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Podcast: The CTO Show with Mehmet Gonullu
Episode: #565 Startups Are Chains, Not Ropes: Lessons from 70+ Investments with Andrew Ackerman
Description: In this episode, Mehmet sits down with Andrew Ackerman, two-time founder, early-stage investor with 70+ investments, accelerator leader, entrepreneurship professor, and author of The Entrepreneur’s Odyssey.Andrew shares hard-earned insights from running accelerator programs, investing across decades, and coaching founders at their most fragile moments. The conversation dives deep into why startups fail, what truly separates winning founders, how coachability beats ego, and why storytelling is more powerful than advice.They also explore how AI is reshaping entrepreneurship, why the bar for founders keeps rising, and why building faster is...