Lessons From A Failed Startup

Perry Ogwuche who was previously a YC founder talks to other founders from the YC community and beyond with inactive companies to learn from their stories and unique experiences with running a business that they eventually had to shut down. Lessons from a failed startup podcast focuses on the stories of entrepreneurs who have started businesses that are among the 95% of businesses that don’t quite make it to the finish line.

Will investors invest in a founder who has had a failed startup? w/Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners

Nathan Lustig, the managing partner of Magma Partners, a seed stage investment fund, shares his perspective on how he views founders with a failed startup under their belt. Learn more about Nathan: - Blog: https://www.nathanlustig.com/about/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanlustig - Magma Partners website: https://www.magmapartners.com/ - Crossing Boarders podcast with Nathan Lustig: https://latamlist.com/crossing-borders-with-nathan-lustig/ - Episode with Alejandro Freund: https://latam...

02-16
35:44

The importance of building your company for customers and not investors w/Praful Mathur

Praful Mathur shares his experience with building a YCombinator company and loosing his co-founders and biggest investor in the process. https://www.linkedin.com/in/prafulmathur/

02-03
52:48

Getting back to the workforce after shutting down a company w/Ayush Kumar of Vitrix Health

Ayush Kumar shares his experience with shutting his company and trying to get back into the workforce afterwards. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akumar0630/

01-26
44:14

Shutting down one company and getting an acquisition offer the next day w/Peer Richelsen

Peer and I talk about his experience with shutting down his company Mage and getting an acquisition offer for his newer company Lean Hire, from On Deck, the very next day, which was when we recorded this episode. Peer now serves as the head of product at On Deck. Lean Hire Acquisition: https://www.beondeck.com/post/lean-hire

01-20
01:02:53

Why Glio, the first Latin American company in YC shut down with João De Paula

João De Paula previous co-founder and CTO of Glio, the Amazon market place for Latin America shares his story about building the company and having to shut it down after 6 plus years of running it.

01-12
58:48

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