Episode 001: The New Chip accelerator explained, sober January, Equinox, & protecting your inbox with Gated.com Founder and CEO Andy Mowat

Hey everyone,

I am reporting live from San Francisco, and I wanted to introduce you the Stretch Four Podcast.

This week I am starting something new here on Substack.

I will be doing these weekly in addition to the newsletter content.

On this podcast I will go deeper into the weekly topics I discuss on the newsletter, and occasionally I will do a weekly deep dive on a topic based on an essay, a big topic that blows up on Twitter and ruffles the feathers of the powers that be, or some insights I gathered from a conversation or a book.

At the end of each episode I plan to interview a founder — and while we will talk about their company’s founding story, product, and business model I plan to go deeper into other areas of interest related to lifestyle including fitness and daily habits like diet, personal finances and spending, and how they stay up for the job of building a venture-backed company in the face of the new reality — which is currently much harder than it was even two years ago.

As always, thanks for subscribing and please shoot me your feedback when you check out the episode. My inbox is open and not Gated as you will understand much better what that means by checking out episode 001.

Stretch Four Podcast Episode 001

My Recaps

* Equinox’s January marketing campaign

* What is the New Chip Accelerator and why it is allegedly a scam?

* What is coming up for me

Interview

Guest 001: Andy Mowat Founder and CEO at Gated

* How Andy Mowat found himself working in Silicon Valley

* How he maintains his health and well-being as a founder

* The importance of sleep and financial health

* What is his number from a financial perspective personally and his goal with a company outcomes

* Parenting tips

* The Gated product

* The Gated business model

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