The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories

By The Breakouts Podcast

Learn the playbooks of extraordinary founders building category-defining startups.

Season 1 is focused on emerging verticals (ex: Web3, HealthTech, FinTech, AI/ML, etc). It features 10 founders that ... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories:

How many episodes does The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories episodes:

December 13, 2022E17: Startup Strategies with Miga Health - Product, Distribution, & Fundraising
Jarrad Aguirre recently raised a $12M seed round to modernize heart health and prevent the next million heart attacks & strokes with his startup, Miga Health.
Some stats: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. 80% of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. A heart attack or stroke happens every 20 seconds. Over $500B is spent on cardiovascular care in the US alone.
Miga Health is focused on improving care delivery and driving better patient outcomes through their mobile app and telehealth clinic.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Jarrad about strategies, tactics, and hacks that he's used to build his startup. They discuss product, distribution, fundraising, and much more. Here are some of the questions we cover:
Product: What was your process for building conviction in this problem before pursuing it?

Distribution: What’s your current acquisition strategy?

Fundraising: What is 1 unconventional fundraising tip that you have for founders? Something unique that you think other founders on the pod may not have already said.
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
26min
December 08, 2022E16: CrowdHealth Founder on Startup Strategies for Product, Distribution & Fundraising
Andy Schoonover is the CEO & Co-Founder of CrowdHealth — a $12.1M funded health-tech startup that’s building a community-driven alternative to traditional health insurance.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with them about strategies, tactics, and hacks that they’ve used to build their startup. They discuss product, distribution, fundraising, tokenomics, and much more. Here are some of the questions we cover:
Product:What was your process for building conviction in this problem before pursuing it?

Distribution:What’s your current acquisition strategy?

Fundraising:What is 1 unconventional fundraising tip that you have for founders? Something unique that you think other founders on the pod may not have already said.
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
26min
December 06, 2022E15: Pebble Co-Founders on Startup Strategies for Product, Distribution & Fundraising
Aaron Bai & Sahil Phadnis are two ambitious young college dropouts who recently raised a $6.2M seed round to build Pebble — a next-generation neobank, powered by blockchain technology.
They are by far the youngest founders we’ve had on the show - they dropped out from UC Berkeley in their freshman year (at ages 17 & 19 respectively).
Whereas incumbents like Bank of America & Chase offer around 0.04% APY, Pebble is able to offer 5% weekly APY rewards (100X difference) by leveraging blockchain technology in the backend. How? Listen to the episode to learn more.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with them about strategies, tactics, and hacks that they’ve used to build their startup. They discuss product, distribution, fundraising, tokenomics, and much more. Here are some of the questions we cover:
Product: What was your process for building conviction in this problem before pursuing it?

Distribution: What’s your current acquisition strategy?

Fundraising: What is 1 unconventional fundraising tip that you have for founders? Something unique that you think other founders on the pod may not have already said.
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
25min
December 01, 2022E14: Risc Zero Raises $14M to Build Cloud 2.0 using Zero Knowledge Proofs
Brian Retford recently raised a $14M seed round to build Risc Zero - a startup creating scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains faster, cheaper and more accessible.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Brian about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup: What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?
What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?
How does it work?

The Business: What’s your business model?
Value Utilization

Competitive Advantage: How do you plan to win the industry?
What’s your competitive advantage?
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
22min
November 29, 2022E13: Starlight Raises $5M to Build a Brex for Crypto
Grey Nguyen recently raised a $5M seed round to build Starlight — an app that lets businesses set up their company wallet, onboard their team and track their spending with one secure tool.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Grey about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup:What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?
What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?
How does it work?

The Business:What’s your business model?
Value Utilization

Competitive Advantage:How do you plan to win the industry?
What’s your competitive advantage?
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
23min
November 24, 2022E12: Commons Clinic Raises $11M Seed to Pioneer All-Inclusive Musculoskeletal Care
Nick Aubin recently raised an $11M seed round to build Commons Clinic - a startup providing seamless specialty care programs for pain & orthopedics.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Nick about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup: What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?
What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?
How does it work?

The Business: What’s your business model?
Value Utilization

Competitive Advantage: How do you plan to win the industry?
What’s your competitive advantage?
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
27min
November 22, 2022E11: Jupe Raises $9.5M to Build Universal Autonomous Housing for 1.5 billion Humans
Jeff Wilson recently raised a $9.5M seed round to build a universal autonomous housing platform for 1.5 billion humans. with his startup, Jupe.
Wilson is also known as ‘Professor Dumpster’ for the year he lived in a 33 sq. ft. modified trash dumpster as part of an environmental education and minimalist housing experiment. Wilson’s work on startups, minimalism, and social experimentation has been featured in Forbes, The Atlantic, NY Times, and The Washington Post.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Jeff about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup: What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?
What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?
How does it work?

The Business: What’s your business model?

Competitive Advantage: How do you plan to win the industry?
Competitive Landscape?
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
21min
November 17, 2022E10: Zephyr AI Raises $18.5M to Advance Precision Medicine using ML
Jeff Sherman and David Morgan recently raised a $18.5M seed round for Zephyr AI - a startup advancing precision medicine using ML-powered predictive analytics.
Imagine a world in which you could enter data about a type of cancer you want to cure, and an AI could tell you how to make the most effective medicine possible — a world in which drug discovery happens in days, not decades. That’s the world Zephyr AI is trying to build
In this episode, Akkshay chats with David and Jeff about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup: What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?
What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?
How does it work?

The Business: What’s your business model?
Value Utilization

Competitive Advantage: How do you plan to win the industry?
What’s your competitive advantage?
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
25min
November 15, 2022E9: Splitero Raises $1 Billion to Help You Access Your Home Equity
Michael Gifford recently raised $5.8M in seed funding & $1B in debt financing for his new startup, Splitero.
Splitero enables homeowners to quickly access the equity of their home without having to take on additional debt or make monthly payments.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Michael about the story behind their startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup: What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?
What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?
How does it work?

The Business: What’s your business model?

Competitive Advantage: How do you plan to win the industry?
What’s your competitive advantage?
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
21min
November 10, 2022E8: Ramper Raises $3M PreSeed to Build a Developer-First On-Ramp to Web3
Sisun Lee recently raised an $3M PreSeed round to build a developer-first on-ramp to Web3 with his new startup, Ramper.
Ramper is building an SDK that empowers developers to easily integrate web3 authentication and NFT checkout into their mobile applications.
Sisun is a 2nd-time founder — before Ramper, he had founded a nootropics beverage company called More Labs and raised over $20M for it.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Sisun about the story behind his new startup, how it works, and how they think about winning the industry. Here are some of the questions we cover:
About the Startup:
What does your startup do and what problem does it solve?

What’s your background? What were you doing before your startup?

How does it work?
The Business:
What’s your business model?

Building Conviction
Competitive Advantage:
How do you plan to win the industry?

What’s your competitive advantage?

Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
25min

FAQs about The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories:

How many episodes does The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.