Founder's Fridge is the podcast where food and entrepreneurship collide.
Each week, we talk to startup founders about what is in their fridge and what that reveals about how they work, think, and build. From protein shakes and energy bars to takeout boxes and grocery-store staples, the meals they choose tell a story.
This business podcast is not just about food. It is about habits, routines, and the human side of startup life. As our guests share what fuels them through long days and late nights, they also reflect on decision-making, resilience, creativity, and the challenges of growing a company.
Whether it is a smoothie before a pitch or cold pizza during a crunch, these stories give a unique look into the real lives of founders. The fridge becomes a window into how they balance chaos, structure, and everything in between.
If you are curious about what drives today’s entrepreneurs, Founder's Fridge offers a fresh, personal perspective. It is a show about food, business, and what it takes to keep going.
Episode 12: Corned It for 10 Days with Michael Conward, Co-founder of MyLÚA Health
Send us a text "I could eat fried food every day, man. Fried chicken, shrimp, fish, french fries." Michael Conward, co-founder of MyLÚA Health, on what he gave up for 75 Commit while building an AI maternal healthcare platform that won the NIH RADx Maternal Health Challenge and landed a partnership with IBM. This conversation gets real about what founders actually eat. Michael went from Miami kid raised on Bahamian Caribbean food and North Carolina Southern cooking (collard greens, sweet pota...
30 Dec 2025
Episode 11: Ramen Since Seven with Isabelle Kent, CEO of StartUp Leaders
Send us a text "I've been eating ramen like several times a week since I was seven. It's kind of a miracle that I don't have scurvy." Isabelle Kent, head of Startup Leaders and founder of behavioral intelligence platform Gigsaw, on the convenience food that's followed her from childhood to founder life. In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch talks with Isabelle about building technology that helps people find roles aligned with their values and intrinsic motivations. They d...
9 Dec 2025
Episode 10: A Taste of Jerk Chicken with Jonathan Bateman, Founder/CEO Real Recognizes Real AI
Send us a text "I'm a huge fruit snacks person. I don't really do much candy anymore, but I love fruit snacks." Jonathan Bateman, secure-software developer and founder of deepfake detection platform Real Recognizes Real AI, on the one childhood food obsession he never outgrew. In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch talks with Jonathan about building technology that verifies real humans using something AI can't fake: shared memories. They discuss how a Star Trek storyline abo...
3 Dec 2025
Episode 9: Cereal Entrepreneur with Leanne Linsky, Founder/CEO Plauzzable
Send us a text "I ate Count Chocula every day for breakfast. I'm not kidding. Every day. From when I started chewing food until I was twenty-one." Leanne Linsky, comedian turned entrepreneur and founder of live online comedy platform Plauzzable, on the cereal that defined her childhood and the letter she wrote to General Mills when there weren't enough marshmallows. In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch talks with Leanne about building a platform that lets comedians perform...
25 Nov 2025
Episode 8: Food as Pharmacy with Kamal Singh, Cofounder & COO of Halitra
Send us a text "Food is a pharmacy. If you have premium gas, you're able to get more from your workouts, more gains." Kamal Singh, cofounder and COO of Halitra, on why he treats food like fuel for startups—and why he won't buy anything if he can't pronounce what's on the label. In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch sits down with Kamal to talk about building a bootstrapped data company, pivoting from hardware to software, and why cooking has become both his creative outlet ...
11 Nov 2025
Episode 7: Chicken Tenders & Capital Raises with Uri Geva, CEO of Cookie Dough Bliss
Send us a text “I have a one-page manifesto called The Book of Uri. Rule one: no cheese unless it’s on pizza. Rule two: nothing purple.” In this episode of Founder’s Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch sits down with Uri Geva, CEO of Cookie Dough Bliss, to talk about what it means to build a dessert franchise empire while eating like a kid. From buying and scaling franchise locations to leading a national brand with 27 stores sold (and counting), Uri shares how he’s raising capital through creative ...
4 Nov 2025
Episode 6: Leftovers and Leadership with Courtney Zaugg, Founder of VentureVets
Send us a text "I stockpile food as a comfort. I'm never out of any type of pasta. Never." Courtney Zaugg, founder of VentureVets—a 501(c)(3) accelerator supporting veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs—and co-owner of The Contractors, a general contracting company in Indianapolis, on why her pantry drawers won't close and why she made thirty different freezer meals in one week to prep for her husband's shoulder surgery. This conversation gets real about what founders actually eat. Courtn...
28 Oct 2025
Episode 5: Wild Fruit and the Super App Dream with Arbër Kadia, Co-founder of Patoko
Send us a text What do selling wild fruit in Albania and building a global tech company have in common? In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch sits down with Arbër Kadia, Co-founder of Patoko, to talk about growing up in a resourceful family, learning entrepreneurship through necessity, and turning that same creativity into a company building a “super app” for everyday life. Arbër grew up in communist Albania, where his grandfather taught him how to work with what you have—a...
21 Oct 2025
Episode 4: Hot Pot & Product Sprints with Jane Chen, Founder & CEO at Letterly
Send us a text What if staying connected to home means filling your entire trunk with Chinese food and driving it three hours north? In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch sits down with Jane Chen, founder and CEO of Letterly, to talk about what happens when you can't just eat any food. You need the food from your childhood to keep going. Jane grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, five minutes from Flushing, now the largest Chinatown in the USA. As a scholarship kid and elite com...
14 Oct 2025
Episode 3: No More Chicken Marsala with Hailee Greene, Chief Everything Officer at GreeneAcres Processing
Send us a text What does startup life look like when your boardroom is a barn and your coworkers are three donkeys named Sassy Ass, Sir Assalot, and Total Ass? In this episode of Founder’s Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch sits down with Hailee Greene, founder and Chief Everything Officer of GreeneAcres Processing, which aims to become New York’s first full-scale industrial hemp processing company. Hailee shares her journey from working in politics—where she learned that every campaign is basica...
7 Oct 2025
Episode 2: Jollof Rice and Burger Celebrations with Sumorwuo Zaza, CEO & Co-Founder at Nicklpass
Send us a text What if the meal you grew up with is what gets you through the hardest parts of building a company? In this episode of Founders Fridge, host Heidi Knoblauch sits down with Sumorwuo Zaza, co-founder of nicklpass, to explore how childhood meals and family traditions can shape the way founders lead and persevere. Zaza grew up in a Liberian household where “food is medicine.” Meals weren’t just for eating—they were preparation. Rice, protein, and greens fueled long days of learning...
30 Sept 2025
Episode 1: Protein Balls and Horse Stalls with Amy Gurske, CEO of Sayhii
Send us a text In our debut episode, I sit down with Amy Gurske, founder and CEO of sayhii, to explore the roots of her entrepreneurial journey. From cleaning horse stalls as a child to selling trained horses to pay for college, Amy’s early ventures shaped the resilient, creative mindset that drives her work today. We talk about the founding of sayhii, her experience with burnout, and the reset that led her to build healthier habits — including protein-packed routines and structured meal prep...
24 Sept 2025
Episode 0: It always comes back to oysters.
Send us a text Nine years ago, host Heidi Knoblauch opened an oyster bar in a small town in upstate New York—fresh off a PhD from Yale and against all conventional wisdom. That leap into entrepreneurship revealed something she has carried with her ever since: food sits at the center of the founder journey. In this introductory episode, Heidi shares her path from running a restaurant to launching a startup, to building a venture readiness program that helps communities activate local risk capi...
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