Founder Views - Conversations that matter to you

About Founder Views - Conversations that matter to you

Founder Views is a podcast for SaaS builders who want real conversations, not recycled playbooks. Hosted by Kosta Panagoulias, a 2x SaaS founder, the show features in-the-trenches conversations with SaaS CEOs, operators, and experts. Each episode digs into the decisions, strategies, wins, and struggles that shape real companies - practical insights from people actively building, not theorizing. While the core focus is SaaS growth, leadership, and execution, the podcast also leaves room for broader discussions that help founders think better - whether that’s economics, technology, markets, or other big-picture business topics. If you want raw, easy-to-follow conversations with people who've actually built something, you’ll feel right at home.

Publisher

Kosta Panagoulias

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Mar 2018

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

105 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Ben Lavi (nCode): Why Most Vibe-Coded Apps Die and Where Your First 100 Customers Come From

   Ben Lavi went from video editor to SaaS founder after getting fed up with paying his team to type captions by hand. He built Kaps, grew it to roughly $25K USD MRR in five months through affiliate deals with Israeli video editors, sold it, and now runs nCode, Israel’s largest vibe coding academy with more than 1,000 students. We talk about where your first 100 customers come from with and without an audience, and the cost of running five businesses at once. We also get into why Ben thinks less than 1% of vibe-coded apps survive a year, whether domain expertise gives you distribution, and his next bet on training AI implementers. Chapters 00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU) Meet Ben Lavi 01:07 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=67s) From video editor to building Kaps 05:28 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=328s) Building products around influencers 09:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=576s) An agentic video editor built for Hebrew 22:32 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=1352s) Where your first 100 customers come from 36:13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=2173s) Why he sold Kaps and his video production company 40:27 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=2427s) Why under 1% of vibe-coded apps survive 44:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=2686s) Domain expertise vs distribution 49:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=2965s&pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D) The 10-year bet: infrastructure for AI implementers 56:14 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=3374s) Why competition is a green flag (and when it isn’t) 1:01:55 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=3715s) Using AI for go-to-market: Reddit agents and AI demo calls 1:07:22 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA2_t8rD_IU&t=4042s) Why Ben is terrified of AI

2. 

   2 Jun 2026

   Lou Shipley: Founder-Led Sales, Product-Market Fit, and the Go-To-Market Playbook Behind a $565M Exit

   Host [Host Name] interviews Lou Shipley, 3x CEO and Harvard Business School lecturer, about founder-led sales, customer understanding, and scaling strategies for a successful exit.

3. 

   8 Apr 2026

   Joseph Lee (Supademo): From Pivot to $5M+ ARR, SEO Playbooks, Product-Led Growth That Converts

   Host interviews Joseph Lee, CEO of Supademo, about his journey from a previous venture to scaling Supademo to over $5M ARR through product-led growth and AI strategies.

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• Lou Shipley
• Joseph Lee
• Jon Mest
• Brad Mills
• Kyle Hosick

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