Funds & Founders: Untold Journeys Behind Their Breakthroughs

LinkedIn promised networking. What we got instead were cold DMs, spam, and fake connections In this episode of Funds & Founders, I sit down with Krishna Dosapati, Founder & CEO of Clockout—the fastest-growing networking platform for Gen Z. Clockout crossed 350,000+ downloads, hit #19 on the App Store, and is on track to reach $1M ARR in under 10 months, all by rethinking what real networking should look like. We break down: - Why LinkedIn doesn't work for Gen Z - Why cold DMs fail at building re

Newsletters are not dead Dylan from Growth in Reverse breaks down how indie founders and B2B operators are building 5-figure audiences and monetizing with just email. He shares the underrated metric every newsletter creator should track, how to launch a newsletter from scratch, and why owning your distribution is your biggest unfair advantage. We also go deep on: - Sponsorships - Paid ads - Personal vs Company branding - How to stay consistent even when life gets in the way Whether you're just s

Building a startup can feel lonely. You make decisions with incomplete information, learn things the hard way, and hope you're moving in the right direction. In this episode, I spoke with Chelsea Cooper, Founder & CEO of Approvely, about the lessons that only come from actually building—not from books or Twitter threads. We talked about: Learning the hard way why distribution matters Building in tough, regulated industries like payments and gaming Growing a company without VC money or a tech

At 19, he quit college with no safety net. Four months later, he built a $1M business. This isn’t a motivational story. It’s a step-by-step breakdown of what actually happened, the mistakes, near-bankruptcy moments, brutal trade-offs, and the decisions most people are too scared to make. In this episode, we go deep into: - Why starting young gives you an unfair advantage (if you use it right) - How a podcast with no listeners turned into real leverage - The exact moment everything almost fell ap

In this episode, Nomiki Petrolla founder of Theanna, a groundbreaking platform empowering women tech founders, unpacks the realities of startup success few talk about. She reveals why crossing major business milestones remains elusive for most founders and how a combination of grit, knowing your product inside out, and embracing rejection can transform your journey. What’s inside: • The systemic challenges and gaps women founders face in tech and funding • How to own your product vision without

In this episode of Funds and Founders, we sit down with Harry Morton, the founder of Lower Street and host of Moneywise, to uncover the emotional reality behind wealth, success, and the often-overlooked emptiness that follows an exit. Harry’s company produces podcasts for some of the world’s top brands. But his journey started with waiting tables at Buckingham Palace while bootstrapping his agency from zero. From sound engineering to building a multimillion-dollar podcast business, Harry shares