Second Time Founders Podcast

Building companies by founders & operators, no investors. Co-hosts: @kevingibbon, @julien, @berman66, @JoeFernandez, @sm, @blader

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E86 Clash of Fulfillment Innovators: Aaron’s Proven Scale vs. Kevin’s Robotic Vision

@aaronrubin (@weareshiphero)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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[Kevin Gibbon @kevingibbon]

This is my show. I ask the questions. Recording tmrw. What questions have you always wanted to ask @aaronrubin. DM me. cc/ @SecondTF_pod

[Kevin Gibbon @kevingibbon]

Big episode on @SecondTF_pod coming out Tuesday for all of the ecommerce nerds. The winner gets all of the DTC volume in the US. @aaronrubin

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E85 Founder-Led Sales, AI Overhype, and the Problem with 'Data-Driven' Decisions in Startups 🤔💡🤖

@sm (Winnie)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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E84 San Francisco is Back?! AI Mandates, DEI Drama, and Why Startup Leverage is Exploding Right Now 🌉🤖🔥

@sm (Winnie)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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E82 Crazy Lawsuits, Massive Tariffs, AI Revolution: The Wild Realities Startups Are Facing Right Now ���

@sm (Winnie)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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E82 LinkedIn is the New Press? Going Viral Without Media

@sm (Winnie)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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E81 The Surprising Ways AI Is Changing Everything—From Legal Battles to Daily Productivity

@sm (Winnie)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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E80 Is YC’s Playbook Dead? 🧐 The New Rules for Startups in 2025 + How to use OpenAI’s Next-Level AI

@sm (Winnie)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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"My prediction is physical AI is going to have a much more profound impact on the economy" @kevingibbon

Watch the full episode here https://t.co/BCz8FFlLHK

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E79 Why Airhouse Failed—and How Cytronic Will Win 🚀🤖

We’re taking 8 years of lessons, adding robotics, and building a faster, cheaper future for fulfillment. 🛠️📦

Cofounders

@valdarin (Symantec, Sighten, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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"I think your version of my crazy matches my version of crazy" @valdarin

Watch the full episode here https://t.co/BCz8FFlLHK

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E79 Why Airhouse Failed—and How Cytronic Will Win 🚀🤖

We’re taking 8 years of lessons, adding robotics, and building a faster, cheaper future for fulfillment. 🛠️📦

Cofounders

@valdarin (Symantec, Sighten, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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"If you are a small business go to a small boutique 3PL" @kevingibbon

Watch the full episode here https://t.co/BCz8FFlLHK

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E79 Why Airhouse Failed—and How Cytronic Will Win 🚀🤖

We’re taking 8 years of lessons, adding robotics, and building a faster, cheaper future for fulfillment. 🛠️📦

Cofounders

@valdarin (Symantec, Sighten, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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"The absolute worst thing as a founder is for other founders to call you out when you have failed and we had so much of that" @kevingibbon

Watch the full episode https://t.co/BCz8FFldSc

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E79 Why Airhouse Failed—and How Cytronic Will Win 🚀🤖

We’re taking 8 years of lessons, adding robotics, and building a faster, cheaper future for fulfillment. 🛠️📦

Cofounders

@valdarin (Symantec, Sighten, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

[Kevin Gibbon @kevingibbon]

@SecondTF_pod pod is the best founder pod out there. Better than @theallinpod or @AcquiredFM

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E79 Why Airhouse Failed—and How Cytronic Will Win 🚀🤖

We’re taking 8 years of lessons, adding robotics, and building a faster, cheaper future for fulfillment. 🛠️📦

Cofounders

@valdarin (Symantec, Sighten, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)
@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, @cytronic_ai)

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"The most important job as a founder/CEO is to be a better investor than time and money than I can" @wquist from this episode https://t.co/0TLOIcQAvg

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E78 Why did @wquist from @slow push to invest into a 2 timed failed venture founder (@kevingibbon)? How is @slow one of the best performing funds ever?

@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, new)
@berman66 (Nanit, Vowel, new?)

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[Kevin Gibbon @kevingibbon]

new company who dis @cytronic_ai

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"Early stage venture capital is the most uncompetitive in the last 20 years" @wquist from the episode https://t.co/0TLOIcR8kO

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E78 Why did @wquist from @slow push to invest into a 2 timed failed venture founder (@kevingibbon)? How is @slow one of the best performing funds ever?

@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, new)
@berman66 (Nanit, Vowel, new?)

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@kevingibbon @amasad Here was a podcast before @amasad was famous https://t.co/ow1tARMhoh

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Board composition tips from @wquist from @slow from this episode https://t.co/0TLOIcR8kO

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E78 Why did @wquist from @slow push to invest into a 2 timed failed venture founder (@kevingibbon)? How is @slow one of the best performing funds ever?

@kevingibbon (Shyp, Airhouse, new)
@berman66 (Nanit, Vowel, new?)

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