The Peel with Turner Novak

Exploring the world’s greatest startup stories. Get a behind the scenes look into the founding stories of your favorite companies. Learn how the industries they operate in actually work, and learn playbooks and tactics you can use to launch and scale your own business.

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Every guest on The Peel with Turner Novak

158 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Jason Calacanis

   Inside the All-In Podcast: Lessons from Elon, Trump, Oprah, Travis Kalanick, Investing in 100+ Startups per Year with Jason Calacanis · Dec 2025

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   Celine Halioua

   How to Build a Biotech with Celine Halioua at Loyal · May 2024

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   Josh Miller

   Josh Miller on Arc, Thrive Capital, and Building a Team · Apr 2024

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   Matt Mullenweg

   How WordPress Powers 43% of the Internet | Matt Mullenweg, Co-founder and CEO, Automattic · Jul 2025

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   Aaron Levie

   Aaron Levie | The $1 Trillion AI Opportunity, Stories From Early Days of Box · May 2024

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   Adrian Aoun

   🏥 Making Healthcare a Product, Not a Service | Adrian Aoun (Founder and CEO, Forward) · Jul 2023

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   Alex Bouaziz

   Growing Deel to $300M+ ARR in Four Years with Co-founder and CEO Alex Bouaziz · Sep 2023

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   Ali Partovi

   Cursor + Kalshi Seed Investor on Spotting Outlier Talent | Ali Partovi, Neo · May 2026

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   Baiju Bhatt

   Robinhood Co-founder Baiju Bhatt on the Journey to $40B, Building Space Solar Power with Lasers · Jan 2025

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    Charles Hudson

    The Past, Present, and Future of Pre-Seed | Charles Hudson, Precursor · Jun 2026

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    Chetan Puttagunta

    Benchmark’s Chetan Puttagunta on the Past, Present, & Future of Software · Mar 2026

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    Chris Olsen

    Leaving Sequoia to Bet on Ohio: Why America is the Best Emerging Market | Chris Olsen, Drive Capital · Aug 2026

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    Ed Sim

    Building boldstart ventures from $1M to $850M with Ed Sim · Jun 2024

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    Elad Gil

    Elad Gil: Getting Conviction on Unpopular Bets · May 2024

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    Eoghan McCabe

    Inside Intercom’s AI Turnaround, Why Software Companies Must Train Their Own Models | Eoghan McCabe, Co-founder and CEO · Sep 2025

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    Eric Simons

    Zero to $20m ARR in Two Months: Inside Bolt’s 7-Year Journey to Overnight Success | Eric Simons, Co-founder & CEO · Feb 2025

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    Eric Vishria

    Benchmark’s Eric Vishria on Going Zero to $100M ARR in 12 Months, Archetypes of Top AI Founders, Why Storytelling is a Superpower, How Benchmark Makes New Investments · Jun 2025

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    Garry Tan

    Garry Tan on the Past, Present, and Future of YC · Feb 2026

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    Gokul Rajaram

    Gokul Rajaram | Lessons from Zuck, Jack Dorsey, Sergey Brin + Defining your ICP, Evolution of Seed Investing · Oct 2024

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    Grant Lee

    Gamma's Journey to $50M ARR with 30 Employees | Co-founder and CEO Grant Lee · Jul 2025

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    Guy Podjarny

    How to Build in AI, Lessons From Early Days of Snyk with Founder Guy Podjarny · Oct 2024

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    Ilir Sela

    🍕 The $1.3 Billion Pizza Business: How Ilir Sela (Founder & CEO, Slice) is Arming the Pizza Rebels · Jul 2023

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    Immad Akhund

    Lessons From Building Mercury with Immad Akhund (Co-founder and CEO, Mercury) · Jul 2023

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    Jonathan Neman

    Sweetgreen: Building McDonald’s for the Next Generation, with Jonathan Neman (Co-founder and CEO) · Jun 2023

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    Keith Rabois

    What is OpenStore? How Keith Rabois is Acquiring Shopify Brands · Oct 2023

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    Kevin Hartz

    Kevin Hartz | Backing Teen Founders, Lessons from the PayPal Mafia · Jan 2026

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    Kirsten Green

    How Kirsten Green Built Forerunner Ventures · Feb 2024

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    Logan Bartlett

    Inside the Logan Bartlett Show, Investing Through Market Cycles + Bubbles, Dissecting VC Frameworks · Aug 2024

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    Matteo Franceschetti

    Inside Eight Sleep | Using AI to Sleep Better | CEO Matteo Franceschetti · Nov 2025

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    Michael Dempsey

    The Past, Present, and Future of AI, Robotics, Venture Capital, Crypto | Why Deep Tech Startups Mess up Value Capture | Michael Dempsey, Managing Partner, Compound · Aug 2025

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    Michael Kim

    Michael Kim @ Cendana | Lessons from the Top VCs, How Cendana Does Diligence, Portfolio Construction Best Practices, the 60x Rule, How Seed Funds Compete vs Multi-stage, Inside Cendana's Early Days · May 2025

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    Mike Mignano

    Inside Anchor’s Journey to Product Market Fit and 9-Figure Sale to Spotify with Mike Mignano · Mar 2024

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    Nick Saltarelli

    🍫 How to Build a $70 Million Chocolate Factory | Nick Saltarelli (Co-founder, Mid-Day Squares) · Jul 2023

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    Nikhil Basu Trivedi
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    Peter Rahal

    Rebuilding a $600M Company From Scratch | Peter Rahal, David · Jul 2026

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    Rahul Vohra

    Inside the New Superhuman: $700M ARR, 40M Daily Users with Rahul Vohra · Nov 2025

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    Rick Zullo

    Rick Zullo on Building Equal Ventures, Why Traction is Overrated, Advice for Emerging Managers · Feb 2025

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    Roger Ehrenberg

    Roger Ehrenberg | Investing in Sports, 10x Funds, Traits of Top Founders, Current Seed Stage Market, Investing in Detroit · Nov 2025

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    Ron Gabrisko

    How Databricks Went $1M to $7B+ ARR in 10 Years | Ron Gabrisko, CRO · Sep 2026

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    Ryan Denehy

    Lessons From Two Exits + Building Electric to Automate IT Management | Ryan Denehy · Aug 2024

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