Videos

Dec. 26, 2022

The Founder's Foyer 2022 Wrap-up: 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 looking to revisit specific episodes, this is a primer on…

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Dec. 24, 2022

What top CEOs focus on and what should we be learning? Ft. Grace Gong

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Dec. 13, 2022

First-time founder vs second-time founder: General patterns ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy |

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 focus are unparalleled. So, what’s it like to hit the start button for foundership? What are…

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Dec. 10, 2022

Launching 0-1 products, founder & fundraising, first principles ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy [FULL EPISODE]

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 focus are unparalleled. So, what’s it like to hit the start button for foundership? What are…

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Dec. 7, 2022

The ride of an operator turned founder: Early product stories ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy

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 focus are unparalleled. So, what’s it like to hit the start button for foundership? What are…

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Dec. 1, 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 align product folks towards putting UX at their centre focus? And…

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Nov. 26, 2022

How to associate user experience design with product 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 align product folks towards putting UX at their centre focus? And…

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Nov. 24, 2022

How usability should drive the intent behind a product ft. Jared Spool | The Founder's Foyer

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 align product folks towards putting UX at their centre focus? And…

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Nov. 14, 2022

Monetizing what you’re building (examples from Pinterest, Eventbrite) ft. Casey Winters

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Nov. 13, 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 be compelling to share, they are hard to standardize for…

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Nov. 12, 2022

Software teams: A counter take on 'accountability' for teamwork ft. Allen Holub

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 be compelling to share, they are hard to standardize for…

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Nov. 9, 2022

Why the 'fail fast' approach is no longer effective for product teams ft. Allen Holub

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 be compelling to share, they are hard to standardize for…

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Nov. 5, 2022

People-first vs company-first approach in remote teams ft. Marissa Goldberg - thefoundersfoyer.com

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Oct. 29, 2022

Remote work, setting team culture, the 'work forward' approach ft. Marissa Goldberg [FULL EPISODE]

If there’s one phrase we’ve heard over a thousand times in the last two years, it 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 tiles—we’ve done it all. But there’s a whole…

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Oct. 27, 2022

Being people-first vs company-first: How to prioritize ft. Marissa Goldberg | The Founder's Foyer

If there’s one phrase we’ve heard over a thousand times in the last two years, it 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 tiles—we’ve done it all. But there’s a whole…

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Oct. 26, 2022

Remote work: Things that we still get wrong and the reason behind ft. Marissa Goldberg

If there’s one phrase we’ve heard over a thousand times in the last two years, it 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 tiles—we’ve done it all. But there’s a whole…

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Oct. 10, 2022

How to relate with identity when starting a new thing ft. Lisa Kostova (Founder, ex- VP Pdt, valley)

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Oct. 8, 2022

Strategic narrative, startup pitches, storytelling for founders ft. Andy Raskin [FULL EPISODE]

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 why you’re building that. Strategic narrative binds all the folks who are directly…

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Oct. 5, 2022

What's a strategic narrative? 5-point framework to discover your product's narrative ft. Andy Raskin

Andrew Raskin is a Silicon Valley storytelling mastermind. Andy helps C-suite leaders and leadership teams align around a high-level story that powers success—in sales, marketing, fundraising, product development and recruiting—by getting everyone on the same page about strategy and differentiation. His post “The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen” is…

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Oct. 3, 2022

Structure of a good pitch & what founders miss out ft. Andy Raskin, Silicon Valley Story Mastermind

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 why you’re building that. Strategic narrative binds all the folks who are directly…

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Oct. 1, 2022

What a founder who raised $4 million seed round shares about fundraising ft. John Koelliker, Leland

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Sept. 28, 2022

Growth mindset, high performance, and entrepreneurship ft. Lisa Kostova, CareerClimb [FULL EPISODE]

Often as we build our products, we could feel stuck and we’re 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 building for, as well as pave the way…

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Sept. 22, 2022

Crafting your journey as a story and ways to leverage that story ft. Lisa Kostova

Storytelling is often associated with brands and products. When I met Lisa Kostova, I knew I had to ask that one question—how to own (and hone) your story? Lisa through CareerClimb has helped so many mid-career product folks and founders find their unique purpose and leverage that in the walks…

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Sept. 20, 2022

The power of identities - How to get started with anything new ft. Lisa Kostova

Often as we build our products, we could feel stuck and we’re 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 building for, as well as pave the way…

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