The Undefeated Underdogs

The Undefeated Underdogs is a podcast unpacking the underdog stories you never heard of!It highlights the underdog mentality and brings authentic conversations with people who play the long game, take action with a chip on their shoulders, and convert obstacles into opportunities!Buckle up, as I will be bringing some authentic founders, VCs, community builders, and content creators who got underestimated their whole life, and yet they beat the odds and became insanely successful!

The Undefeated Underdogs is a business podcast hosted by Sharath Kuruganty, with 78 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.

Sharath Kuruganty hosts The Undefeated Underdogs, a business show with 78 episodes published.

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  Episode #78

  Andrew Yeung - How to build a million-dollar events company from scratch!

  Feb 6, 202548 minS0

  <p>👉🏼 About the Guests:<br><br>Business Insider dubbed Andrew Yeung as The Great Gatsby of startups. Andrew moved to the US as an immigrant in 2020 and after a brief stint at Facebook, Google he founded his events company Fibe, generated millions of dollars in revenue, hosted more than 40K tech folks, became a partner at Next Wave NYC, grew his personal brand - all this happened in the last 4yrs. </p><p><br></p><p>👉🏼 About the Host:<br><br>Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code...

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  Episode #77

  Julian Weisser - Why ODF is on a mission of making things for people who make things!

  Dec 19, 20241h 7mS0

  <p>👉🏼 About the Guests:<br><br>Julian Weisser is a prominent entrepreneur, investor, and musician, best known as the co-founder and CEO of ODF/On Deck, a platform designed to support startup founders in launching and scaling their companies. Under his leadership, On Deck facilitated the launch of over 1,000 startups, significantly impacting the entrepreneurial landscape by providing resources and networking opportunities for aspiring founders.</p><p>Julian is currently building Merge for microgrants, Stamp List to help job applicants who require visa sponsorship, and Builders Who Run, a run club based in SF. </p><p><br>With a background in Music a...

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  Episode #76

  Founders of Defang - Building the easiest way to develop, deploy and debug cloud apps in minutes!

  Dec 11, 202455 minS0

  <p>👉🏼 About the Guests:</p><p>Prakash and Lionello are the co-founders of Defang, a radically simpler way to develop, deploy, and debug production-ready cloud apps. </p><p>Lionello is CTO at Defang, as well as an engineering lead and community organizer with EE and CS background and 20 years of international industry experience doing software and hardware. He has lived in Eindhoven, Bucharest, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and recently moved to Vancouver BC. In 1997, he founded a virtual-reality software company, acquired by a multinational company for their real-time 3D rendering technology. In 2019, Workday acquired Trusted Key, the blockchain digital identity startup...

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  Episode #75

  Brett Goldstein - How Micro is reinventing email and making it great again!

  Dec 5, 20241h 1mS0

  <p>👉🏼 About the Guest:</p><p>Brett Goldstein is the founder of Micro, an email-CRM blend so you can stay on top of your communications. He is also the co-founder of Launch House, which is a community built to connect and support the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs and creators. Launch House brings together emerging leaders in the startup and entertainment worlds to live in illustrious mansions around the world. Previously, he worked at Clearbit, Google, and Accenture, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.</p><p><br></p><p>👉🏼 About the Host:<br><br>Sharath is a founder, creator, and communit...

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  Episode #74

  Chrys Bader - A masterclass on the art of building viral consumer apps for the Internet!

  Nov 27, 20241h 15mS0

  <p>👉🏼 About the Guest:</p><p>Chrys is the co-founder at Rosebud, an AI-powered personal growth journal. He is a 6-time founder, founding Curio NFT Intelligence, Ikaria (social wellness), and Secret (social media). Prior to Secret, Chrys was a Product Manager at Google where he launched the photo-sharing community Photovine and contributed to Google+ and YouTube. He has built and launched several mobile social products such as Fliggo, TwitVid, Vidly and Treehouse. Chrys was born and raised near Boston and is a Y Combinator alumni.</p><p><br></p><p>👉🏼 About the Host:<br><br>Sharath is a founder, creator, and communit...

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