The Product Market Fit Show
The Product Market Fit Show
Top startup founders share how they built, scaled, and found product-market fit. From Reddit to Glean—real startup stories from 0 to 1. Available on Apple and Spotify.
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The Product Market Fit Show

The #1 podcast for early stage startup founders finding product market fit.

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Recent Episodes

Jan. 26, 2026

He made 100 cold calls a day. Now his startup is worth $600M. | Harman Narula, Founder of Canary Technologies

Harman went from cold-calling hotels 100 times a day to building the category-defining guest management platform for the hospitality industry. Canary built a $600M company by first solving one tiny, annoying problem: paper cr...
Jan. 22, 2026

He got 100k signups in 30 days. They all churned. 2 years later, he hit $10M ARR. | Rich White, Founder of Fathom

In this episode, Rich breaks down the wild story of Fathom's launch. He reveals how they secured a prime spot on the Zoom Marketplace and generated 100,000 signups in 30 days—only to realize 99.9% of them were useless. He discusses the pivot to monetization when the market crashed, how to design a …
Jan. 19, 2026

He grew his startup to $150M ARR & an IPO. Now he's back for the AI wave. | Bob Tinker, Founder of MobileIron & BlueRock

Bob is a serial entrepreneur who founded MobileIron, grew it to $150M in revenue, and took it public. Now, he's back with his fourth startup, BlueRock, tackling the next massive wave: agentic AI security. In this episode, Bob...
Jan. 15, 2026

How his AI-enabled Services startup hit $1M ARR in just 3 months. | Shahar Peled, Founder of Terra Security

In less than 12 months, Shahar went from an idea to a $30M Series A and a team of 40. He didn't sell another AI tool—he built an AI-first service that replaced expensive human consultants in the massive pen-testing market. In this episode, Shahar breaks down the "Service-as-Software" playbook that …
Jan. 12, 2026

He hit $1M ARR with just 2 people. 2 years later, he's worth $1.5B. | Ashwin Sreenivas, Co-Founder of Decagon

Ashwin built a $1.5B company in two years. He didn't do it with a massive team or a complex 5-year roadmap. He did it by ignoring "strategy" and talking to 100+ buyers until he found a problem so painful they would pay six figures for a solution that didn't fully exist yet. In this episode, Ashwin …
Jan. 8, 2026

His 1st startup failed. His 2nd became a unicorn in just 18 months. | Jake Stauch, Founder of Serval

Jake founded Serval in April 2024— by Dec 2025 he'd raised a $75M Series B from Sequoia at a $1B valuation. He didn't look for a "wedge" or a "niche." He looked at ServiceNow—a $160B, 20+ year-old incumbent that everyone IT team relies on—and rebuilt it from the ground up in a YEAR. In this episode…

Recent Blog Posts

Dec. 10, 2025

The Startup Revenue Acceleration Playbook: $0 to $43M in One Year

Eric Foster built his first computer in 1989. By the mid-90s, he was fighting cybercriminals over dial-up modems. Thirty years later, he sold his cybersecurity company CYDERES to private equity in a deal that created a billion-dollar merged entity w…

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Nov. 25, 2025

The Startup Acquisition Strategy That Built a $5B Parking Empire

Alexander Israel sat in a Venice parking lot in 2018, staring at his phone. The first Stripe notification pinged. Someone had just paid for parking through Metropolis without tickets, credit cards, or any friction whatsoever. The technology was so s…

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Nov. 25, 2025

How Instalily Hit $1M ARR in Months by Building AI That Actually Does…

When Amit Shah left his role as president of 1-800-Flowers after eleven years of scaling the company from $500 million to over $2 billion, he wasn't looking for another comfortable executive position. He had spent two decades watching talented teams…

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About the Host

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Pablo Srugo

Partner | Mistral

Pablo is a Partner at Mistral, a seed-stage firm based in Canada. Before joining Mistral, Pablo was a founder and COO at Gymtrack, a venture-backed start-up in the FitTech space. Prior to Gymtrack, Pablo founded an online tutoring platform targeting university students, which was acquired in 2014.

Reviews

Tactical

"Excellent questions and speed or hits. Bang bang bang bang keep em coming."

TravelingA | Feb. 28, 2025

Super helpful!

"This is one of the best podcasts I’ve found thus far. Super helpful for me as an early / planning stage non-technical founder. Thank you, Pablo and team!"

Shawng6am | April 23, 2025

Invaluable Resource

"Love this podcast! As a founder working toward PMF, I’m incredibly grateful for the insights and inspiration this show provides. Keep up the excellent work, Pablo!"

Diane P 🤗 | April 24, 2025

Founders need to listen

"One of the best podcasts for founders! Really enjoy listening and it’s been immensely helpful in my journey."

Seanbmccarthy | May 20, 2025

World-Class Startup Lessons, Every Episode

"This is the best startup podcast I’ve ever listened to relevant for founders at every stage. I have over 13 years of experience across both startups and corporate environments, from early-stage to hi…"

Martin Farre | Dec. 15, 2025