Technology

Sit Down Startup

Adam O'Donnell

Here’s how to startup. Even when the world goes topsy-turvy. From one home office to another, Zendesk leaders chat with founders, CEOs, and makers on their startup journey. There’s rule-flip...

Episodes

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[$10M+ Raised] Mark Doble, Co-Founder of Alexi, on Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Product-Market Fit in Legal Tech

Welcome back to this week’s episode of Sit Down Startup! Today, host Adam O'Donnell sits down with Mark Doble, Co-Founder of Alexi, to explo...

18:47Feb 12, 2025

[Harnessing AI Technology for Business Growth] Founder Daniel Saks Discusses Persistence, Overcoming Rejection, and the Evolution of AppDirect and Landbase

In the latest episode of Sit Down Startup, Adam O'Donnell sits down with Daniel Saks, co-founder and CEO of Landbase, to delve into his entr...

22:23Jan 29, 2025

[Sustaining Competitive Edge] CEO Randy Wootton of Maxio on the Dynamics of Product-Market Fit in a Changing Landscape

Welcome back to this week’s episode of Sit Down Startup! Today, host Adam O'Donnell sits down with Randy Wootton, CEO of Maxio, to delve int...

22:51Jan 15, 2025

[$121.5M in Funding] Efficient Capital Labs' Kaustav Das on Bridging the Funding Gap and Achieving Product-Market Fit

Welcome back to Sit Down Startup! In this week's episode, host Adam O'Donnell sits down with Kaustav Das, co-founder of Efficient Capital La...

24:31Dec 11, 2024

[Pioneering Retail Innovation] CEO Angie Westbrock on Standard AI's Journey from Autonomous Checkout to Computer Vision Insights

Welcome back to this Thanksgiving week's episode of Sit Down Startup! Today, host Adam O'Donnell sits down with Angie Westbrock, CEO of Stan...

27:35Nov 27, 2024

[$30M Raised] Transforming Legal Tech: Spellbook Co-Founder & CEO Scott Stevenson on Achieving Product-Market Fit

Welcome back to Sit Down Startup! In this week's episode, host Adam O'Donnell sits down with Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of Spellboo...

24:18Nov 13, 2024

[Transforming Crypto Access] Co-Founder/CEO Driss Benamour on Building Exponential.fi and Overcoming Crypto Winter

In this episode, Adam O'Donnell sits down with Driss Benamour, co-founder and CEO of Exponential.fi, to explore the journey of building a de...

25:20Oct 30, 2024

[Navigating the AI Landscape] Co-Founder and CEO Jensen Harris on Textio's Journey and the Future of AI in Management

In the latest episode of Sit Down Startup, Adam O'Donnell sits down with Jensen Harris, co-founder and CEO of Textio, to explore his remarka...

25:37Oct 10, 2024

[~$100M Raised] Transforming Talent Assessment: Co-founder and CEO Tigran Sloyan on Building CodeSignal

Welcome to the latest episode of Sit Down Startup! Today, host Adam O'Donnell sits down with Tigran Sloyan, an MIT alumnus and the co-founde...

26:24Sep 25, 2024

[Revolutionizing Climate Tech] Sealed’s co-founder and CEO Lauren Salz on Raising ~$100 Million and Finding Product-Market Fit

In the latest episode of Sit Down Startup, Adam O'Donnell chats with Lauren Salz, co-founder and CEO of Sealed, about her unexpected journey...

21:50Sep 12, 2024

[$300M Raised] Mapping the Human Immune System for Drug Discovery: Noam Solomon on Building Immunai

In this latest episode of Sit Down Startup, Adam O'Donnell chats with Noam Solomon, CEO of Immunai, about his incredible journey from academ...

23:45Aug 28, 2024

[90% of Co-Founder's Time Spent Speaking to Customers] How Inspectify has Navigated Startup Success

Welcome to the latest episode of Sit Down Startup! This week Adam O'Donnell hosts Inspectify co-founder and CEO Josh Jensen who leverages hi...

20:27Aug 14, 2024

[$0 to $20M ARR in 1 year] Creating a Path to Financial Empowerment with Brigit's co-founder and CEO Zuben Mathews

Host Adam O'Donnell is back with this week's episode of Sit Down Startup with guest Zuben Mathews, co-founder and CEO of the financial healt...

25:21Jul 31, 2024

[$150M Raised] Navigating Product-Market Fit in Healthcare: Ashok Subramanian on Building Centivo

In this insightful episode of Sit Down Startup, Ashok Subramanian, founder of Centivo, shares his incredible journey from immigrant roots to...

23:54Jul 17, 2024

[$3 Trillion Market Revolution] Democratizing Structured Notes with Halo Investing

Join host Adam O'Donnell on the latest episode of Sit Down Startup. This week, Jason Barsema, a former financial advisor specializing in man...

23:54Jun 26, 2024

[4x Founder] From FBI to Founder: Jo Riley’s Journey to Product-Market Fit with Censia

Join us on the newest episode of Sit Down Startup as Jo Riley, founder of Censia, shares her inspiring journey from the FBI to launching a d...

41:30Jun 5, 2024

[$30B Market Reimagined] Unlocking Home Care's Potential with Honor

Welcome back to Sit Down Startup! Seth Sternberg , co-founder of Honor ($625M raised) , a company dedicated to addressing the challenges fac...

32:16May 15, 2024

[$400M raised] FLYR Labs’s Founder, Alex Mans: journey to product-market fit

Welcome to the latest episode of Sit Down Startup, where host Adam O'Donnell explores FLYR Labs’ founder and CEO Alex Mans' meteoric rise wi...

38:21Mar 20, 2024

[$80M+ raised] THAT Product-market fit moment: Avoid the analysis trap; Shippo’s Founder, Laura Behrens Wu

In this episode of Sit Down Startup, join Laura Behrens Wu, founder of the multimillion-dollar shipping platform Shippo, as she reveals the...

41:37Feb 21, 2024

Trulia’s Founder; product-market-fit journey with Sami Inkinen

In the latest episode of Sit Down Startup, uncover Sami Inkinen's entrepreneurial journey, [00:11:28] beginning with how seizing the opportu...

42:49Feb 8, 2024