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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 creators and builders find success with their project journeys. Sonia, Blake, and Aishwarya sit down to…

What's the future for builders looking like? This is one of my favorite questions to reflect on—and this time, I did it along with my friends from Kernal. Sonia Chhinji, Blake Stewart, and I sit down to discuss everything around what makes it interesting for creative folks who look out…

Casey Winters and Aishwarya Ashok recently discussed examples from his experiences at Pinterest, GrubHub, and Eventbrite—sometimes what you're building is of a better value to be priced, and at times, it'd take time to attain the product/market fit and then to be priced. And, this differs all the more when…

As soon as you put your product out in the market, the one major question that gets to you from literally everyone around is - how’s your product growing. “What’s your growth strategy?” “Does your product have network effects” “Did you get more leads or was all the money spent…

As soon as you put your product out in the market, the one major question that gets to you from literally everyone around is - how’s your product growing. “What’s your growth strategy?” “Does your product have network effects” “Did you get more leads or was all the money spent…

Grace Gong is the Founder of Smart Venture Podcast, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Finance, and the creator behind a bunch of other projects which we’ll be chatting about. In this episode of The Founder's Foyer, we discuss all things creator economy—from how to stay curious and get better by…

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 about crypto and web 3, as well as authoring two books. A LinkedIn Top Voice…

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 we hear about go-to market strategy—but before all that, what…

Have you wondered how to work on branding your product, especially when it caters to diverse target audiences? April Dunford shares with Aishwarya on why it's okay to not go too broad, what it means to segment the market, and why it's important to understand which 1-2 groups receive the…

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 we hear about go-to market strategy—but before all that, what…

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? Obviously, the thought of building a community is something that’ll definitely cross…

When you're a creator and builder behind the project you're shaping up, how do you plan the community growth and engagement? One of the core points that @Nazuk Jain and I discussed is how one shouldn't let the platform or algorithm take the focus away from the purpose of connecting…

What does it take to build a community? 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 are building—what next? Obviously, the thought…

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 the folks who are as passionate as…

What founders need to know about legal processes? Padmini Janaki, Founder & CEO, @Mind and Mom talks to Aishwarya Ashok —she brings forward the path of building an idea from the napkin-math stage to incorporating as a brand, setting up the Mind and Mom team, and working around equity and…

If building a startup is an arduous journey, finding the right people to grow with you is another mountain to climb. How to find the folks who are as passionate as you in helping build great ideas? What should the benchmark be like? Aishwarya Ashok speaks to Padmini Janaki about…

Most of us start an idea like a side project, and soon go deeper into it. That’s exactly the story of ADPList and the person behind it—Felix Lee. Bringing 'Foyer Feature' - a section of #TheFoundersFoyer that covers projects and journey of a specific founder/creator and their share of learnings.I…

"Don't show up as a CEO, show up as a person" Felix Lee and his community adplist.org, rightly called as 'movement,' together go towards one common purpose—to be genuine and sincere, and inspire others to be the same. Whether it's running the team, organizing a community meetup, shipping product features,…