The Founder's Forge Podcast
55 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsBuilding a company isn't easy. We chronicle the unfiltered stories, struggles, and successes of early-stage founders as they are forged into the leaders of tomorrow.
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Episodes
Episode 3 - Peter Yeargin - Retraining your Customers' Brains
October 27, 2020 22:44 - 30 minutes - 25.9 MBMarcus interviews Peter Yeargin, founder of Sage, a question-answering and advice marketplace aiming to find a superior (and monetizable) competitor to the like of Quora, providing users with a personal board of advisors. How did an immigrant from the Middle East go from the CIA to entrepreneur? How do you retrain your customers' brains when you disrupt an industry? How is being a family man an asset as a founder instead of a liability? Tune in for all that, and more. Want to come on the sh...
Episode 2 - A (better) Close Shave
October 22, 2020 18:22 - 32 minutes - 31 MBMarcus interviews Adam about SimplyRazor, his endeavor to help consumers everywhere have a better shaving experience. While shaving may not seem like the most relevant topic for tech entrepreneurs, Marcus and Adam prove that this is very much not the case. They explore disruption, spend a lot of time talking about design and how accessible good design has become, and even discuss when it's a better option to sell your patents and call it a day instead of trying to take on Goliath. GrabCAD's...
Episode 2 - Adam Kecskes - A (better) Close Shave
October 22, 2020 18:22 - 32 minutes - 31 MBMarcus interviews Adam about SimplyRazor, his endeavor to help consumers everywhere have a better shaving experience. While shaving may not seem like the most relevant topic for tech entrepreneurs, Marcus and Adam prove that this is very much not the case. They explore disruption, spend a lot of time talking about design and how accessible good design has become, and even discuss when it's a better option to sell your patents and call it a day instead of trying to take on Goliath. GrabCAD's...
Episode 1 - Marcus Smith - Pistachios, Pole Vaulting, and Platforms
October 15, 2020 14:07 - 35 minutes - 35.3 MBAdam interviews Marcus about Axon Pages, his digital business card and link aggregation platform, and how he anticipates the future of digital business networking to evolve. Just because the product you've built doesn't work in the market you thought it would (or Covid-19 kills your market) doesn't mean you can't pivot to a new market and a new customer segment. We also learn Marcus's favorite flavor of ice cream. Check out Axon Pages at xnpg.io, as well as Marcus's profile. The mentioned ...
Episode 0 - Welcome to the Forge
October 05, 2020 22:07 - 22 minutes - 23.2 MBMarcus and Adam chat about their vision for the Founder's Forge podcast, share some of the struggles they've overcome as entrepreneurs, and discover that neither of them actually has any experience using an actual forge. To get involved with the Founder's Forge, or if you just want more information, go check out our Introduction to the Forge.