Mindset 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 …
Building in public, portfolio career, shipping creative projects ft. Karthik Puvvada, Build in Public Studio
Feb. 5, 2023
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…
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…
Launching 0-1 products, founders and fundraising, thinking in first principles ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy, Product Advisor | Founder | Host @ Good Time Show
Dec. 9, 2022
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…
Building better software, running experiments, 'agile' mindset ft. Allen Holub, Software Architect
Nov. 12, 2022
Building products is so much fun—at the same time, it’s equally exhausting and challenging with so many peers to work with, the market needs to look into, and a lot of processes to go by. While frameworks and techniques can …
Remote work, setting team culture, the 'work forward' approach ft. Marissa Goldberg, Remote Work Prep
Oct. 19, 2022
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
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 …
Product–founder–channel market fit, launching 0–1 products ft. Emily Tate, Mind the Product
Aug. 26, 2022
Launching the product you build involves massive effort—not just in terms of shipping, but also figuring out the ways in which your audience finds satisfaction with your product. Do they find value? Of course, it’s important…
Building early-stage teams, company, and culture ft. Padmini Janaki, Mind and Mom
July 1, 2022
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
#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 …
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…