Lessons From A Failed Startup

Perry Ogwuche who was previously a YC founder talks to other founders from the YC community and beyond with inactive companies to learn from their stories and unique experiences with running a business that they eventually had to shut down. Lessons from a failed startup podcast focuses on the stories of entrepreneurs who have started businesses that are among the 95% of businesses that don’t quite make it to the finish line.

Lessons From A Failed Startup is a business podcast hosted by Perry Ogwuche, with 14 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.

Perry Ogwuche hosts Lessons From A Failed Startup, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #15

  Will investors invest in a founder who has had a failed startup? w/Nathan Lustig of Magma Partners

  Feb 16, 202136 minS1

  <p>Nathan Lustig, the managing partner of Magma Partners, a seed stage investment fund, shares his perspective on how he views founders with a failed startup under their belt.<br/><br/>Learn more about Nathan:<br/>- Blog: https://www.nathanlustig.com/about/<br/>- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nathanlustig<br/>- Magma Partners website: https://www.magmapartners.com/<br/>- Crossing Boarders podcast with Nathan Lustig: https://latamlist.com/crossing-borders-with-nathan-lustig/</p><p>- Episode with Alejandro Freund: https://latamlist.com/alejandro-freund-the-path-to-shutting-down-a-latin-american-startup-ep-132/</p>

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  Episode #14

  The importance of building your company for customers and not investors w/Praful Mathur

  Feb 3, 202153 minS1

  <p>Praful Mathur shares his experience with building a YCombinator company and loosing his  co-founders and biggest investor in the process. <br/><br/>https://www.linkedin.com/in/prafulmathur/</p>

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  Episode #13

  Getting back to the workforce after shutting down a company w/Ayush Kumar of Vitrix Health

  Jan 26, 202144 minS1

  <p>Ayush Kumar shares his experience with shutting his company and trying to get back into the workforce afterwards. <br/><br/>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akumar0630/</p>

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  Episode #12

  Shutting down one company and getting an acquisition offer the next day w/Peer Richelsen

  Jan 20, 20211h 3mS1

  <p>Peer and I talk about his experience with shutting down his company Mage and getting an acquisition offer for his newer company Lean Hire, from On Deck, the very next day, which was when we recorded this episode. <br/><br/>Peer now serves as the head of product at On Deck. <br/><br/>Lean Hire Acquisition: https://www.beondeck.com/post/lean-hire<br/><br/></p>

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  Episode #11

  Why Glio, the first Latin American company in YC shut down with João De Paula

  Jan 12, 202159 minS1

  <p>João De Paula previous co-founder and CTO of Glio, the Amazon market place for Latin America shares his story about building the company and having to shut it down after 6 plus years of running it. </p>

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