{"podcast":{"title":"Founder's Story","slug":"founder-s-story-648906","podcast_index_feed_id":648906,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/NVPdHs07","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/founders-story/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4454fd97-2647-4bda-918e-0516d45f4964/e4396306-a844-480a-a218-101fba618ece/3000x3000/chatgpt_image_jun_17_2026_085141_pm.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"IBH Media","episode_count":356,"summary":"\"Founder's Story\" by IBH Media isn't a business show. It's the conversation founders don't get to have anywhere else. Think 60 Minutes, but for entrepreneurs. We sit down with the most interesting people in business and go past the highlight reel, past the pitch, past the polished version they give every other podcast. We go into the mud with them. The 2 a.m. doubts. The bet that almost ended everything. The moment they wanted to quit and didn't. You'll hear from household names like Gary V, Codie Sanchez, Rob Dyrdek, and Tom Bilyeu, and just as often from founders you've never heard of who are building something the world needs to know about. Either way, the goal is the same: a real conversation that makes you laugh, makes you think, and sometimes catches you off guard with how much it makes you feel. This is where the story behind the success finally gets told. This is \"Founder's Story.\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T22:17:12.558200+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906"},"episode":{"title":"He Built a $130M Company That Changes How You Sound | Ep. 399 with Shawn Zhang CTO and Co-Founder of Sanas","slug":"he-built-a-130m-company-that-changes-how-you-sound-ep-399-with-shawn-zhang-cto-and-co-founder-of-sanas","published_at":"2026-05-18T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906/he-built-a-130m-company-that-changes-how-you-sound-ep-399-with-shawn-zhang-cto-and-co-founder-of-sanas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/founders-story/episodes/he-built-a-130m-company-that-changes-how-you-sound-ep-399-with-shawn-zhang-cto-and-co-founder-of-sanas/","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1184/afp-969439-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/a7765f3f-02e4-4ded-bca1-01a20b7f82a5/episodes/d932529c-4fa7-4cd8-89cf-77e3884d9caa/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=a7765f3f-02e4-4ded-bca1-01a20b7f82a5&awEpisodeId=d932529c-4fa7-4cd8-89cf-77e3884d9caa&feed=NVPdHs07","summary":"Daniel Robbins sits down with Shawn Zhang, CTO and co-founder of Sanas, to unpack the real human problem behind “accent translation.” Shawn shares how COVID made college feel pointless without people, how a friend working in a Nicaragua call center was punished for his accent, and how that moment became the spark to build Sanas. They also talk backlash, founder pressure, unknown unknowns, Silicon Valley energy, and what happens when a startup goes from zero to $62M in revenue in two years.","meta_description":"Daniel Robbins sits down with Shawn Zhang, CTO and co-founder of Sanas, to unpack the real human problem behind “accent translation.” Shawn shares how COV…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2319,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/founder-s-story-648906/episodes/he-built-a-130m-company-that-changes-how-you-sound-ep-399-with-shawn-zhang-cto-and-co-founder-of-sanas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906/he-built-a-130m-company-that-changes-how-you-sound-ep-399-with-shawn-zhang-cto-and-co-founder-of-sanas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}