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This solo founder bet on AI 7 years ago. Now he has 5,000 customers & $115M raised. | Dylan, Founder of Assembly AI
Season 3 Episode 15
While Voice AI is all the rage now, it wasn't a hot sector in 2017. After Dylan graduated from YC, VCs rejected him. He couldn't raise a round. They …
2 years ago
He raised $275M in the last 3 years. His 'boring' B2B startup is now a $1B unicorn. | Andrew Butt, Founder of Enable
Season 3 Episode 14
Andrew is the founder/CEO of Enable. And he is riding a rocket ship:
2020: $17M Series A
2021: $45M Series B
2022: $94M Series C
A few months ago he rai…
2 years ago
Alex sold couches online before IKEA did. He grew to $40M in revenue and exited for millions. | Alex Back, Co-Founder of Apt2B
Season 3 Episode 13
Alex started Apt2B in 2010. He sold couches online before IKEA did. It took him over 3 years to make as much money as he used to as a furniture sales…
2 years ago
My Last Startup Failed With 30 Employees… It Might've Worked if we'd Kept it to 5.
Season 3 Episode 12
Every founder wants to build the next $1B+ company. So it’s normal to get inspired by what companies like Apple, Shopify and Microsoft do. But it’s a…
2 years ago
For 5 years he struggled to get traction. Then with AI he grew 12x— in 1 year | Scott Stevenson, co-founder of Spellbook
Season 3 Episode 11
Spellbook is ChatGPT for lawyers. They've raised $30M in the last 6 months. They now have over 2,000 law firms as customers. But it wasn't a straight…
2 years, 1 month ago
Every VC Rejected Him. So He Bootstrapped From $0 to $10M in 3 years | Kyle Braatz, founder of Fullscript
Season 3 Episode 10
Kyle Braatz is the founder of Fullscript, a $900M revenue company that started by helping health practitioners recommend supplements to their patient…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Shopify Found Product Market Fit w/ Aydin Senkut (Managing Partner at Felicis & Series A Investor in Shopify)
Season 3 Episode 9
Aydin Senkut is the Founder and Managing Partner at Felicis. He invested in Shopify's Series A in 2010 at a $25M valuation. He joins us to tell the s…
2 years, 1 month ago
How to Raise a Round in 2024 w/ Lee Silverstone (3x Founder)
Season 3 Episode 8
If you've been struggling to raise—you're not alone. Seed funding has been falling every quarter for the last 2 years. Rounds are smaller and take lo…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Shopify & DollarShaveClub got more views than the Super Bowl for under $10K
Season 3 Episode 7
The Super Bowl is the best place to get in front of customers—if you have $10M to spend. Which means for virtually all startups, it’s 100% useless. S…
2 years, 2 months ago
He Almost Went Bankrupt TWICE...Then exited for $30M. w/ Canvaspop CEO Nazim Ahmed
Season 3 Episode 6
This isn’t a unicorn fairytale. It’s a story about what it really takes to build a company and get to an exit.
Nazim takes us through how he nearly we…
2 years, 2 months ago