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Adam O'Donnell

@adamfodonnell

Interviewing Founders & VCs
Startup Partnerships & Podcast Host

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Hardest part about being a founder in the early days? --> Constantly hearing "No!" 🤦🏻‍♂️ Thank you , Alex Mans Founder of FLYR ($400M raised), for sharing your product-market fit story! open.spotify.com/episode/2T5681…

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As a founder you NEVER forget that first PMF moment! Thank you, Alex Mans Founder of FLYR ($400M raised) A JetBlue & Air New Zealand Asked --> ' if you can forecast our future pricing so well, why don't you help us directly?' open.spotify.com/episode/2T5681…

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($400M raised) Thank you Alex Mans 🛫, Founder of FLYR ($400M raised), for sharing your product-market fit story! Zendesk's Sit Down Startup podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/2T5681…

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"People want to invest in people they trust..." 💥 You've heard it before but are you leading with it during your pitch? Check out Forum Ventures 's Founder, Michael Cardamone 's episode on TheTop.VC podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1iJJsM…

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$151.4M raised...based in Buffalo, NY 🎉 Fake it 'till you make it? 🚫 How 'bout the opposite 💥 Thank you, Ashok Subramanian, Founder & CEO of Centivo for sharing your journey to product-market-fit! open.spotify.com/episode/6PPL7f…

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"making money is secondary..." [$20M+ raised] Zuben Mathews, Founder of Brigit I think most founders would say this publicly, but how do we actually walk it out? Check out the full episode on Zendesk's Sit Down Startup podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/2YGYwM…

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($17M funding, Inspectify's founder "Do I have product-market fit? If you have to ask, you probably don't." Thank you Josh Jensen, Founder of Inspectify for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk's founder podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/1iWaO3…

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($295M funding, Immunai 's CEO, Noam Solomon) 'Am I still the right person to be leading this company?' --> Noam asks this question every year 🚀 Thanks for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk 's founder podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/5j8TWF…

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($97M in funding, Sealed's CEO, Lauren Salz) 'Never be so married to your product that you're too afraid to pivot' 🙌 Thank you Lauren, Founder of Sealed for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk's founder podcast! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6I2zf7…

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"I was wrong..." One of the hardest parts about being a GOOD founder... Thank you, Tigran Sloyan , Founder of CodeSignal , for sharing your story! Check out the full episode on Zendesk's Sit Down Startup podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/6lZAb5…

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...that moment when you know you've hit product market fit 🚀🎤🫳 Thank you Driss Benamour, Founder of exponential.fi for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk 's founder podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/5WgV80…

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$121.5M raised 💥 Here's how he led his first 20 customer discovery interviews... Thank you Kaustav Das, Co-founder of Efficient Capital Labs for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk's founder podcast! Zendesk for Startups open.spotify.com/episode/5ZWh2D…

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$30M raised 💥 Here's the biggest thing that engineering founders get wrong... Thank you Scott Stevenson, Co-founder of Spellbook for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk's founder podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/0O4e0b…

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$239M raised 💥 That moment when you realize you need to pivot... Thank you Angie Westbrock, CEO of Standard AI for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk's founder podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/5HRcU3… Zendesk for Startups

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($169M raised) --> Hitting Product market fit is one thing, but let's talk about sustaining it... Thank you, Randy Wootton, Founder of Maxio, for sharing your story! Check out the full episode on the Zendesk Sit Down Startup podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/4HiDHB…

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($574M raised 🤯) Nailing (authentic) conviction in your vision... Thank you, @DanielSaks, Co-Founder of AppDirect Landbase for sharing your story! Check out the full episode on the Zendesk Sit Down Startup podcast (see comments for links) open.spotify.com/episode/7fvZss…

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The moment when you're about to shutdown the company...Founder, Mark Doble flipped the narrative with a word 🙌💥 Thank you for sharing your product-market fit journey on Zendesk's founder podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/0M6Xd0…

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Behind the scenes 👉 FoundationCapital ($6B AUM) <> Cofactory pitch in Silicon Valley! Here's a clip from the new, from the full pitch discussion with Sid Trivedi, Partner at Foundation Capital & Joey C S, Founder of Cofactory open.spotify.com/episode/4yJjwK…

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Applying FOMO (**honestly**) during your funding raising process... Vijay Rajendran, ex 500 Global, shared his process to get funded faster...on The Founder Initiative (formerly TheTop.VC) podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/4FFScv…