Ep 1 – Building a $400K ARR lifestyle business + Parenting philosophy + more w/ Jordan O’Connor
In this episode we talk about: 1:20 – Story of building a $400K ARR business💰 17:57 – Recipe for building a lifestyle business 25:48 – Generational Wealth & building to sell📈 40:57 – His parenting philosophy 👨👩👦👦 53:52 – Long term thinking 01:01:43 – Web3, crypto & NFTs 01:13:00 – His dream of becoming a musician🎹 01:18:10 – Rapid Fire⚡ 🔗Links mentioned by Jordan: Twitter- https://twitter.com/jdnoc Website & Newsletter- https://jdnoc.com/ Rank To Sell Course Waitlist- https://rank.jdnoc.com/
Ep 2 – Scaling Plausible from $400 MRR to $500,000 ARR in 1.5 yrs w/ Marko Saric, Co-founder Plausible
In this episode Marko shares: 1:15 – His story from the beginning 3:04 – What is a “human-friendly web”? 9:19 – How Plausible Analytics got started? 13:36 – Scaling from $400 MRR to $500k ARR in 1.5 years 34:07 – Views on competitor running ads on Plausible search query 41:18 – Difference between a $500 MRR business & $500K ARR business 53:10 – On being completely bootstrapped & not taking any VC money 58:19 – Future plans for Plausible Analytics 01:00:21 – Rapid Fire round 🔗Links shared by Marko: Plausible Analytics website – https://plausible.io/ Plausible Twitter – https://twitter.com/plausiblehq Marko’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/MarkoSaric Marko’s Email – hi@markosaric.com Marko on mastodon – https://fosstodon.org/@markosaric
Ep 3 – Story of Stoa School with founders Aditya Kulkarni & Raj Kunkolienkar
In this episode the co-founders of Stoa School share: 2:31 – Aditya’s story 6:09 – Raj’s story 14:04 – What problem does Stoa solve? 19:52 – Proving credibility in the initial days 27:56 – The evolution of Stoa School 33:42 – The promise of Stoa School 36:14 – Secret behind the vibrant Stoa Community 40:41 – Not a tech company 42:32 – On raising funding 46:02 – Job Market’s reaction to Cohort based courses 49:08 – Crazy stories at Stoa 54:40 – Future plans for Stoa School 56:30 – Value-first marketing 01:00:37 – Rapid fire round 01:04:12 – Links and plugs 🔗Links shared in the episode: Stoa School website- https://www.stoaschool.com/ Apply to Cohort 6 of StoaMBA- https://www.stoaschool.com/stoamba#Ad… Follow Stoa School on Twitter- https://twitter.com/stoaHQ Personal links- Aditya’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/bizaditya Raj’s Twitter- https://twitter.com/kunksed Find all links to Raj’s social at bio.link/kunksed
Ep 4 – Raising $800k pre-seed💰at 22🤯 – Ahana Banerjee, Co-founder of Clear
In this episode, Ahana Banerjee, Co-founder of Clear shares: 1:32 – Ahana’s story 11:40 – Clear V/s Quill – Picking One 17:09 – Getting the first set of users for Clear 19:20 – On being raised internationally 24:53 – YC Experience 29:45 – Enduring rejections 34:36 – Raising $800k as pre-seed at 22 36:57 – Working on birthdays 42:54 – Crazy stories while building Clear 45:25 – Ahana’s typical day 48:35 – Rapid fire round 50:00 – Links and plugs 🔗Links shared in the episode: Clear website- https://www.getclearapp.com/ Clear on Twitter- https://twitter.com/getclearapp Clear on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/getclearapp/ Clear on Tiktok- https://www.tiktok.com/@getclearapp Guest’s Social links- Ahana’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/ahanabanana Ahana’s Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahana-ban… Ahana’s Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/c/AhanaBanerjee
Ep 5 – Decoding the Binks Investor Memo w/ Aamna Khan, Co-founder of Binks
In this episode, Aamna Khan, Co-founder of Binks, shares: 0:34 – Aamna’s story 4:49 – How to break into Product Management? 7:54 – Origin story of Binks 16:00 – Getting 1st 100 customers 18:30 – Is Product Manager a mini-CEO? 21:20 – Is YC worth the equity it takes? 24:01 – MINDSET BEHIND THE BINKS INVESTOR MEMO 29:52 – WHAT’S IN THE BINKS INVESTOR MEMO? (The content & structure) 34:22 – Systems & Processes at Binks 39:11 – Adapting to remote work 41:01 – Reading habit and tools 44:40 – Advice for young women entrepreneurs 47:12 – Rapid fire round🔥 Links shared in the episode: Binks website- https://getbinks.com/ Binks on Twitter- https://twitter.com/CraftedByBink Binks on Instagram – https://instagram.com/craftedbybinks Aamna’s Social links- Aamna’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/_aamnakhan Aamna’s Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamna92.. Aamna’s email- aamna@getbinks.com