Eight Years of The Startup Playbook Podcast, Hosted by Rohit Bhargava
On Apple Podcasts, The Startup Playbook Podcast sits as a long-running record of conversations with the people building and backing companies. Hosted by Melbourne-based founder Rohit Bhargava, the…
On Apple Podcasts, The Startup Playbook Podcast sits as a long-running record of conversations with the people building and backing companies. Hosted by Melbourne-based founder Rohit Bhargava, the show interviews founders, investors and industry experts about how they got started, the strategies they used and the advice they would pass on to other entrepreneurs.
Rohit launched the podcast in 2016, and across roughly eight years it has grown to almost 200 episodes. The format is consistent: each interview works through the practical decisions behind a venture, drawing out the thinking that shaped it rather than the headline version of events. That approach has attracted a wide range of guests, including Paul Bassat of Seek and Square Peg Capital, Ash Maurya of Lean Canvas, Justin Dry of Vinomofo, and investor Jason Calacanis. Later listings add names such as Malcolm Turnbull, Slack's Cal Henderson and Fiverr's Micha Kaufman.
The show found an audience early. It reached #3 on the iTunes charts, including a #3 ranking in Marketing and Management, a marker of reach for an independently hosted interview program.
The podcast reflects the broader work Rohit has built around supporting founders. He is the Founder and Director of Playbook Media and a partner in Playbook Ventures, an early-stage angel syndicate investing in technology companies. His earlier venture, StageLabel, a crowdfunding platform for fashion that he co-founded and led as CEO, helped launch more than 150 fashion brands globally. Each of these roles sits close to the same subject the podcast returns to week after week: how companies get started and what helps them last.
With close to 200 interviews now behind it, The Startup Playbook Podcast gives Rohit a durable platform for documenting how founders and investors think. It continues to add to a growing library of first-hand accounts for anyone studying how early-stage companies are built.