Arjun built a $100M startup by helping other founders incorporate and start their own. Along the way he went through Y Combinator and built an audience of over 80,000 people on X and LinkedIn. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Arjun’s journey: 🐦 X → x.com/ArjunMahadevan 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/mahadevanarjun 🚀 Startup → doola.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@callmehouck?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership →...
Apr 02, 2025•59 min
Stella has worked in startups her entire career. She started previous companies and even got the opportunity to join Trello as an early employee. She scaled with the company all the way through it’s acquisition by Atlassian. She then founded Hoop and raised $5M to solve productivity. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Stella’s journey: 🐦 X → x.com/startupstella 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/stellagarber 🚀 Startup → hoop.app Follow us:🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundin...
Mar 15, 2025•59 min
Sahil Chopra left his medical practice after being trained at Harvard and UCLA to become a startup founder. Now, he's solving the silent sleep epidemic alongside his brother. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Sahil’s journey: 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/sahilchopramd 🚀 Startup → empowersleep.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@callmehouck?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn...
Jan 17, 2025•51 min
Adam Nathan raised $45M at a $150M valuation for his startup, Almanac. But then he realized he needed to pivot… and he pulled it off. He's now on track to go from 0 - $10M in revenue in just 15 months with the pivoted company, Blaze.ai 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Adam’s journey: 🐦 X → x.com/adampnathan 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/adampnathan 🚀 Startup → blaze.ai Want to hear more from Adam? Get Startup Tycoon in your inbox weekly → startuptycoon.com Follow us:...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min
This is how Luke got a $100,000 investment to drop out of college and turned it into a $27 million startup. He breaks down how to identify and build your own vertical SaaS business too. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Luke’s journey: 🐦 X → x.com/lukesophinos 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/lukesophinos 🚀 Startup → coursekey.com 📝 Newsletter → newsletter.lukesophinos.com 📔 Vertical SaaS Bible → verticalsaasbible.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjour...
Jan 02, 2025•48 min
Aleksandr helped one person hire an engineer. A few years later, it's turned into a $16 million, largely bootstrapped business. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Aleksandr’s journey: 🐦 X → x.com/volodarik 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/volodarik 🚀 Startup → lemon.io Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@callmehouck?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck...
Dec 26, 2024•57 min
Pujun Bhatnagar dropped out of Stanford, Harved, and MIT to build startups. He decided to build in an unsexy industry and it worked. He doubled Kintsugi’s valuation to $75M in 3 months. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Pujun’s journey: 🐦 X → x.com/pujun_ai 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/pujun 🚀 Startup → trykintsugi.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@callmehouck?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundin...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 18 min
This is how Tibo Louis-Lucas built a new startup every month... until one took off and turned into a $10 million exit. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → https://deck-database.carrd.co Follow Tibo's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/tibo_maker 🚀 Website → tmaker.io Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck In this conversation we chat about: Fou...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 3 min
This is how Adam raised over $3 million for his hiring startup Pangea.app, and why he won’t need to raise again. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Adam's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/the_pangean 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/adamalp 🚀 Startup → pangea.app Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck Accelerators ...
Dec 05, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Founders who've collectively raised $450 million for their startups explain how their success came from their network and community. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co (02:00) — Michael Houck from Founding Journey: Creating a Community (03:12) — Tyler Denk from Beehiiv: Encouraging early investors to become customers (05:50) — Andrew Yeung from Fibe: Creating a sense of community by hosting parties (09:57) — Steven Galanis from Cameo: Having a product that innately enables comm...
Nov 30, 2024•23 min
This is how Adam raised $137 million for his startup, Pitch, but then turned it into a cashflowing business instead. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Adam's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/adamrenklint 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/adam-renklint 🚀 Startup → pitch.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck Company Founding &...
Nov 21, 2024•51 min
This is how James raised $24 million and reached 20 million users for his startup, Command AI, with contrarian ideas. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow James's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/dazzeloid 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/james-evans-7086b3126 🚀 Startup → command.ai Follow us: 🎥 YouTube → youtube.com/@foundingjourney 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck Founder Journey ...
Nov 14, 2024•54 min
This is how Zayd Ali sold his first company in high school and immediately started a new one in AI, called Valley, that has raised over $3 million already. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Zayd's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/zaydsyedali 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/zayd-syed-ali-4201101a9 🚀 Startup → joinvalley.co Follow us: 🎥 YouTube → youtube.com/@foundingjourney 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → li...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr
This is how Dara sold his first startup to build an AI that can clone anyone online, and raised funding from Keith Rabois for it. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Dara's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/daraladje 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/dara-ladjevardian 🚀 Startup → delphi.ai Follow us: 🎥 YouTube → youtube.com/@foundingjourney 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck Founder Jo...
Oct 31, 2024•55 min
This is how Andrew left his dream job at Google to become the Gatsby of NYC's startup scene, all while securing a permanent visa. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Andrew's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/andruyeung 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/andyeung 🚀 Startup → https://meetfibe.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/i...
Oct 24, 2024•1 hr 7 min
This is how Sam raised $67M for his startup, Levels, and helped turn one of his co-founders into a successful influencer with nearly a million followers. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Sam's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/samcorcos 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/samcorcos 🚀 Startup → levels.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → lin...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 23 min
This is how Steven scaled his startup, Cameo, to become a $1 billion unicorn and how the company has changed since. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Steven's journey: 🐦 X → x.com/Mr312 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/stevengalanis 🚀 Startup → cameo.com Follow us: 🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck The Journ...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min
This is how Tyler raised $50 million for his startup, beehiiv, to power the newsletter revolution. 📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → deck-database.carrd.co Follow Tyler's journey: 📝 Newsletter → bigdeskenergy.com 🐦 X → x.com/denk_tweets 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/tyler-denk 🚀 Startup → beehiiv.com Follow us: 🎥 YouTube → youtube.com/@foundingjourney 📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com 📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com 💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck Launching...
Oct 10, 2024•49 min
Welcome to the Founding Journey podcast! Each Thursday, Michael Houck will interview world-class startup founders about their unique paths to uncover tactical insights they've learned about how to fundraise, grow, validate, hire, scale, lead teams while building your startup. Get full access to detailed takeaways on each episode, additional case studies, and more at join.foundingjourney.com .
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 23 min
