Entrepreneurs Unraveled

This is the story of IYUNO, the world's biggest media localization company. IYUNO's primary business is providing multi-language and voice dubbing for global OTT, such as Netflix, Deisney+, AppleTV, and content companies to make content published worldwide on time. It all began with a single person David Lee who was a subtitle part-timer for a living. 00:00 Intro 01:35 Chapter 1: Video Subtitler's Small Business 03:52 Chapter 2: Going Global and Building Openness 07:38 Chapter 3: Optimizing Pricing and Expanding Business to a New Market 11:42 Chapter 4: Believing in What You Do 14:15 Chapter 5: How to be Aligned with the Team

This is the story of Alex Bouaziz and Shuo Wang, who co-found Deel, the fastest-growing SaaS start-up in history. Deel helps companies go global and hire around the world. 00:00 Intro 01:01 Chapter.1 Co-founders with International Background 03:24 Two Co-founders' Startup Experiences 08:09 Chapter.2 How Deel raised $629 million without a Pitch Deck 14:10 Chapter.3 Deel's Principle and Mission 18:50 Outro

Today's story is about Tome. Tome is the AI-powered storytelling format created by former Facebook and Instagram product leaders. It uses generative AI to create entire visual presentations in seconds. Tome became the fastest productivity tool to reach 1M users in January, and has been growing virally since. It recently secured $43 million in new Series B funding. How will the way we share ideas change in the era of AI? Check out the video to find out! 00:32 Intro 01:20 Chapter 1: Outdated Powerpoint 06:51 Chapter 2: How AI Will Change Work 08:26 Chapter 3: Unlocking Human Collaboration 11:12 Outro

Notion is one of the most innovative productivity tools worldwide to make every human can to build their own software without coding. Before co-founding Notion, Akshay built Pulse, which is RSS based news curation app, and Ivan was a designer from Canada just after college graduation. 00:00 Intro 00:20 Exiting $90m startup to Linkedin 03:36 Notion's First Failure 05:50 Finding Product Market Fit 12:21 Notion's Core Value

00:00 Into 01:45 Chapter.1 Two Founders with Remarkable Teenage Years 05:24 Chapter.2 Three years of hustle to find the Product-Market Fit 13:35 Chapter.3 Three Key aspects for a Successful AI Based App

Today we are joined by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger the co-founders of Allbirds. Allbirds is a footwear brand known for sustainable and comfortable shoes made from eco-friendly materials. 00:00 Intro 00:59 Chapter. 1 The Co-founders 05:35 Chapter. 2 Wool Runners 08:51 Chapter. 3 Sustainability 12:29 Chapter. 4 Team

In this episode, Phil Libin, the CEO of Mmhmm, shares how he came up with the idea of Mmhmm, and developed into a business. 00:00 Intro 00:44 Chapter.1 How to find a product idea and turn into a Business 04:51 Chapter.2 The Problem Mmhmm is trying to solve 08:18 Chapter.3 The Mindset of a Product Guru 09:39 Chapter.4 Team Building: Who should I work with 12:00 Chapter.5 The Relationship between Success and Luck

This is the story about the serial-entrepreneur Phil Libin's journey, one of the world's best productivity note apps. Phil has founded five startup companies for 25 years, and they were successful. Phil is well-known as an entrepreneur and one of the world's best product guys. 00:00 Intro 01:11 Chapter.1 From a Refugee to an Entrepreneur 02:50 Chapter.2 Lesson Learned from First Two Companies 05:12 Chapter.3 The Story of Building Evernote 09:02 Chapter.4. Don't be Neutral 10:56 Chapter.5 Don't Ask the Customers, Bring Your Product to Them 13:01 Chapter.6 Focus on Your Product's Existing Fans

Saeju, the CEO of Noom, was born and raised in a small South Korean fish town called Yeosu and he dropped out of his university in Korea. He came to US when he was 23 with nothing and built $10 Billion consumer-led healthcare startup Noom. 01:38 Chapter.1 How to Overcome Self Doubt 04:45 Chapter.2 Things to Know Before Starting a Business 06:40 Chapter.3 Life Advice for Teens. 08:25 Chapter.3 Life Advice for 20s 09:27 Chapter.3 Life Advice for 30s 10:43 Chapter.4 True Meaning of Life

Today, we are joined by Saeju Jeong, the Co-founder and CEO of Noom. Noom is a health care platform which has raised over $650 million in funding since 2008. In today's episode, Saeju shares stories about his journey from being a college dropout in South Korea to becoming a successful entrepreneur in New York City. Additionally, Saeju shares us his experiences in building Noom into America's leading healthcare platform. 01:56 Chapter.1 A College Drop out from a Fish Town 05:45 Chapter.2 Starting from Scratch in NYC 08:49 Chapter.3 Noom's Two Immigrant Entrepreneurs 10:36 Chapter.4 Noom's Mission driven Journey 12:44 Chapter.5 Noom's J-curve Success 14:55 Chapter.6 Good Company VS Great Company

Tim Hwang is the CEO of FiscalNote, a legal information software company. FiscalNote was funded by startup moguls like Mark Cuban from Shark Tank, and Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo, and went public in 2022. 01:20 Ch.1 High quality people are drawn to high quality CEO 04:54 Ch.2 Good timing opens up Opportunities 06:11 Ch.3 Is now the perfect time to kick off your startup? 09:35 Ch.4 Startup is a Self-Discovering Journey 12:25 Ch.5 Startup as a Lifestyle

Tim Hwang is the CEO of FiscalNote, a legal information software company. FiscalNote was funded by startup moguls like Mark Cuban from Shark Tank, and Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo, and went public in 2022. [Stories in this episode] 00:00 Intro 01:11 Introduction to FiscalNote 03:00 Law school dreamer to Startup Entrepreneur 05:44 first start of FiscalNote 08:11 Funding from Mark Cuban 10:10 Advice on how to impress VCs 12:18 Hustle Hustle Hustle! 18:09 FiscalNote's Vision 19:16 Outro

Saeed Amidi is the CEO of Plug & Play, a venture capital firm that has invested in over 1000 startups. Saeed Amidi gives advice to entrepreneurs on perfecting elevator pitches, and talks about money's true meaning. (01:41) "You should know Better than the Investors" (04:01) How to Impress Investors in 3 Minutes (09:52) "I Enjoy Making Money"

Saeed Amidi is the CEO of Plug & Play, a venture capital firm that has invested in over 1000 startups. Amidi is renowned for his ownership of the so called "Lucky Building", building at 165 University Avenue, which has housed many of Silicon Valley's top startups. This prime location allowed Amidi to become an early-stage investor in tech giants like Google and PayPal. (00:00) Intro (02:02) Life before Plug and Play (03:41) Bottled Water business (04:58) Real estate business (06:18) Early investment in Google and Paypal (08:02) Investment tips on startups (11:24) Startups not to invest in (14:17) Investment failure with Airbnb (16:23) How to recognize Unicorn startups (18:42) How startups make the world better

Frank Slootman is the CEO of Snowflake, a company that is experiencing rapid growth and is valued in the billions of dollars. He is a renowned expert in the field of data cloud and has a track record of building successful companies like DataDomain and ServiceNow. Slootman has a wealth of leadership experience that he draws upon to guide Snowflake towards success.

On the first episode of , Michael Seibel, the managing director of Y Combinator shares some lessons he learned from growing Twitch to a $ 970 million worth company and joining YC afterward.