Episodes
Cognitive science, AI algorithms, augmenting founder creativity ft. Alice Albrecht, AI Researcher & Founder
March 19, 2023
What’s the best way to unlock creativity? Does our mind have the power to process so many thoughts and references? How does AI help in creating, building, and sharing ideas as founders and creators? Some of these questions a…
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…
User experience, design strategy, tipping point, and success metrics ft. Jared Spool, Center Centre
Nov. 25, 2022
User experience is a huge part of ideating, building, and shipping products. Usability defines not just the value of a software but the way teams and companies are going towards the vision they want to achieve. How do you al…
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…
Strategic narrative, startup pitches, storytelling for founders ft. Andy Raskin, Silicon Valley storytelling mastermind
Oct. 4, 2022
Whether it’s meeting a founder friend, a potential hire, investor, customers, or even a bunch of product team leads, there’s one thing that stands out–the ‘narrative’ you want to tell, the story of what you’re building and w…
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, …
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…
Product management skills, personal productivity & founder career ft. Shyvee Shi, LinkedIn
Aug. 13, 2022
Building and shipping impactful products is definitely the enjoyable part of a product manager’s journey. It’s fun to think about what problems to work on, putting on the founder’s mindset from time to time or working with f…
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…
Product positioning and storytelling for founders and builders ft. April Dunford, Obviously Awesome
July 15, 2022
So your product is now launched and it's out for customers to try. You know it’s awesome, but do you know whether they know? How do you ensure your potential buyers understand the value you’re providing; do they care? Often …
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…
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 …
Discovering and validating early-stage ideas ft. Ravi Mehta, Scale
June 13, 2022
Discovering ideas is definitely an exciting phase—we wake up, walk around, and go to sleep thinking about the best ideas we can build for. But, what happens to all those ideas? Do we really have a tried and tested way to pic…
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…