Ashik Ahmed doesn’t like the term “tech unicorn.” As the CEO and cofounder of Deputy, a homegrown workforce management solution, Ashik’s priority is creating impact for their customers. To date, the company has partnered with 250,000 workplaces across 100 countries. Ashik is aiming for more.
In this episode of the Foundr podcast, Nathan Chan chats with As ... Show More
Oct 29
722: How a $700 Pair of Glasses Led to a $2.89B Company | Warby Parker
Warby Parker started with a simple, infuriating question: why did a pair of glasses cost more than an iPhone? Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa met in the first week of business school, pooled $120,000 of their life savings with their two co-founders, and spent a year and a half bu ... Show More
38m 52s
Oct 28
721: Raquel Does $300K/Month - and Says it’s the Least Work She’s Ever Done
Raquel Vasseur never set out to build an empire - she set out to be free. After two retail stores in her early 20s that took out loans and tied her down, she swore off debt, physical storefronts, and anyone else's definition of success. When she couldn't find the right clothes fo ... Show More
56m 31s
Oct 26
720: (Solo) How do You Know When It's Time to Fire Someone
At some point, every founder has to do the thing nobody trains you for and nobody really talks about: letting someone go. It is not easy, it is not fun, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. But out of all my founder friends, I am yet to meet one who said they fired someone to ... Show More
12m 9s
Jul 2025
AI CEO: How To Make A $10M Business With AI Employees (Amjad Masad, CEO @ Replit)
In this episode, host Codie Sanchez sits down with Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, to discuss the transformative potential of AI in the tech industry. Amjad shares his journey from coding at age six in Jordan to leading one of the fastest-growing AI companies. He offers insights into ... Show More
1h 37m
Aug 2024
Ep.102 The Hundred Million Dollar Startup: Ankur Nagpal On The Key To Growing & Selling Your Business
We’ve had a lot of entrepreneurs on this podcast, many are in the midst of growing their company. But Ankur Nagpal has been there done that, got the millions.
He’s reached the goal so many entrepreneurs work towards, selling his edu- tech company Teachable for a 9-figure sum in 2 ... Show More
51m 41s
Jul 2022
Billion Dollar Business Philosophies With Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Co-Founder & CTO of HubSpot, Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh), about why a bad economy is a good time to start a business, creating an alternative to Wordle, and the trillion dollar Venn diagram of success.
Also, want $5,000? Chec ... Show More
1h 30m
Mar 2023
Brainstorming ChatGPT Business Ideas With Billionaire Dharmesh Shah
Episode 438: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Hubspot Co-founder and CTO, Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh), about all things artificial intelligence (AI), the countless business opportunities from AI, and why Dharmesh is saying AI is - and will be - bigger than t ... Show More
1h 19m