Build Mode (TechCrunch podcast)
Build Mode is TechCrunch’s founder-interview podcast, exploring go-to-market decisions, fundraising, team building and practical challenges faced by entrepreneurs.
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Key facts
November 2025Launch
The podcast launched November 13, 2025.[1]
Hosting and production: Founder interviews
Hosted by Isabelle Johannesen and produced and edited by Maggie Nye, the program uses founders’, investors’ and operators’ experiences to examine startup decisions.[2]
2026Funding and company growth
Episodes in 2026 explored crowdfunding, bootstrapping, venture-investment decisions and public markets, including conversations with Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor and True Ventures’ Puneet Agarwal.[2]
Release and listening: Weekly episodes
The listing describes Thursday releases, with audio on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and full videos on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry.[2]