Founder Episodes
Sept. 11, 2022
First-time founder experience, fundraising, building side projects ft. John Koelliker, Leland
John Koelliker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Leland, a marketplace for ambitious people to access coaching, classes, mentorship, and community, to reach their career and educational goals. From growing in your career ladder, …
Aug. 26, 2022
Product–founder–channel market fit, launching 0–1 products ft. Emily Tate, Mind the Product
Launching the product you build involves massive effort—not just in terms of shipping, but also figuring out the ways in which your audience finds satisfaction with your product. Do they find value? Of course, it’s important…
Aug. 13, 2022
Product management skills, personal productivity & founder career ft. Shyvee Shi, LinkedIn
Building and shipping impactful products is definitely the enjoyable part of a product manager’s journey. It’s fun to think about what problems to work on, putting on the founder’s mindset from time to time or working with f…
Aug. 6, 2022
Future of builders, founder skills, startup journey ft. Sonia & Blake, Kernal
In today’s Foyer Feature, let’s welcome Sonia and Blake from Kernal, the community platform to connect founders, investors and startup ideas. 15,000+ members, 1,500+ startup ideas, they are doing an amazing work in helping c…
July 22, 2022
Creator, content economy, and building your voice ft. Grace Gong, Smart Venture Podcast
How to stay consistent with the inputs especially when your interests are versatile? I loved chatting with Grace Gong on this topic, especially because she's been doing some amazing work with her podcast, sharing knowledge a…
July 15, 2022
Product positioning and storytelling for founders and builders ft. April Dunford, Obviously Awesome
So your product is now launched and it's out for customers to try. You know it’s awesome, but do you know whether they know? How do you ensure your potential buyers understand the value you’re providing; do they care? Often …
July 5, 2022
Building community & connections from ground-up ft. Nazuk Jain, Apple & Product Career
So you’ve got a great idea and you’ve been building out your initial version of the product. With a little bit of socializing around, you see that people are starting to gain interest in what you’re building—what next? Obvio…
July 1, 2022
Building early-stage teams, company, and culture ft. Padmini Janaki, Mind and Mom
If building a startup is an arduous journey, finding the right people to grow with you is another mountain to climb. Ideas can meet product, but both of these need to meet the right team to live the vision. But how to find t…
June 21, 2022
Foyer Feature: How to build a product community movement ft. Felix Lee & ADPList
#FoyerFeature—a section that completely focuses on a particular project and how the founder created an impact with it. We’ll be discussing all about their journey, the way they come up with creative ideas, and patterns they …
June 13, 2022
Discovering and validating early-stage ideas ft. Ravi Mehta, Scale
Discovering ideas is definitely an exciting phase—we wake up, walk around, and go to sleep thinking about the best ideas we can build for. But, what happens to all those ideas? Do we really have a tried and tested way to pic…
June 8, 2022
Self-care for founders and builders ft. Amy Young, Redefine Possibility
When was the last time you thought of working on a new project? Choosing between ideas and actually getting to work on it are two different jobs for the ones who build stuff. Often we are left confused, exhausted, and unclea…