Podcast with The Undiscovered Entrepreneur

I sat down with The Undiscovered Entrepreneur to tell the story of how I got across the start line—and what I’m building now. It starts with a TikTok: a founder in the UAE talking about sixteen failed businesses before one hit. That flipped a switch for me—entrepreneurship isn’t a straight line to “winning,” it’s a game of failing enough times that success stops feeling like luck. From there I leaned into AI and tools like Cursor and Lovable, built WebNixo (web, CRM, Meta ads), and automated the whole pipeline from cold-call form to shipped site and invoice. When the sales team kept hitting the same wall—hang-ups with no feedback—I built Prospector as an internal AI cold-calling coach. They loved it, pushed me to take it to market, and I ran straight into the real problem: traditional crowdfunding felt broken—boring decks, logo grids, and platforms that behaved more like a VC filter than a crowd.

That pain became FishTank. I walk through why today’s crowdfunding UX trains you to “judge a book by its cover” and then punishes you with long pitch decks—so only people paid to read decks stick around. The alternative I believe in is the same motion people already do all day: scroll short video, skip what’s weak, lean in when something’s real. Pair that with building in public—founders posting progress, demos, and the messy middle—and let supporters “keep up” with a company over time instead of betting on a single PDF. The goal isn’t to make fundraising more corporate; it’s to make it human, discoverable, and actually fun.

We go deep on what I think separates people who start from people who stop: raw persistence. When you’re told no, does it shut you down—or fire you up? I also talk about why I chase criticism (including ending calls with “name one thing I could improve”) and why validation, to me, shows up when people put money behind belief—not just when they politely say they like an idea. We connect that to community: spaces where founders can share problems, learn from someone who’s already been burned, and invite real teardowns before they waste six months building the wrong thing.

Toward the end I share a pitfall I’m proud of: I used to worry the “TikTok for fundraising” angle looked unprofessional. The more I spoke about it, the more I realized that’s the point—people are hungry for realism, not polished AI slop. I also share the advice I’d give a brand-new founder: identify the thing you’re most scared of, do it now, and fail fast enough to learn while you still have runway. If you care about crowdfunding, Gen Z risk-taking, or why I think the next wave of founders will be judged on distribution as much as product, this episode is for you.