Brendan Mahony is the founder of Sunset, a company that helps tech companies shut down, saving founders thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours. He is also the ex-founder of Toybox (YC S18, acquired) and Contrast (shut down). From this experience, he built Sunset!
👉🏼 About the Host:
Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generated $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 24,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. He recently sold his second SaaS product, GuestLab, and he is working on a startup idea while hosting this show.
👉🏼 Sponsor Corner:
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👉🏼 Description:
Listen in as Sharath and Brendan discuss raising money, finding customers at an early stage, weird startup ideas, and more!
👉🏼 Timestamps:
00:00: Episode Highlight
00:22: Shoutout to Acquire.com
02:47: Introduction to Brendan Mahony - founder of Sunset, a startup helping you shut down your startup correctly
04:33: Why create a startup about shutting down startups
10:00: How Brendan raised money as a first-time founder
19:05: How to get investors on board for your startup
20:50: Finding customers as an early-stage startup
25:20: Lessons from the first year of building Sunset
27:20: Building a startup at Y Combinator
32:34: How to bend the rules when you're in founder mode
38:16: How to deal with shutting down your startup - operationally, physically, mentally, emotionally
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