Episodes

Meet Max Weisbrod (@Mweisbrod), Founder of Baton. It's hard for early-stage, high-growth startups to do customer success well — I mean, who has time to document processes and systematize new customer onboarding when you're out pounding the digital pa...

Meet Stefan Palios (@stefanpalios) — an almost-corporate type turned freelance writer, strategist, and coach. After graduating from Yale, Stefan went into corporate consulting. But he quickly realized that his real passion was helping entrepreneurs ...

Meet Brian Groat (@BGroat) founder of Intersect Home Services — a hyper-growth home services business. Growing up around fairs and carnivals Brian mastered the art of speed-reading people and applying powerful persuasion. After leaving that world be...

Meet Christopher Niblett (@niblettc89), the founder and CEO of Bizzly. Chris has always had a diverse set of interests — from cars, to software, to podcasts, to start ups. A software engineer by trade, Chris spent the last several years …

Meet James McKinven (@jmckinven) — founder of Whitstable Craft (a DTC handcrafted leather goods brand) and host of the popular Indie Bites and This Indie Life podcasts. James is a marketer by trade but has always had the itch to …

Meet Justin Charisma (@itsJustinCee) — Founder of CrowdParty, a Jackbox TV-like app that's on a mission to build the Netflix for workplace games. Justin is bullish on the importance of spreading joy throughout every interaction he has with a team …

Meet Matt Reid (@Matthew_Reid) is the founder of PriceWell — a no-code tool for building Stripe subscriptions for your website. In this episode of Zero to (point) One, Matt and Zach chat about: lessons Matt learned about startups while working …

Meet Charlie Ward (@charlierward) — the founder of Ramen Club, a community focused on helping founders get to ramen profitability, and beyond. Charlie loves the intersection of ideas and community. A software developer by trade, Charlie is always t...

Meet Tiago Ferreira (@wbetiago), founder of the Wannabe Entrepreneur community. Tiago had dreamed of the day he'd be able to work for himself, but the moment he actually quit his day job, fear overcame him. As a way of calming …

Meet Marc Louvion (@marc_louvion) — a software developer originally from France now living in Bali. Marc has always loved building things — particularly anything that has to do with games. So, when Tai Lopez (the somewhat infamous internet marketer) ask...

Meet Cam Blackwood (@CamBlackwood95), Co-Founder of The Coder Career. After spending years working as a technical recruiter, Cam realized that the community needed better resources to help assess talent and help job seekers find the right gig. And that...

Liz and her husband Lukas met while volunteering in New York after Hurricane Sandy hit. Lukas is a developer and had always dreamed of working for himself, and Liz was ready for a career pivot after working in humanitarian relief …

Meet Callie Goodwin (@CallieGoodwin) founder of Sparks of Joy — a custom greeting card service. After being exposed to COVID early on in the pandemic, Callie was stuck quarantining inside, by herself, for two solid weeks. And while most of …

Meet Allison Seboldt (@allison_seboldt) — founder of Fantasy Congress and PageFactory. Allison was born and raised on a small farm. She spent her afternoons trying to catch turtles in the small ponds that were scattered across her family's properties. ...

Scott Millard (@scottcmillard) fell in love with shooting, editing, and producing videos at age 13. While working in marketing at tech start ups over the last few years, Scott was shocked by how few SasS companies had good product explainer …

Syed Rahman (@shapingelements) designed The Micro, a consumer-friendly, sub-$300 3D printer, which went on to be one of the best performing kickstarter campaigns of all time. Today, he's building products for creators —like Coffees with Creators which a...

Growing up, Mike Sallese's (@MikeSallese9) Christmas list was full of requests for both the latest tech gadgets and athletic gear. Mike played basketball from grade school through college — the discipline he learned on the court has helped him stay …

Dan Kulkov (@DanKulkov) is 24 years old and has already worked as COO at two Eastern European startups. Most recently, he worked as COO for a Ukrainian tech start. This gig came to an end on February 24th, 2022 when …

Tim loves building software. By day he works as a software engineer at a technology company that builds apps and resources for churches. By night, when he's not playing with his three kids, you'll find him tinkering with his projects …

Gabe Salinas is a professional MMA fighter turned entrepreneur. Over the last year, he's been building "The Brolo" — the first brand of sleeveless polos for men. Gabe is a remarkable growth hacker and copy writer which has enabled Brolo …

When Sam Zipp was in high school, he spent more time building TI-83 calculator games then he did learning calculus. After graduating high school he tried the whole college thing, but it wasn't for him. Instead, he hustled his way …

When Alex Breen (@alexbreen7) was 14, he started a business on eBay flipping phones. His buddies, who were working at ice cream parlors and coffee shops after school, just couldn't understand how Alex was making 2-3x what they were each …

Dominik Sobe (@sobedominik) has been tinkering with bootstrapped start up ideas for the last several years. After studying business at university in Austria, Dominik was convinced he wanted to become a management consultant. In order to prepare for his i...

Ryan Doyle (@Ryan___Doyle) grew up on a farm in upstate New York. He started driving at the age of 11 (and didn't realize that was illegal until a cop pulled him over on the side of a dirt road one …