sought funding, got acquired ~ Ben Cull

80 cents, 10 years, one decision~ Trang Nova

Hey Crew! Trang Nova stepped on a snail during a morning run and it triggered a quarter life crisis that changed everything. The career. The relationship. The country. Even her name. She went from unhappy physio to checking her bank account at a petrol station and finding 80 cents. From a 10 year relationship to a one way ticket to Bali. From not speaking English as a kid to coaching people how to find their voice on stage. This one goes everywhere. Let's keep the crew together 🤝  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayltales/ [https://www.instagram.com/fayltales/]  🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fayltales [https://www.tiktok.com/@fayltales]  💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/loveth-ochayi-a67491152 [https://au.linkedin.com/in/loveth-ochayi-a67491152] On the move? 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/64449Kq2PDzlkVyCjlN5U8 [https://open.spotify.com/show/64449Kq2PDzlkVyCjlN5U8]  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fayl-tales/id1797274868 [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fayl-tales/id1797274868] #startuppodcast #founderstory #careerchange #pivoting #femalefounder Follow us on all platforms! Instagram ~ @fayltales Tiktok ~ @fayltales  LinkedIn ~ @fayltales

i messed up. here's everything.

Hey Crew! It's just me today. No guest, no founder story, just a proper behind the scenes of what building Fayl Tales actually looks like. We just hit 10,000 subscribers on YouTube. And I have made a lot of mistakes getting there. I'm spilling all of it. The guest incidents I haven't talked about publicly. The stuff that kept me up at night. And the honest truth about what it actually costs to build something like this while working full time. Plus the conversations nobody really has about monetization, geography, and what it feels like to be one of very few female voices in Australian startup media. We cover: - Behind the scenes mistakes I've never talked about publicly - The real cost of doing this while working full time - Honest talk on monetization at 10k subscribers - Imposter syndrome as a female voice in startup media - What I want to do better as an interviewer Follow Fayl Tales on all platforms @fayltales Follow Loveth on LinkedIn and Instagram @lovethochayi #startuppodcast #buildinginpublic #podcastbehindthescenes #femalefounder #podcastgrowth Follow us on all platforms! Instagram ~ @fayltales Tiktok ~ @fayltales  LinkedIn ~ @fayltales

investors ready, product built, yet she closed it ~ Sam Garven

Hey Crew!  Sam Garven spent 10 years watching HR get left behind while every other team got the shiny new tools. So she built Hello Canopy to fix it. Got into Techstars pre-MVP. Pivoted live on stage at SXSW. Had hundreds of users and angel investors ready to back her next raise. Two weeks ago she chose to close it all down. Not because she ran out of money. Not because she lost her team. Because she spent six weeks rigorously testing every signal she needed to feel confident moving forward. And not all of them stacked up. This is the full story of that decision, what it felt like, and why she has zero regrets. We get into 👇: ★ 10 years watching HR get left behind while everyone else got better tools ★ The workplace harassment that made building Hello Canopy feel personal ★ Getting into Techstars pre-MVP on a pitch deck and a janky prototype ★ The six week validation framework that led to closing it down ★ What it feels like to wind your identity around a startup and then let it go ★ Why closing is sometimes the bravest move a founder can make Let's keep the crew together 🤝 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayltales/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fayltales 💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/loveth-ochayi-a67491152 Follow us on all platforms! Instagram ~ @fayltales Tiktok ~ @fayltales  LinkedIn ~ @fayltales

two controversial names, one strategy ~ Loughlan Dalton de Burgh

Hey Crew!  Loughlan Dalton de Burgh named his cafe Pyramid Scheme. On purpose. Got a cease and desist from his landlord, went viral with 400,000 views, and had people driving two hours for his falafel. Then his business partner overdosed in the kitchen, $30,000 went missing from the books, and he shut it all down. He missed 12 consecutive mortgage payments. Used a foreclosure notice to unlock his super and clear $68,000 in arrears. Nobody knew any of this. He just kept building. So he started Pretty Privilege. The names are always the least controversial thing about him. We cover: - How Pyramid Scheme went viral and fell apart at the same time - The $30,000 betrayal nobody knew about until now - Missing 12 mortgages while building a Forbes 30 Under 30 company - Getting kicked out of the Taylor Swift concert four times in one night - What "success is shameless" actually means when everything is on the line Follow Fayl Tales on all platforms @fayltales Follow Loveth on LinkedIn and Instagram @lovethochayi Follow Loughlan and Pretty Privilege at https://www.prettyprivilege.club/ Follow us on all platforms! Instagram ~ @fayltales Tiktok ~ @fayltales  LinkedIn ~ @fayltales

sought funding, got acquired ~ Ben Cull

Hey Crew! Ben Cull didn't set out to sell his company. He went to market for a $5 million funding round and came back with an acquisition offer from Fiserv at double what he thought the business was worth. Eight years. Two developers who hated selling. 2,500 merchants. One napkin sketch in a Sheffield pub. No hype. Just acquired. We get into what the acquisition process actually looks like from the inside, what developers consistently get wrong when they become founders, and what it feels like when the deal finally closes after six months of daily emotional whiplash. We get into 👇: ★ How a $5M funding round became an unexpected acquisition ★ Building Pinch from a napkin sketch to 2,500 merchants ★ The legal clause that nearly blew up the whole deal ★ Two developers who hated sales and how they fixed it ★ What developers get wrong when they become founders ★ Life inside a corporate after eight years of full autonomy Let's keep the crew together 🤝  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fayltales/ [https://www.instagram.com/fayltales/]  🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fayltales [https://www.tiktok.com/@fayltales]  💼 LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/loveth-ochayi-a67491152 [https://au.linkedin.com/in/loveth-ochayi-a67491152] On the move?  🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/64449Kq2PDzlkVyCjlN5U8 [https://open.spotify.com/show/64449Kq2PDzlkVyCjlN5U8]  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fayl-tales/id1797274868 [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/fayl-tales/id1797274868] Follow us on all platforms! Instagram ~ @fayltales Tiktok ~ @fayltales  LinkedIn ~ @fayltales