Startups Decoded
Andy WalshThe no-BS podcast, newsletter, and community for founders from idea to Series A. The full founder operating system: brand, fundraising, marketing, operations, finance, storytelling. Andy Walsh (4x founder, 2 exits) and guests who’ve done it. Every week.
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EP#90: Your pitch gets decided before you open your mouth - Rob D. Willis
Most founders treat the pitch as a single performance. You polish the deck, rehearse the delivery, and walk in hoping the room moves.
Rob D. Willis has given 3,000 tours and presentations to more than 100,000 people, and he thinks that...
Being A Great Founder Is Much More Than Some BS Headlines.
I’ve been advising founders for a few years now, and somewhere in the last twelve months I stopped being surprised by the distinct differences between a good one and a bad one.
For context, I don’t mean good and bad in terms of career...
Ep#89: The buyer is grading you years before they call. Aaron Alpeter
Planning for an exit always comes way later than it should! Founders chase fundraising milestones, still not exit-planning, doing board meetings, with no exit plan in motion. There is a huge gap, and it will bite you.
Aaron Alpeter sp...
Pitchbook: DC just out-returned Silicon Valley three to one!
The best venture returns in America this year came out of Washington, DC.
PitchBook has DC delivering an 11.7x MOIC through August 3, 2026, against 3.74x for the Bay Area and 3.18x for New York. The city best known for politics beat Si...
EP#88: Why Most Founders Misread Their Own Traction. Vanessa Larco - Premise VC
Vanessa Larco has a name for a lot of the revenue sitting in startup decks right now: product-curiosity fit.
A customer hears the hype, carves off some budget to experiment, and signs. It lands in their ARR line looking exactly like t...
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