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Founder Mode – Episode 36 – Future of Fundraising with Tim Barnes

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 36 – Future of Fundraising with Tim Barnes

EPISODE 36: In this episode of Founder Mode, Tim Barnes, cofounder of Scout, joins Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton to rethink how founders approach fundraising in an AI-first world. Tim explains why most startups leave non-dilutive capital on the table, how Scout uses AI to match companies with thousands of active grant opportunities and automate...
Founder Mode – Episode 35 – AI, Health & Home with Max Drescher

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 35 – AI, Health & Home with Max Drescher

EPISODE 35: Kevin and Jason sit down with Healthcare AI Guy founder Max Drescher to unpack how AI is actually changing healthcare, from front-desk voice automation and AI scribes to clinical decision tools and consumer apps that give people more ownership of their data. Max shares how a habit of writing internal M&A news briefs...
Founder Mode – Episode 34 – When Founders Show Up

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 34 – When Founders Show Up

EPISODE 34: In this episode, Kevin and Jason break down how founders can turn conferences from low-ROI distractions into high-leverage growth engines. Fresh off a major healthcare event in Nashville, they unpack why most networking fails, how Pretty Good AI turned a platinum sponsorship into a full activation with mini-golf and meeting pods, and the...
Founder Mode – Episode 33 –  Electrifying Aviation with Kevin Noertker

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 33 – Electrifying Aviation with Kevin Noertker

EPISODE 33: Kevin Noertker, co-founder and CEO of Ampaire, is leading the charge toward sustainable aviation by electrifying the skies. In this episode, Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton visit Ampaire’s Long Beach hangar to talk about hybrid-electric aircraft, scaling innovation in a century-old industry, and why “hybrid isn’t the compromise—it’s the bridge.” Kevin shares how...

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Founder Mode – Episode 36 – Future of Fundraising with Tim Barnes

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 36 – Future of Fundraising with Tim Barnes

EPISODE 36: In this episode of Founder Mode, Tim Barnes, cofounder of Scout, joins Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton to rethink how founders approach fundraising in an AI-first world. Tim explains why most startups leave non-dilutive capital on the table, how Scout uses AI to match companies with thousands of active grant opportunities and automate...
Founder Mode – Episode 21 – The Healthcare Innovation Bottleneck with Rebecca Shufeldt

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 21 – The Healthcare Innovation Bottleneck with Rebecca Shufeldt

Episode 21: Hosts Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton go beyond the headlines to unpack the real bottlenecks that stall healthcare—and how to fix them—with consultant and operator Rebecca Shufeldt, founder of Ignite Healthcare Solutions. Drawing on her path from urgent care ops to EHR/revenue cycle leadership, Rebecca explains why go‑live is “day zero,” how her...
Founder Mode – Episode 35 – AI, Health & Home with Max Drescher

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 35 – AI, Health & Home with Max Drescher

EPISODE 35: Kevin and Jason sit down with Healthcare AI Guy founder Max Drescher to unpack how AI is actually changing healthcare, from front-desk voice automation and AI scribes to clinical decision tools and consumer apps that give people more ownership of their data. Max shares how a habit of writing internal M&A news briefs...
Founder Mode – Episode 30 –  AI + Automation: What to Ship First with Sangya Singh

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 30 – AI + Automation: What to Ship First with Sangya Singh

EPISODE 30: Microsoft product leader Sangya Singh joins Jason and Kevin to unpack how to decide what to ship first in AI and automation. She shares a “strategy to win” playbook (fall in love with the problem, define the hypothesis, then hire and build), why agility must be daily not monthly, and how Microsoft balances...

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Founder Mode – Episode 36 – Future of Fundraising with Tim Barnes

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 36 – Future of Fundraising with Tim Barnes

EPISODE 36: In this episode of Founder Mode, Tim Barnes, cofounder of Scout, joins Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton to rethink how founders approach fundraising in an AI-first world. Tim explains why most startups leave non-dilutive capital on the table, how Scout uses AI to match companies with thousands of active grant opportunities and automate...
Founder Mode – Episode 35 – AI, Health & Home with Max Drescher

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 35 – AI, Health & Home with Max Drescher

EPISODE 35: Kevin and Jason sit down with Healthcare AI Guy founder Max Drescher to unpack how AI is actually changing healthcare, from front-desk voice automation and AI scribes to clinical decision tools and consumer apps that give people more ownership of their data. Max shares how a habit of writing internal M&A news briefs...
Founder Mode – Episode 34 – When Founders Show Up

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 34 – When Founders Show Up

EPISODE 34: In this episode, Kevin and Jason break down how founders can turn conferences from low-ROI distractions into high-leverage growth engines. Fresh off a major healthcare event in Nashville, they unpack why most networking fails, how Pretty Good AI turned a platinum sponsorship into a full activation with mini-golf and meeting pods, and the...
Founder Mode – Episode 33 –  Electrifying Aviation with Kevin Noertker

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 33 – Electrifying Aviation with Kevin Noertker

EPISODE 33: Kevin Noertker, co-founder and CEO of Ampaire, is leading the charge toward sustainable aviation by electrifying the skies. In this episode, Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton visit Ampaire’s Long Beach hangar to talk about hybrid-electric aircraft, scaling innovation in a century-old industry, and why “hybrid isn’t the compromise—it’s the bridge.” Kevin shares how...
Founder Mode – Episode 32 –  Will AI Replace Developers with Natalie Kaminski

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 32 – Will AI Replace Developers with Natalie Kaminski

EPISODE 32: Founder Mode sits down with Natalie Kaminski of JetRockets to cut through AI hype in software development. Natalie shares findings from a five-month experiment using code assistants: top engineers see ~30% efficiency on tedious tasks, but AI can duplicate components, forget context, and mislead juniors who can’t evaluate output. She argues developers matter...
Founder Mode – Episode 31 –  Founder Mode Live at San Francisco Tech Week with Max Mullen (Instacart) & Andrew Ofstad (Airtable)

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Founder Mode – Episode 31 – Founder Mode Live at San Francisco Tech Week with Max Mullen (Instacart) & Andrew Ofstad (Airtable)

EPISODE 31: In this live Founder Mode episode recorded at Workshop in San Francisco, Jason and Kevin sit down with two of the most influential builders in modern tech—Max Mullen, Co-Founder of Instacart, and Andrew Ofstad, Co-Founder of Airtable. They share never-before-heard founding stories, from Instacart’s $20K Trader Joe’s hack to Airtable’s first prototype built...

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