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Season 2
27:41
Saeed Amidi, Plug and Play — Pressure Is the Prerequisite
From losing 99.9% of the family wealth in 90 days to a $1B "day job" and ~100 startup investments a year — on pressure, and why he won't back a founder with a plan B.
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Season 1
43:03
Mykyta Tretynko, Billioncore — Stopping Fraudsters and Chargebacks
Fighting fraud and chargebacks from Ukraine — the founder journey, and what it actually takes to build a startup from there.
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55:56
Airbnb for Data Centers — Handoyo, Founder & CEO of Lyrid
Lyrid's CEO on building an "Airbnb for data centers" that undercuts AWS by up to 60% and helps founders stretch their runway.
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33:13
The WILD Accelerator, with Natalia Bishop
Turning a scrappy accelerator for overlooked founders into a scalable, self-sustaining product powered by an AI coach named Willa.
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1:11:36
Tom Shen — Entrepreneurship Is in the Heart
A serial fintech founder on humility, culture, and delight — why the dumbest person in the room wins and delighted customers pay full price.
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39:44
AI Gives Answers. Businesses Need Better Questions.
After 30 years in enterprise tech, Benjamin Baer builds a "decision intelligence" community — and argues AI's real edge is asking better questions.
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44:21
The Real Goal of a Startup: Get to "Default Alive"
Veteran operator Wayne Fenton on surviving to "default alive" — customer discovery, the four-times-better rule, and why every startup gate is a cliff.
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45:32
Raymond Cheng, Decrypt Compliance — When to Launch a Startup
Leaving EY, Salesforce and Tencent to bootstrap a compliance firm — on getting comfortable with ambiguity and knowing your customer before you build.
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39:33
Sameer Saran, ParkStash — Bootstrapping a Startup
A bootstrapped founder on why revenue beats fundraising, obsessing over customers, and surviving COVID's zero-revenue days.
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41:45
Eli Finn & Edgar Ceron — The San Jose Startup Ecosystem
Two ecosystem leaders on community, advisors versus mentors, and the non-dilutive government grants that quietly help early-stage founders win.
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22:05
Sol Lipman and PieFi on the Inspiring Founders Podcast
A serial founder on how cheap AI-era building lets you validate products in-market before raising a dollar — and why community beats incubators.
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14:26
Discussing Community with Eli Finn, SJSU SpartUp Incubator
SJSU SpartUp's Eli Finn on a live-in summer incubator where peer community, honest feedback, and networking beat formal lectures.
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