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Funded, Now What?! is the only podcast where startup founders who've recently raised millions of dollars get live, no-fluff growth and marketing advice from 20-year startup marketing expert Andrew Lee Miller (@andrewstartups). Each episode delivers a front-row seat to real founders navigating real post-raise challenges, and Andrew drops tactical strategies they (and you) can use to grow faster, smarter, and leaner. If you’re a startup founder figuring out how to grow your company, this is your free weekly session with a fractional CMO who’s scaled dozens of VC-backed startups to 8–9 figures. Want to hire Andrew to help your startup? Meet with him here: https://calendly.com/growthexpertz/letschat Follow Andrew on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstartups
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- 5 days ago48 min
Episode 51: How Taylor Peake and Occupi Are Transforming Rent Payments Across America
Is rent collection still stuck in the past? In Episode 51 of Funded, Now What?!, Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Taylor Peake, founder and CEO of Occupi, to discuss how her company is modernizing rent payments for property managers and residents nationwide. After raising $3.2 million in funding, Taylor shares lessons on fundraising, product-market fit, scaling lean teams, and building technology for an underserved market. What You'll Learn: ● Product-Market Fit: How Occupi discovered a major gap in the rental housing market and built a solution customers love. ● Fundraising Lessons: Taylor's experience raising $3.2M as a female founder and finding the right investors. ● Rent Payments Reimagined: Why giving residents more payment options improves both customer experience and operational efficiency. ● Marketing for Startups: Andrew's playbook for balancing conferences, outbound outreach, SEO, GEO, and AI-powered marketing. ● Scaling Lean: How Occupi achieved strong growth with a small team and a relentless focus on solving customer problems. Featured Guest: Taylor Peake Taylor is the founder and CEO of Occupi, a rent payment platform helping property managers simplify collections while giving residents more flexibility in how they pay. Occupi serves operators across multifamily housing, manufactured housing communities, single-family rentals, and housing authorities nationwide. 🔗 Connect with Taylor: linkedin.com/in/taylorpeake 🌐 Website: paywithoccupi.com About the Show Funded, Now What?! is the world's leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders. Hosted by fractional CMO Andrew Lee Miller, the show explores how venture-backed startups scale growth after raising capital. 📅 Book a Growth Audit: www.growthexpertz.com ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@growthexpertz Connect With Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstartups/ Want to work with us? Email: justin@growthexpertz.com Read "The Startup Growth Book": https://cutt.ly/Ftb3156K 00:00 Introduction to Occupi and Its Mission 04:00 Understanding the Technology Behind Occupi 07:05 The Fundraising Journey of a Female Founder 10:11 Navigating Growth Post-Funding 12:53 Marketing Strategies for Occupi 15:51 Optimizing Conference Attendance for Marketing 24:27 Conclusion and Future Directions 25:11 Maximizing Event ROI for Startups 26:35 The Power of SEO and GEO in Marketing 28:24 Shifting Focus: From Blogs to Newsletters 31:04 Understanding Listicles and Their Impact 33:53 Building a Comprehensive Marketing Playbook 38:40 Customer Lifetime Value and Marketing Strategies 43:49 Navigating Compliance in FinTech Marketing 46:52 POD OUTRO.mp4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- May 1, 202646 min
Episode 50: Revolutionizing the Modern Contact Center with Ardie Sameti of Scala.ai
Is your call center a "cost center" or a "value center"? In this milestone 50th episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Ardie Sameti, CEO of Scala.ai. Fresh off an 8.5 million dollar seed round, Ardie explains how Scala.ai is moving past "bolt-on" AI to create a unified intelligence engine that understands business DNA. What You'll Learn: Data as the Moat: Why the secret to AI success isn't the model-it's how you package your data. Agent Intelligence: How to deploy templatized, industry-specific AI agents that actually solve problems instead of creating loops. The ROI of CX: Turning high-burnout environments into revenue-driving growth engines. Tactical Marketing: Andrew breaks down the "Seed Stage Stack"-how to use niche PR, SEO/GEO, and high-scale outreach to dominate a tiny space before the incumbents catch up. Featured Guest: Ardie is the founder and CEO of Scala.ai, a customer intelligence platform reinventing the modern contact center. A father of three and a seasoned operator with deep domain expertise in regulated industries like healthcare, Ardie brings a "love letter to CX operators" through technology that drives real outcomes, not just hype. 🔗 Connect with Ardie: linkedin.com/in/ardiesameti 🌐 Website: scala.ai About The Show: Funded, Now What?! is the world's leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders. Hosted by fractional CMO Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz), the show analyzes how the world's fastest-growing startups raise millions and provides the tactical marketing playbook to help them spend it wisely. 📅 Book a Growth Audit: www.growthexpertz.com ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@growthexpertz Connect With Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstartups/ Want to work with us? Email: justin@growthexpertz.com Read "The Startup Growth Book": https://cutt.ly/Ftb3156K Buy Andrew’s Newest Book About AI Marketing :https://a.co/d/0ehCZAIj #CX #CustomerExperience #AI #ScalaAI #CallCenter #Startups #Funding #B2BSaaS #EnterpriseSales #AndrewLeeMiller #GrowthExpertz #MarTech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 24, 202643 min
Episode 49 : The Website Personalization Revolution with Ankur Goyal of Fibr AI
What if your website could read the room every single time? In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Ankur Goyal, founder and CEO of Fibr AI (fibr.ai). After a decade in CPG and performance marketing, Ankur identified the last untouched frontier of digital marketing, the static website and built an AI-powered personalization layer that's already delivering 15–32% conversion uplifts for some of the biggest names in banking and telecom. Oh, and they just closed a $7.5 million seed round. What You'll Learn in This Episode: The Personalization Gap: Why every part of the marketing stack Google Ads, Meta, email, even billboards evolved except the website, and why that's a massive opportunity hiding in plain sight. The "DOM Hijack" That Doesn't Break SEO: How Fibr AI sits as a visualization layer above your HTML, serving personalized experiences to humans while Google crawlers see the exact same page they always have. The High-LTV ICP Discovery: Why Ankur pivoted away from Shopify and D2C brands toward banks, credit unions, telecom, and healthcare and the unit economics that make it a no-brainer. Cracking Enterprise Sales: The real timeline, the real bottlenecks (hint: it's not the budget, it's the fear of breaking something public-facing), and how a two-month pilot with a single JavaScript snippet lowers the barrier to entry. The Future Is Agent-to-Agent: How Fibr AI is quietly building the infrastructure for a web where AI agents communicate directly, no typing, no clicking, just machine-to-machine personalization at scale. Featured Guest: Ankur Goyal Ankur is a serial entrepreneur, former CPG founder, and the CEO of Fibr AI. With a background rooted in performance marketing rather than engineering, he brings a rare operator's lens to a deeply technical product making him one of the most compelling voices in the AI-native MarTech space. Connect with Ankur: linkedin.com/in/ankurgoyal22 Website: fibr.ai Instagram: @fibr_ai_ LinkedIn: Fibr AI X/Twitter: @fibr_ai YouTube: @fibr_ai About the Show Funded, Now What?! is the world's leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders. Hosted by fractional CMO Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz), the show analyzes how the world's fastest-growing startups raise millions and provides the tactical marketing playbook to help them spend it wisely. Book a Growth Audit: www.growthexpertz.com Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@growthexpertz #MarTech #WebPersonalization #AI #Startups #AndrewLeeMiller #GrowthExpertz #Funding #ConversionRateOptimization #SeedRound #B2BMarketing #SaaS #Entrepreneurship #FibrAI #CRO #PerformanceMarketing 00:00 Introduction to Fiber AI and Its Unique Offering 04:06 The Evolution of Web Experiences 07:06 SEO Implications of Dynamic Web Pages 10:01 Target Customers and Market Positioning 12:51 Onboarding and Integration Process 15:47 Demonstrating ROI and Conversion Rates 18:34 Challenges in B2B Sales Cycles 19:06 Building an AI Startup vs. MarTech 21:49 The Importance of PR and Inbound Marketing 25:35 Sales Cycle Optimization and Case Studies 27:01 Outreach Strategies for AI Products 31:03 The Future of AI and Agent Communication 35:31 Targeting Digital Innovators in Traditional Industries 39:14 Balancing Marketing Spend and Growth Strategies 41:17 POD OUTRO.mp4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 17, 202644 min
Episode 48: The AI Agent Takeover of Real Estate Closings with Ori Ohayon
What if a two-week manual process could be finished before you finished your coffee? In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Ori Ohayon, the founder and CEO of Title.co. After five years of "hand-to-hand combat" in the archaic world of real estate titling, Ori and his team just closed a $2.5 million seed round to scale their revolutionary AI-driven platform. The "Archaic" Crisis: Why buying a property in 2026 still involves digging through manual, paper-based county records and how that leads to expensive legal nightmares. The 10-Minute Title Search: How Title.co uses a fleet of AI agents to scrape and analyze deep data, cutting the traditional 14-day title search down to just 4–10 minutes. The AI Pivot: Why Ori shifted from a "blockchain-first" company to an "AI-first" company to solve data analysis problems that were impossible just 12 months ago. Fundraising Resilience: The raw truth about raising capital Ori explains why it took over 100 investor calls to close their round and how to "speak the language" of a VC to get to a "Yes." Scaling the Un-Scalable: How to automate outreach to 3,200+ U.S. counties using AI ground cover and "Meeting Minute" scrapers to find the warmest leads. Ori is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Titl.co. With a background in real estate investing and a track record of successful exits, he is currently disrupting the $60B title insurance industry by replacing manual labor with high-speed AI infrastructure. Connect with Ori: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oriohayon/| T I T L . C O Funded, Now What?! is the world’s leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders. Hosted by fractional CMO Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz), the show analyzes how the world’s fastest-growing startups raise millions and provides the tactical marketing playbook to help them spend it wisely. Book a Growth Audit: www.growthexpertz.com Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@growthexpertz #PropTech #RealEstate #AI #Startups #AndrewLeeMiller #GrowthExpertz #Funding #Blockchain #SeedRound #B2BMarketing #SaaS #Entrepreneurship 00:00 Introduction to Ori Ohayon and titl.co 01:41 The archaic titl process and Ori's inspiration 02:16 How AI streamlines titl verification 02:57 Industry regulation and blockchain security 03:45 Customer base and early adopters 04:16 Industry skepticism and live demo success 05:06 Nationwide expansion and local rules 08:48 Marketing and outreach strategies 10:28 Fundraising journey and investor insights 11:41 Advice for raising capital and resilience 13:42 Pitching tech without overemphasizing AI 16:15 Growth hacking ideas for scaling 19:45 Targeting small vs. enterprise clients 23:56 Automating outreach and ground cover AI 27:38 Using public records and county data 28:43 PR and thought leadership in niche markets 29:49 Branding, domain strategy, and SEO 31:58 The importance of results over tech hype 33:19 Domain name suggestions and branding tips 35:41 Scaling sales and client onboarding with AI 39:54 The future of AI in real estate and entrepreneurship 41:59 Closing remarks and next steps 42:02 POD OUTRO.mp4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 3, 202643 min
Episode 47: From Executive to Entrepreneur: David Stifter’s Journey to Disrupting PropTech
What if your company’s entire financial operation relied on the memory of a single employee? In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz) sits down with David Stifter, founder of PredictAP. David spent a year searching for a tech solution to handle the 500,000+ invoices he managed at a massive private equity fund. When he couldn't find one, he left his executive role to build it himself. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The Complexity of Real Estate: Why paying a utility bill for a $100 million office building is 100x harder than buying a coffee. Strategic Fundraising: How PredictAP moved from "Friends and Family" to institutional backing from groups like RET Ventures and Wise Ventures. Relationship-Led Growth: The secret to getting a CFO to give you their "guinea pig" data for a beta test. The "Feedback Loop": Why keeping a "person in the loop" is the only way to prevent AI from "hallucinating" on your financial records. Featured Guest: David Stifter David is the founder and CEO of PredictAP. With over two decades of experience in real estate accounting and the "Yardi" ecosystem, he is a problem-solver who turned a back-office nightmare into a scaling tech powerhouse. Connect with David: LinkedIn Profile | X (Twitter) | Instagram Learn more: https://www.predictap.com/ 00:00 Introduction to Predict AP and the Funding Journey 03:15 Understanding Coded Invoices and Accounts Payable 06:25 The Complexity of Real Estate Invoicing 09:13 The Birth of Predict AP 12:06 Raising Initial Funds and Building Relationships 15:08 Navigating Customer Acquisition and Networking 21:39 Scaling the Invoice Solution 24:31 Value Proposition of PredictAP 27:32 AI and Job Security 29:40 Marketing Strategies for Customer Acquisition 38:48 Innovative Networking at Conferences 40:45 POD OUTRO.mp4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mar 30, 202632 min
Episode 46: Can Voice AI Save the Hotel Industry?
What if you never had to hear "please hold" ever again when you call a hotel or resort? In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz) sits down with Jonathan Lei, the founder of withQ. Jonathan is on a mission to make hotel phone calls efficient, profitable, and most importantly instant. By deploying the world's most sophisticated voice AI for hospitality, withQ is helping hotels capture missed bookings and provide a "white glove" guest experience that scales without increasing headcount. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The Hospitality Gap: Why traditional hotels are losing millions in missed calls and how AI bridges that gap 24/7. Selling ROI: Why B2B products that 5x revenue are the only products worth building in 2026. The Accountability Layer: How withQ uses a dedicated QA team to ensure their AI never hallucinates on a guest call. The "Famous" Strategy: Andrew’s plan to move withQ from a hidden gem to the industry standard for hospitality tech. Featured Guest: Jonathan Lei Jonathan is the founder and CEO of withQ. Based in the heart of the tech world, he has built a team dedicated to transforming how the hospitality industry interacts with its guests through seamless, revenue-generating Voice AI. Connect with Jonathan: LinkedIn Profile | X (Twitter) Learn more: https://withqconcierge.com/ 00:00 Introduction and Guest Credibility 01:18 What is withQ and Its Vision 02:14 The Evolution from Pizza to Hospitality AI 02:59 Industry Challenges: Staffing and Guest Experience 03:49 Training AI on Real Customer Calls 05:27 Tech Differentiation and Industry Trends 06:51 Proprietary Data and Continuous Improvement 07:48 Rapid Prototyping and Customer Feedback 08:49 Enhancing Guest Experience and Revenue 09:12 Fundraising Insights and Lessons Learned 10:49 Team and Leadership in Fundraising 12:45 Marketing Strategy and Digital Channels 15:48 Pre-Launch Marketing and Market Education 17:35 Future Marketing Challenges and SEO 19:25 GEO and Content Strategy for Visibility 20:36 Innovative Marketing Experiments 23:14 Market Positioning and Competitive Edge 24:05 Live Demo of AI Call in Action 26:23 Upsell Opportunities and Revenue Boost 28:08 Cost Savings and Revenue Impact 29:01 Pricing Model and ROI Focus 29:48 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks 30:55 POD OUTRO.mp4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mar 23, 202640 min
Episode 45: Can AI Cut Construction Material Costs by 50%?
What if you could bypass every local distributor and buy your construction materials directly from the factory with a single click? In this episode of Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz) sits down with Hanyang Liu, CEO of Quotr.io. Hanyang has raised $3.5 million to solve one of the most painful, manual processes in real estate: cost estimation. By using vertical AI to automate "takeoffs" and connecting builders directly to global supply chains, Quotr isn't just saving time, it's fundamentally changing the math of real estate development. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The "Architect's Edge": Why deep industry knowledge is the ultimate "sexy story" for Silicon Valley investors. GEO Strategy: Why Andrew suggests focusing on "Unbranded" search terms to capture leads asking AI for help. The Trust Layer: Why "AI-powered service" is a better sales pitch than "AI Platform" for traditional industries. The Wikipedia Hack: A 15-year-old "secret" for building domain authority that still works for high-growth startups today. Featured Guest: Hanyang Liu Hanyang is the founder of Quotr.io and a Berkeley Skydeck alumnus. An architect by trade, he is now leading a technical team in San Francisco to disrupt the multi-trillion dollar construction estimation industry. Connect with Hanyang: LinkedIn Profile | X (Twitter) Learn more: quotr.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Mar 13, 202653 min
Episode 44: Can "Quantum Dots" Solve the Global Food Crisis?
What if you could change the color of sunlight to make plants grow 40% faster? Now you can! In this episode of The Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz) sits down with Hunter McDaniel, the CEO of UbiQD. Hunter is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur who has raised $35 million to commercialize quantum dots nanoparticles so small that the ratio of a dot to a golf ball is the same as a golf ball to the planet Earth. From powering the next generation of First Solar panels to glowing greenhouses in Morocco, UbiQD is proving that deep-tech doesn't have to be a hard sell if you have the right marketing wedge. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The "Ubiquitous" Vision: Why UbiQD pivoted away from the brutal display industry to dominate "frontier markets" like solar and ag-tech. Marketing Gold: How a peer-reviewed study with UC Davis showing a 40% increase in lettuce yield became their most powerful sales tool. The Payback Period: How UbiQD prices their light-shifting films to ensure a 6–12 month ROI for farmers. The @growthexpertz Playbook: Why Andrew suggests treating a platform technology as a "ground cover" brand while running niche "organism" brands for specific industries. Featured Guest: Hunter McDaniel Hunter is the founder of UbiQD and an expert in nanomaterials. His company has developed a safer, lower-cost version of quantum dots that is currently being deployed across millions of square feet of greenhouses and solar arrays worldwide. Connect with Hunter: LinkedIn Profile Learn more: ubiqd.com | ubigro.com About the Show Funded, Now What?! is the world’s only startup marketing podcast that interviews recently funded founders to uncover how they raised millions—and gives them tactical advice from @growthexpertz on how to spend it. Master your growth at: www.growthexpertz.com 00:00 Introduction to Quantum Dots and UbiQD 03:36 The Science: From Atoms to Golf Balls 05:31 Why "Ubiquity"? The Mission for Universal Tech 07:58 Surgical Marketing: Acquiring Global Clients 10:56 The UbiGro Case Studies: 40% Yield Improvements 14:35 The "Got Milk" Awareness Campaign for Quantum Dots 16:10 Pricing & ROI: The Economics of Light 21:55 The Platform Challenge: Accessing Diverse Audiences 25:06 Andrew’s Advice: Treating Niche Businesses as Separate Organisms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
About Funded, Now What?!
Funded, Now What?! is the only podcast where startup founders who've recently raised millions of dollars get live, no-fluff growth and marketing advice from 20-year startup marketing expert Andrew Lee Miller (@andrewstartups). Each episode delivers a front-row seat to real founders navigating real post-raise challenges, and Andrew drops tactical strategies they (and you) can use to grow faster, smarter, and leaner. If you’re a startup founder figuring out how to grow your company, this is your free weekly session with a fractional CMO who’s scaled dozens of VC-backed startups to 8–9 figures. Want to hire Andrew to help your startup? Meet with him here: https://calendly.com/growthexpertz/letschat Follow Andrew on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstartups
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