
Startup Hustle
Startup Hustle is a podcast for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. With the mission of telling the real story of startups and entrepreneurs, topics range from funding to failure and beyond. If you want to start, own, or build a business then you're in the right place.
Latest episodes

Jan 12, 2023 • 48min
Building Community with Food
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Sophia Rascoff, CEO and Co-Founder of Recon Food, talk about building community with food. Learn how Sophia is making waves in the food industry as a young entrepreneur and how she got inspired to create communities that love food and support each other through cooking.
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Jan 11, 2023 • 48min
Successful Entrepreneurs Solve Problems
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Sarah Smith, Founder of The Dyrt, talk about how successful entrepreneurs solve problems. Gain a better understanding of how to maximize your community and team member experience for better product development and how to deal with challenges as your business grows.
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Jan 10, 2023 • 57min
Moving Forward When Things Go Wrong
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Norm Farrar, President of Lunch with Norm Podcast, talk about how to move forward when things go wrong. Learn how to evaluate risks, manage brand perception, and pivot when you're about to fail.
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Jan 9, 2023 • 37min
Time Travel: Startup Superpowers Uncovered
In this episode of the Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Andrew Berman, Co-Founder and CEO of Vowel.AI, talk about startup superpowers. Hear how you can use new AI tools that help create meeting notes to make you more efficient. Also enjoy useful tips on how to make your team more productive - a startup superpower indeed!
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Jan 6, 2023 • 40min
5 Founder Tips from Matt Watson
In this episode of Startup Hustle, guest host Frank Keck kicks off our new series, “Founder Fridays with Frank,” as we explore the challenges founders face on any given day. Hear leadership tips and gain new perspectives - all of which we hope helps you help your business grow in a healthy and productive way.
Matt Watson is the first guest to sit in the Founder hot seat! Enjoy hearing Frank speak about concepts like “Chunk Size” and “Team Charter” exercises as opportunities for improving your own workplace culture and leadership development efforts. Matt also shares 5 helpful tips for founders on hiring, seeing things from a perspective, delegating, understanding, and playing to people’s strengths.
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Connect with Frank:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkeck
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Listen to Episode 212: "Workplace Culture" featuring Frank & Matt DeCoursey:
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Jan 5, 2023 • 44min
When the Minority Becomes the Majority
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Antonella Pisani, CEO and Founder of Eyeful Media, talk about what happens when the minority becomes the majority. Learn how to build your company to become more inclusive and welcoming to new skills, perspectives, and growth.
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Jan 4, 2023 • 41min
What Happens After Your Startup Fails?
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson are back together again to talk about what one can expect to happen after their startup fails. Hear details on what impacts a failing business might have on your employees, your clients, and yourself and how you can potentially lessen the devastating blow.
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Jan 3, 2023 • 51min
Amazon PPC Strategies That Work
In this episode of Startup Hustle, good friends Andrew Morgans and Mina Elias, CEO of Trivium, reminisce over their entrepreneurial journeys and their take on Amazon PPC. It might amaze you to learn that the worst things in life can lead you to the best things. Listen to some startling insights into the inner workings of Amazon ad spending and learn fundamental strategies to benefit online sellers.
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Jan 2, 2023 • 40min
Why Founders Need a CTO
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Marc Adler of CTO as a Service discuss why founders need a CTO. Discover why it is a must for non-technical founders to have a CTO on their team and how you can avoid traditional high costs in developing your product or service.
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Dec 30, 2022 • 39min
Startup Growth Strategies
In this episode of Startup Hustle, join Matt and Matt as they talk about startup growth strategies. Gain a better understanding of how you can attract the right customers and how you can scale your business through the smart strategies this dynamic duo shares.
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