The 5-Minute Founder

Catherine Dahl is the Co-Founder & CEO of Beanworks, an accounts payable automation solution which uses automation workflows for managing and approving invoices.

In the interview, Catherine talks about challenges of convincing the account world to adopt automated technology.

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Partners

SEMRush – SEMRush is a suite of marketing tools that offers solutions for SEO, pay-per-click, content, social media, and competitive research and is trusted by over 3 million marketers worldwide. With their On Page SEO Checker, you can analyze Google ranking factors affecting your website’s performance and get actionable recommendations based on collected data. Get a free 7-day no-risk trial of SEMRush at TheFiveMinuteFounder.com/Rush.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Get a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond at TheFiveMinuteFounder.com/Wish.

Jake Tyler is the Co-Founder & CEO of Finn AI, a B2B SaaS company that designs software for banks to allows their customers to easily manage their money and improve financial literacy.

In the interview, Jake tells us how he got his first customers and also dives into the highs and lows of starting and running a company.

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Partners

SEMRush – SEMRush is a suite of marketing tools that offers solutions for SEO, pay-per-click, content, social media, and competitive research and is trusted by over 3 million marketers worldwide. With their On Page SEO Checker, you can analyze Google ranking factors affecting your website’s performance and get actionable recommendations based on collected data. Click here to get a free 7-day no-risk trial of SEMRush.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Brian Saab is the Founder & CEO of Unearth, a map-based collaboration software focused on the construction sector.

In the interview, Brian tells us the most effective way of growing his company and also emphasizes the importance of timing in a startup.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Rand Fishkin is the Co-Founder & CEO of SparkToro, an audience intelligence search engine that makes it easier to discover the websites, blogs, podcasts, social accounts, and publications that reach your audience.

In the interview, Rand discusses some of the emotional challenges after stepping down as CEO of Moz and also why venture capital is not the best path for every founder.

Adam Greenberg is the Co-Founder & CEO of iUNU, whose tool Luna allows you to track and manage your greenhouse performance.

In the interview, Adam shares the most effective way of growing his company as well as challenges he had to overcome early on with hiring.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Ingrid Emerick is the Co-Founder & CEO of Girl Friday Productions, which is a book production company that does editorial design and marketing for authors.

In the interview, Ingrid tells us how they got their first customers and also the advantage of naivety in starting a business.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Anne Weiler is the Co-Founder & CEO of Wellpepper, which is a clinically-validated platform for digital patient treatment plans.

In the interview, Anne tells us how Wellpepper got their first customers and also discusses the challenges of knowing when hire a sales team to scale your business.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Ambika Singh is the Co-Founder & CEO of Armoire, which allows women to rent an invinite wardrobe of clothing tailored to their specific style.

In the interview, Ambika discusses both the glamour and grit of running a startup and the challenges of finding the right talent.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Nick Denny is the Co-Founder & VP of Engineering at APImetrics, which provides real time API monitoring and in-depth performance analytics.

In the interview, Nick talks about the challenges of balancing growth while still remaining lean as well as the challenges of targeting the right customers with pay-per-click ads.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.

Fran Dunaway is the Co-Founder & CEO of TomboyX, which makes eco-friendly comfortable underwear for all.

In the interview, Fran talks about how quality has been their best growth strategy as well as overcoming the challenges of raising investor capital as a woman founder.

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Partners

ZipRecruiter – ZipRecruiter is rated #1 for hiring by employers in the US based on more than 5,000 reviews on Trustpilot. Try ZipRecruiter for free today at ZipRecruiter.com/Founder.

Wishpond – Wishpond offers a suite of tools to help businesses generate new leads. With Wishpond you can create beautiful landing pages, coupons, and social media contests, all of which can be customized using tailored forms to capture your leads’ name, email, phone number, and more. Wishpond also offers email and text message marketing tools so you can send out segmented communications to your customers. Click here to sign up for a free 14-day no-risk trial of Wishpond.