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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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I meet 1,000+ founders every year. Most are bad at fundraising.

I also interview 100+ of the world's best founders on my podcast each year. Most are incredible at fundraising.

One raised $14M in 17 days. another was 3x oversubscribed on a $3M round... more

Surojit spent 14 years at Google building mobile ads into a $100B+ business and then took Coinbase public as Chief Product Officer in 2021. In early 2023, before "agent" was even a word in AI papers, he started Ema in stealth—betting on a future wher... more

Sean was spending four days a week inside customer warehouses at Amazon Shipping when he noticed the same thing everywhere: back-office admin staff churning every six months, buried under the same repetitive claims and reshipping tasks. He talked to ... more

Alex spent two years building AirOps nights and weekends during the pandemic before raising a single dollar. A chance conversation with Sam Altman—while walking down the street during SF Pride—sent him down the LLM rabbit hole months before ChatGPT e... more

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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
Amanda Kahlow
Founder of 1mind; former founder of 6sense
1mind
Episode: She got rejected by 22 VCs—then built 6sense to $100M+ in revenue. Now she's back for AI. | Amanda Kahlow, Founder of 1mind
Tarek Alaruri
Co-Founder of Stuut, AI platform for accounts receivable
Stuut
Episode: How this AI founder is on track to hit $50M ARR just 2 years after launch. | Tarek Alaruri, Co-Founder of Stuut

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 599 ratings
  • Fav podcast

    Super interesting! Amazing for keeping up with Canadian startups

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    aleja551
    Spain6 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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How this 1st-time founder went from closing customers for $500 a month to $300,000 a year. | Sean McCarthy, Founder & CEO of BackOps
Q: What was the first version of the product and how did it evolve?
The initial product was a Slack-integrated bot that could execute simple tasks like reshipping or filing a claim when prompted, built around the three PLs' needs. It rapidly evolved to handle cross-unit workflows (billing, finance, operations), and eventually to an enterprise-grade platform with an AI Process Center to capture and reuse knowledge across deployments.
How this 1st-time founder went from closing customers for $500 a month to $300,000 a year. | Sean McCarthy, Founder & CEO of BackOps
Q: How did you approach fundraising and why did investors respond to your story?
Early conversations focused on sharing a high-level vision and a clear path to value, then stacking and prioritizing the most promising VC relationships. A tight, efficient fundraising process with a defined close timeline helped; concrete traction with several customers and the enterprise-tailored story gave investors confidence that the platform could scale and win large deals.
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
Q: What would be your top piece of advice for an early stage founder seeking product-market fit today?
Find the highest-taste representative buyer, become their best friend, live in their office if possible, and observe the non-consensus friction points you can solve to differentiate and win with a durable, buyer-centric approach.
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
Q: When was the moment when you felt like you'd found true product market fit?
Stepping away from the business for a week and closing 300-400K in new ARR, then returning to find the teams operating successfully without direct involvement—indicating a true, repeatable customer value and sales motion.
She bet on a consumer app when every VC wanted B2B—then grew to $10M ARR. | Anada Lakra, Founder of BoldVoice
Q: How did you determine your ICP and pivot from students to working professionals?
Initial outreach to international students revealed low willingness to pay and misalignment with their needs; we discovered working professionals faced tangible ROI in communication, which aligned with our value proposition and pricing, guiding the ICP shift.

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A practical, founder-focused show that pulls back the curtain on how startups reach product-market fit, scale rapidly, and navigate go-to-market in complex markets. Across episodes, guests share candid lessons on early traction, design partnerships, onboarding, and iterative product strategies—often with a heavy emphasis on AI, data infrastructure, and enterprise sales. The format tends toward deep-dive playbooks and real-world metrics (ARR milestones, GTM pivots, and customer-scale stories), making it a rich resource for founders and operators. A standout quality is the commitment to balancing tough realities (crunch-time growth, lengthy procurement cycles, and aggressive outbound strategies) with actionable frameworks and reproducible tac... more

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1. Surojit Chatterjee
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3. Alex Halliday
4. Isaiah Granet
5. Anada Lakra
6. Bobby Samuels
7. Maju Kuruvilla
8. Amanda Kahlow

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