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Sit Down Startup — 105 episodes · page 1 of 2
[$10M+ Raised] Mark Doble, Co-Founder of Alexi, on Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Product-Market Fit in Legal Tech
[Harnessing AI Technology for Business Growth] Founder Daniel Saks Discusses Persistence, Overcoming Rejection, and the Evolution of AppDirect and Landbase
[Sustaining Competitive Edge] CEO Randy Wootton of Maxio on the Dynamics of Product-Market Fit in a Changing Landscape
[$121.5M in Funding] Efficient Capital Labs' Kaustav Das on Bridging the Funding Gap and Achieving Product-Market Fit
[Pioneering Retail Innovation] CEO Angie Westbrock on Standard AI's Journey from Autonomous Checkout to Computer Vision Insights
[$30M Raised] Transforming Legal Tech: Spellbook Co-Founder & CEO Scott Stevenson on Achieving Product-Market Fit
[Transforming Crypto Access] Co-Founder/CEO Driss Benamour on Building Exponential.fi and Overcoming Crypto Winter
[Navigating the AI Landscape] Co-Founder and CEO Jensen Harris on Textio's Journey and the Future of AI in Management
[~$100M Raised] Transforming Talent Assessment: Co-founder and CEO Tigran Sloyan on Building CodeSignal
[Revolutionizing Climate Tech] Sealed’s co-founder and CEO Lauren Salz on Raising ~$100 Million and Finding Product-Market Fit
[$300M Raised] Mapping the Human Immune System for Drug Discovery: Noam Solomon on Building Immunai
[90% of Co-Founder's Time Spent Speaking to Customers] How Inspectify has Navigated Startup Success
[$0 to $20M ARR in 1 year] Creating a Path to Financial Empowerment with Brigit's co-founder and CEO Zuben Mathews
[$150M Raised] Navigating Product-Market Fit in Healthcare: Ashok Subramanian on Building Centivo
[$3 Trillion Market Revolution] Democratizing Structured Notes with Halo Investing
[4x Founder] From FBI to Founder: Jo Riley’s Journey to Product-Market Fit with Censia
[$30B Market Reimagined] Unlocking Home Care's Potential with Honor
[$400M raised] FLYR Labs’s Founder, Alex Mans: journey to product-market fit
[$80M+ raised] THAT Product-market fit moment: Avoid the analysis trap; Shippo’s Founder, Laura Behrens Wu
Trulia’s Founder; product-market-fit journey with Sami Inkinen
Failed startup to $98M raised; Thoropass’s Founder, Sam Li shares their product-market-fit journey
[$163M raised] Knowing you’ve hit product-market fit; Redpanda’s Founder, Alex Gallego
[$100M+ raised] How to get product-market fit validation without an MVP
[$217M raised] Stop convincing prospects and find the ones who get it: Sentry’s Founder, David Cramer
Arc’s $181M Success: Unity-Led-Growth with Founder, Don Muir
Bootstrapped to $40M and then raised $125M? Slice’s Founder, Ilir Sela
[$150M raised] OpenStore’s Co-Founder, Jeremy Wood: Building the Right Engine: Overcoming Doubts
[$200M+ Raised] Self-Doubt & Worry to Thriving Through Startup Challenges; Electric.ai's Founder, Ryan Denehy
The Founder-led Content Formula; Atrium’s Founder Pete Kazanjy
[$1.2B Val] Epidemic Sound's Founder, Oscar Hoglund: Overcoming Gov Regulations & Launching A Marketplace
Tailscale's $113M Success: Developer-Led-Growth
[$161M Raised] From Series A Struggles to 400 Employees: LinkSquares' Growth Strategies with Founder Vishal Sunak
Bootstrapped to $100M+ Exit: Pardot’s Founder, David Cummings' Startup Journey
Instacart's Former Chief Growth Officer; Building a Successful ML Startup: Anomalo's, Founder, Elliot Shmukler
$0 to 100M ARR in 18-months: Revolutionizing Cloud Security With Base Thinking; Wiz’s Co-Founder, Ami Luttwak
($155M raised) Glean’s Founder, Arvind Jain: How to close enterprise deals from day one
Bootstrapped to nearly $100M exit to Citrix; Jesse Lipson; knowing when to ignore the “smart” advisors vs. just building
[$271M raised] Frubana’s Founding Engineer, now board member, Daniel Bilbao; GTM tactics for $0 - $1M
Backed by a16z, Virtually Human Studio’s Co-Founder, Chris Ebeling: Building with community, listening vs. letting them lead
Zapier’s Founder: scalable growth strategies
[$0 - IPO] Braze’s Founder, Mark Ghermezian; knowing when to pivot & the power of persistence
Talkdesk & Cleverly Co-Founder: Cristina Fonseca - Product obsessed, 5-min rule & not being distracted by competition
[$396M Raised] Nailing pitch-market-fit? Eightfold AI’s CEO, Ashutosh Garg
[0-IPO] Yext’s Founder, Howard Lerman: key to building a lasting company
[$0-IPO] Shift’s Co-Founder, Toby Russell; knowing when to pivot DESPITE having product-market-fit?!
[$99M raised] Sweep’s Co-Founder, Rachel Delacour; listening for low signals during customer research to land big logos
[$600M+ raised] Deel’s Founder, Alex Bouaziz: pivoting with conviction
[$1.6B val] Mercury’s Founder, Immad Akhund; rapid growth via word of mouth
[$1.2B val] Pilot’s CEO, Waseem Daher; knowing where to stay in the weeds
[Acquired by Apple] Beats by Dre’s Omar Johnson on building a brand and standing out
[$70M+ raised] Origin’s Matt Watson on finding clarity to target problems
[$194M raised] Bizzabo’s Alon Alroy on pivoting early and fast
[3M+ users] BharatAgri’s Founder, Sai Gole: micro influencers as a GTM channel
[$98M raised] Paystand’s Founder, Jeremy Almond; meet them where they are > selling a cool tech idea
[$164M+ Raised] Aisera’s Muddu Sudhakar on fundraising the right way
[Ukrainian Founder] Fuel Finance’s Alyona Mysko; growth during a war
[$LFLY] Leafly’s Founder, Cy Scott - don’t hack everything & knowing which battles to fight
[$73M+ Raised] Pair Eyewear’s Nathan Kondamuri - customer discovery & GTM wins
Carrot Fertility’s Tammy Sun on knowing your business inside and out
Swag.com’s Jeremy Parker on targeting the top from the get-go
[$6.5B Exit] Auth0’s Founder, Eugenio Pace on prioritizing people over segments
Modern Health’s Alyson Watson on staying focused when navigating changes
[$4.2B Valuation] Outreach’s Founder & CEO, Manny Medina on nailing the basics
DocSend’s Russ Heddleston on the importance of getting product pricing right
Jane Technologies’ Socrates Rosenfeld on industry building
Sense360’s Eli Portnoy on getting the most from your data and the power of cold-reach email
OLO (NYSE) Founder & CEO Noah Glass talks about segmentation & the demonstration effect
ZoomInfo’s CEO, Henry Schuck; Prioritizing Go-to-market-fit & Getting to $800M ARR
$469M Raised, Capchase’s CEO, Miguel Fernandez on funding startups with future revenue
ERA’s Jonathan Axelrod on prioritizing the customer for growth
Ada’s Mike Murchison on scaling customer experience
Pachama’s Diego Saez Gil on building startups that make a true difference
Lang.ai’s Jorge Peñalva on powering customer experience with AI
Highlights episode: Making it through a pandemic
Live episode: Creating the future of skin health
Product School’s Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia on unifying product with customer experience
Kaizo’s Christoph Auer-Welsbach on hacking Zendesk Marketplace
Atman’s Pedro Sorren on inevitable founders
Finimize’s Max Rofagha on becoming your own financial advisor
bud.com’s Justin Hall on making it in a fresh industry
Unstack’s Grant Deken on helping businesses be digital-first
Defy’s Madison McIlwain on breaking into venture capital
Vindi’s Rodrigo Dantas on finding success in emerging markets
Mary Louise Cosmetics’ Akilah Releford on following good ideas
Dispatch Goods’ Lindsey Hoell on building sustainable solutions
(Live episode) How to find your product market fit
Wavy’s Victor Lebeau on helping beauty services scale
LeaseQuery’s George Azih on making accounting easy
Freshly’s Michael Wystrach on the future of food
TravelNest’s Rebecca Moore on strong leadership in times of flux
Ameelio’s Uzoma Orchingwa on changing the future of prison communications
Raheem’s Brandon D. Anderson on using AI to end police violence
Novo’s Michael Rangel on building a customer-centric Fintech
Code for America’s Amanda Renteria on bringing startup values to government
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Software taking over the world: (Bonus live episode)
Lessonly’s Max Yoder on doing better work
Mindler’s Magnus Pettersson on scaling a fast-growth startup
CodeSignal’s Sophie Baik on hiring with less bias
Zenni Optical’s Bai Gan on how customers influence product