Introducing Build Mode: Techcrunch’s New Podcast For Founders 

Disrupt 2025 is conscionable days away, pinch tickets still disposable here! And there’s nary amended clip to denote that alongside our flagship arena and yearly Startup Battlefield 200 competition, we’re launching a brand-new TechCrunch franchise: Build Mode. 

Hosted by Startup Battlefield Editor Isabelle Johannessen, Build Mode is simply a endurance guideline for early-stage founders navigating nan messy, high-stakes chaos of building a institution from scratch. No sugarcoating. No hype. Just candid conversations and tactical proposal from nan group who’ve done it earlier and person nan scars (and word sheets) to beryllium it. 

Starting November 13, Isabelle will beryllium down pinch founders, VCs, and operators to unpack nan existent stories down nan build. Each play and play episodes will tackle a taxable that keeps founders up astatine night: go-to-market chaos, fundraising pressure, runaway runways, hiring misfires, and everything successful between.  

Whether you are an Apple, Spotify, aliases YouTube person, you tin tune successful to Build Mode wherever podcasts are found. Bonus contented and exclusive clips will driblet connected TechCrunch’s societal channels, including Instagram, X, and TikTok. If you’re not subscribed, well, nan timepiece is ticking until we officially motorboat successful a fewer weeks! 

Check retired nan trailer for Build Mode, and for Season One, correct here: 

Season One of Build Mode kicks disconnected by diving into nan good, nan bad, and nan gritty reality of getting your merchandise into nan market. From large splashes to epic fails, we’re unpacking what it really takes to move from thought to execution. And we’re excited to person our Season One sponsor, J.P. Morgan, on pinch america for nan ride.

But that’s conscionable nan beginning. 

We want Build Mode to beryllium much than a podcast; we want it to beryllium a organization of builders helping different builders succeed, conscionable for illustration nan 1,700+ startups that person travel done nan Startup Battlefield program. That intends we want to perceive from you, nan founders, operators, and funny listeners, astir nan questions and themes that really support you up astatine night. 

We’ll beryllium weaving community-sourced stories, tips, and questions into upcoming episodes, truthful enactment tuned for really to get involved! 

And if you were antecedently subscribed to our Found podcast — invited back! You’re already portion of nan Build Mode community. We’re keeping nan Found archive live truthful you tin revisit laminitis interviews and insights from past years. No gatekeeping, conscionable honorable stories and hard-earned lessons, shared freely for anyone bold enough to build a startup.