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The Social Radars: Conversations with Startup Founders

142 points by pg 4y ago

tosh 4y ago
Related: Founders at Work (2007) [0] is a great read. Looking fwd to tune in to the podcast this weekend. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_at_Work https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_at_Work
- marban 4y ago
  There's a whole ...at Work series. Though 'Founders' is still the best. Read them all.
paulgb 4y ago
For those who still use RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesocialradars/ https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesocialradars/
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rileyphone 4y ago
First pg submission in over 3 years. The things you do for love!
- seizethecheese 4y ago
  The things you do for mutual respect…
dbtl 4y ago
Woop! Just what I need! As Founders at Work has been mentioned, I will chip in with Coders at Work, which is brilliant and inspired by FaW - it includes many of the OGs of programming: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Programming/dp/1430219483 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Progr...
mdorazio 4y ago
Any chance they break out of the survivorship bias bubble in their discussions? I largely stopped listening to Acquired because of that. I want more stories about startups that failed while doing seemingly the right thing, and fewer about startups that probably got lucky.
- michaeladas 4y ago
  Any podcast recs of interviews and stories like this (i.e. podcasts about start ups that took the "right path" but still failed?)
  - mdorazio 4y ago
    I have yet to find a good series that address this well. One episode of the Autonocast does come to mind, though: http://www.autonocast.com/blog/2020/3/27/181-stefan-seltz-axmacher-on-the-end-of-starsky-and-the-future-of-autonomy http://www.autonocast.com/blog/2020/3/27/181-stefan-seltz-ax...
- peoplenotbots 4y ago
  start up founders suffer from a sophistic case of protagonist syndrome.
- slugiscool99 4y ago
  so true - way more to learn from failures than successes
  - Firmwarrior 4y ago
    I started following a lot of indie games on Reddit, and it was a huge bummer to watch great-looking, fun, polished games crash and burn time after time It definitely scared me away from investing in my own game ideas.. not sure if that was a good thing or not
  - galdor 4y ago
    Failures are always interesting, but it is incredibly hard to pinpoint why it failed. Lots of things can go wrong, and it is usually a combination of factor that kills a company. I was once told only to take advice from people who succeeded repeatedly at a task. Building a company and succeeding is impressive, but there may be a lot more factors in play than just the actions of the founders. Building several successful companies makes the difference.
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breck 4y ago
Such a great podcast. I was living in North Carolina at the time Gmail came out and remember having so much FOMO when it launched and I didn't have an account. Turns out—no one had an account yet! Love the speed that PB operates with.

142 points by pg 4y ago

tosh 4y ago

Related: Founders at Work (2007) [0] is a great read. Looking fwd to tune in to the podcast this weekend. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_at_Work https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_at_Work

marban 4y ago
There's a whole ...at Work series. Though 'Founders' is still the best. Read them all.

paulgb 4y ago

For those who still use RSS: https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesocialradars/ https://feeds.captivate.fm/thesocialradars/

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rileyphone 4y ago

First pg submission in over 3 years. The things you do for love!

seizethecheese 4y ago
The things you do for mutual respect…

dbtl 4y ago

Woop! Just what I need! As Founders at Work has been mentioned, I will chip in with Coders at Work, which is brilliant and inspired by FaW - it includes many of the OGs of programming: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Programming/dp/1430219483 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Progr...

mdorazio 4y ago

Any chance they break out of the survivorship bias bubble in their discussions? I largely stopped listening to Acquired because of that. I want more stories about startups that failed while doing seemingly the right thing, and fewer about startups that probably got lucky.

michaeladas 4y ago
Any podcast recs of interviews and stories like this (i.e. podcasts about start ups that took the "right path" but still failed?)
- mdorazio 4y ago
  I have yet to find a good series that address this well. One episode of the Autonocast does come to mind, though: http://www.autonocast.com/blog/2020/3/27/181-stefan-seltz-axmacher-on-the-end-of-starsky-and-the-future-of-autonomy http://www.autonocast.com/blog/2020/3/27/181-stefan-seltz-ax...
peoplenotbots 4y ago
start up founders suffer from a sophistic case of protagonist syndrome.
slugiscool99 4y ago
so true - way more to learn from failures than successes
- Firmwarrior 4y ago
  I started following a lot of indie games on Reddit, and it was a huge bummer to watch great-looking, fun, polished games crash and burn time after time It definitely scared me away from investing in my own game ideas.. not sure if that was a good thing or not
- galdor 4y ago
  Failures are always interesting, but it is incredibly hard to pinpoint why it failed. Lots of things can go wrong, and it is usually a combination of factor that kills a company. I was once told only to take advice from people who succeeded repeatedly at a task. Building a company and succeeding is impressive, but there may be a lot more factors in play than just the actions of the founders. Building several successful companies makes the difference.

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breck 4y ago

Such a great podcast. I was living in North Carolina at the time Gmail came out and remember having so much FOMO when it launched and I didn't have an account. Turns out—no one had an account yet! Love the speed that PB operates with.