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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   Mahdi Raza
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   Marcelo Lebre

   Building the $3B API That Didn’t Exist, Europe’s Regulation Problem | Marcelo Lebre, Co-founder of Remote · Jan 2026

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   Melissa Cash

   Building Non-Addictive Apps for Kids | Melissa Cash, Pok Pok · Jun 2024

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   Michael Tannenbaum

   Brex’s 1st Employee On Thinking Like a Founder | Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure · Aug 2026

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   Michelle Valentine

   The Future of Software, AI, and Tax, Lessons Scaling Zero to One | Michelle Valentine, CEO of Anrok · Aug 2024

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   Mike Murchison

   The $750 Billion AI Opportunity in Customer Service | Mike Murchison, Co-founder and CEO of Ada · Mar 2025

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   Mike Vichich

   How AI Changes Governments & Business Models, From $11 to $187M Exit | Mike Vichich, Pursuit · May 2025

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   Miranda Nover

   Building the Wearable That Gets You Stronger | Miranda Nover, Co-founder of Fort Health · Feb 2026

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   Nakul Mandan

   Recruiting From Zero to One with Nakul Mandan, Co-founder of Audacious Ventures · Nov 2024

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    Natasha Vernier

    The $4 Trillion Business of Financial Crime with Natasha Vernier, Co-founder and CEO of Cable · Sep 2023

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    Navin Chaddha

    The 18x Midas Lister Betting $3B on AI (and calling most of it fake) | Navin Chaddha, Mayfield · Aug 2026

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    Nichole Wischoff

    From Food Stamps to a $20 Million Fund with Nichole Wischoff · Oct 2023

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    Niels Hoven

    The Startup Teaching 2-Year Olds to Read | Niels Hoven, Mentava · Dec 2024

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    Nikhil Krishnan

    How US Healthcare Actually Works, the WWII Tax Loophole that Broke it Forever, and How AI Can Fix it | Nikhil Krishnan, Out of Pocket · Apr 2026

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    Nilam Ganenthiran

    Scaling Instacart to $10+ Billion | Nilam Ganenthiran, Co-founder of Beacon Software · Jun 2024

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    Nuno Goncalves Pedro

    Inside the First Quant-Driven VC Fund | Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Chamaeleon · Jun 2026

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    Ofek Lavian

    Forage: The Trillion Dollar Opportunity in Restricted Payments | Ofek Lavian · Apr 2025

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    Paul Klein

    Infrastructure for AI Browsers with Paul Klein, Founder + CEO of 🅱️ Browserbase · Jan 2025

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    Peter Walker

    Market Update: Peter Walker on 2023 VC Valuation Trends, Dry Powder, New Bubbles, Employee Trends · Mar 2024

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    Pim de Witte

    🎮 General Intuition Co-founder Pim de Witte on Growing Medal to 10+ Million Gamers · Dec 2023

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    Rahul Sonwalkar

    Giving an AI a Computer with Rahul Sonwalkar, Founder and CEO of Julius AI · Apr 2024

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    Ryan Delk

    How Primer Turns Teachers Into Superheroes | Ryan Delk (Co-founder and CEO, Primer) · Jun 2023

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    Ryan Nece

    How Athletes Get Into the Top VC Funds | Ryan Nece, Next Legacy · Sep 2026

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    Ryan Sachtjen

    Inside the $2 Trillion Employee Benefits Market | Ryan Sachtjen, Threeflow · Jun 2025

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    Sahill Poddar

    PhD to $100M Revenue: Rebuilding SMB Lending with AI | Sahill Poddar, Co-founder and CEO of Parafin · Aug 2025

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    Sam Ross

    Ultimate Startup Growth Playbook, Using AI to Automate Operations | Sam Ross, Numeral · May 2025

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    Scott Stevenson

    Inside Canada’s Fastest Growing AI Company | Spellbook, Scott Stevenson · Mar 2026

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    Sean Hunt
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    Shensi Ding

    Re-founding a Company for the AI Era | Shensi Ding, Merge · Aug 2026

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    Shrav Mehta

    Automating the $80 Billion SOC 2 Market with Shrav Mehta (Secureframe) · Feb 2024

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    Sid Yadav

    Immigrant to $250M CEO: How Circle Powers the Creator Economy with Co-founder and CEO Sid Yadav · Jan 2024

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    Steven Fabre

    Why the Future of Software is AI and Human Collaboration | Steven Fabre, Co-founder and CEO, Liveblocks · Dec 2025

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    Tommy Nicholas

    Alloy’s Unconventional Path to $1.5B with Tommy Nicholas, Co-founder and CEO · Mar 2025

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    Tony Holdstock-Brown

    The Hidden Layer Every AI Agent Runs On | Tony Holdstock-Brown, Inngest · Jul 2026

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    Villi Iltchev

    Illegal Immigrant to $160m Fund 1: Inside Villi Iltchev’s Journey Building Category Ventures · Feb 2025

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    Yossi Levi

    Car Dealership Guy: From Anonymous VC-Backed CEO to B2B Media with Yossi Levi · Jul 2024

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    Zaid Rahman

    Building Flex, the AI Private Bank with CEO Zaid Rahman · Dec 2025

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    Zeb Evans

    How ClickUp Bootstrapped to $10m ARR and Scaled to 9-figures in Revenue with Zeb Evans · Sep 2024

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