Notable Guests
AV
Amar Varma
3x
BJ
Ben Jabbawy
1x
CW
Cameron Wenaus
1x
AM
Aydin Mirzaee
1x
CR
Cody Ruberto
1x
BJ
Bryn Jones
1x
AG
Andrew Gazdecki
1x
CW
Casey Woo
1x
CS
Chris Savage
1x
CK
Clive Kinross
1x
AT
Alison Taylor
1x
CL
Craig Letton
1x
DH
Darrell Heaps
1x
AV
Alina Vandenberghe
1x
Recent Episodes
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Jerry Colonna discusses the founder's inner journey, including anxiety and suffering.
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Justin Mares discusses how founder health and energy directly compound into better decisions, stronger leadership, and long-term business growth
Justin Mares
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Vitaly scaled StackAdapt to 1,600 people and $500M+ revenue while staying virtual-first by shifting from founder-led to CEO leadership with scalable systems
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Blair Livingston built Street Context, a vertical SaaS in capital markets, through 300 coffees over 12 years and relentless early hustle to open doors
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Reza pivoted Shoelace from a struggling SaaS product into a profitable agency, then used those lessons to build Motion, a creative analytics platform
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Mike Potter was obsessed with backup after a catastrophic hard-drive failure at Adobe, creating Rewind, a category-defining backup platform for mission-critical SaaS apps
Mike Potter
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Benjamin Alarie balanced being a tenured law professor and venture-backed CEO while evolving Blue J from academic insight into a hyper-growth AI tax research platform
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Ghassan Halazon shifted Emerge Commerce from a wide roll-up strategy to a focused portfolio in grocery and golf, generating over $1 billion in GMV
Ghassan Halazon
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Yoseph West quietly built Relay, one of North America's fastest-growing fintech companies serving thousands of small businesses while staying true to principles
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Co-founder conflict is the number one killer of startups (65% failure rate), not funding or product-market fit, according to psychologist Matt Jones
Matt Jones
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41% of all VC dollars flow to just 10 companies; AI is reshaping startup costs and allowing founders to skip entire funding rounds
Amar Varma
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Top CEOs from companies with $6.4 trillion collective market cap (Airbnb, Meta, Shopify) prioritize sleep, mindfulness, and customer empathy over hustle culture
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Marie Chevrier Schwartz shares Sampler's bankruptcy experience and the importance of separating founder identity from business to build resilience
Marie Chevrier
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Tanya Papanikalov founded Rainbo, a functional mushroom brand, from personal healing experiences and holistic nutritionist background into a million-dollar business
Tanya Papanikalov
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Nick Mehta co-founded Gainsight and created the customer success profession, transforming how businesses approach SaaS customer retention
Nick Mehta
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Greg Newlands coaches high-performing entrepreneurs on fitness and wellness through four key KPIs: daily step count, weigh-ins, calorie tracking, and protein intake
Greg Newlands
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Alina Vandenberghe co-leads Chili Piper with her husband, managing a fluid division of responsibilities across 150 employees in 38 countries
Alina Vandenberghe
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Mark Bordo co-founded Vetster, a pet telemedicine marketplace, born from personal need and launched just before COVID-19 accelerated growth across North America
Mark Bordo
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Christine Song evolved HR from back-office function to strategic role, tying initiatives to business outcomes and earning a seat at the executive table
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Darrell Heaps built Q4 Inc. over 18 years through bootstrapping, venture funding, going public, and becoming private equity-backed, navigating each stage distinctly
Darrell Heaps