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May 15, 2026 · 15:00 · S1E10

The EdTech Founder Bootstrapping AI for Higher Ed (Preeti Tanwar)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth AI and machine learning

In this episode, I'm joined by Preeti Tanwar, founder of HiEd Success, an Atlanta-based IT consulting firm and social enterprise serving US colleges and universities in data analytics and AI. …

May 14, 2026 · 16:29 · S1E9

Don't Hire That Full-Time CMO Yet — Here's Why (Eyal Dror)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth Cybersecurity Sales and marketing

In this episode, I'm joined by Eyal Dror, Founder of Vicious Marketing and CMO of Bright Security. We talk about his path from VP of Marketing at a gaming company …

May 12, 2026 · 38:26 · S1E8

Building a $235M SaaS Business by Being Human First (Nick Mehta)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth SaaS

In this episode, I'm joined by Nick Mehta, the former CEO of Gainsight and the executive who literally wrote the book on customer success. We trace the only-in-Silicon-Valley story behind …

May 07, 2026 · 23:08 · S1E7

"Be Afraid Every Day": 30 Years of Disruption in Capital Markets (Ashok Mittal)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth

In this episode, I'm joined by Ashok Mittal, founder and CEO of FinTech Global Center — a company he's been building for 30 years across consulting, trading-system development, and now …

May 05, 2026 · 32:31

PodcastFrom Phone Hacking in the 80s to OT Cybersecurity (Patrick Miller)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth Cybersecurity

In this episode, I'm joined by Patrick Miller, Founder and CEO of Ampyx Cyber. We talk about what OT cybersecurity actually covers (the SCADA controllers running your local water plant, …

May 04, 2026 · 18:08 · S1E5

From Coca-Cola & Unilever to an AI Startup at 60 (Stan Sthanunathan)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth AI and machine learning Career transitions

Stan is a rare kind of founder. He spent decades at the highest levels of enterprise consumer insights, including a long senior tenure at Unilever and significant work at Coca-Cola, …

May 04, 2026 · 36:50 · S1E4

The $57M Bet on Blockchain Identity (Rohan Pinto)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth

In this episode, I'm joined by Rohan Pinto, co-founder of 1Kosmos. We trace the evolution of identity management from LDAP and single sign-on to blockchain-based biometric authentication, and how 1Kosmos …

May 04, 2026 · 14:11 · S1E3

300% Year-Over-Year: The AI Content Machine for Law Firms (John Fly)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth AI and machine learning Sales and marketing

In this episode, I'm joined by John Fly, CTO of FirmPilot — a VC-backed AI platform automating marketing for law firms. John shares how 30 years in tech (starting as …

May 04, 2026 · 25:39 · S1E2

The 4-Time Exited Founder Going for the Fifth (Peter Pezaris)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth

In this episode, I'm joined by Peter Pezaris, a four-time exiting founder now building his fifth, Vortex Software, out of San Francisco. Peter walks us through 25 years of building …

May 04, 2026 · 35:39 · S1E1

The 3am LinkedIn Slip That Started Metadata.io (Gil Allouche)

Founder stories, tech, startups, entrepreneurship, business, business growth Sales and marketing

In this episode, I'm joined by Gil Allouche, Founder and CEO of Metadata.io. We talk about how Gil turned a $50,000 side project at Spotfire into a $1.5M business in …