Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo

The best early-stage founders before the world catches on and how they're building their business today,Australia, Southeast Asia, the US, and everywhere in between.Hosted by Thea Ngo (Wharton grad, early-stage investor), each episode is one unscripted conversation with a founder who is still in it, while the decisions are still fresh.Think→ Customer discovery hacks to sell before you build→ Fundraising rounds that nearly didn't close & ones that closed too rapidly→ Pivots that saved the company, and ones that didn'tNew episodes every Thursday

Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo is a business podcast hosted by Thea Ngo, with 37 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Thea Ngo hosts Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo, a business show with 37 episodes published.

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  Quibi: How a $1.75B Startup Died in 6 Months

  Aug 13, 202614 min

  Quibi raised $1.75 billion before it had a single show, hired Spielberg and Reese Witherspoon to make TV for your phone, and shut down six months after launch. This is a fun new segment where I take apart a company that died and diagnose what actually killed it. We get into the tech that forced every show to be shot twice, the Super Bowl ad that ran before a single episode existed, and why almost no one converted from free trial to paying subscriber. If this episode helped you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or follow on Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it's how the next founder finds us. FOLLOW US https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersInMotion https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/ https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion https://linkedin.com/in/theango/ ABOUT FOUNDERS IN MOTION The founder podcast that catches them before they're famous, when the pivot might not work and the real story is still being written. Hosted by Thea Ngo, a Wharton grad, venture capital investor, and (your new favorite?) interrogator behind Founders in Motion. New episodes every Thursday.

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  Why AI Can't Fix Your Business and the $10M Raise He Regrets | Lee Lagdameo, Shikii Labs

  Jul 30, 202628 min

  Lee Lagdameo crossed over from the other side of the table to build one of the AI companies he used to back — and four months into Shikii Labs, he says most companies aren't AI-ready: their data is a mess, and raising less beats raising more. Lee Lagdameo is the co-founder of Shikii Labs, an AI and product partner for founder-owned and PE-backed companies. We talk about starting an AI consultancy from zero network, why his last startup Skybox Technologies raised too much, and what he sacrificed to keep building. For: AI consultants, PE operators, early-stage founders, and anyone weighing the VC-to-founder jump. If this episode helped you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or follow on Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it's how the next founder finds us. FOLLOW US https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersInMotion https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/ https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion https://www.linkedin.com/in/theango/ ABOUT FOUNDERS IN MOTION The founder podcast that catches them before they're famous, when the pivot might not work and the real story is still being written. Hosted by Thea Ngo, a Wharton grad, venture capital investor, and (your new favorite?) interrogator behind Founders in Motion. New episodes every Thursday.

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  Impact Investing at $10: The Fortune He Lost, The Fund He Built | Arjun Agarwal, inaam

  Jul 23, 202631 min

  Arjun Agarwal is the founder and CEO of inaam, a flat-fee alternative to funds that take a percentage of your money. We talk about his family's fortune disappearing in South Africa, the watches that helped them survive, and the teenage crypto fund he wound down before a crash. For: impact investors, fintech founders, and anyone who's been told no more times than they can count. If this episode helped you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or follow on Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it's how the next founder finds us. FOLLOW US https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersInMotion https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/ https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion https://www.linkedin.com/in/theango/ ABOUT FOUNDERS IN MOTION The founder podcast that catches them before they're famous, when the pivot might not work and the real story is still being written. Hosted by Thea Ngo, a Wharton grad, venture capital investor, and (your new favorite?) interrogator behind Founders in Motion. New episodes every Thursday.

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  AI for Lawyers: 300 Features, They Used One | Rowan McNamee, Mary Technology

  Jul 16, 202631 min

  Rowan McNamee builds AI for lawyers that processes thousands of pages of case documents built so it can never make the final call. His first prototype had 300 ways to turn a transcript into a document. Lawyers used exactly one. Rowan McNamee co-founded Mary Technology, a fact-management system built only for litigation and disputes lawyers — not transactional or M&A. We talk about why he drew that line, the architecture that keeps the AI from hallucinating across a case file, and why the company is named after his aunt. For: litigation lawyers, legal-tech operators, and founders figuring out what to cut. If this episode helped you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or follow on Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it's how the next founder finds us. FOLLOW US https://www.youtube.com/ @FoundersInMotion https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/ https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion https://www.linkedin.com/in/theango/ ABOUT FOUNDERS IN MOTION The founder podcast that catches them before they're famous, when the pivot might not work and the real story is still being written. Hosted by Thea Ngo, a Wharton grad, venture capital investor, and (your new favorite?) interrogator behind Founders in Motion. New episodes every Thursday.

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  Passive Investing Australia: Get Rich Slow, The Fintech That Tells You to Trade Less | Hayden Smith, Pearler

  Jul 9, 202621 min

  Hayden Smith started Pearler with negative money, medical bills he couldn't pay, surgery coming up. The company he built tells everyday Australians to invest and then leave it alone. He's been running on patience since day one. Hayden Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Pearler Investments, Australia's long-term retail investing platform. We talk about why a brokerage would tell customers to trade less, what his first startup failure taught him, and what patience actually costs. For: anyone investing for the first time, building something slowly, or wondering if boring actually wins. If this episode helped you, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or follow on Spotify. It takes 30 seconds and it's how the next founder finds us. FOLLOW US https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersInMotion https://www.instagram.com/thea.yaps/ https://www.tiktok.com/@foundersinmotion https://www.linkedin.com/in/theango/ ABOUT FOUNDERS IN MOTION The founder podcast that catches them before they're famous, when the pivot might not work and the real story is still being written. Hosted by Thea Ngo, a Wharton grad, venture capital investor, and (your new favorite?) interrogator behind Founders in Motion. New episodes every Thursday.

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