Funds & Founders: Untold Journeys Behind Their Breakthroughs
Welcome to "Funds & Founders: Untold Journeys Behind Their Breakthroughs," where we dig deep into the stories of successful Austin founders. Instead of focusing on their successes though, we dive into their journeys, particularly the struggles and obstacles they had to overcome.
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Recent Episodes
Sept. 28, 2025
Inside the $6B Scotch Whiskey Industry – Opportunities, Tech & Building a Fund | Ep 71
In this episode of *Funds and Founders*, we sit down with a whiskey entrepreneur who has spent over a decade in the Scotch industry — building investment funds, luxury travel experiences, cask storage businesses, and more.Fro...
Sept. 26, 2025
From Zero to $1 BILLION: The Vet Clinic That Broke Every Business Rule | Ep 70
Michael’s entrepreneurial journey started at 12 with a paper route and grew into building Thrive Pet Healthcare into a billion-dollar company. In this episode, he shares exactly how he scaled from one affordable vet clinic to...
Sept. 24, 2025
James Brewer hacked his way into the founding team | Ep 69
James Brewer went from being Import Yeti’s 3rd user to its co-founder—and helped scale it to 150K+ paying users and 2M monthly visitors. In this episode of Funds and Founders, he breaks down how import/export data can power s...
Sept. 22, 2025
How Lucy Banks Built a Million-Dollar Brand Without Stripe or Ads | Ep 68
Lucy Banks went from corporate banking to becoming a top 1% OnlyFans creator — and now runs a PR & marketing agency for adult creators. In this episode, she exposes the harsh truths about building in the creator economy, why ...
Sept. 20, 2025
The Smartest Founders Build Email First | Ep - 67
Newsletters are not dead, Dylan from Growth in Reverse breaks down how indie founders and B2B operators are building 5-figure audiences and monetizing with just email. He shares the underrated metric every newsletter creator ...
Sept. 18, 2025
This Founder Turned Colors Into an million dollar exit - Ep 66
What drives a founder to go back into the grind after a life-changing exit? In this episode, we sit down with Ganesh, a serial founder who bootstrapped his AI startup to millions in revenue, cracked the toughest enterprise cl...
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