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A podcast for founders, leaders, and anyone building something they believe in. We sit down with startup founders, creatives, and change-makers in the middle of the messy, meaningful work of building. Honest conversations about vision and doubt, about clarity, and about the small steps that become big shifts. If you're in the thick of it, building a business, a movement, or a new path, this space is for you. One small pursuit at a time. Hosted by Dar Patel, Founder @ Little Pursuits
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Nomiki Petrolla got a D minus in economics, restarted college from scratch, and went on to lead product at an AI company while running a consulting practice on the side for ten years. Theanna, her community-plus-software
Zach Forester tested badly all through school, walked away from the mortgage company he co-owned when it started costing him his health, and cold-called his way into Uber when it had about 50 drivers. His black-car fleet
Stephanie Simpson left full-time teaching in 2021 to build a portfolio coaching business, bringing a background in dance and psychology to how she helps leaders and founders work with stress instead of against it. This i
Devin Owen went from neuroscience research to teaching himself to code, sold his first startup Savvy after a COVID-era pivot, and now builds GreenFlash, the product layer that shows AI teams how their agents actually beh
Taya Kudashkina grew up in Siberia with an engineering degree and a dream of Silicon Valley, built startups across the United States and Russia, then left everything behind after the invasion of Ukraine and rebuilt her c
Dave Zager built his first skills fixing computers his dad broke on purpose, then talked his way into one of the only consulting jobs offered out of a few hundred campus candidates during the 2003 downturn. Twenty-two ye
Emily Kyle spent her career in marketing, including at GitLab, after a winding path through art history and law school. When her father died suddenly and she hit the isolating, archaic paperwork of settling his estate, s
Sukhpal grew up between India and Canada, taught himself to code as a teenager, and spent two years at IBM before a string of layoffs pushed him to bet on himself. He saved $250,000 in a year, built 38 products, sold one
Ruben Austin moved from Germany to the US to play college football, then started his first company out of visa necessity and never looked back. He has founded and sold an early influencer marketplace, invested in startup
Maria Shum pivoted from fashion retail through product roles at Electronic Arts, Meta, and Adobe, then sat on a startup idea for three years before building Lila, an AI stylist for life's big events. This is a conversati
Artin Bogdanov has built three companies, was on the Magento team Adobe acquired, and got into a16z Speedrun, which accepts 0.3% of applicants. From suing Google after his first startup to a Canva acquisition that fell t
Carolyn, the founder of WildLight, shares her intentional path from high-growth corporate roles at Yelp and ClassPass to building a career that prioritizes authenticity and play. After navigating the pressures of being a
Sarah Romanko, an investor at Geek Ventures, shares her unconventional path into the world of venture capital. After being told she "couldn't do it" as early as high school and lacking the typical Ivy League or wealthy b
Antonio, CEO and Founder of Aware, shares his transition from a 20-year career in telecommunications and a PhD in Electrical Engineering to building a neurotech startup that monitors brain health. After experiencing the
Meg McWilliams, Founder of Mixies, shares her nonlinear journey from studying Art History to founding an AI-driven networking startup in San Francisco. In an industry that often demands "permission," Meg discusses the ra
Chandrika Maheswari, co-founder of Quivly AI, shares her journey from management consulting and product marketing at Google to building AI-driven solutions for the future of B2B SaaS. In an industry of "checklists" and c
Anyi Sun and Andrea Nguyen, co-founders of Koi Studios, share their journey from corporate fatigue to building a human-centered design studio. In an industry where "UX design" and "product strategy" are often buzzwords,
Dani Tan shares how her path through corporate leadership, achieving 11 promotions in 11 years, eventually led her to building her own coaching business. What does it actually take to shed a corporate identity and turn y
Celine Lightfoot shares how her path through technology, sustainability, and entrepreneurship eventually led her to building Beni. What does it actually take to turn a mission-driven idea into a real startup people want
Haris Butt shares his journey from early roles at Notion and Square to VP of Product at ClickUp. What does it actually take to scale products used by millions of people? Hit subscribe to join our community of builders!In
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