

Forward Thinking Founders
Mat Sherman
Forward Thinking Founders is a founder podcast where we interview high potential founders from networks like Y Combinator, The Thiel Fellowship, Product Hunt, Twitter, etc. and brings to light what they're building for the world. Think of it like the opposite of How I Built This, where we interview founders before they are successful, then if they are, we have a moment in time we can look back on in the early days. Does the model work? Look at our early interviews and you'll have your answer.
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Feb 11, 2022 • 13min
803 - Ted Mann (CollX) On Figuring Out What Your Trading Cards Are Worth
Ted Mann is the cofounder of CollX. CollX (pronounced “collects”) is the fastest way to figure out what your cards are worth. Snap photos of them and instantly get the current market price.
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Feb 10, 2022 • 12min
802 - Jacob Wolf (Overcome) On Sharing Gaming and Esports Stories for the Masses
Jacob Wolf is the founder of Overcome. Overcome tells gaming and esports stories for the masses authentically and independently.
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Feb 9, 2022 • 13min
801 - Tyson Kunovsky (AutoCloud) On Building The GraphQL API for Everything
Tyson Kunovsky is the cofounder of Autocloud. With Autocloud, maintain visibility into multi-cloud security, compliance, cost, and drift with automated infrastructure diagrams, change tracking, and a GraphQL API.
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Feb 7, 2022 • 17min
799 - James Sun (inloop) On Building a A Simpler & Faster NFT Checkout
James Sun is a cofounder of Inloop. With inloop, your customer base with a checkout flow that accepts credit cards and onboards users without wallets
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Feb 3, 2022 • 24min
798 - Danielle Strachman, cofounder & GP @ 1517
Danielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs.
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Jan 20, 2022 • 20min
797 - Michael Marra (Entre) On Building The Web3 Professional Network
Michael Marra is the founder of Entre. Entre is a network for founders, investors, and tech enthusiasts to connect, learn, and earn in a virtual environment.
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Jan 19, 2022 • 14min
796 - Ramin Bozorgzadeh (Carrot) Collecting Your Carts as you Shop
Ramin Bozorgzadeh is the cofounder of Carrot. Carrot is an extension that automatically collects your carts as you shop.
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Jan 18, 2022 • 13min
795 - Caspar von Wrede (Keepthescore.co) On Building The World's Simplest Way To Keep The Score
Caspar von Wrede is the founder of KeepTheScore. Track points for competitions, sports and teams. Share the live results via link.
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Jan 14, 2022 • 12min
794 - Taylor Crane (Clubs Poker) On Playing Poker With Friends
Taylor Crane is the founder of Clubs Poker. Clubs is the new home for weekly home games, poker nights, or virtual company outings.
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Jan 11, 2022 • 14min
793 - Kshitij, Rahul, and Balaji (SuperDMs) On Building Mailchimp for Twitter DMs
Kshitij Singh, Rahul Bhadoriya, and Balaji Ingole are the cofounders of SuperDMs. With SuperDMs, send bulk Twitter DMs to all your tweet replies within 2 minutes.
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