Mehdi Osman applied three times to Y-Combinator. On the third time he made it. Osman credits the maturity of his startup Asayer's service that helps developers hunt down and kill bugs in their code. But also just straight-up determination. "At some point you make your own destiny," he says. Why Osman still relies on email, spends as much time with customers ... Show More
Mar 2020
The Simplest, Yet Most Powerful Trait: Trust
Data practically runs through the veins of Steven Mih, CEO of opensource data orchestration startup Alluxio. He's a serial startup CEO with more than two decades in the distributed data world. At Alluxio, Mih was brought in as CEO to take an opensource project that came out of U. ... Show More
12m 48s
Jan 2020
E1017: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: scaling as a solo founder, reducing churn, raising capital in a heavily regulated field, pivoting from one-time payments to SaaS & more @ WSGR
0:46 Mehak from OnDelta (ISA School for Growth Hacking/Marketing) asks Jason best practices on scaling her business as a solo founder 10:18 Ketan from HireClub (Career coaching SaaS) asks Jason about transitioning his business to help with natural churn 20:59 Benjamin from Infect ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 2022
How Two Ex-Uber Engineers Built a Unicorn in Less Than 3 Years with Martin Mao
Martin Mao is the co-founder and CEO of Chronosphere, the provider of the leading observability platform for cloud-native. He previously held roles at leading tech companies including Uber, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Luck and timing play a significant rol ... Show More
23m 17s
Apr 2025
Tarek Kabrit on pivots, the startup rollercoaster, and following through even when it’s hard
Join us as Tarek Kabrit, Strategy& Middle East alum and co-founder of the automotive AI company Seez, walks us through his startup journey – from launching a car buying app to expanding across 16 countries and eventually being acquired. In this Unscripted episode with Karim Sarki ... Show More
42m 28s
May 2025
Windsurf CEO: Betting On AI Agents, Pivoting In 48 Hours, And The Future of Coding
Varun Mohan didn't set out to build one of the fastest-growing AI developer tools. He just knew his company had to change, or die.After initially betting on GPU virtualization, he saw the writing on the wall: if there was a future for his company, it would be at the AI applicatio ... Show More
52m 35s
Dec 2022
Adapt and Overcome: How to Tactically Evolve for Success with Karim Hijazi
Karim Hijazi is a spy-turned-spy hunter, serial cyber security entrepreneur, podcast creator, and host. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1You do not need to know what you will do right off the bat to have a clear path to success. 2The pursuit of perfection limits progress. Get to it even if it ... Show More
25m 20s
Jan 2025
Building A $2 Billion SaaS Company: Lessons From A Two Time Founder
<p>Two-time founder Rujul Zaparde knows a thing or two about resilience and learning from failure. </p><p>After dropping out of college to build FlightCar, he worked as a PM at Airbnb, and later as a visiting partner at YC. </p><p>In 2020, he co-founded Zip, a procurement softwar ... Show More
24m 31s
Nov 2023
Launching on Product Hunt Three Times Every Month
E146: The Notion creator, Pascio, changed the way I view Product Hunt. By launching on Product Hunt three times every month, he created a flywheel of followers and customers, which boosted launches and boosted sales. Pascio challenges the norm that Product Hunt launches should be ... Show More
11m 29s