The podcast episodes highlight the importance of engaging advisors for startups and founders, exploring the various roles they can play, such as opening doors, accelerating growth, and providing unconventional strategies for scaling a business.
For example, in episode 128480, the founder of Roam, Howard Lerman, discusses using stock options to strategically bring on influential advisors who can help open doors and drive growth, rather than relying solely on traditional outbound sales efforts.
Similarly, episode 40304 focuses entirely on the different types of advisors founders can engage, including advisors, board members, executive coaches, fractional leaders, and executives-in-residence, providing guidance on when to bring them on and how to compensate them.