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His own engineers locked him out of his own codebase.

Dave Bateman was 18 months into building Entrata with nothing to sell. No product, no revenue, and he'd already given up 12.5% of the company just to keep the lights on. The engineers kept saying "it's coming, it's coming", and wouldn't hand over the codebase passwords.

So he taught himself the architecture, gave an ultimatum, and fired the person blocking him.

Three weeks in the code and he found it: one guy gatekeeping every schema change, quietly stalling every engineer on the team.

Entrata is worth $4B today, and he still owned 60%+ of it when he walked away.

Full episode 40 with Dave Bateman: bootstrapping to a unicorn, the 19-year build, and why he never raised another dime. 🎧 Link in bio. by @si_pod

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New podcast episode featuring @bubbapage who raised $1.25M, went through Techstars, and built his whole startup on LinkedIn's data. Then LinkedIn shut it off 👇

→ listen to his story about paying out investors in office chairs
→ he says "don't tie your business to someone else's platform"
→ having success and then failure, he said he lost myself
→ what one investor told him after it all fell apart
→ the only thing he wants to talk about on his deathbed

Full episode out now · link in bio
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#StartupIgnition #BubbaPage #Techstars #StartupFailure #FounderStory #Entrepreneur #StartupStory #Bootstrapping #AngelInvesting #VentureCapital #LinkedIn #StartupAdvice #UtahTech #SiliconSlopes #FaithAndBusiness by @si_pod

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Arian Lewis (@lewis.arian) bet on a coworking company right as the most famous one in the world was imploding.

Today @kiln.co serves 3,500 companies a day, from billion-dollar corporations down to the startup looking to leave the garage.

On WeWork, "You can't fill a Ferrari full of tequila and then get mad that the kid who likes tequila drove the Ferrari and wrecked it."

And his advice for founders is the opposite of what you usually hear, he doesn't think you should follow your passion.

Full episode #61 out now. 🎧

#startupignition #entrepreneurship #coworking #founders #utahtech #siliconslopes #smallbusiness #startuppodcast by @si_pod

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18 days ago

If a VC is grilling you, that can actually be a good sign.

The worst meetings are often the polite and quick ones.

A genuinely interested investor usually starts leaning in fast:
asks more questions, sharper questions, deeper follow-ups, pushback, curiosity.

They ask for access to more information.
They schedule the next meeting.
They bring in a partner.
They move fast.

Interest creates momentum.

If the meeting ends with a barrage of questions and a hard founder grilling, thats usually a good thing.

This is from the Startup Ignition Podcast, Episode 14, featuring Brian Beutler the CEO of Alianza. by @si_pod

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21 days ago

Maybe a what-if, but Jeremy says @traegergrills isn’t just an appliance company. It’s building the entire cooking experience.

And it sounds like @jeremy_andrus was kinda into @t_rich ‘s suggestion of something AI. 👀🔥

Check out the full conversation with Jeremy Andrus of Traeger, on the Startup Ignition Podcast episode 45! @si_pod by @si_pod

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Blake Modersitzki (@blakemod ) of Pelion Venture Partners (@pelionvp ) tells John Richards (@johnstartup ) the story of one of Utah‘s most successful startup stories in @cloudflare

Catch the whole story on Episode 49 of the Startup Ignition Podcast (@si_pod ) by @si_pod

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The founder of @jojos chocolate, @sterlingmjones on the NEW podcast episode:

→ $100M+ in revenue
→ Every Costco in the U.S.
→ Started in mom's kitchen during her cancer battle
→ Forbes 30 Under 30

His #1 advice: "just start!"

🎙️ Watch or listen, the full episode is up now! by @si_pod

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In this clip, John Richards of Startup Ignition Podcast breaks down founder vesting in simple terms of what it is, why it protects co-founders, and how the 4-year vesting schedule with a 1-year cliff actually works.

📚 SIMPLE DEFINITION:
Founder vesting = a rule where founders earn their shares over time instead of getting them all at once. If you leave early, you give back what you haven't earned.

This is a must-watch for first-time founders, startup co-founders, and early-stage entrepreneurs setting up their cap table.

🎙️ From Episode 17 of the Startup Ignition Podcast — "Deal Killer: VC Pre-Seed Due Diligence Checklist" by @si_pod

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a month ago

Young entrepreneurs, @johnstartup ‘s advice is to build for scalability.

Stop baking every single loaf yourself; build the bakery that runs without you.

@johnstartup
@si_pod by @si_pod

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When a sales rep pulls in $100k a month, and sales and revenue come easy, you know you have good product-market fit. 📈

Adam Edmonds shares when he knew Podium had hit PMF. He would get a new sales rep, and by month three, the rep would be on full quota.

When the motion starts clicking, everything changes.

Catch Episode 21 of the Startup Ignition Podcast with Adam Edmunds (former President of Podium, now CEO of Entrada). You know where to go to get it. 😜🎧

#StartupIgnition #Podium #ProductMarketFit #StartupLife #venturecapital by @si_pod

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a month ago

Sometimes the biggest, most pivotal moments in life and entrepreneurship happen when no one is looking.

🎧 Catch the full story on the Startup Ignition Podcast with entrepreneur turned Angel Investor, Craig Earnshaw! by @si_pod

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a month ago

From blockbuster VFX to an all-in bet on his own studio.

Adam Sidwell (@adamglendonsidwell) spent his career on films like Pirates & Transformers. Now he’s rebuilding his studio around AI, gaming, and the future of visual effects.

Episode 59 is live now — go give it a watch 🎧🔗 link in bio by @si_pod

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