Startup Hustle

It's Not About the Code. It's About the Problem.

I don't view engineers being out of a job. I view software engineers finally coming back to a real job." I talked with Adrian Gutierrez, co-founder of Ledgre, on Startup Hustle this week. Ledgre is a...

2026-07-23

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The Speed of Context: Why AI Changed What Engineers Actually Do

Most engineering teams are still optimizing for the wrong thing. They chase the speed of code when the real bottleneck is the speed of context. Matt Watson and Eban Bisong, founder and CEO of Senvi, g...

2026-06-25

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AI, Protein, and GLP-1s: What's Actually Working in Health Tech

Most people are already asking AI about their health. Almost none of them believe the answers. Around 40% use it to make wellness choices, but fewer than 5% trust what it says. Matt Watson and Josh An...

2026-06-18

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Building Software Solo with Beth Epperson of Legacy Purposed

Matt Watson sits down with Beth Epperson, founder and CEO of Legacy Purposed, here in the Kansas City area. Beth came up through marketing and branding, including the brand launch for Hyvee Arena, bef...

2026-06-11

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Geothermal Energy and the Future of Data Center Power

Data centers are multiplying fast, and the energy demands are staggering. Matt Watson sits down with Tim Tarver, founder and CEO of Exceed Geo Energy, to talk about one of the most underrated power so...

2026-06-04

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From Excel Sheet to 13,000 Customers: How Sean Tepper Built Tykr

Most retail investors don't know what to do after they open a brokerage account. Sean Tepper was one of them until he built a traffic light rating system for stocks and turned it into a SaaS platform ...

2026-05-28

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Eric Ries: Why Good Companies Go Bad

Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup. Sold 2 million copies. Helped hundreds of people build companies from nothing. Now he's back with a harder question: why do so many of those companies eventually go b...

2026-05-21

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The Non-Technical Founder Who Beat the Developers

Most founders get the order wrong. They build for two years, then ask a marketer how to sell it. Connie Lund flipped the script. She started Zaboom with no dev team, no code background, and no...

2026-05-07

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Stop Hiding Behind Process (You Should Own the Product Instead)

Most product managers are just project managers with a fancier title. They make zero real decisions, answer to everyone, and wonder why nothing ships on time. Willis Jackson has been building prod...

2026-04-23

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The Secret to Winning Venture Capital: What 2,000 Startup Investments Taught Dave Lambert

Most founders think investors bet on ideas. They don't. Dave Lambert has funded over 2,000 companies through RightSide Capital, and he's seen this pattern play out thousands of times. Great product. ...

2026-04-16

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Are Software Engineers Really at Risk? Mohan Reddy Weighs In

Matt Watson sits down with Mohan Reddy, serial entrepreneur and Chief Scientist at Cornerstone AI Labs, to explore how AI is fundamentally reshaping the way we think about work, skills, and human pote...

2026-04-09

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How AI Is Disrupting Education with Katie Boody Adorno of LeanLab Education

AI is changing how kids learn. But are schools ready? Katie Boody Adorno is the founder and CEO of LeanLab Education. She's spent 13 years trying to close the opportunity gap in public education. In ...

2026-04-02

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AI Isn't Killing Software Jobs: It's Changing Who Builds What

Zach Klempf is back! He joined Matt Watson on one of the early episodes of the show. Now, Zach is president of AutoManager, a private equity group with five automotive software companies under its umb...

2026-03-26

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From Personal Tragedy to Healthcare Innovation

In this episode, entrepreneur Chris Jones shares his journey from personal tragedy to building MatchRite Care, a healthcare data integration platform. He discusses product-market fit, scaling strategi...

2026-03-12

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Matt & Mark Roberge

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson interviews Mark Roberge, a former HubSpot executive and current venture capitalist, about his journey from engineering to sales and the importance of sca...

2026-03-05

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Revolutionizing Hiring with GitHired

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson interviews Krishna Oza, founder and COO of Git Hired, discussing the challenges of hiring software engineers, particularly for startups. Krishna shares h...

2026-02-26

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Harnessing AI for Business Success

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson interviews John Morlan, founder and CEO of Smarter Risk, about the transformative impact of AI on startups. John shares his journey of integrating AI int...

2026-02-19

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Navigating Entrepreneurship: Insights from Matt Haycox

In this episode, Matt Watson interviews Matt Haycox, an experienced entrepreneur who shares insights from his 25 years in business, focusing on capital raising, the challenges of entering the tech spa...

2026-02-12

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Creative Engineering at Scale What Big Companies Get Wrong and Right with David Mitchell

What happens when you mix creative agency chaos with world-class engineering? You get teams that don’t just write code—they own the product. In this episode, I’m talking with David Mitchell, CTO at V...

2026-02-05

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Engineering Clarity in the Age of AI with Seth Rosenbauer

Engineering Clarity in the Age of AI: How Docs, Context, and Product Thinking Shape Better Software Seth Rosenbauer is the founder of a tool that uses AI to help engineers create better documentation...

2026-01-29

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