Back to the Basics: Recent Episodes
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Back to the Basics highlights the fundamentals of building, launching and running your first startup company. Justin McLeod sits down with seasoned startup experts as they share their startup stories along with resourceful tips and tactics on how to validate your idea, avoid costly mistakes, and scale without giving up too much equity. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/squareone-surthrive/support
Sahil Lavingia shares how he used a minimalist mindset to produce maximum results in his business and personal life.
In the latest podcast episode of Back to the Basics with Justin McLeod, Sahil Lavingia, Founder of Gumroad, shares his story of how a failed attempt at building a billon-dollar startup led him to redefining what it means to run a successful business by shifting to a minimalist mindset focused on profitability and productivity.
This episode is for you if you are:
- An entrepreneur looking for ways to create a healthy balance in growing a sustainable business without scarifying your mental or physical health or personal identity.
- An aspiring entrepreneur that's curious about what type of mindset you should have to start a business.
- Wanting to know how to break free from the expectations of others and define your own path to success.
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Ben Chestnut turned his side hustle into a multi-billion dollar startup without raising any venture capital.In this episode of Back to the Basics with Justin McLeod, Ben Chestnut, Co-Founder of Mailchimp, shares his unconventional startup success story of going from web designer to startup founder, the decision to NOT take venture capital, what it takes to transition from a founder to a CEO, and how and why he sold his company to Intuit for $12 Billion. This episode is for you if you are: - Working a full-time job and have a startup on the side. - Questioning if you should raise venture capital or stay bootstrapped - Running a rapidly growing company and trying to determine what it truly means to be a CEO
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Back to the Basics is a podcast series that highlights the backstory of resilient startup founders, investors, and operators in tech who have overcome the stereotypes and biases faced in the startup world to trailblaze their own path to success in a non-traditional way.
These guests take us back to their humble beginnings as they share the trials and triumphs of their startup journey while providing listeners with actionable tips and tactics on running a successful startup. This show is powered by Surthrive.
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Arlan Hamilton, Founder of Backstage Capital, shares her story on the type of mental fortitude it took to disrupt venture capital by bolding and unapologetically investing in underrepresented startup founders while giving tips on the the type of mentality founders need to succeed.
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It took Sevetri Wilson 5 years to make her first million with her service-based business. With the thought of productizing her services to make a greater impact, Sevetri transitioned into the startup world by creating Resilia, a software that simplifies the formation of new nonprofits. Sevetri led her new startup to hit its first million in revenue in just 8-months while helping the company raise over $10 million is venture capital to date.
We sit down with Sevetri as she shares her story of transiting from bootstrapped to venture-backed, lessons learned as a first-time founder, and breaking the status quo as a Black, non-technical, female-founder based in the South.
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In this episode, we sit down with Durantae Lucas, the Head of Finance at Atlanta Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Atlanta that has made investments in Calendly, SalesLoft, and Terminus. Durante will share tips on how to maintain cash flow, create a financial plan, and optimize spending.
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In this episode, we sit down with Jermaine Brown, Founder of CCAW Automative Group, as he shares his journey of turning his love for luxury cars into a lucrative software company that generated $11M in revenue without raising any outside capital.
Jermaine will share tips on how to find product market fit, setting key milestones, and how bootstrap your startup from scratch.
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In this episode, we sit down with Carlos Gonzalez as he shares his journey of breaking into tech; from starting off as an audio engineer to software engineer to currently leading operations as a partner at Tyrannosaurus Tech, a custom development agency based in Atlanta, GA.
Carlos share tips on transforming your idea into a clickable prototype, how to find your CTO, and best practices when outsourcing your development work to build your first product.
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Back to the Basics highlights the fundamentals of building, launching and running your first startup company. Justin McLeod sits down with seasoned startup experts as they share their startup stories along with resourceful tips and tactics on how to validate your idea, avoid costly mistakes, and scale without giving up too much equity. This show is brought to you by Square One Startup School a program powered by Surthrive.
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/squareone-surthrive/support