Growth Episodes
Strategic communication, purpose of listening, speaking as a sport ft. Matt Abrahams, Stanford University
Feb. 22, 2023
When was the last time you tried explaining an idea to your friend, co-founder, or teammate? Of course, it happens quite frequently for most of us, but looking back at the experience, at certain instances we spent more time …
Founders journal: Habits & goals, focus paths, decision-making ft. Dr. Julie Gurner, Exec Performance Coach
Jan. 21, 2023
With a new year setting in, most of us want to plan out our goals, look forward to high performance, and get ready to do our best form of work by either creating or shipping something live. As much as all the enthusiasm is i…
The Founder's Foyer 2022 Wrap-up: All about ideas, community, product, creator economy, growth, and mindset
Dec. 25, 2022
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…
Action plans, growth mindset, high performance, and entrepreneurship ft. Lisa Kostova, CareerClimb
Sept. 27, 2022
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 …
First-time founder experience, fundraising, building side projects ft. John Koelliker, Leland
Sept. 11, 2022
John Koelliker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Leland, a marketplace for ambitious people to access coaching, classes, mentorship, and community, to reach their career and educational goals. From growing in your career ladder, …
Future of builders, founder skills, startup journey ft. Sonia & Blake, Kernal
Aug. 6, 2022
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…
Product growth and scaling for founders/builders ft. Casey Winters, Eventbrite (Ex- Pinterest & GrubHub)
July 29, 2022
As soon as you put your product out in the market, the one major question that gets to you from literally everyone around is - how’s your product growing. “What’s your growth strategy?” “Does your product have network effect…
Creator, content economy, and building your voice ft. Grace Gong, Smart Venture Podcast
July 22, 2022
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 community & connections from ground-up ft. Nazuk Jain, Apple & Product Career
July 5, 2022
So you’ve got a great idea and you’ve been building out your initial version of the product. With a little bit of socializing around, you see that people are starting to gain interest in what you’re building—what next? Obvio…
Self-care for founders and builders ft. Amy Young, Redefine Possibility
June 8, 2022
When was the last time you thought of working on a new project? Choosing between ideas and actually getting to work on it are two different jobs for the ones who build stuff. Often we are left confused, exhausted, and unclea…