The First 100 | How Founders Acquired their First 100 Customers | Product-Market Fit
In this podcast, serial entrepreneur Hadi Radwan will sit with founders and entrepreneurs to uncover how they acquired their first 100 paying customers. This podcast is designed for early-stage founders or soon-to-become entrepreneurs who want to discover tactics, frameworks, and advice on how to reach this important milestone.
Episodes
185 episodes
[Raised $27 million] Ep.169 - The Playbook of a Founder that Grew his Business to 99k Users
James Hawkins is the co-founder of PostHog, an open-source product analytics platform that lets developers track product usage, understand the impact of new features on user behavior, and integrate product and user data with data warehouses – a...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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33:19
[Raised $1.5 million] Ep.168 - The Power of Event Marketing with Joe Lewin
Joe Lewin is the founder of Foundy, an acquisition marketplace where startup shareholders – including founders and employees – can anonymously list company equity on the Foundy platform to raise funds or seek full or secondary buyouts. Foundy h...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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31:02
[Raised $200 million] Ep.167 - How Chris Bach Built Netlify to 35M+ Sites
Christian Back is the founder of Netlify, a software platform that allows developers to build highly-performant and dynamic websites, e-commerce stores, and applications. The company has now raised close to $200 million from Bessemer Venture Pa...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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44:07
[Raised $34 million] Ep.166 - How This Founder Grew a SaaS Business from 27 to 1,000 Customers Using Just $3k a Month on Facebook Ads
Chris Ronzio founded Trainual, a software platform that helps businesses document their processes, policies, and procedures in one place. It provides a centralized location for employees to access training materials and ensures that everyone is...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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26:30
[Raised $6 million] Ep. 165 - How this Founder started only with $4k and grew to millions of ARR
Shafiq Khartabil, the co-founder of Ogram, an on-demand staffing platform, matches qualified local workers with jobs in Hospitality, Retail, Logistics, and more. Ogram has now raised a total of $6 million from Modus Capital, Aditum Investment M...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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21:59
[Raised $10 million] Ep.164 - How the Founder of Odoo grew the Company to 10 million users
Fabien Pinckaers is the founder of Odoo, a Belgium-based provider of open-source business software that ranges from inventory management and ERP to human resources and CRM software, marketing tools, and more. Odoo has raised to date more than $...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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23:00
[Raised $35 million] Ep.163 - This Founder was able to get buy-ins from 300 Global Payment Providers
Juan Pablo Ortega is the founder of Yuno, which enables any company to manage all payment methods and fraud providers through a single integration. Yuno has raised to date more than $35 million from notable investors such as Andreessen Horowitz...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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28:34
[Raised $3 million] Ep.162 - This Founder grew his company to 1200 customers in 12 months
Josh Pillsbury is the co-founder of Summit Insurance national insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia. Shaping the future of commercial insurance through technology-driven risk management and insu...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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21:49
[Bootstrapped] Ep.161 - The First 100 with Gary Ross, the Founder of Blip
Gary Ross founded Blip, a tech-enabled and digital-first small business insurance agency. Where to find Garry Ross:• Website: (11) blip: About | LinkedIn•...
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13:10
[Bootstrapped] Ep.160 - The First 100 with Kevin Stewart, Professional Premier League Football Player
Kevin Stewart is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in England, he plays for the Jamaica national team. He has previously played for Tottenham Hotspur, Crewe Alexandra, Liverpool, Cheltenham Town, Burton Albion, Swindon T...
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Season 3
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Episode 71
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32:32
[$3 million] Ep.159 - The First 100 with Miles Thorson, founder of Odie Pet Insurance
Miles Thorson founded Odie Pet Insurance, a New York-based tech-enabled pet health insurance company, that raised $3M in funding from notable investors such as Walkabout Ventures and Slow Ventures.Where to find Miles Thorson:<...
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Season 3
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Episode 72
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20:51
[Bootstrapped] Ep.158 - The First 100 with Dan Roselli, Co-founder of Revtech Labs
Dan Roselli, Co-founder of Revtech Labs, The first and oldest incubator program in Charlotte that focuses on general tech in emerging hot sectors. Dan is also the founder of RTL Capital, a financial technology fund based in Charlotte, NC, and Q...
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Season 3
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Episode 71
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24:27
[Raised $500 million] Ep.157 - The First 100 with Marcelo Lebre, the Co-founder of Remote
Marcelo Lebre is the President and Co-founder of Remote, a Global HR Platform that helps companies hire, manage, and pay their entire team — and more effectively compete in the modern global economy through a comprehensive set of core solutions...
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Season 3
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Episode 70
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23:55
[Bootstrapped] Ep.156 - The First 100 with Pablo Srugo, Partner at Mistral VC
This Post is Sponsored by ALL IN ONEPlay the Euro 2024 Predictor Game and beat the leader.Think you've got a crystal ball for the beautiful game? Can you sniff out surprise victories and predict the heart-stopping...
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Season 3
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Episode 69
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23:46
[Raised $125 million] Ep.155 - The First 100 with Richard Joffe, the co-founder of Honey Insurance
Richard Joffe, the co-founder of Honey Insurance, a digital home insurance provider that provides consumers quick access to insurance coverage by using public house information, satellite data, and artificial intelligence to estimate rebuild co...
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Season 3
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Episode 69
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27:42
[Raised $33 million] Ep.154 - The First 100 with Gage Caligaris, the founder of Ledgebrook
Gage Caligaris is the founder of Ledgebrook, a tech-enabled E&S MGA looking to provide “the fastest, easiest quoting experience to wholesale brokers.”. Boston-based insurance startup Ledgebrook has closed a $4.6 million round of funding to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 68
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18:43
[Raised $145 million] Ep.153 - The First 100 with Sanish Mondkar, CEO of Legion
Sanish Mondkar, CEO of Legion, a leading workforce management platform, dedicated to assisting business leaders in optimizing labor efficiency for hourly workers. Through its innovative technology, the platform employs a natural language ...
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Season 3
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Episode 67
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22:12
[Raised $30 million] Ep.152 - The First 100 with Rand Fishkin, Founder of Sparktoro and Moz | The Godfather of SEO is Ditching SEO
Rand Fishkin is the co-founder of Moz, SparkToro, and Inbound.org. When it comes to SEO and digital marketing, it’s hard to find someone more knowledgeable than Rand Fishkin. His popular blog, hundreds of keynotes, and 2 hyper-successful SaaS b...
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Season 3
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Episode 66
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35:01
[Bootstrapped] Ep.151- The First 100 with Karim Helal, the founder of ProTenders
Karim Helal is the founder of ProTenders, a Platform for Construction Companies to build their online reputation, find the right partners for each job, get new leads and streamline all their Tendering activities. Essentially, architects, Engine...
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Season 3
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Episode 65
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25:10
[Raised $17.3 million] Ep.150 - The First 100 with David Tal, Founder of Verse.ai | How Conversational AI Helps You Make More Money
David Tal is the CEO and Co-founder of Verse.ai, a next-generation lead conversion platform that’s 100% focused on inbound lead conversion. It uses a mix of text-first, multi-channel capabilities, AI and human-driven conversations, and patent-p...
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Season 3
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Episode 64
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24:19
[Raised $12 million] Ep.149 - The First 100 with Vidit Agrawal | Event Marketing | Associations | Social Media Marketing | Customer Interviews
Vidit Agrawal is the Founder of GajiGesa, financial wellness partner for employers in Indonesia. GajiGesa's powerful fintech platform is built to help millions of hardworking Indonesians take control of their financial lives with dignity. The G...
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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20:37
[Raised $23 million] Ep.148 - The First 100 with Lucy Slack, the co-founding member of Gaia
Lucy Slack is one of the co-founding member of Gaia, which is a startup that is effectively out to “de-risk” the whole process of IVF fertility treatment, using products like personalized insurance and payment plans. Gaia has now raised $23 mil...
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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29:18
[Raised $40 million] Ep.147 - The First 100 with Noosheen Hashemi, the Founder and CEO of January | The Power of Research | Diabetes Management
Noosheen Hashemi is the Founder and CEO of January, who has developed a platform that predicts diabetic patients’ responses to certain foods. January has raised $40 million to date from notable investors such as Felicis Ventures, Salesforce CEO...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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27:17
[Raised $15 million] Ep.146 - The First 100 with Sancar Sahin, the founder of Oliva
Sancar Sahin is the founder of Oliva, which is a healthtech platform offering specialist, on-demand mental health and wellbeing support to employees. The Company raised €13 million from notable investors such as Molten Ventures and was joined b...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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33:09
[Raised $53 million] Ep.145 - The First 100 with Jenny He, the Founder of Ergeon
My guest today is Jenny He the Co-founder of Ergeon, which uses tech to fundamentally transform the residential construction sector by empowering both the customer and local installers in their construction project. Ergeon has raised to date $5...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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29:18