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Founder Mode

Founder Mode

著者： Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton
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Founder Mode is a podcast for builders—whether it’s startups, systems, or personal growth. It’s about finding your flow, balancing health, wealth, and productivity, and tackling challenges with focus and curiosity. Each week, you’ll gain actionable insights and fresh perspectives to help you think like a founder and build what matters most.Kevin Henrikson and Jason Shafton マネジメント・リーダーシップ リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • Google's Storyteller Walked Out with Claire Stapleton

    Google's Storyteller Walked Out with Claire Stapleton
    2026/10/15

    EPISODE 78

    Claire Stapleton spent twelve years at Google and YouTube writing the company's story, from ghostwriting for Larry Page to running YouTube's social media, before she co-organized the 2018 Google Walkout, when 20,000 employees walked out over how the company handled sexual harassment. Kevin and Jason, who started at Google a year before Claire, talk with her about her new memoir, Don't Be Evil. They cover what happens when a company that sells meaning as a perk discovers that meaning is expensive, how Google+ got tied to everyone's bonus, why YouTube's marketing org ended up marketing to its own executives, and why tech workers who once petitioned and walked out have gone quiet. Claire also shares a story that didn't make the book, describes the subway ride home after leaving, explains what it was like to read talking points written about herself, and tells us why she still calls Google a "low key greatest company."


    CHAPTERS

    00:00 – Cold open

    00:41 – Is culture load-bearing or just marketing?

    04:07 – Selling meaning as a perk

    05:42 – Ghostwriting Larry Page and the cure-death era

    08:35 – Google+ and the corporate bonus

    10:29 – When the story cracked: Creative Lab

    13:18 – YouTube and the brand vulnerability briefing

    15:54 – Was advertising the real mission all along?

    18:10 – Marketing to executives instead of the public

    21:31 – Maven, the walkout, and why workers went quiet

    25:21 – Would she organize the walkout again?

    28:08 – The subway ride home

    32:06 – Where to find Claire and Don't Be Evil

    33:13 – The Founder Mode Five


    LINKS

    Connect with Claire Stapleton

    Don't Be Evil • Tech Support • LinkedIn • X/Twitter • Instagram


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    Connect with Kevin

    LinkedIn • X/Twitter


    Connect with Jason

    LinkedIn • X/Twitter
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    35 分
  • Cage or Release Your Agents? with Viktor Petersson & Alex Finn

    Cage or Release Your Agents? with Viktor Petersson & Alex Finn
    2026/10/08
    EPISODE 77Viktor Petersson and Alex Finn were two of Founder Mode's earliest guests, and they're back with opposite answers to the biggest question in AI right now: how much should you trust your agents? Viktor, founder of Sbomify and co-founder of Screenly, routes every agent through an identity proxy that gives it just enough access to do its job, and it took him a long time to let even his human assistant into his email. Alex, founder and CEO of Henry Intelligent Machines and creator of Creator Buddy, gave his agents access to everything and says it changed his life. They get into how each of them starts the day with AI, why Alex switches to a new favorite agent almost every week, whether anyone at OpenAI is actually reading your email, and why skills and context stores might be a short-term fix. Alex explains why he's holding back the Henry launch to beat churn, why always-on ambient AI will only be possible with local models, and why a 9 a.m. and a 2 p.m. meeting cooks his whole day, while Viktor makes the case that Apple could win the long game and that reviewing agent output is the new bottleneck. They close on why one raised money for distribution while the other stays bootstrapped to avoid getting locked into a roadmap, plus a lightning round on the most overrated thing in AI and the one thing they'll never hand to an agent.CHAPTERS00:00 – Cold open: "What's your concern?"01:51 – Cage the agents vs. release the agents02:42 – How they start the day with AI05:14 – A new favorite agent every week07:28 – Would you give AI your email?11:44 – Building a company with a tiny team16:53 – Are skills and context stores a short-term fix?18:54 – Why Alex isn't rushing to ship Henry21:04 – Local models vs. frontier models23:31 – Ambient AI and hacking your hardware27:49 – Babysitting agents: the new bottleneck30:02 – Context switching and the perfect week31:17 – Raising money vs. bootstrapping35:07 – Lightning round39:28 – Founder Mode top fiveLINKSConnect with Viktor Peterssonvpetersson.com • LinkedIn • X/Twitter • GitHub • Nerding Out with Viktor Podcast • Sbomify • Screenly • Little Snitch Meets 1Password for AI AgentsConnect with Alex FinnYouTube • X/Twitter • Newsletter • Vibe Coding AcademyStay Connected with Founder ModeSubscribe to our newsletterConnect with KevinLinkedIn • X/TwitterConnect with JasonLinkedIn • X/Twitter
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    41 分
  • Was Yoda Right About AI? with JJ Zhuang

    Was Yoda Right About AI? with JJ Zhuang
    2026/10/01

    EPISODE 76

    JJ Zhuang, co-founder and CEO of Pretty Good AI, returns to Founder Mode to answer for the predictions he made on the show over a year ago. Kevin and Jason had Claude grade all ten, and JJ defends his record on hiring generalists over specialists, how much code AI is really writing, why taste is the one thing you can't train into a model, and why slide decks are dead when you can just build the thing. He finishes 6.5 for 10, which beats the weatherman, and points to the release of Opus 4.6 as the moment things that used to not work suddenly started working. In the second half, JJ looks ahead: why Pretty Good AI is skipping the "sell the same widget a thousand times" playbook to become the AI team for healthcare practices, how to build guardrails around AI that's confidently wrong, why the human work that's left will be 100% hard work, how the team keeps protected patient data away from AI agents, and how a lean team can win a crowded healthcare AI market.


    CHAPTERS

    00:00 – Cold Open: Why Not Just Solve All Your Problems?

    00:31 – JJ Returns: Grading 10 Predictions One Year Later

    01:58 – Generalists vs. Specialists: Who Should You Hire?

    04:39 – Is AI Really Writing Half of All Code?

    07:28 – Taste, Comprehension, and the Human Edge

    09:58 – Instant Prototypes, Fast Software, and the Death of Slide Decks

    12:39 – Directing AI and the Most Overhyped Buzzword

    14:32 – Overhyped or Underestimated? The Opus 4.6 Moment

    17:09 – The Scorecard: 6.5 for 10

    18:00 – Pretty Good AI's Big Bet: Solve Every Problem

    20:02 – What Success Looks Like: Becoming Your Customers' AI Team

    20:39 – Designing Around AI That's Confidently Wrong

    22:20 – Where the Line Between AI and Humans Moves Next

    24:09 – Building on Models That Change Every Few Months

    25:58 – Compliance When Your Team Is Agents

    28:23 – What Patients Notice First

    30:17 – How a Lean Team Wins a Crowded Market


    LINKS

    Connect with JJ Zhuang

    Pretty Good AI • LinkedIn • X/Twitter


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    Subscribe to our newsletter



    Connect with Kevin

    LinkedIn • X/Twitter


    Connect with Jason

    LinkedIn • X/Twitter
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    33 分
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