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Founders and operators break down exactly how they built their companies, with the numbers and tactical strategies most interviews leave out. Every week we sit down with people building real businesses in software, AI, and startups. The rule of the show is simple. Don't tell us it worked, tell us how it worked. We ask about first customers, what acquisition actually cost, margins, what got cut, what nearly killed the company, and what specifically changed between $0, $1M, and $10M. We take apart businesses who grew fast and show you the model. Every episode is 30 to 45 minutes. We cut the long windup and get to the part you came for. A show for people building and investing in what's next.
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- 6 days ago46 min
Malik Mbaye quit a $350K job at LinkedIn. Last month his company did $660K.
Malik Mbaye spent years in product marketing at Meta, Lyft, Upwork and LinkedIn while running his own agency on the side. Around New Year's he quit a $350K job at LinkedIn to go all in on AI, and last month the company he's scaling did $660K.He tells Matt and Gera how a post with 20 likes led to a $10K deal with a startup that later raised $20 million, why a big tech team paid $350,000 for a WordPress website, and how AI cut his builds from 15 months to 4.Watch the video version on YouTube: [LINK]Music: "Bookworm" by Purrple Cat (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/purrple-cat/a-good-book/bookworm/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)THE POLYMATHS PODFounders and builders break down exactly how they built what they built.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polymathsmedia/FOLLOW MATT & GERAMatt: https://www.instagram.com/nonstop.matt/Gera: https://www.instagram.com/gerraai/
- 2 weeks ago38 min
Eric Zhu on Sperm Racing, his first company at 13, and going viral
Eric Zhu started his first company at 13, raised $2.3 million for Aviato, and co-founded Sperm Racing, which raced USC against UCLA in front of about 5,000 people.In this episode: Welcome, and who Eric is Thrown out of the Palladium Why he started Sperm Racing The Sperm Racing World Cup The marketing playbook behind going viral Buying out meme pages, and the iShowSpeed deal His secret sauce on fundraising The big bet, and drunk NASCAR Running five brands like a PE firm Hiring: old resumes vs. underpriced talent Marc Andreessen, David Dobrik, and getting celebrities to show up Advice to his 15-year-old self, and the priciest lessons Two decisions from rich, or homeless, and the company everyone calls cringe If he had to restartEric on X: @ericzhuSperm Racing: spermracing.comFOLLOW GERA AND MATT:Gera on Instagram: @gerraaiMatt on Instagram: @nonstop.matt
- 3 weeks ago42 min
Faiz Imran: why AI content fails and what works instead
Faiz Imran is 24, has built and sold six companies, and is now building Dripseed, which turns founders' Slack threads, emails and sales calls into LinkedIn posts that bring in pipeline. His last company, IntentPost, reached $840,000 in pipeline in six weeks from posting alone.In this episode: Welcome, and who Faiz is What Dripseed is, and why AI slop fails LinkedIn vs. TikTok and IG hooks Building IntentPost in public Test before you build His path, from a Kickstarter to Backspace Meta ads for B2B Conferences, and talking to real people Why it's a service, and the pricing The state of cold email A day in Dripseed, and what's next If he had to restartFaiz: faizimran.comDripseed: dripseed.ai
- Sep 30, 202655 min
Kawser Khan sold two supercars to keep Beige alive
Kawser Khan is the founder and CEO of Beige, which he calls the Uber for content. It started when he was 18: he rented a Lambo to shoot a music video for his first song, and his friends started asking him to shoot theirs.In this episode: his first paying client, dropping out on his professor's advice, building Beige with his wife, the $30,000 deal that changed things, pitching Logan Paul, how Cedric the Entertainer became an advisor, selling two supercars to make payroll, and his most expensive mistake.In this episode: Welcome, and who Kawser is From a Lambo shoot to a business Dropping out Building it with his wife Lunchables, Pokémon cards and a restaurant Never show up empty-handed The numbers The $30,000 moment Getting customers Pitching Logan Paul The cold start problem How a Beige shoot works AI and hybrid production Selling the supercars Raising the Series A Make money with your camera Data and AI Cedric the Entertainer The most expensive mistakeFind Kawser on Instagram: @ceokawserBeige: beige.appWatch the video version: https://youtu.be/mmjOIkc1ZRU
- Sep 22, 202646 min
Tobie Azeez: His app did $6M a month in orders. He kept a dollar from each one.
Tobie Azeez is the COO of Clair, a nasal hygiene device his father, a doctor, invented and patented. It's his third company in about ten years.He started out selling gum and candy from his high school locker. At 20 he walked up to Nick Cannon at a Waffle House, pitched his restaurant app, and raised about $650K that summer. Swiftdine grew to about 150 restaurants before COVID shut dining rooms down, and the payments tool behind it became Xeemo.Tobie tells Matt and Gera how he signed an allergist with millions of followers years before Clair shipped, how they got the tooling down to $114K and a factory cost of $19.65 in China, what his most expensive mistake cost, the patient that led his dad to invent it, and how the numbers work: a $119 device, refills every 90 days and 87% subscription retention.FIND TOBIEInstagram: @tobieazeezClair: breatheclair.comTHE POLYMATHS PODFounders and builders break down exactly how they built it.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC6F_w33wgxEisd9M_fEKlww Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polymathsmedia/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/polymaths-mediaHosted by Matt Smith and Gera Baano.
- Sep 15, 202657 min
Kash Zubair: From Section 8 to a $4M/Year E-Commerce Brand
Kash Zubair grew up on Section 8. Last year, one of his e-commerce brands did just under $4 million.Kash, co-founder of Bet On Yourself Ecom, breaks down the real numbers behind the brand (a $400K Black Friday month and a 20 to 25 percent margin), how he tests Meta ads after Andromeda, how AI makes his ad creative without running the business, the hunting product that became his first winner, and what he kept from a $500K exit.Chapters0:00 Cold open0:26 Welcome, and who Kash is3:19 The real numbers10:58 Know your customer20:46 Testing ads after Andromeda37:24 The first $100K product46:50 What AI should run52:22 From Section 8 to an exitFollow Kash on Instagram: @kashanzubairThe Polymaths Pod: https://polymaths.media
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Founders and operators break down exactly how they built their companies, with the numbers and tactical strategies most interviews leave out. Every week we sit down with people building real businesses in software, AI, and startups. The rule of the show is simple. Don't tell us it worked, tell us how it worked. We ask about first customers, what acquisition actually cost, margins, what got cut, what nearly killed the company, and what specifically changed between $0, $1M, and $10M. We take apart businesses who grew fast and show you the model. Every episode is 30 to 45 minutes. We cut the long windup and get to the part you came for. A show for people building and investing in what's next.
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