Videos

Feb. 21, 2023

What is Minimum Viable Communication (MVC)? Ft. Matt Abrahams, Stanford Graduate School of Business

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 explaining so the other person understands it better. Also there are…

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Feb. 15, 2023

One communication mistake that most ambitious folks make ft. Matt Abrahams, Stanford GSB

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 explaining so the other person understands it better. Also there are…

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Feb. 5, 2023

Building in public, portfolio career, shipping creative projects ft. Karthik Puvvada (FULL EPISODE)

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 side projects really leveraged the network to both build on their ideas as well…

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Feb. 4, 2023

The framework to organize ideas based on energy and season ft. Karthik Puvvada (KP)

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 side projects really leveraged the network to both build on their ideas as well…

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Feb. 2, 2023

What does it mean to 'build in public' & how to do it? ft. Karthik Puvvada (KP), The Founder's Foyer

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 side projects really leveraged the network to both build on their ideas as well…

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Jan. 21, 2023

The ride of an operator turned tech founder ft. Aarthi Ramamurthy (Netflix to Lumoid)

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Jan. 21, 2023

Founders journal: Habits & goals, focus paths, decision-making ft. Dr. Julie Gurner [FULL EPISODE]

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 intact, we’re sure we’d move past…

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Jan. 20, 2023

"The confidence game" for founders and builders ft. Dr. Julie Gurner

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 intact, we’re sure we’d move past…

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Jan. 16, 2023

Trusting the gut: Why & how founders can benefit from it ft. Dr. Julie Gurner

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 intact, we’re sure we’d move past…

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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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