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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…
10 months, 4 weeks 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, well…
11 months 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…
11 months 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 d…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The 5-Year Ramp: How Alcatraz Scaled in Enterprise Security
Season 2 Episode 54
What kind of founder spends five years building a product before going to market?
One who's trying to solve a very hard problem.
Vince Gaydarzhiev is…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
From Play to Pay: How Soundtrack Uses PQLs to Drive Growth
Season 2 Episode 53
What turns a free trial user into a paying customer?
For Ola Sars, founder and CEO of Soundtrack, the answer is all about behavior. In this episode, …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
From ML Engineer to CEO: Brightwave's Mike Conover on Turning Technical Vision into Company Strategy
Season 2 Episode 52
Mike Conover started his career as a machine learning engineer. Today, he’s the co-founder and CEO of Brightwave, an AI startup helping financial pro…
1 year ago
What Investors Really Want From AI Founders
Season 2 Episode 51
Igor Taber has sat on both sides of the table: first as a VC at Intel Capital, then as an operator at high-growth AI startup DataRobot. Now, as co-fo…
1 year ago
The Art of the Waitlist: Siqi Chen on Driving Scarcity, Hype, and Feedback Loops
Season 2 Episode 50
Runway CEO and co-founder Siqi Chen shares how his team used a waitlist not just to build hype, but to engineer smarter growth.
In this episode of F…
1 year ago
PR Advice for Founders in the AI Era
Season 2 Episode 49
Ayelet Noff has spent more than two decades helping startups land meaningful press — but she’s also seen how the game has changed.
In this episode o…
1 year ago