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Your pitch is *not* your message.
May 7, 2026
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4 min read
“The burning question is the moat.”
Apr 20, 2026
2 min read
“Nobody is going to take care of you. Nobody.”
Feb 25, 2026
“You're probably gonna fail, but you should probably try to do it.”
Feb 10, 2026
"I love founders who are coachable."
Feb 2, 2026
Why high-conviction founders plan for uncertainty
Jan 29, 2026
5 min read
A candid conversation about building in unstable technical markets
Jan 28, 2026
Why deep domain knowledge can be the best wedge against entrenched incumbents
Jan 27, 2026
3 min read
Founders in emerging markets face different constraints. Here’s how one ecosystem builder helps them scale.
Jan 23, 2026
What changes when you don’t start at the same starting line
Jan 13, 2026
6 min read
Lanai CEO Lexi Reese on customer discovery, focus, and fundraising
Jan 7, 2026
A practical guide to building startups in regulated systems
Dec 23, 2025
7 min read
"I would argue that there was probably more risk in this startup than most."
Dec 3, 2025
10 min read
“The one question I would want to know is: how big do you want to build this?”
Nov 24, 2025
If you don’t like who’s in the kitchen, it’s time to leave the party.
Nov 15, 2025
If you don’t believe in synchronicity, you will by the end of this episode.
Nov 14, 2025
“The company that you held shares in: if it went to zero, would you regret that you didn't sell?"
Mar 7, 2025
“PR should be done at the very beginning, right from the very start.”
Feb 26, 2025
“We're getting a bit more creative in Africa around funding for startups.”
Feb 24, 2025
“We identified a pain point in corporate America that people often experience frustration with.”
Feb 12, 2025
"Reading the room is knowing when somebody already agrees with you.”
Jan 27, 2025
“We're not wasting time on wheel spinning.”
Jan 17, 2025
“The peer connection that founders have? It’s almost trauma bonding.”
Dec 23, 2024
“People determine the outcome of a company.”
Dec 22, 2024
“A lot of the pitches I get are basically two people, a PowerPoint deck, and their dog."
Dec 17, 2024
"Part of it is getting a handle on cash flow and spend.”
Dec 16, 2024
”You are the expert. We're a sounding board. “
Dec 12, 2024
"Don't pitch a technology. Pitch a story."
Dec 10, 2024
“We create a vessel that will carry the story into the marketplace.”
Nov 25, 2024
CEO/co-founder Justin Fiaschetti: “Fundamentally, we're making a new market.”
Nov 20, 2024
“Our motto is: ‘go towards where it hurts.’ Go fix it.”
Nov 1, 2024
"It’s much harder to be mediocre at a small startup," says TigerEye CEO/co-founder Tracy Young.
Oct 31, 2024
Hot takes are lazy, but indulge me — I wrote this on my birthday.
Oct 23, 2024
La capitalista de riesgo Laura González-Estéfani habla sobre la creación de startups fuera de Silicon Valley
Oct 22, 2024
TheVentureCity’s Laura González-Estéfani on building outside Silicon Valley
“I always really love when it is clear to me that founders have profound empathy.”
Oct 15, 2024
“You can sell a problem long before you have a viable solution for it.”
Oct 7, 2024
From tech worker to tech founder: Lessons from Naveen Rao (VP Generative AI, Databricks)
Oct 1, 2024
"Could this company be a $100 billion company? Could it be a trillion-dollar company?”
Sep 25, 2024
“I think you just have to develop a thick skin as a founder.”
Sep 18, 2024
“PR is like gasoline on the fire, but the fire has to be lit already.”
Sep 17, 2024
“I think we're six to twelve months away from the trough of disillusionment.”
Sep 12, 2024
“Entrepreneurship, especially at the early stage, is an extremely multidisciplinary task.”
Sep 6, 2024
"I actually write every day, because I want it to feel urgent.”
Aug 28, 2024
“Tech is as perishable as fruits and vegetables you can procure from Trader Joe's.”
Aug 27, 2024
"There's no doubt in my mind that no one can forecast the future."
Aug 26, 2024
"You're going to have to be creative," says Stoovo CEO/co-founder Hantz Févry.
Aug 23, 2024
“If you think of payment, it's just a kind of friction.”
Aug 16, 2024
Exploring early-stage trends with Kevin Weber, managing partner, Amex Ventures
Aug 14, 2024
"You absolutely should be finding mundane, hard problems that are not solved well by enterprise technologies."
Aug 13, 2024
Deb Kemper, managing partner, Golden Seeds Ventures
Aug 7, 2024
VAST Data CEO/founder Renen Hallak on early-stage customer discovery + acquisition
Aug 6, 2024
"Be brief, be bold, be gone. Get your point across and then move on.”
Jul 17, 2024
"A lot of founders... assume that all money is good money."
Jul 12, 2024
"I'm typically looking for ways to make myself as available as possible."
Jul 11, 2024
"Our mission is to accelerate groundbreaking startups. It's about the startups."
"In order to fit the program, you need to be willing to come and learn."
Jul 9, 2024
Here are the three goals I've set for Fund/Build/Scale.
Jun 27, 2024
“Whatever you don't have, you can always find it in someone else.”
Advice from Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra and DevRev CEO Dheeraj Pandey
Jun 18, 2024
"My TAM calculation was a bit amateur in the early years."
Jun 7, 2024
"Someone we know suggested we use the frame, 'minimum lovable product.'"
"That million-dollar mark may not be sufficient if it took a long time."
Episode 8: Securiti CEO Rehan Jalil on scaling to $1M ARR (and beyond)
May 14, 2024
"Start by putting pen to paper and just creating a first version of something."
May 6, 2024
"Rarely is the first idea the right idea.”
May 1, 2024
