Zuhayeer is the founder of Levels.fyi, a platform that lets you compare salaries across big tech companies. This is the story of how he turned Levels.fyi from a side project into a million dollar startup. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Zuhayeer: https://twitter.com/zuhayeer · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Levels.fyi: https://www.levels.fyi Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:19 - Meeting his cofounder 8:41 - How they monetized 20:03 - Shifting from ...
Mar 17, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 44
Evan is the founder of The SF Compute Company, a cloud computing company that sells GPU clusters for AI models. This is the story of how he became one of the fastest growing AI companies in less than a year by betting the entire company every month. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Evan: https://twitter.com/evanjconrad · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · The SF Compute Company: https://twitter.com/sfcompute Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Betting...
Mar 02, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 43
Aman is the founder of Deeptrust, an AI deepfake detection startup that's helping you trust what you see and hear on the Internet. We talked about OpenAI's new text to video model SORA , the terrifying success rate of AI fraud, and how to (theoretically) scam someone for $1M using AI. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Aman: https://twitter.com/amanmibra · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Deeptrust: https://twitter.com/deeptrustAI Timestamps: 0:00...
Feb 24, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Prady is the founder of Sync Labs, an AI research company that’s building real time lip-syncing. This is the story of how he used viral Twitter marketing to build a deep tech research startup. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Prady: https://twitter.com/therealprady · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Sync Labs: https://synclabs.so/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:04 - Going viral on Twitter 12:00 - YC, F.inc, and Buildspace 15:29 - How will AI impact ...
Feb 17, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Dylan is the founder of Evergreen, a crypto mining hardware company that he started out of his dad's garage. This is the story of exactly how he growth hacked his way to over $3.5 million in revenue. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Dylan: https://twitter.com/dylanmrose · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Evergreen: https://evergreenminer.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 11:31 - How they went to market 17:33 - The hard thing about hardware 25:04 - B...
Feb 10, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Sharif is the founder of Lexica, a Midjourney killer that he grew to 1 million users with basically 0 zero employes. This is the story of how he went from couch surfing to building one of the most popular AI image generators. We're on Skool: https://skool.com/thedock Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/devs Links: · Sharif: https://twitter.com/sharifshameem · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Lexica: https://lexica.art/ · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc Timestamps:...
Feb 03, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Rahul is the founder of Julius, an AI app that he scaled to 300k users in just 6 months. This is the story of how he pranked global news, met Elon Musk, and built a ChatGPT killer. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: https://f.inc/studio Links: · Rahul: https://twitter.com/0interestrates · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · JuliusAI: https://julius.ai/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 7:24 - Reviving dead users 10:47 - How to ask your friends for help 17...
Jan 28, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Julian cofounded and scaled Wisdolia to over $300,000 in less than a year. This is the story of how he used TikTok marketing to go from an almost failing startup to a viral AI education tool. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: f.inc/studio Links: · Julian: https://twitter.com/InfiniteJulian0 · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · Wisdolia: https://www.wisdolia.com/Cred Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:39 - The experiment that saved Wisdolia 5:27 - The T...
Jan 21, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Alex Schachne cofounded and grew Leap from 0 to $500k+ in his first 10 months. This is the story of how he went from booking a one-way ticket across the country to building an AI company with a $10M valuation. Help us start companies from scratch in the Studio: f.inc/studio Links: · Alex: https://twitter.com/thealexshaq · Omar: https://twitter.com/omarwasm · Founders, Inc.: https://f.inc · Leap: https://tryleap.ai Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - Background 6:32 - Choosing a marketing channel 17:...
Jan 20, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Steven Tey (@steventey) from Vercel to talk about why he joined the company, his secret for making projects go viral on Twitter, how Vercel got its name, the problem with conferences for devs, the importance of company branding, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Steven's Twitter...
Oct 13, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Adi Baradwaj (@aditya_baradwaj) , ex-employee at Alameda Research, to talk about what went down at FTX, how he had his life savings stolen, his lavish life in The Bahamas, the red flags, the day of the collapse, the aftermath, his new company, and more insider info... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · A...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Farza Majeed (@farzaTV ), founder of Buildspace, to talk about building the future of education, his take on college, the creation of Nights & Weekends, opening a physical campus, how he met the team, his biggest mistake, why he hates microwaves, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · ...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Dillion Verma (@dillionverma) to talk about winning the Vercel Accelerator program, why he switched from the medicine path to engineering, a bet that made $5k in 48 hrs, why he left big tech, his 10 day silent meditation retreat, his framework for making money from side projects, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https:...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Arib Khan ( @aribk24 ), founder of Musicfy, to talk about hitting 1 million users in 6 months, getting into Founders, Inc., working for Buildspace, receiving cease and desist orders from top music labels, learning how to swim, having untraditional mentors, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ar...
Sep 02, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Rox Codes ( @RoxCodes ) to talk about building tools for creators, working for Mr Beast, sneaking into the Forbes 30 Under 30 lounge, getting his Facebook employee username blacklisted, the truth about Buildspace IRL, and roasting the f*** out of Vishal. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Rox's Twitter · ...
Aug 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Matthew Rastovac, ( @mattrasto ), founder of Respell, to talk about building no-code tools for AI, starting a custom home building company, being friends with Sam Altman, almost becoming a pro gamer, creating a Bitcoin exchange at 14, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Matthew's Twitter · Respell...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with John Coogan, (@johncoogan) , cofounder of Soylent and Lucy.co, to talk about the viral success of Soylent, the key to finding a good cofounder, starting a tech YouTube channel, joining Founders Fund as an EIR, things you didn't know about defense tech, clean energy takes, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · ...
Aug 11, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Kaito Cunningham, (@0xkaito) , co-founder of Utopia Labs, to talk about building a blockchain payments company, developing sustainable workflows, messing up an $8 million transaction, managing working with 4 cofounders, scanning his eyeballs with Worldcoin, his "human operating stack", and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Will Depue, ( @willdepue ), previous founder of DeepResearch and applied research resident at OpenAI, to talk about living in Argentina, dropping out of college, building a computer in Figma, the truth about burnout, why he doesn't focus on Twitter growth, watching Dune 5 times, how to get started building anything, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: h...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Samraaj Bath, ( @samraaj ), CTO and co-founder of Bifrost, to talk about building a complex AI product, working at Expensify, starting an ice cream company, getting into Y-Combinator, work/life balance, being creatively unfulfilled, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Samraaj's Twitter · Bifrost · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:0...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ben Levy, ( @benmlevy ), co-founder of Milk Road, to talk about growing a newsletter to 250k subscribers, losing everything to crypto, how to get connected with anyone, the future utility of crypto, what goes into a high value community, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ben's Twitter · Milk Road · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro ...
Jul 12, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Eric Zhu, ( @ericzhu105 ), founder of Aviato and investor at Bachmanity Capital, to talk about being a 15 y/o founder, going viral for taking calls in his school bathroom, balancing school, partying with the founder of Google in a mansion, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Eric's Twitter · Aviato · Bachmanity Capital · The Dock Time...
Jul 06, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with Kyle Brastrom ( @kylebrastrom ), founder of Dive Chat, to talk about building a successful social network, the importance of real world connections, starting LA Tech Week, running coliving houses, why he's never had an Instagram, and making YouTube videos about drone racing. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Kyle's Twitter · Dive Chat · The Dock...
Jun 29, 2023•56 min
Omar ( @omarwasm) and Vishal (@vishalkolr) sit down with John Andrew Entwistle ( @jaentwistle ), founder of Wander.com, to talk about building his first company Coder at 16, raising $130M for Wander, pivoting from an enterprise developer platform to real estate, how he got his nickname "The Shovel", and racing F4 cars. The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · John Andrew's Twitter · Wander · The Dock Timest...
Jun 13, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ayush Ranjan ( @ranjan3118 ), founder of Huddle01, to talk about building a Web3 video conferencing infrastructure, skipping his flight to India for Founders, Inc., issues with Twitter, startup markets in SF vs India, Web3 insights, Redbull F1, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ayush's Twitter · Huddle01 · The Doc...
Apr 06, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Lauren Self ( @laurenlself ), founder of Roots Homes, to talk about building in the real estate industry, dropping out of college twice, joining a startup and moving to LA alone at 17, proposing to her cofounder, and more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Lauren's Twitter · Roots Homes · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 3:00 - How Ro...
Mar 30, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Avi Schiffmann ( @AviSchiffmann ), founder of Internet Activism, to talk about how he created the most used coronavirus tracker during the height of the pandemic, his mission to build the largest humanitarian nonprofit in the digital space, the meaning of life, dropping out of Harvard, lego sets, Dune, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Avi's ...
Mar 22, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ali Alobaidi ( @alialobai1 ) , founder of Kanopy Labs and Napolean, to talk about growing up in Iraq, dropping out of college to start an engineering firm, buying a penthouse, and more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · Ali's Twitter · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 6:45 - Growing up in Iraq 21:05 - How He Learned To Code 30:50 - Starting His Own Firm 44:37 - Qui...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Edward Saatchi ( @theculturedao ) , founder of Oculus Story Studios, Fable, and The CultureDAO, to talk about VR movies, AI generated gaming, the future of VR, winning an Emmy, the safety implications of AI, and much more.... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · TheCulture DAO · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:06 - Virtual Beings Summit 9:30 - Creating VR Films 21:05...
Mar 17, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Omar Waseem ( @omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with James Sun ( @JamesZmSun ) , co-founder and CEO of Paper, to talk about WeWork horror stories, NFT utilities, the future of crypto, working for Twitch, lessons as a founder, his gaming passion, and much more... The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at: https://f.inc Links: · James's Twitter · Paper's Website · The Dock Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - WeWork Office Struggles 19:20 - Evolution of Cryp...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 15
