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  • Learn from founders sharing real decisions, mistakes, pivots, and lessons from the trenches.
  • Practical conversations about product launches, early customers, team building, and go to market strategy for startups.
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Recent Founder Stories and Startup Lessons

How to Deal With Difficult Clients Without Losing Your Founder Values
05Jun

How to Deal With Difficult Clients Without Losing…

How to Deal With Difficult Clients: Founder Lessons from Xavier Nazario Summarize with: ChatGPT Claude Grok AI Gemini What First-Time Founders Should Do Before Launch Every founder eventually faces a…

From Fired to TechCrunch in 12 Months: Product Launch Plan Lessons with Logan Jones
03Jun

From Fired to TechCrunch in 12 Months: Product…

In this Founders Who Build episode, Logan Jones shares how she built Ticker from rough mockups to launch, what she learned about creating a product launch plan, and why first-time…

Building Something From Nothing: The True Meaning of Entrepreneurship by Vivian Faustino-Pulliam
29May

Building Something From Nothing: The True Meaning of…

Entrepreneurship Lessons from Vivian Faustino-Pulliam Summarize with: ChatGPT Claude Grok AI Gemini When most people think about entrepreneurship, they picture startups, funding rounds, and fast-growing companies. But that definition leaves…

Most Founders Build Too Fast and That’s Why Startups Fail
22Jan

Most Founders Build Too Fast and That’s Why…

Why startups fail isn’t about lack of execution, it’s about building too fast without clarity. Learn why founders ship the wrong solutions and how problem-first thinking prevents failure. Why startups…

The Real Reasons Startups Fail – What 2 Startups & 70+ Startup Investments Teach You About Success
28Jan

The Real Reasons Startups Fail – What 2…

Most startups don’t fail because of bad ideas, weak products, or small markets. The most common reasons startups fail are people decisions, misaligned incentives, and capital choices that quietly compound…

WHERE FOUNDERS COME TO LEARN

Founders Who Build is a Startup Wars content series and business podcast featuring entrepreneurs, startup founders, and operators who have actually built companies. Hosted by Jedidiah Weller, CEO, founder, developer, and educator, the series moves beyond theoretical startup advice to explore the decisions, tradeoffs, failures, and lessons that shape real businesses.

Each episode gives students, educators, aspiring founders, and small business owners a practical look at what it takes to find early customers, build useful products, navigate product pivots, develop teams, and create a go to market strategy for startups that can survive contact with the real world. Rather than chasing highlight-reel success stories, the series focuses on useful conversations that explain how founders make decisions when the path is uncertain.

“We spotlight founders who are building real products, real teams, and real customer-first companies, so the next generation of entrepreneurs can learn from the work behind the wins.”

For anyone comparing top business podcasts or looking for startup conversations with substance, Founders Who Build offers a grounded view of company-building through real founder experiences, operator insight, and practical lessons students can connect back to entrepreneurship, marketing, and business strategy.

Meet Your Host

Startup Wars "Founders Who Build" podcast host — sharing entrepreneurship stories and business simulation insights for high school and college students

Jedidiah Weller

Jedidiah Weller is a founder, product strategist, and the CEO of OpenForge, Startup Wars & Summon Worlds. He built from scratch, co-founding multiple companies, mentoring founders, and teaching the startup process through experience. With over a decade in design, dev, and digital strategy, Jedi knows the grind. He built this podcast to have unfiltered, tactical conversations with startup founders, focusing on what matters most: building, learning, and growing. Startup founder. Product builder. Educator. Jedi interviews fellow founders with raw, no-BS conversations that go beyond the pitch deck.