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In this episode, Marco Noble, founder and CEO of Fuse, discusses his evolution from creating the global student community platform Socials to building Fuse, a vertically integrated flex‑living brand for young people across Central and Eastern Europe. He explains how proptech has shifted from simple access platforms to AI‑driven management and community tech, and shares the bootstrapped growth model that leveraged Facebook groups, offline events, and membership fees to scale without external capital. Noble also reflects on his entrepreneurial journey—from early dropshipping and a stint as an electronic music DJ to studying abroad in South Korea, where a loneliness‑driven Facebook group sparked his first venture. Finally, he outlines Fuse’s strategy of combining real‑estate assets with a digital community to address the housing and social needs of international students and young professionals.
In this episode, Lorenzo Thione, Managing Director at Gaingels and former founder of PowerSet (acquired by Microsoft), shares his journey from an Italian graduate student to AI pioneer, angel investor, and LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship advocate. He discusses the early challenges of...
In this episode of M&A Talk, host Jacob Oros interviews serial entrepreneur Travis Jameson, who has founded and exited a dozen businesses across tech, e‑commerce, SaaS, and health products. Jameson shares his core lesson for building a sellable company: make...
In this episode of Rework, host Kimberly Rhodes and 37signals CEO Jason Fried discuss how AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT have become integral to their daily workflow. Jason shares concrete examples of using AI as a writing assistant to...
In this episode of the Hospitality Hangout, Noah Chaimberg, CEO of Heatnist, shares how he turned a Brooklyn push‑cart into the world’s leading hot‑sauce brand and secured a partnership with the Hot Ones show. He recounts his entrepreneurial journey from...
In this episode, Othman Laraki, CEO of Color, recounts the company’s three major pivots—from a cancer genetics startup to its current health‑tech platform—highlighting the financial, team, and market challenges each transition entailed. He stresses that while technology and product are...
In this episode, host Sebastian Hassinger talks with Harley Johnson, a UIUC professor and CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), about how Illinois has built a world‑leading quantum ecosystem. Johnson traces his own journey from a 1994...
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In this episode, host John and guest Kory Marchisotto explore how to make innovation thrive, emphasizing the need to cultivate a supportive culture before generating ideas. They outline a three‑step vetting process—art, science, and gut instinct—to pressure‑test concepts and only...
In this episode, InsurTech Leadership host Josh interviews Randall Bennett, CEO and co‑founder of Quixen, about the company’s embedded, parametric production guarantees for commercial solar projects. Bennett explains how Quixen partners with solar installers and prime contractors to offer a...
In this episode, Jared Gaiman, co‑founder of Boxed and current CEO of Spresso, recounts the rise of Boxed from a $187 M e‑commerce business to its Chapter 11 filing and subsequent pivot to a $5 M ARR SaaS model focused on enterprise software...
In this episode, host interviews semi‑retired six‑time CEO and YouTube creator Richard “RJ” Jalichandra about how he leveraged YouTube to amass over a million views and build a niche retirement‑focused channel. RJ shares his journey from CEO coaching to YouTube,...
In this episode, host Joe Gardner catches up with microgreens entrepreneur Jonah Krokmanek, who turned a teenage hobby in his parents' spare bedroom into Living Earth Farm, one of Canada’s leading organic microgreen operations. Jonah shares how low‑cost, space‑efficient microgreen...
In this episode, Sean McKenna recounts how he founded Data Fusion HCM, a payroll and HR‑tech integration platform, and sold it to Ceridian (now Dayforce) within 16 months. He explains the strategic advantage of building a product that solved a...
In this episode of the InsurTech Leadership Podcast, Curtis Barton, CEO of Alchemy Insurance, explains how his firm has built a scalable brokerage platform through disciplined acquisitions, unified data, and a focus on organic growth. He contrasts Alchemy’s producer‑led, data‑centric...
In this episode of Uncensored CMO, founder Jim Cregan recounts how he turned a personal craving for iced coffee into Jimmy's Iced Coffee, launching the brand in Selfridges just four months after forming the company and eventually exiting for £25 million....
In this episode, Unity Stokes chats with Justin Ayers, CEO of EqualityMD, about the company’s shift from a direct‑to‑consumer, membership model to a B2B/B2B2C platform that offers employers an insurance‑free telehealth solution with culturally competent clinicians and free prescriptions. Ayers...
In this episode, Julian interviews Reto Bolliger, co‑founder and CEO of Chase, an online marketplace that lets consumers compare and purchase extended car warranties at prices up to 40% lower than dealership offers. Reto shares his eclectic entrepreneurial journey—from classical...
In this episode, founder Mike Kurtz recounts the origins and explosive growth of Mike's Hot Honey, from a spontaneous discovery on a Brazilian hiking trip to its adoption by major chains like Taco Bell and KFC. He details the grassroots...
In this episode, host Sebastian Hassinger chats with Evan Kubas, a lawyer‑turned‑quantum media entrepreneur, about the origins of Quantum Insider and its parent company Resonance. Kubas recounts how he and co‑founder Alex Challens built a leading quantum news platform from...
In this episode, Jacob Oros interviews serial entrepreneur James Gardner about his experience selling a manufacturing business and staying on as part of the acquiring company—a situation he describes as "golden handcuffs." Gardner shares how the post‑sale transition felt restrictive,...
In this episode, Ankur Sethi, founder of Winner Capital, explains why he believes consumer AI is the present, not the future, and why it remains vastly underfunded compared to enterprise SaaS. He highlights the democratization of large language models that...
The debut episode of the Exited Founder Podcast introduces the show's mission to share the stories of founders who have successfully exited their companies and now serve as M&A advisors. Hosted by ExitWise, the series will feature these entrepreneurs discussing...
In this episode, Richard Hanbury of Sana Health discusses the company’s recent FDA De Novo clearance for a novel audio‑visual neuromodulation device targeting neuropathic pain, marking the creation of a new therapeutic class. He outlines decades of research that led...
In Episode 92 of the Tech M&A Podcast, Robin Fisk, co‑founder and CEO of Donorfy, recounts the decade‑long journey of building a bootstrapped SaaS CRM for nonprofits and its eventual acquisition by The Access Group in November 2024. He explains why they chose to...
In this episode, Adam Markowitz recounts his transition from a decade‑long edtech venture to building Drata, a compliance automation platform that quickly proved its product‑market fit as a painkiller rather than a vitamin. He explains how rigorous validation—dog‑fooding the product...
In this episode, the host outlines a rapid, ten‑day framework for validating a startup idea by answering four critical questions, using a kitchen‑organizer concept as a case study. The discussion weaves in a memorable anecdote about a poker player and...
In this episode, host Tom Hunt talks with B2B growth expert Nick Hague about scaling a consultancy to £20 million in revenue and the strategic sale to Dentsu. Hague shares how a focus on customer experience, repeatable frameworks, and disciplined cash‑flow...
Turner Wyatt, founder and CEO of Small Capital, funds self‑funded searchers who embed employee ownership from acquisition day one. He argues that search fund deals can address income inequality while enhancing business performance by giving employees a stake. Small Capital’s...
In this episode of Bootstrapping SaaS, the host reflects on his journey toward achieving $10K in monthly recurring revenue as a solo founder, covering recent product updates, the challenges of juggling design, development, and marketing, and the lessons learned from...
Alan Byrne, Mozilla’s Firefox extensions product leader, argues that effective product work relies on judgment rather than rigid frameworks, critiquing tools like RICE and MoSCoW for masking subjectivity. Drawing on his stints at QuickBooks and Twitter, he explains when lean...
In this episode, Sebastian talks with Martin Laforest, a physicist‑turned‑VC at Quantacet, about the practical challenges of building a quantum ecosystem from the ground up. Laforest explains how Quebec turned a 1970s academic gamble into a $400 M quantum hub, emphasizing...
In this episode, managing director Mike Lyon and senior associate Sarabeth Sandweiss discuss how retention metrics have become a pivotal factor in software company valuations, detailing the heightened scrutiny buyers now apply. They explain the investor framework for assessing retention,...
In this episode of CFO Weekly, Sara Daw, CEO of The CFO Centre Group, explains how fractional CFOs give fast‑growing entrepreneurs access to senior finance expertise without the expense of a full‑time hire. She identifies the $2‑3 million revenue threshold as...
The episode examines OpenClaw's potential to become the first one‑person, billion‑dollar company, analyzing its AI‑driven product suite, lean operational model, and market traction. It weighs the plausibility of such rapid scaling against typical growth constraints and highlights the founder’s unique...
In this episode, host Brett King chats with futurist Cecilia Tham about the convergence of science, design, and business to create products and services that don’t yet exist. Tham explains how Futurity Systems delivers Futures‑as‑a‑Service, helping corporations and governments move...
In this fireside chat, Sami Inkinen, CEO and founder of Virta Health, explains how his personal pre‑diabetes diagnosis inspired the creation of a company that uses nutrition, technology and AI to reverse type‑2 diabetes and obesity. He describes Virta’s massive...
In this episode, Ben Currin, CEO of Vantaca, explains how the company bootstrapped a vertical SaaS platform for HOA management from under $1M ARR to $50M ARR, first reaching $5–10M without external funding and then scaling tenfold after a minority...
In this episode, Dr. Tiffany Yeh, MD, co‑founder and CEO of climate‑tech startup Eztia Materials, discusses the urgent heat challenge facing construction workers and how human‑centric cooling technologies can protect them. She explains the science behind Eztia’s HydroVolt material, its...
In episode 500 of the Relentless Health Value podcast, host Stacey Richter celebrates the community of healthcare entrepreneurs, executives, and change‑makers she calls the "tribe," highlighting how the show has moved listeners from theory to real‑world transformation. Listener clips illustrate...
In this episode, Maor Greenberg, CEO and co‑founder of Spacial, explains how AI is reshaping SaaS tools for residential construction, recounting his journey from early proptech ventures in Israel to multiple U.S. building businesses. He highlights the challenges of conflicting...
In this episode the host explains why every startup needs a clear identity and shows how it simplifies decision‑making. Using analogies about swimming and nervous systems, they introduce the Decision Equation and apply it to Carl’s AI‑driven Spanish‑learning tool to...
In this episode, Helaine Knapp shares how she translated tech‑startup playbooks from her roles at Buddy Media and Olapic into building CityRow, a brick‑and‑mortar rowing fitness franchise that was later acquired. She examines the rise and fall of the connected‑fitness...
In this 36‑minute episode, host [Name] sits down with hospitality veterans from Boqueria, Rita’s Italian Ice, Hot Head Burritos and ChopShop to dissect what makes a food brand iconic. The conversation highlights three core pillars: a clear, emotionally resonant brand story;...
In this episode, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson answer listener questions, covering how they record unscripted product walkthrough videos, the upcoming open‑source product Writebook, and the way the 37signals team combines Basecamp with their new kanban tool Fizzy. They...
In this episode, Blagoja Golubovski argues that product leadership should not be treated as a democracy, emphasizing that consensus often stalls progress. He explains the distinction between gathering input and owning decisions, outlining how clear trade‑offs, accountability, and explicit decision‑making...
In this episode, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson discuss how and when they choose product names, sharing stories behind names like Fizzy and Omarchy and noting that no name can satisfy every criterion. They explain the practical influence of...
In this episode Lily Smith and Randy Silver sit down with AT&T product evangelist Anu Jagga‑Narang to demystify premortems, a forward‑looking technique that imagines a product’s failure to surface hidden risks. Anu walks through the step‑by‑step process—framing failure, voting on...
In this episode, Unity Stoakes talks with Indira Paharia, PsyD, CEO and co‑founder of VIBEcare about integrating virtual behavioral health into primary care. Drawing on her background as a clinical psychologist, payer executive, and health‑tech founder, Indira explains why primary...
In this episode, the hosts explain what a business differentiator is and why it’s essential for standing out in a crowded market. They discuss how a differentiator can attract attention, shape hiring decisions, and drive growth, illustrated with examples like...
Toby Driver shares his journey from an apprenticeship in accounting to becoming CFO of Ideagen, highlighting how early hands‑on experience in audit and deal advisory taught him to dissect businesses quickly but left a blind spot about integration complexity. Moving...
