Founding Journey
by Michael Houck
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How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million In 2 Minutes
How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million In 2 Minutes
About this podcast
Interviews with world-class startup founders about their unique paths to uncover tactical insights they've learned about how to fundraise, grow, validate, hire, scale, and lead teams while building your startup.
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Episodes
- How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million In 2 Minutes · 59 minArjun built a $100M startup by helping other founders incorporate and start their own. Along the way he went through Y Combinator and built an audience of over 80,000 people on X…
- How Stella Garber Raised $5M To Build An AI Task Manager · 59 minStella has worked in startups her entire career. She started previous companies and even got the opportunity to join Trello as an early employee. She scaled with the company all…
- How Sahil Chopra Went from Doctor to Startup Founder · 51 minSahil Chopra left his medical practice after being trained at Harvard and UCLA to become a startup founder. Now, he's solving the silent sleep epidemic alongside his brother. 📚…
- How Adam Nathan Went from $0 to $10M Revenue in 15 Months · 1 h 6 minAdam Nathan raised $45M at a $150M valuation for his startup, Almanac. But then he realized he needed to pivot… and he pulled it off. He's now on track to go from 0 - $10M in…
- Luke Sophinos: From Thiel Fellow to $27M Vertical SaaS Startup · 48 minThis is how Luke got a $100,000 investment to drop out of college and turned it into a $27 million startup. He breaks down how to identify and build your own vertical SaaS…
- How Aleksandr Volodarsky Accidentally Created a $16M Business · 57 minAleksandr helped one person hire an engineer. A few years later, it's turned into a $16 million, largely bootstrapped business. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) →…
- How Pujun Bhatnagar Doubled His Startup’s Valuation to $75M… in 3 Months · 1 h 18 minPujun Bhatnagar dropped out of Stanford, Harved, and MIT to build startups. He decided to build in an unsexy industry and it worked. He doubled Kintsugi’s valuation to $75M in 3…
- How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped to a $10 Million Exit · 1 h 2 minThis is how Tibo Louis-Lucas built a new startup every month... until one took off and turned into a $10 million exit. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) →…
- How Adam Alpert Went from 0 to 1,000 Signups Per Day · 1 h 16 minThis is how Adam raised over $3 million for his hiring startup Pangea.app, and why he won’t need to raise again. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow…
- Founders Who Raised $447 Million on... Community · 23 minFounders who've collectively raised $450 million for their startups explain how their success came from their network and community. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) →…
- Why Adam Renklint Raised $137M... and Gave it Back · 51 minThis is how Adam raised $137 million for his startup, Pitch, but then turned it into a cashflowing business instead. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow…
- How James Evans Turned A College Project Into a Y Combinator-backed Startup · 54 minThis is how James raised $24 million and reached 20 million users for his startup, Command AI, with contrarian ideas. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow…
- How Zayd Ali Sold His First Startup in High School · 1 h 0 minThis is how Zayd Ali sold his first company in high school and immediately started a new one in AI, called Valley, that has raised over $3 million already. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks…
- How Dara Ladjevardian Built an AI Clone Generator · 55 minThis is how Dara sold his first startup to build an AI that can clone anyone online, and raised funding from Keith Rabois for it. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) →…
- Why Andrew Yeung Left His $300K Job at Google to Build a Startup · 1 h 7 minThis is how Andrew left his dream job at Google to become the Gatsby of NYC's startup scene, all while securing a permanent visa. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) →…
- How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup · 1 h 23 minThis is how Sam raised $67M for his startup, Levels, and helped turn one of his co-founders into a successful influencer with nearly a million followers. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks…
- How Steven Galanis Grew Cameo into a $1 Billion Unicorn · 1 h 6 minThis is how Steven scaled his startup, Cameo, to become a $1 billion unicorn and how the company has changed since. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow…
- How Tyler Denk Raised $50 Million to Build Beehiiv · 49 minThis is how Tyler raised $50 million for his startup, beehiiv, to power the newsletter revolution. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Tyler's journey: 📝…
- Welcome to the Founding Journey podcast! · 1 h 23 minWelcome to the Founding Journey podcast! Each Thursday, Michael Houck will interview world-class startup founders about their unique paths to uncover tactical insights they've…
