Founder Chats

Jul 12 2022 44
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Each week we sit down with a different founder to talk shop. Get honest, insightful looks in to how other founders run their businesses.

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A Holistic Approach to Financial Forecasting with Bijan Moallemi

Jul 12 2022 52 mins  
This week we talk with Bijan Moallemi, co-founder of Mosaic Finance. You’ll hear about the importance of creating accurate financial models, how to approach forecasting as an iterative process, how to adjusting forecasts to your team, and more!

Escaping the Analysis Paralysis of Managing Personal Finances with Will Peng

Jun 14 2022 60 mins  
In this week’s episode of Founder Chats, we talk to Will Peng from Northstar about his journey from the VC world to founding a startup, finding the right career direction through intuition and self-driven learning, combating the culture of shame around personal finance and more!

Ownership Mentality: How to Tackle Problems Proactively as a Growing Team with Jon Penland

May 24 2022 78 mins  
In this week’s episode, we talk to Kinsta COO Jon Penland about creating a positive company culture, hiring for mentality over experience, and re-allocating tasks in a growing team.

The Advantages of Open Source Platforms with Douwe Mann

May 03 2022 54 mins  
In this week’s episode, we talk to Douwe Mann about his journey building Meltano, the benefits of open source platforms, and embracing user collaboration.

Cutting Time Wasters and Using Resources Efficiently with Bryan Clayton

Apr 19 2022 47 mins  
This week we talk with Bryan Clayton, founder @GreenPal. You’ll hear about: How to reduce wasted time and resources Hiring the right number of employees for your business Triaging & resolving problems in order of importance And more!

How to Develop the Products Your Customers Actually Need with Aran Khanna

Apr 05 2022 52 mins  
This week we talk with Aran Khanna, founder of Archera about how to develop the product your customers actually need, understanding the net societal impact of your product, the future of automation in the cloud and more!

Selling Online Businesses and Growing a Global Team with Justin Cooke

Mar 23 2022 73 mins  
This week, we talk with Empire Flippers Founder and CMO Justin Cooke about how to bounce back after a business fails, working with a remote team based all around the world, fetching the best price for your SaaS business & more!

Innovating the Translating Industry with Matija Kovač

Mar 08 2022 64 mins  
We talk with Taia Translations cofounder Matija Kovač about growing from 2 to 30+ team members, pivoting from a translation service business to SaaS, how to prioritize dev resources with shareholder feedback and more!

Eliminating Passwords with Reed McGinley-Stempel

Feb 22 2022 59 mins  
We talk with Sytych cofounder Reed McGinley-Stempel about the unique challenges of building an API company, addressing a pain point felt by both customers and developers, how the framework of "go slow to go fast" helped Reed build a strong foundation for his team + infrastructure, and more!

How Leaders Should Use Data with Benn Stancil

Feb 08 2022 59 mins  
In this episode, we talk with Mode Analytics cofounder Benn Stancil about his journey from a government think tank to Mode, balancing data with other instincts, why leaders should use data to make decisions, not consensus, and more!