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The Peel with Turner Novak

Exploring the world’s greatest startup stories. Get a behind the scenes look into the founding stories of your favorite companies. Learn how the industries they operate in actually work, and learn playbooks and tactics you can use to launch and scale your own business.

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01:46:36

Inside the beehiiv Playbook with Tyler Denk,...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/09/05

Tyler Denk is the Co-founder and CEO of beehiiv, the newsletter platform built for growth.We go inside beehiiv’s early days, including joining MorningBrew as the second employee, lessons scaling to 3.5 million subscribers, the $75 million sale to Business Insider, and why I didn’t invest in beehiiv despite being an early customer. Tyler takes us inside the playbook that grew to $1.5m in monthly revenue in less than three years, including how they first positioned the product in a

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01:10:49

The Future of Software, AI, and Tax, Lessons Scaling...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/08/29

Michelle Valentine is the Co-founder and CEO of Anrok, the sales tax platform for software companies.We talked trends in software consolidation, lessons working with Anrok’s first customers, advice on fundraising, scaling a sales team, and early tricks for founders to avoid future tax-related headaches. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (02:19) The trend of software consolidation (03:00) Why billings and payments isn’t consolidating (06:09) Early tricks for avoiding future tax headaches (08:42) Founder

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01:16:52

ShipHero’s Journey to $12B | Aaron Rubin, Founder and...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/08/22

Building an enterprise-ready SaaS app? WorkOS has got you covered with easy-to-integrate APIs for SAML, SCIM, and more. Start now at https://bit.ly/WorkOS-Turpentine-Network.Aaron Rubin is the Founder and CEO of ShipHero, a warehouse management system for brands and 3PL providers. We talk through Aaron’s journey building ShipHero, starting with what is now the largest Jiu Jitsu apparel brand in the US, which he almost went bankrupt running during the financial crisis. He shares how that business

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01:32:06

Inside the Logan Bartlett Show, Investing Through...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/08/15

Logan Bartlett is a Managing Director at Redpoint.If you like startups and you listen to podcasts, you’re probably familiar with his podcast, the Logan Bartlett Show. We talk about how it first got started, plus all his tricks for growing the podcast, including his canonical episodes in 2022 that helped pop the web3 bubble. We also talk market cycles and bubbles, and what Logan’s seeing in the data today, especially in AI, plus Logan’s philosophy’s on venture capital as an asset class, his favorite

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01:33:53

Selling Two Startups, Building Electric.ai To...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/08/09

Ryan Denehy is the founder and CEO of Electric, software that helps businesses manage their IT and IT support.We talk through his first two startups from founding to exit, the early days of getting Electric off the ground, and Ryan’s frameworks for fundraising, recruiting, and sales. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:05) Building an ad network for extreme sports websites (11:07) Why a better pipeline solves all problems (13:24) Ryan’s trick for hiring executives (17:00) Selling the ad network to USA

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01:48:55

Building Capital One ($58B) and QED Investors ($4B AUM)

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/08/01

Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to ⁠https://brave.com/ads/⁠ and mention “Turpentine” when signing up for a 25% discount on your first campaign.Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit ⁠https://joinwarp.com/peel⁠ to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Frank Rotman is the Co-Founder and CIO of QED Investors,

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01:31:35

Car Dealership Guy: From Anonymous VC-Backed CEO to...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/07/25

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://www.joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll.Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to brave.com/brave-ads/ and mention “Turpentine” when signing up for a 25% discount on your first campaign. Yossi Levi shares his incredible story: transforming a

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01:53:27

The 26-Year Old Exposing $10B Public Companies |...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/07/18

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll.Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to https://brave.com/ads/ and mention “Turpentine” when signing up for a 25% discount on your first campaign. Edwin Dorsey is the author of The Bear Cave, a weekly

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01:10:53

Silicon Valley's Secret 4-Week Visa with Lisa Wehden...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/07/11

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll.Get first-party targeting with Brave's private ad platform: cookieless and future proof ad formats for all your business needs. Performance meets privacy. Head to https://brave.com/ads/ and mention “Turpentine” when signing up for a 25% discount on your first campaign. Lisa Wehden is the Founder and CEO of Plymoth, making fast

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01:35:37

Building Non-Addictive Apps for Kids | Melissa Cash,...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/06/27

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelWarp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Melissa Cash is the Co-founder and CEO of Pok Pok, a montessori-inspired collection of digital toys that spark creativity and learning through open-ended play. Prior to Pok Pok, Melissa spent a decade working in marketing and design roles, helping Snowman drive

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01:45:15

Building boldstart ventures from $1M to $850M with Ed...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/06/20

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelEd Sim is the Founder of boldstart ventures, which partners with bold founders reinventing the enterprise stack at the inception stage. Ed takes us inside the journey building boldstart, from its first $1m fund in 2010 up to $850m in AUM today. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:48) Evolution of early stage investing(05:11) Inception stage investing (10:32) Backing bold founders reinventing the enterprise stack(11:20) Repeatable ways to

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01:16:41

Learnings Scaling Instacart to $10+ Billion | Nilam...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/06/14

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelNilam Ganenthiran is the founder and CEO of Beacon Software. Previously, he was the 12th employee and President at Instacart. He takes us inside key moments from his 8+ year journey at Instacart scaling the company to over $10 billion. He also discusses strategies for customer research and building customer relationships, his new company Beacon Software, and more. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (04:23) Inside Amazon acquiring Instacart’s

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01:27:03

How the Smartest Companies Use AI | Ankur Goyal,...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/06/07

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelAnkur Goyal is the Founder and CEO of Braintrust, the end to end developer platform for building the world's best AI products. Their customers include companies like Instacart, Zapier, Notion, Airtable, Replit, and more. We hit on the importance of LLM evals, advice for building AI products, why the best companies have two AI product roadmaps, and his non-conventional advice for founders. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (04:04) Why

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01:03:44

Lessons From 21 Years of VC Fund Investing | Alan...

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2024/05/31

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelAlanFeld is the Founder and Managing Partner of Vintage Investment Partners. Vintage is one of the largest fund of funds in the world, managing over $4 billion across what is mostly investments into other venture funds, plus some secondary and direct startup investments at the growth stage. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:53 What is Vintage 05:40 Why VCs adding value can waste a founder’s time 09:01 VC, where the asset chooses the

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00:58:37

Fixing The Maternal Health Crisis with Anu Sharma at...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/05/23

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelAnu Sharma is the Co-founder and CEO of Millie, building a better care system from the inside out. Our conversation covers the existing maternal health system, how Millie is reinventing it, and how to succeed building a healthcare company. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:16) Problems in US maternity care (13:21) Why insurance reimbursement drives healthcare (16:11) How bundled care unlocks personalization (18:48) From fiction writer to

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00:58:59

Aaron Levie | The $1 Trillion AI Opportunity, Stories...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/05/16

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Aaron Levie is a co-founder and the CEO of Box. This conversation covers opportunities in AI, the early days of Box, and lessons Aaron's learned on his founder journey. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (03:11) Why ChatGPT was an iPhone moment (04:37) Advice for large companies incorporating AI (11:16) Why AI will add jobs, not steal them (16:13) How AI is supercharging Box’s products (19:03) AI agents: the $1 trillion

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01:17:15

Elad Gil on Conviction, AI, Biotech, Ambition, Speed...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/05/09

Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Elad Gil is the founder of Color Genomics and Mixer Labs, which he sold to Twitter, and an early investor in iconic companies like Airbnb and Stripe, plus upstarts like Perplexity and Anduril. This is a wide ranging conversation that covers education, AI, and advice

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01:06:25

How to Build a Biotech with Celine Halioua at Loyal

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/05/02

This episode is brought to you by Warp. Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1000 gift card when you first run payroll.Celine Halioua is the founder and CEO of Loyal, a biotech company developing medicine to help dogs live longer and healthier lives. And dogs are just the start - Celine thinks Loyal could one day do the same for humans. She takes us inside what it’s like to build a biotech company from scratch. We

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01:36:53

Giving an AI a Computer with Rahul Sonwalkar, Founder...

The Peel with Turner Novak ·

2024/04/25

Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Rahul Sonwalkar is the founder and CEO of Julius, an AI data scientist. He takes us inside his epic “Ligma Johnson” prank where he pretended to be fired from Twitter the day Elon acquired the company. He then goes inside his journey of building Julius, sharing lessons learned along the way and his vision for the product. Timestamps: (00:00) Preview (04:16) The "Ligma Johnson" prank (09:02) Meeting Elon (13:10) Doing

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01:18:14

How Athletic Brewing Created the Non-Alcoholic Beer...

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2024/04/18

Brought to you by Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelBill Shufelt is the Founder and CEO of Athletic Brewing, the craft brewer that created the non-alcohol beer market in the US. Bill takes us inside the early days of starting the company, including realizing there was an opportunity to make non-alcoholic beer, finding a co-founder, struggling to find early investors, building multiple breweries, and getting into Whole Foods before launching. Our conversation is a case

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