Episodes
Six years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
44 episodes in 2024
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
17m Navigating Career Pivots (Kyle Hagge, Chief of Staff to the COO at Morning Brew & Co-Host of Per My Last Email)
Guest host Kyle Hagge outlines six practical tactics for successfully executing career pivots, combining personal case studies from his own non-traditional trajectory with actionable framewo…
6 statements 2 featured
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39m How to Become a Marketing Master (Noah Kagan, Appsumo & Million Dollar Weekend)
In this episode of Founders Journal Rebooted, host Alex Lieberman interviews AppSumo CEO Noah Kagan to break down the 'Growth Machine' framework, exploring systematic channel experimentation…
9 statements 4 featured
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
37m How to Become Relentless as an Entrepreneur (Kian Sadeghi, Nucleus)
In this episode of Founder's Journal, host Alex Lieberman interviews Nucleus founder Kian Sadeghi to explore how relentless self-taught mastery, first-principles thinking, and the dual psych…
9 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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33m How to Identify Top 1% Talent (Keith Rabois, Investor in Doordash, YouTube, Airbnb & Lyft)
In this episode of Founder's Journal, venture capitalist Keith Rabois joins host Alex Lieberman to break down his frameworks for identifying top one percent talent, evaluating early-stage fo…
15 statements 5 featured
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
28m How to Use Entrepreneurship to Propel Personal Growth (Jesse Pujji, Ampush & Gateway X)
Serial entrepreneur Jesse Pujji joins Alex Lieberman on Founders Journal to explore how building companies serves as a powerful engine for conscious self-development, sharing key leadership …
6 statements 3 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
32m How to Reverse Engineer Great Business Ideas (Sam Parr, The Hustle & Hampton)
In this episode of Founders Journal, host Alex Lieberman interviews serial entrepreneur Sam Parr on his systematic methodology for finding, vetting, and launching multi-million-dollar busine…
14 statements 7 featured 2 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
21m Founder’s Journal’s Next Chapter
Morning Brew co-founder Alex Lieberman reflects on the multi-year evolution of Founder's Journal, analyzing podcast industry saturation, creator burnout, and monetization strategies before u…
11 statements 3 featured 3 assessments 2 contradicted
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
29m My New Business
Alex Lieberman shares how he navigated post-CEO identity challenges after Morning Brew by launching StoryArb, detailing his journey of bootstrapping, hiring leadership, and pivoting from bes…
13 statements 6 featured 1 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
31m Why I Stepped Down As CEO
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Morning Brew co-founder Alex Lieberman candidly shares his decision to step down as CEO, detailing the operational realities behind the choice and the p…
8 statements 3 featured 2 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
25m Why We Sold Morning Brew
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Morning Brew co-founder Alex Lieberman details the financial, strategic, and personal reasons behind selling the company to Axel Springer in October 202…
9 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
19m Growing Morning Brew from 0 to 10,000 Subscribers
Morning Brew co-founder Alex Lieberman breaks down the four step-by-step distribution strategies used to scale the business newsletter from zero to its first 10,000 subscribers. He highlight…
7 statements 4 featured
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
26m Lessons from CMOs, Great Storytelling, Freelance vs. Full-time, Follow Your Energy
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman shares actionable frameworks on creative marketing, strategic hiring for core competencies, storytelling mechanics, personal energy align…
7 statements 2 featured 1 assessments 1 contradicted
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
21m Feeling Unskilled, Curing Cancer, and Going All-In on Morning Brew
In this unscripted episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman shares candid personal reflections on overcoming creator slumps, how outsider naivety drives healthcare innovation, the mental…
5 statements 2 featured
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
19m A Little Throwback
In this reflective episode of Founders Journal, Alex Lieberman revives the show's original unvarnished format to share candid lessons on early-stage venture building, trust in business, crea…
3 statements 2 featured
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
18m Always Be Shipping
Alex Lieberman breaks down Beehive CEO Tyler Denk’s 'Always Be Shipping' playbook, exploring how relentless execution speed, autonomous full-stack engineering, and tight feedback loops enabl…
8 statements 2 featured 2 assessments
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25m The Opportunity Cost of Everything
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes Jack Raines' essay 'The Opportunity Cost of Everything,' exploring how the realization of finite time can liberate individuals f…
6 statements 2 featured
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
16m How I Lost $10,000,000
In this episode of Founder's Journal, host Alex Lieberman analyzes tech entrepreneur Andrew Wilkinson's candid post-mortem on losing $10 million attempting to bootstrap task manager Flow aga…
18 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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24m The Dangers of LTV
Host Alex Lieberman breaks down venture capitalist Bill Gurley's classic essay on the hidden pitfalls and mathematical abuses of the Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) formula. The episode highli…
21 statements 6 featured 2 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
32m 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours
Host Alex Lieberman breaks down Noah Kagan's book 'Million Dollar Weekend,' detailing an actionable 48-hour framework for overcoming mental hurdles, rapidly validating business ideas, and bu…
7 statements 3 featured 2 assessments
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23m Why Software is Eating the World
Alex Lieberman breaks down Marc Andreessen's landmark 2011 essay 'Why Software is Eating the World,' analyzing how software transformed traditional industries and extracting actionable frame…
14 statements 4 featured 5 assessments 1 contradicted
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25m 7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Alex Lieberman explores Hamilton Helmer's business strategy framework '7 Powers', breaking down the foundational economic and organizational moats that create enduring competitive advantage …
11 statements 4 featured 2 assessments
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22m Amp it Up
In this episode of Founder's Journal, host Alex Lieberman explores the high-intensity leadership playbook of legendary tech executive Frank Slootman through his seminal essay, 'Amp It Up.' L…
14 statements 6 featured 4 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
32m How to Get Your First 1,000 Users
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman breaks down Lenny Rachitsky's renowned essay on scaling consumer startups, exploring seven proven playbooks and actionable frameworks use…
18 statements 9 featured 7 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
15m Rich vs. King
Alex Lieberman explores Jason Cohen's essay 'Rich vs. King in the Real World,' examining the strategic, psychological, and financial considerations founders face when balancing business cont…
9 statements 3 featured 2 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
23m Second Job of a Startup CEO
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes Ali Rowghani's essay 'The Second Job of a Startup CEO,' detailing how founders must transition from hands-on tactical doers to s…
9 statements 5 featured 1 assessments
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15m 17 Startup Principles by Sam Altman
In this episode of Founder's Journal, host Alex Lieberman analyzes Sam Altman's seventeen core startup principles from his essay 'What I Wish Someone Had Told Me,' integrating his own entrep…
11 statements 4 featured 2 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
15m Imitate, Then Innovate
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes David Perel's essay 'Imitate, Then Innovate,' demonstrating why entrepreneurs must overcome ego-driven urges for pure novelty an…
6 statements 2 featured
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20m Visionary vs. Fraud
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes Scott Galloway's essay 'Tell Me a Story' to explore the precarious boundary separating visionary entrepreneurial storytelling fr…
21 statements 6 featured 8 assessments
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18m Momentum is Everything
Host Alex Lieberman breaks down Dave Girouard's landmark essay Speed as a Habit, exploring actionable frameworks for rapid decision-making and operational execution before synthesizing how o…
13 statements 4 featured 2 assessments
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24m The Great Online Game
Alex Lieberman breaks down Packy McCormick's essay 'The Great Online Game,' examining how the internet enables asymmetric career growth through game design principles, while sharing personal…
7 statements 2 featured 1 assessments
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15m Active vs. Passive Listening
In this episode of Founders Journal, Alex Lieberman reads and analyzes Morgan Housel's essay on active versus passive learning, exploring how unstructured curiosity, multidisciplinary study,…
3 statements 2 featured
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17m Why The Next Big Thing Looks Like a Toy? Ft. Apple Vision Pro
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman explores Chris Dixon's essay on why revolutionary technologies start out looking like toys and applies Clayton Christensen's disruption t…
8 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
🎙FOUNDER'S JOURNAL
23m How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky)
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman breaks down Naval Ravikant's iconic guide 'How to Get Rich (Without Getting Lucky),' exploring foundational principles of equity ownershi…
9 statements 4 featured
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26m Brian Chesky on Startups, Leadership, and Curiosity
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes key management insights from Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, exploring how to eliminate corporate bureaucracy, maintain …
13 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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23m 1,000 True Fans
Alex Lieberman deconstructs Kevin Kelly's iconic essay '1,000 True Fans,' showing how digital disintermediation and hyper-focused niche targeting allow modern entrepreneurs to build thriving…
9 statements 3 featured 2 assessments
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18m 25 Lessons in 25 Years
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes tech pioneer Bill Gross's retrospective on 25 years of building companies at Idealab. The discussion distills 25 foundational le…
7 statements 3 featured 1 assessments
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43m A Founder’s Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
Host Alex Lieberman interviews Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia about his journey from chasing venture-backed unicorn status to building a profitable, dividend-paying creator platform. The dis…
9 statements 3 featured 2 assessments
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19m How to Spend a Startup’s $ Wisely
Host Alex Lieberman examines foundational startup essays by Elad Gil and Paul Graham to demonstrate why founders must prioritize capital efficiency, headcount discipline, and achieving 'defa…
8 statements 3 featured
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20m The First Amazon Shareholder Letter: Summarized & Analyzed
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman analyzes Jeff Bezos's 1997 Amazon shareholder letter, distilling timeless principles on long-term strategy, cultural architecture, and ex…
14 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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39m Measuring Product Market Fit
Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra joins Alex Lieberman to break down his quantitative, five-step engine designed to systematically measure, optimize, and track product-market fit. By mo…
15 statements 5 featured
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16m How to Optimize Taxes as an Entrepreneur
In this episode of Founder's Journal, Alex Lieberman interviews Carry CEO Ankur Nagpal to break down key tax strategies, business entity structures, expense deductions, and Solo 401(k) retir…
11 statements 2 featured 7 assessments
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20m I Did Something Crazy
Alex Lieberman breaks down how he secured $35,000 worth of 50-yard line College Football National Championship tickets fully funded by HubSpot in exchange for a live guerrilla marketing stun…
9 statements 3 featured
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35m Musings of a Legendary Entrepreneur
Alex Lieberman interviews 37signals co-founder Jason Fried on Founder's Journal to unpack his contrarian philosophies on autonomous leadership, bootstrapped profitability, Stoic resilience, …
13 statements 3 featured 1 assessments
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32m A $20m Business with No Meetings, Deadlines or Full-Time Employees
Alex Lieberman interviews Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia to explore how the $20 million e-commerce platform thrives without meetings, deadlines, or full-time employees. The episode provides …
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