Episodes

June 7, 2022

Ep 60: Startup Advice – Failing Forward? What Does That Mean? How To Move on to the Next Big Thing, When the First Thing Wasn’t so Good? with Jon Shower (Encore)

“Fail fast. Fail Forward.” We have all heard that Silicon Valley saying. But what does that mean? In this show, Jon Showers, share his brutally honest journey about what it means to Fail Forward. You’ll hear that his founder journey is only just start...

May 31, 2022

Ep 59: What Does Your Startup Do? The Dreaded 30-second Pitch!

The 30-second pitch. You are at an event, meeting, or party and someone asks you, “What do you do?”; “I’m the founder of the so and so company”; “What’s that?” You’ve just been asked to give your 30-second pitch. In this episode,

May 24, 2022

Ep 58: My Product is Great! So, What’s Wrong?

“Everyone thinks my product is great!” In this episode, I discuss the biggest problem founders face with their products. This issue falls into the ‘stupid human tricks’ category. I share a story about a recent interview of The Savvy Founder – where I ...

May 17, 2022

Ep 57: Founder to CEO?? Investor Says “No Way,” You say “Yes Way!”

“As soon as we finish our Round-A we’ll look for a real CEO.” Sound familiar? All too often there is a belief that Founders just don’t have what it takes to become a CEO and build a big company that makes the investors lots of money.

May 10, 2022

Ep 56: An African Entrepreneurship Journey-with Alex Kalanda-Ceo Ayambe

In this episode, The Savvy Founder interviews Alex Kalanda, CEO and Founder of Ayambe Talent Solutions. This interview is a great example of the entrepreneurial journey and spirit; it’s a lifelong job; entrepreneurs live to solve problems and make thin...

May 3, 2022

Ep 55: Solving Big Problems, Best Practices For a Mission-Driven Startup – with Joshua Wohle CEO Mindstone

Solving big problems takes a different approach – in this interview with Co-Founder Joshua Whole, we dive into the topic from top to bottom. The show is a bit longer than the normal 30’minutes but well worth the insights.

April 26, 2022

Ep 54: How Do You Save Time? Listen To Your Customers! – Shilpa Sharma, Co-Founder Flyte

How do you save time? Listen to your customers! Not only does Shilpa Sharma share this excellent advice, but she and her co-founder are focused on saving time. FlyteAI.com save sales people 10 hours a week!

April 19, 2022

Ep 53: You Don’t Need to Be Venture-Backed to Build a Big Company – Rand Fishkin (Encore)

In this episode, I sit down and interview Rand Fishkin, serial entrepreneur, founder of Spark Toro, and author of Lost and Founder. Rand shares his insights on: The venture capital industry Raising capital and having the right background The odds of ra...

April 12, 2022

Ep 52: Fluent in Startups? Gavin Dove Will Get You Speaking Startup Journey Success, Fast!

Are you fluent in startups? Need to become fluent? Need to shorten your startup journey? Then listen to this episode with Gavin Dove, co-founder of Fluent.co. His company tagline is “Learn languages by browsing the web” and as you can tell,

April 5, 2022

Ep 51: To Build a Better Startup – Keep Changing Your Attitude

In this 51th Episode, The Savvy Founder continues to reflect on the first 50 episodes, and shares his second biggest learning – Attitude The dictionary definition says: attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something,

March 29, 2022

Ep 50: The 4-Letter Word Every Entrepreneur Should Know!

In this 50th Episode, The Savvy Founder reflects on the journey and shares his top learnings. Philip Topham covers how he came to start the podcast and what he’s learned about doing the show itself. He also shares the one 4-letter word that every start...

March 22, 2022

Ep 49: Fundraising, Europe, Gender, Markets, and More – Anna Gudmundson CEO Sensate

In this interview with Anna Gudmundson, CEO Sensate we cover: Entrepreneurship born or made? When do you get involved with a startup? At the beginning? Seed? Pre-seed? What are the critical factors for a startup? People. Market. Business Model.

March 15, 2022

Ep 48: Finding Entrepreneurship in America’s Heartland – Steve Silver Infrawear

In this episode, Steve Silver shares his fast-moving entrepreneurial journey. Steve shares how covid, temporarily ended him organizing entrepreneurial investor conferences across the U.S; Only to wind up in New York at the height of Covid,

March 8, 2022

Ep 47: Real Entrepreneurs and Raising Money – Advice From Nathan Beckord -Founder Suite

Nathan Bekord and I sit down to discuss how to raise money; and how his own frustration finding and connecting to investors, lead him to create FounderSuite. In this “Fast Course on Raising Money” we cover: What does it mean to be a “real entrepreneur”...

March 1, 2022

Ep 46: Founder Story – Equity Crowdfunding, Investors, Hiring with Arjun Rai, HelloWoofy

In this episode, Arjun Rai, CEO, and founder of HelloWoofy shares his founder story. He shares what it really takes to build a high-growth high-tech scalable business. HelloWoofy now leverages augmented reality and artificial intelligence to make an e...

Feb. 22, 2022

Ep 45: Get Rid of the Competition: Jumping Hurdles with Trevor Thoma, Rideshine

Trevor Thoma, CEO, and Co-founder for Rideshine, authentically shares some fantastic advice on product-market-fit; over-coming competition; hiring; market size; listening to the customer; showing up like you belong.

Feb. 15, 2022

Ep 44: Are Some Founders Just Luckier? Make Your Own Luck

In this episode, we expand on Episode 42, Neil Shah’s “Surface Area of Luck” – Are some founders just luckier? We share two different examples of how luck works. The first is the “lucky” pivot. Second, you might already be in a “sea of luck” and just ...

Feb. 11, 2022

Ep 38: Exploring the Venture Studio, Startup Accelerator Model with Operate Studio’s Carey Ransom

Silicon Valley Bank reports that there are over 200 startup accelerators in the United States. They each have a different model and value proposition. In this conversation, I sit down with Operate Studio’s founder and president Carey Ransom,

Feb. 8, 2022

Ep 43: Startup Founder from Apprentice, Journeyman towards Master – With Neil Shah

In this episode, Neil Shah shares his startup founder journey from apprentice to journeyman and towards master. Neil shares stories about his first startup, a social enterprise; and then joining a corporate job,

Feb. 1, 2022

Ep 42: How to Build a Better Startup? The Covid Pivot, Turning Down Money, a Conversation with Ethan Glass

Another real conversation with a real entrepreneur, Ethan Glass. In this episode, Ethan shares his journey on what it takes to tackle industry and build a great business. In that journey, Ethan has become nationally recognized serving as the chair for...

Jan. 25, 2022

Ep 41: Founders Need Passion and Focus, Right?

In this Episode, Shark Tank Season 13 Episode 11- teaches us something about Focus and Coachability. On Shark, Lori Greiner asked Leila Sham, founder of TA3, would you consider licensing your swimsuit shaping product. The response “I’d never do that”.

Ep 42: NFTs, Travel and Startup Advice with Justin Myers – Explorest

Jan. 18, 2022