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Forget PMF—Neil Patel says to give your product away for free instead. | Neil Patel, Co-Founder of Neil Patel Digital
Season 4 Episode 63
Neil Patel just flipped everything you know about startups upside down. He says product-market fit is overrated, giving away your software for free c…
8 months, 1 week ago
He got kicked out of Harvard—then grew to $5M ARR in just 3 months. | Roy Lee, Co-Founder of Cluely
Season 4 Episode 62
Roy Lee went from getting kicked out of Harvard and Columbia to building Cluely, one of the fastest-growing AI startups ever—going from 0 to $5 milli…
8 months, 1 week ago
She raised $1.3M, and delivered real, strategic value — then shut it down. | Mary Beth Snodgrass, Founder of Healthiby
Season 4 Episode 64
Mary Beth Snodgrass shares the raw and real story behind Healthiby—an innovative healthcare startup that succeeded in delivering measurable health ou…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
He went viral at 11 y/o—built the world's best dictation app, then raised a $30M Series A. | Tanay Kothari, Founder of Wispr Flow
Season 4 Episode 60
Tanay started coding at 10, built a product with millions of users by 11, and never stopped. In this episode, he shares how he created Wispr Flow—one…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
PMF Observations: Why after PMF, every problem is a people problem.
Season 4 Episode 59
We go through some lessons I learned from my own startup journey. I also go through why almost every business challenge beyond product-market fit is…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
How Mercury Hit $500M ARR—then raised $300M from Sequoia at $3.5B. | Immad Akhund, CEO & Founder of Mercury
Season 4 Episode 58
Immad grew Mercury to $500M in annualized revenue and profitable. Mercury is one of the fastest-growing fintech startups ever. No wonder they just ra…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Mike Maples: Your Startup Idea Isn’t Crazy Enough—And it's holding you back | Mike Maples, Founder of Floodgate
Season 4 Episode 59
Ever wonder why some startups follow every “right” rule and still fail, while others break every norm and dominate? Mike Maples (Floodgate, author of…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
How he grew to $100M ARR—then exited for $460M. | Zuben Matthews, Founder of Brigit
Season 4 Episode 56
Zuben turned his personal experience with crippling overdraft fees into Brigit, a fintech he sold for $460 million after hitting $100M ARR. This epis…
9 months ago
He Hit $3.5M ARR and Still Failed. Here’s His #1 Mistake. | Joseph Lee, Founder of Freshline
Season 4 Episode 57
Joseph built Freshline to $3.5 million in revenue and nearly $2 million raised. It looked like a marketplace success story—until it wasn’t. In this e…
9 months ago
1st-time founder raises $140M with $0 revenue—grows to 800 employees & profitable. | Andrew Rubin, Founder of Illumio
Season 4 Episode 54
Andrew Rubin raised $40M in 6 months before writing a single line of code—and another $100M before seeing his first dollar of revenue. Today, Illumio…
9 months, 1 week ago