Growth Episodes
Dec. 19, 2023
#35 Chasing the light, creating authentic content & power of serendipity ft. Danny Miranda (Podcaster & Creator)
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Nov. 23, 2023
#34 Accelerating product growth, user activation, and monetization ft. Adam Fishman (Product & Growth Advisor)
00:00 Introduction and Welcome 03:10 Adam's Journey into Product and Growth 09:06 The Role of AI in Growth 10:48 Understanding Different Aspects of Growth 14:13 The Impact of Branding on Growth 14:53 The Patreon Rebranding J…
Oct. 4, 2023
#32 Product thinking, creative resistance, & evaluating growth ft. Shreyas Doshi, Product Advisor (Ex- Stripe, Google, Yahoo, Twitter)
Being a founder or product person calls for enjoying the ride even when things are uncertain. While grit and passion are the regulars, it takes a few more skills like competence, agency, clarity of thought, to be able to nav…
June 6, 2023
#27 Team dynamics, personality traits, activating humans for real-world results ft. Evan LaPointe, Core (4x Founder)
Finding the right set of peers, building the dream team to work towards a vision, setting the table for growth—all of these are interrelated from the perspective of strengthening teams. However, there’s a layer of science be…
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April 26, 2023
#25 Creative entrepreneurship, business humour, social media habits and momentum ft. Alexis Gay (Founder & Standup Comedian)
There’s been an infinite number of times I’ve spoken to people about how a career in comedy and building products are similar: a journey that involves so much iteration, craft, and attention to detail. And dealing with audie…
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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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Feb. 22, 2023
Strategic communication, purpose of listening, speaking as a sport ft. Matt Abrahams, Stanford University
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 …
Jan. 21, 2023
Founders journal: Habits & goals, focus paths, decision-making ft. Dr. Julie Gurner, Exec Performance Coach
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…
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…
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 …
Sept. 11, 2022
First-time founder experience, fundraising, building side projects ft. John Koelliker, Leland
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, …
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…
July 29, 2022
Product growth and scaling for founders/builders ft. Casey Winters, Eventbrite (Ex- Pinterest & GrubHub)
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…
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…
July 5, 2022
Building community & connections from ground-up ft. Nazuk Jain, Apple & Product Career
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…