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A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders

by Mistral.vc

Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world's most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We've had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed exa...

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 51K to 173K

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: business · entrepreneurship

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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week

250+ episodes since 2022

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

entrepreneurship

product development

startup journey

venture capital

fundraising

business growth

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Total monthly reach

51K to 173K

Estimated from 7 chart positions in 7 markets.

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CA · Entrepreneurship
#87
30K to 100K
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KR · Entrepreneurship
#151
1K to 10K
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IL · Entrepreneurship
#40
10K to 30K
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SG · Entrepreneurship
#56
3K to 10K
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KE · Entrepreneurship
#59
3K to 10K

Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
15K to 52K
🎙 Daily cadence·280 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
51K to 173K
🇨🇦58%🇮🇱17%🇰🇷6%+4 more
Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
15K to 52K

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On the show

From 22 eps

Host

Mistral.vc

1 ep

Recent guests

20 across last 22 eps

Alex Halliday

1 ep

Isaiah Granet

1 ep

Anada Lakra

1 ep

Bobby Samuels

1 ep

Maju Kuruvilla

1 ep

Amanda Kahlow

1 ep

Tarek Alaruri

1 ep

Bhaskar Sunkara

1 ep

Yogi Goel

1 ep

Omar Haroun

1 ep

Sean McCarthy

1 ep

Mark Hughes

1 ep

Peter Walker

1 ep

Surojit Chatterjee

1 ep

Ali Khokhar

1 ep

Damien Lewke

1 ep

Astro Teller

1 ep

Cos Nicolaescu

1 ep

Anurag Goel

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George

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Recent episodes

1st-time solo founder does 90 interviews in 90 days—closes a $25M Series A 2 years in. | Damien Lewke, Founder of Nebulock

Jul 20, 2026

50m 28s

He tries 1,000 ideas a decade & kills nearly all—that's how X built Waymo & Google Brain. | Astro Teller, CEO of Moonshots at X (Alphabet)

Jul 13, 2026

48m 06s

He raised $75M—but kept his team to 21 people & pays everyone the same salary. | Cos Nicolaescu, Co-Founder of Accrual

Jul 6, 2026

57m 38s

He quit Stripe and hit $10M ARR in 4 years—with $0 marketing spend. | Anurag Goel, Founder of Render

Jun 29, 2026

47m 43s

He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk

Jun 22, 2026

46m 05s

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Episodes

~1.2 per week

Avg length

45m 45s

21m 47s – 57m 38s

Range

Jan 2022 – Apr 2026

Topics

entrepreneurship, product development +65

Guests

Damien Lewke +20 · last 22 eps

22 of 22

Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
7/20/26	1st-time solo founder does 90 interviews in 90 days—closes a $25M Series A 2 years in. \| Damien Lewke, Founder of Nebulock✨	customer interviewsstartup journey+4	Damien Lewke	NebulockFortune 500	—	customer discoverystartup+5	—	50m 28s
7/13/26	He tries 1,000 ideas a decade & kills nearly all—that's how X built Waymo & Google Brain. \| Astro Teller, CEO of Moonshots at X (Alphabet)✨	innovationentrepreneurship+4	Astro Teller	AlphabetWaymo+2	—	Astro TellerX+7	—	48m 06s
7/6/26	He raised $75M—but kept his team to 21 people & pays everyone the same salary. \| Cos Nicolaescu, Co-Founder of Accrual✨	startup cultureteam dynamics+3	Cos Nicolaescu	AccrualBrex+1	—	startupfunding+3	—	57m 38s
6/29/26	He quit Stripe and hit $10M ARR in 4 years—with $0 marketing spend. \| Anurag Goel, Founder of Render✨	entrepreneurshipproduct development+3	Anurag Goel	StripeRender+1	—	StripeRender+6	—	47m 43s
6/22/26	He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. \| George, Founder of Monk✨	startup failureentrepreneurship+3	George	Monk	—	startupARR+3	—	46m 05s
6/15/26	He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. \| Dan Mishin, Founder of Manifest✨	startup journeyentrepreneurship+3	Dan Mishin	ManifestSoftBank+1	—	startupparalegal+5	—	42m 37s
6/8/26	He churned 100% of his revenue on purpose—then grew 10x to $2M ARR in under 12 months. \| Ali Khokhar, Founder of Amigo AI✨	AIentrepreneurship+3	Ali Khokhar	Amigo AIUpwork+2	—	AIrevenue+5	—	53m 00s
6/1/26	He hit $1M ARR by sending 500,000 cold emails—then raised a $25M Series A in 6 days. \| Mark Hughes, Co-Founder of Solidroad✨	cold emailingstartup growth+3	Mark Hughes	Solidroad	Dublin	cold emailsARR+5	—	42m 52s
5/25/26	Q1 2026 w/Carta: What you need to raise a Series A. \| Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta✨	venture capitalfundraising+4	Peter Walker	Carta	—	Series Aventure capital trends+3	—	38m 28s
5/18/26	How to get a VC (like me) to wire you $2M in under 2 weeks (the FOMO playbook) \| Solo Episode✨	fundraisingventure capital+3	—	Mistral.vcVC	—	fundraisingventure capital+5	—	21m 47s
5/11/26	Coinbase's ex-CPO bet on AI agents before ChatGPT—now he's closing 7-figure Fortune 500 deals. \| Surojit Chatterjee, Founder of Ema✨	AI agentsFortune 500+3	Surojit Chatterjee	CoinbaseGoogle+4	—	AI agentsFortune 500+6	—	37m 27s
5/4/26	How this 1st-time founder went from closing customers for $500 a month to $300,000 a year. \| Sean McCarthy, Founder & CEO of BackOps✨	founder journeystartup growth+3	Sean McCarthy	BackOpsAmazon Shipping	—	founderBackOps+5	—	55m 46s
4/27/26	He built for 2 years before raising a dollar—then hit $13M ARR and a $40M Series B. \| Alex Halliday, Co-Founder & CEO of AirOps✨	startup journeyAI technology+3	Alex Halliday	AirOps	San Francisco	AirOpsAlex Halliday+5	—	40m 45s
4/20/26	180 VCs rejected him—then a $60K billboard got him to $2M ARR in 4 months. \| Isaiah Granet, CEO of Bland AI✨	Voice AIStartup Journey+3	Isaiah Granet	Bland AIYC	—	Voice AIBland AI+5	—	52m 22s
4/16/26	She bet on a consumer app when every VC wanted B2B—then grew to $10M ARR. \| Anada Lakra, Founder of BoldVoice✨	consumer appventure capital+4	Anada Lakra	BoldVoiceHarvard+2	—	BoldVoiceSeries A+6	—	52m 20s
4/13/26	He raised a $10M seed with no revenue—then grew 30x to $30M in year two. \| Bobby Samuels, Founder of Protege✨	startup fundingbusiness growth+3	Bobby Samuels	Protegea16z	New York	seed fundingGMV+3	—	39m 24s
4/9/26	He ran Prime fulfillment for Amazon—then raised $20M to replace e-commerce with AI. \| Maju Kuruvilla, Founder of Spangle✨	e-commerceAI+3	Maju Kuruvilla	AmazonBolt+1	—	e-commerceAI+5	—	42m 01s
4/6/26	She got rejected by 22 VCs—then built 6sense to $100M+ in revenue. Now she's back for AI. \| Amanda Kahlow, Founder of 1mind✨	venture capitalAI startups+3	Amanda Kahlow	CiscoIntel+2	—	venture capitalAI+5	—	52m 13s
4/2/26	How this AI founder is on track to hit $50M ARR just 2 years after launch. \| Tarek Alaruri, Co-Founder of Stuut✨	AIentrepreneurship+3	Tarek Alaruri	StuutMistral.vc	—	AI founder$50M ARR+3	—	47m 16s
3/30/26	He launched a free product for enterprise customers—then grew to $12M ARR in 2 years. \| Bhaskar Sunkara, Founding CTO of AppDynamics✨	enterprise monitoringstartup growth+3	Bhaskar Sunkara	AppDynamicsCisco+2	—	AppDynamicsenterprise customers+5	—	44m 59s
3/26/26	He raised $41M in one year to replace enterprise accountants with AI. \| Yogi Goel, Founder of Maxima✨	enterprise accountingAI technology+3	Yogi Goel	ChatGPTMaxima+1	—	enterprise accountingAI+5	—	43m 49s
3/23/26	How he grew his AI startup from $2M to $20M ARR in 12 months. \| Omar Haroun, Co-Founder of Eudia✨	AI startup growthgenerative AI+3	Omar Haroun	EudiaMistral.vc	—	AIstartup+5	—	49m 29s