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How to Think Like a VC When You’re Building (or Joining) a Startup
Season 2 Episode 67
Brian Rothenberg, partner at Defy and former VP of Growth at Eventbrite, joins Fund/Build/Scale to share what really matters when evaluating early-st…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Cap Table Strategy: A Playbook for Early-Stage Founders
Season 1 Episode 66
When you’re raising your first rounds, every cap table decision can echo for years. Give away too much equity early, lock yourself into restrictive p…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
From D2C to B2B: How to Pivot Without Losing Your Mission
Season 2 Episode 65
A turbulent flight sparked Wayne Slavin’s idea for Sure: let consumers buy insurance in real time. But after launching as a D2C app, he realized the …
5 months ago
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…
5 months, 1 week 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 team…
6 months, 2 weeks 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…
6 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 painstakin…
6 months, 3 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…
6 months, 4 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 …
7 months 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 c…
7 months, 1 week ago