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A Product Market Fit Show

Episode summaries:
Strategy

How Graphite Hit $1M ARR After a Pivot

June 4, 2025

Merrill Lutsky shares how Graphite scaled after multiple pivots and key feedback loops.

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Fundraising

Bootstrapping to $1B ARR Without VC Funding

May 29, 2025

Dax Dasilva on scaling Lightspeed, pricing strategies, and bold leadership.

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Strategy

How Carbon6 Hit $210M Without New Ideas

May 20, 2025

Kazi Ahmed reveals how fast execution beat invention in scaling Carbon6 to a $210M exit.

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Distribution

How a Side Project Reached 50,000 Restaurants

May 18, 2025

Jordan Boesch shares growing 7shifts from a family project to a major platform for restaurant scheduling.

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Miscellaneous

Startup Chaos: Neumann Returns, AI Booms

May 17, 2025

Scandals, funding frenzy & AI hype dominate April startup news.

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Fundraising

How Public.com Took on Robinhood and Won

May 17, 2025

Jannick Malling shares how Public.com scaled to millions with focus and community.

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Finding PMF

How Bold Founders Thrive with Constraints

May 16, 2025

Lessons from founders who grew big by embracing limits.

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Strategy

From $29 to $100M: Jobber’s Climb

May 5, 2025

Forrest Zeisler shares how Jobber grew steadily to $100M ARR.

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Strategy

How Obsession with NPS Drove $10M ARR Growth

May 2, 2025

Koen Droste shares how focusing on NPS saved and scaled Polarsteps after major user loss.

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Fundraising

How a VC Picks Founders to Back

April 21, 2025

Gopi Rangan shares his framework for evaluating founders, pitches, and serious investors.

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Fundraising

Preventing Heart Attacks with AI Imaging

April 15, 2025

How Dr. Min built Cleerly to detect heart disease early.

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Strategy

How Retention.com Hit $25M ARR Without Funding

April 11, 2025

Adam Robinson reveals the keys to scaling a bootstrapped SaaS to $25M ARR and $14M profit with just six people.

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Strategy

Why Startup Quitters Often Win Big

April 8, 2025

Fake traction, real secondaries—how to win early in startups.

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Fundraising

How Clutch Rebounded From a 97% Downround

April 8, 2025

Dan Park shares how Clutch grew to $400M ARR after near failure.

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Strategy

How LinkedIn Grew His SaaS to $4M ARR

April 6, 2025

Noah Greenberg shares the exact LinkedIn playbook behind scaling Stacker to $4M ARR without pitching.

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Strategy

From Founder's Split to $2M ARR with 5 People

March 31, 2025

Jon Yoo shares surviving a founder breakup and scaling Suger to $2M ARR with lean discipline and key customers.

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Fundraising

From 40 Rejections to $100M Raised

March 30, 2025

Edo Liberty explains how Pinecone overcame VC rejection to raise $100M and become essential to AI apps.

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Strategy

Mastering Product-Led Growth with Wes Bush

March 29, 2025

Wes Bush shares PLG strategies, common pitfalls, and onboarding fixes.

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Strategy

Secrets to Scaling and Investing with Jason Van Gaal

February 4, 2025

Jason Van Gaal reveals insights on scaling ROOT, achieving a major exit, and key qualities he seeks when investing in founders.

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Fundraising

The Early-Stage Fundraising Playbook Unpacked

January 27, 2025

Step-by-step guide to raising your first rounds of funding.

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Fundraising

Early-Stage Fundraising Tips: Securing Your First Rounds

January 24, 2025

Learn how to craft pitches, find investors, and plan your early-stage fundraising strategy effectively.

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Strategy

Why Timely Pivots Matter: Lessons from Startup Failure

January 17, 2025

Learn why misaligned buyer priorities and delayed pivots led to an EdTech startup's closure with insights from Darius Vaillancourt.

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Strategy

Startup Pivot to $1.1B Exit in 2.5 Years

January 13, 2025

Zach Abrams shares how resilience and pivots led to Bridge’s $1.1B acquisition by Stripe in just 2.5 years.

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Finding PMF

5 Steps to Product-Market Fit with Chris Saad

January 12, 2025

Discover Chris Saad's 5 actionable steps to achieve product-market fit: research, focus, engagement, prioritization, and fast pivoting.

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Strategy

Top 5 Startup Lessons for 2025 Success

January 3, 2025

Explore key insights on achieving product-market fit from interviews with 100+ founders: team size, pay, funding, burn rate, and value creation.

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