Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 1h 4m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since Nov 2025
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Where do great business ideas come from? "Before It Clicked" takes you inside the minds of successful business owners to find out. Join us as we interview entrepreneurs about their "aha!" moment, the origins of their innovative ideas, and the journey of building their products from scratch. Gain insights and inspiration for your own entrepreneurial path.

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How Raj Suri Got the Idea for Presto — and Validated It by Working in a Restaurant

Apr 22, 2026 45m

Raj Suri built Presto after one painfully slow restaurant bill split turned into an obsession. In this episode, he breaks down how he got the idea, why he worked inside a restaurant before building,…

10 Years of Near-Death to a $200M Uber Exit — Ryan Rzepecki (Jump Bikes)

Mar 06, 2026 1h 8m

Ryan Rzepecki had no hardware background and no software background. But in 2008, he saw the Paris bike share system, thought the $5,000-per-bike infrastructure cost was insane, and started building…

100 Customer Interviews to a $1B Exit to Stripe | Metronome's Story

Feb 25, 2026 55m

Scott Woody left Dropbox with no idea, no code, and no product. What followed was months of deliberate exploration — a LIDAR startup, a nanny company, workflow software — before a random conversation…

6 Pivots to $1.4b: PostHog Origin Story (and How They'd Do It In 2026)

Feb 04, 2026 1h 19m

PostHog just raised $75M Series E at a ~$1.4B valuation—but the real story is what happened before it clicked.In this episode, PostHog co-founder James Hawkins walks through the 6 pivots that came…

From $15M to $1.8M and Back: How Dover Found PMF Twice (George Carollo)

Jan 28, 2026 1h 10m

Dover is one of those YC companies that looks “obviously successful” from the outside. But the real story is way messier: they hit PMF with a product called Autopilot, scaled fast, and then the 2022…

How I built Genius.com with Tom Lehman

Jan 21, 2026 55m

Genius is an institution on the internet—the go-to destination for anyone wanting to know what a Drake or Bad Bunny lyric actually means. But before it was a global music powerhouse with over 200…

From Pivot Hell to $1M ARR: The Magic Patterns Origin Story

Jan 07, 2026 58m

What does it actually look like to pivot eight times in a single year? In this episode of Before It Clicked, Sunny Rekhi sits down with Alex Danilowicz, co-founder of Magic Patterns, an AI design…

The Barbershop Visit That Sparked a $750M Idea: The Squire Origin Story

Dec 16, 2025 43m

Dave Salvant and his co-founder Songe had no technical background, no barbershop experience, and were burning through their seed money. With only $60,000 left in the bank, they made a desperate…

How to Build a $550M Company: Vouch CEO Explains Why He Ignored the "Lean Startup" Method

Dec 10, 2025 1h 6m

Vouch is now a $550M company, supporting 6,000+ high-growth companies. But they did it by rejecting the core tenets of startup wisdom.On this episode of Before It Clicked, we dive into the early,…

Building a 9-Figure Healthtech Business with Zero Industry Experience: The DrChrono Origin Story

Dec 04, 2025 1h 30m

Two founders with zero healthcare experience built the first iPad-native EHR app… and found explosive PMF even though they started DrChrono before the iPad existed.In this conversation, Daniel…

From Whiteboard to $1.5B: Airbyte's Origin Story

Nov 30, 2025 1h

When Michel Tricot left his job in 2019, he didn’t have an idea yet — he just knew he wanted to start a company.Over the next year, he and his cofounder cycled through ideas: remote-controlling…

12 Pivots in 5 Years to $130M: Vapi's Origin Story

Nov 05, 2025 1h 20m

Most founder stories jump straight to the win. This one doesn't.Nikhil Gupta, cofounder and CTO of Vapi, spent 5 years grinding through 12 different pivots before landing on the idea that raised at a…

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