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Startup Documentary

We follow startup founders with cameras. How they actually build their companies, what goes wrong, and what they'd do differently.

# Episodes

April 2026

A Private Dinner With a $1 Billion Entrepreneur in San Francisco

We spend an evening in San Francisco with Pascal Zuta, an angel investor and serial entrepreneur who started 15 companies and exited 9 for a combined $1B. He breaks down what separates founders who win, why creativity matters in business, and the path that took him from film to gaming, ecommerce, and health tech.

Pascal Zuta on LinkedIn

April 2026

100M Users, No VC Since 2016: How Hornet Built a Global Community

We walked through Silicon Valley with Christof Wittig, who co-founded Hornet in 2011. The app has 100M users and does $10M a year in revenue. He hasn't taken VC money since 2016 and built the whole thing remotely.

hornet.comChristof Wittig on LinkedInHornet Networks on LinkedIn

March 2026

From Germany to San Francisco: Building in the Most Crowded AI Space

We visit Christian Byza at the House of AI in San Francisco. He moved from Germany to the Bay Area to build BePurple in the AI dev tools space. We talk about why he made the move and what he'd tell founders considering the same.

bepurple.aiHouse of AIChristian Byza on LinkedIn

March 2026

This AI Startup Generates Millions Per Year

Inside the Jamie AI office. How they built a meeting notes product and grew it to millions in annual revenue, what's working, and where the team is headed next.

meetjamie.aiBenedikt Böringer on LinkedIn