May 4, 2026 · failed
How this 1st-time founder went from closing customers for $500 a month to $300,000 a year. | Sean McCarthy, Founder & CEO of BackOps
- Duration seconds
- 3346
Podcast
A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders
- Author
- Mistral.vc
- Feed episode count
- 283
- Official site
- http://www.pmf.show
Summary
Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world's most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We've had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet. Rated one of the world's top startup podcasts.
Episodes
Apr 27, 2026 · failed
He built for 2 years before raising a dollar—then hit $13M ARR and a $40M Series B. | Alex Halliday, Co-Founder & CEO of AirOps
- Duration seconds
- 2445
Apr 20, 2026 · failed
180 VCs rejected him—then a $60K billboard got him to $2M ARR in 4 months. | Isaiah Granet, CEO of Bland AI
- Duration seconds
- 3142
Apr 16, 2026 · failed
She bet on a consumer app when every VC wanted B2B—then grew to $10M ARR. | Anada Lakra, Founder of BoldVoice
- Duration seconds
- 3140
Apr 13, 2026 · failed
He raised a $10M seed with no revenue—then grew 30x to $30M in year two. | Bobby Samuels, Founder of Protege
- Duration seconds
- 2364
Apr 9, 2026 · failed
He ran Prime fulfillment for Amazon—then raised $20M to replace e-commerce with AI. | Maju Kuruvilla, Founder of Spangle
- Duration seconds
- 2521
Apr 6, 2026 · failed
She got rejected by 22 VCs—then built 6sense to $100M+ in revenue. Now she's back for AI. | Amanda Kahlow, Founder of 1mind
- Duration seconds
- 3133
Apr 2, 2026 · failed
How this AI founder is on track to hit $50M ARR just 2 years after launch. | Tarek Alaruri, Co-Founder of Stuut
- Duration seconds
- 2836
Mar 30, 2026 · failed
He launched a free product for enterprise customers—then grew to $12M ARR in 2 years. | Bhaskar Sunkara, Founding CTO of AppDynamics
- Duration seconds
- 2699
Mar 26, 2026 · failed
He raised $41M in one year to replace enterprise accountants with AI. | Yogi Goel, Founder of Maxima
- Duration seconds
- 2629
Mar 23, 2026 · failed
How he grew his AI startup from $2M to $20M ARR in 12 months. | Omar Haroun, Co-Founder of Eudia
- Duration seconds
- 2969
Mar 19, 2026 · failed
She raised $20M from Accel to replace QuickBooks with AI. | Helen Hastings, Founder of Quanta
- Duration seconds
- 3399
Mar 16, 2026 · failed
He moved to the US with nothing. Now he does $750M ARR. | Mateo Marietti, Founder of CookUnity
- Duration seconds
- 3384
Mar 12, 2026 · failed
This 3x founder hit $1M ARR in 5 months. Here's his playbook. | Roy Moussa, Founder of GetVocal
- Duration seconds
- 2653
Mar 9, 2026 · failed
He made 0 sales for the first 8 months. Now he does $200M+ ARR. | Ryan Anderson, Founder of Filevine
- Duration seconds
- 3403
Mar 5, 2026 · failed
He built heads down for a year. Then landed a $1M contract. | Sam Jones, Co-Founder of Method Security
- Duration seconds
- 2713
Mar 2, 2026 · failed
He raised $150M with $0 revenue. Then hit $1M ARR in 4 months. | Michel Tricot, Co-Founder of Airbyte
- Duration seconds
- 2579
Feb 26, 2026 · failed
He failed for 5 years. Then hit $20M ARR with 100% outbound. | Didi Gurfinkel, Founder of Datarails
- Duration seconds
- 2308
Feb 23, 2026 · failed
His startup powers OpenAI's Voice Mode. Last month, they became a unicorn. | Russ d’Sa, Co-Founder of LiveKit
- Duration seconds
- 3318
Feb 19, 2026 · failed
He pivoted at $1M ARR—then raised $120M. | Kevin Tian, Co-Founder of Doppel
- Duration seconds
- 2181
Feb 16, 2026 · failed
He sold his first startup for $100M. Then raised $250M in 18 months. | Dileep Thazhmon, Founder of Jeeves
- Duration seconds
- 3354
Feb 12, 2026 · failed
He sold his first 2 startups. His 3rd grew to $1M ARR in 3 months. | Chaz Englander, Founder of Model ML
- Duration seconds
- 2984
Feb 9, 2026 · failed
He fired all his customers. Then built a $1B startup in 2 years. | Jay Madheswaran, Co-Founder of Eve
- Duration seconds
- 3136
Feb 5, 2026 · failed
He wrote the book on Account Based Marketing. Here are his GTM secrets for enterprise. | Bassem Hamdy, Founder of Briq
- Duration seconds
- 2357
Feb 2, 2026 · failed
He got rejected from YC—then grew to $1.8B in under 2 years. | Max Junestrand, Founder of Legora
- Duration seconds
- 3135