Startups Decoded
By Andy Walsh
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Most startup podcasts are built for founders who've already figured it out. This one's for the founder still in the middle of it.Startups Decoded covers the full founder operating system — from idea to Series A. Brand, fundraising, marketing, operations, finance, culture, storytelling. Everything a first-time founder needs to actually run the thing, not just pitch it.Host Andy Walsh has been in it — 4x founder, 2 exits, bootstrapped $10M ARR. He brings in founders and investors who've built real companies and gets them to talk honestly about how they did it.New episodes weekly. If you're drowning in decisions and need a framework, not a pep talk — this is your show.
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Ep#75: The World Is Your Talent Pool. Here's How You Thrive. Brad Bowery - Deel
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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EP#74: Your Brand Is Worth Stealing. Is It Protected? With Maria Sinatra (Venable) and Allison Luvera (Juliet)
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Ep#73: The Digital Twin for Work — What Founders Don’t Understand with David Shim
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Ep#72: Your Cap Table Is the Story of Your Company — Joris Delanoue, Fairmint
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Ep#71: Launching at 21 With No Money and No Plan. Now 4 companies & 2 exits. With Taryn Williams.
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Ep#70 - Eric Ries. He wrote the rules. Now he's rewriting them.
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May 25, 2026 |
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Ep#69: The VC Who Got Rejected by YC — Then Built a $300M Company. Rachel ten Brink
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May 18, 2026 |
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EP#68: Why We're Lonelier Than Ever, And How to Fix It - Michelle Parsons
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ep#67: Stop Renting Attention — Why Founders Need to Own Their Platform. Nathan Gwilliam
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ep#66:Why Every Founder Is Already a Generalist — Milly Tamati
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ep#65: The Identity Problem Behind Most Startup Brands — Jill Smith.
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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#64: She Started a Brand Before She Started a Career — Sophie de Haën
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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#63: Burn the Script — Alicia Teltz on Leaving the “Perfect” Life.
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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#62: AI Predicting the Future. What Happens Next? With Vanja Josifovski
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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#61: VCs Don’t Take Power. Founders Hand It Over. With Itamar Novick
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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#60: Raising Smart Capital in 2026 — Discipline, Data & Control with Roei Samuel
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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#59: Early-Stage GTM And The Modern Growth Engine with Brendan Tolleson.
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#58: “Founder” is a status; “CEO” is a skill you’re ignoring - Alisa Cohn.
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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#57: AI Without the Lawsuits - How to Build Without Burning Your IP.
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#56: The Diligence Mirror: Truth, Data, and Post-Acquisition Reality with Dr. Denise Bronner.
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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#55: Built, Sold, Burned Out. What Comes After a $60M Exit? With Xaver Lehmann.
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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#54: Specialists Optimize. Operators Build Companies. With Casey Woo (FOG Ventures + Operators Guild)
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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#53: The Intro Economy: How Trust Moves Deals — With Mike Adams
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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#52: Advice Before Money: The VC Model Founders Actually Want — With Mike Ma.
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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#51: Stop Running Your Startup Like a Hobby. Build It to Sell. With Luke Tobin
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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#50: Nervous to Become a Founder? Start Here (Before You Quit) — With Niluka Kavanagh
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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#49: Angel Money Isn’t ‘Play Money’. It’s a Major Advantage - with Katie Dunn.
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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#48: We Need To Scale Angel Investing — with Cheryl Kellond, Play Money.
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#47: When AI Chases Invoices Better Than You Do – Mihir Deo, Founder - Invoice Butler.
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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#46: From Fundraise to Exit: What Every Founder Needs to Know — Jennifer Lewis, Exited Founder - Lex
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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#45: There Is No Perfect Pitch Deck - What You Actually Need, with Robert Harary, CEO and VC - Decko
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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#44: Use Banks, Not VCs: Non-Dilutive Capital for Founders with Ashley D. Bell & Redemption Bank.
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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#43: The FemTech Edge: Build and Train by Your Menstrual Cycle - Lizzy Palmer (Founder, SyncN).
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#42: From Peter Thiel’s Fellowship to 1517 Fund — The VC Who Funds Rebels (Michael Gibson)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#41: Founders: The Easy Way to Land Angels, Fast - Jaclyn Johnson, CEO - Cherub
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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#40: Boards That Raise, How to Turn Advisors into Capital (with Breen Sullivan)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#39: AI Meets Medicine — Personalized Care You’ll Actually Use with Dr. Erik Reis
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#38: How AI Agents Ran Our Business, While I Went To Burning Man (with Adam Robinson)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#37: The Startup Security Playbook: AI That Keeps Up with AI — with Francesco Piccoli (Almanax).
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#36: Crack the LinkedIn Code: How to Hit 100,000 Followers with Charlie Hills
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#35: Own the Audience or Lose the Game. Nick Humphreys - Linktree.
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#34: How Billion-Dollar Companies Get Built. Mike Jones - Liquid Death, Dollar Shave Club, Science Inc.
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ep#33: The Real Cost of Venture Capital in the AI Era - Joseph Lee.
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ep#32: A Logo is Decoration. A Brand Is Survival. Startups Fail When They Ignore It. With Malcolm Buick.
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Ep#31: Your Digital Strategy Is Already Obsolete! Here’s How to Fix It with Jay Erickson.
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep#30: Future-Proofing Products in 2025: Startup Lessons from Orgo’s Zoya Lehrer
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ep#29: The Post-Product Market Fit Playbook: Scaling, Systems, and Survival - with Adrian Fagerlund - Linkby
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep#28: How Great Founders Build Trust: The Startup Advantage You Can’t Fake - David Homan
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ep#27: The Secret to Raising Capital? Tell Your Story, Don’t Sell - Dr. Ankur Pathak.
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ep#26: Why Your Startup’s Culture Sucks (and How to Fix It) - Michael Landers
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep#25: Scale or Shatter? Why Founders Break - Leila Lahbabi
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep#24: Why Venture Studios Are the Future of Startups - Matthew Burris
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep#23: From The NFL To The Ultimate Pivot with Kevin Jurovich
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep#22: Founders, Build Your Startup in Public with Cory Blumenfeld
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Ep#21: How To Secure An Angel Investor with Tony Kula
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep#20: Founder-Investor Fit with Chris Tottman - Notion Capital
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep#19: The AI Playbook: How Founders Must Adapt - Mark S. McNally
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May 29, 2025 |
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Ep#18: Building the VC Firm Founders Choose First with Jason Shuman
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep#17: The Art of Networking for Founders with Madelaine Czufin
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep#16: The Founder’s Blueprint: Building Startups in 2025 with Majd Alaily
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May 07, 2025 |
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Ep#15: Why Founders Follow the Crowd — What VCs Look For Instead with Mike MacCombie
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Ep#14: Venture Studios vs. Traditional Startups with Ben Yoskovitz
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Ep13: Is Early-Stage VC Broken? The Future with Jeff Becker - Antler
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Ep#12: The Green Skills Revolution - Neil Yeoh
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Ep#11: Launching a Non-Alcoholic Beer with Andy Miller - Heaps Normal
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ep#10: What’s Next For Product Design in 2025? With Nick Sgobba
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Ep#9: Mastering Go-To-Market Strategy with Carol Malakasis
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Ep#8: The Power of Brand for Startups with Danish Chan
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Ep#7: Legitimizing Venture Studios with Neal Ghosh
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Ep#6: The Evolving Role of VCs: Why Platform Teams Matter with Joel Connolly
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Ep#5: Founders: Are You Investing in Yourself? With Rachel Hamlin.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Ep #4: Demystifying Tech Storytelling: Bridging Complexity to Clarity - Cindy Skalicky
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Ep#3: How Can Founders Scale High-Performance Teams? - Crystelle Desnoyer
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Ep# 2: Founders: The Secret to Hiring the Right Marketer at the Right Time - with Lucy Woolfenden
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Ep #1: Does Climate Tech Need a Rebrand? Insights with Helena Wasserman.
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Jan 21, 2025 |