Nothing to Lose: What Really Drives Entrepreneurs
"There's no magical growth lever. You just do a good job, every day, for 23 years, and the referrals do the rest." I talked with Matt Watts,...
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Startup Hustle is a podcast for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. With the mission of telling the real story of startups and entrepreneurs, topics range from funding to failure and beyond. If...
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20 of 1,379 episodesThe 2026 State of IT Staffing: Trends in Hiring, AI, and Offshore
"Both things are true. Software jobs are projected to grow 15%, and 74% of employers say they can't fill the roles. That's the whole story o...
Why AI Made Software Engineers More Human
"AI scribes are just a feature. The record of clinical judgment is the moat." I talked with Kush Shah, founder and CEO of Noted Dent, on Sta...
LeadershipOS Decoded: Building Teams That Run Without You in the Room
"Back in the 1900s when I was crossing the Great Plains in a covered wagon, programming in the back, the cover headline was: Software Develo...
It's Not About the Code. It's About the Problem.
I don't view engineers being out of a job. I view software engineers finally coming back to a real job." I talked with Adrian Gutierrez, co-...
The Speed of Context: Why AI Changed What Engineers Actually Do
Most engineering teams are still optimizing for the wrong thing. They chase the speed of code when the real bottleneck is the speed of conte...
AI, Protein, and GLP-1s: What's Actually Working in Health Tech
Most people are already asking AI about their health. Almost none of them believe the answers. Around 40% use it to make wellness choices, b...
Building Software Solo with Beth Epperson of Legacy Purposed
Matt Watson sits down with Beth Epperson, founder and CEO of Legacy Purposed, here in the Kansas City area. Beth came up through marketing a...
Geothermal Energy and the Future of Data Center Power
Data centers are multiplying fast, and the energy demands are staggering. Matt Watson sits down with Tim Tarver, founder and CEO of Exceed G...
From Excel Sheet to 13,000 Customers: How Sean Tepper Built Tykr
Most retail investors don't know what to do after they open a brokerage account. Sean Tepper was one of them until he built a traffic light...
Eric Ries: Why Good Companies Go Bad
Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup. Sold 2 million copies. Helped hundreds of people build companies from nothing. Now he's back with a harder...
The Non-Technical Founder Who Beat the Developers
Most founders get the order wrong. They build for two years, then ask a marketer how to sell it. Connie Lund flipped the script. She started...
Stop Hiding Behind Process (You Should Own the Product Instead)
Most product managers are just project managers with a fancier title. They make zero real decisions, answer to everyone, and wonder why noth...
The Secret to Winning Venture Capital: What 2,000 Startup Investments Taught Dave Lambert
Most founders think investors bet on ideas. They don't. Dave Lambert has funded over 2,000 companies through RightSide Capital, and he's see...
Are Software Engineers Really at Risk? Mohan Reddy Weighs In
Matt Watson sits down with Mohan Reddy, serial entrepreneur and Chief Scientist at Cornerstone AI Labs, to explore how AI is fundamentally r...
How AI Is Disrupting Education with Katie Boody Adorno of LeanLab Education
AI is changing how kids learn. But are schools ready? Katie Boody Adorno is the founder and CEO of LeanLab Education. She's spent 13 years t...
AI Isn't Killing Software Jobs: It's Changing Who Builds What
Zach Klempf is back! He joined Matt Watson on one of the early episodes of the show. Now, Zach is president of AutoManager, a private equity...
From Personal Tragedy to Healthcare Innovation
In this episode, entrepreneur Chris Jones shares his journey from personal tragedy to building MatchRite Care, a healthcare data integration...
Matt & Mark Roberge
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson interviews Mark Roberge, a former HubSpot executive and current venture capitalist, about his...
Revolutionizing Hiring with GitHired
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson interviews Krishna Oza, founder and COO of Git Hired, discussing the challenges of hiring sof...