Real founder stories.
Lessons that last.
Long-form interviews with founders and CEOs who built businesses that lasted — how they started, how they grew, and how they survived the years nobody posts about. Recorded in Yaoundé. Made for builders anywhere.
Launching live CITS26 15–17 October 2026 · Yaoundé
Every episode
One guest. Three chapters of their story.
We sit down with people who have already done the hard part and ask what actually happened: the decisions, the numbers, the near-misses and what they would do differently. Every conversation follows the same three chapters, so you can hold one founder’s path up against another’s.
01
Started
How it really began. The idea, the first customer, the first money, the first near-miss — before it looked like a business.
02
Grew
What changed once it started to work. Hiring, cash, systems, customers — and the calls that made growth possible, or nearly broke it.
03
Sustained
Staying power. How they got through the bad years, kept good people, and built something that lasts beyond one big moment.
Why this show
Built to be useful, not impressive
The same three questions
Started, grew, sustained — asked of every guest. Patterns show up fast when the questions don’t change: what founders got right early, and what nearly ended them.
Lessons you can read
Every episode page ends with the key lessons written out. Skim them in a minute, send one to a co-founder, or come back to them when you face the same call.
Nobody buys a seat
Guests are invited because their story teaches something, never because they paid. Sponsors support the show; they don’t choose who sits at the table or what we ask.
The launch
Launching live at CITS26
Find us at the Cameroon International Tech Summit. Watch conversations being recorded on our live set, meet the founders, and be first to hear when episode one goes out.
Episodes
Latest conversations
First episodes drop after CITS26
We’re recording now. Leave your email below and you’ll hear the moment episode one is out.
Get notified
Be first to hear the stories
One email when a new episode lands, with the key lessons from it. Occasional notes from the recording room and from CITS26. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Follow
Follow the journey
Clips, behind-the-scenes and new episodes — find us as @becomingafounderpod.
Where to go next
Three ways in
Listen
Start with the episode archive and the written key lessons under each conversation.
Share your story
Built something that survived its early years? Tell us what you’d want a first-time founder to know.
Back the show
Organisations that care about founders can support the episodes and our stand at CITS26.