Build In Public Podcast

In this episode, I chatted with Mariam Hakobyan, co-founder and CEO of Softr.io, a no-code platform that helps you build websites, web apps or internal tools using simple databases. Softr has over 50,000 users and 1000 paying customers and just closed a $13.5 million Series A funding round from top tier investors across Europe and the U.S. [Full Disclosure: I am a small investor too as I've been a fan of the team and their execution]In our chat, we got to the origin story of Softr, how Mariam's life was transformed from being a software engineer to now building a no-code platform, top lessons from her journey as a founder, how she views community at the center of their growth and future plans to expand the Softr eco-system. I am extremely bullish on the potential of Softr and hopefully you find value in this conversation!  Other links:Softr website: https://softr.io/Mariam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariam_hakobyan

In this episode, I chatted with Raad Mobrem, CEO of Intro, who's building an amazing new platform to book top experts for a video advice. Intro is backed by top funds like a16z and 776 by Alexis Ohanian along with an all-star roster of celebrity investors like Kevin Durant and Kevin Hart. In our chat, we got to the origin story of Intro, how an iconic Raad’s childhood memory with Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea shaped his worldview, the power of learning from the greats & his future vision for Intro. I was blown away by Raad’s humility and passion for this problem. At the end, we talked about why I'm stoked to be joining Intro as an expert too so I can help entrepreneurs with their building in public challenges. Here's my Intro profile if you want book me and get personalized advice. (100% of my fees go to charity)Other links:Raad's TwitterRaad's Intro ProfileIntro Website

In this episode, I chatted with Dave Gerhardt, one of my favorite B2B storytellers who intuitively understands the power of being authentic on the Internet. He's one of the top marketing experts right now, previously led brand and marketing teams at Drift and Privy before going full-time as an independent creator via his popular online community DGMG. In this interview, we chat about Dave's latest book "Founder Brand", what inspired him to write it, his content experiments along with David Cancel at Drift, the other core themes of the book, and his future goals.I had a blast with this interview - hope you all enjoy it too!Follow Dave here on TwitterGet Dave's book "Founder Brand" from Amazon

In this episode, I chatted with Nick deWilde, creator and co-founder of Invisible College which is a one-of-a-kind learning DAO that gives you the skills, network, and opportunities to make an impact in web3.Nick is the fantastic writer behind "Jungle Gym", a popular and thoughtful newsletter for people who want fulfilling careers in tech and startups. Before that, he worked in product marketing at a fast-growing startup called Guide Education, the job he eventually quit to plunge into the web3 space. In this episode, we dig deep into the latest crypto trends, what motivated him to create his own learning DAO and lessons from being a prolific creator. I had a ton of fun with this interview - hope you all enjoy it too! Interested in their latest NFT mint? Learn more here.

Getting Acquired (on Amazon)Andrew's Twitter MicroAcquire website

In this episode, I chatted with one of my tech heroes Alexis Ohanian (Co-Founder of Reddit and 776 Fund). After his iconic time at Reddit, Alexis became a full-time investor with a portfolio that consists of 9 decacorns (startups worth $10B) and 25 unicorns (worth $1B). In this episode, we talk about the power of building in public, Alexis' own Twitter strategy, how he encourages his portfolio founders to share their journey and be vulnerable. Alexis also discussed why he's excited about web 3.0,  how Reddit would have looked like if it was born today, and the positive effects that occur when more dads openly discuss their fatherhood highs and lows. Alexis was an insanely graceful host and I truly enjoyed diving into these topics that are close to my heart. I hope y'all like the episode!

In this episode, I chatted with Ish Baid, Co-Founder and CEO of Virtually. Virtually is a startup building the easiest way to manage Zoom events for online communities. They were part of the Y Combinator Summer 2020 batch and have recently raised $1.75m in funding from top funds like Tiger Global recently. In this episode, we talk about evolution of online education from MOOCs to Cohort-based-courses (CBCs), the inevitable crests and troughs within new technology trends, the origin story of Virtually and how Ish quit his job at Facebook to work on this idea, why this mission is so personal to him based on his family background and much more. I'm a huge fan of Ish and his story. I had a blast in this episode and hope you like it too! (Full disclosure: I'm an advisor in this startup!) Link to Virtually's website: https://www.tryvirtually.com/Link to Ish's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IshBaid

Link to Hera's Techcrunch articleLouise's Twitter Bruno's TwitterHera's website

Stilt's website: http://stilt.com/Rohit's Twitter: @rohitdotmittalRohit's email: rohit@stilt.com

Sahil's Twitter: @shlSahil's latest book 'The Minimalist Entrepreneur' on Amazon