UnicornPrn is the only podcast that peels back the glossy veneer of startup life and roasts it over a flaming pile of pitch decks đ„
Hosted by Melissa Kwan and Lloyed Lobo, two founder friends whoâve seen the startup world from the inside out, upside down, and fully on fire. This show dives into what itâs actually like to build a company (spoiler: itâs not all oat milk lattes and billion-dollar exits).
We riff about all the things you wish you could say out loud but canât (or wonât) â like investor horror stories, founder mistakes, and bloated valuations.
đ„ About our hosts
Melissa Kwan is the Cofounder and CEO of eWebinar, and a 3-time bootstrapped founder whoâs spent the last 14 years building companies without ever raising a cent of venture capital. Follow @themelissakwan on Instagram and Melissa Kwan on LinkedInâ â for tactical advice on bootstrapping. Subscribe to 'â â your founder next doorâ â ' at melissakwan.com, Melissa's bi-monthly newsletter on how to build a company without an abundance of resources and friends in high places.
Lloyed Lobo is a WSJ bestselling author of From Grassroots to Greatness, Cofounder of Boast.AI, and Cofounder of the Traction community. After a career in VC-backed startups, he helped bootstrap Boast.AI to eight-figure revenue, and has since served as a startup advisor, angel investor, board member, and LP in multiple VC funds â so heâs seen startup chaos from both sides of the term sheet. Follow @lloyedlobo on â â Instagramâ â for daily business content.
Host Melissa and guest Lloyed share their biggest financial blunders after achieving wealth, offering a cautionary tale for entrepreneurs.
30 Jul 2025
Episode 9: Top 12 BS Advice You Must Ignore
Hosts Melissa and Lloyed dismantle twelve pieces of bad startup advice, debunking common tropes that waste time and money for founders.
9 Jul 2025
Episode 8: Blue Ocean is a Bloodbath
This episode analyzes the pitfalls of entering uncontested markets, revealing how a "blue ocean" strategy can quickly turn into a competitive struggle.
18 Jun 2025
Episode 7: Sh*t VCs Say.
Hosts Melissa and Lloyed dissect common venture capital phrases, revealing the hidden meanings and unspoken truths behind fundraising conversations in this episode.
26 May 2025
Episode 6: Culture Fit is BS
Hosts Melissa and Lloyed deconstruct the problematic concept of "culture fit" in startup hiring, revealing its potential to promote bias and hinder diversity.
23 Apr 2025
Episode 5: These Hires Will Kill Your Company
In startup land, everyone acts like hiringâs a cheat code⊠âjust add a rockstar!â But what if that rockstar needs a brief for everything, tanks morale, or burns $280K on vaporware? In Episode 5 of UnicornPrn, Melissa and Lloyed discuss the hiring disasters that donât make it to TechCrunch, from corporate dinosaurs who canât function without minions to vibe hires who vanish before onboarding. In this episode, youâll learn: â Why early-stage hiring is high-stakes and emotionally loaded â ...
9 Apr 2025
Episode 4: Founder or Fraudster - Con Artists In The Boardroom
In the startup world, everyone preaches âfake it till you make itâ. But what happens when faking it goes too far? Are you a bold founder hustling to realize a big vision, or a fraudster selling pipe dreams and ending up in handcuffs? In Episode 4 of UnicornPrn, Melissa and Lloyed pull back the curtain on the dark side of startup hustle â when âfake it till you make itâ turns into outright fraud. They swap war stories of con artists in the boardroom, from fake user accounts and phantom ...
26 Mar 2025
Episode 3: Venture Capital is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
Is venture capital the fuel behind world-changing innovationâŠor just a glorified pyramid scheme where everyoneâs pretending theyâre building the next Uber while actually praying for a higher valuation before the money runs out? In this spicy episode of UnicornPrn, Melissa and Lloyed expose how the game is played â founders chasing funding like junkies, markups for AI buzzwords duct-taped to a landing page, unicorn markdowns like itâs Black Friday, and accelerators slapping lipstick on broken ...
13 Mar 2025
Episode 1: The Internet is for UnicornPrn
Welcome to the very first episode of UnicornPrn, the only podcast that peels back the glossy veneer of startup life and roasts it over a flaming pile of pitch decks. Hosted by Melissa Kwan and Lloyed Lobo, two founder friends whoâve seen the startup world from the inside out, upside down, and on fire⊠weâre here to talk about what itâs actually like to build a company (spoiler: itâs not all oat milk lattes and billion-dollar exits). In this episode, we dive into the unicorn myth â how it hija...
Startups are messy. But cofounder relationships? Even messier. In this brutally honest episode of UnicornPrn, Melissa and Lloyed dive into the raw, real, and often ridiculous world of cofounder dynamicsâfrom love stories gone wrong to business partnerships built on shaky foundations. They read founder DMs and dissect juicy, anonymized tales of startup breakups, equity disputes, silent resentment, power struggles, and control freaks who hoard all the glory. Nothing is off-limits. Whether your ...
12 Mar 2025
Welcome to UnicornPrn
UnicornPrn is the only podcast that peels back the glossy veneer of startup life and roasts it over a flaming pile of pitch decks đ„ Hosted by Melissa Kwan and Lloyed Lobo, two founder friends whoâve seen the startup world from the inside out, upside down, and on fire. This show dives into what itâs actually like to build a company (spoiler: itâs not all oat milk lattes and billion-dollar exits). We riff about all the things you wish you could say out loud but canât (or wonât) â like investo...
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5.0 / 5
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Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100
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93
Engagement
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