Estimated reach · platform signals
Audience & Reach
Listeners / episode
~165K
80K–250K rangeMedium confidence
Cadence
Bi-weekly
~every 9d
YouTube, Apple, and Spotify signals are not linked for this show.
Episodes
448
latest Jun 28, 2026
Publisher feed
About Founders
Publisher feed
Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a…
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448 episodes scanned
Sponsors & Advertising on Founders
Episodes scanned
448
Sponsor density
89%
Last 12 months
Advertisers detected
11
Repeat vs one-off
7 / 4
Repeat · one-off
Advertiser categories (12 months)
Fintech50%
Security & compliance48%
Marketing2%
Advertisers
VantaMedium confidence
Compliance · 91 episodes · last seen Jun 28, 2026
Dictionary match
Jun 28, 2026 · #423 Soichiro Honda
“om reading Honda: The Man and His Machines by Sol Sanders. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://www.applovin.com/…”
Jun 20, 2026 · #422 Joseph Pulitzer
“ife in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://www.applovin.com/…”
RampMedium confidence
Fintech · 75 episodes · last seen Jun 28, 2026
Dictionary match
Jun 28, 2026 · #423 Soichiro Honda
“What I learned from reading Honda: The Man and His Machines by Sol Sanders. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com Applovin: https://w…”
Jun 20, 2026 · #422 Joseph Pulitzer
“What I learned from reading Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.c…”
Acquire.comHigh confidence
M&A · 24 episodes · last seen Jul 21, 2024
Dictionary match
Jul 21, 2024 · #357 Haruki Murakami
“— Henry Ford’s Autobiography (50:00) If I used being busy as an excuse not to run, I’d never run again. (51:00) Focus and endurance can be…”
Jan 16, 2024 · #334 Oprah
“them weird, freaks. — Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie. (Founders #199) (51:00) I live from the inside out. (54:00)…”
NotionMedium confidence
Productivity · 13 episodes · last seen Oct 15, 2024
Dictionary match
Oct 15, 2024 · #368 Rockefeller's Autobiography
“a great influence on my life. I was afraid I couldn’t stand my prosperity, and tried to teach myself not to get puffed up with any foolish…”
Apr 17, 2023 · #299 Steve Jobs (Make Something Wonderful)
“ess through stages during the training for and practicing of your working life. There are some big problems here. First and foremost is the…”
LinearLow confidence
Devtools · 5 episodes · last seen May 15, 2025
Dictionary match
May 15, 2025 · #388 Jeff Bezos's Shareholder Letters: All of Them!
“al to find our way there. Wandering is an essential counterbalance to efficiency. You need to employ both. The outsized discoveries-the "no…”
Feb 25, 2024 · Jay Z's Autobiography
“outside of school and you have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never been a purely…”
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GustoLow confidence
HR · 4 episodes · last seen Dec 11, 2023
Dictionary match
Dec 11, 2023 · #330 Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
“ke a shortcut. (1:06:00) Decision making should always be made at the lowest possible level. (1:08:00) Whatever you do, you must do it with…”
Jul 4, 2023 · #310 Walt Disney and Picasso
“r and poet, you get rich. — Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy. (Founders #306) (10:00) Whatever you do, you must do it with…”
StripeMedium confidence
Payments · 3 episodes · last seen Oct 6, 2022
Dictionary match
Oct 6, 2022 · #270: Vannevar Bush (Pieces of the Action)
“-won lessons on how to operate and manage effectively within complex organizations and drive ambitious, unprecedented programs to fruition.…”
May 3, 2022 · #244 Harry Snyder (In-N-Out Burger)
“how a family business came to be at the center of its own cheerful cult. [2:42] Aliens, Jedi, & Cults: A Mental Model for Potential [5:05]…”
BenLow confidence
Detected · 1 episode · last seen Mar 29, 2023
Show notes
Mar 29, 2023 · A conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired podcast
“.fm This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits f…”
DavidLow confidence
Detected · 1 episode · last seen Mar 29, 2023
Show notes
Mar 29, 2023 · A conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired podcast
“.fm This episode is brought to you by: Tiny: Tiny is the easiest way to sell your business. Tiny provides quick and straightforward exits f…”
HubSpotMedium confidence
Marketing · 1 episode · last seen Nov 9, 2025
Dictionary match
Nov 9, 2025 · My conversation with Todd Graves
“ur conversation as much as I did. Episode show notes: https://www.davidsenra.com/episode/to... Made possible by Ramp: https://ramp.com…”
SegmentLow confidence
Analytics · 1 episode · last seen Apr 19, 2020
Dictionary match
Apr 19, 2020 · #121 Billy Durant and Alfred Sloan (General Motors)
“product line: Sloan developed a product strategy targeted at buyers’ specific aspirations. Its essence was to divide the market into price…”
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Who sponsors Founders?
PodScore detected 6 advertisers on Founders from RSS show notes, including Vanta, Ramp, Acquire.com, Notion, Stripe, HubSpot.
How many episodes does Founders have?
Founders has 448 episodes in the PodScore catalog (latest Jun 28, 2026).
What is Founders about?
Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new bus…
How often does Founders publish?
Founders publishes bi-weekly (~every 9d). Average episode length is 50m.
Is Founders active?
Founders shows 89% of episodes in the last 12 months included sponsor reads. The most recent detected sponsor activity was June 2026.