Stephanie Lind
The founder of Elohi Strategic Advisors, Stephanie Lind spent over 20 years working for Fortune 500 companies like PepsiCo and Sysco, as well as privately held entities including McDonald’s supply…
Starting a company is an act of unreasonable optimism. The founders in this section know that firsthand. They’ve built startups across every industry. Some that worked, some that pivoted, and some that taught very expensive lessons. All of it is here.
These interviews cover the full startup arc. The spark of an idea. The terrifying moment you actually commit to it. The scramble for funding, customers, and some version of product-market fit that doesn’t feel like a hallucination. Then the scaling part, which introduces a whole new set of problems nobody warned you about.
What’s useful about these conversations is the range. Solo founders. Co-founder duos. People who raised venture capital and people who think venture capital is a trap. Bootstrap devotees and serial fundraisers. There’s no single right way to build a startup, and reading enough of these interviews makes that abundantly clear.
You’ll find practical insights on lean methodology, customer acquisition, team building, and the art of staying alive long enough to figure out what works. Also the emotional side, because startups are emotional. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or hasn’t started one yet.
The founder of Elohi Strategic Advisors, Stephanie Lind spent over 20 years working for Fortune 500 companies like PepsiCo and Sysco, as well as privately held entities including McDonald’s supply…
Anthony Castrio is a digital nomad, indie maker, and founder of the Indie Worldwide Community. He’s spent the last five years traveling the world, organizing meetups, and interviewing startup founders…
Dominic is the founder of MentorCruise, a mentorship platform that helps ambitious people in tech reach their career goals quicker, which he’s taken from idea to over $1 million in…
Sormeh is a Co-founder and Account Manager at Zentap. She loves helping clients achieve their goals by working hand-in-hand with our client success team to learn and implement the latest…
Jeremy B. Shapiro is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Bay Area Mastermind. In his role as mentor and coach to entrepreneurs, Jeremy has helped small business owners make…
Furqan Sultan is a renowned name in the design industry across the United States; he owns the brand, CydoMedia, founded in 2018. Sultan has made a difference by offering cutting-edge, out-of-the-box…
C. Street is the founder of Become The Movement, a social enterprise startup that uses e-commerce to partner with, curate, and sell unique items to fuel social impact initiatives and…
Reeve Benaron is an entrepreneur with a strong interest in healthtech, martech and adtech. Co-Founder and co-CEO of Intrivo Diagnostics, a healthtech firm set up in response to the need…
Asim Rais Siddiqui is the co-founder and CTO of TekRevol, one of the fastest growing digital transformation companies in the United States. Under his guidance, TekRevol was listed on Inc….
Helle Priess, Founder and CEO of Doerscircle.com, is a Danish born entrepreneur who has lived more than half of her life in Asia. Having successfully built new business units and…
Lindsay Tabas is a Product-Market Fit Strategist & Startup Advisor focused on helping founders and innovators design and sell the right product before spending too much money building the wrong…
Dmytro Serhiiev is the co-founder and CEO of PDFLiner, the most easy-to-use document management tool to fill out, sign, and share documents online. Under his leadership, PDFLiner facilitated over $500K…