"I make mistakes all the time." @aya_kantor isn't just running two companies (@august_digital, @upshift_fi), she’s doing it with a 9-month-old. Aya shared with @rossreports how she handles feedback, uses Claude to remove human bias, and why she's the last person at the gym. Timestamps: 1:54 VC Perspective vs. Founder Reality 4:33 Why 9-to-5s are dying in crypto 9:10 Running two companies at once 11:50 Making the wrong priority decisions 12:55 The "Micromanager" Hard Truth 17:04 Using AI to remove management bias 20:20 How we use Claude in our startups 22:30 Founder's daily schedule 25:40 Is "Stress" a privilege? 29:39 How a baby made me more efficient 32:20 Raising a Seed round during FTX week 36:15 Hard Truth: It won't get easier 43:30 The "unwind" ritual 48:33 A book every founder should read

$69.42M raised. $1B valuation. Most people see the success of @Dune, but they don't see what's it like behind the scenes. @rossreports sat down with @hagaetc to talk about why he left Norway, business decisions, and why your team is your real infrastructure. 0:00 Intro 1:32 Spotify, Bach & Rap for deep work 5:05 Why memoir books are good for you 09:04 A fiction book every founder should read 13:48 Why Fredrik is not worried about AI taking over 15:42 Why Fredrik left Norway to build Dune 18:55 The best country to build in 21:37 Sacrifices for success 23:12 Why socialism is bad for business 24:02 What most people get wrong about progress 26:29 Explaining Dune to family 27:28 Is Dune at its best right now? 30:15 Why building a product is like surfing 32:54 Fredrik as a leader 35:32 What it takes to build with your co-founder 38:40 The biggest regret 41:43 The best advice to founders 44:17 How Fredrik unplugs

$69.42M raised. $1B valuation. Most people see the success of @Dune, but they don't see what's it like behind the scenes. @rossreports sat down with @hagaetc to talk about why he left Norway, business decisions, and why your team is your real infrastructure. 0:00 Intro 1:32 Spotify, Bach & Rap for deep work 5:05 Why memoir books are good for you 09:04 A fiction book every founder should read 13:48 Why Fredrik is not worried about AI taking over 15:42 Why Fredrik left Norway to build Dune 18:55 The best country to build in 21:37 Sacrifices for success 23:12 Why socialism is bad for business 24:02 What most people get wrong about progress 26:29 Explaining Dune to family 27:28 Is Dune at its best right now? 30:15 Why building a product is like surfing 32:54 Fredrik as a leader 35:32 What it takes to build with your co-founder 38:40 The biggest regret 41:43 The best advice to founders 44:17 How Fredrik unplugs

Most founders think the code is the hard part. @hagaetc of @Dune disagrees. @rossreports: "What's harder, building the product or the team?" Fredrik: "You can’t build the product without the team." Full episode drops Wednesday.

"If you're a solo founder, one day you will give up." @itamarl (CEO of @ready_co) has been in the game since 2017. He’s survived the "broken dreams" of the last two cycles by breaking every "standard" startup rule. From $1M/month gas bills to 3-year runways. 0:00 Intro 2:22 From tech to volatility 4:23 The web’s original sin 5:30 Ready: an app, a wallet, and a neobank 8:57 The vision: then vs now 11:45 Leading a remote company efficiently 14:15 A founder’s life 16:58 UX/UI in web3 vs web2 20:12 Being a great leader 24:04 Supporting your team throughout bear cycles 26:25 Planning your company’s financials as a pro 29:28 Fundraising in 2025-2026 32:47 From [crypto] trauma to sanity 34:10 Staying friends with your co-founders, really 39:16 Tweeting as a crypto founder: ups and downs

We sat down with @PhilippZentner, Co-Founder and CEO of @lifiprotocol, to reveal the side of building that rarely gets told. What started as an idea now powers $50B in swaps for MetaMask, Phantom, Robinhood Wallet, and 650 teams. Tune in. 00:00 How LIFI became the backbone of multichain 03:05 What a founder’s day really looks like 04:55 The unexpected role yoga plays in staying sane 06:36 Yoga can help prevent scams? 11:08 The leadership rule that helps scale 13:28 The 2 traits that matter most when hiring 17:15 The hiring mistakes that sting the hardest 21:29 The tough trade-offs behind every big decision 27:55 The sacrifices builders rarely admit 33:20 Finding balance without slowing down 36:00 The shift from building products to leading people 42:35 How to build through any market cycle 45:26 The ethical questions that shape real products 49:50 What it actually takes to raise capital today 54:06 Books that change how builders think