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Top Founders 32
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Startups For the Rest of Us 5
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every year every show Top Founders 32 20VC 12 TBPN 10 BigDeal 9 the Knowledge Project 8 Startups For the Rest of Us 5 Latent Space 5 
My First Million 4 the Official SaaStr Podcast 4 
Starter Story 4 
A Product Market Fit Show 4 
Founder's Journal 2 
American Optimist 2 
Lenny's Podcast 2 
the a16z Podcast 2 
the Pitch 1 
Mixergy 1 
We Live to Build 1 
the MAD Podcast 1 
Acquired 1 
Capital Allocators 1 
How I Built This 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: passages where Ryan comes up on Top Founders, 20VC, TBPN, BigDeal, the Knowledge Project
This Simple App Makes $18K/Month
- ▶ 12:42 Pat Walls What would be your advice you give to your younger self or for anyone watching this that maybe is a designer and wants to build stuff like you? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:43 Pat Walls But what I like about Ryan and the vibe that I got was like, he wanted to build this because he wanted it to exist in the world.
Open Source vs. Closed Source, Memory Chips Eat AI Profits, Comcast Restructures | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 4:51 unnamed speaker Ryan says GLM 5.2 sounds too much like a great market peptide I'm taking.
YouTubers Win at the Box Office, Bernie Wants Public Stake in AI, Anthropic Files S-1 | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 1:46 unnamed speaker Um, Ryan says calling in
SpaceX S-1, Anthropic Revenue Booms, OpenAI Cracks Erdős Problem | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 0:40 Jordi Hays Ryan says, I knew Jordy couldn't do this two days in a row.
China Blocks Meta’s $2B Manus Deal, Meta Bets on Space-Based Solar | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 30:21 unnamed speaker Ryan says one tower golden gate is a crime.
#2299 Zapier is using AI to sell to AI
- ▶ 10:23 Wade Foster And so the, the meeting was recorded with Granola, and so I said, hey, Granola, our, our, go, go fetch that meeting I just had with Ryan, and in it he describes the war council he built.
OpenAI drops GPT-5.4, Iran War fallout, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 21:17 unnamed speaker Yeah, Ryan says full gut at minimum.
Formula 1: Fast cars, celebrities, and B2B software (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 4:22:43 David Rosenthal And one of my old classmates from college, Ryan, actually sent me an email about a game called Princess Peach Showtime.
The SaaSpocalypse is Cancelled, WB Back in Play, Zuck Grilled in LA Trial | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 2:14 John Coogan Welcome to the stream, Ryan.
The SaaSpocalypse Is Over
- ▶ 2:19 John Coogan Welcome to the stream, Ryan.
The Cournot Equation, Micron’s $200B Bet, Hollywood vs. Seedance 2.0 | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 2:23 Jordi Hays Ryan says they don't want you to talk about.
The Secret Economics Controlling OpenAI, Anthropic, and the AI Boom
- ▶ 14:40 Jordi Hays The chat's going off today, Ryan says.
Jonathan Lewinsohn – Credit Microcycles at Diameter (EP.484)
- ▶ 58:46 Jonathan Lewinsohn My colleague from IR, Ryan and I, we spent 450 dollars each for a COVID test in the hotel.
Clawdbot’s name change, Meta’s new pricing plan, Tyler’s 21st birthday | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 18:52 unnamed speaker Ryan asks, is Tyler still drunk?
At 21 he made his 1st million. At 23, he grew his startup to $8M ARR in 6 months. | Matt Espinoza... · PMF Show
- ▶ 1:36 Matt Espinoza A team has gone from me and my co-founder Ryan to now 30 people full time.
- ▶ 17:28 Matt Espinoza My next move after that is actually, I started a company with Ryan, he's my current co-founder at Clover, for a company called Halation.
Nothing and Nobody Will Ever Hurt You Again - After This.
- ▶ 11:53 Codie Sanchez I remember the first time I had to fire somebody, which was like my first employee too, whose name was Ryan. 7 times in the scene
This App Detects Strep from a Selfie…What?!
- ▶ 27:09 Charles Hudson Ryan has, Ryan
Number 1 Communication Expert: Stop Doing This… People Will Like You More | Jefferson Fisher
- ▶ 11:20 Jefferson Fisher Um, I just got here from Bastrop from, uh, Ryan. 2 times in the scene
I Spent 24 Hours With Roblox Millionaires
- ▶ 16:08 unnamed speaker Our head of content, Ryan, will go into this templated project plan where there's a 45 step system of how to do the trailer, so every little step.
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reasoning Distillation: using DeepSeek R1 to beat OpenAI o1
- ▶ 0:23 Shawn Wang Uh, so Mahesh, Ryan and Trang, you want to go, you want to go and like who you are, what you do? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:46 unnamed speaker And yeah, Ryan and Trang were working effortlessly and like basically putting night outs. 2 times in the scene
He lost his only 2 customers & was ready to quit—then he grew to $1.5M ARR in a year. | Josh Domi... · PMF Show
- ▶ 19:17 Josh Domingues Then he introduced me to a guy named Ryan, who's a VP there, who was like, I don't know, at the time, kind of voluntold to try this, and luckily for me, Ryan was just a great partner at the time, and was really, uh, he gave it a shot, and… 2 times in the scene
Codie Sanchez: Your Blueprint to Financial Freedom
- ▶ 28:01 Codie Sanchez I heckled the head guy there, Ryan, who I'm still friends with to this day, with all these different ideas for the business, with contacts. 2 times in the scene
Here's how I added $10m revenue over the last 18 months, HiFello CEO
- ▶ 6:54 Steven London So, one of our advantages are, uh, Ryan, he's a real estate agent. 4 times in the scene
Episode 705 | From Bootstrapped to Mostly Bootstrapped
- ▶ 34:30 Braden Dennis And then Kevin is chief product officer, but him and him and Ryan are basically CTO one and CTO two.
Chandra Narayanan: Top 5 Lessons from Leading Analytics at Facebook | E1126 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 21:03 Harry Stebbings You, you, you spoke about Ryan, you spoke about Alex.
Is AI the Only Thing in SaaS that Anyone Cares About Anymore? AMA Part 1 w/ SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
- ▶ 13:54 unnamed speaker Next up, we have a specific situation question about hiring a VP of sales, I think, from Ryan. 2 times in the scene
Doubling Down on Founder-Led Sales with Pilot's Waseem Daher
- ▶ 21:43 Waseem Daher And it wasn't until a year later, until that August, 2018, um, when we hired our next rep, a guy named Ryan, who's actually still at Pilot, which is awesome. 2 times in the scene
Scott Farquhar: Founding Atlassian; How We Scaled to a $50B Valuation; The 4 Jobs of a CEO | E1070 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 13:32 Harry Stebbings Sometimes people are different to the brand, and, like, Sal and Ryan are amazing, but trust in the relationship, I think, is important.
These 8 Business Ideas Were Pitched To Me. I Pick My Favorites.
- ▶ 13:57 Alex Lieberman Ryan from Detroit said, a coffee shop franchise that is members only, and in order to become a member, you have to own an LLC.
Alex Karp On The Future Of AI And Building A Multi Billion-Dollar Company · Joe Lonsdale
Episode 662 | Selling for Five Years of Runway, Profit vs. Revenu...
- ▶ 23:50 Rob Walling My next question is from Ryan, who's thinking about selling his business for five years of runway. 4 times in the scene
Customer Marketing Strategies Guaranteed to Grow Your Business with Bitly CMO Tara Robertson
- ▶ 24:55 Tara Robertson Or Ryan, who was actually late to getting into his hotel room, but when he got there, there was a handwritten note and customized snacks.
How to foster innovation and big thinking | Eeke de Milliano (Retool, Stripe)
- ▶ 47:38 Eeke de Milliano Our head of design, Ryan, I think always kind of reminds us of is, is, um, build the scooter, not the axle.
Lessons from Airtable’s unconventional growth strategy | Zoelle Egner
- ▶ 22:08 Zoelle Egner So thanks Ryan.
Someone Moved the Net Every Time He Scored
- ▶ 14:09 Anthony Mongeluzzo Um, and then, um, another person that runs our response team, Ryan, who I speak to quite a bit, you know, other than that, um, I don't have a lot of daily interaction.
What Generative AI Means for Startups and Are Executive Coaches Worth It?
- ▶ 36:49 Alex Lieberman Like, that was the flurry of thoughts, and I would say what Ryan, who probably
$225k in MRR with $50k/mo in profits. How this non-tech founder built a bootstrapped SaaS selling to furniture stores.
- ▶ 19:24 Brad Parker And that doesn't include adding back, you know, mine and Ryan's salaries.
Cost Plus Drugs: EXPLAINED | Mark Cuban Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 13:50 Mark Cuban Like I just had this conversation yesterday with, um, Ryan
The Milly Awards 2021
- ▶ 37:21 Shaan Puri And my buddy, my buddy Ryan, uh, did that deal at that, at that round, and, uh, reminded me as such about, like, the crazy markup.
A Discussion on Sam & Shaan's Recent Investments | My First Million #195
MFM #165: How Jack Butcher is Selling his Art for $76m & How to Research Wealthy People
- ▶ 1:00:02 Shaan Puri Like our friend Ryan who came on was like, dude, I'm making a killing on this thing.
Pet Land Riches! 60% Profit Margins on $100m SaaS Fintech Play
- ▶ 10:42 Brad Parker So we have me and my business partner, Ryan.
20VC: Etsy CEO, Josh Silverman on 2 Defining Traits of Great Leadership, The Danger of Attaching Happiness To Milestones, How To Structure Teams To Optimise for Experimentation and Agility &Whether You Learn More From Success Than Failure
- ▶ 18:54 Harry Stebbings When you say about, kind of, the core there, and what really matters, and then, kind of, tying that back to the team, I suppose, Ryan on your team before the show, and she said that I had to ask about the vital few versus the worthwhile… 2 times in the scene
Webinar: What It Was Like in '08-'09. And We Can Learn for '20.
- ▶ 30:27 Jason Lemkin In fact, you, you might, you might not have known this until Ryan pointed this out right on the slide.
20VC: The Most Successful Companies Are Not Where Employees Work The Most, How To Know When To Promote From Below Or Bring in External Candidates & Why It Is A Unique Advantage To Be Building A Company Outside A Tech Hub with Rick Nucci, Founder & CEO @ G
- ▶ 0:46 Harry Stebbings I'd also want to say a huge thank you to Ryan at Thrive, Jake at Emergence, and Jason at Slack for some fantastic questions and suggestions today.
- ▶ 12:03 Harry Stebbings I guess my question, and actually one from Ryan at Thrive, was leadership style and empathetic leadership style is inherent to character?
- ▶ 20:38 Harry Stebbings And I, I want to ask, cause as I said, both Ryan and Jake said about the incredible culture you have.
- ▶ 34:57 Harry Stebbings One from Ryan.
20VC: Portfolio Construction, Optimising SPVs, Opportunity Investing "Between Rounds", Being Distribution-Centric Over Product-Centric and Capital Concentration Within Funds With Sumeet Gajri, Chief Strategy Officer @ Carta
- ▶ 37:13 Harry Stebbings This one's from Ryan at Thrive, who says you're the best fundraiser he's ever seen.
1624 Why This Founder is Totally Happy Running 2 Businesses At Once
- ▶ 13:19 Nathan Latka I just knew Sunil and, and Ryan.
Outdoor Voices: Tyler Haney
- ▶ 28:32 Tyler Haney Two close friends, Annie, Ryan, I lived with them.
20VC: How To Build Meaningful Relationships With Your Investors, 4 Key Elements CEOs Must Focus On In Scale Mode & How Top Optimise Leadership Team Dynamics with Joel Flory, Founder & CEO @ VSCO
- ▶ 4:09 Harry Stebbings We mentioned Ryan there in the intro.
#33 Dan Ariely: The Truth About Lies
- ▶ 52:09 Dan Ariely So for example, there's a guy called Ryan. 6 times in the scene
982 Marketing and Sales Tech? He'll Acquire You!
- ▶ 11:37 Brandon Bruce Merrily split between Knoxville, Tennessee, where I am and Irvine, California, where Ryan is.
887 22 Year Old King of Influencer Marketing?
- ▶ 18:12 Victor Ricci Um, right now it's, you know, the day to day people are myself, uh, Ryan, who does a lot of our campaign management. 2 times in the scene
716: Putin is Making This Man $50 Million Per Year
- ▶ 22:45 Nathan Latka If you enjoyed Stu today, go back and listen to Ryan yesterday, and you'll learn why Ryan doesn't care that his venture capitalist investors have him by the throat.
714: You Won't Believe What This Divorced Mom Raised $7 Million For
- ▶ 0:47 Nathan Latka You'll learn from Ryan.
- ▶ 22:48 Nathan Latka If you enjoyed today's episode with Sherry, go back and listen to Ryan yesterday. 2 times in the scene
712: How To Use a Distribution Channel to Get 200 Customers Paying $15k per Year
- ▶ 0:29 Nathan Latka Coming up tomorrow morning, you'll learn from Ryan. 4 times in the scene
20VC: Why It Is Good Company Funding Has Been Down 6 Quarters In A Row, Why Unanimity Does Not Work In VC Decision-Making & Why It Is Dangerous To Be A Spreadsheet Investor with Scott Raney, Partner @ Redpoint Ventures
- ▶ 2:39 Harry Stebbings Scott, it's such a pleasure to have you on the show today, having heard such great things from both Tom, Ryan, and Mahesh, uh, so I really appreciate you taking the time out to join me today, Scott.
EP 472: $65k Crowdfunded on Angel List and 75,000 Pre-Launch Email With Youngry CEO Ash Kumra
- ▶ 13:45 Nathan Latka I've met many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
EP 469: SharkTank Sunk Him, Then He Won Big With $1.4M with Revestor CEO Bill Lyons
- ▶ 14:11 Nathan Latka I met many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys, when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
EP 468: $6M in 2015 Revenue With Health and Wellness Infoproduct with CEO Craig Ballantyne
- ▶ 15:13 Nathan Latka I met many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
EP 464: $1.7M In Book Sales After Being Dead for 6 Minutes
- ▶ 20:33 Nathan Latka I have many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
EP 460: One Man Agency Does $500k Recommending Health Plans with Michael Chapman
- ▶ 13:02 Nathan Latka I've met many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
- ▶ 13:27 Nathan Latka I love the founders, Ryan and Brandon.
Ep 456: $700k Agency Enters Group Coaching Space. Why? With CEO AriMirza
- ▶ 14:59 Nathan Latka I've met many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys, when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
EP 454: $6.9M Movie Tickets Sold In Discount Marketplace DealFlicks with CEO Sean Wycliffe
- ▶ 18:46 Nathan Latka Great guys, really sharp, very smart, love Brandon, love Ryan,
EP 452: 70k MRR, CSTOREPRO, Data play, <1m Raised, <5% monthly churn
- ▶ 12:52 Nathan Latka I've met many of you, Ryan, Aaron, a lot of you guys when I was in LA recently, but our threads to schedule times to meet were 13 and 14 emails long.
EP 443: SaaS $20M 2015 ARR, 150K Customers Giving People Quality Video, Photos, Audio with Joel Holland, CEO of VideoBlocks
- ▶ 25:10 Nathan Latka If you enjoyed Joel today, go back and listen to Ryan yesterday. 3 times in the scene
You Won't Believe How He's Sold 350 Businesses in 6 Years, EP 254: Thomas Smale
- ▶ 17:23 Nathan Latka If you guys enjoyed Thomas today, go back and listen to Ryan from yesterday. 2 times in the scene
Michael Schmidt, SiSense // Data Driven NYC 24 // February 2014 (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
- ▶ 23:34 unnamed speaker Yeah, hi, uh, Ryan.