Founder Breakthroughs
by Jeff Durso
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About this podcast
Every week, Inc 500 Serial Entrepreneur Jeff Durso interviews brave founders, uncovers their epic stories, and elicits profound insights about what has helped them achieve breakthroughs in their business.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 44 episodes
- The Tech that’s Transforming Marketing – with Jeff Greenfield of Provalytics · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 43It’s been a crazy couple of decades for marketing – especially with all the changes to the internet environment. We went from the wild west of the late 90’s – to performance…
- Go To Market - with Alex Kottoor of Dena Startup Lab · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 42Over the years, as I’ve met hundreds of founders and talked about their challenges, I’ve often had this illusion that there are a million different problems holding startups…
- Founder Market Fit - with Shawn Miller of Inboundr.ai · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 41We’ve talked quite a bit on the pod about Product Market Fit – and hammered home how critical that milestone is to the success or failure of any startup. But there’s an even more…
- The Forrest Gump path through the startup world – with Lee Lorenzen of Altura Ventures · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 40Today’s episode features a conversation with Lee Lorenzen, a seasoned entrepreneur - and self proclaimed Forrest Gump of founders - who’s been building startups for over five…
- Getting to Critical Mass in a 2 Sided Marketplace - with Derreck Stratton of HUDU · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 39The gig economy is booming, but there's still a gap when it comes to odd jobs and local services. Derreck Stratton, the founder of HUDU – who we first interviewed back in episode…
- From Founder to Funder: Lessons in Pivoting, Perseverance, and Empowering Entrepreneurs – with Jessica Lynch of Raiz Capital · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 38The entrepreneurial journey is full of ups and downs, pivots and persistence. Our guest today has lived that roller coaster and is now helping other founders navigate it. Jessica…
- Turning Adversity into Inspiration – with Priya Tronsgard of Edify · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 37Like all of us, today’s guest had to face the hardships brought on by the global pandemic in 2020 – one of which was having her children learn at home instead of in school. But…
- From Marketplace to Community - with Katelyn Alberts of VERVERY · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 36The startup journey is full of twists and turns – but it can also present new opportunities as you go down the path. Today’s guest, Katelyn Alberts started her journey with the…
- Lessons from a 6 Exit Founder – with Mac Lackey of Exit DNA · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 35Starting and building companies is an amazing rollercoaster of ups and downs – and for many founders, achieving a successful exit at the end of the process is the ultimate goal…
- How products go viral and scale to millions of users – with Vincent McPhillip from Knomad · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 34We’ve all seen products over the years that fizzle out or go sideways – and other products in the same category that achieve explosive growth and quickly scale to millions…
- SaaS Sales Breakthrough Conversion – with Matt Wolach from ToroWave · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 33If you’re involved in selling – and especially B2B selling for a SaaS business, then you’re going to love today’s episode. In the last episode, we talked with Stephen Steers…
- Superpower Storytelling – with Stephen Steers · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 32There’s one skill that every founder has to master in order to build a successful startup. I’m talking – of course – about sales. But – there are a lot of misconceptions out…
- Taming the Startup Ecosystem – with Jonny Boyarsky · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 31The modern startup ecosystem has been evolving for decades – since the evolution of Silicon Valley from farmland to the hardware companies of the 60’s and 70’s – to the modern…
- Stacking the Deck – how to improve your odds of luck in the startup game – with Vlad Mkrtumyan of Logic Inbound · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 30We’ve talked a lot on the podcast about the importance of asymmetric upside – or luck – in helping to drive entrepreneurial success. Today’s guest, Vlad Mkrtumyan, has made…
- Funding Breakthroughs – with Mike Mills and Nick Spoors of Infinitary Fund · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 29Every startup needs to make money – but some startups are architected with a much bigger purpose in mind. Today’s guests, Mike Mills and Nick Spoors of Infinitary Fund – have…
- Vision, Timing, and Execution - with Ace Bhattacharjya of MedicalRecords.com · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 28Timing is one of the hardest challenges for founders. Execute an idea too soon – and you’ll run out of runway before someone gets there when the time is right. Execute it too…
- Removing Friction from the Funding Ecosystem - with Stephane Nasser of OpenVC · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 27One of the common themes I see with top entrepreneurs is that they find a way to get experience from multiple viewpoints within the startup ecosystem. Today’s guest, Stephane…
- Finding Your Entrepreneurial Superpower - with Peter Mann of Oransi · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 26Today’s guest, Peter Mann, found out that he had autism in a late diagnosis as an adult. But – buried in this so called diagnosis was actually the operator’s manual for his…
- From Nightclub Owner to Founder & Investor - with Shaun Gold of OpenVC · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 25There are a lot of paths into the world of entrepreneurship, but today’s guest has one of the most fascinating ones I’ve found yet. While running a popular Miami nightclub, Shaun…
- The Startup View from the Dean - with Elad Granot of Boler College · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 24I’ve gotten to talk with a lot of amazing founders on the show over the past 6 months. In today’s episode, I had the chance to speak to an expert with a unique vantage-point and…
