Matthew Parker

Stretch Four Podcast

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The Stretch Four Podcast is hosted by Matthew Parker and covers topics across his world of venture-backed startup building, performance and health, family life, and living in San Francisco. He is joined by occasional guests and high performers who share their knowledge on company building their lifestyle hacks. New episodes released every Monday at 8 AM PST. stretchfour.substack.com

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Matthew Parker

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Episode 006: Preparing for a half-marathon at 35, Life After SVB, & Cody Barbo on raising over $40 million, moving to Texas and the perils of founder compensation 28.03.2023 59:20

It is the return of the Stretch Four Podcast after a month away from our amazing listeners. My apologies, just a lot going on in the startup world these days. This week I will unpack my fitness journey in February as I gear up for a half-marathon in July. Also in this week’s episode, I will give my take on Silicon Valley Bank and how it impacted my business, and what I learned from the experience...

Episode 005: Summarizing Dylan Field's $20B exit, Victory Lap's 5th anniversary, and Scott Britton's insights from an Ayahuasca retreat on reaching 15K Substack subscribers. 21.02.2023 57:02

Happy Tuesday, Here is episode 005 of the Stretch Four Podcast. If you’re enjoying this podcast, consider clicking the ❤️ button above so more people can discover it on Substack 🙏🏿. Also, check out the podcast on your favorite podcast players including Spotify and Apple . Show Notes 03:24 Church Announcements & Celebrating 5 years of Victory Lap and Nipsey Hussle 8:14 — Recapping the Elad Gil x...

Episode 004: The Church of Sam Altman & Three things founders can learn from Adam Neumann 14.02.2023 32:48

Happy Monday, If you’re enjoying this newsletter, consider clicking the ❤️ button above so more people can discover it on Substack 🙏🏿. Also, check out the podcast on your favorite podcast players including Spotify and Apple (see below) Episode 004: Stretch Four Podcast Below are the topics we covered in today’s episode with timestamps. To provide feedback on the show email matt@stretchfour.co or...

Episode 003: 3 Books I Read & My Fitness Check-in for January; The Stretch Four Business Results & Selim Benayat — Founder and CEO at Bento.me the first founder to participate Sequoia's Arc Program 06.02.2023 1:26:23

Happy Monday, If you’re enjoying this newsletter, consider clicking the ❤️ button above so more people can discover it on Substack 🙏🏿. I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s newsletter — Companies do more with less, Frugality vs. ROI, and Tasting the Rainbow , if you missed please check it out. On this week’s show, I recapped three books that I read in January and how I did on the fitness front with...

Episode 002: Breaking down Sequoia's New Arc Program, Childcare deep dive with tips for founders, Laduram Vishnoi talks raising $50 million in venture, and doing Y Combinator as a 2X founder 30.01.2023 1:11:38

Happy Monday, I am reporting live from San Francisco, where the mood is a bit down, to say the least after yesterday’s 49ers game. Having to use their fourth-string quarterback in an NFC championship game on the road is never a good way to end a season. The timing was not the best for yesterday’s weekly newsletter, but I am sticking to my 12 pm PT Sunday release — so check out volume 50 , if you m...

Episode 001: The New Chip accelerator explained, sober January, Equinox, & protecting your inbox with Gated.com Founder and CEO Andy Mowat 24.01.2023 1:04:21

Hey everyone, I am reporting live from San Francisco, and I wanted to introduce you the Stretch Four Podcast. This week I am starting something new here on Substack . I will be doing these weekly in addition to the newsletter content. On this podcast I will go deeper into the weekly topics I discuss on the newsletter, and occasionally I will do a weekly deep dive on a topic based on an essay , a b...