Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChatGPT just hit $3B in ARR—here’s why Sam Altman is a strategic genius.
Season 3 Episode 25
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 hi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Reddit hit 1M users in 1 year. The key was listening to users—& not doing what they said. | Reddit CTO & Founding Engineer Chris Slowe
Season 3 Episode 24
We interview Chris Slow the CTO and Founding Engineer at Reddit. Reddit is now a ~$10B company, with nearly $1B in revenue. Their 1B+ monthly active …
1 year, 10 months ago
She quit her job without a startup idea. Then built a $550M startup from a bad dentist appointment. I Wardah Inam, Founder of Overjet
Season 3 Episode 23
Wardah was a PhD graduate working at a biomedical imaging startup. But all it took was two different dentists giving her two totally different diagno…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ex-Squarespace CEO on how to sell to SMBs, build tight feedback loops, & stay close to customers even after raising $200M+ | Dane Atkinson, Founder of Odeko
Season 3 Episode 22
Dane was the CEO of Squarespace from 2007 to 2011. He grew the company from ~$2M in revenue to ~$15M. He's a multi-time founder with multiple exits. …
1 year, 10 months ago
He built Uber for parking & exited. Then raised $100M+. Here's his formula for finding product-market fit. | Shmulik Fishman, Founder of Argyle
Season 3 Episode 21
His first startup was a cool idea: Uber for Valet Parking. Investors loved it. But the unit economics didn't work out. So he had to pivot. He ended u…
1 year, 10 months ago
COVID nearly bankrupted him. Then with AI he grew from $0 to $25M ARR in 4 years. | Andrew Lockhead, Founder of Stay22
Season 3 Episode 20
His travel startup crashed 90% overnight. Here’s how he used AI to grow past $2M/year—to $2M a month:
For a while, Andrew was crushing it. Accelerator…
1 year, 11 months ago
He raised $11M off a deck. Here's how he launched Clumio & grew 4x to over 8-figures in ARR. | Poojan Kumar, Founder of Clumio
Season 3 Episode 19
Poojan is a multi-time successful founder. He raised $60M for his first startup and exited. He just raised a $75M Series D at his current startup. Bu…
1 year, 11 months ago
He quit his cozy Google job & ignored lean startup advice— then grew to $3M in 1 year. | Arvind Jain, Founder of Glean
Season 3 Episode 18
Arvind founded 2 billion-dollar startups—by doing everything lean startup tells you not to do.
- He didn’t focus on launching an MVP.
- He ignored ea…
1 year, 11 months ago
5 months in, Snapchat had only 127 users. Here's how Evan Spiegel found product market fit w/ Jeremy Liew (Partner at Lightspeed and Seed Investor in Snapchat)
Season 3 Episode 17
Snapchat got 0 downloads the day it launched. 5 months in, it had only 127 users. Today Snapchat is an $18B company with 400 million daily active use…
1 year, 11 months ago
He gave up on chasing unicorns. Now he earns $500K+/year from his 3-person startup. | Rand Fishkin, Founder of Moz & SparkToro
Season 3 Episode 16
If you feel like the ‘unicorn or bust’ playbook isn’t for you, then this episode definitely will be. Rand Fishkin is a multi-time founder and publish…
2 years ago