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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast—the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. Hosted by Sage Nye, Managing Partner at Venture Guides, each episode dives into candid conversations with technical founders, investors, and GTM experts. You’ll get real talk, proven playbooks, and no-fluff advice on how to land your first customers, build ...
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Hall T Martin interviews angel and venture capital investors on how they invest and talks with CEOs who discuss their sector and what to look for. Hall T Martin also leads the Startup Funding Espresso series in which you can learn about startup funding and investing in the time it takes to have an espresso. https://investorconnect.org/
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Prime Venture Partners Podcast

Prime Venture Partners: Early Stage VC Fund

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A podcast for entrepreneurs who are looking to build & grow their startups. Avoid common traps & learn uncommon strategies & tactics from makers & doers of startup ecosystem. Prime Ventures is a early-stage venture fund which focuses on startups that not only need capital but also require mentoring to transform them into disruptive companies. We share a passion for working closely with entrepreneurs and enjoy sharing their journey in a high-frequency, interactive and fun environment.Read mor ...
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Playing with unicorns is a new weekly show on startups, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. I cover everything I learned as an entrepreneur, angel investor and venture capitalist during the last 22 years, focusing on everything I wished I knew when I first got started as a tech entrepreneur.
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Medtech Innovation Podcast: Spencer Jones dives deep into winning medtech startup strategies. Each episode unpacks hot takes and insider tactics from the trenches of medtech innovation. Join physician inventors, founders, engineers, and healthcare market makers as they share actionable insights to navigate the FDA, secure medtech funding, and drive medtech breakthroughs. No-nonsense advice to be a change maker in medtech.
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Hard Truths By Vertex

Vertex Ventures SEA and India

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Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India is a pioneer in investing in tech start-ups in this region and has helped to build a number of unicorns. In this podcast, we want to share and uncover Hard Truths - raw, unfiltered insights and venture capital experience across Southeast Asia & India. Tune in to hear from leading founders, innovators, venture capitalists and industry experts in the region and to gain industry insights from those in the know. If you like what you hear, please click follo ...
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The UpstreamLife

Vishal Krishna

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The UpStream Life offers an editorial approach to content creation that focuses on capturing the intellectual foundations of an organization. While social media and marketing content are important, our approach prioritizes storytelling that resonates with stakeholders. Our experienced team of writers, filmmakers, and editors works closely with clients to create narratives that capture the essence of their organization. By emphasizing conversations that truly matter, we believe our approach c ...
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Finance Fireside Chats

FutureView Systems

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FutureView Finance Fireside Chats are hosted by John Baule, a seasoned CFO, and co-founder of FutureView Systems. Our Finance Fireside Chats cover a variety of topics of interest for accounting and finance professionals including trends, insights, analysis and best practices.To learn more visit us at https://www.futureviewsystems.com/
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Startup Talks

shubham bhardwaj

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If you are interested in startup then stay tune to our podcast to know everything about startup Cover art photo provided by Clay Banks on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@claybanks
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Get the inside look at how startup founders and entrepreneurs used Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) to sell their startup or buy an online business. Learn tips on how to vet sellers/buyers, justify valuations, negotiate terms, handle due diligence, asset transfers, escrow, post-acquisition support, and more!
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Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world's most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We've had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet. Rated one of the world's top startup podcasts.
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We believe in enabling innovation within the MedTech industry. We are an educational platform that supports early-stage entrepreneurs interested in being successful in the medical device space. We provide free education and a support system to better prepare startups. While there is value to startup accelerators or competitions, we want to ensure the startups reach the next milestone consistently. Follow us and learn from the best in class.
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Enough with the "problem porn." We all know the climate crisis is a big deal. This podcast is entirely about solutions and the people who are building them. Entrepreneurs are inventing miracles; the business world is shifting; individuals are overhauling their lives; an entirely new economy is being born. Don't be the last one in. To support the show and get an ad-free listening experience, please jump in and become a member of Everybody in the Pool! https://plus.acast.com/s/everybody-in-the ...
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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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The Startup Discovery School Podcast

The Startup Discovery School

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Starting a business can be exhausting and overwhelming. The Startup Discovery School Podcast helps you avoid the pitfalls that some of our favourite entrepreneurs have made and make your entrepreneurial journey that much easier.Each week we'll be analysing our guest's biggest business lessons, mistakes, and the routines that have helped them find success in business.
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Fund/Build/Scale

Walter Thompson

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After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I’ve learned: 1. Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. 2. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. 3. Real, actionable advice comes from those who’ve actually done it. There’s no such thing as “founder DNA.” If you’re willing to take on risk and invest years of your life in something that has maybe a 10% chance of paying off — less if ...
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Funded, Now What?!

Andrew Lee Miller

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Funded, Now What?! is a groundbreaking podcast by the GrowthExpertz.com team, where your host Andrew Lee Miller interviews startup founders who have recently raised millions and then gives them expert post-funding startup growth advice based on his 20 years, and 3 exits experience. Listen to gain valuable marketing insights and strategy ideas through interviews, expert advice, and firsthand accounts. "Funded, Now What?!" equips you for informed choices on your path to startup growth and unlo ...
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Tips for entrepreneurs and founders for raising capital. Whether you are interested in raising funds through equity crowdfunding, angel investors, or VC's, we'll share our best practices for list building and customizing your pitch for each audience.
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Startup Beat

Radio One - HT Smartcast

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This show delves deep into the authentic journey of launching a startup, going beyond just numbers and strategies. It highlights the passion, perseverance, and challenges that fuel the entrepreneurial spirit. Each episode brings to life the real stories of founders, their struggles, triumphs, and the lessons they've learned along the way. What makes this show unique? It doesn’t just talk about startups—it actively helps launch them, turning bold ideas into reality, live on the show. Tune in ...
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Startup&Angels

Startup&Angels

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Here on the Startup&Angels Podcast, you will encounter various topics regarding entrepreneurship, fundraising, pitching, business development, growth hacking, investing, and technology; featuring interviews with industry experts in these areas. Startup&Angels connects founders, business angels, investors, corporates, mentors, and advisors through various events, workshops, and an online community. The community was founded in 2016 by French Australian entrepreneurs passionate about the start ...
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Balderton Capital are one of Europe's largest tech VCs, investing the best breakthrough technology companies in the continent. This podcast will share weekly insights for those at the forefront of the European technology scene: our partners, investment team, portfolio companies, and other selected experts and contributors. The 'cast will be a worthwhile listen for anyone who is looking to raise venture capital investment, building a technology company from the ground up, or is enthusiastic a ...
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First Funders

Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani

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Learn from angel and seed investors bold enough to write the first check. How do they decide which startups to invest in? How do they gain conviction in founders and ideas? How do they add value to their companies? Shaherose Charania and Aamir Virani are operators turned investors. They chat with their friends investing in early-stage technology startups and learn about their strategies to fund the best founders and startup companies. If you are an angel investor or seed investor, you'll hea ...
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Triangle Tweener Talks

Triangle Tweener Fund

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Why is Tweener Madness taking over Triangle Tweener Talks? Visit https://www.tweenermadness.com to find out! A podcast for builders by builders in the Triangle. We explore the startup journey and stories with local Triangle founders, from the idea to the exit and everything in between. Hosted by serial entrepreneur and founder of the Triangle Tweener Fund Scot Wingo, and produced by Earfluence.
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Epicenter brings you in-depth conversations about the technical, economic and social implications of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Every week, we interview business leaders, engineers academics and entrepreneurs, and bring you a diverse spectrum of opinions and points of view. Epicenter is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy and Felix Lutsch. Since 2014, our episodes have been downloaded over 8 million times.
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This Much I Know is the podcast from Seedcamp, Europe’s seed fund. Tune into hear the inside story from startup founders, investors and leading tech voices: the people who’ve built businesses, scaled globally, failed fantastically and learnt massively. Seedcamp invests early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Seedcamp provides the infrastructure to fast-track a founder’s vision and create value through immediate access to smart ...
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Trends Podcast

Trends.vc, Dru Riley

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Join the Trends Podcast where we explore cool new business ideas and the latest in tech like AI and Crypto. We're your smart friends doing the homework for you. Get the info you need without spending hours on research. You’re in great company with 63,000+ founders who are also finding new opportunities. Press play and let's see what's trending!
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Startup Buzz

Mint - HT Smartcast

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StartupBuzz is a podcast that covers all the latest news and trends in the startup industry. Tune in every week to stay up-to-date on the fast-paced world of startups and stay ahead of the curve. This podcast is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.
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Learn from the stories, secrets, and skills of the world’s most brilliant and interesting startup founders and investors. - - This podcast is all about fuelling your dreams and bringing your ideas to life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We are showcasing the real side of entrepreneurship and startups culture through the insights and advice of experts involved with different facets of entrepreneurship. NEW EPISODES EVERY THREE WEEKS This show is a production of Stacked Audio Group
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welcome to 'the disaaster recovery podcast,' your sanity check in the world of SaaS and startup life. startup addicts & SaaSholes from the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry in sales, marketing, product and more face trials and tribulations, chaos and confusion, ups and downs that corporate counterparts may never understand (or know). their stories of hope, failure, frustration and more will leave you saying, "what a disaaster!" this show features their stories and your way forward. so jo ...
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Equity

TechCrunch, Mary Ann Azevedo, Kell, Theresa Loconsolo, Rebecca Bellan, Kirsten Korosec, Devin Coldewey, Margaux MacColl

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The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart an ...
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Guiding you from associate to grand opening. The Startup Dentist podcast is the only podcast that helps Associate Dentists go from practice, to profit, to purpose in their journey to open their own dental practice startup. With more successful dental startups than anyone else, your host Stephen Trutter is here to share all that he, and the Ideal Practices team, have learned over the years of opening successful dental startups. To learn more visit us at: https://idealpractices.com
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A daily podcast of all the top startup news on PocketPod. Download the PocketPod app today to get a fully personalized daily news podcast, made for you each morning with all the stories you care about plus your local weather and a calendar and reminders overview. https://pocketpod.app/
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Startup Milestones Podcast

Startup Milestones

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Learn from the top European start-up founders, entrepreneurs and start up experts. Every week I invite another guest who is literally on fire, sharing fresh knowledge, insights and actionable advice from their own personal successes and failures. Simply listen and learn the lean, mean tips & tricks that will help you turn your idea into a business, get funding and grow it in Europe.
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Broadcasting from Dubai, The CTO Show with Mehmet explores the latest trends in technology, startups, and venture funding. Host Mehmet Gonullu leads insightful discussions with thought leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs from diverse industries. From emerging technologies to startup investment strategies, the show provides a balanced view on navigating the evolving landscape of business and tech, helping listeners understand their profound impact on our world. [email protected]
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The tech media loves a splashy funding announcement - millions of dollars injected into a hot startup primed to become a unicorn. But what about the work behind those headlines? Host Jason Yeh, a former VC and venture-backed startup founder, talks with entrepreneurs about how they raised the capital to launch world-changing startups. Their conversations uncover incredible stories including cautionary tales, inspirational memories, and even some insightful tips. Keep up with us on social @fun ...
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How To Stand Out From the Crowd Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In raising funding, it helps to stand out from the crowd of other startups pitching. Most founders will give the standard pitch, often with slides in the same order. Here are some key pointers to make …
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Agenda: 04:34 Chime's IPO Announcement: Who Wins & Who Loses 06:28 The Lopphole That Means Chime Has a Better Business than JP Morgan 10:51 Why Investors Who Invested at $25BN Will Make Money When it IPOs at $12BN 18:59 Are IPOs Dead & The Future of the Late Stage Private Market 27:32 Exits are Larger Than Ever: So What? What Happens? Who Wins? Who…
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In today's episode, we explore the latest funding successes in the tech world. New Generation, an AI commerce startup, raises $4.5 million to transform online shopping. Gravitee secures $60 million to enhance API management solutions, while fintech startup Affiniti garners $17 million to empower small businesses. Join us as we delve into these grou…
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QUBIC Labs Accelerator offers early-stage startups in blockchain, Web3, fintech, and AI a rare opportunity: $25,000 in non-dilutive funding, access to over 40 top-tier mentors, and connections to both public and private sector investors. The 12-week hybrid program combines flexibility with deep industry engagement, including in-person time in the B…
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If Christopher Lier could give three key pieces of advice to SaaS founders planning an exit, they would be: Build a focused product that solves a specific problem Be fully transparent during the acquisition process Never settle for a deal you’re not comfortable with Christopher is the co-founder of LeadGen App, a form builder optimized for lead gen…
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In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Pascal Weber, Co-Founder of Manukai — a deep tech ETH spin-off that just raised a $3M oversubscribed seed round to solve one of the most critical bottlenecks in modern manufacturing: CNC machine programming.While the world rushes to digitize, manufacturing still leans heav…
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This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re looking at some innovative ways to get money to the climate startups that need it — specifically, crowdfunding climate solutions on Kickstarter. Molly chats with Nathan Nalevanko from Kickstarter's design and technology team, uncovering how alternative funding can drive sustainability projects and how Kicks…
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Wesley turned a simple AI headshot generator into a $10M ARR, profitable company—in just two years. He was fired from his job, broke in San Francisco, and, after getting rejected by 30 VCs, down to his last few thousand bucks. But Wesley saw a moment: generative AI was taking off, and no one was tackling AI headshots. Fast-forward two years, and he…
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In this episode of The CTO Show, serial entrepreneur and podcast host Anthony Franco joins Mehmet to unpack how AI is fundamentally reshaping how businesses operate—beyond the hype. With six exits under his belt and decades of experience launching and scaling ventures, Anthony shares what it really takes to operationalize AI in today’s organization…
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Jonathan Festejo is the co-founder and CEO of Salesbricks, a platform that helps startups close deals faster and take the manual work out of quoting, billing, and getting paid. ==================================== ❤️ This episode is powered by Gearheart ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://saasclub.io/gearheart⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book a free 1:1 consultation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://saasclub.io/gear…
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This week on Everybody in the Pool, it’s the final installation in our Kickstarter Successes miniseries. Molly talks to Jonathan Cedar, founder and CEO of BioLite. You’ll hear how BioLite uses their innovative "parallel innovation" model to deliver clean energy solutions to over 15 million people. The company started with a mission to tackle off-gr…
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Carta just released their report for Q1 2025. Peter is Head of Insights at Carta, and the person who owns their data practice. We sit down to talk about the largest trends he saw across fundraising, industries, graduation rates and even hiring practices. Carta data shows that graduation rates from Seed to A are as low as they've ever been. Bridge r…
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Explore the latest advancements in AI-powered commerce with New Generation's $4.5 million seed funding and Converge's $22 million investment in climate tech for concrete production. Plus, discover how Kuder Navigator is transforming career planning in education with its award-winning platform. Join us for these stories and more on Simply News Radio…
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What happens when a founder thinks long-term in a trend-chasing industry? I sat down with Kelvin Subowo, the founder and CEO of DailyCo—Indonesia’s fastest-growing multi-brand F&B company. We talked about his journey from launching a single rice box brand to building a business that serves millions of meals every month. He shared how acquisitions, …
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In this episode of The Backchannel, Jason reflects on a recent conversation with a robotics founder that reminded him how powerful it is to focus on what actually matters. From skipping the company name to delaying fundraising, the founder made unconventional decisions that signal discipline, clarity, and real momentum. Jason breaks down why avoidi…
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Today on Equity, Rebecca Bellan caught up with Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics, to unpack how Serve is navigating public markets, scaling real-world robotics, and building what it hopes is the future of last-mile delivery. Listen to the full episode to hear more about: How Serve went from a lidar-focused startup to a publicly trad…
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Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast, the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. In this episode of Built Not Born, host Sage Nye sits down with Steve Corndell, CEO of env0, to reveal what i…
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Show the Business Model Unit Economics Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Early-stage companies pitching investors often have little revenue traction. In place of traction, show how the business model performs on the unit economic level. Calculate the cost of acquirin…
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What started as a side project during business school became a profitable, product-led SaaS used by finance teams, and was successfully acquired through Acquire.com. In this episode, Trevor Lee, founder of Genius Sheets, shares how he scaled a lean SaaS through smart distribution partnerships, kept operations efficient, and exited on his own terms …
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In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, we dive into the world of deep tech and hardware innovation with Faizan Ahmed, founder and CEO of Invensify. From solving his father’s insulin storage problem to building a patented solid-state cooling module, Faizan walks us through the journey of reinventing refrigeration and building a product-as-a-se…
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Raising Funding in a Down Market Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The best time to start a new business is during a down market. Labor is plentiful. The competition is on their heels. Yet, customers are still looking for a solution to their problem. In a down market…
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In today's episode, we explore significant funding achievements in the biotech and tech sectors. CellCentric raises $120 million to advance its oral cancer treatment, while Dazos secures $25 million to enhance CRM solutions for behavioral health. Additionally, Persist AI closes a $12 million round to revolutionize drug formulation with its AI-drive…
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Can AI really design your home? 800,000+ users have already ditched their architects thanks to Maket, a startup using AI to simplify renovations from floorplans to permits. In this Spotlight episode, Maket founder Patrick Murphy delivers a mock version of the real pitch that secured $2M in funding from top investors including Reid Hoffman’s Blitzsc…
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In this episode of The Startup Dentist, I sit down with Dr. Arti Jagirdar to talk about what it really means to break free from the conventional model of dental ownership. From walking away from acquisition offers to launching her own Manhattan practice, Dr. Arti shares how she’s reshaping dentistry on her terms—and thriving.…
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In this episode, Andrew Lee Miller shares a critical post-funding sales strategy with Tony Small, CEO of Hey Libby, that could dramatically accelerate their growth — segmentation by customer size. “You’ve got to separate your prospects into two buckets — big multi-location chains and solo operators — because the messaging, outreach, and sales motio…
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In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Tony Small, the Founder & CEO of Hey Libby — an AI-powered customer support startup that's just raised $4.5 million to help gyms, spas, and wellness centers automate communication, improve client experience, and grow faster with an incredible AI tool that answers comms in …
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What Angels Look For Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Angel investors are not professional investors in the same way as venture capitalists. Angel investors are typically successful business people who want to invest in startups. The old angel saying is, they want t…
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Kazi Ahmed took a small insight—seeing friends cash out from Amazon brands—and built Carbon6, a software roll-up startup, selling it for $210M just three years later. But behind the quick success was a frantic scramble to survive. Aggressive acquisitions nearly ran them out of cash, forcing a brutal pivot from burning $1M per month to profitability…
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In today's episode, we explore NTT Group's expansion of its startup collaboration program, increasing participation from eight to thirteen companies, aiming to drive digital transformation. We also delve into Cartwheel's $10 million venture funding to revolutionize the animation industry with AI technology. Plus, Chime's IPO filing reveals a $33 mi…
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In this episode of theUpStreamLife we talk with the founders of Numocity. Ideaspring's founder Naganand Doraswamy talks to the Numocity founders Ravi and Siddharth about their global play. 00:00 - Introduction 00:52 - From early stage to success. 02:50 - EV is mainstream. 06:02 - EV market in five years. 10:22 - Robustness of the Numocity tech stac…
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Severin Hacker is the Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world’s most downloaded education app with over 100 million monthly users. Since its 2021 IPO, Duolingo has reached a market cap of $20BN. The company has raised over $183M from top-tier investors including CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins, Union Square Ventures, NEA, Ashton Kutcher, and Tim Ferris…
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In today's episode, we explore significant funding milestones across various industries. Entrata receives a $200 million boost from Blackstone, enhancing its proptech solutions. Sprinter Health secures $55 million to expand its innovative healthcare services. Meanwhile, Zeno Power raises $50 million to advance next-gen nuclear batteries. Join us as…
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In this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, we dive into the intersection of technology, creativity, and brand authenticity with Mona Bavar — founder of DLISH and BlueApples.ai. From a childhood shaped by cultural resilience to building borderless brands rooted in storytelling, Mona shares why the future of innovation needs more than algorithms — …
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Explore the launch of NYIT's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy with a $5 million venture fund, Blank Street's $21 million funding boost for its unique coffee chain, and Cartwheel's $10 million investment in AI-powered animation. Discover how these developments are shaping the future of entrepreneurship, coffee culture, and digital content cre…
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Blockchain architecture is constantly being forced to adapt to new technologies, as well as to meet new demands from users and builders. While the idea of apps building their own chains was first explored by Cosmos, it lacked the support and tooling to see it succeed. Later on, rollups also took the centerstage of Ethereum’s scaling roadmap, but du…
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Databricks just snatched up another AI company. This week, data analytics giant announced a $1 billion acquisition of Neon, a startup building an open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres. It’s the latest in a spree of high-profile buys, joining MosaicML and Tabular, as Databricks positions itself as the place to build, deploy, and scale AI-na…
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First Meeting With an Investor Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. After a number of calls with a prospective investor, there comes the first meeting in person. Here are some key steps in running that meeting: Introduce yourself and your team. Show the market you are p…
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In this episode of Investor Connect, we welcome Alan Foreman, the CEO of Be Secure, who discusses the transformative journey of his company in the realm of heart health. Alan shares that he founded Be Secure nine years ago after a lengthy career in Accenture's Life Sciences division. Currently, the company is on a $12 million growth raise to commer…
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In today's episode, we explore significant financial boosts in various sectors: Entrata secures $200 million from Blackstone to enhance property management software, Sprinter Health raises $55 million to expand its at-home healthcare services, and Zeno Power garners $50 million to advance nuclear battery technology for extreme environments. Join us…
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Yuhki Yamashita is the Chief Product Officer at Figma, where he leads the development of one of the world’s most beloved design platforms. Previously, he was Head of Product at Uber, overseeing the core rider experience used by millions globally. A master of product storytelling and team-building, Yuhki has redefined how world-class digital product…
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What happens when Apple hints that Google’s search dominance may be cracking, triggering a $155 billion wipeout in Alphabet’s value? Many still think Google search is untouchable, but a shift in user behavior and a few lines in DOJ testimony may signal otherwise. In this episode, Chris Saad, Yaniv Bernstein, and Amir Shevat explore how Apple’s reve…
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What happens when a developer in Dubai decides to solve his own problem—and ends up building a 300M SKU e-commerce engine? In this episode, I speak with Rahul Swaminathan, the founder of Desertcart, one of the region’s most iconic tech-native e-commerce platforms. We dive deep into Rahul’s 11-year journey: from building Desertcart with Ruby on Rail…
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This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re looking at a climate tech company that’s a Kickstarter graduate with a surprisingly action-movie sounding solution to reforestation. Flash Forest is using drones that fire (harmless) seed projectiles at the ground to help automate and speed up reforestation. Co-founder Cameron Jones tells Molly how the miss…
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Joseph Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Supademo, an AI-powered platform that helps you create interactive demos for onboarding, sales, and product education. ==================================== ❤️ This episode is powered by Gearheart ⁠⁠⁠https://saasclub.io/gearheart⁠⁠⁠ Book a free 1:1 consultation: ⁠⁠⁠https://saasclub.io/gearheart/book⁠⁠⁠ =======…
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