Startup Grind

Nov 29 2023 175 ep. 45 mins 9.5k

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Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. We bring like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. We do this daily through our local events, flagship conferences, startup program, partnerships, and online media + content - collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide.

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Exploring a classic American dream with Sid

Nov 29 2023 35 mins

Sid is the Co-founder of Circle. He immigrated to the US with the goal of building his company. After building Teachable as a founding engineer & VP of product, he decided to take the risk of leaving the job & hack on different ideas. Sid's journey is incredible - it's a classic "American Dream" story. We talk about his background, the big decisions he had to make & how he tackle

Making people live longer - exploring longevity with Alex from Age1

Nov 15 2023 23 mins

Longevity is one of the most interesting topics I've been curious about. Alex is the cofounder of Age1 - they catalyze contrarian, founder-led companies that will increase healthy human lifespan, yielding the most valuable companies to ever exist. Through their investments, they strive for counterfactual impact. They are creating a future where all people have agency over how lon

Building $3B+ Remote company, Remotely!

Nov 07 2023 24 mins

Job is the founder of Remote - Remote is one of the best platforms to manage payments, compliance and a lot more for globally distributed teams. Remote was founded in 2019 & has scaled to a $3B+ valuation in just a few years. In this interview, we'll chat about Job's experiences of what goes into building a large company, remotely.

$780M exit journey with Zain Jaffer

Oct 31 2023 21 mins

Meet Zain, he embarked on his entrepreneurial journey at just 14 years old during the internet's explosive growth. His company Vungle ended up being acquired by Brackstone for a whooping $750M in 2019. We chat about the challenges in early days of his journey as a founder, access to capital in the US as an immigrant & his relationship with money post acquisition. I loved getting t

Front row on Global Trends with Sid Mofya

Oct 25 2021 76 mins

Fireside chat with Sid Mofya, who serves as COO and Executive Director at the Draper Venture Network, a one-of-a-kind alliance of twenty-four independent venture firms spreading across the world’s key technology innovation centers and the world’s largest economies. All these unique firms are joined together as part of the Draper Venture Network’s mission to unify entrepreneur

Scaling Startups with Elad Gil

Sep 10 2021 40 mins

Fireside chat with Elad Gil, a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies including AirBnB, Pinterest, Square, and Stripe. Previously, Elad was the VP of corporate strategy at Twitter, as well as ran various product teams.

Fourth time Lucky with Vlad Magdalin (Webflow)

Aug 27 2021 49 mins

Fireside chat with Vlad Magdalin, Founder and CEO Webflow. Webflow empowers web designers to build professional, responsive, and custom websites in a completely visual canvas with no code.

Growing Globally with Thai Son (SmartOSC)

Aug 03 2021 40 mins

Fireside chat with Thai Son, Partner and CEO SmartOSC, a full-service e-commerce agency for leading brands. Thai Son went from helping his parents at a corner store in Havana to scaling a global tech business from zero to more than 600 people, achieving a constant 50%+ YoY growth.

The Art of Being A Founder with Henry Ward

Jul 23 2021 41 mins

Fireside chat with Henry Ward the CEO and co-founder of Carta, a company that continues to revolutionize the way founders, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.

Founders Space - #1 Incubator For Overseas Startups with Steve Hoffman

Jul 16 2021 45 mins

Fireside chat with Steve Hoffman(Captain Hoff), the Captain & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines.