The Dock with Omar Waseem

Zuhayeer is the founder of Levels.fyi, a platform that lets you compare salaries across big tech companies. This is the story of how he turned Levels.fyi from a side project into a million dollar startup. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Zuhayeer: https://twitter.com/zuhayeer · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Levels.fyi: https://www.levels.fyi Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Meeting his cofounder 8:41 - How they monetized 20:03 - Shifting from growth to company building 21:58 - Why they built a mobile app 27:29 - What's next marketing-wise 30:06 - Will Devin kill engineers? 37:44 - How to land a job in tech 40:56 - What's Levels.fyi built on 43:34 - Are you hiring?

Evan is the founder of The SF Compute Company, a cloud computing company that sells GPU clusters for AI models. This is the story of how he became one of the fastest growing AI companies in less than a year by betting the entire company every month. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Evan: https://twitter.com/evanjconrad · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · The SF Compute Company: https://twitter.com/sfcompute Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Betting the company every month 7:59 - $1M in profit in 6 months 9:36 - Getting their first customers 14:33 - SF founders and politics 19:08 - Is SaaS dying? 29:20 - Managing time as a founder 31:44 - Joining YC because of exposure therapy (crazy) 35:32 - What to prioritize in a startup 41:20 - Mitigating risk

Aman is the founder of Deeptrust, an AI deepfake detection startup that's helping you trust what you see and hear on the Internet. We talked about OpenAI's new text to video model SORA , the terrifying success rate of AI fraud, and how to (theoretically) scam someone for $1M using AI. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Aman: https://twitter.com/amanmibra · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Deeptrust: https://twitter.com/deeptrustAI Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:26 - OpenAI SORA 12:09 - Fighting deepfakes 17:10 - Election fraud 18:34 - How Deeptrust helps 23:15 - AI scams to look out for 30:33 - How to scam $1M 35:56 - Managing priorities as a founder 37:34 - How to trust what you see

Prady is the founder of Sync Labs, an AI research company that’s building real time lip-syncing. This is the story of how he used viral Twitter marketing to build a deep tech research startup. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Prady: https://twitter.com/therealprady · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Sync Labs: https://synclabs.so/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Going viral on Twitter 12:00 - YC, F.inc, and Buildspace 15:29 - How will AI impact communication? 19:20 - Will AGI replace us? 22:09 - AI lifehack as a founder 27:04 - Making content for your personal brand 30:02 - Synthetic humans are coming 33:11 - What’s the longterm plan?

Dylan is the founder of Evergreen, a crypto mining hardware company that he started out of his dad's garage. This is the story of exactly how he growth hacked his way to over $3.5 million in revenue. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Dylan: https://twitter.com/dylanmrose · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Evergreen: https://evergreenminer.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 11:31 - How they went to market 17:33 - The hard thing about hardware 25:04 - Building the team 28:15 - Learnings from big tech 33:01 - Will we run out of energy? 38:27 - The future of consumer electronics 40:07 - How to get into crypto mining

Sharif is the founder of Lexica, a Midjourney killer that he grew to 1 million users with basically 0 zero employes. This is the story of how he went from couch surfing to building one of the most popular AI image generators. We're on Skool: https://skool.com/thedock Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Sharif: https://twitter.com/sharifshameem · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Lexica: https://lexica.art/ · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:38 - Pivoting from his last startup 19:53 - The future of AI content creation 25:08 - Why the team has 0 marketers 28:16 - Moving to SF (Furqan’s couch) 35:36 - How far is AGI? 46:07 - Will the Vision Pro replace our phones?

Rahul is the founder of Julius, an AI app that he scaled to 300k users in just 6 months. This is the story of how he pranked global news, met Elon Musk, and built a ChatGPT killer. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/studio Links: · Rahul: https://twitter.com/0interestrates · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · JuliusAI: https://julius.ai/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:24 - Reviving dead users 10:47 - How to ask your friends for help 17:43 - Pranking the world 21:55 - Meeting Elon Musk 26:45 - Managing a small team 30:11 - Do you need a mobile app? 36:08 - Live brainstorm

Julian cofounded and scaled Wisdolia to over $300,000 in less than a year. This is the story of how he used TikTok marketing to go from an almost failing startup to a viral AI education tool. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: f.inc/studio Links: · Julian: https://twitter.com/InfiniteJulian0 · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · Wisdolia: https://www.wisdolia.com/Cred Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:39 - The experiment that saved Wisdolia 5:27 - The TikTok growth playbook 11:27 - How to reach your target customer 19:56 - Why paid ads didn't work 25:06 - Structuring a small team 27:21 - Current product experiments 29:08 - How to use referrals as a growth hack 33:21 - Suspended from college 40:00 - How AI will change education forever

Alex Schachne cofounded and grew Leap from 0 to $500k+ in his first 10 months. This is the story of how he went from booking a one-way ticket across the country to building an AI company with a $10M valuation. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: f.inc/studio Links: · Alex: https://twitter.com/thealexshaq · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · Leap: https://tryleap.ai Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Background 6:32 - Choosing a marketing channel 17:02 - Turning viral moments into brand partnerships 24:33 - Do you need a personal brand? 34:57 - How AI will disrupt traditional media 40:32 - The plan for $5M ARR 58:01 - The next big AI opportunity 1:02:58 - Live brainstorm (Resend)

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Steven Tey ⁠(@steventey)⁠ from Vercel to talk about why he joined the company, his secret for making projects go viral on Twitter, how Vercel got its name, the problem with conferences for devs, the importance of company branding, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Steven's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:02 - His Background 5:23 - Why Vercel is winning 6:13 - How Vercel got its name 9:37 - His secret to virality 18:33 - Austin vs SF 20:12 - His Day in the life 22:44 - Vercel's branding 23:49 - Are conferences a waste of time? 32:25 - Omar's SF movie night 36:56 - Will he become a founder? 52:11 - Rapid fire (lol)

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Adi Baradwaj (@aditya_baradwaj), ex-employee at Alameda Research, to talk about what went down at FTX, how he had his life savings stolen, his lavish life in The Bahamas, the red flags, the day of the collapse, the aftermath, his new company, and more insider info... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adi's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:22 - Adi's Backstory 3:56 - Why Tell The Story Now? 5:38 - Getting A Job At Alameda 8:27 - Alameda vs. FTX 10:07 - Relocating To The Bahamas 12:03 - SBF's Unique Personality 16:08 - The Red Flags 20:01 - Fat Fingering A Trade 22:23 - What Caused The Collapse? 32:14 - The Day Of The Collapse 38:43 - The Aftermath 44:49 - What He Lost 47:58 - Is Crypto Dead? 48:43 - His New Company 52:37 - Why This Doesn't Happen In TradFi 55:00 - Learning from the Collapse 1:03:17 - Crypto Needs Role Models 1:07:12 - Reading Tweets

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Farza Majeed ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@farzaTV)⁠, founder of Buildspace, to talk about building the future of education, his take on college, the creation of Nights & Weekends, opening a physical campus, how he met the team, his biggest mistake, why he hates microwaves, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Farza's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠Buildspace · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:28 - Should You Go To College? 5:20 - His First Company 8:59 - His College Experience 16:13 - The F.inc Origin Story 22:02 - How Nights & Weekends Started 33:41 - The Buildspace Brand 37:04 - Being A Solo Founder 39:12 - The Secret To An Amazing Team 45:01 - A Day In The Life 46:01 - The Evolution Of Buildspace 46:47 - How It Makes Money 49:01 - What Made It All Work 52:59 - Is Buildspace A Cult? 1:01:28 - Audience Questions

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Dillion Verma ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dillionverma) to talk about winning the Vercel Accelerator program, why he switched from the medicine path to engineering, a bet that made $5k in 48 hrs, why he left big tech, his 10 day silent meditation retreat, his framework for making money from side projects, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dillion's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠LLM Report · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:32 - Switching From Medicine To Engineering 8:20 - How He Learned To Code 11:25 - Are Hackathons Oversaturated? 16:09 - Unlearning Big Tech 19:16 - How To Make Money From Side Projects 25:47 - Testing Demand For Your Product 28:01 - The Vercel Accelerator 35:37 - Leaving Big Tech 41:42 - How to Properly Use Twitter 45:04 - How To Jump From Big Tech To A Startup 46:44 - Reading Tweets 55:07 - 10 Day Silent Meditation Retreat

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Arib Khan ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aribk24), founder of Musicfy,⁠⁠ to talk about hitting 1 million users in 6 months, getting into Founders, Inc., working for Buildspace, receiving cease and desist orders from top music labels, learning how to swim, having untraditional mentors, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠Arib's Twitter⁠⁠⁠ · Musicfy · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:47 - Playing Professional Sports 3:38 - Side Hustles 5:11 - Free Flights To Consensus 12:08 - Getting Into Founders, Inc. 24:23 - Learning About History 25:04 - The 6 Hour Commute 32:52 - Core Skill Set 36:28 - Turning Down An Acquisition 40:27 - Current Mentors 44:48 - Musicfy Origin Story 51:43 - Cease And Desist Orders 58:21 - Learning How To Swim 59:37 - Future Of Musicfy 1:01:07 - Friend Circle Shift 1:03:46 - LinkedIn Fact Or Cap

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Rox Codes ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@RoxCodes)⁠⁠ to talk about building tools for creators, working for Mr Beast, sneaking into the Forbes 30 Under 30 lounge, getting his Facebook employee username blacklisted, the truth about Buildspace IRL, and roasting the f*** out of Vishal. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠⁠Rox's Twitter⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:54 - Sneaking Into Forbes 30 Under 30 7:19 - Professional Twitch Streaming 10:27 - Vishal Gets Roasted 12:55 - Vishal Gets Obliterated 15:41 - Working With Mr Beast 28:11 - YouTube Hacks 36:56 - Building Tools For Creators 44:10 - Vishal Gets Obliterated... Again 45:29 - Founders Becoming Creators 54:22 - Facebook Employee Username Blacklisted 59:29 - The Truth About Buildspace IRL 1:06:43 - Rapid Fire

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Matthew Rastovac, ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mattrasto)⁠⁠, founder of Respell, to talk about building no-code tools for AI, starting a custom home building company, being friends with Sam Altman, almost becoming a pro gamer, creating a Bitcoin exchange at 14, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠Matthew's Twitter⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠⁠Respell · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Relationship With Sam Altman 8:14 - Avoiding Getting Crushed By OpenAI 12:17 - Why Rippling? 14:34 - Zapier's Framework 18:48 - Your Job Will Be Replaced By AI 22:32 - Jarvis IRL? 24:59 - Automating Your Life 30:48 - Claude Access 37:35 - Almost Becoming A Pro Gamer 40:50 - You Should Know This About Management 47:42 - Creating A Bitcoin Exchange 49:30 - Life After Startups 52:11 - Going To Burning Man 57:19 - Rapid Fire

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with John Coogan, ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@johncoogan)⁠⁠, cofounder of Soylent and Lucy.co, to talk about the viral success of Soylent, the key to finding a good cofounder, starting a tech YouTube channel, joining Founders Fund as an EIR, things you didn't know about defense tech, clean energy takes, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠⁠John's Twitter⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠⁠John's YouTube · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:28 - Why His Cofounder Relationship Worked 7:19 - How Soylent And Lucy Succeeded 14:13 - Starting A Tech YouTube Channel 20:25 - His Deep Research Process 23:55 - YC For Creators 30:29 - The Core Of Founders Fund 37:09 - Defining A Personal Vs. Company Brand 43:12 - Reading Tweets

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Kaito Cunningham, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@0xkaito)⁠, co-founder of Utopia Labs, to talk about building a blockchain payments company, developing sustainable workflows, messing up an $8 million transaction, managing working with 4 cofounders, scanning his eyeballs with Worldcoin, his "human operating stack", and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠Kaito's Twitter⁠⁠ · ⁠⁠Utopia Labs · ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Is Web3 Dead? 3:24 - How He Found His Co-Founders 4:49 - Why Isn't Crypto Mainstream Yet? 11:52 - Evolution Of Utopia Labs 17:22 - Becoming A Venture Backed Founder 21:33 - Building In Silos 25:05 - Developing Sustainable Workflows 28:21 - The Next Wave Of Tech? 29:51 - Mass AI Adoption 36:52 - Worldcoin 41:54 - Is Crypto Bad For The Environment? 45:43 - Audience Q's 51:50 - Reading Tweets

Omar ⁠⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Will Depue, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@willdepue)⁠, previous founder of DeepResearch and applied research resident at OpenAI, to talk about living in Argentina, dropping out of college, building a computer in Figma, the truth about burnout, why he doesn't focus on Twitter growth, watching Dune 5 times, how to get started building anything, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠Will's Twitter⁠ · ⁠Will's Website · ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Working At OpenAI 2:39 - Building In High School 8:15 - Founder Journey 24:24 - Growing On Twitter 29:54 - The Truth About Burnout 34:53 - How To Decide What To Work On 37:31 - Building A Computer In Figma 40:21 - The Alexandria Project 52:17 - Explore, Don't Commit 1:05:32 - Reading Tweets 1:17:43 - Favorite Project

Omar ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Samraaj Bath, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@samraaj)⁠, CTO and co-founder of Bifrost, to talk about building a complex AI product, working at Expensify, starting an ice cream company, getting into Y-Combinator, work/life balance, being creatively unfulfilled, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠ Links: · Samraaj's Twitter · Bifrost · ⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Bifrost's Mascot 4:36 - Pivoting 5:49 - Y-Combinator 7:42 - Are Founders Special? 9:36 - Decision Making 16:09 - Ice Cream Company 29:00 - Working At Expensify 36:49 - Bifrost 40:35 - Work/Life Balance 47:31 - Striking Vipers 50:23 - Being Energized 53:39 - Reading Tweets 1:05:27 - Creatively Unfulfilled 1:11:33 - Bifrost Learnings

Omar ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Ben Levy, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@benmlevy)⁠, co-founder of Milk Road, to talk about growing a newsletter to 250k subscribers, losing everything to crypto, how to get connected with anyone, the future utility of crypto, what goes into a high value community, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠ Links: · Ben's Twitter · Milk Road · ⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:05 - Milk Road Origin 6:07 - Losing $800,000 14:32 - How To Write Well 22:56 - Crypto Utility 36:45 - Building A High Value Community 44:03 - Cold Outreach Tips 59:58 - Rapid Fire

Omar ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Eric Zhu, ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@ericzhu105)⁠, founder of Aviato and investor at Bachmanity Capital, to talk about being a 15 y/o founder, going viral for taking calls in his school bathroom, balancing school, partying with the founder of Google in a mansion, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠ Links: · Eric's Twitter · Aviato · Bachmanity Capital · ⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Toilet Kid Origin Story 4:38 - Starting A $20 Million Fund At 15 13:13 - How Funds Work 17:29 - Why? 27:14 - Partying With The Google Founder 30:40 - Pitching Startup Ideas 34:35 - Rapid Fire 36:01 - Reading Tweets

Omar ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Kyle Brastrom ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@kylebrastrom)⁠, founder of Dive Chat, to talk about building a successful social network, the importance of real world connections, starting LA Tech Week, running coliving houses, why he's never had an Instagram, and making YouTube videos about drone racing. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠ Links: · Kyle's Twitter · Dive Chat · ⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:21 - Drone YouTuber 9:31 - Starting LA Tech Week 22:38 - Why He Doesn't Have Instagram 34:22 - Building Dive Chat 53:10 - Rapid Fire

Omar ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with John Andrew Entwistle ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@jaentwistle)⁠, founder of Wander.com, to talk about building his first company Coder at 16, raising $130M for Wander, pivoting from an enterprise developer platform to real estate, how he got his nickname "The Shovel", and racing F4 cars. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠ Links: · John Andrew's Twitter · Wander · ⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - What Is Wander? 7:02 - Building Coder.com At 16 14:34 - The Early Days of Wander 23:30 - What Made Wander Work 35:00 - What Makes A Great Company Offsite 42:52 - Rapid Fire

Omar Waseem ⁠⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠⁠ sit down with Ayush Ranjan ⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@ranjan3118⁠)⁠, founder of Huddle01, to talk about building a Web3 video conferencing infrastructure, skipping his flight to India for Founders, Inc., issues with Twitter, startup markets in SF vs India, Web3 insights, Redbull F1, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠⁠ Links: · Ayush's Twitter⁠⁠⁠ · ⁠Huddle01⁠ · ⁠⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  1:55 - What is Huddle? 7:33 - Twitter Blue Controversy 21:03 - Web3 Branding 30:07 - Monetization Approach 40:16 - Building a Startup in India vs SF 44:31 - Rapid Fire 46:52 - Reading Old Tweets

Omar Waseem ⁠⁠(⁠⁠⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠⁠ sit down with Lauren Self ⁠(⁠⁠⁠@laurenlself)⁠, founder of Roots Homes, to talk about building in the real estate industry, dropping out of college twice, joining a startup and moving to LA alone at 17, proposing to her cofounder, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠⁠https://f.inc⁠⁠ Links: · ⁠⁠Lauren's Twitter⁠⁠ · Roots Homes · ⁠⁠The Dock⁠⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  3:00 - How Roots is Changing Home Ownership 15:15 - How She Pitched Investors 21:25 - Dropping Out of School 28:15 - Moving to LA at 17 33:16 - How College has Changed 39:52 - Her Cofounder Slid into Her DMs

Omar Waseem ⁠(⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠ sit down with Avi Schiffmann ⁠(⁠⁠@AviSchiffmann)⁠, founder of Internet Activism, to talk about how he created the most used coronavirus tracker during the height of the pandemic, his mission to build the largest humanitarian nonprofit in the digital space, the meaning of life, dropping out of Harvard, lego sets, Dune, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: ⁠https://f.inc⁠ Links: · ⁠Avi's Twitter⁠ · ⁠⁠Internet Activism · ⁠The Dock⁠ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  3:26 - Why he chose to Build Non-Profits 12:08 - The Purpose Behind Internet Activism 18:30 - The Problem with Charitable Foundations 25:24 - His Process Behind Hiring Startup Talent 32:45 - His Passion for Design 42:30 - Why Money Doesn’t Motivate Him

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ali Alobaidi (@alialobai1), founder of Kanopy Labs and Napolean, to talk about growing up in Iraq, dropping out of college to start an engineering firm, buying a penthouse, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ali's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  6:45 - Growing up in Iraq  21:05 - How He Learned To Code  30:50 - Starting His Own Firm  44:37 - Quitting the Agency for a Startup  1:00:05 - How Anyone Can Become an Engineer

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Edward Saatchi (@theculturedao), founder of Oculus Story Studios, Fable, and The CultureDAO, to talk about VR movies, AI generated gaming, the future of VR, winning an Emmy, the safety implications of AI, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · TheCulture DAO · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  1:06 - Virtual Beings Summit  9:30 - Creating VR Films  21:05 - Producing AI Content  30:45 - How DAOs Work  38:20 - Can VR be dangerous?  48:30 - Rapid Fire Questions

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with James Sun (@JamesZmSun), co-founder and CEO of Paper, to talk about WeWork horror stories, NFT utilities, the future of crypto, working for Twitch, lessons as a founder, his gaming passion, and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · James's Twitter · Paper's Website · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  1:45 - WeWork Office Struggles  19:20 - Evolution of Crypto  39:16 - Building the Paper Team  53:40 - Paper’s Growth Strategy  1:04:25 - Motivation as a Founder

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Tariq Ahmed (@TariqAfaqAhmed), employee #5 at Applovin, to talk about going from poverty to riches, a day in the life post-IPO, the importance of family, his luxury watch collection, raising a daughter with wealth, the top of the world (in Fremont), and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Tariq's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  2:42 - Life after a $30 billion IPO   10:45 - His first startup (with Furqan)  23:00 - Early days at Applovin  38:00 - How his friend circle has changed with success  1:00:22 - Did his relationship with his wife change?  1:16:00 - Reading old tweets

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Siraj Raval (@SirajRaval), AI and machine learning YouTuber, to talk about his YouTube journey, dropping out of Columbia University, reversing his age, dealing with bipolar disorder, cancel culture, getting recognized in public, how a future with AI will look, and much more...  The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at:  https://f.inc Links: · Siraj's Youtube · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro  5:25 - Why He Dropped out of College  15:48 - Getting Cancelled on YouTube  26:38 - When He Knew YouTube could be a Career  37:56 - Being on the Lex Fridman Podcast  44:31 - Mental Challenges with Celebrity Status  1:00:15 - The Future of AI

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ryanne Fadel, founder of Halo Cars, to talk about selling his company to Lyft, growing up in the hood, imposter syndrome at UPenn, attracting high value people, and much more... Links: · Ryanne's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Founding Story of Halo Cars  17:29 - Lyft Acquisition Details  24:08 - Growing up in the Hood  36:42 - Going Back to School  49:19 - Issues with Corporate America  58:02 - Reading Old Tweets

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Poya Osgouei, Head of Sponsorships for SaaStr, to talk about his background in SaaS, creating the largest B2B event community, advising high-growth startups on their go-to-market strategy, his philosophy on client management, and much more... Links: · Poya's Linkedin · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:55 - GTM Scenarios  31:47 - How To Sell Anything  44:45 - Deleting Social Media  59:53 - Reading Old Tweets

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with AJ Keller (@andrewjaykeller), CEO of Neurosity, to talk about his background building airplanes, inspiration for launching a hardware startup, uncovering the complexity of the human brain, creating the future of productivity, writing freestyle raps for his investors, and more... Links: · AJ's Twitter · Neurosity · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 02:47 - How He Got into Hardware 17:00 - Hacking Flow State and Understanding Brain Activity 30:30 - Improving Sleep and Focus with Neurosity 43:40 - "Entrepreneurial Rap"

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Faraz Jaka (@FarazJaka), professional poker player and coach, to talk about how he traveled the world playing tournaments, went on silent meditation retreats, survived border patrol detainment, was part of the largest poker controversy, and more... Links: · Faraz's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Business/Entrepreneurship Background 8:52 - Playing Sports in High School 17:40 - Being a Nomad for 16 years 25:03 - Lifestyle of a Poker Pro 31:14 - Learning from a Failed Startup 34:31 - Bitcoin/Crypto 36:34 - Border Patrol Stories 45:00 - Silent Retreats 56:00 - Rapid Fire Questions 01:01:15  - Poker Scandal 1:07:48 - ‘The Toilet’ Nickname

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ben Huh (@benhuh), founder of Origami and OrangeDAO, to talk about how he invented internet memes, starred on a reality TV show, designed walkable cities, started the YC founders' DAO, built Origami, reviewed dog toys, and more... Links: · Ben's Twitter · Origami · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - TedX Talks On Immigration 4:30 - Launching Internet Memes/GIFs 6:00 - Making A Startup Reality Show 9:18 - Starting A Company During The Recession 12:20 - Evolution Of The Creator Economy 15:30 - Introduction To DAOs 18:15 - Rethinking How Cities Get Built 24:22 - Building A New City With $100 Million 31:40 - How To Start Building A DAO 35:35 - Investing In Startups Through A DAO 40:30 - Starting A DAO Vs Traditional Company 44:50 - Getting Into Digital Publishing  48:16 - Blogging About Dog Food 50:20 - Buying A Meme Site 54:18 - What Makes a Good DAO? 57:30 - Buying A Sports Team Through A DAO 1:04:05 - Rapid Fire 1:10:35 - Reading Old Tweets

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Jonathan Chang (@thechangj), investor and XIR at Brex, to discuss how he throws over 100 Brex events a year, breaking into venture capital, studying film at UCLA, athletes investing in tech, running a VC fund, and more... Links: · Jonathan's Twitter · Jonathan's Tiktok · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:43 - Brex Supper Club 5:30 - Brex’s Business Origins 10:00 - How To Measure Event Success 18:45 - Jonathan’s Work Background 21:00 - Understanding TikTok For Brands 25:00 - Athletes And Creators Investing In Tech 29:10 - Running A VC Fund 33:50 - Investing Strategy 36:45 - Jonathan’s College Experience 39:30 - Working At Lionsgate/NBCUniversal 42:30 - Intro To Venture Capital 47:05 - Advice For Breaking Into Venture Capital 50:15 - Rapid Fire Questions 56:30 - Startup Reality Show

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Karan Dalal (@karansdalal) to discuss raising $1.6M, receiving resumes at cafes, recruiting top talent from colleges, dropping out after 1 semester, and more... Links: · Karan's Twitter · Otto · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Otto Merch 3:10 - Attending UC Berkeley  6:00 - Standing Out In The Recruiting Process 11:30 - Benefits Of Networking In College 13:20 - How Karan And Omar Met 17:10 - Evolution Of Otto Product 21:15 - Taking Investor Money 24:30 - Turning Down $2M 28:10 - Renting Startup House In SF 33:50 - Why Pets.com Failed 37:10 - Flying To Every Otto Pet Shelter 41:30 - Balancing Startup With Social Life 45:30 - Otto Marketing Plans 48:30 - First Startup In College

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Adam Majmudar (@MajmudarAdam), 19 y/o founding engineer at Thirdweb, to discuss DeFi, founding vs joining a startup, the importance of college, the meaning of life, and more... Links: · Adam's Twitter · Thirdweb · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro  0:42 - PayPal Scandal  4:33 - Everything DeFi  18:45 - Joining ThirdWeb  24:05 - Building Thirdweb’s Infrastructure  26:10 - Thirdweb’s Founding Principles  32:20 - Thirdweb’s Content Strategy  33:30 - College Plans  36:28 - Is A Degree Important?  40:30 - Building A Strong Network  47:50 - Founder Culture / Mental Health  52:05 - Daily Routine  57:20 - A.I. Vs Blockchain In Products  58:15 - Twitter Segment  58:44 - Learning With Legos  1:04:15 - Herd Instinct   1:09:08 - The Meaning of Life?

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Erik Dunteman (@erikdoingthings), founder of banana.dev, to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the world, moving to Mexico City, his ML infra startup Banana, dealing with rejection, how he trained for an Iron Man, his Citi Bike conspiracy theory, and more... Try Highlight for your team today! Links: · Erik's Twitter · Banana · The Dock Show Notes: 0:38- Banana Name Origin 3:03 - Moving To Mexico City 4:12 - Winning Crypto 7:38 - Finding Banana Co-Founder 10:24 - When To Leave A Startup 12:16 - Software 2.0 Explained 14:42 - Future Of AI 21:46 - Stable Diffusion 26:26 - Is A College Degree Important? 31:37 - GPT3 Explained 34:08 - Open AI/Whisper 37:22 - Robocalls 39:03 - Smart Home Tech  45:00 - Twitter Segment Intro 48:11 - Rejection Therapy 54:07 - How To Train for An Iron Man 55:56 - Erik’s Startup Journey 1:01:03  - Remember Clubhouse? 1:07:14 - Toilet Paper Startup 1:13:33 - Erik’s Running Process 1:23:48 - SF City Bikes Conspiracy

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Abhishek Bhargava (@abhargava20) and talk about how his startup Covalent uses AI to start meaningful relationships, building a cloud gaming platform, and the wonderful world of Greek Yogurt and clean energy. Links: · Abishek's Twitter · Covalent · The Dock Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - The Social Dilemma 3:28 - Mirror Exposure Effect  7:55 - Covalent Intro 11:05 - Foundational Value Alignment 12:54 - Covalent’s Main Thesis on Creating Relationships 17:00 - Tivity Intro 20:00 - Omar's Parking Story 22:00 - The Facebook Algorithm 25:37 - Covalent's Pivot 31:30 - Early-stage startup culture 34:04 - Work Background as an Intern 36:13 - Educational Background 37:50 - Gaming Startup  40:33 - Startup Lessons 42:05 - Why He Started Covalent 44:45 - F.Inc Community Building 48:41 - Startup Investments 50:50 - Slack Read Receipts 51:35 - VectorDash Business Learnings 53:25 - Yogurt Startup? 57:16 - Industrial Revolution 59:09 - Electricity Startup Idea

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Johnny Dallas (@_johnnydallas_) and discuss how he started working in startups at 14, became the youngest engineer at Amazon, and built his DevOps startup Zeet. Links: · Johnny's Twitter · Zeet · thedock.fm Show Notes: 1:30 - Johnny’s Startup background 4:15 - Not going back to High School 8:52 - Youngest Engineer at Amazon 10:40 - Transitioning to Twitch Work Environment 11:42 - Zeet Company Overview 18:35 - Building the Zeet Team 31:23 - Daily Routine 41:15 - What Motivates Johnny 44:40 - Uber Conspiracy Theories 50:00 - Music Interests 54:14 - Pitching a Startup Segment 57:15 - Taking Zoom Calls in the Shower?

Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Labib Yasir (@labibyasir) to talk about going from YouTuber to reinventing social fitness with MMA and his startup, Kayyo. Links: · Labib's Twitter · REACT YouTube Channel · Kayyo · thedock.fm Show Notes: 6:13 - What is Kayyo 13:26 - 41k waitlist sign-ups pre-launch 17:00 - Getting rejected from Google 28:15 - Losing 120lbs 35:00 - How to find the right cofounder 1:06:00 - Labib’s First MMA Fight 1:32:00 - Pitching horrible startup ideas to Labib