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The Founder's Foyer with Aishwarya Ashok — 66 episodes

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#66 How to Survive the Autonomous Video Revolution ft. Jonny Burger (Founder, Remotion)

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#65 He Replaced 100 Employees with AI Agents (Here's how) ft. Ryan Carson, 3x Founder & AI Builder

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#64 How to Leverage Your Human Superpower with Improv ft. Jessia Hoffman (Founder, On Deck Workshops)

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#63 Growth in 2026 - The REAL IMPACT of AI on Work, Startups, and Creators ft. Casey Winters

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#62 You’re Using AI the Wrong Way! A Google Labs PM Reveals Why ft. Jaclyn Konzelmann, Google Labs Product Lead

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#61 Will AI Take Our Jobs? ⚠️The Real Answer ft. Anjan Panneer Selvam, CPTO at Acolyte Health

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#60 Are you ready for the AI Era ? ft. Raiza Martin | The Founder's Foyer with Aishwarya Ashok

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#59 We’re Not Vibe Coding: We’re Building Real AI Products ft. Nicholas Charriere, Founder & CEO of Mocha

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#58 Why should founders treat AI like a teammate? | Claire Vo, Founder of ChatPRD.ai

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#57 Adaptability and Human Skills in the AI Era ft. Nita Singh Kaushal (Stanford & NSK Leadership)

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#56 Why Startups Might Never Look the Same Again | Satyajeet Salgar, Google Applied AI Lead

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#55 MCP Explained: The Future of Context-Aware AI | Sid, AI Engineer at Composio

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#54 We’re a 9-person team doing the work of 20—thanks to AI | Jacob Bank, ex-Gmail, CEO of Relay

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#53 Building AI? You're Doing It Wrong Without This | Ami Vora - CPO at Faire, ex-WhatsApp, FB, IG

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#52 How Responsible AI Is Being Built Inside Real Companies ft. Aishwarya Srinivasan (Fireflies AI, ex-Google, IBM, Microsoft)

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#51 The Future of No-Code: AI-Powered Apps & Businesses | Eric Simons (Stackblitz)

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#50 How can AI help you build a startup—without writing code ft. Colin Matthews (AI Founder)

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#49 Unlock the Real Power of AI: Beyond Just Prompts! | Tal Raviv (GenAI PM)

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#48 Build your own ideas without writing any code ft. Harold Dijkstra, 100 School

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#47 AI filmmaking beyond side hustle—a career for creative people ft. Matty Shimura, Executive AI Producer, Civitai

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#46 The school I wish I had when I was growing my career ft. Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder of Product School

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#45 How to tell better stories in tech and life & make ideas storyworthy ft. Matthew Dicks (Storyteller, Author, Educator, Podcaster)

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#44 Finding your voice, community and growth in tech ft. Ha Nguyen, Product & Community Lead, Poker Champion

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#43 Growing communities, connections and landing on the right opportunities ft. Ben Lang (Ex Community Lead, Notion | Building Nextplay)

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#42 Taste, intuition & rigorous thinking for building products ft. Wes Kao (Co-Founder, Maven & AltMBA)

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#41 Ideas to product—navigating the founding journey ft. Sharath Kuruganty (Founder, Guestlab.ai, Podcaster)

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#40 How to use our mind & AI: writing, building apps, creating a business ft. Dan Shipper (Founder, Every | Builder | Podcaster)

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#39 Behavioral science to launch products & understand users ft. Kristen Berman, Founder of Irrational Labs

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#38 The creative craft ft. AI, humor & product | Peter Yang (Founder, Creator Economy & Product Lead)

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#37 Mountain climbing to product building—Endurance, Empathy & Rituals ft. Lane Shackleton (CPO, Coda | Athlete)

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#36 Building, launching, and growing your creative work (& career) ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy (CPO, Podcaster, Angel Investor, Founder)

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#35 Chasing the light, creating authentic content & power of serendipity ft. Danny Miranda (Podcaster & Creator)

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#34 Accelerating product growth, user activation, and monetization ft. Adam Fishman (Product & Growth Advisor)

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#33 Fostering creativity, diversifying identities, overcome mental blocks ft. Matt Munson (2x Founder & CEO Coach)

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#32 Product thinking, creative resistance, & evaluating growth ft. Shreyas Doshi, Product Advisor (Ex- Stripe, Google, Yahoo, Twitter)

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#31 Building AI Copilot for PM teams, product/market fit, next-gen tech ft. Yana Welinder (Founder, Kraftful | YC Alum)

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#30 Liminal goals, myths about 5-year career plans, power of community ft. Anne-Laure

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#29 Chasing creative pursuits | Tech, fiction writing & filmmaking | AI ethics ft. Abigail Wen [Tech Lead, Author, Filmmaker]

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#28 Startup brand strategy, product messaging, early-stage marketing ft. Arielle Jackson (First Round Capital)

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#27 Team dynamics, personality traits, activating humans for real-world results ft. Evan LaPointe, Core (4x Founder)

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#26 Large language models, AI applications, open source, future of AI ft. Travis Fischer (AI researcher & Entrepreneur)

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#25 Creative entrepreneurship, business humour, social media habits and momentum ft. Alexis Gay (Founder & Standup Comedian)

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#24 Portfolio careers, human Venn diagrams, diversifying interests ft. Christina Wallace (Harvard Univ)

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#23 Cognitive science, AI algorithms, augmenting founder creativity ft. Alice Albrecht, AI Researcher & Founder

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#22 Strategic communication, purpose of listening, speaking as a sport ft. Matt Abrahams, Stanford University

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#21 Building in public, portfolio career, shipping creative projects ft. Karthik Puvvada, Build in Public Studio

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#20 Founders journal: Habits & goals, focus paths, decision-making ft. Dr. Julie Gurner, Exec Performance Coach

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#19 The Founder's Foyer 2022 Wrap-up: All about ideas, community, product, creator economy, growth, and mindset

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#18 Launching 0-1 products, founders and fundraising, thinking in first principles ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy, Product Advisor | Founder | Host @ Good Time Show

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#17 User experience, design strategy, tipping point, and success metrics ft. Jared Spool, Center Centre

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#16 Building better software, running experiments, 'agile' mindset ft. Allen Holub, Software Architect

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#15 Remote work, setting team culture, the 'work forward' approach ft. Marissa Goldberg, Remote Work Prep

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#14 Strategic narrative, startup pitches, storytelling for founders ft. Andy Raskin, Silicon Valley storytelling mastermind

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#13 Action plans, growth mindset, high performance, and entrepreneurship ft. Lisa Kostova, CareerClimb

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#12 First-time founder experience, fundraising, building side projects ft. John Koelliker, Leland

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#11 Product–founder–channel market fit, launching 0–1 products ft. Emily Tate, Mind the Product

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#10 Product management skills, personal productivity & founder career ft. Shyvee Shi, LinkedIn

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#9 Future of builders, founder skills, startup journey ft. Sonia & Blake, Kernal

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#8 Product growth and scaling for founders/builders ft. Casey Winters, Eventbrite (Ex- Pinterest & GrubHub)

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#7 Creator, content economy, and building your voice ft. Grace Gong, Smart Venture Podcast

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#6 Product positioning and storytelling for founders and builders ft. April Dunford, Obviously Awesome

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#5 Building community & connections from ground-up ft. Nazuk Jain, Apple & Product Career

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#4 Building early-stage teams, company, and culture ft. Padmini Janaki, Mind and Mom

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#3 How to build a product community movement ft. Felix Lee & ADPList

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#2 Discovering and validating early-stage ideas ft. Ravi Mehta, Scale

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#1 Self-care for founders and builders ft. Amy Young, Redefine Possibility