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A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders

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Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world's most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We've had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet.... more

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Anurag was employee #8 at Stripe, set for life and free to do anything next. Instead he spent a year and a half hunting for a problem worth decades of his life. He chose to build a product to make it simple for developers to ship apps, going head-to-... more

George had to wind down his last startup and give investors their money back. He went deep into the valley of despair, certain he'd missed his window to build something big. Then he met a co-founder, decided to start over, and started selling.

In th... more

Dan founded and scaled a $50M ARR, SoftBank-backed startup—and could've stayed to make tens of millions. Instead, he handed it to his chief of staff and started from scratch. He wanted something bigger. He took an entry-level paralegal job to learn e... more

Ali quit his job a few months after ChatGPT launched, convinced AI would eat labor marketplaces like Upwork. With no co-founder and no code, he collected $12K from real customers—using a faked demo and a cloned voice. Then he pitched 100 VCs in 10 da... more

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Recent Guests

Dan Mishin
Founder of Manifest OS and Manifest Law
Manifest
Episode: He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. | Dan Mishin, Founder of Manifest
Mark Hughes
Co-Founder of Solidroad
Solidroad
Episode: He hit $1M ARR by sending 500,000 cold emails—then raised a $25M Series A in 6 days. | Mark Hughes, Co-Founder of Solidroad
Surojit Chatterjee
Former Chief Product Officer at Coinbase, now founder of EMA (AI agents for enterprises)
EMA
Episode: Coinbase's ex-CPO bet on AI agents before ChatGPT—now he's closing 7-figure Fortune 500 deals. | Surojit Chatterjee, Founder of Ema
Sean McCarthy
Founder & CEO of BackOps
BackOps
Episode: How this 1st-time founder went from closing customers for $500 a month to $300,000 a year. | Sean McCarthy, Founder & CEO of BackOps
Alex Halliday
Co-Founder & CEO of AirOps
AirOps
Episode: He built for 2 years before raising a dollar—then hit $13M ARR and a $40M Series B. | Alex Halliday, Co-Founder & CEO of AirOps
Isaiah Granet
CEO of Bland AI
Bland AI
Episode: 180 VCs rejected him—then a $60K billboard got him to $2M ARR in 4 months. | Isaiah Granet, CEO of Bland AI
Anada Lakra
Founder of BoldVoice, accent and speech coach-focused startup
BoldVoice
Episode: She bet on a consumer app when every VC wanted B2B—then grew to $10M ARR. | Anada Lakra, Founder of BoldVoice
Bobby Samuels
Founder of Protege
Protege
Episode: He raised a $10M seed with no revenue—then grew 30x to $30M in year two. | Bobby Samuels, Founder of Protege
Maju Kuruvilla
Founder of Spangle
Spangle
Episode: He ran Prime fulfillment for Amazon—then raised $20M to replace e-commerce with AI. | Maju Kuruvilla, Founder of Spangle

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Alex Halliday
Co-Host with wide-ranging experience in product-led growth and AI-enabled marketing platforms.
Paul
Host guiding the interview and PMF exploration, often framing strategic contexts.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 601 ratings
  • Fav podcast

    Super interesting! Amazing for keeping up with Canadian startups

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    aleja551
    Spain8 months ago
  • Mandatory for aspiring founders

    This is one of the best shows for founders and folks working in startups. It’s one of the few podcasts where I’ve listened to every single episode. It’s THAT good!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sebastian Brandes
    Denmarka year ago
  • Founders need to listen

    One of the best podcasts for founders! Really enjoy listening and it’s been immensely helpful in my journey.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Seanbmccarthy
    United Statesa year ago
  • Unique insights into early stage companies.

    Where else are you gonna get to see what happened in early stage companies that are not Uber Facebook Google so this is a unique inside into companies that are extremely successful, but not the usual suspects

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Realmoeabbas
    Canadaa year ago
  • Go To Podcast

    This is my go to podcast. Fantastic guests who have scaled from 0 to 1 and beyond. You leave every session with a ton of new insights that you don’t read anywhere else.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Executive Co-Pilot
    Canadaa year ago

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He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk
Q: How did you approach recruiting and building a team in a way that would last as you scaled?
They prioritized strong judgment and energy over experience, investing in a talent barbell with senior staff and ambitious junior employees, and they focused on creating a culture that supports rapid learning, autonomy, and clear written communication to empower fast, cross-functional teamwork.
He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk
Q: How did you structure your early product to land the first paying customers?
The team started with a back-end service and quickly added a front-end to provide dashboards and visibility; after a painful early misstep with a complex integration, they pivoted toward a more accessible, user-friendly experience with reporting and connectivity to QuickBooks and a few banks.
He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk
Q: What did you see or hear that told you this was the best idea among your five options?
The signal was that the potential customer reactions shifted from generic interest to concrete actions—they signed a pilot and expressed willingness to proceed, confirming a real, scalable need rather than a theoretical fit.
He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk
Q: Tell me when was the moment for you when you felt like you'd found true product market fit when things were really starting to work?
The moment came when a customer hours today engaged after multiple emails, a loom was sent, and a pilot was agreed to; it showed a durable fit as the sales cycle started to shorten with a compelling pilot and revenue potential around a 36K ACV.
He churned 100% of his revenue on purpose—then grew 10x to $2M ARR in under 12 months. | Ali Khokhar, Founder of Amigo AI
Q: How did you approach fundraising in those early days, and what would you do differently now?
Early fundraising benefited from a concentrated sprint, leveraging warm introductions and a clear narrative around team fit and the market thesis; if starting over, I would prioritize founder-to-investor alignment and a strong VC thesis match from day one, rather than broad outreach.

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This show consistently centers on real-world paths to product-market fit, with a strong emphasis on early-stage fundraising, go-to-market strategies, and building scalable AI-enabled products. Guests range from serial founders to enterprise-focused VCs and operators, sharing tactical playbooks, revenue growth milestones, and hard-won lessons from navigating product-market fit, governance, and large enterprise buyers. A distinctive thread is the blend of practical, data-backed storytelling with candid, behind-the-scenes issues like pivots, team-building, and the tension between human-led and automated sales. Listeners can expect concrete frameworks for fundraising, GTM differentiation, and deploying AI in ways that genuinely move the needle ... more

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1. Dan Mishin
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4. Sean McCarthy
5. Alex Halliday
6. Isaiah Granet
7. Anada Lakra
8. Bobby Samuels

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