Interviews on inspiring life stories. <br/><br/><a href="https://yesterdayy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">yesterdayy.substack.com</a>
YESTERDAY Podcast
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Interviews on inspiring life stories. <br/><br/><a href="https://yesterdayy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">yesterdayy.substack.com</a>
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May 7, 2026
The Story of Mercury | $5B Bank With 300,000 Customers
<p>Immad Akhund is the co-founder and CEO of Mercury, a San Francisco-based digital banking platform for startups.</p><p>He was born in Pakistan, with his mother working as a teacher and his father owning a mechanic shop. At the age of nine, he moved with his family to London. He would go on to attend the University of Cambridge and later move to San Francisco to participate in Y Combinator with his company Clickpass. Immad then founded Heyzap, a mobile developer tools company that successfully sold for $45 million in 2016.</p><p>In 2017, Immad co-founded Mercury, which has since raised over $450 million from a16z, CRV, and Coatue. He is a former part-time partner at Y Combinator and recently launched IA Fund to formalize his prolific angel investing, which includes backing more than 350 startups including Airtable, Deel, and Substack.</p><p>Beyond his illustrious career, Immad is a husband and the father of three children.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>02:11 Growing Up in Pakistan And Moving to London</p><p>06:37 “Yelp For London” and Early Entrepreneurial Endeavors</p><p>10:45 Pivoting From Flash Games to Mobile Ad Networks</p><p>12:15 Selling a Company After 8 Years of Pivoting</p><p>16:42 Thank You to Macroscope and Timeless Partners</p><p>17:56 Meeting His Wife Through Facebook</p><p>19:09 Finding Your Life’s Work</p><p>22:35 The Origins of Mercury</p><p>26:44 The Importance of Design at Mercury</p><p>27:37 How Mercury Landed Its Initial Customers</p><p>29:12 Raising Mercury’s Seed Round</p><p>31:09 The Choice to Not Work Weekends</p><p>34:58 Immad’s Best Startup Ideas</p><p>36:15 Are There Moats with AI?</p><p>38:05 Mercury’s 10-year vision</p><p>39:50 From Angel Investing to Formalizing a New Fund</p><p>42:13 Paul Graham’s Influence</p><p>44:33 Parenting Philosophy</p><p>46:27 Sources of Happiness</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://yesterdayy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">yesterdayy.substack.com</a>
April 16, 2026
Kayvon Beykpour | Selling to Twitter, Rejecting Elon Musk & Getting Trolled by Kobe
<p>Kayvon Beykpour is the co-founder and CEO of Macroscope, an AI code review agent, backed by Lightspeed, Thrive Capital Google Ventures, and others.</p><p>Previously, Kayvon was the GM of Twitter’s consumer division until the platform was acquired by Elon Musk. He Joined Twitter after co-founding Periscope, a live video platform where people can create, watch, discover and share live video, Periscope was acquired by Twitter for $120M in 2015. Periscope pioneered technology that inspired Instagram Live, TikTok Live, Facebook Live, and other social networks’ expansion into livestreaming.</p><p>Prior to Periscope, he co-founded Terriblyclever Design LLC, a software company that was sold to Blackboard Inc. Following the acquisition, Kayvon led Blackboard’s mobile division for four years where he grew its team from five to more than 100 employees and helped the company become one of the most downloaded apps in the education industry.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00:00 Intro</p><p>00:01:54 Fleeing the Iranian Revolution to California</p><p>00:04:32 How Gaming Sparked a Career in Tech</p><p>00:08:28 Growing Up With 12 Kids</p><p>00:12:32 Pissing Off an Apple Exec with a Jailbroken iPhone</p><p>00:14:29 From a Cardboard Sign to Winning Emmys</p><p>00:19:20 Building Software for Colleges While Skipping Class</p><p>00:20:53 Selling $100k Apps to Best Buy & HP</p><p>00:22:32 Getting Acquired Over a Spam Call</p><p>00:27:03 The Importance of Passion</p><p>00:34:21 The Origins of Periscope</p><p>00:39:20 Scott Belsky Invented “Teleportation”</p><p>00:43:20 Six Months of Failed Designs</p><p>00:47:33 Selling to Twitter Before Launching</p><p>00:54:07 Trolled by Kobe Bryant</p><p>00:57:41 Turning Down Elon Musk</p><p>01:01:54 Founding Macroscope</p><p>01:10:21 The Two Most Consequential Life Decisions</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://yesterdayy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">yesterdayy.substack.com</a>
April 16, 2026
Frank Guzzone | Head of Design at Thrive Capital
<p>A conversation with Frank Guzzone, Head of Design at Thrive Capital. </p><p>He grew up in Virginia, the son of an immigrant father. Frank and I are from the same hometown & college. Frank enrolled at UVA with the plan to become a doctor. He took the MCATs, spent two years as a scribe but a chance opportunity to design the cover of a textbook accompanied a change of course, he decided to pursue a masters degree at the VCU Brandcenter.</p><p>He interned at AKQA in San Francisco in the summer between grad school years, worked at Mother New York in advertising, moved to Google’s Creative Lab, and joined Oscar Health - Arriving at the Puck Building in 2015, where he would return years later…</p><p>From there: City Block Health and four years of freelancing, meanwhile, posting Cinema 4D animations on an Instagram account now approaching 100k followers.</p><p>Frank then arrived at Thrive already having worked with brands like Apple, Google, Adidas, plus touring musicians like John Mayer and Fatboy Slim. He is now Head of Design, helping portfolio founders design and name companies, designing Thrive’s merch and brand, commissioning the flags on the building, and running a design fellowship.</p><p>Frank is an amazing designer and an even better person. I hope you enjoy our chat: A glimpse into Frank’s life, past work, and the journey that led him to shaping one of venture’s great brands.</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00:00 Intro</p><p>00:01:57 Hospitality and Hard Work</p><p>00:03:06 Choosing UVA Over Art School</p><p>00:07:37 Early Creative Outlets</p><p>00:13:49 Oscar Health</p><p>00:23:02 Going Viral on Instagram</p><p>00:25:06 Freelancing for Apple, Rimowa, and More</p><p>00:31:32 Building Thrive’s design function</p><p>00:37:52 How to Name a Startup</p><p>00:42:12 Design as an expression of Thrive’s Values</p><p>00:47:20 Why Good Design is Invisible</p><p>00:48:48 Design Fellowship</p><p>00:57:08 Work-Life Balance</p><p>00:59:43 Adaptation is a Superpower</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://yesterdayy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">yesterdayy.substack.com</a>
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