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

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The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

The Breakouts - 20 Minute Startup Stories episodes:

November 08, 2022E7: Renee Raises $8.2M to build a Personal Healthcare Assistant
Nick Desai recently raised an $8.2M seed round to build a patient-centric personal health concierge app, Renee.
Nick started this company with his wife, Renee. In the past, the 2 of them founded Heal — a HealthTech company that pioneered home-centric patient care and raised over $200M.
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?

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 03, 2022E6: CrowdHealth Raises $12.1M to Build a Community Powered Health Insurance Alternative
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 Andy about the story behind his startup, how it works, and how he thinks 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
22min
November 01, 2022 E5: Pebble Raises $6.2M to Build a Crypto-Powered Neobank
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 Aaron & Sahil about the story behind his 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?
Unique value proposition?
Podcast Twitter
Discord Community
YouTube Channel
Newsletter (The Ultimate Founder's Playbook)
TikTok
Host: Akkshay Khoslaa
Writing & Production: Akkshay Khoslaa & Gokul Kumarresen
...more
25min
October 27, 2022E4: Ness Raises $15.5M to Build a Health & Wellness Credit Card
Derek Flanzraich recently raised a $15.5M seed round to build a health & wellness first credit card through his startup, Ness.
Ness is Derek’s second company. His first company, Greatist, got acquired by Healthline — one of the largest health information sites on the internet.
With Ness, Derek is hoping to drive consumers to take more and better healthy actions by rewarding them for health & wellness purchases with points and exclusive perks.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with Derek about the story behind his 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?

Future vision?
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
24min
October 25, 2022E3: Miga Health Raises $12M to Prevent the Next Million Heart Attacks & Strokes
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 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 your product 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
27min
October 20, 2022E2: Eric & Ethan Parker (Co-Founders of Giddy) Share Product, Distribution & Fundraising Strategies
Eric & Ethan Parker are two brothers who recently raised a $8M seed round to bring DeFi to the masses through Giddy. They realized that although DeFi can unlock a lot of value for consumers (ex: higher yield), it’s very hard to access unless you’re a very sophisticated investor.
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 a few 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
23min
October 16, 2022E1: Eric & Ethan Parker Raise $8M to Democratize DeFi through Giddy
Eric & Ethan Parker are two brothers who recently raised a $8M seed round to bring DeFi to the masses through Giddy. They realized that although DeFi can unlock a lot of value for consumers (ex: higher yield), it’s very hard to access unless you’re a very sophisticated investor.
In this episode, Akkshay chats with them 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 your product 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
29min

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.