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Eight Minute Episodes

Eight Minute Episodes

Short, focused eight-minute conversations with people doing interesting work. Builders, founders, and young entrepreneurs. Eight minutes. One interesting person. No fluff.

+ 8-Minute Runtime+ 15-Minute Recording+ LinkedIn Native+ Host: Daniel Dano
Watch on Site or LinkedInEP01–EP05 Live NowYC S25YC S26MERCHANT GROWTHMOONSHOTTHE DEAL ROOMRYLA LABS

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01 / FORMAT

High-Signal Density

Most podcasts wander for two hours. Eight Minute Episodes is the opposite: tightly focused on thirty-second setups and pure tactical execution.

02 / GUESTS

Builders & Founders

From YC founders and product hackathon leads to agency operators and student pioneers shipping products to thousands of users.

03 / FRICTIONLESS

15-Min Recording Slot

No hour-long prep calls or endless back-and-forth. Show up for fifteen minutes, record eight minutes, and we handle all editing and distribution.

LinkedIn Interview SeriesHost: Daniel Dano
Eight Minute Episodes

Eight Minute Episodes

Eight minutes. One interesting person. No fluff.

Short, high-density conversations with builders, founders, and young entrepreneurs.

EP01 — David "DJ" Pontera
EP01
8:00
David "DJ" Pontera8:00
EP01LinkedIn Episode
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David "DJ" Pontera

OVERTIMEFlagship Social Coordinator

Social Media Coordinator at Overtime & Founder of Streaming Culture. From fan pages at 9 and 10k followers by 13 to turning high school senior year into a full-time job at Overtime, 150M+ monthly views, and what makes someone stop scrolling.

EP02 — Minh Nguyen Do
EP02
8:00
Minh Nguyen Do8:00
EP02LinkedIn Episode
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Minh Nguyen Do

YC S25Founding GTM

Founding GTM at Janet AI (YC Backed). On leave from Carnegie Mellon University, organizer of ProdHacks. From intern to founding GTM in 60 days, building custom agent memory, and process over outcome.

EP03 — Justin Chen
EP03
8:00
Justin Chen8:00
EP03LinkedIn Episode
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Justin Chen

MERCHANT GROWTHSenior Partnerships Manager

Senior Partnerships Manager at Merchant Growth & Founder of Restore.jc. Deployed $20M+ in small business capital across Canada, why time is money when traditional banks move slow, severe sleep apnea recovery, and CBT-I sleep architecture for high-performing founders.

EP04 — Aarav Chouhan
EP04
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Aarav Chouhan8:00
EP04LinkedIn Episode
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Aarav Chouhan

YC S26MOONSHOTRYLA LABS

Head of Operations at Moonshot (YC S26) & Co-Founder of Tremora Health. From unpaid intern to Head of Ops at 16, balancing junior year with San Francisco, building proactive personal AI around the person, and cutting the fluff for high-ROI impact.

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EP05 — Ethan Bothwell
EP05
8:00
Ethan Bothwell8:00
EP05LinkedIn Episode
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Ethan Bothwell

THE DEAL ROOMRYLA LABS

Founder of The Deal Room. Transitioning from finance studies to scaling a performance UGC agency, engineering $0.20 CPM campaigns with Instagram trial reels, why views don't equal conversions, and building creator software infrastructure.

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Questions

Got questions? I've got answers

A few things people usually ask me first.

Mostly web apps, small tools and mobile products — through Ryla Labs. I'm happiest on projects where I can own the build end to end.

School comes first. I build in the evenings and on weekends, and I plan projects in scopes that fit around classes and leadership commitments.

My first book, Built Young, is out now on Amazon in Kindle, Hardcover, and Paperback editions — it's a playbook for student founders drawn from two years building and shipping software as a teenager. I also write shorter essays on the blog.

Yes — send me a note through the contact section and tell me what you're building.