Startup Wasteland

Season One

Ep 1 The Big Idea Becoming a Risk Taker

Each year 300 Million people worldwide launch a new business. That's roughly the population of the United States. Given that the majority fail, what motivates people to take such extreme risks?

In this episode:

Join us as we take you through the biggest startup bubble since the dot coms - And the Big AI job takeover. Will we rebound? 

Meet Will Nitze - Founder and CEO of the World's largest Brain + Body food brand IQBAR - Listen to how IQBAR got its start. 

Follow the Riley's as they take us through how to launch a Beta and join me, Lorde Astor West, your host as I show you how to start a company from your sidehustle.

Startup Wasteland Season One Trailer

For decades investment has flowed into startups making it more lucrative for vendors in the startup ecosystem to turn and burn startups than it is to get them to a successful exit. And, with the "Most startups fail anyway" narrative there's little accountability.

The startup ecosystem has not only failed to evolve. It doesn't really want to. Keeping startups reliant on the system ensures the status quo and money flowing. It's like the big banks in 2008 we can't trust the same people who broke it to also fix it.