
Most startup podcasts are built for founders who've already figured it out. This one's for the founder still in the middle of it.Startups Decoded covers the full founder operating system — from idea to Series A. Brand, fundraising, marketing, operations, finance, culture, storytelling. Everything a first-time founder needs to actually run the thing, not just pitch it.Host Andy Walsh has been in it... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 85 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EntrepreneurshipBusiness | |||

Brett Turner has built four companies and sold three of them for a combined $500 million plus.
His sharpest insight has nothing to do with pitch decks or growth hacks, it comes down to cash. Most founders treat treasury as a back office problem, som... more
Vadim Gordin has looked at more early cap tables than most of us have had coffees.
He built a data set most founders never see: hundreds of first-person fundraising accounts, cross-referenced against years running accelerators at NYU. His numbers s... more
Most founders can describe their customer. Age, income, job title, maybe a lifestyle detail. What they can't describe is why that person buys, what they almost bought instead, or what finally tipped them over. That gap is where growth lives, and most... more
Clara Ma was chief of staff to the CEO of Hugging Face back when it was a Series A company, years before most founders could spell LLM.
She watched the role from the sharpest seat in the building, then built Ask a Chief of Staff, a 500-person commu... more
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This show targets early-stage founders by dissecting the full founder operating system—from brand and product strategy to fundraising, operations, and culture. Episodes center on practical, battle-tested playbooks from founders and investors who have built real companies, including IP protection, AI in work tools, cap table design, platform ownership, and growth through community-driven branding. A notable strength is the mix of founder journeys with concrete frameworks, actionable steps, and candid discussions about governance, liquidity, and sustainable growth. A recurring point of differentiation is how guests blend practical entrepreneurship with thoughtful perspectives on ownership, community, and long-term value creation, making it us... more
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Recent guests on Startups Decoded include:
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2. John Frankel
3. Owen Fitzpatrick
4. Ella Cook
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6. Chris Lee
7. Kyle Kane
8. Brad Bowery
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