episode, Rob Walling walks through his ‘founder regret list’, detailing 12 key mistakes from his 20-year entrepreneurial journey. In this very personal episode, he tells some stories he’s never shared publicly before. Topics we cover: (4:17) – Thinking venture capital was the only pa…
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You're Not Your Inner Voice: Meditation, Spirituality, and Mental Clarity for Founders ✅ ARE YOU BOOTSTRAPPING? YOU NEED THIS: https://bootstrappedgiants.com/subscribe ✅ Master the Inner Game of Entrepreneurship here: https://www.davekashen.com/newsletter-sign-up 00:00 – Jesse introduces the topic: spirituality for entrepreneurs 01:00 – What does s…
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Struggling to get good results from ChatGPT or other AI tools? You’re probably prompting it wrong, and you’re not alone. Many founders assume AI just knows what you mean. Without the right prompt structure, though, even the most powerful LLMs will fail to deliver. In this episode, Yaniv Bernstein is joined by Jonathan Mast—seasoned entrepreneur, AI…
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If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that the stellar work on the latest design project you’ve been devoting your time to would definitively translate into sustained growth even after that project is over…well, you’re in for a treat this episode. There are three specific ways to guarantee that you will grow your business with every project that yo…
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David Placek is the founder of Lexicon Branding, a company that focuses exclusively on the development of brand names for competitive advantage. Lexicon is behind iconic names such as Sonos, Microsoft’s Azure, Windsurf, Vercel, Impossible Foods, BlackBerry, Intel’s Pentium, Apple’s PowerBook, and Swiffer. Over 40 years, David’s team has named nearl…
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In case you missed this wonderful convo the first time around, here's a chance to relisten for your holiday week travels. In this dynamic episode, Meghan sits down with Reshma Saujani, a tenacious founder who’s built two successful nonprofits that close the gender gap for women: first, Girls Who Code and now, Moms First. Meghan met Reshma years ago…
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AI Builders Club – Club Meeting Minutes | Ep. 0: Welcome to the Club Initiation Agenda: Who we are, what we’re building, and why this club exists Congratulations, you made it past the velvet rope. This is your initiation meeting into the AI Builders Club. In this special kickoff episode, co-founders Aaron and Chase invite you behind the curtain to …
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In an enlightening discussion, the podcast delves into the journey of a seasoned entrepreneur (Justine Beauregard) who has navigated the intricate landscape of bootstrapping a business. Her narrative is steeped in personal anecdotes, tracing her aspirations back to childhood influences, particularly the entrepreneurial spirit demonstrated by her gr…
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