Noah Palansky is the founder of Taiv, a digital signage solution that uses AI to automatically switch between cable and custom streaming channels. Taiv is used in restaurants and other venues to serve custom ads and content during commercial breaks. Prior to Taiv, Noah worked marketing at a software company and started a foundation to help kids affected by cancer after losing his own mom to a rare form of cancer as a teenager. In today's episode, we talk about:* Noah's aha moment for Taiv while watching a hockey game in a bar* challenges of building a hardware and software startup* door to door sales and getting the first customer* expanding operations to multiple cities* fundraising and keeping the lights on during covid* finding cofounders with help from the spouse* current and future milestonesWhere to find Noah* linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahpalansky/* email: hello@taiv.tvClosing Questions* advice to current founders: be prepared to work on startup for the long run - most "overnight success" comes after 10 years of work* when you think of success, who comes to mind: Bill and Melinda Gates for making a big philanthropic impact in the world* how do you recharge: do things that make me so uncomfortable that I can't think about work - building a deck from scratch, racing in negative 40 degrees Celsius, etc* any recent small investment that has had an outsized impact: getting better at prioritizing important things and intentionally letting other tasks fall through the cracks* ask: currently launching new product, TaivX, to make it easy to add physical world advertising to your product with two lines of code - if this fits your use case, please reach out to Noah* offer:* If you have a product and want to reach people in bars or restaurants, get 50% off your first campaign by mentioning "Founders Table" in the email* If you know a restaurant or bar that would be interested in partnering with Taiv, tell Noah and get an awesome swag bag worth $200Referenced* Taiv This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.founderstable.co

Agni Bhattacharya is the founder of Alma, a gamified mobile banking app where people can win $1M every Wednesday. Prior to Alma, Agni was product lead at Meta, Zynga, and a late stage fintech startup. During Covid, Agni created a mobile game which he scaled to over 1M users before selling the IP to a gaming studio. In our conversation, we discuss:* Exploring wildly different career paths before deciding to become a PM* Leveraging facebook ad data to understand user demographics of competitors* Scaling a mobile game to 1M users worldwide and selling the IP* The YC application process* The origin of Alma and GTM* The advantage of working in regulated spaces* The importance of just getting startedWhere to find Agni Bhattacharya:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnib/.Closing Questions* advice to current founders: If you're thinking of starting a company, don't get stuck with analysis paralysis. Focus on getting something that delights people into the hands of users and everything else will just kind of fall into place.* when you think of success, who comes to mind? Mahatma Gandhi for being a contrarian thinker and using ahimsa and non-violent protest to achieve Indian independence* how do you recharge? Athletics and playing sports. Spending time with dog and girlfriend. Playing video games competitively.* any recent small investment that has had an outsized impact: CHanging diet and cutting down on red meat and junk foodReferenced:* User Interviews | The User Research Recruiting Platform for Teams This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.founderstable.co

Daniela Miao is one of the founders of Momento, an enterprise ready real-time data platform. Momento makes it easy for engineers to add distributed caching and real time pub sub with just a few lines of code. Prior to Momento, Daniela was a tech lead at AWS DynamoDB and the Director of Platform Engineering at Lightstep.In our conversation, we discuss:* Thought process behind leaving big tech to work at a startup* Team First Approach of building a startup* Pivoting from B2C (consumer fitness) to B2B (infra)* Getting initial big name design partners* Momento's globally distributed team* Becoming a new parent while running a startupClosing Questions:- advice to current startup founders: Understand the financials of your business and focus on gross margins- when you think of success, who comes to mind: No particular individual - more focuses on self-growth and becoming a better version of myself - how do you recharge: exercise and social gatherings - any recent small investment in the last year that has had an outsized impact: regular exerciseOffer: Friends & Family discount if you want to try out Momento's service. Forward requests with use case and details to offers@founderstable.co to be connected!Where to find Daniela:* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielamiao/If you want to feature your own startup, reach out to kevin@founderstable.co with a blurb on why you’d be a good fit. Referenced:* Momento* Lightstep* DynamoDB* Caching This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.founderstable.co