
Brought to you by Verissimo Ventures, The Very True Podcast features candid startup insights and conversations with early-stage founders, operators, and investors shaping the future of tech. From behind-the-scenes startup stories to hard-earned lessons on fundraising, scaling, and staying resilient, each episode offers a window into what it really takes to build something bold.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 44 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EntrepreneurshipBusinessInvesting | |||

In this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with Jeff Shapiro, a thirty-year executive recruiter now at Altira Search, former Partner at Viola Group, and one of Alex's closest friends in Israel. Jeff came up through Egon Zehnder, Korn Ferry and Chri... more
In this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with his college friend Tim Lim, FP&A exec, whiskey connoisseur and Executive Director at Edgewood Companies, for a conversation that has nothing to do with FP&A. Tim and Alex both built careers in finance... more
Alex sits down with Alex De Simone, a friend since their Stanford days and a fellow mechanical engineer, for a conversation that starts with a VCR turned into a Hot Wheels garage and ends with a server rack in Santa Clara. Alex De Simone is the CEO a... more
In this conversation, Alex reconnects with his friend Itai Joseph, filmmaker and founder of Fondu, to explore what actually goes into making video content that feels effortless, and what it takes to build a creative business without a boss. Itai shar... more
Alex and Nick Greenfield close out their three-part conversation with the episode that's most useful to anyone running or funding a company. Nick walks through the years after Lyft: a stint at on-demand laundry startup Washio, living in the Snapchat ... more
Alex sits down with Nick Greenfield for part two of a three-part conversation. This one is the Lyft story, told by someone who was inside it close to the start. Nick joined a company called Zimride out of school, back when getting into a stranger's c... more
Alex sits down with Nick Greenfield, one of his oldest friends, for the first of three conversations recorded in a single sitting. They met at Stanford in 2008 through their randomly assigned freshman-year roommates and have stayed close through near... more
In this conversation, Alex reconnects with his long-time friend Yaron Hadad, physicist, mathematician, and serial entrepreneur, to explore the changing mechanics of technology, software, and organization building. Yaron shares his journey from theore... more
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The show centers on candid conversations with early-stage founders, operators, and investors shaping tech, with a strong emphasis on growth, go-to-market strategies, and the evolving economics of modern software. Episodes frequently explore GTM motions, product-market fit, and the tension between rapid growth and profitability, often through practical case studies from consumer marketplaces, enterprise software, and AI-enabled startups. A notable throughline is the practical, no-nonsense mindset: lessons from scaling startups, fundraising, and building distribution, along with a willingness to challenge conventional SaaS wisdom. This mix of founder stories, investor perspectives, and hands-on tactical guidance makes it useful for listeners ... more
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