Builder's Growth Lab

Builder's Growth Lab

Charlie Hernandez

English Technology Explicit
Episodes 53
Avg. Duration 1h 13m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
91%
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rss.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

The podcast where builders, founders, and investors talk AI marketing and customer acquisition for AI builders.


Join us (Conor Douglas, Mallory Loar, Charlie Hernandez) as we talk about the latest AI coding tools, interview the creators building them, and share real builder stories with AI founders. From Claude Code to cutting-edge startups, how to acquire customers for your AI app, we talk about AI code and keep you informed and entertained.


Perfect for builders who want to stay ahead of the AI curve without the hype. 


New episodes weekly.


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Recent Episodes

S1E52 Why Founders Lie Awake at 3AM, with Insomnia Coach Martin Reed | Episode #52

May 25, 2026 1h 6m

For the closer of season 1, Charlie Hernandez and Conor Douglas sit down with Martin Reed, founder of Insomnia Coach, to talk about the one thing every founder running on empty needs to hear: stop…

S1E51 PeptideMaps, OpenAI Ads, and the Shift From Clicks to Influence | Episode #51

May 14, 2026 1h 1m

No guest this week. Just Charlie and Conor breaking down what's actually moving the needle in AI and customer acquisition right now.Charlie walks through a new domain he bought live: PeptideMaps.ai.…

S1E50 The Packaging Rule Every AI Founder Gets Wrong On YouTube, Interview with Scott Simson | Episode #50

May 07, 2026 1h 24m

Episode 50 with Scott Simson, CEO of Raffiti Media. Scott runs a YouTube done-for-you agency that's generated over a billion views for clients across seven years and close to 20 employees. He sat…

S1E49 How Gojiberry AI Hit $2M ARR With Cold Outreach That Actually Works | Episode #49

May 01, 2026 43m

Roman Czerny, co-founder and CMO of Gojiberry AI, joins Charlie on episode 49 of Builders Growth Lab.A few months ago, Gojiberry was at zero. Today they're at $2M ARR. Roman sold his last SaaS for…

S1E48 Copy Our Marketing Prompts | Episode #48

Apr 23, 2026 1h 12m

No guest this week. Just Charlie and Conor handing over the exact prompts they use to run their SEO and paid ads agencies.The premise is simple. Copy the prompts, paste them into Claude (Opus 4.7 is…

S1E47 From Fashion to $700K ARR in 9 Months with Henrik Skagerlind Fasth, Co Founder of Lumoo | Episode #47

Apr 16, 2026 1h 13m

Henrik Skagerlind Fasth spent 20+ years in the fashion industry before building Lumoo, an AI platform running 30 models in sync, entirely on Lovable. In under 9 months he hit 700K EUR in annual…

From Zero to $1M ARR in 30 Days & Solo. Using Just AI - Ben Broca, Founder of Polsia | Episode #46

Apr 09, 2026 1h 28m

What does it actually take to build a company in 2026? According to Ben Broca, not much more than a laptop, a stack of AI tools, and the willingness to trust the technology further than most founders…

S1E45 The Beehiiv Breakdown: SEO, Paid Ads, and What We Found | Episode #45

Apr 02, 2026 49m

Charlie and Conor go solo this week. No guest, no Mallory -- just the two hosts doing a live audit of Beehiiv's digital marketing presence. Conor breaks down their paid search strategy, and Charlie…

S1E44 From 0 to 150K, Building Communities That Actually Stick With Grace Ling | Episode #44

Mar 26, 2026 1h 53m

Grace Ling built Design Buddies into a community of 150,000+ designers, cold-emailed 400 hiring managers to land her job at EA, got cancelled by people she trusted, was rejected from YC multiple…

S1E43 Copy Our AI Marketing Stacks | Episode #43

Mar 19, 2026 1h 38m

No guest this week -- just Charlie, Connor, and Mallory getting into the weeds on the exact tools and workflows powering their agencies, their products, and this podcast.If you're an AI founder or…

S1E42 SEO and Content Marketing in the AI Era with Brendan Hufford | Episode #42

Mar 12, 2026 41m

What does it actually take to grow a SaaS company through content marketing when AI is reshaping search as we know it? In this episode, Charlie sits down with Brendan Hufford, head of marketing at…

Government Money Is Sitting There - Here's Why Most Founders Ignore It | Episode #41

Mar 05, 2026 1h 33m

Most founders building AI products are ignoring a $700B+ market sitting right in front of them: government contracts.In this episode, Charlie, Conor, and Mallory sit down with Maurice Harari,…

S1E40 The GTM Strategy Most Founders Skip - Interview With Josh Lowman | Episode #40

Feb 26, 2026 1h 52m

Most AI companies are not losing on product. They are losing on positioning. And Josh Lowman says they are solving the wrong problem entirely.Josh runs Goldfront, a category design studio in San…

S1E39 Andy Crestodina's Organic Growth Playbook for the AI Era | Episode # 39

Feb 19, 2026 1h 43m

Andy Crestodina has spent 25 years building Orbit Media into one of the most respected content marketing agencies in the game. No paid ads. No outbound sales team. Just organic content that generates…

S1E38 ChatGPT Ads Are Here, Should AI Founders Care? | Episode #38

Feb 12, 2026 1h 35m

OpenAI just opened up advertising inside ChatGPT, and the BGL crew breaks down what it actually means for builders, marketers, and AI companies. Conor shares his take from the paid media side,…

S1E37 What VCs Actually Look For When Investing | Episode #37

Feb 05, 2026 1h 44m

Inside VC with Robert Harari 🎙️We just dropped Episode 37 with Robert Harari, a VC since age 17 and co-founder of Raisy, an AI platform that connects founders with investors using behavioral…

S1E36 Building Out Loud & More | Episode #36

Jan 29, 2026 1h 51m

We hit record and talked about what's actually on our minds this week: our canceled Breckenridge trip that makes our heart hurt, building CampaignPilots in public and what we're learning from sharing…

S1E35 Jon Cheney on What Founders Get Wrong About Implementation | Episode #35

Jan 22, 2026 2h 7m

Jon Cheney, Chief AI Officer and CEO of GenAIPI, joins the show to break down how he scaled from solo consultant to an 8-person AI services firm and what AI founders can steal from his playbook. We…

S1E34 Why the Big AI Breakthrough Still Hasn't Happened (And Where the Real Opportunity Is) - Interview with Silvia Oviedo Lopez | Episode #34

Jan 15, 2026 1h 48m

Guest: Silvia Oviedo Lopez, Former Pinterest & Canva Leader, Now Building Stealth AI StartupSilvia spent two decades scaling Pinterest to 450 million users and leading AI-powered content…

S1E33 What It's Actually Like to Raise Capital For Your Startup | Episode #33

Jan 08, 2026 2h 10m

In this episode, Mallory Loar pulls back the curtain on her fundraising journey: raising nearly $800K for her app.She breaks down how she leveraged her network to get in front of angel investors, why…

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