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I started a new show called Ambition, featuring deep dives on the most ambitious people from history. I spent dozens of hours producing the first episode, and I hope you like it.  You can check it out on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , YouTube , or wherever you get your podcasts.  The new show is on a separate feed, and all episodes will be on that new feed. The first episode is about S.I. N...

Episode 369: Justin Gordon interviews Dara Ladjevardian, Founder and CEO of Delphi, a company that creates a digital you - available 24/7 for coaching, Q&A, education, and more. Learn more about Delphi: https://www.delphi.ai/ Watch this episode and others on YouTube . Thank you to our sponsor, Relay Human Cloud! ​ Find your next team member in minutes with Relay Human Cloud. Offshore talent, i...

Episode 368: Justin Gordon interviews Andrew D'Souza, Founder and CEO of Boardy, an AI Super Connector that helps you get the right introduction at the right time. Boardy raised an $8M seed round early in 2025, just months after announcing a $3M pre-seed round. Learn more about Boardy: https://www.boardy.ai/ Watch this episode and others on YouTube . Thank you to our sponsor, Relay Human Cloud! ​...

Episode 367: Justin Gordon interviews David Lord, Founder of Guidesly, the platform for booking the world's best outdoor trips and activities. Learn more about Guidesly: https://guidesly.com/ Applications now open for 43North, the accelerator David went through with Guidesly: https://43north.org/founders/program/ Watch this episode and others on YouTube . --- Connect with Justin: Twitter: https://...

Episode 366: Justin Gordon interviews Colleen Heidinger, President of 43North, a pioneering startup competition and venture program focused on building Buffalo into a thriving center for innovation and entrepreneurship. 43North invests $5 million annually in companies that relocate to Buffalo through its immersive accelerator program. Applications now open: https://43north.org/founders/program/ Wa...

Episode 365: Justin Gordon interviews Mehul Nariyawala, Co-Founder of Matic Robots, about his experience building two successful venture-backed startups, Flutter and Matic. Learn more about Matic , the world's most advanced floor cleaner. Watch this episode and others on YouTube . --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and sca...

Episode 364: Justin Gordon interviews Waseem Daher, Co-Founder of Pilot, about his experience as a 3x founder building a startup that's raised $150M+ in venture capital. Check out the founder salary report . Watch this episode and others on YouTube . --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their business from Day 1: B...

Episode 363: Justin Gordon interviews Abdul Al-Assad, co-founder and CEO of Basic Capital, about how he created the startup solution to finance investments and close the American ownership gap. Check out Basic Capital . Watch this episode and others on YouTube . --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their business f...

Episode 362: Justin Gordon interviews Jeremy Yamaguchi, founder of Lawn Love and Cabana Pools, about how he built and grew several "high-suck" companies in the home services industry. Check out Jeremy's company, Cabana Pools . Watch this episode and others on YouTube . --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their bus...

Episode 361: Justin Gordon interviews John Andrew Entwistle, Founder and CEO of Wander, about how he built a luxury travel business at the age of 23. Book a Wander with inspiring views, hotel-grade amenities, dreamy beds, top-tier cleaning, and 24/7 concierge service. It's a vacation home, but better: https://www.wander.com/ Watch this episode and others on YouTube . --- This episode is brought to...

Episode 360: Justin Gordon interviews Nick Huber, entrepreneur, investor, and author of "The Sweaty Startup", about how he built three thriving companies and a well-known online brand. Link to buy Nick's book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bLazjW --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their business from Day 1: Bank acc...

Episode 359: Justin Gordon interviews Everett Cook, Co-Founder & CEO of Rho, about how he built the company into a leader in business banking. Everett Cook's dream was to start a company. Even before Rho , he'd always loved markets and finance. So much so that he interned for the Mike Bloomberg, where he got to learn from one of the best entrepreneurs in the world. Then he spent a decade as Po...

Episode 358: Justin Gordon interviews Jacob Jaber, Co-Founder, former CEO, and current Board Member of Philz Coffee, the company that grew from one neighborhood shop in San Francisco into a beloved national brand known for its personalized blends and people-first approach. Jacob helped scale Philz to over 70 locations across the country, raising venture funding while staying true to its community-...

Episode 357: Justin Gordon interviews Dave Fontenot, Founder of HF0, the residency for repeat founders. At HF0 , 10 teams live in a 20,000-square-foot mansion in San Francisco for 12 weeks to build their life's work. During the residency, everything is taken care of for them, healthy meals are provided daily, and founders can focus solely on building their company. The quality of these founders is...

Episode 356: Justin Gordon interviews David Daneshgar, Co-Founder and CEO of Whippy, about how he went from pro poker player winning the World Series of Poker to startup founder doing more than $4M/year in revenue. --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their business from Day 1: Bank account, corporate cards to star...

Episode 355: Justin Gordon interviews Tim Huelskamp , Co-Founder and CEO of 1440 , about how he built 1440 into a $20M+/year business and a newsletter with more than 4.5 million subscribers. --- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their business from Day 1: Bank account, corporate cards to start running – and expense...

Episode 354: Justin Gordon interviews Shawn Sheikh , Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Adly , about how he builds, acquires, and invests in companies. -- This episode is brought to you by Rho . With Rho, founders get: A single pane of glass they can use to run and scale their business from Day 1: Bank account, corporate cards to start running – and expense management, bill pay automation, and acc...

Yacine Sibous is the Co-Founder of Parker , the financial stack for scaling your e⁠-⁠commerce brand faster and more profitably. After studying Physics and Computer Science at McGill University, Yacine left to attend 42 , a unique software engineering school in France. It's there that he met his co-founder Milan Ray. Yacine and Milan went on to participate in Y Combinator in 2019. They have since r...

Julien Smith is currently the Co-founder and CEO of Practice, a world class tool to help coaches build their businesses entirely on their own. He has started many companies, including Breather, for which he raised $150M and got to Series D before handing it to a hired CEO. As a coach, he takes on a few select first time CEOs who he coaches on finding customers, building a team, running a business,...

Candace Nelson is a serial entrepreneur, NYT and WSJ bestselling author, WSJ contributor, angel investor, TV personality, executive producer, and mom. She started her career working in investment banking and the internet start-up scene before completely shifting gears to follow her passion and attend pastry school. In 2005, she opened the doors to Sprinkles , the world's first cupcake bakery. Desp...

Dan Schaefer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Native Pet , a pet nutrition company that is redefining pet supplements by harnessing the nutritional power of whole food ingredients to deliver organic, highly effective, & limited ingredient treats, supplements and chews. Their products utilize whole-food and superfood ingredients to harness the healing powers found in nature to bolster the health an...

Brennan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Patch , the platform for negative emissions and scaling unified climate action. Patch is building the infrastructure for a sustainable economy by enabling gigatonne scale carbon removal. With Patch, companies can embed climate action into their own products, neutralizing the carbon impact of everyday transactions like shipping, travel, and financial services. F...

Tyler Denk is the co-founder and CEO of beehiiv , a newsletter platform to fuel creators and publishers' ability to create, monetize, and grow their audience. While in undergrad at the University of Maryland, Tyler Denk became a self-taught software developer and launched his first startup, VentureStorm—a web application that connected entrepreneurs and startups to talented software developers. Af...

Andrew Berman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vowel , the world's first complete meeting solution designed to make every meeting more inclusive and worthwhile – before, during, and after. Vowel is a collaboration platform that makes meetings searchable, shareable centers of knowledge for your business. By redefining what data capture is capable of, they are optimizing the potential of every team. The...

Peter Barba and Zygimantas (Zygi) Zabieta are the Co-Founders of Lectrium , a full-service platform for EV home charging on a mission to make every home EV-ready. They make the home charging installation process easy through their network of EVITP certified electricians. At Lectrium, they believe that true carbon neutrality can be achieved only if the transition to EVs is frictionless, and their a...