Forward Thinking Founders

Forward Thinking Founders

Hosted by Mat Sherman and Mat · Mat Sherman

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72Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
993
Episodes
43
Transcribed
106
Ratings
Bi-weekly
Cadence
2019
First episode

About Forward Thinking Founders

Forward Thinking Founders is a founder podcast where we interview high potential founders from networks like Y Combinator, The Thiel Fellowship, Product Hunt, Twitter, etc. and brings to light what they're building for the world. Think of it like the opposite of How I Built This, where we interview founders before they are successful, then if they are, we have a moment in time we can look back on in the early days. Does the model work? Look at our early interviews and you'll have your answer.

Publisher
Mat Sherman
Category
business · business
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
24 Feb 2019
Latest episode
8 Sept 2026
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43 of 993 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Inside CMU's Startup Scene with Bryan Bravo, Founder of 996 Ventures

  2. 3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Building a Combat Sports App Empire with AI W/ George Lampropoulos

  3. 19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Why Dating Doesn't Need Another App, It Needs a Wingman (With Carly Malatskey, Founder of Joey)

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Inside CMU's Startup Scene with Bryan Bravo, Founder of 996 Ventures

Published 8 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I always found the implicit scene is quite interesting because it's the groups that form in an informal way. What is it like at CMU? Are there good explicit programs? Is it mostly implicit? Is it both? What's the scene like? So yeah, there's definitely a mix. I'd say at Tepper, at the Tepper School of Business, there's like Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association, which I'm a mentor of. There's CMU SAP Sigmata Pi, which is the Entrepreneurship Fraternity. So right there, off the bat, we're seeing so many great, great entrepreneurship clubs for founders to join. Then we also have CMU Foundry, which I'm a part of, which is CMU's student-run startup accelerator. […]

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Who has been a guest on Forward Thinking Founders

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  • Bryan Bravo
  • George Lampropoulos
  • Carly Malatskey
  • Scott Hickle
  • Meaghan Franks

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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
102 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

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YouTube
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Engagement
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Who hosts Forward Thinking Founders?

Mat Sherman and Mat host the show. Published by Mat Sherman.

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