The New Build Podcast

Software is changing. Builders are changing. The playbook is changing. The New Build breaks down exactly how today’s solo founders and small teams are building and shipping apps that reach millions of users — faster, leaner, and without traditional dev teams. New episodes every other week.
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The New Build Podcast
Episode 12: "When the app is the business."

Episode 12: What Made 3 Startups Go Mobile-First With Clover Dogs, Land & MMARA

In the Season 1 finale, Abhinav chats with the founders of a rescue dog app modeled on Hinge, a climate prep tool, and a women's health tracker that started as a hair products brand.

Bubble
June 23, 2026 • 7 minute read
Episode 11: "Empathy beats passion."

Episode 11: What Building Behance and Adobe Taught Scott Belsky About Product-Market Fit

Scott Belsky, the Behance founder and former Adobe CPO, shares about building with empathy, surviving the messy middle, and what he looks for when backing founders.

Bubble
June 09, 2026 • 5 minute read
Episode 10: "Your company is already compromised."

Episode 10: Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Lose What Made Them Great

Eric Ries wrote The Lean Startup. His new book, Incorruptible, asks a harder question: Why do good companies stop being good?

Bubble
May 26, 2026 • 5 minute read
Episode 9: "'I cleaned the offices first.'"

Episode 9: From Cleaning Offices Himself to 600 Enterprise Clients With Clément Llehi

Clément Llehi didn’t need a co-founder, outsider funding, or a coding background to bootstrap Makko to 300 employees and 600+ enterprise clients.

Bubble
May 12, 2026 • 4 minute read
Episode 8: "Allbirds' former CEO's new playbook."

Episode 8: Joey Zwillinger on Allbirds, Biologica, and What He'd Do Differently

Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger on the decisions that built a $4B IPO, the ones that broke it, and what he's doing differently at Biologica.

Bubble
April 17, 2026 • 6 minute read
Episode 7: "Mission = Business Model."

Episode 7: How EqualReach Made Dignified Work a Business Model

Giselle Gonzales and Olena Voloshyna of EqualReach on building a marketplace where commercial success and social impact are the same thing.

Bubble
April 14, 2026 • 5 minute read
Episode 6: "Hundreds of launches. Clear patterns."

Episode 6: Matt Graham's Biggest Lessons From 400+ Product Launches

Matt Graham bootstrapped RapidDev to 220 people without raising a dollar, and has learned plenty from watching 400+ product launches along the way.

Bubble
March 31, 2026 • 4 minute read
Episode 5: "Solve the problems you know best."

Episode 5: How Sam Rudy Is Fixing the Music Industry's Broken Studio Booking Process

After 11 years booking recording studios for major artists, Sam Rudy is now building the marketplace the music industry never had.

Bubble
March 17, 2026 • 4 minute read
Episode 4: "1,000 iterations to success."

Episode 4: How Brian Henderson Turned a Family Laundromat Business Into a Software Company

Brian Henderson built Wash-Dry-Fold POS without a coding background — now it serves laundromat owners in all 50 states.

Bubble
March 03, 2026 • 4 minute read
Episode 3: "55,000 YouTube subs → Mobile App Users."

Episode 3: Building Your App's Audience on YouTube First With Vai Singh

How Vai Singh validated his science content with 55K YouTube subscribers before building the Turing App

Bubble
February 17, 2026 • 4 minute read
Episode 2: "Google Sheets → Notion CTO."

Episode 2: Notion CTO and Creator of Google Sheets Fuzzy Khosrowshahi on Building Products That Compete With Giants

Fuzzy sat down with Emmanuel to talk about why bundling beats focus, what Slack should have done differently, and his honest take on vibe coding.

Bubble
February 03, 2026 • 3 minute read
Episode 1: "Won SXSW in 6 weeks."

Episode 1: 6 Weeks to Pivot, Build, and Win SXSW With Elita

A pandemic puppy sparked a pet health startup. Here's how Elita’s co-founders pivoted, built on Bubble, and won at SXSW Sydney.

Bubble
January 20, 2026 • 4 minute read
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