Startup Ignition Podcast
By John & Tyler Richards
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Episodes: 52
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Father and son team John and Tyler Richards — veteran entrepreneurs, venture investors, mentors, and educators — discuss all things entrepreneurship and venture capital.
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Cahlan & Colt: 10-Year DevMountain Reunion, Bootstrapping, Bootcamps, Acquisitions
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May 28, 2026 |
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Carine Clark: 4x CEO, First Colony Mortgage, Resilience, Beating Ovarian Cancer, Introvert, Leader
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May 21, 2026 |
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Matty Gay: Building Primo Golf, Signing Phil Mickelson, Grant Horvat & Ecommerce Apparel
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May 07, 2026 |
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Blake Modersitzki: Pelion VC, Venture Returns, AI, War Stories, Top Deals & Scale
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Cap Table Red Flags: AI Rewriting Startup Investing, SaaS, Solopreneurs, Founder Splits & Vesting
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Matt Holman: E-commerce Subscription Playbook, CPG, From Prison to Profit
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Jon Richards: Nomatic, E-Commerce, Margins, CPG, Crowdfunding, Retail, Sourcing
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Jeremy Andrus: Traeger Grills, Brand Moats, Company Culture, Scaling, Going Public
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The Truth About Product Market Fit, PMF, Customer Interviews, Lean Startup
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Dan Caffee: Sold Teem to WeWork for $100M, Startup Mistakes, Personal Family Tragedy
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Sam Stoddard: TurboTax for Immigration, YC, VC, Exits
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Matt Stapleton: Turning Excel Sheets into $480M, SaaS Ideas, Strategy, Startups
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Dave Bateman: How he kept 60% of a Unicorn, Entrata, Bootstrapping, Magic Mushrooms, Silver, Scaling
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Cydni Tetro: Disney R&D, Innovation, 3D Printing, Brandless, Startups, Coke, Tenacity, Women in Tech
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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John & Tyler go over the Carta Q3 Pre-Seed Analysis, Early Stage Trends, VC, SaaS
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Ryan Westwood: Slow Down to Speed Up, His $250M Exit to Infosys, Buying 7 Competitors, Scaling
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Paul Ahlstrom: The Origins of Nail It Then Scale It, Market Timing, Utah VC, AI
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Johnny Hanna: Entrata’s $4B Journey, Homie’s Disruption, and Entrepreneurs Mental Health
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Adam Weber: Sold Service Business to Build a SaaS Startup, Fundraising, Pest, Finding Confidence
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Jeff Kearl: The Playbook for Iconic Brands, Stance, Skullcandy, Entrepreneurship
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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David Bradford: The Master Connector, Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, Eric Schmidt, Sergey, Novell, Microsoft
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Jeron Paul: From Spreadsheet Idea to $419M Exit, SaaS, Salesforce Acquisition, Founder Journey
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Startup War Stories That Will Save Your Company | Equity Splits, Bad Investors, Hiring
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Ben Knell: Building a $100M+ Sales Engine, Family & Leadership, FBI, Pest Control, Business
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Jeff Burningham: From Real Estate Tycoon to VC, Startups, Becoming Wise in the Age of AI
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Case Lawrence: From Elon's Lawyer to Trampoline King, Sky Zone, Startup, Founder Story
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Kurt Workman: Owlet Baby Sock’s $100 Million Journey | Startup, SPAC, FDA, Turn Around
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Don't Make These Mistakes: Founder Regrets, PMF, Fundraising, QSBS, Hiring
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Dustin Robins: Following Lean Startup all the way to $30M, Don’t Skip Steps, Scalability
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Startup Elephants vs Unicorns: Why We Invest in Elephants, Valuations, VC, Fundraising, Strategy
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Garrett Gee: The Secret $54M Snapchat Sale, Bucket List Family, Shark Tank, Raising VC
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Adam Edmunds: $4B Entrata CEO on Podium's Growth, Allegiance Sale to MaritzCX, SaaS & GTM Metrics
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Phil Kirkeiner: $150k to $7M with an Offshore Sales Team | Startup Scaling, SaaS, Remote Teams, CEO
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Scott Johnson: Bootstrapping to a $1.5B Adobe Acquisition, Workfront, Motivosity, Product-Market Fit
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Andrew Smith: From Tech to Restaurants, Problem Hunter Building a Food Empire, Scaling & Investing
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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"This Is a DEAL KILLER": VC's Pre-Seed Due Diligence Checklist, Cap Table, Rule 83B, Founder Equity
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Travis Cook: The AI Software Revolution, Building a Top Dev Shop, Blockchain, Startup Investing
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May 30, 2025 |
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Craig Earnshaw: Destructive Founder Splits & Pitching Investors Confidently, Angel Investing, Exits
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May 15, 2025 |
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Brian Beutler: Pitching Genius Raises $100M at Alianza, VOIP-2-Cloud Pivot, CEO of the Year Insights
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May 08, 2025 |
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Evan Teshima: Bootstrapping ForeUP to a Massive SaaS Exit and the $400k Chess Game
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May 01, 2025 |
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Eric Smith: Smart Home Legend, Hotel Internet Inventor, Control4 IPO, & Founder Lessons That Matter
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Startup Validation Roadmap, Founder Mistakes, SI's Bootcamp Frameworks, Real-World Pivot Stories
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Bryan Christiansen: Bootstrapping to Millions in ARR, Landing Goldman Sachs, & Customer Obsession
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Jared Ward & Brendon Beebe: Coding with AI, Overcoming Scaling Challenges, Founding Team Dynamics
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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AI Investments, Founding Teams, VC Market Trends, Startup Strategies
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Jason Peterson: Selling Before Building, SaaS Success, Validation, Lessons Learned
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Devin Shurtleff: Overcoming Challenges, Strategic Shifts, and Lessons from a CEO’s Leadership Legacy
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Silicon Slopes Legend John Pestana on Omniture’s $1.8B Adobe Exit, Enterprise Sales, & VC Tradeoffs
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The $22M Bet on SMS Marketing: Shane Murphy’s Startup Playbook
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Avoiding Capital Pitfalls: Sustainable Growth and Effective Networking Strategies
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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AI Gold Rush, Startup Cycles, and the Art of Bootstrapping: What Every Founder Needs to Know
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Our Journeys, Lean Startup Insights, Economic Cycles, and AI's Role in Modern Entrepreneurship
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Feb 07, 2025 |