The Hard Pivot

”The Hard Pivot” is a podcast where founders share their pivot stories - the tough decisions, challenges, and turning points that reshaped their companies. Inspired by publicly sharing Draftboard’s pivot journey, the podcast dives into the critical moments of change: when founders realized something was wrong, how they communicated with investors and teams, and how they charted a new course forward. Each episode offers honest insights and lessons from those who’ve faced the uncertainty of a pivot and emerged with a new path.

The Hard Pivot is a business podcast hosted by Zach Roseman, 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.

Zach Roseman hosts The Hard Pivot, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  AIA with Israel Shushan

  Aug 18, 20251h 11mS1

  <p>Israel Shushan was toiling away as a junior employee at an electronics trading firm 15 years ago when he saw an opportunity: reselling products on the recently launched Amazon Europe problem. </p> <p>His journey to AIA saw him build a 7 figure D2C brand (twice), launch a successful Amazon store consulting business, and finally ended with him blowing that business up almost overnight when he realized a related but wholly different opportunity existed in the Amazon world that he called home. </p> <p>This is the story of AIA Assets, Israel Shushan's phenomenally creative business whose core philosophy is th...

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  Episode #12

  Sutro with Ravi Kurani

  Aug 11, 20251h 1mS1

  <p>If you thought Ravi Kurani, founder of pool monitoring startup Sutro, was destined to go into the world of water analysis - you'd be wrong. But you'd also be right?</p> <p>Ravi's father built a chain of pool supply stores on the west coast, but Ravi was dead set on a career in defense. A detour to India to work on water purification changed everything. </p> <p>Come hear the story of Ravi's quest to build Sutro; how it was so promising that a big Canadian conglomerate acquired it pre-release; and how he's now building an entirely new b...

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  Episode #11

  Candid Part 2 (Candid) with Nick Greenfield

  Aug 4, 202553 minS1

  <p>Nick Greenfield got a call from a hedge fund investor that changed his life:</p> <p>Invisalign's patent was about to expire - did Nick want to build a better version?</p> <p>That's when the rollercoaster began - and as you'll hear, it continues to the this day (on a massive upswing now!)</p> <p>From $50M in revenue in 3 years and Goldman Sachs banging down the door to talk about IPO to a complete pivot (and I mean complete) and total recapitalization - I think Nick's journey is truly peerless. </p> <p>Join us for this tour d...

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  Episode #10

  Candid Part 1 (Lyft) with Nick Greenfield

  Jul 28, 202525 minS1

  <p>Nick Greenfield, the founder of dental health startup Candid, has a story with more ups and downs than I've ever heard before. </p> <p>But first a bonus episode: turns out Nick was an early member of the Lyft team back when it was still called Zimride. Join us for this blast from the past bonus segment where Nick tells us the origins of the pink mustache, how Sidecar was just a tad too early and how Uber became a juggernaut. </p> <p>Part 2 where Nick tells us the (crazy/insane/bonkers) story of Candid is up next. </p>

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  Episode #8

  Alma with Harry Ritter

  Jul 21, 20251 hourS1

  <p>It's hard to describe Harry Ritter: yes, he's the founder and CEO of mental health juggernaut Alma - but he's also a doctor, a lawyer, a reformed McKinsey consultant and an early employee at Oscar Health. </p> <p>Whatever you've achieved in life: know that Harry's probably done it too.</p> <p>But he also did something else: lift Alma up out of the depths of certain death in March 2020 when COVID hit and destroyed their entire business.</p> <p>Join us to hear how he brought Alma back from the dead and led it to becoming an almost $1 b...

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