Season 1 follows Merit, a seed-stage startup based in New York City. Hosted by Gary Chou and sponsored by Gumroad, Skillshare, Sendgrid and Twilio.
Liner Notes

Welcome to Season 1

Started out as a joke and now we're here. Host Gary Chou shares how we got here and what this season is about, and who this for.

Episode 1 of 13

Introductions

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34:30

Meet Randy Brown and Kirk Fernandes, the co-founders of Merit, our focus for Season 1.

Episode 2 of 13

What Makes Merit a Good Startup?

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What makes a good startup, and more importantly, what makes Merit a good startup? With Merit co-founders Kirk Fernandes and Randy Brown.

Episode 3 of 13

Meet the Coaches: Bianca Soliz Haynes and Jen Hau

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What's it like being a Merit coach? Featuring special guests: Bianca Soliz Haynes, Senior Product Manager at VTS and Jen Hau, VP of Product at Troops.

Episode 4 of 13

Are We Making the Right Tradeoffs?

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26:08

What tradeoffs are Kirk and Randy making for the company, the product and themselves as founders?

Episode 5 of 13

It's 2023 and we are back!

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01:36

It's 2023! After a 3.5 year hiatus, we're back to finish Season 1.

Season 1 follows Merit, a seed-stage startup based in New York City.
Hosted By
Gary Chou
With
Kirk Fernandes Randy Brown
Featuring
Bethany Crystal Bianca Soliz Haynes Daani Sarma Jen Hau Randall Brown Susan Loh
Music
Goh Nakamura
Aaron Morais,
Abe Stanway,
Adam Meisel,
Alex Choi,
Alex Dooley,
Amy Ashida,
Amy Hoy,
Amy Wu,
Archie Archambault,
Arshad Tayyeb,
Bethany Crystal,
Brendan Schlagel,
Chaitra Suresh,
Dan Edlebeck,
Dan Kozikowski,
Dan Leatherman,
Danielle Royston,
Danny E,
Edlyn Yuen,
Elliot Loh,
Erica Heinz,
Fraser Kelton,
George Nasses,
Heewa Barfchin,
Henry R Harder,
Hudson Panek,
Huy Hong,
Idan Cohen,
JB Rubinovitz,
James Gifford,
Jason Branch,
Jason Shen,
Jed Schmidt,
Joan Moussan,
Joel Califa,
John Dimatos,
John Meguerian,
Josh Beard,
Juan Pablo Buriticá,
Katarina Yee,
Katherine Pan,
Kathryn Ogden,
Kinjal Shah,
Leng Lee,
Leonard Shek,
Lonny Kapelushnik,
Mark Johnson,
Mason Gentry,
Melissa Hung,
Michael Grinich,
Michael Karnjanaprakorn,
Mike Smith,
Minseung Song,
Nadia Eghbal,
Nicholas Barr,
Niko Lazaris,
Nour Malaeb,
Parker Tenpas,
Patrick Figures,
Pranay Madan,
Rob Spectre,
Robert Tolar Haining,
Sahil Lavingia,
Sara Chipps,
Shawn Cheng,
Shyamal Ruparel,
Sophie Xie,
Ted Han,
Tieg Zaharia,
Tim Geisenheimer,
Travis Corrigan,
Victor Carreño,
Walter Chen,
Walter Thompson,
Zak Greene
Special Thanks
Alexandria Fisk, Ben Smyth, Descendant Cider, Ida Benedetto, Katie Smillie, Little Mega, Paola Mardo, Patrick Epino
Produced by ORBITAL