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Chapter № 019 Feb 11, 2025 •38:12

S10 E19: Generative Remixes: Scaling Social Music Creation Tools and Unlocking Fair Artist Monetization with Simmi Singh, COO & Chief Product Officer of Hook Music

Growth Strategy LLM & Generative AI AI Integration

Simmi Singh grew up in Australia, when her parents migrated from India. She studied law and finance at university, and then went into investment banking during some tumultuous …

Chapter Jan 23, 2025 •20:43

S10 Bonus: Utilizing Group-Photo Interactivity and Visual Memory Scrapbooks to Drive Lifetime Campus Engagement with Eric Leebow, Founder & CEO of FreezeCrowd

Marketplace Growth Strategy EdTech

Eric Leebow was born in New Jersey, and bounced around a few states growing up. He has always been a gadget and tech enthusiast, growing up curious. At …

Chapter Jan 16, 2025 •24:21

S10 Bonus: The Data-Driven GTM Engine: Transitioning from Traditional Sales to Product-Led Growth and Agentic Analytics with Thomas Hansen, President of Amplitude

Data Engineering Growth Strategy AI Agents

Thomas Hansen was born and raised in Denmark. He's also lived in South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and then Seattle. He is married to his wife Ingrid, with 3 …

Chapter Dec 19, 2024 •31:30

S10 Bonus: The Value Pricing Revolution: Overthrowing the Hourly Hamster Wheel and Maximizing Profits for Solo Consultants with Jonathan Stark, Author of "Hourly Billing Is Nuts"

Bootstrapping Founder Story Growth Strategy

Jonathan Stark is based in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended the Berkeley College or Music, with a dual major in song writing. He ended up going back to …

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Chapter № 010 Nov 12, 2024 •24:45

S10 E10: The Universal Cart Breakthrough: Overcoming Retail Fragmentation to Build the Ultimate Cross-Platform Online Shopping Wishlist with William Neill, Co-Founder of Basket

Product Development Marketplace Growth Strategy

William Neill had an interesting childhood in New Zealand, rooted in being an entrepreneur. As a kid, he helped write business plans with his parents, or build makery …

Chapter Oct 17, 2024 •28:32

S10 Bonus: Overcoming the 75% Failure Rate with Rigid Process Mapping and Strategic Co-Sourcing Architecture with Elkhan Shabanov, CEO of Digicode Americas

Staffing & Resources Software Architecture Growth Strategy

Elkhan Shabanov was born in the Soviet Union, and started out in the tech world. He eventually left tech to try some other types of businesses, but eventually …

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Chapter № 023 May 07, 2024 •18:59

S9 E23: The $120M War Chest Shift: Overthrowing Legacy Payment Bottlenecks and Accelerating the Path to Fintech Unicorn Status with Vlad Sadovskiy, Founder & CEO of Netevia

Fintech Growth Strategy Payments & Billing

Vlad Sadovskiy is a first generation immigrant from the Ukraine in the early 1990's. He has been in the payments space for 30+ years, so he knows a …

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Chapter № 022 Apr 30, 2024 •23:59

S9 E22: From Meeting His Co-Founder on Tinder to Leading a YC Startup in a War Zone: Scaling an On-Demand Creative Marketplace Under Fire with Roman Sevast, Co-founder & President of Awesomic

Marketplace Founder Story Growth Strategy

Roman Sevast was born in a small city in Ukraine. When he met his girlfriend, he wanted to take her out to dinner - but he didn't have …

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Chapter № 020 Apr 16, 2024 •24:14

S9 E20: Investor Attraction Blueprint: Overthrowing Legacy Outreach and Engineering Founder-First Public Relations Engine with Michael Hummel, Co-Founder & CEO of Establish

B2B Founder Story Growth Strategy

Michael Hummel has a different perspective on tech and startups than most people in this realm. His background dis in marketing, and prior to his current venture, he …

Chapter Mar 28, 2024 •36:36

S9 Bonus: From Wall Street Institutional Research to Coaching Top-Tier Fortune 100 Executives: Mastering the S-Curve of Growth with Amy Frame and Whitney Johnson, Co-founders of Disruption Advisors

Engineering Leadership Growth Strategy Team Building

Whitney Johnson graduated college with a degree in Music, minoring in English. Of course, she needed a job, and became the secretary to a broker on Wall Street. …

Chapter Mar 21, 2024 •25:00

S9 Bonus: The Dorm Room to $20M Supply Chain Shift: Overthrowing Distribution Dinosaurs and Automating Healthcare Procurement with Luká Yancopoulos, Co-Founder & CEO of Grapevine

Automation Growth Strategy Supply Chain

Luka Yancopoulos lives in New York City, and believes whole heartedly in doing well by doing good. He grew up in the early 2000's, where the focal point …

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Chapter № 015 Mar 12, 2024 •22:56

S9 E15: Scaling From an Internal Hackathon Project to a Multi-Million Dollar Global Knowledge Layer with Saravana Kumar, Founder & CEO of Kovai.co & Document360

SaaS Founder Story Growth Strategy

Saravana Kumar is from India, near Chennai, but moved to London 23 years ago. He loves to play badminton, and is very into high quality cars. One of …