Grab a bowl & dig into this! Startups Magazine interviews the most innovative startups of the moment. Stirring in some startup lessons & failure fables as well as a sprinkling of inspirational advice.
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As the founder of an early-stage startup you have one goal: find product-market fit. The Product Market Fit Show is a weekly podcast about the 0 to 1 journeys of the world's most successful tech startups. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is simple. We want to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet.
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The "Unconventional Founders Podcast" delves into the inspiring success stories of non-technical founders in the tech startup world, focusing on their unique mindsets, strategic frameworks, and innovative approaches. It is tailored for aspiring non-technical entrepreneurs, offering a wealth of insights, practical lessons, and actionable advice. The podcast celebrates the diverse and impactful journeys of these entrepreneurs, showcasing how they have navigated and succeeded in the tech indust ...
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First Cheque is dedicated to open-sourcing conversations with experienced investors globally. Our aim? To enhance the craft of early-stage investors, from those writing their first cheques to the veterans in the game. First Cheque is supported by our wonderful sponsors: Vanta | https://dayone.fm/vanta Turo | https://dayone.fm/turo Scendar | https://dayone.fm/scendar Hosted by Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter, First Cheque is a Day One show. Day One is the podcast network dedicated to founders, in ...
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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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This podcast is a collection of our most popular blogs designed to provide advice from investors, founders, and Silicon Valley vets. You’ll hear startup advice, war stories, and best practices to help you navigate the world of entrepreneurship. We release episodes weekly but you can also gain all-access to our startup advice by signing up for our Startup Straight Talk newsletter at atrium.co/newsletter Atrium is a corporate law firm and technology company providing fast, transparent, and pri ...
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In the first episodes of Irish Startup Nation we will be hosting Irish startup founders who are making a name for themselves on the world stage. Hear their stories and advice on how to overcome many of the challenges faced by early-stage ventures.
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In this podcast, serial entrepreneur Hadi Radwan will sit with founders and entrepreneurs to uncover how they acquired their first 100 paying customers. This podcast is designed for early-stage founders or soon-to-become entrepreneurs who want to discover tactics, frameworks, and advice on how to reach this important milestone.
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Define, challenge and conquer the BIGGEST issues facing you as an early stage entrepreneur or founder. With powerful episodes from the world's finest business experts, each episode challenges one specific issue and provides detailed, actionable takeaways that you can implement immediately within your business. Volume #1 features actionable interviews with John Lee Dumas, Guy Kawasaki, Rand Fishkin, Jeff Sanders, Bob Burg and Dragons' Den's Doug Richard along with multiple thought leaders, gl ...
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In this series Intercom takes you inside the marketing lessons we've learned the hard, expensive and messy way. We include the insights that helped us grow from zero customers to more than 20,000, but we’ve been careful to be honest and have worked hard to avoid the usual truisms. Instead, we’ve focused on actionable advice we think will benefit any early stage startup – from crafting early messaging, to managing a product launch, to keeping product and marketing aligned.
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How many times have you been told “that will never work”? Probably not as often as Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph. The veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor, speaker and best-selling author has founded or co-founded half-a-dozen successful startups and mentored scores of entrepreneurs from first time business owners to established CEOs. Be a fly on the boardroom wall as Marc's podcast opens up the opportunity to entrepreneurs everywhere to gain the benefit of his years of ...
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Series A - Startup Stories, host Laurel Touby (mediabistro founder)
Startup Advice on Growing Your Company, from Founders and Venture Capitalists
The goal of Series A is to provide lessons to early stage startups from New York-based companies that have successfully raised Series A rounds (and beyond). We are focused on founding stories, fundraising lessons, the changing New York tech landscape, and discussions of how companies scale. Subscribe to our podcast to be automatically updated when a new episode is released: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/series-startup-stories-host/id1057261082?mt=2
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Grappling with startup uncertainty? Welcome home, early-stage founders; this podcast is for you. Bringing you the honest realities of startup life since 2019 from those a couple of steps ahead – UK’s No.2 startup podcast. Why listen? 1. Innovative Format: Our unique three-part format combines insightful interviews, thoughtful analysis, and actionable advice for your business. Where guests speak more than the hosts. 2. Real Stories, Real Struggles: We delve into the gritty realities of startu ...
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Inside Round takes you behind the scenes with the best founders and operators. This podcast is brought to you by Matrix Partners, an early-stage venture firm. We work with product people from day one to help you win. We’re a team of builders leading pre-seed through Series A rounds.
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Welcome to the Venture Clash Entrepreneurship Podcast where we meet entrepreneurs in the Digital Health and FinTech spaces. Together, we’ll hear real-world stories, gain practical insights, and discover the amazing things happening behind the scenes of thriving, early-stage companies making their mark. Drop by www.ventureclash.com to learn about the $5 million VentureClash Start-up Challenge. We’ve set aside millions to support your innovation and product offerings. Venture Clash is also the ...
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Project A is a European venture capital investor. With 500m Euro under Management, the company focuses on early-stage startups. In addition to capital, Project A provides operational support to its portfolio companies through their 100 functional experts across the startup building stack. The Project A Podcast is the place to go for entrepreneurs and founders looking for expert advice and actionable tips to take their startup to the next level. We know it can be a long and hard journey. Chal ...
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Welcome to "Ofofo Studio" your go-to podcast for exploring the dynamic world of entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Join us as we dive into captivating conversations with visionary entrepreneurs, leading cybersecurity experts, and innovative SMB leaders. Discover the stories behind their journeys, the challenges they’ve faced, and the strategies they’ve employed to achieve success in today’s fast-paced digital landscape. Whether you're an aspiring en ...
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The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.
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Learn what every engineer should know about building and scaling SaaS products from leaders who built world-class SaaS. We will share lessons learned, advice, tips, and great stories. This podcast is part of the SaaS community. You can also join our Slack https://launchpass.com/all-about-saas and follow our Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZuLNqvV4oUMVyNq70mFF0g
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Most venture capital firms are stress testing the technology and hard hitting questions of what "tomorrow" may look like. Here’s their real-time take…
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Sean Ellis led growth at Dropbox—& invented growth hacking. Here's his step-by-step growth guide. | Sean Ellis, creator of the PMF test & best-selling author of Hacking Growth.
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Sean Ellis created THE test for PMF. He led growth teams at Dropbox, Eventbrite and LogMeIn, which sold for $4.3B. He coined the term Growth Hacking and wrote the best-selling book Hacking Growth. Today we go deep and tactical with him. He takes us through how to use the Sean Ellis test to perfectly measure and understand product market fit. He tak…
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He sold AI robots to Walmart & raised $150M. His #1 advice to founders? "Trust your gut." | Daniel Theobald, Founder of Vecna Robotics
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Daniel's been building robots for 20 years. He's sold 100s of AI robots-as-a-service to Walmart, FedEx, & DHL amongst others. Last month, he raised a $40M round. 6 years ago, he realized why robots weren't getting massively adopted. Builders like him were trying to build perfect robots that always worked. But every situation has edge cases. What if…
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Hustle Awards 2024 Special: Uncaged Innovations, Winner of Sustainability Award (Teaser 1)
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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Stephanie Downs, CEO & Co-Founder of Uncaged Innovations all about how to turn grains into a leather alternative, how Uncaged Innovations are making their way into the automotive and fashion industries and winning the Sustainability Award at the Hustle Awards 2024.…
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Hustle Awards 2024 Special: Uncaged Innovations, Winner of Sustainability Award (Teaser 2)
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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Stephanie Downs, CEO & Co-Founder of Uncaged Innovations all about how to turn grains into a leather alternative, how Uncaged Innovations are making their way into the automotive and fashion industries and winning the Sustainability Award at the Hustle Awards 2024.…
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#5 Creating a Compelling Vision with Jian Wei Hoh: Lessons from Silicon Valley and Beyond
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of Unconventional Founder, host Dave sits down with Jian Wei Hoh, an innovative leader with over 15 years of experience across the globe. From Melbourne to Silicon Valley, Jian Wei has led groundbreaking projects at Uber and Ford Greenfield Labs and now spearheads EV Pro, an electric vehicle service company. …
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Hustle Awards 2024 Special: StackOne, Winner of Early-Stage Innovation
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Anna Wood, Editor at Startups Magazine speaks to Romain Sestier, CEO and Co-Founder of StackOne all about winner the Early-Stage Innovation Award at the Hustle Awards 2024, the importance of brutally honest feedback, and how being a serial entrepreneur has impacted the StackOne journey. This episode is sponsored by Dell Technologies.…
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VCs give a lot of advice— & a lot of it sucks. Be careful who you listen to.
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Advice is free—actioning bad advice isn't. Early-stage founders are bombarded with advice. A lot of it from investors who have never operated a business, never ran marketing, never led sales. And yet, many founders take VCs' advice as sacrosanct. And many VCs feel like they can and should opine on everything. If many people treat you like an expert…
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He took 3 years to make his 1st sale—then grew 1000x to $10M ARR 3 years later. | Alex Hoff, Founder of Auvik
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Alex got the co-founder of a public company to join him and raised $6M out of the gate—but it took him 3 years to make his first sale. But after he shifted from selling to SMBs to selling to MSPs (Managed Service Providers i.e., outsourced IT), things took off: April 2015 - $1K MRR August 2015 - $10K MRR June 2016 - $100K MRR Nov 2018 - $1M MRR ($1…
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Understanding product-led growth with Laura Schaffer, VP of Growth at Amplitude
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Enterprise companies like Salesforce, Oracle and Cisco use sales-led growth to drive revenue and build relationships with potential customers. Early-stage startups can't afford to rely on traditional sales and marketing, which is where product-led growth (PLG) comes in. Instead of creating slick sales collateral and hiring aggressive go-getters, PL…
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Addressing pain points + exploring early-stage trends with Kevin Weber of Amex Ventures
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In this episode of Fund/Build/Scale, I interviewed Amex Ventures Managing Director Kevin Weber about some of the nuances between traditional VC and corporate venture capital. It’s quite a mix: he’s looking for founders who can create value for individual American Express cardholders and the firm itself, so we talked about what types of opportunitie…
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Q&A: Practical Advice on Secondaries, Valuations, and Building Strong Investor Relations
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Episode Summary: In this episode of the First Cheque podcast, Cheryl Mack and Maxine Minter delve into the intricacies of early-stage investing, focusing on the importance of secondaries, the value of strong founder-investor relationships, and how to navigate high valuations. This episode is a milestone as it's entirely driven by audience questions…
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If you wake up with your heart pounding out of your chest— do this.
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When an employee unexpectedly quits, an investor backs out, or a big customer churns— fear of failure takes over. When you close a new round, land a big customer, or make a big hire— you feel pure excitement. Every founder is on a fear-excitement spectrum. There's no way to prevent yourself from feeling the two extremes. But I've seen great founder…
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He refused to quit his job until $1M ARR—then grew to $5M ARR & closed a $25M Series A. | Pierce Ujjainwalla, Founder of Knak
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Pierce launched a consulting business that grew to millions in revenue and dozens of employees. But he noticed his customers kept asking for the same solution. So he launched Knak, an email marketing and landing page builder that integrates to Marketo. Unlike most founders, he didn’t go all-in. He kept working on his consulting business full-time u…
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SnapLogic CTO Jeremiah Stone on overcoming AI adoption barriers
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Everyone's looking for ways to implement AI solutions, but integrating them into existing systems means entering uncharted territory. Despite the hype cycle, a majority of enterprise customers “are spending 70-80% of their capacity maintaining legacy application infrastructure,” said Jeremiah Stone, CTO of SnapLogic. As a result, these companies of…
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99% of founders SUCK at storytelling. Here's the pro who taught Slack & Salesforce how to do it. | Matthew Dicks, professional storyteller & bestselling author of Storyworthy.
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There is no better storyteller in the world than Matthew Dicks. He tells stories for a living. He gets paid by the world's biggest brands to create stories for them. He's won Moth StorySLAM (a storytelling competition in NYC) a record 59 times. Every founder knows storytelling is a critical skill. But 99% of founders I meet are terrible storyteller…
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S2 E5: From the ground up: Building startups with Deb Kemper of Golden Seeds Ventures
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Deb Kemper is a managing partner of Golden Seeds Ventures, a firm that focuses on backing early-stage, women-led companies. She joined me on the podcast to share tactics with founders who want to build networks with investors outside of Silicon Valley and discuss some of the challenges facing anyone seeking follow-on funding these days. We also tal…
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In 2019, he went all-in on AI, grew to $3M ARR in 2 years—then to $85M ARR in 5. | Shubham Mishra, Founder of Pixis
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5 years ago, Shubham had just graduated college and had no network. He bootstrapped to $3M in ARR, then raised $200M & grew to $85M ARR. But he started trying to sell AI for marketing to enterprises with no network. So for 2 months, he'd go to the lobby of a bank and sit there for an hour. He'd wait for the CMO to walk by, just so he could say hi. …
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Exploring Growth Stage Investing with Ex-Investment Banker with Christina FaTurned VC
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Episode Summary: In this episode, host Maxine Minter and co-host Cheryl Mack dive into the world of growth stage investing with guest Christina Fa from NewView Capital. They explore the reasons why ex-investment bankers transition to VC, discuss the nuances of growth-stage investing, and shed light on the importance of secondaries in the current ma…
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S2 E4: VAST Data CEO/founder Renen Hallak: “When we started, AI wasn't a thing.”
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One of the first interviews I did for the podcast was with Renen Hallak, CEO and founder of AI infrastructure company VAST Data. The company launched in 2019, and three years later, it was ranked No. 5 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. Today, its customer base includes massive organizations like Disney, Verizon, the US Air Force and the US Depa…
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How Wiz grew to $500M ARR in 4 years—& could exit to Google for $23B (largest VC-backed exit in history)
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Google is in talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23B (a 40x revenue multiple). Wiz is the company that in 2021 announced it grew from $0 to $100M ARR in just 18 months. How did this cybersecurity company grow so fast in a crowded space? How does it get a 40x revenue multiple when FAANG stocks trade at 5-15x? Who are the exceptional founders…
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He built a farming robot that shoots weeds with lasers— then closed $10M in pre-sales before shipping a single one. | Paul Mikesell, Founder of Carbon Robotics.
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Paul built a startup that was acquired for $2.2B. He worked on AI at Uber and Oculus. But when a farmer told him about some of the problems he was facing, he quit and went all-in on farming. He built a robot that attaches to the back of tractors, uses computer vision to identify weeds and lasers to shoot and kill them. He sells each robot for $1.5M…
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S2E3: Felicis' Viviana Faga on early-stage AI brand development and investment tactics
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Viviana Faga is general partner at Felicis, a venture firm that invests in seed to Series B startups in several sectors. Since its founding in 2006, the company has backed breakout companies like Adyen, Canva, Shopify and Runway. Because she’s a former operator with experience in positioning, branding and go-to-market strategy, I asked her to come …
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Tesla’s EV market share (finally) falls below 50%. Good news for founders— incumbents took 15 years to match 1 founder.
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Elon Musk single-handedly took on the entire automotive industry. No one, including me, thought he would succeed. But he's built an $800B company. Whether sales are slowing down misses the mark: the punchline is it took well capitalized, professional automakers 15 years to catch up to a single founder. Sure, Elon Musk is special. But this goes beyo…
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S2E2: Capital-efficient growth and discovering diverse talent with Drew Glover of Fiat Ventures
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Fiat Ventures General Partner and co-founder Drew Glover fits the textbook definition of an emerging investor, but we had so much to talk about, the term itself never came up during our interview. Founded in 2022, Fiat Ventures is nearing the end of its $25M Fund One, which has focused on seed-stage fintech startups. “Seed is really the space that'…
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S2 E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld
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Early-stage deep tech founders working in AI and ML, or sectors like mobility, robotics and semiconductors are generally better off raising funds, seeking mentorship and connecting with potential customers via investors who aren’t expecting rapid growth and expansion. Because corporate VC looks for strategic plays that can accelerate their companie…
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YC founder raises $3.5M, keeps team to 3 people—then grows 10x to $2M ARR in 1 year. | Benjamin Encz, Founder of Ashby
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Last month, Ashby raised a $30M Series C. Ashby is used by customers like Notion, Ramp and Sequoia. Benji built Ashby as an end-to-end Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that would replace several point solutions. He had to build heads down for 18 months and couldn't launch a simple MVP. Surprisingly, even though he raised $3.5M at seed, he didn't gro…
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Vijay Rayapati on Building Startups and the Future of Work: An In-depth Interview
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In this new episode of the Ofofo Studio Podcast, Angad Singh Gill sits down with Vijay Rayapati, the founder and CEO of Atomic Work, to explore his remarkable journey through the startup world. Discover the pivotal decisions, challenges, and innovations that have marked his career, from early valuations to leveraging AI for improving work-life bala…
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Bronwen Clune on Risk Appetite and the Future of Australian Startups
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Episode Summary: In this episode, Cheryl Mack and Maxine Minter engage in an enlightening conversation with Bronwen Clune, discussing her journey from journalism to startups and back to media. Bronwen shares insights on the Australian startup ecosystem, the future of journalism, and the intersecting landscapes of politics, markets, and entrepreneur…
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Pickleball grew 3x in 4 years to 14M players. Not by competing with tennis— but by creating a new market instead.
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AI startups don’t necessarily have to beat incumbents. Some will start entirely new markets instead. Like Canva to Photoshop, Shopify to Amazon or Pickleball to Tennis, many of these won’t even have to compete. They create 10x easier to use products and through that open up an entirely new space. They solve problems people didn’t even know they had…
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[Bootstrapped] Ep.158 - The First 100 with Dan Roselli, Co-founder of Revtech Labs
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Dan Roselli, Co-founder of Revtech Labs, The first and oldest incubator program in Charlotte that focuses on general tech in emerging hot sectors. Dan is also the founder of RTL Capital, a financial technology fund based in Charlotte, NC, and Queen City Fintech, an Incubator program on Financial Services Technology innovation. There are also anothe…
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He fought Al Qaeda in Iraq, turned down $250K at McKinsey—& built a $150M+ ARR unicorn. Here’s how it happened: | Blake Hall, Founder of ID.me
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"I was technically homeless at the time. I was sleeping on my buddy's couch. I had declined $250,000/ year at McKinsey... I had no idea what I was doing." Now, Blake has $150M in ARR, growing 30% per year, with 80% gross margins. He's raised $400M and his startup ID.me is worth over $1B. This is the story of how pivoted for a Groupon-like model to …
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[Raised $500 million] Ep.157 - The First 100 with Marcelo Lebre, the Co-founder of Remote
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Marcelo Lebre is the President and Co-founder of Remote, a Global HR Platform that helps companies hire, manage, and pay their entire team — and more effectively compete in the modern global economy through a comprehensive set of core solutions including, HRIS, payroll, international employment, contractor management, and more. Remote has raised to…
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Each Google/OpenAI update kills more startups. Here’s how to make sure you're not next.
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Every startup needs to compete with incumbents. But it's different with AI. AI startups need to create websites or apps from scratch and drive traffic. Incumbents can just add AI as a feature. They have distribution built in. AI is not like previous tech revolutions. Unlike mobile, the internet, or the PC revolution, AI is not a new distribution ch…
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Fund/Build/Scale season 2: Why I'm doing this podcast (and why you should listen)
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I’m Walter Thompson. After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I’ve learned: Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. Real, actionable advice comes from those who've actually done it. There’s no…
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[Bootstrapped] Ep.156 - The First 100 with Pablo Srugo, Partner at Mistral VC
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Helping early-stage companies land enterprise clients: Insights from Kevin Barona from Cycore Secure
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In this episode of Ofofo Studio, Angad Singh Gill sits down with Kevin Barona, the founder and CEO of Cycore Secure, to discuss the essential steps for SMBs to enhance their cybersecurity posture. Kevin, one of the most sought-after vCISOs on Ofofo, shares his journey, the challenges early-stage companies face, and how Cycore Secure helps businesse…
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1st-time founder meets 120 VCs— closes $2.7M in 5 weeks, 10x oversubscribed. Here's the step-by-step guide to close a round. | Andrew Rea, Founder of Taxwire
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Andrew spoke with 120+ VCs to raise a $1.5M pre-seed round. He closed $2.7M and had demand for many millions more. He devoted 90% of his time to fundraising, but only took weeks from the first meetings to close. 99% of founders I meet do not fundraise at this level. It takes them longer to close, they have fewer choices and raise less. This is a sp…
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[Raised $125 million] Ep.155 - The First 100 with Richard Joffe, the co-founder of Honey Insurance
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Richard Joffe, the co-founder of Honey Insurance, a digital home insurance provider that provides consumers quick access to insurance coverage by using public house information, satellite data, and artificial intelligence to estimate rebuild costs. Honey Insurance has now raised a total of $125 million since its 2020 inception. This Post is Sponsor…
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Portfolio Allocation: Diversification vs. Concentration Strategies Unpacked
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Episode Summary: In this episode, Maxine Minter and Cheryl Mack delve deep into the essential considerations of portfolio allocation, focusing on diversification versus concentration in early-stage investing. They explore the concept of portfolio construction, risk management, power law dynamics, and the importance of strategy in maximizing returns…
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HootPhish demo - Cyberhoot at ofofo Studio
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Hoot, Hoot. Meet our neighbours from Delaware, CyberHoot. Discover HootPhish, the ultimate AI-powered phishing detection tool. This demo showcases how our advanced machine-learning algorithms provide real-time phishing detection to ensure your online safety. Learn about our key features, which include seamless integration, a user-friendly interface…
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Zoom hits an all-time low. Here's what AI startups can learn from the WFH hype cycle.
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Zoom was THE work-from-home stock. It's down 90% from peak. The same hype that fuelled work-from-home stocks is now fuelling AI. What happened to Zoom will happen to many AI companies. AI startups today need to carefully position against foundational models and incumbents. Here's how to think through it. Why you should listen: Learn why what happen…
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[Raised $33 million] Ep.154 - The First 100 with Gage Caligaris, the founder of Ledgebrook
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Gage Caligaris is the founder of Ledgebrook, a tech-enabled E&S MGA looking to provide “the fastest, easiest quoting experience to wholesale brokers.”. Boston-based insurance startup Ledgebrook has closed a $4.6 million round of funding to scale its non-admitted GL & Supported Excess product & support the development of future offerings. The round,…
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#2 A Journey from X aka Twitter to NoCode Entrepreneur
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Episode 10 | Two repeat founders share long-term strategies for building sustainable startups
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The average failure rate for a tech startup is 90%. Around one-fifth will flame out in the first year, and the overwhelming majority of the ones that make it past that mark will never be acquired or go public. It’s brutal. It takes years to build a sustainable technology company, and considering how unbalanced the risk/reward ratio is, each founder…
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He grew to $22M ARR in 4 years—but regrets spending so much on growth. | Chris Walker, Founder of Refine Labs
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Chris shares the story of how he grew Refine Labs to $22M ARR, what he did to grow so fast, and also why he regrets spending so much on growth instead of focusing on profitability. He goes exceptionally deep on sales and marketing and provides tactical advice you can steal. Chris is the founder of Refine Labs & Passetto. He's also a LinkedIn Top Vo…
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[Raised $145 million] Ep.153 - The First 100 with Sanish Mondkar, CEO of Legion
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Sanish Mondkar, CEO of Legion, a leading workforce management platform, dedicated to assisting business leaders in optimizing labor efficiency for hourly workers. Through its innovative technology, the platform employs a natural language interface to empower employees and managers, particularly in retail stores and restaurants. Sanish Mondkar is pa…
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ChatGPT just hit $3B in ARR—here’s why Sam Altman is a strategic genius.
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Sam Altman is playing chess not checkers. He partnered with Microsoft. He partnered with Apple. He grew to $3B in ARR in 2 years. Hate him or love him, he's a strategic genius. You'll recognize a pattern: Sam has an idea, positions correctly, lets the bets play out, and goes all-in on what works. Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. In unde…
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Encore: Secrets of Public Speaking and Oral Communication from Renowned Speaking Coach
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Michael Balaoing, founder of Candlelion, joins Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha on this episode to discuss: - The importance of the acronym WTF (what’s the feeling?) when you’re giving a presentation. - The four roles that you take on as a speaker: captain, pilot, guide, and game show host. - The five questions to ask when seeking…
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Cybersecurity Decision-Making and Orchestration (feat. Vijayendran Sridharan, CISO at Business Next)
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Vijayendran Sridharan, CISO at Business Next, talks about the unique challenges large and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face in implementing robust security measures. He also covers some strategic approaches organizations take to leverage open-source tools in security technologies. Vijayendran shares his expertise and insights on decisio…
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The Value of Being the First Investor: Insights from Ash Fontana
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Episode Summary: In this episode of First Cheque hosts Cheryl Mack and Maxine Minter sit down with the distinguished investor Ash Fontana to explore the intricacies of early-stage investing and the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). The conversation delves into Fontana's diverse experiences, ranging from his formative years buildin…
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