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Floodgate
Starting Greatness
Host Mike Maples Jr from venture capital firm FLOODGATE offers lessons from the startup super performers—BEFORE they were successful—featuring interviews with some of Silicon Valley’s most legendary entrepreneurs and thought leaders, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Nextdoor co-founder Sarah Leary, Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger, and more.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 563 ratings
Founding and running a nonprofit gives you the chance to live closely to a societal problem you’re looking to solve until you come up with a solution. And then you want to shout it from the rooftops. You want to share it. You want to scale. But how? There is so much you don’t know. How to hire...Read full review »
DLL 2 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/16/24
Amazing
It’s like getting a startup MBA. Extremely well done. Extremely insightful.
NoteMonster via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/07/23
10/10
This show is perfect for startups and founders! You get to learn so much valuable techniques and tips, I highly recommend!
Claribelleee via Apple Podcasts · Philippines · 12/21/22
Recent Episodes
Founders are naturally drawn to the tantalizing potential of their product reaching a vast market, but the route to victory starts with nailing a niche before going for the broader opportunity. In this lesson of greatness, Mike Maples, Jr of FLOODGATE calls on the lessons of Spotify co-founder...
Published 06/12/23
Published 06/12/23
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Published 06/12/23
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