Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo
By Thea Ngo
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Episodes: 39
Description
The best early-stage founders before the world catches on and how they're building their business today,
Australia, Southeast Asia, the US, and everywhere in between.
Hosted by Thea Ngo (Wharton grad, early-stage investor), each episode is one unscripted conversation with a founder who is still in it, while the decisions are still fresh.
Think
→ Customer discovery hacks to sell before you build
→ Fundraising rounds that nearly didn't close & ones that closed too rapidly
→ Pivots that saved the company, and ones that didn't
New episodes every Thursday
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
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AI Insurance Brokerage: 80 Marathons, Uninsured, Nearly Killed Him | Sean Stuart, Rosella
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Basketball Stats From One Phone Video: Their $3.5M AI Pivot | Cordelia King, Superstat
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Quibi: How a $1.75B Startup Died in 6 Months
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Why AI Can't Fix Your Business and the $10M Raise He Regrets | Lee Lagdameo, Shikii Labs
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Impact Investing at $10: The Fortune He Lost, The Fund He Built | Arjun Agarwal, inaam
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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AI for Lawyers: 300 Features, They Used One | Rowan McNamee, Mary Technology
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Passive Investing Australia: Get Rich Slow, The Fintech That Tells You to Trade Less | Hayden Smith, Pearler
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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$350M Fintech Founder Steps Down as CEO to Rebuild With AI | Josh Foreman, InDebted
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Battery Storage Founder: 8 Months of Rejection, One Term Sheet He Refused | Rakhesh Martyn, Hachiko Energy
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression: The Doctor Who Left Medicine to Build a Clinic Network | Lauren Barker, Good Mind Therapeutics
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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$15M ARR Fintech Founder: I Found My First Customer on Facebook | Caroline Tran, Hello Clever
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The D1 Athlete Who Built a $100M Voice AI Company | Will Bodewes, Phonely (YC S24)
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May 21, 2026 |
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$40M FinTech Founder on Raising Millions Before He Had a Business Idea | Shakeel Lala, Marloo
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May 08, 2026 |
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He Turned Falling Socks into an Eight Figure Global Brand | Nathan Yun, Paire
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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This Stanford Dropout Wants to Help You Fall in Love | Celeste Amadon, Known
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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How He Turned 3 YC Rejections into a $25M AI Governance Company | Nam Nguyen, TruthSystems (YC S25)
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Why Early Facebook Investors Backed a Self-Taught Aussie Dev | Finnlay Morcombe, Fluency
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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What Harvard Didn't Know: I Was Already Building an 8-Figure Startup | Stephen Turban, Lumiere Education
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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He Ran One of Australia's Biggest Athleisure Brands - Then Built Software to Fix Its Biggest Flaw | Jevon Le Roux, Keeyu
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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He Quit a Six-Figure Consulting Job to Sell Chilli Oil | Ethan Yong, Umami Papi
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Building a $50M+ Zero Alcohol Global Craft Beer Brand | Andy Miller, Heaps Normal
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Why This YC Startup Is Betting That AI Will Get Things Wrong | Alessia & Elia, Vibeflow (YC S25)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Australia's $70M 'Theranos': The Founder Who Bought It | Joe Zhou, StrongRoom AI
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Why This YC Startup Just Raised $4M to Catch Fraud Before It Happen | Satya Tumati, Socratix AI (YC S25)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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He Built a Shopify App for MrBeast, Now It's Doing $2M ARR | Hamish McKay, Order Editing
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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He's Building $600M Robots That Folds your Laundry | Jason Ma, Dyna Robotics
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Why Butter Hit 10k Users in Months And What It Says About the Loneliness Epidemic | Sam Richardson, Butter
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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They Sold Out their Alcohol Brand in 48 Hours Without Running a Single Ad | Phung, Daniel & Hanson, SipHRD
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Inside Silicon Valley's $600B Startup School | Vivek & John, Affil.ai (YC S24)
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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What Stanford Didn't Teach Me: Rebuilding Vietnam's Hottest EdTech | Hung Bui, AIducation
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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I Sold My Car & Built a Cult Haircare Startup Founder Story | Floriye Elmazi, Sisterwould
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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What Every Australian Loyalty Program Get Wrong, And How Litecard Fix It | Brian Pham, Litecard
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Why this YC-backed Startup Really Failed | Robert Huynh, Nook (YC W22)
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May 29, 2025 |
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Why Outdoor Gear Is Almost Impossible to Recycle - And How One Founder Fixed It | Ben Wood, WipWrk
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May 15, 2025 |
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Why Vietnamese People Don't Invest - And How One Fintech Is Fixing It | Nhi Nguyen, MaiMoney
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May 01, 2025 |
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She Quit Private Equity to Start a Yogurt Company With Her Best Friend | Kiki & Elan, Sourmilk Yogurt
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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I Spoke to 1,000 Investors Before Raising. Here's What Nobody Tells You | Nate Spiteri, Shopfront
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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She Built an AI App Alone in 60 Days | Selina Li, gymii.ai
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Inside the GenZ Marketing Agency that's Changing Influencer Marketing | Abby Huang, Dime.Inc
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Feb 20, 2025 |