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Startup Stories with Fexingo: Conversations About Founders, Funding, and Building Companies from Zero

Startup Stories with Fexingo: Conversations About Founders, Funding, and Building Companies from Zero

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Lucas and Luna sit on a worn leather sofa in a startup loft, whiteboard sketches of growth curves behind them, and talk about the messy work of building a company from zero. Each episode picks a single founder's journey — from garage prototype to Series A, or from pivot to shutdown — and reconstructs the decisions that mattered. Lucas, with a journalist's instinct for the uncomfortable question, presses on the numbers: the seed round that closed at a 28% discount to later valuation, the burn rate that forced a layoff, the customer acquisition cost that took eighteen months to drop below lifetime value. Luna, an entrepreneur herself, pushes back with the human side: the co-founder who walked out, the product-market fit that arrived only after three failed launches, the term sheet they almost signed but didn't. Together, they dissect pitch decks, cap tables, and board dynamics without the usual startup cheerleading. This is not a show about unicorns — it's about the 80-hour weeks, the near-death experiences, and the one metric that actually saved the company. For listeners who want the real story behind the press release, who know that 'blitzscaling' is often just a euphemism for 'we ran out of cash,' and who prefer honest post-mortems to victory laps. What would you have done when the lead investor pulled out on a Friday afternoon? #StartupStories #FounderJourney #VentureCapital #SeedFunding #SeriesA #PitchDecks #CapTables #BurnRate #CustomerAcquisition #ProductMarketFit #PivotOrPersevere #CoFounderConflict #TermSheets #StartupPostMortem #BuildingFromZero #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Startups Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. 経済学
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    2026/06/07
    In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how MasterClass turned celebrity expertise into a billion-dollar subscription business. They break down the key insight: David Rogier realized people would pay for access to Serena Williams' mindset, not just her tennis tips. The hosts discuss the company's focus on production value, the challenge of retaining subscribers after the novelty fades, and how MasterClass expanded from individual courses to an annual membership model. They also touch on the recent shift into corporate learning and the pivot to more practical topics like negotiation and cooking. With a reported 100+ courses and millions of subscribers, MasterClass offers a unique case study in premium content monetization and brand-building around star power. #MasterClass #DavidRogier #EdTech #SubscriptionBusiness #CelebrityBranding #ContentStrategy #PremiumContent #OnlineLearning #BusinessPodcast #StartupStories #FexingoBusiness #Entrepreneurship #Monetization #LifetimeValue #CustomerRetention #ProductionValue #NicheAudience #BusinessModel Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
  • How WeWork Built a Global Empire on a Single Insight

    How WeWork Built a Global Empire on a Single Insight
    2026/06/07
    This episode of Startup Stories with Fexingo dives into the founding story of WeWork—the company that disrupted commercial real estate by selling membership, not leases. Lucas traces the origin from a single co-working space in 2010 to a $47 billion valuation, driven by the insight that companies crave community and flexibility. He explains how WeWork used long-term leases and short-term sublets to capture massive arbitrage, and why the model eventually cracked under rising interest rates. Luna pushes back on the narrative, questioning whether the insight was sound but the execution reckless. They discuss the role of SoftBank's Vision Fund, the failed IPO in 2019, and the post-Adam Neumann restructuring under new CEO Sandeep Mathrani. The episode ends with a reflection on what the WeWork story teaches about scaling capital-intensive businesses, the limits of growth-at-all-costs, and whether community can be productized sustainably. #WeWork #AdamNeumann #CoWorking #CommercialRealEstate #SoftBank #VisionFund #IPO #StartupStories #Business #Entrepreneurship #LeaseArbitrage #SandeepMathrani #GrowthAtAllCosts #Community #Founder #Funding #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • How Atlas Obscura Turned Curiosity Into a Media Business

    How Atlas Obscura Turned Curiosity Into a Media Business
    2026/06/06
    In episode 35 of Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna explore how Atlas Obscura built a media company around the world's hidden wonders. From a single email list in 2009 to a profitable business with tours, books, and a loyal community — without relying on VC or ad-based scale. They unpack co-founder Joshua Foer's contrarian bet on curation over algorithms, the economics of niche travel, and why slow growth built a more durable business than the typical media playbook. A look at how curiosity, not virality, can be the foundation for a sustainable media startup. #AtlasObscura #JoshuaFoer #MediaStartup #CuriosityEconomy #NicheMedia #SlowGrowth #CommunityBuilding #Business #StartupStories #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #FounderStory #Bootstrapping #ContentBusiness #SustainableBusiness #TravelMedia #EmailList #CurationOverAlgorithms Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 分
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