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A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders

Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world"s most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We"ve had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more.We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet.Rated one of the world"s top startup podcasts.

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10:33

Google & OpenAI kill startups with each update. Make...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/06/27

Every startup needs to compete with incumbents. But it's different with AI.AI startups need to create websites or apps from scratch and drive traffic. Incumbents can just add AI as a feature. They have distribution built in.AI is not like previous tech revolutions. Unlike mobile, the internet, or the PC revolution, AI is not a new distribution channel. Startups are at a much bigger disadvantage than they've ever been.In this episode, we discuss the 3 key elements you need to consider to answe...

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51:53

1st-time founder meets 120 VCs— closes $2.7M in 5...

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2024/06/24

Andrew spoke with 120+ VCs to raise a $1.5M pre-seed round. He closed $2.7M and had demand for many millions more. He devoted 90% of his time to fundraising, but only took weeks from the first meetings to close. 99% of founders I meet do not fundraise at this level. It takes them longer to close, they have fewer choices and raise less. This is a specific, detailed and tactical guide to closing a round. If you're ever going to raise, you need to listen.Why you should listenWhy talkin...

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11:13

Zoom hits an all-time low. Here's what AI startups...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/06/20

Zoom was THE work-from-home stock. It's down 90% from peak. The same hype that fuelled work-from-home stocks is now fuelling AI. What happened to Zoom will happen to many AI companies. AI startups today need to carefully position against foundational models and incumbents. Here's how to think through it.Why you should listen:Learn why what happened to Zoom will happen to many AI companiesHow to position yourself against the two AI giants: Foundational models & incumbents.How to...

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45:23

He grew to $22M ARR in 4 years—but regrets spending...

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2024/06/17

Chris shares the story of how he grew Refine Labs to $22M ARR, what he did to grow so fast, and also why he regrets spending so much on growth instead of focusing on profitability.He goes exceptionally deep on sales and marketing and provides tactical advice you can steal. Chris is the founder of Refine Labs & Passetto. He's also a LinkedIn Top Voice with 150K followers. Why you should listen:Learn when to switch away from founder-driven sales Why sales velocity is the key metr...

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9:42

ChatGPT just hit $3B in ARR—here’s why Sam Altman is...

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2024/06/13

Sam Altman is playing chess not checkers. He partnered with Microsoft. He partnered with Apple. He grew to $3B in ARR in 2 years. Hate him or love him, he's a strategic genius.You'll recognize a pattern: Sam has an idea, positions correctly, lets the bets play out, and goes all-in on what works. Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat.In under 2 years, he has over 10M paying subscribers.A brand name the average 60-year-old recognizes. And, of course, his company OpenAI has $3.4B in ARR.Ke...

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52:58

Reddit hit 1M users in 1 year. The key was listening...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/06/10

We interview Chris Slow the CTO and Founding Engineer at Reddit. Reddit is now a ~$10B company, with nearly $1B in revenue. Their 1B+ monthly active users are so powerful they can move markets. This is the story of how it all began.On this episode, we interview Chris Slowe, Reddit's current CTO and Founding Engineer. Chris was in YC's first-ever batch with Steve and Alexis. He was their roommate. When Chris's own startup failed, he moved over and joined them to build Reddit. This was al...

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28:59

She quit her job without a startup idea. Then built a...

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2024/06/03

Wardah was a PhD graduate working at a biomedical imaging startup. But all it took was two different dentists giving her two totally different diagnoses for her to quit her full-time job.She was unemployed with no idea what to build.All she knew was that something was broken—and she had to fix it. Her startup Overjet is now the #1 dental AI platform, valued at $550M.Why you should listen:- Why founder obsession is a key trait- Why learning speed is the main KPI early on- Why staying close to ...

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43:31

Ex-Squarespace CEO on how to sell to SMBs, build...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/05/27

Dane was the CEO of Squarespace from 2007 to 2011. He grew the company from ~$2M in revenue to ~$15M. He's a multi-time founder with multiple exits. His current startup, Odeko, raised $227M.He takes us through his long journey as a founder of multiple companies and shares the key startup lessons he's learned.Why you should listen:- Why 7-day trials led to higher conversion than 30-day trials at Squarespace- Why you should talk to customers every single day.- Why SMB usage doesn't always...

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38:04

He built Uber for parking & exited. Then raised...

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2024/05/20

His first startup was a cool idea: Uber for Valet Parking. Investors loved it. But the unit economics didn't work out. So he had to pivot. He ended up selling it, but decided to do things differently the second time around.“It’s the boring stuff that makes money. Sometimes the sexy, interesting things are really great ideas, fun to use, but aren’t money makers. They aren’t durable businesses.”With Argyle, he didn't start with a cool idea. He replaced a product customers already paid for. His ...

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41:24

COVID nearly bankrupted him. Then with AI he grew...

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2024/05/13

His travel startup crashed 90% overnight. Here’s how he used AI to grow past $2M/year—to $2M a month:For a while, Andrew was crushing it. Accelerator -> $750K pre-seed -> $2M ARR -> $2.5M seed round. Then COVID hit. He was selling to events like CES, SXSW, etc. Revenue dropped from $160K/month to under $10K... overnight. Investors from his seed round refuse to wire funds. After nearly going bankrupt, he finds a way to pivot. A year later, his business takes off.2020 -...

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31:03

He raised $11M off a deck. Here's how he launched...

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2024/05/06

Poojan is a multi-time successful founder. He raised $60M for his first startup and exited. He just raised a $75M Series D at his current startup. But it wasn't always easy.- In his first startup, he had to hover beside conference booths for hours to land his first customer.- He gave his product away for free to the first several customers.- It took him 6 years to cross $10M in ARRWhy you should listen:- Learn exactly how a successful repeat founder thinks about team structure in the early da...

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29:45

He quit his cozy Google job & ignored lean startup...

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2024/04/29

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39:01

5 months in, Snapchat had only 127 users. Here's how...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/04/22

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49:18

He gave up on chasing unicorns. Now he earns...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/04/15

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31:28

This solo founder bet on AI 7 years ago. Now he has...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/04/08

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41:42

He raised $275M in the last 3 years. His 'boring' B2B...

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2024/04/01

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Alex sold couches online before IKEA did. He grew to...

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2024/03/25

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My Last Startup Failed With 30 Employees… It Might've...

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2024/03/18

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For 5 years he struggled to get traction. Then with...

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2024/03/11

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37:52

Every VC Rejected Him. So He Bootstrapped From $0 to...

A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders ·

2024/03/04

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