Description

A conversation with Startups.com founders about venture capital, bootstrapping, and finding your podcasting voice

Chapters

• 01:11 - Introduction
• 03:42 - The Startup Therapy podcast
• 06:49 - Almost no one knows about venture capital
• 10:17 - Wil’s and Ryan’s startup journeys
• 16:12 - Venture backed vs. bootstrapped startups
• 22:18 - Distractions of fundraising
• 29:09 - Doing consulting work on a side to fund the business
• 36:29 - The origin story of startups.com
• 48:31 - How Startup Therapy podcast is run
• 56:52 - Bad interview episode experiences and finding your own voice
• 1:01:29 - Podcast recommendations

Show notes

Podcasts

• Startup Therapy: The Toll of Everyone Around a Founder
• Startup Therapy: The Curse of the 37-Year-Old Founder
• Hard Fork
• Vergecast
• Smartless
• Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
• My First Million

Where to find Wil & Ryan

• Startups.com
• Fundable
• BizPlan

Other

• Steve Blank

👉 Full show notes with links: https://www.metacastpodcast.com/p/030-startup-therapy

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Get in touch

• Contact us: hello@metacastpodcast.com
• Ilya's LinkedIn
• Arnab's LinkedIn