ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Most startup podcasts are about the 1% of founders who build unicorns. This isn't that.
Founder Stories is a podcast for experienced corporate professionals who are seriously considering starting their own business — and want to hear from people who've actually done it.
Hosted by James Green, Co-Founder and General Partner of DQ Ventures, each episode digs into the parts most founders gloss over. The financial reality. The risk to your family. The moments you question the decision. The reasons you'd still do it again.
If you're thinking about whether to leave the corporate world to build your own business, listen to this before you quit.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
41 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
6 episodes
since May 6, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Do you really need a technical co-founder to build a tech business? Toby Scregg doesn't think so. He’s built a VC back startup, a technology business, invested in tech companies and he's never written a line of code.
In this episode of Founder Stories, James Green talks with Toby, founde…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Most first-time founders start by building a product. Marcello nearly did too.
He came to DQventures with an idea for a social listening platform — another piece of software in a space he already knew inside out from 15+ years in pharma and biotech, including roles at Novartis and Biogen. What he l…
Caroline Sandqvist spent 15 years in HR before building CLVR Benefits — and her biggest advantage was simple: she was the customer she was building for.In this Founder Stories episode, James Green talks with Caroline about why understanding your customer that deeply changes everything. Because she&…
A 35-year career at Ford took Anoop Chaudhuri from the factory floor to Chief People Officer across four continents. Then he tried building his own venture — while still employed.
In this Founder Stories episode, James Green and Anoop unpack common issues founders face when launching new businesses…
Rachel Crampton never dreamed of being an entrepreneur, but she built a B2C tech platform without raising a dollar from investors and while still working full-time.
In this episode of Founder Stories, host James Green sits down with Rachel, founder of Juurnee, a marketplace connecting long-haul tra…
Rob Bryson left a 20-year career to build a recruitment agency in Asia. He still earns less than he did before he made the leap, and he still wouldn't change it for a second.
If you're a senior professional toying with the idea of going out on your own, this is the conversation you don&a…
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