Career Episodes

#30 Liminal goals, myths about 5-year career plans, power of community ft. Anne-Laure
Aug. 17, 2023

#30 Liminal goals, myths about 5-year career plans, power of community ft. Anne-Laure

Sponsor: Build in Public Fellowship by Karthik Puvvada (KP) - Apply to the program - https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ There’s so much joy in being able to think clearly—whether it’s cracking a tough decision, understandi…
#29 Chasing creative pursuits | Tech, fiction writing & filmmaking | AI ethics ft. Abigail Wen [Tech Lead, Author, Filmmaker]
July 18, 2023

#29 Chasing creative pursuits | Tech, fiction writing & filmmaking | AI ethics ft. Abigail Wen [Tech Lead, Author, Filmmaker]

There’s so much in parallel with tech and art—for instance, innovation starts with small steps, iteratively leading up to radical explorations. A lot of people today blend creative arts together with the principles grounded …
Portfolio careers, human Venn diagrams, diversifying interests ft. Christina Wallace (Harvard Univ)
April 2, 2023

Portfolio careers, human Venn diagrams, diversifying interests ft. Christina Wallace (Harvard Univ)

Innovation is what most of us immediately point to when it comes to product success—but how often have we innovated our own thinking? Have we ever discovered what it means to be at the intersection of interests, ideas, and i…
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The Founder's Foyer with Aishwarya Ashok
Portfolio careers, human Venn diagrams, diversifying interests ft. Christina Wallace (Harvard Univ)
Building in public, portfolio career, shipping creative projects ft. Karthik Puvvada, Build in Public Studio
Feb. 5, 2023

Building in public, portfolio career, shipping creative projects ft. Karthik Puvvada, Build in Public Studio

If you’ve been sharing stuff and reading through Twitter or LinkedIn, there’s so much buzz around building in public. Especially over the last couple of years, a lot of founders, solopreneurs and enthusiasts who worked on si…
The Founder's Foyer 2022 Wrap-up: All about ideas, community, product, creator economy, growth, and mindset
Dec. 25, 2022

The Founder's Foyer 2022 Wrap-up: All about ideas, community, product, creator economy, growth, and mindset

This is a summary episode where Aishwarya looks back at the memory lane and talks about the interesting concepts she got to discuss with 18+ guests on The Founder's Foyer show. For anyone starting afresh and the ones who are…
Launching 0-1 products, founders and fundraising, thinking in first principles ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy, Product Advisor | Founder | Host @ Good Time Show
Dec. 9, 2022

Launching 0-1 products, founders and fundraising, thinking in first principles ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy, Product Advisor | Founder | Host @ Good Time Show

Becoming a first-time founder is definitely fun, challenging, and more than anything a roller-coaster ride. Whether it’s transitioning from being an operator or scaling up a side project to something big, the energy and focu…
Remote work, setting team culture, the 'work forward' approach ft. Marissa Goldberg, Remote Work Prep
Oct. 19, 2022

Remote work, setting team culture, the 'work forward' approach ft. Marissa Goldberg, Remote Work Prep

If there’s one phrase we’ve heard over a thousand times in the last two years is — remote work. Or say hybrid work. From building and iterating on ideas by pulling out chairs, to virtually looking at each other’s faces on ti…
Action plans, growth mindset, high performance, and entrepreneurship ft. Lisa Kostova, CareerClimb
Sept. 27, 2022

Action plans, growth mindset, high performance, and entrepreneurship ft. Lisa Kostova, CareerClimb

Often as we build our products, we feel stuck and we are on the constant lookout for the next set of action plans. We seek some form of a structure to help us unblock challenges, understand the benchmark of the market we’re …
Future of builders, founder skills, startup journey ft. Sonia & Blake, Kernal
Aug. 6, 2022

Future of builders, founder skills, startup journey ft. Sonia & Blake, Kernal

In today’s Foyer Feature, let’s welcome Sonia and Blake from Kernal, the community platform to connect founders, investors and startup ideas. 15,000+ members, 1,500+ startup ideas, they are doing an amazing work in helping c…
Creator, content economy, and building your voice ft. Grace Gong, Smart Venture Podcast
July 22, 2022

Creator, content economy, and building your voice ft. Grace Gong, Smart Venture Podcast

How to stay consistent with the inputs especially when your interests are versatile? I loved chatting with Grace Gong on this topic, especially because she's been doing some amazing work with her podcast, sharing knowledge a…
Building early-stage teams, company, and culture ft. Padmini Janaki, Mind and Mom
July 1, 2022

Building early-stage teams, company, and culture ft. Padmini Janaki, Mind and Mom

If building a startup is an arduous journey, finding the right people to grow with you is another mountain to climb. Ideas can meet product, but both of these need to meet the right team to live the vision. But how to find t…
Foyer Feature: How to build a product community movement ft. Felix Lee & ADPList
June 21, 2022

Foyer Feature: How to build a product community movement ft. Felix Lee & ADPList

#FoyerFeature—a section that completely focuses on a particular project and how the founder created an impact with it. We’ll be discussing all about their journey, the way they come up with creative ideas, and patterns they …