Build In Public Podcast

Cabal's website: https://getcabal.com/Brian's contact info: brian@getcabal.com

Show Notes:Thread on Spiky POV: https://twitter.com/wes_kao/status/1449389707385790473?s=20 Blogpost on Spiky POV: https://www.weskao.com/blog/spiky-point-of-view-lets-get-a-little-controversialThe Super Specific How: How to make your cohort-based course more rigoroushttps://www.weskao.com/blog/super-specific-howThe State Change Method: How to deliver engaging live lectures on Zoomhttps://www.weskao.com/blog/the-state-change-method

In this episode, I chatted with a Kai Han, co-founder and CEO of Pallet, a startup building hiring tools for communities and creators. I've been following Pallet's journey from early days to their recent $7m seed round and personally use their platform for my audience. Kai and I are hyper bullish about the potential for reimagining hiring. In this episode, we go over a bit of his origin story and what led him to start Pallet, their current roadmap and future experiments he is excited about. I had a blast chatting with him and hope you enjoy this!

In this episode, I chatted with a truly special guest who has been a shining example of the philosophy of building in public for years. Ruben Harris is the co-founder and CEO of Career Karma, a platform that helps people find a job training program online to break into the tech industry. Previously, he was the founder and a co-host of the very popular podcast "Breaking Into Startups" and Ruben is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia (where I live now). I've been following his story for a while on Twitter, Instagram, and on podcasts so this interview was years in the making. In this authentic and inspiring chat, we covered several topics like starting mission-driven startups, why every company is a media company and why founders should tell their stories directly themselves by building in public, his Atlanta memories, NBA icons, and more. I had a blast chatting with him and hope you enjoy this!

Show Notes:Kat's Substack: https://katcole.substack.com/Kat's sessions on Bright Live: https://brightlive.com/kat-coleKat's Course on Maven (upcoming!)

In this episode, I sat down with one of the most influential indie hackers Justin Jackson. He's a co-founder of Transistor.fm (the very platform on which my podcast is hosted!) which is a podcast hosting and analytics tool used by clients like Indie Hackers, the Vegas Golden Knights, and VH1. He also writes a newsletter, hosts a podcast called "Build Your SaaS" and runs a community called MegaMaker. In this chat, we discuss how indie developers can win in a market filled with behemoth companies by prioritizing customer service and UX design. We also touch on the power of building "calm" companies and the freedom it allows, how to check the water (look for demand) before creating new startups and so on. Justin is a brilliant thinker and a wonderful person that I enjoyed learning from. Thanks for listening!

Show Notes:Arvid's home page: The Bootstrapped FounderLink to Zero To Sold on AmazonLink to The Embedded Entrepreneur on AmazonLink to Arvid's latest book: https://buildinpublicbook.com/

In this episode, I sat down with two of the fastest-growing creators on Twitter, Aadit Sheth and Sahil Patel. They built an audience of more than 20,000 followers each at a rapid and despite being remarkably young, they both have a knack of staying authentic and community-first. In our conversation, I invite them to break down their frameworks on consistency, building in public, and content experiments. I also uncovered some top tips and actionable advice on how to stand out on Twitter if you are just getting started. I hope you'll like this chat!

In this episode, I sat down with Josh Fabian, CEO of Metafy which is a coaching platform for gamers that recently raised an $8.65m seed round from top investors like Naval Ravikant, Alexis Ohanian and funds like Forerunner and DCM. In our light-hearted authentic conversation, we discussed the origin story of Metafy, why Josh has been sharing investor updates publicly, how he adopted the principle of building in public as a VC-backed startup founder and his no-BS approach to building trust with his customers. I had a ton of fun getting to know the worldview of Josh and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!

In this episode, I sat down with a friend and an emerging fund manager Paige Finn Doherty who's building Behind Genius Ventures. BGV is a $5m early-stage fund that invests in product-led growth companies with a focus on GenZ & underrepresented founders. In our conversation, we get into Paige's origin story and what brought her to the venture space, how building in public on Twitter helped her launch a children's book on venture, and why she's driven to invest in product-led companies.