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Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology

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How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

And reached a $100M valuation

Michael Houck

GrowthGrowth

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How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million

And why you might never have to write a todo list again

Michael Houck

Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology

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From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

How Adam Nathan got Blaze into the top 1% of companies on Stripe

Michael Houck

Finding PMFFinding PMF

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Luke Sophinos on How to Build Vertical SaaS

And why Peter Thiel gave him $100,000 to drop out of college

Michael Houck

Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology

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How Pujun Bhatnagar Doubled His Valuation to $75M... In 3 Months

And how he personally walked away from $500k

Michael Houck

GrowthGrowth

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How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped To A $10 Million Exit

And how he's building five products to $100k MRR

Michael Houck

Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology

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From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

And how purposely losing customers propelled Pangea's growth

Michael Houck

GrowthGrowth

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Why Community Matters (from founders who raised $447 million)

Tyler Denk, Andrew Yeung, Sam Corcos and more chime in

Michael Houck

Founder PsychologyFounder Psychology

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Why Adam Renklint Raised $137M... and Gave it Back

And how Pitch changed course after raising an $85 million Series B

Michael Houck

GrowthGrowth

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How James Evans Got 20 Million Users

And raised $24 million for his YC-backed startup

Michael Houck

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How Zayd Ali Sold A Company at 18 Years Old

And founded Valley — an AI SDR company that's raised $3 million

Michael Houck

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How Dara Ladjevardian Sold His AI Startup in 8 Months

And then raised VC from Keith Rabois for his second one

Michael Houck