The Founders Peak Podcast

To keep up with his kids, Prashanth has taken up table tennis coaching at 45 to keep up with his kids. He has run 3 marathons and done the Everest Base camp trek. Prashanth was an apprentice to Marc Andreessen, when he graduated Stanford and was clueless as to what to do next. He has built three startups to date and as a product CEO, naturally he loves to build but selling gives him a different kind of high! Prashanth’s purpose had no heartbeat – and this is his heartwarming story.

Leanne Robers is the co-founder of She Loves Tech (now celebrating its 10th year!), the world’s largest startup competition for women in technology, dedicated to empowering female entrepreneurs and driving gender equality in tech, with a global platform spanning over 50 countries. They also launched Girls Love Tech with the Singapore Government’s IMDA. Leanne is a serial entrepreneur, having founded 4 companies. She comes from a family of psychologists - maybe that’s why she knows how to get into the mind of a founder! Leanne uncovers how Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) hold entrepreneurs back. Drawing from psychology and neuroscience, Leanne shares actionable strategies to transform limiting beliefs into empowering thoughts, enabling founders to unlock their full potential.

Tom loves adventure! He has lived in five countries and mastered snowboarding, wakeboarding, skating, and surfing. 6 years ago, he was inspired by a single night’s beach pollution, and now, he’s on a mission to protect his family and our planet for future generations. Seven Clean Seas has removed over 4 million kilograms of plastic from the ocean, with no plans to slow down. They invented Plastic Credits in 2018, creating a whole new industry for offsetting plastic waste. They’ve given hungry HIPPO a new meaning and engineered their own cleanup vessel called the HIPPO, which removes plastic pollution from rivers, stopping waste before it reaches the ocean. In this episode, Tom talks about the road less traveled and how he is building an industry to drive impact.

Albert earned a Private Pilot’s License during COVID! He avoided sports growing up because he couldn’t stand the idea of losing. And his first job was when he was in high school, working as an engineer at a software company! Albert was named Forbes 30 under 30 in Finance at just 25 years old, the second youngest on the list. Performativ’s 44 employees come from over 10 nationalities! And in this episode, Albert talks about the art of letting go.