Startups Podcast Episodes
The best startup podcasts feature founder stories, lessons from building companies, and insights on achieving product-market fit. Popular shows include How I Built This, This Week in Startups, and Indie Hackers. SignalCast summarizes these episodes so you can learn from successful founders without spending hours listening.
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Biohub: The Future of Biology is Open-Source with Co-Founders Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, and Head of Science Alex Rives
Jun 10 · 56 min
The Full Ratchet
510. The Hyper-Scaler CEO Whisperer and Founder of the Lean Startup Movement on Incorruptible Startups, Building to Thrive and Survive, and Creating a Governance Fortress (Eric Ries)
Jun 8 · 57 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20VC: Nebius Co-Founder on AI Infrastructure Bubbles | The Real Impact of Open Source on OpenAI & Anthropic | How Price Elastic is Demand for Compute | Could Nebius Sell 10x More Compute If They Had It & more with Roman Chernin
Jun 8 · 66 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20Product: Inside Legora's Tech Stack: Why Token Maxing is Failing Enterprise Startups with Jacob Lauritzen, CTO @ Legora
Jun 6 · 54 min
The Diary of a CEO
Death of the Middle Class: Billionaire vs Entrepreneur DEBATE - Daniel Priestley v Nick Hanauer
Jun 8 · 151 min
Equity
The 'together tech' wave might be the most intriguing startup bet of 2026
Jun 5 · 33 min
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MegaETH Token Launch with Co-Founders Shuyao and Lei
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Biohub: The Future of Biology is Open-Source with Co-Founders Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, and Head of Science Alex Rives
Jun 1056 min
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The Full Ratchet
510. The Hyper-Scaler CEO Whisperer and Founder of the Lean Startup Movement on Incorruptible Startups, Building to Thrive and Survive, and Creating a Governance Fortress (Eric Ries)
Jun 857 min
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This Week in Startups
How Many Startups Will Survive OpenAI? | E2288
May 13, 202685 min
This Week in Startups
The Defense Tech Startup YC Kicked Out of a Meeting is Now Arming America | E2280
Apr 25, 202659 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20VC: Turning Peter Thiel's $100K into $10M Angel Portfolio | The One Man Accelerator at The Four Seasons | Why VCs Can Be Sharks and What Founders Need to Know | Why Stocks and Cash are BS and You Should Invest in Land with Josh Browder
May 18, 202688 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20VC: Nebius Co-Founder on AI Infrastructure Bubbles | The Real Impact of Open Source on OpenAI & Anthropic | How Price Elastic is Demand for Compute | Could Nebius Sell 10x More Compute If They Had It & more with Roman Chernin
Jun 8, 202666 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20Product: Inside Legora's Tech Stack: Why Token Maxing is Failing Enterprise Startups with Jacob Lauritzen, CTO @ Legora
Jun 6, 202654 min
Foundr
664: He Changed How the World Builds Startups. Now He's Warning You About What Comes Next | Eric Ries
May 21, 202656 min
Eye on AI
Why Agentic-First Startups Won't Disrupt Enterprises as Fast as Everyone Thinks | Kris Lovejoy
May 15, 202656 min
Masters of Scale
Possible: Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings: stories, schools, superpowers
Apr 25, 202659 min
Planet Money
Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs
Apr 22, 202629 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20VC: Jake Paul on Why Traditional VC is Toast and Attention is More Valuable Than Cash | Politics: Will Jake Paul Actually Run for President? | Inside the Payday of Fighting Anthony Joshua and Mike Tyson | with Geoffrey Wu, Co-Founder at Anti-Fund
Apr 18, 202660 min
This Week in Startups
The Startup Turning Space Into a Logistics Network
Jun 3, 202661 min
Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 835 | The Right Way to Use AI in Your Startup Marketing
Jun 2, 202632 min
This Week in Startups
This Startup Fused Human Brain Cells with Silicon Chips | E2295
Jun 1, 202666 min
Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 834 | Eric Ries Revisits The Lean Startup and Discusses How to Become Incorruptible
May 26, 202639 min
This Week in Startups
Avi Patel on the startup that copied Kled and why he called out General Catalyst by name | E2291
May 20, 202694 min
This Week in Startups
The Self-Driving Startup Nobody Saw Coming | E2289
May 15, 202672 min
Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 829 | AI is Bad at Product, Top 5 Startup Success Factors, and the Beastie Boys (A Rob Solo Adventure)
Apr 21, 202630 min
The SaaS Podcast
AI Startup Hits $8.6M ARR With V0 MVP and €85 Pricing
Apr 30, 202636 min
The Diary of a CEO
Death of the Middle Class: Billionaire vs Entrepreneur DEBATE - Daniel Priestley v Nick Hanauer
Jun 8, 2026151 min
Equity
The 'together tech' wave might be the most intriguing startup bet of 2026
Jun 5, 202633 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?
Jun 4, 202695 min
Equity
Every defense startup wants to be the next Anduril. Here's what one of its earliest backers is looking for now.
Jun 3, 202638 min
The SaaS Podcast
Eric Ries on How Founders Quietly Lose Their Company
May 28, 202646 min
In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen
Prosus CEO: From Startup to Global Scale, Innovation and AI Transformation
May 27, 202634 min
Product School Podcast
The Lean Startup Author on New Book Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great | Eric Ries | E297
May 26, 202654 min
Software Engineering Daily
The European Startup Scene
May 26, 202646 min
The Learning Leader Show
689: Eric Ries - The Costco Hot Dog, Why Good Companies Go Bad, Financial Gravity, Building Incorruptible Organizations, and The Lean Startup's Unfinished Business
May 24, 202657 min
The EntreLeadership Podcast
4 Dangerous Lies Entrepreneurs Believe (How to Expose Them)
May 20, 202611 min
The Startup Ideas Podcast
9 Huge Startup Opportunities in the AI Boom
May 18, 202668 min
Venture Stories
Recall Sessions: The PR Playbook Most Founders Get Wrong — Paul Loeffler & Kelly Boynton
May 14, 202652 min
The Full Ratchet
Investor Stories 475: What Makes Founders Exceptional, Navigating Complex Ethical Issues, and Building with Intensity (Ortlieb, Ulevitch, Saper)
May 14, 20265 min
The Full Ratchet
508. Maintaining U.S. Dominance, Navigating Defense Tech, Prime Obsolence, and Why Your Startup is Likely DOA (Steve Blank)
May 11, 202657 min
Lenny's Podcast
How to build a company that withstands any era | Eric Ries, Lean Startup author
May 10, 202699 min
Marketing School
What Founders Can Learn From Students Cheating With AI
May 7, 202619 min
The SaaS Podcast
Bootstrapped SaaS: $12M ARR Across 5 Products With a Team of 10
May 7, 202649 min
Product School Podcast
Superhuman Mail CEO on Rediscovering Product-Market Fit in the Age of AI, Renaming Post-Grammarly Acquisition & Competing against Google Workspace | Rahul Vohra | E295
May 6, 202650 min
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Top Entrepreneur Anjula Acharia: The #1 Skill That Makes People Say YES (Use THIS Strategy to Turn One Conversation Into Multiple Opportunities)
May 6, 202685 min
The AI Breakdown
Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup
May 3, 202625 min
Masters of Scale
How Poppi’s founders built a new soda brand worth $2 billion
Apr 30, 202633 min
The Full Ratchet
Investor Stories 473: Speed at Legora, Intensity at Mysten, Mastery at Heights Labs — Why These Founders Stand Out (Effron, Austin, Simpson)
Apr 30, 20266 min
20VC (20 Minute VC)
20VC: Applovin: $160BN Market Cap, $5.48BN Revenue, $10M EBITDA Per Head | Why the Best Do Not Need Mentorship | Why Founders Should Not Angel Invest | Why Kindness in Business Will Slow You Down with Adam Foroughi
Apr 27, 202680 min
Equity
Fusion doesn't have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that
Apr 22, 202634 min
The Full Ratchet
Investor Stories 471: Missing Great AI Bets, Losing Conviction, and Overweighting Founders — Lessons from Redpoint, a16z, and Outside VC (Effron, Austin, Simpson)
Apr 16, 20266 min
Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode 832 | Going Full-time, When to Pivot, Building With Young Kids, and More Listener Questions (Rob Solo)
May 12, 202634 min
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Alex Sacerdote - How to Invest Through Technology Cycles - [Invest Like the Best, EP.477]
Jun 9, 202671 min
Snacks Daily
🔔 “Doorbell Disruptor” — Interview with Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff at our LA Live Show
Jun 5, 202636 min
The Full Ratchet
Investor Stories 478: Visionary Founder Lessons from Poshmark, Centana, and EquipmentShare: Love, Listening, and Leadership (Chaddha, Byunn, Schlacks)
Jun 4, 20266 min
Frequently Asked Questions About Startups Podcasts
What are the best startup podcasts for founders?
Top startup podcasts include How I Built This for founder origin stories, This Week in Startups for current startup news and interviews, Indie Hackers for bootstrapped businesses, My First Million for business ideas, and Startup School for Y Combinator-style advice. Each offers unique perspectives on building companies.
What can I learn from startup podcasts?
Startup podcasts teach product-market fit, fundraising strategies, hiring and team building, growth tactics, pivoting, and lessons from both successes and failures. Many feature interviews with successful founders who share their journeys and the mistakes they made along the way.
Are there startup podcasts for bootstrapped vs. VC-backed companies?
Yes. Indie Hackers and Startups for the Rest of Us focus on bootstrapped businesses. This Week in Startups and The Full Ratchet cover VC-backed startups. How I Built This features both models. Choose based on your funding approach and business goals.
How often should I listen to startup podcasts?
Most founders benefit from 1-2 episodes per week to stay current without overwhelming their schedule. SignalCast can help by providing weekly summaries of the key insights from multiple shows, letting you scan quickly and deep-dive on relevant topics.
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