Episodes

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 …

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 Sto…

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 Appr...

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 tr...

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 remain...

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...

Most founders don’t fail because of bad ideas. They fail because they run out of money, energy, or clarity in the first six months. In this brutally honest episode, Albert Behr, Founder of Behr & Associates and a veteran with...

What does it actually take to build something from scratch, when no one’s watching, no one’s funding you, and the world’s falling apart? In this conversation, Christian Facey, the founder of Audiomob, breaks down the truth be...

In this episode of *Funds and Founders*, we sit down with a whiskey entrepreneur who has spent over a decade in the Scotch industry — building investment funds, luxury travel experiences, cask storage businesses, and more.Fro...

Michael’s entrepreneurial journey started at 12 with a paper route and grew into building Thrive Pet Healthcare into a billion-dollar company. In this episode, he shares exactly how he scaled from one affordable vet clinic to...

James Brewer went from being Import Yeti’s 3rd user to its co-founder—and helped scale it to 150K+ paying users and 2M monthly visitors. In this episode of Funds and Founders, he breaks down how import/export data can power s...

Lucy Banks went from corporate banking to becoming a top 1% OnlyFans creator — and now runs a PR & marketing agency for adult creators. In this episode, she exposes the harsh truths about building in the creator economy, why ...

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 ...

What drives a founder to go back into the grind after a life-changing exit? In this episode, we sit down with Ganesh, a serial founder who bootstrapped his AI startup to millions in revenue, cracked the toughest enterprise cl...

In this episode of Funds and Founders, we sit down with Michael, co-founder of Q Branch and Populace, who shares how he's helping international startups enter the U.S. and launching a fintech platform to fight financial inequ...

From building apps at Best Buy to getting into Techstars, this episode is a masterclass in startup grit. Our guest, a Toronto-based founder and ex-Apple/IBM engineer, walks us through building 35+ projects, what failed, what ...

Cody Anderson is back for Part 2! In this episode, we dive deep into what actually works when it comes to go-to-market (GTM) strategies — especially for early-stage startups. Cody shares lessons from scaling Carta to $9B, bui...

How do you actually sell to enterprises? Why do most startups fail at it? In this episode, we talk to the founder of DataColor.ai — a serial entrepreneur who built and sold his last company and is now building in the enterpri...

What happens when a startup sales pro burns out and decides to start a podcast? In this episode of Funds and Founders, we sit down with Pat Killoren — host of Lone Startups who shares his wild journey from scaling beer brands...

In this episode of Funds and Founders, we sit down with Andrew Ackerman, a seasoned founder, venture studio operator, and author of The Entrepreneur’s Odyssey. Andrew shares real, gritty stories from his journey building star...

In this episode of Funds and Founders , we sit down with the co-founder and CEO of FletchPMM —a company that’s helped over 350+ B2B startups fix their biggest problem: nailing positioning and messaging . We go deep into: The ...

In this episode, we sit down with the founder of TrulyMadly, India's most trusted dating app, to explore the startup journey, fundraising pitfalls, growth hacks, and how TrulyMadly is solving the trust problem in Indian onlin...

In this episode, we dive deep into a candid conversation with a founder who shares how he stumbled into consulting, earned a year's salary in a single month, and built impactful startups straight out of college. From building...

How I Hacked College Admissions to get Into Top schools! description In this episode of Fundsandfounders , we sit down with Anthony Berryhill , the founder of Elite College Hacker , to discuss the insider secrets of elite col...