Build In Public Podcast

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today I'm super excited to have my friend Rishard Rameez, CEO and co-founder of Zown, joining us for what might be one of the most mind-blowing business model conversations I've ever had on this podcast. Rishard built Zown after a viral Reddit rage post about paying $70,000 in real estate commissions went absolutely nuclear - hittin...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode is something completely different - a LIVE BUILD SESSION where I teamed up with Conor Martin, one of my favorite builders on Twitter, to show you exactly how vibe coding works from zero to deployed app in real-time. Conor is a vibe coding expert who's built multiple apps with Bolt.new and created an entire course pla...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today I'm thrilled to have my friend Shamir Allibhai, CEO and founder of Eddie AI, join me for one of my favorite conversations on the podcast yet. Shamir is building the "Cursor for Video Editing" - an AI assistant that helps video professionals focus on their craft and stories by handling the tedious post-production work they hate...

Welcome to 2025's 1st episode [and my comeback episode] of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 After a long hiatus from podcasting, I finally mustered the courage and strength needed to step into the arena with a very authentic conversation. Thanks to my friend Andrew Tsao who has graciously agreed to act as a host and interview me so we could bring this show together. In the special and atypical epis...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode was live recorded in Austin where I interviewed Chris Cunningham at the SaaStock conference in May 2024.  Chris is a Founding Member and Head of Social Marketing for Clickup which is a workforce productivity platform that was last valued at $4b based in San Diego. Despite his massive social audience and influence acr...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode was live recorded in Austin where I interviewed Jason Cohen at the SaaStock conference in May 2024.  Jason Cohen is a four-time entrepreneur across 24 years who has built both bootstrapped and VC-funded businesses in his career. He had two exits and two unicorns and has been writing for 17 years on the Internet. You...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode is a fun one where the tables have turned and I got to be interviewed by my friend and a fellow podcaster Andrew Tsao. This episode was originally recorded in February 2024 and the publishing step got delayed due to other priorities until now (May 2024). In this conversation, Andrew and I discuss the winding down sto...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode features Tharshan Thavaharan who leads Partnerships at Paddle, a fintech company last valued at $1.4b where I also work now. In 2023, he started the AI Launchpad, a global founder program at Paddle which attracted 59 AI startups from 21 countries and in 6 weeks helped them accelerate their journey to find product-mar...

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode features Ariel Renous, co-founder and CEO of Augment.org .   Augment is a modern online alternative to the traditional MBA program. Augment's approach is to reshape education by leveraging online tools to offer high-quality business knowledge straight from the minds of the brightest business leaders. Partnering with...

Welcome to 2024's 1st episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode features Jason Cohen, four-time entrepreneur across 24 years who has built both bootstrapped and VC-funded businesses in his career. He had two exits and two unicorns and has been writing for 17 years on the Internet. You may have seen him on X as @asmartbear or read one of his articles at this blog: asmartbear.com Ja...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Gale Wilkinson, founder and Managing Partner at VITALIZE, a seed fund and angel community investing in transformative WorkTech software and currently deploying capital out of a $23.4M Fund II and their 500+ member angel community. Previously founded IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in the world. Gale ha...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Jess Chan, founder of Backbone, a platform designed to streamline email marketing for small eCommerce teams. She is one of the top retention marketing experts, with expertise in retention marketing through email and SMS. She previously founded Longplay Brands, a full-service retention & lifecycle marketing agen...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Michael Girdley, CEO of a $100m/yr holding company and a serial entrepreneur for 20 companies over 30 years in San Antonio. Michael is also a partner at the Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund that has invested in over 50 high-growth tech companies. He has also built a 195k+ Twitter following and a...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Champ Bennett, co-founder and CEO of Capsule, an AI-powered video editor for content and marketing teams. Previously, Champ also co-founded a startup called “Phhhoto” that was widely used by celebrities like Katy Petty and Beyonce. In this interview, Champ and KP dive into multitudes of lessons and topics such as:...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features serial entrepreneur Yong-Soo Chung, who has bootstrapped his Personal Holding Company to near 8-figures in annual revenue over the past 8 years. In this interview, KP and Yong-Soo covered a spectrum of topics, exploring Yong-Soo's journey and providing their insights on: ●     Intro (00:00) ●     Identifying your c...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features founder of ApplyAll Tal Flanchraych, Co-founder of Engyne AI Sukhpal Saini, Codeless Coach Andrew Tsao and Fermi Fun founder Sangharsh Bhustalimath - four of the most promising fellows from the 3rd Cohort of the Build In Public Fellowship In this interview, KP, Tal, Andrew, Sang and Sukh delve into their building i...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Sachit Gupta - founder of Platforms Media, a company that offers services to help podcasters grow their audiences and monetize their shows He has worked on campaigns with top podcasters like Andrew Warner (Mixergy), #1 NYT best-selling authors (Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Oren Klaff), and international sports stars (R...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features John Weiman, founder of Life Bridge Coaching and a world-class expert in relationship counseling. Dubbed a 'Miracle Man,' he's helped over 3,000 couples in coaching sessions In this interview, John and KP discussed their insights and opinions on topics such as: ●     Intro (00:00) ●     John’s WHY as a counseling e...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features a sneak peek of a Fireside Chat we had in our Build In Public Podcast Fellowship on the theme of podcasting and asking great questions. We were thrilled to have Danny Miranda share his insights on this topic. Danny Miranda is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast (top 1%), and has talked to the world's greatest ent...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Tyler Denk, CEO of the multi million dollar start-up Beehiiv - a newsletter platform that helps creators launch, scale, and monetize their newsletters. He and his co-founders were able to grow Beehiiv to $4M in annual revenue and raise tens of millions of dollars from top-tier investors. In this interview, Tyler an...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Lloyed Lobo, an entrepreneur, podcast host and community builder, who experienced the Gulf War as a young refugee in Kuwait, witnessing the strength of communities in evacuating the population to safety. He is currently the founder of Boast AI -  a software that integrates financial, engineering, and project data t...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Neil Thanedar, the founder & solo GP of Utopic, a pre-seed VC fund investing in biotech startups led by scientist CEOs. He is also the founder & chairman of Labdoor, a consumer watchdog with $7M+ in funding and 20M+ users, and Air to All, a 501(c)3 nonprofit medical device startup. In this interview, Neil a...

Welcome to the eleventh episode of “Million Dollar Exits” - a special series brought to you by The Build In Public Podcast. This episode features Mac Martine, a bootstrapped SaaS founder who recently had a life-changing exit for his business that he grew from 0 to $58k MRR in just 30 months. Building apps since 2008, he began his journey with multiple failures and recently had a highly successful...

Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Adam Draper, Founder and Managing Director of Boost VC, which is an early-stage venture capital firm with $200m AUM. Adam is a 2x entrepreneur and a 4th generation venture capitalist who comes from a family of highly influential leaders including his dad, Tim Draper, who made investments in Skype, Tesla, Bitcoin an...

Welcome to the tenth episode of “Million Dollar Exits” - a special series brought to you by The Build In Public Podcast. This episode features John Rush, founder of Mars X - a dev tool making $1.5m ARR with over 20,000 developers in the ecosystem. John has been a software expert and entrepreneur for over 15 years and has made multiple acquisitions including Unicorn Platform. In this interview, Joh...