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First Builders

The Council

The First Builders Podcast from The Council dives into the stories of those who go first—founders, funders, and early operators who helped build category-defining companies before they were household names. Hosted by General Partner Amber Illig and Partner Rachel Tsui, each episode brings a candid, practical conversation with someone who has helped shape companies before there was a playbook.

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  1. Leela Launch: Preeti Krishnan on Building Compliance That Runs Itself 40:56
  2. Collective X Health Launch: Dr. Stacy Sims & Lindsey Abramo on Venture Scale Women’s Health 37:48
  3. First Builders - End of Season 1 3:53
  4. Summer Bonus Session: Amber and Rachel on AI's Reckoning, Women's Health, and America's Industrial Moment 35:18
  5. The Last Twenty Percent: Georgia Rust on Craft, AI, and Why Design Has Never Mattered More 45:02
  6. Creator Path to Venture Scale: Kristina Subbotina on Legal Automation and Social Distribution 54:35
  7. The 1099 Gap: Wyatt Stokesberry on Rebuilding Health Insurance for America's Independent Workforce 39:23
  8. Inside Clinical Trials: Kyle McAllister on Infrastructure, AI, and Building in Healthcare 48:26
  9. Building for Builders: Meagan Gamache on Craft, Platforms, and the Future of DevTools 46:22
  10. Reindustrializing America: Zane Hengsperger on Building Nox Metals and the Future of Manufacturing 38:12
  11. The Future of Healthcare Revenue: Eliana Berger on Fragmentation, AI, and Financial Infrastructure 18:23
  12. Trust Is the Product: Tina Hwang on Navigating Regulation, Global Growth, and Chaos 54:18
  13. Rebuilding the Safety Net: Siran Cao on Benefits Access, Care Infrastructure, and Founder Resilience 42:06
  14. Empathy Meets Execution: Duanni Hurd on Shifting from Hardware Executive to Scaling Home Care 49:49
  15. The Assembly Economy: Filip Aronshtein on Trust, Manufacturing Systems, and Reindustrialization 44:59
  16. From Google to Healthcare: Lina Scroggins on Product Leadership, Scale, and Building for Trust 41:39
  17. Inside the Physical Economy: Charles Julius on Platforms, Trust, and the Food Supply Chain 45:41
  18. From SaaS to Science: David Apple on Driving Biotech With Purpose 42:09
  19. First Builders Holiday Special 2025 32:19
  20. Building Reliable AI: Haroon Choudery on Infrastructure, Education, and Scaling Trust 50:15
  21. Law, Policy & the Public Trust: Prashanthi Raman on Building at the Frontier 39:44
  22. Voice AI for Maintenance: Zacharie Esmili on Rail, Robotics and Founding Quintess AI 39:20
  23. Scaling with Taste: Cecilia Ziniti on GC AI’s Series B and the Discipline Behind Hypergrowth 22:50
  24. Democratizing Wealth: Alessandro Chesser on Building Dynasty and Lessons from Carta’s Early Days 46:52
  25. Building Outside the Valley: Jack Greco on Scaling ACV Auctions and Betting on Builders 51:20
  26. Aging in Place: Cameron Carter on Leading Rosarium Health and Navigating Healthcare Policy Changes 46:43
  27. Empathy at Scale: Lauren Makler on Building Cofertility’s Unique Model for Families 52:07
  28. Go Slow to Go Fast: Eliana Berger on Building Joyful Health 47:02
  29. Data, Distance & the Decade Build: Web Sun on Scaling Komodo Health 53:30
  30. Customer Experience at Scale: Building the Future of CX with AI 46:27
  31. Designing with Intention: David Hoang on Building the Right Things First 52:47
  32. From Medicine to Market: Danish Nagda on Breaking In and Building Boldly 53:25
  33. The Founder’s Pivot: How Cecilia Ziniti Went from GC to Leading in AI 43:48
  34. Sober, Solo, and Scaling: Koby Conrad on Building Sunflower from the Ground Up 46:32
  35. IPO-Level Bets: Dan Perez on Building Hinge Health from Zero to $400M ARR 47:43
  36. Founders, Firestarters, and First Principles: A Month of First Builders 6:42
  37. The Builder Behind the IPO: Maia Bittner on Founding Pinch and Scaling Chime 57:54
  38. From Engineer to Rebel CEO: Jason Prestinario on Fighting for Patient Rights 51:12
  39. The Media Operator's Mindset: Nathan Baschez on Substack, Virality, and Building Ideas in Public 55:01
  40. The First Builder Archetype: Rohini Pandhi on Product, Platforms, and the Path to Venture 47:32