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Hosted by Shamil Malachiyev · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 37 episodes
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The Founder's Code is for entrepreneurs, builders, and visionaries at every stage of their journey. Building a startup isn't easy—it’s filled with hard choices, constant struggles, and moments of uncertainty.Join me, Shamil Malachiyev, founder of FluidLabs, as I openly share my own journey of building my IT consultancy, learning weekly from honest conversations with some of the world’s most successful founders. We cover the tough stuff that all founders face: finding the right co-founders, hiring C-level talent, scaling your business, overcoming limiting beliefs, and even managing the mental
Shamil Malachiyev hosts The Founder`s Code, a business show with 37 episodes published.
"People assume any AI launch is a rocket. It looks more like a kitchen remodel, with inspectors watching behind you." Mounika Paruchuri sets AI strategy inside a regulated US bank, so she has a very grounded view of what
"If you've got nonsense coming into a system, you've got nonsense coming out of it, no matter how powerful the system is." Domenico Cipolla runs an ERP that powers 1,800+ companies, and he's putting AI agents inside it -
On The AI Floor, Shamil Malachiyev sits down with Sören Petsch, Senior Director of Procurement at Root Insurance, for a ground-level look at what AI agents actually do inside a finance org today - the ones already in pro
On The AI Floor, Shamil Malachiyev sits down with Stan Hansen, COO of Egnyte, for an honest, ground-level look at why "under-promise, over-deliver" beats the hype - and how a data-infrastructure company serving 23,000 cu
A law firm charged Xavier £15,000 for half a page of legal advice. He ran the exact same question through an AI tool, got the same answer in two minutes – then negotiated the bill down to £2,000. Xavier is General Counse
What does it actually take to keep up with AI - not the keynote hype, but the real, ground-level version? To open Season 2 of The AI Floor, Shamil Malachiyev sits down with Larry Jin, VP of Product at Docusign, for an ho
Most founders are drowning in noise. New AI tools every week. New frameworks every month. New "must-do" advice every scroll. Sebastian Haas built a filter that ignores almost all of it - and it's how he scaled Talon.One
He quit his job at a multi-billion dollar company with nothing but a half-formed idea, zero technical knowledge, and a conviction that privacy would matter. For almost a year, Bart Vandekerckhove tried to sell a product
She went from ops analyst to COO — without an MBA, without a safety net, and while her mom was going through cancer treatment. Maria Camila Ramirez is the Chief Operating Officer of OnTop — a YC-backed global payroll and
How does a family's total financial loss inspire a multi-million dollar crypto ecosystem? In this episode, Shamil Malachiyev sits down with Cyrus Fazel, founder and CEO of SwissBorg. Cyrus shares his incredible journey f
Software development as we know it is evolving. In this episode of The Founder's Code, Shamil Malachiyev sits down with Albert Santalo — a computer scientist, serial internet entrepreneur, and CEO of Archie Labs. Albert
In this episode of Founder’s Code, James Hirst — the co-founder and COO of tyke.io. James shares his unconventional journey of being a university dropout with no technical background who went on to help build a global AP
Everyone is waiting for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to arrive, but what if the entire narrative is a massive delusion? In this episode of Founder’s Code, we sit down with Luke Hinds, creator of Sigstore (the cy
In this episode of Founder's Code, Mike Piccolo — founder of Motia Dev, talks about the uncomfortable shift most founders are ignoring. He went from sweeping construction sites to orchestrating AI for enterprise. He live
In this episode, we sit down with Clara Bernardes, Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Biorce. Clara and her team are on a mission to implode the pharmaceutical industry from the inside out by cutting the time it
In this episode of The Founder’s Code, Shamil Malachiyev sits down with Patrick Smith, a serial entrepreneur who faced 11 failed ventures before the age of 25. Today, Patrick is the founder of Zally, an applied AI resear
In this episode of Founder's Code, Janus Klack-Matysen, Co-Founder & CDO of Pixelz, breaks down what actually happens when AI enters the core of your business — not as a tool, but as a direct competitor. Pixelz operates
In this episode of Founder’s Code, Laura Loughran — CEO & Founder of Factor Form and former product manager at IBM — talks about the real transition from corporate to CEO.We discuss leadership, solo founding, pressure th
In this episode, David Youssefnia shares insights on the challenges founders face, emphasizing the importance of understanding team dynamics, emotional resilience, and the evolving role of AI in startups. He discusses th
In this episode of The Founder’s Code, JT White — entrepreneur, author, and co-founder of Augie Studio — gives a rare, deeply honest look into what it means to build, create, and push your mind to the edge. We explore wh
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