The Peel with Turner Novak

This is a startup-focused founder/exec interview series where guests unpack how iconic companies were built and what tactics actually worked. It’s a strong booking target for investors, operators, and startup leaders who can translate real founding and scaling decisions into actionable lessons.

141 episodes, Weekly, 4.7 rating

<1k, Male, USA

Turner Novak

Technology, Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Careers

Founders/CEOs of venture-backed or high-growth startups; seed/Venture investors with a clear thesis; operators who built and scaled a company to meaningful revenue/traction (often with a strong founding narrative).

Founder/CEO or senior executive at a funded or scaled startup, Notable investment track record (e.g., seed rounds, venture thesis leadership) or successful company exits/traction, Demonstrated scale (e.g., ARR growth, manufacturing run-rate growth, or portfolio influence)

Tomasz Tunguz - AI Business Models; Anthropic/ai Strategy; Where To Invest In Ai; VC Investment Thinking, Ali Partovi - Talent Selection And Hiring; Early-stage Investing; Neo’s Thesis And Outlier Talent; Seed Investments (cursor, Kalshi), Jim Belosic - Bootstrapping And Scaling A Manufacturing Business; Financing And Competition; Operational Lessons And Process Automation

Venture Capital, Startups, Founding, Go To Market, Scaling, Hiring, Entrepreneurship, Operations, Manufacturing, Ai Startups