A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders

He introduced his buyers to VCs instead of pitching them—then closed 20 deals in a row and a $20M Series A | Jonathan Awad, Co-Founder & CEO of Baselayer

He runs 3 dinners a week instead of cold outbound—and closes $500K+ ARR deals. | Nick Fleisher, Co-Founder & CEO of Sandstone

Revenue fell from $25M to $8M—so he raised $75M in crowdfunding and ignored VCs. | Dan Novaes, Co-Founder & CEO of Mode Mobile

He turned off a product with 20M users and went from 70 people to 7—then raised a $45M Series A. | Keith Peiris, Co-Founder & CEO of Lightfield

VCs chased crypto and passed on his “boring” startup—then he raised $385M at a $2B valuation. | Aaron Schumm, Founder & CEO of Vestwell

He sold his $10M business to bet on a side app—then grew it to $20M ARR. | Andrew Antos, Co-Founder & CEO of Within

He spent $0 on marketing for 2 years—then raised $400M at a $3.25B valuation. | AJ Loiacono, Co-Founder & CEO of Judi Health

He spent $150K on brand before he had a product—then closed $1.5M ARR in 1 month. | Niklas Lindgren, Co-Founder & CEO of Endra

He lost all 5 of his first deals—then built the next Looker and raised $250M. | Colin Zima, Co-Founder of Omni

He fired almost everyone, kept 2 engineers—then grew 12x and raised a $30M Series A. | Rafael Broshi, Co-Founder of Notch

He worked out of a police department for free for a year—then built a $6.8B company. | Ben Rudolph, Co-Founder of Peregrine

1st-time solo founder does 90 interviews in 90 days—closes a $25M Series A 2 years in. | Damien Lewke, Founder of Nebulock

Achieving product-market fit in B2B cybersecurity requires a relentless commitment to continuous customer discovery and proactive problem-solving. Damien Lewke, founder of Nebulock, emphasizes that founders should prioritize deep engagement with prospects over static solutions, utilizing methods like his "90-90-90" int...

He tries 1,000 ideas a decade & kills nearly all—that's how X built Waymo & Google Brain. | Astro Teller, CEO of Moonshots at X (Alphabet)

He raised $75M—but kept his team to 21 people & pays everyone the same salary. | Cos Nicolaescu, Co-Founder of Accrual

He quit Stripe and hit $10M ARR in 4 years—with $0 marketing spend. | Anurag Goel, Founder of Render

He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk

He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. | Dan Mishin, Founder of Manifest

He churned 100% of his revenue on purpose—then grew 10x to $2M ARR in under 12 months. | Ali Khokhar, Founder of Amigo AI

He hit $1M ARR by sending 500,000 cold emails—then raised a $25M Series A in 6 days. | Mark Hughes, Co-Founder of Solidroad

Q1 2026 w/Carta: What you need to raise a Series A. | Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta