The Narrative

My conversation w Alan Pun, the founder of Super Happy Studio. If you’ve seen a viral startup launch video on your timeline recently, chances are Alan and his team produced it. He’s worked with some of the most ambitious YC startups, helping them translate complex products into stories people actually understand. We spoke about emerging video trends, common failure modes, and a tactical framework...

My conversation with Candy Chang, Head of Content Identity at Kleiner Perkins.  Candy has spent years inside top newsrooms at Bloomberg and CNBC, where she watched hundreds of founders learn how to tell their stories in real time, often before they became household names.  Today, she works closely with early-stage founders at Kleiner Perkins, helping them shape their narrative from day zero.  In o...

My conversation with Kate Lee, Editor-in-Chief at Every.  Kate and I have known each other for a while now, and she’s a true veteran in the tech storytelling space. She started in trad publishing as a literary agent before moving into tech, and has helped shaped narrative strategy at companies like Stripe, Medium, and WeWork. Today, she’s EIC at Every, where they're pairing long-form editorial con...

Really psyched to share my conversation with Elan Miller.  Elan is the founder of Off-Menu - a creative studio that helps startups and VCs with design and branding. Elan has been in the scene way before it was cool. What I really admire (and frankly envy) is his capacity to read and write so extensively.  You can tell that he has really spent time formulating his ideas, and clearly his clients com...

Really psyched to share my conversation with Maria LaMagna Morales.  Maria is best known for leading socials at a16z, and she's now building Press Publish Studio, a boutique advisory helping founders with content strategy and execution (without the bloat of a trad agency!) In our conversation, we spoke about what she learned at a16z, her minimum viable content strategy for founders, why lo-fi stor...

Anna is the Head of Content at Scale Venture Partners, where she leads editorial and helps the firm articulate what it stands for. In our conversation, we unpacked her perspective on what storytelling looks like in a world full of AI slop, why most founders feel stuck and what they can do about it, and how to build a personal brand that actually maps back to the business. We also got into how vent...

My conversation with Rachael Horwitz. Rachael is currently CMO at Haun Ventures. She has spent her career shaping how the world’s most important tech companies tell their story - from Coinbase, where she served as VP of Comms, to Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Spark Capital. She was also Operating Partner at a16z crypto before joining Haun Ventures. In our conversation, I asked her about her backs...

My conversation with Sam Bowman. Sam is best known for co-founding Works in Progress, a magazine he started in 2020, which was later acquired by Stripe in 2022. He now serves as the Head of Publishing at Stripe. I was curious to get Sam's take on the value of longer, more meaningful content in an agewhere "going short" seems to be the conventional advice, to cater to our shortening attention spans...

My conversation with Ross Matican, founder of Tailwinds - an independent advisory that helps cybersecurity founders with positioning. Hope you enjoy!  Where to find Ross:  Ross on Linkedin   The Tailwinds website .  Where to find me:  @yashbagal on X On Linkedin  

My conversation with Rich Feloni. Rich is the founder of RJF Editorial, and the former head of content at Bain Capital Ventures.  Chapters:  ⁠00:00 ⁠Cold open ⁠01:40 ⁠Rich’s backstory ⁠04:26 ⁠Going to Fiji to see Tony Robbins ⁠9:39 ⁠His time at Bain Capital Ventures ⁠10:54 ⁠Misconceptions about mainstream media ⁠14:11 ⁠The clash between journalists and founders ⁠18:12 ⁠Understanding journalistic i...

My conversation with Vincent Touati-Tomas. Vincent is the former head of marketing and comms at Northzone. He's currently building his own independent advisory that helps founders with storytelling. Chapters:  00:00 Cold open 01:02 Vincent's backstory  11:02 Vincent unpacks his editorial philosophy 17:27 The importance of documentation 19:11 Common mistakes founders / CMOs make 26:09 Humans who ha...

My conversation with Christen O'Brien, Partner at Scribble Ventures.  Chapters:  00:00 Cold open 07:16 Christen's backstory  11:05 Building brands in VC 24:59 Christen's thoughts on content and distro 25:11 Mistakes made and lessons learned 31:02 Her work at Scribble Ventures 38:10 Where Christen draws inspiration from

My conversation with Adam Delehanty , founder and CEO of Ghost .

My conversation with Dean Khan Dhillon , the CEO of fortyiq . 00:00 Cold open 05:29 Dean's backstory  08:17 From contractor to CEO in 240 days  11:42 Thoughts on in crypto marketing 13:23 Minimum viable content strategy, and other tips 20:49 Common mistakes on crypto twitter 22:43 Future Plans for fortyiq 27:39 Trends, and closing thoughts

My conversation with Jaime Novoa, partner at Kfund. Links:  Jaime on X: @jaimenovoa Yash on X: @yashbagal The Narrative is produced by Spectral . 

In this episode, I spoke to Jenny Chao, the Director of Communications at Day One Ventures. Links:  Jenny on Twitter: @jenny_chao Yash on Twitter: @yashbagal The Narrative is produced by Spectral . 

My conversation with Nate Martins, Marketing Partner at Foundation Capital. Links:  Nate on Twitter: https://x.com/martin_plural Yash on Twitter: https://x.com/yashbagal The Narrative is produced by Spectral .