Founder Files
Founder Files
Podcast Description
Founder Files brings you conversations with the minds behind some of today’s most ambitious startups. Hosted by Salma Hatim, Founder & CEO of Cypher, this podcast explores the real decisions, strategies, and challenges that shape high-growth businesses (Seed to Series C). Through candid discussions with founders, investors, and industry leaders, we break down what it takes to scale, secure funding, and build something that lasts.
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The podcast delves into the nuances of building high-growth businesses from Seed to Series C, with current topics including financial strategies, operational metrics, and the importance of scalable systems. Episodes offer insights on growth metrics that matter, the difference between bookings and revenue, and approaches to raising the right capital, featuring practical examples from guests like Daren Lauda of Outset and Zach Barney of Mobly.
Conversations with the minds behind some of today’s most ambitious startups.
Hosted by Salma Hatim, Founder & CEO of Cypher, this podcast explores the real decisions, strategies, and challenges that shape high-growth businesses (Seed to Series C).
Through candid discussions with founders, investors, and industry leaders, we break down what it takes to scale, secure funding, and build something that lasts.
Jared Yaman, Co-founder of Spresso.AI, joins Founder Files to shares his journey from corporate lawyer to gaming entrepreneur, to scaling Boxed.com through IPO, and now to building AI SaaS.
Along the way, Jared dives into capital efficiency, fundraising strategy, and why curiosity and continuous learning matter most as a founder.
Topics include:
— Turning static prices into dynamic ranges with reinforcement learning
— Fundraising advice: when to start, how to prep, and learning from “no”
— Lessons from scaling Boxed.com and competing with Amazon
— The shift from growth-at-all-costs to capital-efficient startups
💡 New episodes drop every Tuesday at 7 AM EST.
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