Manav Golecha
@manavgolecha
Where the world's best entrepreneurs share how they build, scale, and win.
If you’re not in LA, we can happily record virtually via Riverside.
Each episode gets 100–200k impressions. Each episode will be edited, and we do our best to make our guests look amazing on camera. We will also provide you with clips to post on your channels.
(The vibe of the show is positive + upbeat — we are not journalists.)
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Hear from top founders and operators about their journey to success, their biggest lessons, and what they wish they knew from day one.
Podcast format
“Building the world’s biggest entrepreneurship community.”
- Intro (show the story highlights, numbers)
- Company name and whether it’s venture backed
- Explain the idea + value proposition
- How did you think of the idea?
- What was the first ugly version of your product?
- Why did you want to solve this pain point?
- How did you get your initial customers (reveal more numbers)
- How did you hire the team?
- Failures: setbacks, near-death moments, mistakes that cost a lot of money
- Playbook for other founders
- Tech stack: software tools you used
- Numbers: revenue, growth, burn (optional)
- What would you do differently today?
One sentence intro from Manav (example): “Today’s guest [Name] built a $4.2m SaaS without paid ads, without a sales team, and almost shut it down twice. Here’s exactly how.”
Past guests include
- Clay Alexander (Founder & CEO, Ember)
- Peter Voss (Founder, Aigo AI)
- Atif Siddiqi (Founder, Branch App)
- Mike Straight (Founder, Farm Pod)
- Rajat Bhageria (Founder & CEO, Chef Robotics)
- Adelle Archer (Founder, Eterneva)
- Anita Verma (Founder, Arizona Land Consulting)
- Shaun Clark (Founder, Go High Level)
- Kent Yoshimura (Founder, Neurogum)
- Shelby Clark (Founder, Turo)
- Romain Torres (Founder, Arcade AI)
- Hunter Isaacson (Founder, NGL)
Recording notes
- Dress code: Formal / Business Casual
- Ideally, you give us dual camera recording — one from your webcam and one from your phone — for dynamic shot switching.
- Audio > Video. Please ensure excellent audio quality.
- We’ll show you the podcast before posting, and we’ll remove anything that doesn’t align with your narrative.