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PMF Observations: Why passion is more important than you think
Season 4 Episode 43
Most early-stage founders get trapped in the chaos of endless tasks, there's always too much to do and not enough time. We go through the last 4 epis…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
He didn't raise VC for the first 7 years— then grew to $1B in ARR. | Dax Dasilva, Founder of Lightspeed
Season 4 Episode 42
Dax built Lightspeed into a $1B ARR public company—even though he bootstrapped for the first 7 years. In this episode, he reveals exactly how he used…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Q1 2025: The Seed to Series A Gap is Wider Than Ever. Here's what to do. | Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta
Season 4 Episode 41
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 ab…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
He went from 0 to a $210M exit in 3 years—without inventing anything new. | Kazi Ahmed, Founder of Carbon6
Season 4 Episode 40
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 t…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Forecasts are overrated—great founders build one step at a time. | PMF Observations
Season 4 Episode 37
I break down my top insights from recent conversations with four founders who won in unconventional ways. You’ll hear how Noah turned LinkedIn posts …
11 months ago
He took on Robinhood & built Public.com into a $1B company with $440M raised. | Jannick Malling, Founder of Public.com
Season 4 Episode 38
Public co-founder Jannick Malling shares exactly how he grew his startup from a tiny beta to millions of users—and hundreds of millions raised. He re…
11 months ago
Adam Neumann Returns, SV Spies, AI Robots Rise | April Startup News w/ Jack Kuveke
Season 4 Episode 37
Corporate spies stealing Slack messages. Adam Neumann raising another $100M (for WeWork 2.0?). AI startups hitting $34B valuations with zero revenue …
11 months, 1 week ago
1 year in he had just 3 customers—today he’s at $100M ARR. | Forrest Zeisler, Co-Founder of Jobber | Forrest Zeisler, Co-Founder of Jobber
Season 4 Episode 36
Forrest Zeisler spent 6 months hearing “no” from every potential customer he spoke to. One year in, Jobber had just three customers—paying $29/month.…
11 months, 1 week ago
He lost 90% of his users overnight—then grew his consumer app to $10M ARR. | Koen Droste, Founder of Polarsteps
Season 4 Episode 35
He turned a personal travel tracker into an app with 10 million users and $10 million in revenue, with almost no funding. He reveals how ignoring con…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
He launched a “side-project”— now it’s used by 10% of all restaurants. | Jordan Boesch, Founder of 7Shifts
Season 4 Episode 34
Jordan Boesch started 7shifts as a teenager helping his dad manage restaurant shifts. Today, his software runs scheduling for 50,000 restaurants. Thi…
11 months, 2 weeks ago