Joel Di Trapani
DO AS I SAY
An advice show about the real problems in startups.
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Joel Di Trapani
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Dec 28, 2025
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Episodes
48: The Secret to Thriving (with CJ Finley) 17.11.2024 39:29
Buy my game! I create a game from the ground up specifically for founders 🤯 it's called Pitch Please and I genuinely love playing it! Prepare to hustle your way to the top in this cutthroat pitching showdown. Convince, charm, and con your way into the hearts and wallets of your competitors. Get ready to play the ultimate game of selling your soul for success. The game is simple. Each round, every...
47: Why most networking fails (with Cherie Werner) 04.11.2024 35:12
Buy my game! I create a game from the ground up specifically for founders 🤯 it's called Pitch Please and I genuinely love playing it! Prepare to hustle your way to the top in this cutthroat pitching showdown. Convince, charm, and con your way into the hearts and wallets of your competitors. Get ready to play the ultimate game of selling your soul for success. The game is simple. Each round, every...
46: The secret to staying focused (with Jamie Fitch) 27.10.2024 30:17
Buy my game! I create a game from the ground up specifically for founders 🤯 it's called Pitch Please and I genuinely love playing it! Prepare to hustle your way to the top in this cutthroat pitching showdown. Convince, charm, and con your way into the hearts and wallets of your competitors. Get ready to play the ultimate game of selling your soul for success. The game is simple. Each round, every...
45: Building great product teams (with Umberto Anderle) 20.10.2024 32:56
Buy my game! I create a game from the ground up specifically for founders 🤯 it's called Pitch Please and I genuinely love playing it! Prepare to hustle your way to the top in this cutthroat pitching showdown. Convince, charm, and con your way into the hearts and wallets of your competitors. Get ready to play the ultimate game of selling your soul for success. The game is simple. Each round, every...
44: Venture Capital vs Bootstrapping (with Charlie Ward) 20.10.2024 36:52
Buy my game! I create a game from the ground up specifically for founders 🤯 it's called Pitch Please and I genuinely love playing it! Prepare to hustle your way to the top in this cutthroat pitching showdown. Convince, charm, and con your way into the hearts and wallets of your competitors. Get ready to play the ultimate game of selling your soul for success. The game is simple. Each round, every...
43: Finding the right co-founder (with Cristo Pajust) 11.10.2024 41:04
THE GUEST Cristo Pajust is a serial entrepreneur and digital nomad who has built an impressive career across the globe. From launching a startup through Techstars and selling it, to leading the expansion of major companies like Groupon, Revolut, and Uber, Cristo’s experience in the startup world is unparalleled. He’s also known for launching Food Panda in Asia, making it a market leader in food or...
42: Navigating burnout (with Janine Allis) 23.09.2024 36:38
THE GUEST Janine Allis is a renowned entrepreneur, best known as the founder of Boost Juice, a global chain with nearly 700 stores in 12 countries. A regular on Australia's "Shark Tank," Janine has become a leading voice in business, offering her expertise in scaling companies and empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs. Beyond her business ventures, she is a bestselling auth...
41: How do investors value startups? (with David Shein) 16.09.2024 44:54
THE GUEST David Shein is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known for founding Australia’s first unicorn, Com Tech Communications. Currently a partner at OIF Ventures, David has a wealth of experience in building and scaling businesses. He’s also an author, with his book "The Dumbest Guy at the Table," offering insights into his journey and the principles that have guid...
40: How do you build a remote culture? (with Ash Allison) 09.09.2024 39:43
THE GUEST Ash Allison is an expert in company culture and team dynamics, currently serving as the VP of Operations & People at TRAILD. With an impressive background that spans consulting at Bain, practicing law (including helping an inmate off death row!), and leading People & Culture at Vygo, Ash brings a wealth of experience to the table. She's also an award-winning book club organis...
39: Do product and customer success always hate each other? (with Bret Siers) 02.09.2024 30:03
Bret Siers is the CEO & Co-founder at AdoptIQ, a startup that delivers your playbook to users exactly when, where, and how they need it. Bret is creating the "GPS of Software," and has spent over 27 years training and developing leaders, making him a leading expert in the training space. He is an entrepreneur, coach, educator, trainer, and father of four, dedicated to helping people...
38: Is moving to the US worth it? (with Josh Pugh) 27.08.2024 46:38
THE GUEST Josh Pugh, also known as America Josh, is a community builder, digital marketing expert, and founder of Fortnight Digital, a consultancy based in New York City. Originally from South Australia, Josh has become an essential resource for expats moving to the U.S. through his platform, America Josh. His website offers high-quality, accessible information on everything from visa issues to fi...
37: Why do startups need Product Managers? (with Anna Naumova) 18.08.2024 34:46
THE GUEST Anna Naumova is a seasoned product manager and the founder of Prodcast, a company dedicated to helping immigrants navigate their professional journeys in new countries. With a wealth of experience from working at top tech companies, including Apple, Anna shares her insights into the unique challenges faced by those new to the U.S. and how they can overcome them. THE QUESTIONS 🔍 Do Start...
36: How do you hire developers? (with Laura Tacho) 05.08.2024 49:00
THE GUEST Laura Tacho is the CTO at DX, an insights platform for measuring and improving developer productivity. Laura is also one of the greatest leadership coaches I have ever met, and I had the privilege of working with her for years. When I started working with Laura, I had zero engineers and no idea what I was doing in product at all, and step by step, she built me and my entire team up from...
35: How do you trust your employees? (with best-selling author Liz Wiseman) 23.07.2024 38:45
THE GUEST Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to top organizations worldwide. She wrote the New York Times bestsellers Multipliers, The Multiplier Effect, and Wall Street Journal bestsellers Rookie Smarts and Impact Players. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley. Some of her recent clien...
34: Should I quit my job? (with best-selling author Alex Starr) 14.07.2024 34:32
THE GUEST Alex Starr is the best-selling author of Rewrite the Rules, a book he wrote to help you find the path where you get to define what success looks like. Alex wrote this book after years and over 100 episodes of his podcast, also called Rewrite the Rules which has over 100k downloads, a show sharing the stories of those who have changed what they thought was possible for their relationships...
33: Should I sell my business? (with best-selling author Touraj Parang) 07.07.2024 37:18
THE GUEST Touraj Parang is the best selling author of Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game. Touraj is currently the President and COO of Serve Robotics, but is a veteran Silicon Valley dealmaker. He is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and M&A expert who has sat in every seat around the table structuring and negotiating strategic transactions since the late 1990’s. Touraj has b...
32: How can I raise money internationally? (with Casey Flint) 30.06.2024 34:38
THE GUEST Casey Flint is an investor at Square Peg, a global investment based in Australia that is on a mission to empower exceptional founders. They invest in the first round onward for Aussie, Kiwi, Israeli and South East Asian businesses. Before her entry into the world of venture, Casey was part of Uber’s early and explosive expansion into Australia. Casey loves to write about the startup worl...
31: How to value a startup (with Pat Moody) 23.06.2024 36:38
THE GUEST Pat Moody is a finance and strategy expert with experience spanning venture capital, investment banking, and early-stage ventures. He began his entrepreneurial journey in college with a clothing company, Burassi Apparel, quickly making a name for himself in the startup ecosystem. Pat then joined LawnStarter as the first employee, moving to Austin and going through the Techstars accelerat...
30: Finding the right investor (with best-selling author Gordon Daugherty) 16.06.2024 44:36
THE GUEST Gordon Daugherty is a seasoned business executive, startup advisor, and investor with a keen focus on early-stage startups. As the co-founder and chairman of Capital Factory, Texas’s leading startup incubator and accelerator, Gordon has been instrumental in nurturing hundreds of successful startups. He has also invested in over 350 companies, providing him with deep insights into the dyn...
29: I hate sales. How do I get better? (with Amos Schwartzfarb) 08.06.2024 16:54
THE GUEST Amos Schwartzfarb has had a wild career and has had success so many times it's unbelievable. Amos started his career packing boxes for an old-school mail order company, which he helped convert into one of the first e-commerce companies in the world. Since then, he has founded six more companies, of which five were merged or acquired. After that success became predictable, he jumped t...
28: What should young entrepreneurs know? (with Aly DeNardo) 02.06.2024 37:08
THE GUEST Aly DeNardo is the COO for Matt Mochary, which means she does almost everything you can imagine at one of the most interesting companies in the world for the greatest CEO coach alive. I am biased because of my experience with Matt, but don’t trust me - trust the founders of OpenAI, Reddit, Coinbase, Brex, and Discord, who all swear by him. Aly is doing incredible work with Matt and funda...
27: Is Generative AI too risky right now? (with AWS co-founder Matt Domo) 26.05.2024 34:38
THE GUEST Matt Domo is one of the founders of AWS! Yes, Matt created the world’s first cloud computing database and invented the entire database as a service market category, which has generated billions of dollars in revenue! And that is just one of Matt’s accolades. Matt has spent his career in technology, leading teams and boards at many of the biggest companies in the world, including Amazon,...
26: Getting Things Done (with David Allen) 19.05.2024 42:27
THE GUEST David Allen is the best-selling author of Getting Things Done. In this book, David shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to 2 million people across the globe. His premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivi...
25: Is being an entrepreneur worth it? (with Jahin Tanvir) 28.04.2024 38:27
THE GUEST Jahin Tanvir is a young Australian with an insane resume. He is the CEO and co-founder of the Australian School of Entrepreneurship, a 3-time TEDx speaker, board director, guest university lecturer, and social commentator. Jahin was named one of the 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians in 2022 at 21 years old. The Australian School of Entrepreneurship group is a community-led a...
24: Making money with AI (with Jake O’Shea) 01.04.2024 33:15
THE GUEST Jake O’Shea is the co-founder and organizer of AITX, a monthly meetup for AI entrepreneurs, operators, and enthusiasts in Austin. Each month, Jake brings together a dynamic mix of people to explore the latest advancements in AI technology, real-world applications, and the future of this rapidly growing field. Outside of this, Jake is a Principal at Antler, an early-stage venture capital...
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