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He tries 1,000 ideas a decade & kills nearly all—that's how X built Waymo & Google Brain. | Astro Teller, CEO of Moonshots at X (Alphabet)
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He raised $75M—but kept his team to 21 people & pays everyone the same salary. | Cos Nicolaescu, Co-Founder of Accrual
Ep 43 · Jul 6, 2026
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He quit Stripe and hit $10M ARR in 4 years—with $0 marketing spend. | Anurag Goel, Founder of Render
Ep 42 · Jun 29, 2026
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He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Founder of Monk
Ep 41 · Jun 22, 2026
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He quit his $50M ARR startup to work as a paralegal—then raised a $60M Series A. | Dan Mishin, Founder of Manifest
Ep 40 · Jun 15, 2026
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He churned 100% of his revenue on purpose—then grew 10x to $2M ARR in under 12 months. | Ali Khokhar, Founder of Amigo AI
Ep 39 · Jun 8, 2026
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- Post 01Ep 44·Jul 13, 2026
Astro Teller: How X Kills 1,000 Ideas to Find One Waymo
Astro Teller reveals X's moonshot process: kill criteria, learning per dollar, and the 'train the monkey' rule that built Waymo, Wing, and Google Brain.
- Post 02Ep 43·Jul 6, 2026
How Accrual Found PMF in AI-Powered Accounting
Accrual's founder shares how a 21-person team hit PMF, landed H&R Block, ran 100% pilot conversions, and raised $75M with radical transparency and lean team design.
- Post 03Ep 42·Jun 29, 2026
How Render Found Product Market Fit: Anurag Goel
Render CEO Anurag Goel on word-of-mouth PMF, founder-market fit, and building a $1.5B developer cloud with no marketing spend. Key lessons for early-stage founders.
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Pablo asks the questions you’d actually want to ask.
Pablo Srugo is a partner at Mistral, a seed-stage venture firm. Before VC, he co-founded Gymtrack (venture-backed FitTech) and an online tutoring platform that was acquired in 2014.
He’s interviewed 250+ founders — from the team behind Reddit to first-time builders shipping their first $100 in revenue. The result is a feed of conversations that skip the inspiration porn and dig into the spreadsheets, the dead ends, and the exact moments PMF clicked.
- 250+
- Founders interviewed
- $2B+
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- 14yr
- Operator + investor