PODCAST · business
Tech Can't Save Us
by Literal Humans
A podcast for tech founders and operators building the next generation of mission-driven tech companies. Each episode, host Paul David (Founder/CEO of Literal Humans) sits down with a CEO, founder, or innovator and digs into the key questions that separate companies that scale from those that stall: What's going on in your sector? What's your path to category leadership? How's your product? Do your customers truly love it? How sharp is your go-to-market (GTM) strategy + execution? Who are your senior leaders? How are their personal and professional experiences shaping your growth trajectory? Paul has led two B2B SaaS-focused growth consultancies (formerly, marketing agencies called Optimist and Literal Humans) and helped scale leading companies including Wise, Payoneer, Oura, Oyster, Chipper Cash, Remofirst, Playbook, and Grey — several to unicorn status. The throughline of every conversation: Stories from
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S4 Ep55: Modernizing the Bill Pay Experience with Steve Kramer, VP of Product of PayNearMe
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Steve Kramer, VP of Product of PayNearMe, a fintech platform that helps businesses simplify and accelerate the way they collect payments. PayNearMe brings every major payment type into a single platform, from Apple Pay, Google Pay,...
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S4 Ep54: Revolutionising Last-Mile Logistics: Inside the Future of Drone Delivery with Beth Flippo, CEO and Founder of DEXA
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Beth Flippo, CEO and Founder of DEXA, a Dayton-based autonomous logistics company transforming last-mile delivery from the birthplace of aviation. Spun out of TELEGRID Technologies in 2021, DEXA designs, manufactures and operates its…
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S4 Ep53: Commercialising Earth’s Last Empty Orbit: Building Satellites for Very Low Earth Orbit with Anatolii Papulov, Founder & CEO of NewOrbit
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Anatolii Papulov, Founder & CEO of NewOrbit, a Reading-based satellite manufacturer opening up a band of space that has been written off as too hostile for commercial flight for sixty years. NewOrbit is building the world’s first...
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S4 Ep52: Navigating the Age of Attention Scarcity with Claire Coady, Founder of The Attention Practice
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Claire Coady, Founder of The Attention Practice, a specialist communications consultancy built for what Claire calls the “Age of Attention Scarcity“. Drawing on more than 20 years of advising global brands, governments and NGOs, Claire...
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S4 Ep51: Taking Specialist Anxiety and OCD Care Off the Waitlist with Mona Potter, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Strategy Officer of InStride Health
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Mona Potter, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Strategy Officer of InStride Health, an insurance-based virtual provider of specialty anxiety and OCD treatment for young people aged 7 to 26. Founded by two Harvard-trained clinicians who...
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S4 Ep50: How Proofed is Humanizing AI and Creating a Better Editorial Model with Adam Harvey and Kiran Chauhan, Co-Founders of Proofed
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Adam Harvey and Kiran Chauhan, Co-Founders of Proofed, the editorial partner behind some of the fastest-moving content teams in the world. Proofed combines a global network of hand-picked expert editors with proprietary technology,...
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S4 Ep49: Revolutionizing Retirement for Small Businesses with Dan Beck, CEO & Co-Founder of 401GO
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Dan Beck, CEO & Co-Founder of 401GO, a fintech platform that uses integration and automation to deliver affordable, simple and accessible retirement savings for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2017 after Dan tried and...
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S4 Ep48: Revolutionizing Personalized Diagnostics and Global Health with Jari Närhi, Co-Founder of NADMed
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Jari Närhi, Co-Founder of NADMed, a Finnish health technology company that is redefining personalized diagnostics and global health. NADMed has developed a breakthrough method for extracting and measuring nicotinamide adenine...
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S4 Ep47: Humanizing AI Transformation with Nikki Barua, Co-Founder & CEO of FlipWork
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Nikki Barua, Co-Founder & CEO of FlipWork, an AI transformation partner building the human operating system for the agentic era. FlipWork helps organisations close the gap between the speed of AI and the speed at which their people...
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S4 Ep46: Bringing Deal Intelligence to Private Markets with Eric Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Claira
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Eric Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Claira, an AI-powered deal intelligence platform for financial institutions, backed by Citi and Barclays, that turns complex legal and financial documents into actionable data. Built by a team of…
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S4 Ep45: Accelerating the Agentic AI Revolution with Michael Pytel, Technology Leader & Director of VASS
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Michael Pytel, Technology Leader & Director of VASS, a global digital transformation group of nearly 5,000 experts operating across 26 countries, built to help large organisations simplify complexity and turn technology into measurable...
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S4 Ep44: Revolutionising Financial Integrity with Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO of SafeBooks AI
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO of SafeBooks AI, a San Francisco-based platform building the world’s first financial data graph for the office of the CFO and Chief Accounting Officer. SafeBooks connects fragmented data across CRM,...
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S4 Ep43: Scaling the Standards for Ethical AI with Erika Anderson and Andalib Samandari, Founder and AI Researcher of Building Humane Technology
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Erika Anderson and Andalib Samandari, Founder and AI Researcher of Building Humane Technology, a grassroots movement and public benefit corporation working to make humane design the default rather than the exception. Together they...
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S4 Ep42: Harnessing High-Fidelity Data for B2B Growth with Paula Chiocchi, Founder & CEO of Outward Media
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Paula Chiocchi, Founder & CEO of Outward Media, a B2B data and digital marketing company that helps firms turn data into revenue. Over 27 years, Paula has built one of the world’s largest SMB databases and driven hundreds of millions…
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S4 Ep41: Revolutionizing AI Monetization and Usage-Based Billing with Arnon Shimoni, VP of Growth at Solvimon
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Arnon Shimoni, VP of Growth at Solvimon, a next-generation billing monetization platform. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Solvimon is designed to help modern SaaS companies navigate hybrid business models and the shifting landscape…
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S4 Ep40: Rebuilding the Foundation of Financial Operations with Ignacio Berardi, Co-Founder and CEO of Rexi
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ignacio Berardi, Co-Founder and CEO of Rexi, an AI-native financial operations platform rebuilding the infrastructure layer beneath modern fintech. Rexi automates reconciliation, accelerates financial close, and replaces fragile manual...
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S4 Ep39: Bridging the Gap in Maternal Health Equity with Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of Health Evolve
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of Health Evolve, a South Carolina-based femtech company building patient-centred technologies at the intersection of care and culture. Kim founded Health Evolve in 2023 following the loss of her daughter...
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S4 Ep38: Accelerating MedTech Innovation and First-in-Human Success with Julio Martinez-Clark, Co-Founder & CEO of bioaccess
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Julio Martinez-Clark, co-founder and CEO of BioAccess, the world's first contract research organization (CRO) purpose-built specifically for first-in-human (FIH) clinical trials. They discuss the "valley of death" that claims roughly…
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S4 Ep37: Redefining Digital Visibility in the Age of AI Search with Vojtech Oravec, Founder of Ranketta
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Vojtech Oravec, the founder of Ranketta, an innovative platform helping companies measure and optimize their visibility within AI-driven search engines and answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. With a deep background as an AI...
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S4 Ep36: Scaling the AI-Driven Health Operating System with Nick Lenten, Founder & CEO of Ahead Health
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Nick Lenten, founder and CEO at Ahead Health and a veteran of the tech world who previously served as head of product at Google. Ahead Health is on a mission to build Europe’s AI-driven prevention platform, offering advanced health...
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S4 Ep35: Enhancing Leadership Intelligence with Ben Perreau, Founder & CEO of Parafoil
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ben Perreau, founder and CEO of Parafoil, a leadership intelligence platform that uses cognitive science and psycholinguistics to help managers evolve into exceptional leaders. They discuss the current crisis in management, where a...
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S4 Ep34: Unlocking the Bitcoin Advantage with Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending, a pioneer in the blockchain space since 2016. As a serial entrepreneur with over 26 years of experience and a passion for Bitcoin dating back to 2011, Shawn provides a unique perspective on bridging the...
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S4 Ep33: Architecting the Future of Campus Commerce with Taran Lent, CTO of Illumia
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Taran Lent, CTO of Illumia. A leader in enterprise-grade cloud software, Illumia was born from the strategic merger of Transact Campus and Seaboard, two powerhouses focused on revolutionizing commerce and credentialing solutions. They...
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S4 Ep32: Episode Description: Engineering Durability in Complex Systems with Ivan Gekht, CEO of Gehtsoft USA
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ivan Gekht, CEO of Gehtsoft USA, a prominent leader in software delivery for highly regulated environments. Ivan’s professional journey is remarkably unique, beginning as a Siberian aerospace engineer before he transitioned into the...
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S4 Ep31: Revolutionizing African Payments through Payments-as-a-Service with Jonatan Allback, CEO & Co-Founder of NjiaPay
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Jonatan Allback, Co-founder and CEO of NjiaPay, a payments-as-a-service company simplifying online commerce across the African continent. With nearly 15 years of fintech experience, Jonatan is now applying big-tech growth principles to...
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S4 Ep30: Turning Sustainability into a Positive Business Case with Jonatan Roose, Co-Founder at Healthy Workers
In this episode of the Tech Can't Save Us podcast, host Paul David interviews Jonatan Roose, the co-founder of Healthy Workers. Based in Amsterdam, the company specializes in making every building smart through innovative building automation and energy management solutions. Since its founding,...
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S4 Ep29: How Leaders Actually Use AI for Strategy – Part Two with Gary Bonilla, Co-Founder of Goodmora
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined for part two of a deep dive with Gary Bonilla, the co-founder of GoodMora. Following their previous discussion on why business transformations fail, they shift focus to the future of leadership, decision-making, and how behavior changes...
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S4 Ep28: Fixing Remote Work Burnout with Steven Puri, Founder & CEO of The Sukha Company
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Steven Puri, founder and CEO of The Sukha Company. Steven has led a fascinating career, transitioning from a high-level studio executive and producer at major Hollywood studios like DreamWorks and Sony to raising $21 million in venture...
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S4 Ep27: Tackling Waste in Our Homes and Communities with Tessa Clarke, Co-founder and CEO of Olio
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of Olio, a free app on a mission to tackle waste in homes and local communities. Since its launch in 2015, Olio has grown to over 8 million users who have collectively shared more than 130 million meals...
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S4 Ep26: AI Agents for the Next Generation of Channel Partnerships with Leo Crowe, CEO of Souk
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Leo Crowe, the co-founder and CEO of Souk, a newly launched AI platform transforming how companies build and scale channel partnerships. Selected for Antler’s 2025 London cohort from over 150,000 applicants, Leo brings a wealth of...
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S4 Ep25: Bringing Modern EdTech to Underserved Schools with Robby Cobbs & Kyle Sumrow of Tech My School
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Robert "Robby" Cobbs, CEO and founder, and Kyle Sumrow, director of development at TechMySchool. As the Caribbean’s leading EdTech consulting nonprofit, TechMySchool serves over 40 schools across Puerto Rico, the U.S., and...
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S4 Ep24: How Lori is Building the AI Operating System for Patient Stories with Asmaa Bencherif, Founder of Lori
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Asmaa Bencherif, founder of Lori. Lori is an AI operating system designed to make real-world patient stories and outcomes usable at scale, helping individuals find health products that genuinely work in a crowded and often…
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S4 Ep23: Rethinking the Future of the Internet with Galen Wolfe-Pauly, Co-Founder of Tlon
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Galen Wolfe-Pauly, co-founder of Tlon. Tlon is a company radically reimagining the internet's foundation to create a simpler, more personal computing experience. They discuss the structural flaws of the modern internet, where users…
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S4 Ep22: Reinventing Urban Delivery Through AI Route Optimization with Richard Savoie, CEO of Adiona
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Richard Savoie, Founding CEO of Adiona, an award-winning AI-powered delivery optimization platform that is reinventing how cities move goods. As urban populations grow and delivery volumes explode, the "last mile" has become the most...
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S4 Ep21: Tackling the Screen Time Epidemic with Connor Mason and Glenn Stephenson, Co-founders of Fluid Focus
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Connor Mason and Glenn Stephenson, co-founders of Fluid Focus, a Belfast-based company rethinking our relationship with technology. With research showing the average adult spends nearly a third of their waking hours—and Gen Z over six...
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S4 Ep20: Reinventing How We Pay Off Mortgages with Jinesh Vohra, CEO of Sprive
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Jinesh Vohra, founder and CEO of Sprive, a UK-based fintech on a mission to help homeowners pay off their mortgages years earlier and save thousands in interest. The conversation dives deep into the structural flaws of the UK mortgage...
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S4 Ep19: Solving the Data and AI Literacy Crisis with Greg Freeman, CEO of Data Literacy Academy
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Greg Freeman, founder and CEO of Data Literacy Academy, an organization dedicated to building data-confident cultures within the world’s top companies. They discuss the staggering reality that up to 83% of the workforce is data...
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S4 Ep18: Winning B2B Software Sales in the Age of AI with Matthew Whyatt, Founder & Chief Strategist at TechTorque
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Matthew Whyatt, founder and chief strategist at TechTorque, a consultancy that helps B2B software and SaaS companies sharpen their go-to-market strategies, scale revenue, and build predictable sales systems. They discuss how AI is...
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S4 Ep17: Weaving the Future of Sustainable Textiles with Mijke van Ballegooijen, CEO of BYBORRE
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Mijke van Ballegooijen, CEO of BYBORRE, a pioneering textile innovation company based in Amsterdam that's redefining how fabrics are designed, produced, and valued through data-driven design and radical transparency. They discuss the...
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S4 Ep16: Redefining Fertility Through Precision Medicine with Kirsten Karchmer, Founder & CEO of Conceivable
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Kirsten Karchmer, CEO of Conceivable, a pioneering digital health company that is revolutionizing precision medicine for fertility and women's wellness. Kirsten's career spans more than two decades transforming how women approach their...
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S4 Ep15: Reimagining brand strategy for the AI era, with Gary Bonilla, Co-Founder of GoodMora
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Gary Bonilla, Co-Founder of GoodMora, a company pioneering structural intelligence. AI-driven tools that make the hidden architecture of a business visible, measurable, and adaptable. Gary’s career spans newsroom reporting, global…
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S4 Ep14: Wearable headsets for treating depression with Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience, the Swedish health-tech company behind a breakthrough in depression treatment: a wearable brain-stimulation headset that offers a safe, evidence-based alternative to traditional antidepressants.…
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S4 Ep13: Reimagining groceries for the everyday shopper, with Andy Ellwood, Founder & CEO of Stretch
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Andy Ellwood, founder and CEO of Stretch, the first shopping intelligence platform built to help families save money and make smarter grocery decisions. Andy’s career spans private aviation, startups acquired by Facebook and Google,...
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S4 Ep12: Rethinking SME Finance with Dr. Serge Santos, Founder & CEO of Funding Alternative Group
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Dr. Serge Santos, entrepreneur, investor, and award-winning leader known as The Business Physicist. After deploying over $1 billion in capital during his investment banking and hedge fund career and achieving a multi-million-dollar…
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S4 Ep11: Quantum security and the fight against counterfeiting with Rob Young, Co-Founder & CSO of Quantum Base
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Professor Rob Young, Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer of Quantum Base, a pioneering deep-tech company using quantum physics to authenticate products and stop counterfeiting at the atomic level. Rob explains how Quantum Base’s…
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S4 Ep10: Solving the sales coaching crisis with John Richardson, Co-Founder & Director of Coaching at MySalesCoach
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David sits down with John Richardson, Co-Founder and Director of Coaching at MySalesCoach, the fast-growing platform tackling a problem almost every sales leader knows too well: sales reps simply aren’t getting enough meaningful coaching. John explains…
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S4 Ep9: Global bill payments through one integration with Rupert Shaw, Founder & CEO of BILRS
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Rupert Shaw, founder and CEO of BILRS, a global bill payment platform that allows companies to offer everything from electricity and gas to mobile top-ups and TV subscriptions, all through a single API integration. Rupert shares how...
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S4 Ep8: Disrupting Consumer Debt using AI with Jason Saltzman, CEO and Co-Founder of Relief
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Jason Saltzman, co-founder and CEO of Relief, the first AI-powered consumer debt resolution platform designed to help people tackle the overwhelming credit-card debt crisis. Jason shares how Relief automates the complex process of...
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S4 Ep7: Using AI to Solve Patient No-Shows with Dr. Benyamin Deldar & David Hanbury, Co-Founders of Deep Medical
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Dr. Benyamin Deldar and David Hanbury, the co-founders of Deep Medical, a healthcare startup using AI to tackle one of medicine’s most expensive and overlooked problems: patient no-shows. Deep Medical’s platform analyzes over a decade…
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S4 Ep6: Purpose-driven tech for enterprise transformation with David Glennie, Founder & CEO of Voodoo Park
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by David Glennie, founder and CEO of Voodoo Park, a purpose-driven technology company creating transformational solutions for the financial services industry. Under David’s leadership, Voodoo Park has become a certified B Corp, donates…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for tech founders and operators building the next generation of mission-driven tech companies. Each episode, host Paul David (Founder/CEO of Literal Humans) sits down with a CEO, founder, or innovator and digs into the key questions that separate companies that scale from those that stall:
What's going on in your sector? What's your path to category leadership?
How's your product? Do your customers truly love it?
How sharp is your go-to-market (GTM) strategy + execution?
Who are your senior leaders? How are their personal and professional experiences shaping your growth trajectory?
Paul has led two B2B SaaS-focused growth consultancies (formerly, marketing agencies called Optimist and Literal Humans) and helped scale leading companies including Wise, Payoneer, Oura, Oyster, Chipper Cash, Remofirst, Playbook, and Grey — several to unicorn status. The throughline of every conversation: Stories from
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A podcast for tech founders and operators building the next generation of mission-driven tech companies. Each episode, host Paul David (Founder/CEO of Literal Humans) sits down with a CEO, founder, or innovator and digs into the key questions that separate companies that scale from those that...
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