In this episode (153), the twins talk to Amanda Sima. Amanda Saima is a serial founder, inventor, and entrepreneur who has built businesses in collegiate apparel, consumer products, and now media.

In this episode, Amanda shares how a vintage Ohio State sweater inspired her first company, how she got into the complex world of collegiate licensing, and what she learned from sourcing products internationally.

Then the conversation turns into a full founder thriller: Amanda explains how she created a patented disposable kids’ cup lid, why she believed it could be a billion-dollar idea, and how a major corporation allegedly copied it after she shared the concept with a manufacturer.

We talk about patents, copycats, lawsuits, founder resilience, and why entrepreneurs have to turn pain into progress.

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Most founders love building. Fewer love selling. And according to Vasyl “Vince” Soloshchuk, that’s exactly where many startups go wrong.

In this episode, we talk about why rejection is one of the most valuable forms of startup data, why founders need to talk to customers earlier, and why traction beats a smart-sounding idea every time.

We also dive into FinTech, AI, distribution, data infrastructure, investor red flags, burn rate mistakes, and why execution matters more than vision.

A practical episode for founders, operators, and anyone trying to build something real instead of just building something impressive-looking.

In this episode, we talk with Todd Persen, CTO of Hydrolix, about the invisible infrastructure behind modern software, AI systems, and the internet.

We break down what observability actually means, why startups should care about it earlier than they think, and how AI agents may soon rely on logs and telemetry to detect bugs, fix systems, and monitor infrastructure in real time.

We also get into massive data scale, the future of bot traffic, agentic commerce, software architecture, and why the real challenge in technology is often not just code, but getting people to work well together.

This is a fascinating conversation about AI, engineering, startups, and the systems quietly powering the digital world.