Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy new Carta data shows bridge rounds might be worse than you think. | Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta
Season 4 Episode 13
Carta just released their report for Q4 2024. Peter is Head of Insights at Carta, and the person who owns their data practice. We sit down to talk ab…
1 year, 2 months ago
He exited for $335M—& felt "emptiness". So he quit, gave up millions in earnout, & grew to $1M ARR in 6 months. | Alon Arvatz, Founder of IntSights & PointFive
Season 4 Episode 12
Alon was a hacker for the Israeli Defence Forces' cyber department. There he saw the most advanced methods used in cyber warfare. So when he left, he…
1 year, 2 months ago
He raised $20M, hit $3.5M in revenue—& failed. Here are the top 3 lessons he learned. | Ned Phillips, Founder of Bambu
Season 4 Episode 11
Ned had a chance to run Robinhood Asia but he turned it down. Instead, he launched a competitive product. He decided to go B2B and sell to banks and …
1 year, 2 months ago
He exited for hundreds of millions—then invested in 20+ founders. Here's what he looks for. | Jason Van Gaal, Founder of ROOT
Season 4 Episode 10
Jason built a data center company in the 2013. When he exited in 2019, it was the third-largest exit in Canada that year. He'd sold his previous star…
1 year, 2 months ago
1st time founder completely pivots after YC—then grows 30x in a year to $2.2M ARR. | Pablo Palafox, Founder of HappyRobot
Season 4 Episode 9
Pablo is the first guest that has the same name as me-- so you KNOW this episode will be great. Pablo hustled for months just to get to $70K in ARR. …
1 year, 2 months ago
He exited for $200M— then bootstrapped his next startup to $100M in revenue. | Alex Hawkinson, Founder of BrightAI
Season 4 Episode 8
Alex sold his last IoT startup for over $200M to Samsung. He felt the needed to build something much bigger, so he started BrightAI. The goal was to …
1 year, 2 months ago
The early-stage fundraising playbook—here's how to raise your first few rounds. | Nathan Beckord, Host of How I Raised It
Season 4 Episode 7
Nathan has interviewed 100s of founders on how they raised their first few rounds. In this interview, we go through some of the most compelling stori…
1 year, 2 months ago
He lost his only 2 customers & was ready to quit—then he grew to $1.5M ARR in a year. | Josh Domingues, Founder of Flashfood
Season 4 Episode 6
A few years into building Flashfood, Josh was $35K in debt with no money in his account. Just a few months earlier, he'd lost both the pilot customer…
1 year, 2 months ago
He raised $250K, had thousands of users—but here's what he'd do differently next time. | Darius Vaillancourt, Founder of Howdy
Season 4 Episode 5
Darius started an EdTech startup to help users of online courses collaborate with each other. It blew up during COVID when everyone felt isolated. It…
1 year, 3 months ago
Stripe bought his startup for $1.1B—just 2.5 years after he quit his job. | Zach Abrams, Co-Founder of Bridge
Season 4 Episode 4
Zach was burned out after a decade of working at top roles in Coinbase, Square and Brex. He quit with no startup idea-- and then, he went right back …
1 year, 3 months ago