Forward Thinking Founders

Basic information:Tomas Hoyos is the Cofounder and CEO of Voro. Voro is a community where you can search and find doctor recommendations from people you trust. They just raised a $2.5M seed round led by Floodgate. Listen to this episode if you:- If you or your loved ones have health complications, - If you are building a company in NYC- If you want to learn about fundraising and how to raise a seed round- Want to know what the fundraising process is actually like, not from hat you hear on headlines- Are curious how to close out a round once you've found a leadAn ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information:Katia Damer is the Cofounder and CEO of Prolific. Prolific builds the most powerful and flexible tools for online research, starting with scientists and researchers.Listen to this episode if you:- Want to learn more about tools for doing user research- Are interested in a founder's thought on how/when to expand to a different market- Want to learn about the nuances of having product-market fit- How to think about decision making when affecting business strategy- How Y Combinator was to go through- How to go through the "scale up" phase of a startup.'An ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information:Mark Lutter is the Founder and Executive Director at Charter Cities Institute. CCI is a nonprofit dedicated to creating the ecosystem for charter cities. ‍They believe charter cities are the future of development in emerging economies.Listen to this episode if you:- Are interested in understanding what Charter cities are- Are curious to know if a Charter City would work in the states- Are interested in solving the global poverty crisis- Want to learn about current charter cities underway?- Want to see how you can get involved in the charter city movement.An ask from Mat:Join the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information:Travis Hedge is the Cofounder of Vouch. Vouch provides business insurance for startups.Listen to this episode if you:- Are wondering if you should get insurance for your startup- Are curious how to capitalize on an old industry into a quickly growing startup.- Are interested in how the process of selling within the YC network works. - Are interested in learning how to raise a seed round- Want to learn how to tell a story that the investors will align with- Are curious about how to think like an investor, as a founder.An ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information:Greg Head is the CEO of Scaling Point and founder of Gregslist. Greglist is a network of lists that map all software companies in different geographies (Phoenix, Dallas, Utah , etc.). It's important to note that Greg was also the CMO that scaled Infusionsoft from the low millions to over $100M+. Listen to this episode if you:- Want to learn about how tech hubs outside of the coasts can improve their scene and presence on a national scale.- Want to hear about early days of growth at Infusionsoft- Are curious to learn about the stages of growth of a scale-up, and what changes need to be made at each stage- Are interested to hear the perspective of an accomplished tech leader, but outside a traditional tech hub.- Want advice on how to think about growth as an early (or late) stage founder- How to scale exponentially with your company, not linearly. An ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

I read outloud one of the short posts I wrote this year. This won't be the last time I do this, as I want to explore the options with an RSS feed. Stay tuned. To get more of my writing, head over to my Substack: I write free posts, but have most posts gated behind a paywall. Would love to see you over there.  ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information:François Baldassari is the Cofounder and CEO of Memfault. Memfault can automatically catch, triage, and fix issues on any hardware platform. Memfault has raised 2.7M from Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, and others.Listen to this episode if you:- Are working on a hardware product and dislike the debugging process - Are a consumer of hardware products and want to help the companies be more successful- Are interested to know more about what happens inside Y Combinator- Want to know how to get early users for your platform- Want to hear what an experienced tech veteran thinks about the worldAn ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information:Sara Mauskopf is the Cofounder and CEO of Winnie. Winnie helps parents find childcare and preschools in their area.Listen to this episode if you:- Are interested in the ideation process (Learn how it took a while for Sara to hone on on this big idea)- Are interested in building a big audience before you monetize - Want to learn about the nuances of having product-market fit- Are curious about what hypergrowth feels like?- Want to learn about distribution channels like SEO and content marketing- Are wondering if you should run ads for your product- Are dealing with the chicken and egg problem of a marketplaceAn ask from MatJoin the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

Basic information: John Xie, Cofounder of Taskade. Taskade combines tasks, notes, and communication all in one place. Taskade has raised $5,000,000 and is a Y Combinator alumni.Listen to this episode if you:- Want to hear productivity hacks for your life and work- Are wondering what platforms you should start off with- Want to learn how to operate and manage a lean team- Are interested in remote work or future of work trends- Are into the nocode/creator movementAn ask from Mat Join the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★

In this episode, we're talking to Austin Petersmith, founder of Capiche. In this episode, we talk about:What is Capiche?How does a user interact with Capiche?Is getting pricing transparency the main goal with Capiche?Where did this idea come from?What's the big vision for Capiche?What would happen if prices for software companies were compared like Amazon compares prices?What tech trends interest you right now?What have you learned over your career so far?Any advice for first-time founders?How can our community help you?Join the Forward Thinking Founders community via our email list here. If you are enjoying the podcast, please help support it by buying me a coffee. It helps the show run and keeps me focused on finding and interviewing great guests. ★ Support this podcast ★