The Founder Initiative

192 Episodes

1. (2000+ investments) Dave Lambert, Managing Director at RSCM, Shares Traits of Successful Founders

   Published: 12/2/2025
2. ($100M raised) RetailNext Founder, Alexei Agratchev: Earned Insights From 18-Years (funding, growth, & scaling)

   Published: 11/19/2025
3. (YC S21) $10M ARR, Storylane Founder, Nalin Senthamil: PMF Unlock - Are Prospects Interrupting You?

   Published: 11/12/2025
4. (YC S23) Gleam Founder, Oliver Keh: Investigative Journalist Approach To PMF

   Published: 11/6/2025
5. (YC W21) Sold to Dropbox, Promoted.ai's Founder, Andrew Yates: GTM Lessons Learned & Deciding What To Build

   Published: 11/4/2025
6. Roo Capital's Founder, Nate DaPore: Most VCs Are Like Seagulls, Is This The Future of Platform?

   Published: 10/30/2025
7. (YC F25) Denied 6x By YC: Hyperspell's Founder, Conor Brennan-Burke: Your Startup Is Not About You

   Published: 10/28/2025
8. a16z Partner Interview, Seema Amble: 3 things she looks for in early-stage startups, how to get a meeting with her, & more

   Published: 10/23/2025
9. ($70M+ Raised) Future Family Founder, Claire Tomkins: Surprising Key To Fundraising, Journey To PMF

   Published: 10/16/2025
10. ($55M Raised) Benchmark & Mayfield Invested; Sema4.ai's Founder, Ram Venkatesh: Getting Early Conviction, Hitting PMF & Raising $55M

    Published: 10/14/2025
11. a16z Invested; $55M Raised, CYGNVS' Founder, Arvind Parthasarathi, why you must first define PMF & how to raise from top VC

    Published: 10/9/2025
12. YC Founder & Thiel Fellow; Arist's Founder, Michael loffe: selling to enterprises, PMF, & articulating $100M to VCs

    Published: 10/7/2025
13. $13B VC; Promod Haque, Former Managing Partner at Norwest; Learning From 35 Years of Investing

    Published: 10/1/2025
14. VCs Don't Know The Future; $55M Raised, Radical.ai's Founder, Joseph Krause Shares His Story

    Published: 9/25/2025
15. [Pitch] ex Lightspeed VC & Founder of Meshly.ai: Mercedes Bent & Sandra Bustos Real VC Pitch

    Published: 9/23/2025
16. $30M Seed; Largest Seed In YC History? (YC S24) Wordware's, Founder, Robert Chandler, Journey To PMF & Getting Funded

    Published: 9/18/2025
17. (YC W25) How To Nail Your YC (or any VC) Interview; Nitrode's Founder, Ben Kim

    Published: 9/17/2025
18. Nailing PG's 10% WoW Goal, Getting Accepted to YC; David Head, Founder of Endorsed.ai

    Published: 9/16/2025
19. Real Pitch of a $2B VC, Cybersecurity Founder, Ajay Gulati & Sierra Ventures's Partner Vignesh Ravikumar

    Published: 9/10/2025
20. a16z Invested; $231M Raised Sub 2-years; Decagon's Founder, Jesse Zhang & Amex Ventures's Managing Director, Kevin Weber; Building & Funding Unicorns

    Published: 9/9/2025