Podcast Episodes

How to Sell Your World-Changing Idea to a Mission-Driven Investor

Season 2 Episode 64

James Joaquin is co-founder and managing partner at Obvious Ventures, a VC firm that backs startups tackling intractable problems like climate change, chronic disease, and income inequality. 

Their p…

Published on 1 month ago

Why Conviction Matters More Than TAM: The Seed-Stage Litmus Test

Season 2 Episode 63

Uncork Capital Partner Amy Saper shares practical advice for early-stage founders building AI-enabled tools for engineering, product, and design teams, or as she describes them, "products that make y…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How (and How Not) to Pitch a Cybersecurity VC

Season 2 Episode 62

Ten Eleven Ventures CTO and Operating Partner Scott Lundgren shares practical advice for early-stage cybersecurity founders.

He explains why founder-market fit matters more than product polish, how …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Deep Tech Without Stealth: Inside Dusty Robotics’ Origin Story

Season 2 Episode 61

Construction workers spend hours on their hands and knees snapping chalk lines to mark where walls, plumbing and utilities should go. It’s painstaking, back-breaking labor. And that’s how it’s been d…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Leveraging Founder-Market Fit to Win Over Risk-Averse Buyers

Season 2 Episode 60

What happens when a team of legal veterans decides to rebuild the dispute resolution process from the ground up? 

To find out, I interviewed Rich Lee, co-founder and CEO of New Era ADR, a platform de…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

From Side Project to API Powerhouse: How Postman Went Global

Season 2 Episode 59

Before Postman became a category-defining platform used by millions of developers, it was a personal side project.

In this episode, co-founder and CEO Abhinav Asthana shares how he went from hackin…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

When a Power User Becomes CEO: How Medium Found Its Way Back

Season 2 Episode 58

When Tony Stubblebine took over as CEO of Medium in 2022, the platform was burning $2.5 million a month, bleeding subscribers, and was overrun with content that left founder Evan Williams cringing. 

Published on 3 months ago

Muse Capital’s Approach to Finding Value in Overlooked Markets

Season 2 Episode 57

Rachel Springate is the founding general partner of Muse Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on overlooked sectors like women’s health, wellness, parenting, gaming, and sustainability.

In th…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Creative Ops at Startup Speed: Lessons from Superside

Season 2 Episode 56

Fredrik Thomassen, co-founder and CEO of Superside, joins the show to unpack how startups can scale creative work without slowing down or burning out their teams.

Superside is a subscription-based de…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

How to Pitch VCs Like a “Dangerous” Founder

Season 2 Episode 55

What makes a founder dangerous?

Not credentials. Not their pedigree. And it's not who they know.

For investor and former operator Promise Phelon, a dangerous founder is someone with lived experience,…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago