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Build In Public Podcast

by Karthik Puvvada (KP) · English · Business

Stories, tactics and inspiration for creators and developers building their products transparently in public — audience building, revenue milestones and lessons learned.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 56 min
Latest: 20 Jul 2025
Language: English

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20 Jul 2025 · 48 min

This Startup Wants To Give You $25K Cash When Buying a Home (feat. Rishard Rameez)

Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today I'm super excited to have my friend Rishard Rameez, CEO and co-founder of Zown, joining us for what might be one of the most mind-blowing business model conversations I've ever had on this podcast. Rishard built Zown after a viral Reddit rage post about paying $70,000 in real estate commissions went absolutely nuclear - hitting the front page with 600+ comments and a million views. Instead of *just* complaining, he decided to flip the entire real estate industry on its head. Here's the crazy part: Instead of YOU paying…

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E93 · 21 Jun 2025 · 59 min
Vibe Coding 101: How To Turn Your Ideas Into Apps
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode is something completely different - a LIVE BUILD SESSION where I teamed up with Conor Martin, one of my favorite builders on Twitter, to show you exactly how vibe coding works from zero to deployed app in real-time. Conor is a vibe coding expert who's built multiple apps with Bolt.new and created an entire course platform using the tools he teaches. We decided to record this special episode because I keep getting DMs asking "KP, how do I actually get started with vibe coding?" - well, here's your answer! In this…
E92 · 11 Jun 2025 · 59 min
Building Eddie AI: The Cursor For Video Editing (feat. Shamir Allibhai)
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today I'm thrilled to have my friend Shamir Allibhai, CEO and founder of Eddie AI, join me for one of my favorite conversations on the podcast yet. Shamir is building the "Cursor for Video Editing" - an AI assistant that helps video professionals focus on their craft and stories by handling the tedious post-production work they hate. What makes this episode special is the honest and authentic exploration of various topics that founders often have to think through. Like why he chose to focus exclusively on video professionals…
E91 · 15 Mar 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
My Most Vulnerable Podcast Episode
Welcome to 2025's 1st episode [and my comeback episode] of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 After a long hiatus from podcasting, I finally mustered the courage and strength needed to step into the arena with a very authentic conversation. Thanks to my friend Andrew Tsao who has graciously agreed to act as a host and interview me so we could bring this show together. In the special and atypical episode, we touch on topics like: reflections of a pivotal year in my life why I stopped & what I was focusing on instead going from a dad of 1 to dad of 3 shocking diagnosis about our son Liam the…
E90 · 11 Jul 2024 · 43 min
Lessons From 30 million views on TikTok (ft. Chris Cunningham)
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode was live recorded in Austin where I interviewed Chris Cunningham at the SaaStock conference in May 2024. Chris is a Founding Member and Head of Social Marketing for Clickup which is a workforce productivity platform that was last valued at $4b based in San Diego. Despite his massive social audience and influence across X, Linkedin and TikTok, Chris is one of my favorite people to talk to because he's fun, energetic and always experimenting with cool marketing moves. In this episode, Chris and I talk about how…
E89 · 17 Jun 2024 · 39 min
Strategy is how you win in startups [feat. Jason Cohen]
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode was live recorded in Austin where I interviewed Jason Cohen at the SaaStock conference in May 2024. Jason Cohen is a four-time entrepreneur across 24 years who has built both bootstrapped and VC-funded businesses in his career. He had two exits and two unicorns and has been writing for 17 years on the Internet. You may have seen him on X as @asmartbear or read one of his articles at this blog: asmartbear.com Jason is currently the Chief Innovation Officer of WP Engine which is a startup unicorn that he started…
E88 · 26 May 2024 · 1 hr 9 min
Getting Interviewed On My Own Podcast
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode is a fun one where the tables have turned and I got to be interviewed by my friend and a fellow podcaster Andrew Tsao. This episode was originally recorded in February 2024 and the publishing step got delayed due to other priorities until now (May 2024). In this conversation, Andrew and I discuss the winding down story of my last startup "BIPF", my reflections and rationale behind the decision, founder lessons learned for the future, how my "build in public" efforts led to my new role at Paddle, my excitement…
E87 · 21 Mar 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
How I Landed My New Role At Paddle And The Story Of AI Launchpad (ft. Tharshan)
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode features Tharshan Thavaharan who leads Partnerships at Paddle, a fintech company last valued at $1.4b where I also work now. In 2023, he started the AI Launchpad, a global founder program at Paddle which attracted 59 AI startups from 21 countries and in 6 weeks helped them accelerate their journey to find product-market fit, reach target audiences, and establish a financial base for scaling. Now he's passing the captain's armband to me and I'll be running this year's cohort. Applications open now, check out our…
E86 · 27 Feb 2024 · 56 min
Ariel Renous (CEO of Augment) on democratizing access to business education
Welcome to yet another episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode features Ariel Renous, co-founder and CEO of Augment.org . Augment is a modern online alternative to the traditional MBA program. Augment's approach is to reshape education by leveraging online tools to offer high-quality business knowledge straight from the minds of the brightest business leaders. Partnering with experts in business education and world-class entrepreneurs from companies like Wikipedia, YouTube, Waze, and Shazam, they crafted an innovative MBA program. The fast-growing startup based out of Paris…
E85 · 11 Feb 2024 · 52 min
Jason Cohen on Missionaries vs Mercenaries and The Impact of Passion in Business
Welcome to 2024's 1st episode of the Build In Public Podcast! 🎉 Today's episode features Jason Cohen, four-time entrepreneur across 24 years who has built both bootstrapped and VC-funded businesses in his career. He had two exits and two unicorns and has been writing for 17 years on the Internet. You may have seen him on X as @asmartbear or read one of his articles at this blog: asmartbear.com Jason is currently the Chief Innovation Officer of WP Engine which is a startup unicorn that he started in 2010. The company raised over $300m in funding, has over 1,200 employees globally and serves…
E84 · 21 Dec 2023 · 36 min
How VCs Raise Money From Investors (LPs) feat. Gale Wilkinson
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Gale Wilkinson, founder and Managing Partner at VITALIZE, a seed fund and angel community investing in transformative WorkTech software and currently deploying capital out of a $23.4M Fund II and their 500+ member angel community. Previously founded IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in the world. Gale has led $70M+ in early-stage deals across 125+ portfolio companies, and she has made 50 personal angel investments. In this interview, Gale and KP delve into all-things VC and share their insights on…
E83 · 13 Dec 2023 · 56 min
The Most Underrated Marketing Strategies (feat. Jess Chan)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Jess Chan, founder of Backbone, a platform designed to streamline email marketing for small eCommerce teams. She is one of the top retention marketing experts, with expertise in retention marketing through email and SMS. She previously founded Longplay Brands, a full-service retention & lifecycle marketing agency for DTC e-commerce brands. Jess bootstrapped the agency scaling to 7-figures in revenue in the first 18 months. In this interview, Jess and KP discuss various topics related to entrepreneurship and…
E82 · 28 Nov 2023 · 38 min
Lessons From Building a $100m Holding Company (feat. Michael Girdley)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Michael Girdley, CEO of a $100m/yr holding company and a serial entrepreneur for 20 companies over 30 years in San Antonio. Michael is also a partner at the Geekdom Fund, a seed-stage tech venture capital fund that has invested in over 50 high-growth tech companies. He has also built a 195k+ Twitter following and a newsletter with over 20k readers. Now he enjoys teaching and helping founders online and created The Complete HoldCo Course In this interview, Michael and KP go through a series of interesting…
E81 · 21 Nov 2023 · 45 min
Taking Your Video Editing For Enterprise To The Next Level (feat. Champ Bennett)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Champ Bennett, co-founder and CEO of Capsule, an AI-powered video editor for content and marketing teams. Previously, Champ also co-founded a startup called “Phhhoto” that was widely used by celebrities like Katy Petty and Beyonce. In this interview, Champ and KP dive into multitudes of lessons and topics such as: ● Intro (00:00) ● One challenging aspect of creative tools (03:36) ● Picking a great idea to pour your time into (04:32) ● Adapting to the dynamics of idea execution (06:34) ● The mindset of an…
E80 · 31 Oct 2023 · 50 min
Personal Holding Companies Are Going To Be The Future (feat. Yong-Soo Chung)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features serial entrepreneur Yong-Soo Chung, who has bootstrapped his Personal Holding Company to near 8-figures in annual revenue over the past 8 years. In this interview, KP and Yong-Soo covered a spectrum of topics, exploring Yong-Soo's journey and providing their insights on: ● Intro (00:00) ● Identifying your content niche on X/Linkedin (04:31) ● Pit stops along the journey (09:48) ● Conviction from experience (14:12) ● Yong-Soo’s founder journey (18:02) ● Balancing the operations of various diverse portfolio…
E79 · 27 Oct 2023 · 56 min
Why Founders Need A Community Around Them (feat. BIPF3 Fellows)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features founder of ApplyAll Tal Flanchraych, Co-founder of Engyne AI Sukhpal Saini, Codeless Coach Andrew Tsao and Fermi Fun founder Sangharsh Bhustalimath - four of the most promising fellows from the 3rd Cohort of the Build In Public Fellowship In this interview, KP, Tal, Andrew, Sang and Sukh delve into their building in public journeys, sharing their insights on: ● Intro (00:00) ● Their background and current projects (03:10) ● Building in public challenges pre-cohort (08:16) ● Transformational goals in joining…
E78 · 17 Oct 2023 · 58 min
Top Strategies On Marketing And Launching (feat. Sachit Gupta)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Sachit Gupta - founder of Platforms Media, a company that offers services to help podcasters grow their audiences and monetize their shows He has worked on campaigns with top podcasters like Andrew Warner (Mixergy), #1 NYT best-selling authors (Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, Oren Klaff), and international sports stars (Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricket Team) and more In this interview, Sachit and KP give a masterclass on podcast and marketing, focusing on topics such as: ● Intro (00:00) ● What captured Sachit’s interest…
E77 · 11 Oct 2023 · 54 min
The Masters And Disasters In Relationship Communication (feat. John Weiman)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features John Weiman, founder of Life Bridge Coaching and a world-class expert in relationship counseling. Dubbed a 'Miracle Man,' he's helped over 3,000 couples in coaching sessions In this interview, John and KP discussed their insights and opinions on topics such as: ● Intro (00:00) ● John’s WHY as a counseling expert (03:28) ● The domino effect of work-home relationship (08:21) ● Elements that affect couples ● Listening to respond vs to understand ● Staying neutral as an advisor ● The masters and disasters in…
E76 · 3 Oct 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
Inside BIPF: How To Get World-Class Guests On Your Podcast (feat. Danny Miranda)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features a sneak peek of a Fireside Chat we had in our Build In Public Podcast Fellowship on the theme of podcasting and asking great questions. We were thrilled to have Danny Miranda share his insights on this topic. Danny Miranda is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast (top 1%), and has talked to the world's greatest entrepreneurs & thinkers like Gary Vee, Seth Godin, Alex Hormozi etc. with over 400 episodes in his channel. In this interview, Danny and KP delve into all things podcast specifically topics such as: ●…
E75 · 26 Sep 2023 · 52 min
Can Beehiiv Become A Billion Dollar Newsletter Startup?
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Tyler Denk, CEO of the multi million dollar start-up Beehiiv - a newsletter platform that helps creators launch, scale, and monetize their newsletters. He and his co-founders were able to grow Beehiiv to $4M in annual revenue and raise tens of millions of dollars from top-tier investors. In this interview, Tyler and KP talks about a wide range of topics covering tips, tactics and insights such as: ● Intro (00:00) ● Lessons from Tyler’s move from Morning Brew to Google (00:17) ● What made him take the leap to…
E74 · 20 Sep 2023 · 1 hr
How To Leverage Community In Bootstrapping Your Startup (feat. Lloyed Lobo)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Lloyed Lobo, an entrepreneur, podcast host and community builder, who experienced the Gulf War as a young refugee in Kuwait, witnessing the strength of communities in evacuating the population to safety. He is currently the founder of Boast AI - a software that integrates financial, engineering, and project data to increase the speed, accuracy, and size of eligible tax incentives. In this interview, Lloyed and KP share their profound thoughts and opinions on various topics such as: ● Intro ( 00:00 ) ● The…
E73 · 12 Sep 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
A Founder’s Mission Beyond Their Startup (feat. Neil Thanedar)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Neil Thanedar, the founder & solo GP of Utopic, a pre-seed VC fund investing in biotech startups led by scientist CEOs. He is also the founder & chairman of Labdoor, a consumer watchdog with $7M+ in funding and 20M+ users, and Air to All, a 501(c)3 nonprofit medical device startup. In this interview, Neil and KP delve into a wide array of insightful topics, specifically about: ● Intro (00:00) ● How Labdoor came about (01:23) ● Labdoor’s success and its brand awareness aspect (07:56) ● Transfiguring B2B to B2C…
E72 · 5 Sep 2023 · 37 min
Million Dollar Exits Ep.11 with Mac Martine: The Most Important Task Of A SaaS Founder
Welcome to the eleventh episode of “Million Dollar Exits” - a special series brought to you by The Build In Public Podcast. This episode features Mac Martine, a bootstrapped SaaS founder who recently had a life-changing exit for his business that he grew from 0 to $58k MRR in just 30 months. Building apps since 2008, he began his journey with multiple failures and recently had a highly successful exit. In this interview, Mac and KP explore a range of startup-related topics, sharing their experiences and perspectives on: ● Intro (00:00) ● How Mac started his founder journey and went from zero…
E71 · 24 Aug 2023 · 56 min
The Ultimate Advice For Startup Founders (feat. Adam Draper)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Adam Draper, Founder and Managing Director of Boost VC, which is an early-stage venture capital firm with $200m AUM. Adam is a 2x entrepreneur and a 4th generation venture capitalist who comes from a family of highly influential leaders including his dad, Tim Draper, who made investments in Skype, Tesla, Bitcoin and more. In this interview, Adam and KP explored a wide variety of topics such as: ● Intro (00:00) ● Paying it forward and asking for what you want (3:50) ● How building in public does your business…
E70 · 15 Aug 2023 · 58 min
Million Dollar Exits Ep.10 with John Rush: On Bootstrapping, Acquisitions, and Market Trends
Welcome to the tenth episode of “Million Dollar Exits” - a special series brought to you by The Build In Public Podcast. This episode features John Rush, founder of Mars X - a dev tool making $1.5m ARR with over 20,000 developers in the ecosystem. John has been a software expert and entrepreneur for over 15 years and has made multiple acquisitions including Unicorn Platform. In this interview, John and KP explore a range of topics, sharing their valuable perspectives on: ● Intro (00:00) ● The blossoming tech/indie hacking scene in Istanbul (2:53) ● Indie hacking trends from 2008 to 2023…
E69 · 8 Aug 2023 · 57 min
How To Start Your Own Successful Podcast (feat. Calum Johnson)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Calum Johnson, host of The Calum Johnson Show – a podcast with over 250 episodes. He built a top 5% pod that got 1.5 million views on social in 60 days. Calum also owns the podcast production company CJ Podcast Pro - helping companies & entrepreneurs build a unique digital brand through the power of podcasting. In this interview, Calum and KP delve into all things podcast and branding, sharing tips and insights about: ● Intro (00:00) ● Calum’s podcast and why this concept is important to him (03:22) ● The…
E68 · 31 Jul 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
Why Building In Public Is Right For You (feat. BIPF2 Fellows)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Jim Kroft, Aishwarya Ashok, and Varun Kumaraswamy - three exceptional fellows from the awesome 2nd cohort of the Build In Public Fellowship (BIPF). BIPF is a curated community and 6-week program designed to help ambitious founders put themselves out the arena and build in public fearlessly. Join the 3rd cohort starting in August: https://buildinpublicfellowship.com/ In this interview, Jim, Asihwarya, Varun and KP delve into all things building in public, exploring topics such as: ● Unique reasons that led…
E67 · 25 Jul 2023 · 43 min
The Must-Have Qualities For You To Become A Successful Entrepreneur (feat. Sheel Mohnot)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Sheel Mohnot, the co-founder and GP at Better Tomorrow Ventures, a $225M fund that helps fintech founders at their early stages. BTV has also recently launched a fintech accelerator, this time under its own roof, called The Mint. In this interview, Sheel and KP uncover Sheel’s remarkable journey, sharing their perspectives on topics like: ● Intro ● What Sheel is most proud of with BTV ● Sheel being the most relatable VC ● The definition of winning and levels of wealth ● The dynamic experiences, setbacks and…
E66 · 18 Jul 2023 · 55 min
How This Solo GP Is Redefining Venture Capital With Building In Public (feat. Marc Cohen)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Marc Cohen, a solo partner and investor at Unbundled VC, typically investing in early-stage startups mainly in digital tech, and e-commerce with up to £200k checks. In this interview, Marc and KP navigate through Marc's experiences, personal insights and reflections on topics including: ● Intro (00:00) ● Marc’s background story & how he got into venture capital (02:23) ● What made him build in public as a venture capitalist (06:26) ● The genesis and reason behind Unbundled VC (10:16) ● Marc’s belief on the…
E65 · 11 Jul 2023 · 50 min
Top Tips For A Successful Product Hunt Launch (feat. Anna Buldakova)
Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast. Today's episode features Anna Buldakova, the founder and CEO of Meander - a platform that helps tech professionals to change or advance their careers through mentorship. Meander was recently launched on Product Hunt snatching #1 Product of the Day, #1 Product of the Week, #5 Product of the Month and #1 Education Product of the Month. In this interview, Anna and KP unpack valuable insights and lessons on topics such as: ● Meander’s origin story and Anna’s background ● The importance of enjoying the ‘founder journey’ ● What Meander.so…

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Stories, tactics and inspiration for creators and developers building their products transparently in public — audience building, revenue milestones and lessons learned.

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Publisher: Karthik Puvvada (KP)
Language: English
Category: Business
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 56 min
Latest episode: 20 Jul 2025
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