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How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

Apr 2, 2025

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5 min read

How Arjun Mahadevan Raised $1 Million in 2 Minutes

And reached a $100M valuation

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

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How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million

Mar 15, 2025

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5 min read

How Stella Garber Raised $5 Million

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

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From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

Jan 9, 2025

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4 min read

From $0 to $10 Million Revenue in 15 Months

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Finding PMF

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Luke Sophinos on How to Build Vertical SaaS

Jan 2, 2025

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5 min read

Luke Sophinos on How to Build Vertical SaaS

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+5

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

Dec 19, 2024

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5 min read

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

And how he personally walked away from $500k

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+3

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

Dec 12, 2024

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5 min read

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

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

+3

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

Dec 5, 2024

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5 min read

From 0 to 1,000 Signups per Day

And how purposely losing customers propelled Pangea's growth

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

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

Nov 30, 2024

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5 min read

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

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

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

Nov 21, 2024

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4 min read

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

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+2

How James Evans Got 20 Million Users

Nov 14, 2024

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4 min read

How James Evans Got 20 Million Users

And raised $24 million for his YC-backed startup

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Podcast

+1

How Zayd Ali Sold A Company at 18 Years Old

Nov 7, 2024

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5 min read

How Zayd Ali Sold A Company at 18 Years Old

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

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Podcast

+2

How Dara Ladjevardian Sold His AI Startup in 8 Months

Oct 31, 2024

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5 min read

How Dara Ladjevardian Sold His AI Startup in 8 Months

And then raised VC from Keith Rabois for his second one

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Founder Psychology

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Why Andrew Yeung Left Google to be the Gatsby of NYC's Startup Scene

Oct 24, 2024

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5 min read

Why Andrew Yeung Left Google to be the Gatsby of NYC's Startup Scene

And his journey as an immigrant founder

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Growth

+1

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

Oct 17, 2024

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5 min read

How Sam Corcos Grew Levels into a $300 Million Startup

And helped turn his co-founder into a big influencer

Michael Houck
Michael Houck

Podcast

Launching the Founding Journey Podcast

Oct 10, 2024

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6 min read

Launching the Founding Journey Podcast

And our chats with the founders of Cameo and beehiiv

Michael Houck
Michael Houck
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