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Welcome to BUILDERS — the show about how founders get new technology adopted.

Each episode features a founder on the front lines of bringing new tech to market, sharing how they broke into their industry, earned early believers, built credibility, and unlocked real technology adoption.

BUILDERS is part of a network of 20 industry-specific shows with a library of 1,200+ founder interviews conduct... more

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Sparrow automates employee leave management—a compliance nightmare that consumes thousands of HR hours annually at companies with distributed workforces. With $64 million in total funding through their recent Series B, Sparrow has achieved 14x revenu... more

Alex is an AI recruiter that autonomously handles phone screens, video interviews, and candidate communications at scale for enterprise talent teams and staffing firms. The company rebranded from Apriora after acquiring alex.com for over half a milli... more

Sure built the technology infrastructure enabling the world's biggest consumer brands to embed complex insurance products directly into their core transactions—from auto purchases to home loans. In this episode of BUILDERS, Wayne Slavin shares how Su... more

Limelight is building the infrastructure layer for B2B creator marketing, processing payments and managing campaigns for companies spending six figures monthly on creator partnerships. With $2.1 million in funding from Signal to Noise Ratio, Ascend V... more

Jane Technologies built real-time inventory streaming technology that connects cannabis dispensary point-of-sale systems to online ordering platforms—solving a technical problem that hadn't been cracked before in the space. As a West Point graduate a... more

Sophos represents one of cybersecurity's most vulnerable companies, founded in 1985 as an antivirus provider and now operating at massive scale with $1.5 billion in ARR and 5,700 global employees. Under CEO Joe Levy's leadership, the company has unde... more

ClearCOGS is creating a new category in restaurant technology by bringing predictive analytics to an industry that operates almost entirely on retrospective data. With $3.8 million raised, the company analyzes 100 million data points daily per restau... more

Defense technology has shifted from a social liability in Silicon Valley to commanding 35-40% of venture capital allocation—up from a historical 10%. This isn't just trend-following; it reflects fundamental market dynamics as SaaS becomes hypercompet... more

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Recent Guests

Deborah Hanus
CEO and Founder of Sparrow
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Episode: How Sparrow achieved 14x revenue growth by targeting pain ownership, not pain awareness | Deborah Hanus
Aaron Wang
CEO and co-founder of alex.com
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Episode: How Aaron Wang justified spending $500K+ on the domain Alex.com | Aaron Wang
Wayne Slavin
CEO and co-founder of Share
Share
Episode: How Sure turns lost deals into future pipeline: The enterprise buy-versus-build playbook | Wayne Slavin
David Walsh
CEO of Limelight, a platform connecting brands with B2B creators.
Limelight
Episode: How Limelight validated the B2B creator market by interviewing 100+ creators before building | David Walsh
Soham Mazumdar
Co-founder and CEO of Wisdom AI
Wisdom AI
Episode: How Wisdom AI reduces enterprise trial time-to-value from weeks to minutes | Soham Mazumdar
Mustafa Khanwala
Founder and CEO of MishiPay, a company transforming retail shopping experience with innovative checkout solutions.
MishiPay
Episode: How MishiPay scaled from $10M to $250M in transactions by abandoning their best product | Mustafa Khanwala
Rohan Parikh
Co-founder and CEO of Keye, focusing on private equity due diligence solutions
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Episode: How Keye drives word-of-mouth in the relationship-driven PE industry through vertical focus | Rohan Parikh
Nicolas Weber
Co-founder and CEO of Voltiris
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Episode: How Voltiris uses transparent hypothesis testing to earn trust with risk-averse growers | Nicolas Weber
Sandro Zweig
Co-founder and CEO of TUDE
TUDE
Episode: How tiun validated product-market fit with 6-12 months of pilot data before scaling | Sandro Zweig

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Brett
Host of BUILDERS with a focus on entrepreneurship and technology adoption.
Wayne Slavin
CEO and co-founder of Share, focusing on embedded insurance and innovative technology solutions.

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How Sparrow achieved 14x revenue growth by targeting pain ownership, not pain awareness | Deborah Hanus
Q: What's the big picture vision for everything that you and the team are building?
She expresses a strong commitment to revolutionizing leave management, emphasizing its global market and the importance of integrated data solutions.
How Sparrow achieved 14x revenue growth by targeting pain ownership, not pain awareness | Deborah Hanus
Q: As you reflect on this journey, what do you think has been the most important decision you've made so far?
Deborah highlights building customer trust and careful hiring of the right people as pivotal to Sparrow's growth and success.
How Sparrow achieved 14x revenue growth by targeting pain ownership, not pain awareness | Deborah Hanus
Q: And how did you transition away from founder-led sales?
Deborah explains the initial struggles with sales due to her technical background, but emphasized the high demand for Sparrow's solution from HR leaders, leading to a structured sales approach as the company scaled.
How Sparrow achieved 14x revenue growth by targeting pain ownership, not pain awareness | Deborah Hanus
Q: For you, what's the founding story here? What were you doing previously that allowed you to uncover that this leave management problem was a problem worth solving?
Deborah shares her background in machine learning and how personal experiences with friends struggling with leave paperwork highlighted the need for a solution, leading to the foundation of Sparrow.
How TwelveLabs sells AI to federal agencies: Mission alignment over process optimization | Jae Lee
Q: What has contributed to the 10X growth of TwelveLabs?
Extreme focus on customer needs, building proprietary models, and delivering efficient video indexing infrastructure have fueled growth.

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Focused on the journey of founders and their endeavors in adopting new technology, significant insights are shared regarding industry entry points, the cultivation of early adopters, credibility building, and strategies to facilitate technology adoption. A diverse range of topics including cybersecurity, AI, retail technology, and embedded insurance is discussed, showcasing the innovative approaches of guest founders and providing practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Unique aspects include the podcast's commitment to featuring direct experiences and lessons from industry leaders, which contributes to a rich learning resource for listeners interested in entrepreneurship and technology.

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