Hi From Turner
I'm Turner Novak, founder of Banana Capital. Every week, I send an email to over 22,000+ founders, investors, and everyone in between with a new episode of my podcast, The Peel (plus the occasional post).
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🎧 Listener Favorites
The Peel explores the world’s greatest startup stories. Learn the playbooks and tactics they used, and how the industries they operate in actually work.
Of the 160+ published episodes, listener favorites include:
How a Hillbilly in Nevada Bootstrapped a $140M ARR Manufacturing Business with Jim Belosic, Founder of SendCutSend
Inside the AI Sprint with Tomasz Tunguz, Founder of Theory Ventures
The AI-Native GTM Playbook with Sam Blond, Co-founder of Monaco
The Past, Present, & Future of Software with Benchmark’s Chetan Puttagunta
Zero to 90 Million Customers in 10 Years with Nubank Co-founder Cristina Junqueira
Going Zero to $100M ARR in 12 Months with Benchmark’s Eric Vishria
Characteristics of the Top VCs with Cendana Capital Founder Michael Kim
Future of AI, Acting on Conviction, and Non-Obvious Startup Advice with Elad Gil
Growing Deel to $300M+ ARR in Four Years with Alex Bouaziz, Co-founder and CEO of Deel
Lessons From Building Mercury with Immad Akhund, Co-founder and CEO of Mercury
How Duo Security went Zero to $1B ARR in Ann Arbor with Dug Song and Jon Oberheide, Co-founders of Duo Security
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📚 Reader Favorites
Every once and awhile I send out longer posts. Here are some of the most viewed and shared pieces from over the years:
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