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Startup Ignition Podcast

Father and son team John and Tyler Richards — veteran entrepreneurs, venture investors, mentors, and educators — discuss all things entrepreneurship and venture capital.

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38 episodes

Feb 6, 2025•—

Our Journeys, Lean Startup Insights, Economic Cycles, and AI's Role in Modern Entrepreneurship

Feb 14, 2025•—

AI Gold Rush, Startup Cycles, and the Art of Bootstrapping: What Every Founder Needs to Know

Feb 20, 2025•—

Avoiding Capital Pitfalls: Sustainable Growth and Effective Networking Strategies

Feb 27, 2025•—

The $22M Bet on SMS Marketing: Shane Murphy’s Startup Playbook

Mar 6, 2025•—

Silicon Slopes Legend John Pestana on Omniture’s $1.8B Adobe Exit, Enterprise Sales, & VC Tradeoffs

Mar 13, 2025•—

Devin Shurtleff: Overcoming Challenges, Strategic Shifts, and Lessons from a CEO’s Leadership Legacy

Mar 20, 2025•—

Jason Peterson: Selling Before Building, SaaS Success, Validation, Lessons Learned

Mar 27, 2025•—

AI Investments, Founding Teams, VC Market Trends, Startup Strategies

Apr 3, 2025•—

Jared Ward & Brendon Beebe: Coding with AI, Overcoming Scaling Challenges, Founding Team Dynamics

Apr 10, 2025•—

Bryan Christiansen: Bootstrapping to Millions in ARR, Landing Goldman Sachs, & Customer Obsession

Apr 17, 2025•—

Startup Validation Roadmap, Founder Mistakes, SI's Bootcamp Frameworks, Real-World Pivot Stories

Apr 24, 2025•—

Eric Smith: Smart Home Legend, Hotel Internet Inventor, Control4 IPO, & Founder Lessons That Matter

May 1, 2025•—

Evan Teshima: Bootstrapping ForeUP to a Massive SaaS Exit and the $400k Chess Game

May 8, 2025•—

Brian Beutler: Pitching Genius Raises $100M at Alianza, VOIP-2-Cloud Pivot, CEO of the Year Insights

May 15, 2025•—

Craig Earnshaw: Destructive Founder Splits & Pitching Investors Confidently, Angel Investing, Exits

May 29, 2025•—

Travis Cook: The AI Software Revolution, Building a Top Dev Shop, Blockchain, Startup Investing

Jun 5, 2025•—

"This Is a DEAL KILLER": VC's Pre-Seed Due Diligence Checklist, Cap Table, Rule 83B, Founder Equity

Jun 12, 2025•—

Andrew Smith: From Tech to Restaurants, Problem Hunter Building a Food Empire, Scaling & Investing

Jun 19, 2025•—

Scott Johnson: Bootstrapping to a $1.5B Adobe Acquisition, Workfront, Motivosity, Product-Market Fit

Jul 3, 2025•—

Phil Kirkeiner: $150k to $7M with an Offshore Sales Team | Startup Scaling, SaaS, Remote Teams, CEO

Jul 10, 2025•—

Adam Edmunds: $4B Entrata CEO on Podium's Growth, Allegiance Sale to MaritzCX, SaaS & GTM Metrics

Jul 17, 2025•—

Garrett Gee: The Secret $54M Snapchat Sale, Bucket List Family, Shark Tank, Raising VC

Jul 31, 2025•—

Startup Elephants vs Unicorns: Why We Invest in Elephants, Valuations, VC, Fundraising, Strategy

Aug 7, 2025•—

Dustin Robins: Following Lean Startup all the way to $30M, Don’t Skip Steps, Scalability

Aug 14, 2025•—

Don't Make These Mistakes: Founder Regrets, PMF, Fundraising, QSBS, Hiring

Aug 21, 2025•—

Kurt Workman: Owlet Baby Sock’s $100 Million Journey | Startup, SPAC, FDA, Turn Around

Sep 4, 2025•—

Case Lawrence: From Elon's Lawyer to Trampoline King, Sky Zone, Startup, Founder Story

Sep 18, 2025•—

Jeff Burningham: From Real Estate Tycoon to VC, Startups, Becoming Wise in the Age of AI

Sep 25, 2025•—

Ben Knell: Building a $100M+ Sales Engine, Family & Leadership, FBI, Pest Control, Business

Oct 2, 2025•—

Startup War Stories That Will Save Your Company | Equity Splits, Bad Investors, Hiring

Oct 9, 2025•—

Jeron Paul: From Spreadsheet Idea to $419M Exit, SaaS, Salesforce Acquisition, Founder Journey

Oct 16, 2025•—

David Bradford: The Master Connector, Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, Eric Schmidt, Sergey, Novell, Microsoft

Oct 30, 2025•—

Jeff Kearl: The Playbook for Iconic Brands, Stance, Skullcandy, Entrepreneurship

Nov 6, 2025•—

Adam Weber: Sold Service Business to Build a SaaS Startup, Fundraising, Pest, Finding Confidence

Nov 13, 2025•—

Johnny Hanna: Entrata’s $4B Journey, Homie’s Disruption, and Entrepreneurs Mental Health

Dec 4, 2025•—

Paul Ahlstrom: The Origins of Nail It Then Scale It, Market Timing, Utah VC, AI

Dec 11, 2025•—

Ryan Westwood: Slow Down to Speed Up, His $250M Exit to Infosys, Buying 7 Competitors, Scaling

Dec 18, 2025•—

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