Founder's Story
Hosted by IBH Media
About this Show
"Founder's Story" by IBH Media isn't a business show. It's the conversation founders don't get to have anywhere else.
Think 60 Minutes, but for entrepreneurs. We sit down with the most interesting people in business and go past the highlight reel, past the pitch, past the polished version they give every other podcast. We go into the mud with them. The 2 a.m. doubts. The bet that almost ended everything. The moment they wanted to quit and didn't.
You'll hear from household names like Gary V, Codie Sanchez, Rob Dyrdek, and Tom Bilyeu, and just as often from founders you've never heard of who are building something the world needs to know about. Either way, the goal is the same: a real conversation that makes you laugh, makes you think, and sometimes catches you off guard with how much it makes you feel.
This is where the story behind the success finally gets told. This is "Founder's Story."
Latest Episodes
He Built A $100M Company Without Outside Investors | Ep 424 with Raj Toleti CEO of Andor Health
Daniel opens by discussing the growing shortage of nurses and physicians across the United States and asks whether AI can realistically solve the problem. Raj Toleti, Chairman and CEO of Andor Health, explains that the shortage is already here and argues that automation is the only scalable path ...
The Cybersecurity Expert Warning That AI Agents Could Leak Everything | Ep. 423 with Lee Rossey CTO and Co-Founder of SimSpace
Daniel and Lee Rossey, CTO and Co-Founder of SimSpace, open with the explosion of AI agent companies and the growing comfort people have with giving these systems access to business tools, financial data, credit cards, and personal information. Lee warns that the benefits are real, but so are the...
Everyone Is Asking The Wrong Question About AI | Ep. 422 with Rana Gujral CEO of Behavioral Signals
Daniel and Rana Gujral, CEO of Behavioral Signals, begin with the biggest misconception in AI: that the real debate is about capability. Rana argues that the more important question is not whether AI can write, reason, analyze, or outperform humans on benchmarks, but whether it is strengthening h...
Intern at 19. $750M in Property Sales by 26 | Lukas Kerrebijn
Daniel and Lukas Kerrebijn, co-founder of RD Dubai, RD Vastgoed, and RD Advisory, trace the journey from a teenage intern questioning what real estate agents actually did, to building a platform connecting property sellers with investors, to expanding into Dubai when Dutch regulations made the lo...
He Got 30 Investor Rejections, Then Built a $12.7 billion Defense AI Company | Ep. 420 with Brandon Tseng President and Co-Founder of Shield AI
Daniel and Brandon Tseng, President and Co-founder of Shield AI, begin with the earliest days of Shield AI, when defense tech was not yet a major category and investors were not convinced autonomous military systems could become a massive market. Brandon explains how his confidence came from two ...
Ex-Uber AI Safety Lead: Your Home Is Already Exposed. Almost Nobody Knows It | Ep. 419 with John Lunsford Founder of Tethral
Daniel and John Lunsford, founder of Tethral, open with the hype around AI agents, but quickly move past the usual conversation about agents buying things online or talking to other agents. John argues that the real issue may be agents communicating with the devices already inside our homes: refr...
Bitcoin Creator Revealed: They Say They Found Satoshi | Ep. 418 with Tyler Maroney and Tucker Tooley
Daniel joins Tyler and Tucker to go deep into the mystery surrounding Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. What began as Tucker's curiosity during COVID turned into a multi-year investigation spanning hundreds of interviews, financial insiders, coders, cypherpunks, family member...
Tech Employees Are Being Robbed Of Billions | Ep. 417 with Oren Barzilai CEO & Founder of Equitybee
Daniel and Oren Barzilai, Co-founder and CEO of Equitybee, dive into a problem hiding inside the startup economy: employees can spend years helping build valuable companies, receive stock options as part of their compensation, and still walk away with nothing because they cannot afford to exercis...
I Was Worth $5 Million at 23. Eight Months Later I Was Negative $1 Million | Ep. 416 with Leo Pareja CEO of eXp Realty
Daniel and Leo Pareja, CEO of eXp Realty, unpack what happens when someone finally reaches the goal they have obsessed over for years—and discovers it does not feel the way they expected. Leo shares how becoming the number one Keller Williams agent at twenty-eight left him depressed and confused ...
Do You Need To Live In Silicon Valley To Start a Tech Company | Ep. 415 with Moe Seye Founder and CEO of 1099Workers
Daniel and Moe Seye explore how work is being rewritten by AI, layoffs, remote work, and a new generation that does not want the same corporate path their parents wanted. Moe explains why Silicon Valley still feels like a place living in the future, and why being around impossible-thinking founde...
Free Trading Isn't What You Think It Is (Wall Street CEO Explains)
Daniel and Daniel Schlaepfer dive into the evolution of trading from human-driven Wall Street desks to today’s app-based, AI-assisted, off-exchange market structure. Daniel explains how he accidentally entered the trading world through a free subway newspaper ad after law school didn’t go as plan...
This F1 Driver Got Cut, So He Built an AI Company | Ep. 413 with Jack Doohan Co-founder and CEO of Meuze
Daniel and Jack start inside the mind of a Formula 1 driver, unpacking how perception changes at extreme speed, why Monaco feels faster than wider tracks, and how drivers train their bodies to survive brutal heat and stress. The conversation then shifts into Jack’s entrepreneurial chapter, sparke...
He had a 9-Figure Exit (Then Almost Lost It All) | Ep. 412 with Steve Salis CEO of Catalogue.co
Daniel and Steve Salis dive into what it really takes to build restaurants at scale, from creating a brand people love to delivering hospitality every single day. Steve explains how restaurants become cultural beacons inside communities, why &pizza was built to recreate the feeling of a local mom...
$5B Real Estate Mogul Reveals The Price of Success | Ep. 411 with Mauricio Umansky Founder and CEO of The Agency
Daniel and Mauricio Umansky trace his journey from growing up in Mexico City, delivering pizzas at 16, and becoming one of the most successful luxury real estate figures in the world. Mauricio reflects on selling the Playboy Mansion, the fascination with luxury real estate, and why success eventu...
He Made Millions Every Year, Then Went $800K Into Debt: Adam Hagaman on the Trap of Success | Ep. 410 Founder of Content Cash Flow
Daniel and Adam Hagaman dive into the painful early chapters of Adam’s life, including growing up without a father, trying drugs in sixth grade, selling drugs, dropping out of school, and going to jail every year from 18 to 25. Adam explains how a party invitation led him to meet his future wife,...