Apr 13 2025 81 mins
Episode 357: Justin Gordon interviews Dave Fontenot, Founder of HF0, the residency for repeat founders. At HF0, 10 teams live in a 20,000-square-foot mansion in San Francisco for 12 weeks to build their life's work. During the residency, everything is taken care of for them, healthy meals are provided daily, and founders can focus solely on building their company. The quality of these founders is awe-inspiring, with many teams reaching $2M-$3M in ARR by demo day.
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Show Notes:
00:00 What’s coming in the episode…
1:22 Introduction
2:49 What is HF0?
6:00 Dave’s background
9:57 Dave’s vision
15:12 Early days of HF0
19:35 From MHacks to HF0
24:53 First ever concept of HF0
27:46 Second batch
32:58 Dave’s take on inner work
37:23 From New York to San Francisco
40:05 Funding HF0
48:29 Putting the teams together
1:05:40 The success of HF0
1:10:23 On the lookout for a GP
1:11:57 Dave’s hypothesis on why HF0 worked
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