Articles about Founder Mode
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Founder Mode – Episode 16 – Fail Forward with Angus Logan
Episode 16: From living two years out of a suitcase to shipping AI products at Microsoft-scale, Angus Logan joins Kevin and Jason to unpack how “failing forward” accelerates learning. He explains why product teams should break things early each morning, how to shield a fast-moving startup culture inside a corporate giant, and the importance of...
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Founder Mode – Episode 15 – Onshore to Offshore to AI with Shuja Keen
Episode 15: AI builder Shuja Keen joins Kevin and Jason to trace his 20-year journey from building offshore labor forces to AI-native operations. He explains how falling bandwidth costs kicked off globalization, why today’s custom LLM agents are ready while people and processes lag, and how an abundance mindset lets founders redesign workflows instead of...
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Founder Mode – Episode 14 – 15-Minute Workout with Lou Perrotta
Episode 14: In this episode of Founder Mode, we hit the gym with legendary trainer Coach Lou Perrotta—who’s spent decades working with elite entrepreneurs, celebrities, and top performers. Coach Lou shares how fitness, mindset, and consistency create compounding results—both in the gym and in business. From towel pull-ups in hotel rooms to 15-minute daily routines,...
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Founder Mode – Episode 13 – Building AI Before It Was Cool with Dennis Mortensen
Episode 13: Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton sit down with serial entrepreneur Dennis Mortensen (IndexTools, Visual Revenue, x.ai, and now LaunchBrightly) to unpack what it was really like to build an AI company years before large-language models existed. Dennis recounts owning the x.ai domain before Elon, hand-labeling 32 million emails to train an early scheduling...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Founder Mode – Episode 12 – From Hollywood to High-Rises: Making Robots with Asa Hammond
Episode 12: From building gravity-defying camera rigs for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity to sending drones into live nuclear reactors and, most recently, designing job-site robots that can survive the dust and chaos of construction, Asa Hammond’s career shows how precision engineering and artistic vision can coexist. In this conversation, Asa explains how the exacting pixel-perfect discipline...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Founder Mode – Episode 11 – The Future of Commerce: Product Design & Logistics with Samantha Rose
Episode 11: From hand-carving a single silicone spatula in her kitchen to running a portfolio of revived consumer brands, Sam Rose walks Kevin and Jason through the through-line of her career: obsess over the customer, build a brand (not just a product), and make logistics as lovable as design. She explains how a “collision with...
