Episodes

March 9, 2024

#38 The creative craft ft. AI, humor & product | Peter Yang (Founder, Creator Economy & Product Lead)

00:00 Intro to Peter Yang and Creator Economy 01:21 The Intersection of Product and Creative Tracks 05:14 Finding Your Zone of Genius 12:34 How to Use Humor in Communication 18:30 Defining Success in the Creator Economy 22:0…
Feb. 4, 2024

#37 Mountain climbing to product building—Endurance, Empathy & Rituals ft. Lane Shackleton (CPO, Coda | Athlete)

00:00 Introduction to Lane 01:14 Lane's Nonlinear Career Path 04:09 How Endurance Helps With Success 12:51 Importance of Mindset in Product Building 23:19 Power of Shipping and Learning by Making 26:49 The Origin of the 'Rit…
Jan. 20, 2024

#36 Building, launching, and growing your creative work (& career) ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy (CPO, Podcaster, Angel Investor, Founder)

00:00 Introduction to Aarthi 01:38 A Deep Dive into Creation 02:22 The Importance of Focusing on Value 02:43 The Evolution of The Aarthi and Shriram Show 07:20 Persistence in Creative Work 18:15 The Importance of Genuine Con…
Dec. 19, 2023

#35 Chasing the light, creating authentic content & power of serendipity ft. Danny Miranda (Podcaster & Creator)

Sponsor for this episode: Recast, the AI-powered marketing assistant to create podcast highlight videos, show notes, newsletters, and social posts. Try - https://recast.studio/ ----------- All of us like to meet interesting …
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. 18, 2023

#33 Fostering creativity, diversifying identities, overcome mental blocks ft. Matt Munson (2x Founder & CEO Coach)

0:00 Intro to Matt Munson's work 03:51 Story of ups and downs in starting up 08:20 Moving to coaching founders and CEOs & learnings 12:26 Tackling intellectual loneliness and building a trusted community 25:42 Freedom to exp…
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…
Sept. 18, 2023

#31 Building AI Copilot for PM teams, product/market fit, next-gen tech ft. Yana Welinder (Founder, Kraftful | YC Alum)

Building products is such a fun journey—especially if users are involved early in the process that it feels like co-creating and riding the wave with them. There’s also racing against the advancements in technology, thanks t…
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…
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 …
June 26, 2023

#28 Startup brand strategy, product messaging, early-stage marketing ft. Arielle Jackson (First Round Capital)

What’s the hardest part about starting up, you ask? Plenty of them. And topping the charts, amongst the top three things, would be—nailing the branding and go-to-market strategy. While our entire focus is on the target audie…
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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May 11, 2023

#26 Large language models, AI applications, open source, future of AI ft. Travis Fischer (AI researcher & Entrepreneur)

If there’s one phrase that’s ruling all of our social media experiences today, it’s Open AI’s GPT. It’s amazing to see the wonders of large language models kick in with everyday user experience, and the best part is that we’…
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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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March 19, 2023

Cognitive science, AI algorithms, augmenting founder creativity ft. Alice Albrecht, AI Researcher & Founder

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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Nov. 25, 2022

User experience, design strategy, tipping point, and success metrics ft. Jared Spool, Center Centre

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…
Nov. 12, 2022

Building better software, running experiments, 'agile' mindset ft. Allen Holub, Software Architect

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 …
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…