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Why Black Startup Founders Have to Play a Different Game
Season 2 Episode 87
When you don’t have generational wealth or a built-in network, the startup path isn’t just harder — it’s different.
In this episode, I’m joined by Ja…
21 hours ago
Building an Enterprise AI Startup from Day Zero
Season 2 Episode 86
Lexi Reese has scaled companies at every stage — from building Google’s programmatic advertising business, to helping Gusto grow revenue from $10M to…
4 days, 18 hours ago
Building in Layers: The Compound Startup Playbook
Season 2 Episode 85
April co-founder and CEO Ben Borodach joins Fund/Build/Scale to break down how he built a compound startup in one of the hardest markets in fintech: …
2 weeks, 5 days ago
How to Build in a Market That Won’t Let You In
Season 2 Episode 84
In most industries, if you’ve got a solid idea, a few engineers, and a working prototype, you can at least get in the game.
Professional sports is no…
1 month, 1 week ago
How to Prove You’re Building a Venture-Scale Company
Season 2 Episode 83
Most founders think VCs want a pitch deck full of market numbers, a roadmap, and a feel-good story about the future.
Hoxton Ventures Partner Payton D…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The "Marionette Threat" of Generative AI with All Tech is Human’s David Polgar
Season 2 Episode 82
Today’s episode is something a little different.
I’m doing a feed swap with Humans of AI, a podcast from the team at Writer.
What you’re about to h…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Cyan Banister & Cristian Cibils Bernardes: Early Signals, Founder-Investor Fit, and Trustworthy Consumer AI
Season 2 Episode 81
Recorded live in San Francisco during TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 week, this Fund/Build/Scale session brings together Cyan Banister (Long Journey Venture…
2 months ago
From Engineer to CEO: Ryan Wang on Building Assembled and Finding Product-Market Fit
Season 2 Episode 80
I interviewed Ryan Wang, co-founder and CEO of Assembled, in his San Francisco office to unpack how he turned lessons from Stripe into a fast-growing…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Starting Five: How to Build a Leadership Team That Can Scale
Season 2 Episode 79
When startups fail to scale, it’s rarely because of bad code or bad luck. More likely, it's because they didn’t hire the right people at the right ti…
3 months ago
From Code to Customer: The Strategic Power of a Field CTO
Season 2 Episode 78
I’ve explored different aspects of product-market fit on the podcast, but when you’re scaling an open-source business with enterprise customers and a…
3 months ago