Built in Seattle with Adam Schoenfeld

Adam Schoenfeld

Interviews with Seattle's top entrepreneurs, operators, and investors. Hear how they think, how they operate, and how they're building in Seattle. Hosted by Adam Schoenfeld.

Episodes

• Laura Jennings (Founder & CEO at Knack) on developing a vision, responding to failure, and letting go of other what other people think notes coming
• Julian Alvarez (Co-Founder & CEO at Logixboard) on building conviction, handling rejection, and blocking our the noise notes coming
• Jessica Eggert (Founder & CEO at LegUp) on redefining success, creating a category, and saying yes notes coming
• Gordon Hempton (Co-Founder & CEO at Spot.xyz) founder lessons from Outreach to Spot, establishing culture, and remote work notes coming
• Laura Clise (Founder & CEO at Intentionalist) on building partnerships, managing change, and lessons from small business owners notes coming
• Katie Curnutte (Founding Partner at KMG, Former SVP at Zillow) on data-driven PR, patience, and startup marketing notes coming
• Dave Rigotti (Inflection CEO & Co-Founder) on the path from marketer to founder, managing energy, and asking the right questions notes coming
• Omri Mor (Routable Co-Founder & CEO) on customer discovery, fundraising, and avoiding assumptions notes coming
• Robert Wahbe (Highspot CEO & Co-Founder) on category definition, listening harder, and thinking from first principles notes coming
• Rebekah Bastian (OwnTrail CEO & Co-Founder) on opening to possibility, assessing risk, and blazing your own trail notes coming
• Nick Martin (Joe Coffee CEO & Co-Founder) on avoiding sameness, overcoming anxiety, and connecting with the work notes coming
• Michael Lagoni (Stackline CEO) on profitable growth, living on the frontlines, building trust, and thinking in bets notes coming
• Heather Redman (Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Flying Fish) on the psychology of investing, the power of community, and lessons in diversity, equity, and inclusion notes coming
• Howard Behar (former Starbucks President) on servant leadership and building Starbucks from startup to icon notes coming
• NBA legend Detlef Schrempf on winning cultures, lifelong learning, and giving back notes coming
• James Coyle (RealSelf CEO) on taking risks, mentors, transitioning from Amazon to startups, and learning to listen notes coming
• Peter Hamilton (former TUNE CEO) on profitable growth, team vs family, and his path from CMO to CEO and $80M ARR notes coming
• Maria Colacurcio (Syndio CEO, Smartsheet Co-Founder) on category creation, leadership lessons from parenting, skills over experience, and the power of focus notes coming
• [Cross-Post] Me on Revenue Diaries with Kyle Lacy - habits, ice cream, tidiness, and managing stress notes coming
• Elissa Fink (Board Director, Former Tableau CMO) thinking in bets, teams that last, and building brand notes coming
• Grant Goodale (Convoy co-founder & CTO) on facing complexity, thinking bigger, and innovating deliberately. notes coming
• Themes, Thanksgiving, and what's next notes coming
• Galen Ward (Founder, Former CEO at Estately) profitable growth, getting acquired, and finding the next idea notes coming
• Kristen Hamilton (2x founder, SVP at Guild) on the value of inquiry, overcoming fear, and honesty in the struggle notes coming
• Joe Heitzeberg (Crowd Cow CEO) on picking the right idea, validating with strangers, and scaling a marketplace notes coming
• Juliana Stancampiano (Oxygen CEO) on the turnaround, sales hiring, publishing her book, and managing energy notes coming
• Kelly Breslin Wright (Board Director, Former Tableau EVP) on making values work, the missionary sale, and what really matters notes coming
• Kirby Winfield (Ascend VC) on shifting mindset, investing in founders, and finding love in the game notes coming
• Matt McIlwain (Madrona) on lessons from 20 years of VC investing, traits of top entrepreneurs, and building a bigger pie notes coming
• Yadhu Gopalan (Esper CEO) on changing strategy, following passion, and the builder's mindset notes coming
• Sidney James (Inyore Founder) on discrimination in hiring, rethinking feedback, and early stage user research notes coming
• Vetri Vellore (Ally.io CEO) on context over control, betting on human potential, and finding an uncommon insight notes coming
• Leslie Feinzaig (Female Founders Alliance CEO) on the business of FFA, finding market fit, and authenticity as an advantage notes coming
• Craig Unger (Hyperproof CEO) on how to bring rigor to startup founding, market selection, and hiring notes coming
• Liz Pearce (Fresh Chalk CEO) on how to avoid unhealthy comparison, leading as a connector, and building trust with co-founders notes coming
• Prem Kumar (Humanly.io CEO) on fundraising during COVID, standing out with honesty, culture as a product notes coming
• Ambika Singh (Armoire CEO) on pitching friends, building a dream closet, and learning from others notes coming
• Aaron Bird (Bizible CEO) inside the acquisition - how Bizible sold to Marketo notes coming
• Emily Carrion (Rubica CMO) on startup marketing, beginners mind, and how to talk to customers notes coming
• Matt Oppenheimer (Remitly CEO) on finding things that piss you off, willful ignorance, taking the road less traveled, and COVID-19 notes coming
• Dan Shapiro, 5x founder, on how Glowforge and Robot Turtles set crowdfunding records, contrarian segmentation, and following curiousity notes coming
• Julie Sandler (PSL) on how humanity & mental health are driving business decisions in this crisis notes coming
• Sara Itucas on serving immigrants and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic notes coming
• Michel Feaster on running toward fear, 7-figure deals, and category creation at Usermind & Apptio notes coming
• Joe Davy on bootstrapping Banzai to a multimillion-dollar, 50-employee business notes coming
• Sandi Lin on how Skilljar raised $16.5M with her car breaking down on Sand Hill Road notes coming
• Glenn Kelman on humility & leadership in Redfin's 14-year journey notes coming
• Daniela Luzi Tudor on solving the $440B substance abuse problem that she experienced first-hand notes coming
• Manny Medina on how Outreach.io pivoted from near death to a $1B+ unicorn notes coming

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