Episodes 5
Avg. Duration 26m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Sep 2025
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Consistency
27%
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About This Podcast

Go behind the scenes with the people who built it first - the founders and early hires of today’s fastest-growing startups. We dive into the bets they made, the mistakes, the wins, and everything in between!

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Recent Episodes

Inside Braintrust: Scaling a Category-Defining AI Evals Platform (with Sarah Zeng)

Mar 02, 2026 26m

Join me in conversation with Sarah Zeng, who has gone from investing to operating at the forefront of AI - first as one of the first 50 employees at Character AI and now scaling Braintrust.…

Designing the Standard for AI Detection (with Olivia, GPTZero's First Product Designer)

Feb 03, 2026 24m

Join me in conversation with my friend Olivia Kusio, the first and founding product designer at GPTZero — one of the breakout AI companies of the last two years.Olivia joined as the 5th employee. Two…

Inside the First BizOps Seat at Column (with Charlie Liao)

Nov 06, 2025 24m

What does it look like to be the first BizOps hire at a company rebuilding banking from the ground up?In this episode, I chat with Charlie Liao, who joined Column - founded by William Hockey, one of…

Building Clay’s Marketing Engine from Zero (with Matt Maiale, Clay’s First Marketing Hire)

Oct 14, 2025 27m

When Matt Maiale joined Clay, the go-to-market platform helping sales teams find, enrich, and personalize outreach at scale, there were just five people and no marketing playbook.Clay now serves…

Lessons & Early Days Inside Climate Unicorn Watershed (with Tammy Tseng)

Sep 17, 2025 28m

In this conversation, I get to talk with Tammy, climate unicorn Watershed's 25th employee and second data hire. We discuss Tammy's journey from Quora to Watershed, how founders can attract and retain…

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Early Access has published 5 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.

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