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Funded, Now What?!

Funded, Now What?!

By: Andrew Lee Miller
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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/andrewstartupsAndrew Lee Miller Economics Marketing Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • How Scam AI Is Fighting the Next Wave of AI Fraud

    How Scam AI Is Fighting the Next Wave of AI Fraud
    Sep 25 2026
    What happens when AI makes scams faster, cheaper, and almost impossible to recognize?Neo, Co-founder of Scam.ai, has raised $3.2 million to build technology designed to detect deepfakes and protect companies from the next generation of AI-powered fraud. As scammers use AI to create realistic faces, voices, emails, and video calls, Scam.ai is developing tools that can detect deepfakes directly on a user's device.In this episode, Andrew and Neo dive into:The AI Fraud Problem: How AI is allowing individual scammers to automate attacks that previously required entire call centres, making fraud more personalized and scalable.Deepfakes & Real-Time Protection: How Scam.ai's Halo product works on-device to detect potential deepfakes during video calls without sending sensitive video data to the cloud.The $25M Deepfake Scam: Why the famous case of an employee being tricked into transferring $25 million shows how serious AI-powered fraud has become for enterprises.Staying Ahead of Scammers: How Scam.ai uses an agentic system to monitor new deepfake and image-generation techniques, collect new data, and continuously retrain its detection technology.B2B Before B2C: Why Scam.ai is initially focused on businesses and how enterprise customers could eventually become a distribution channel for consumer protection products.Turning B2B Into B2C: Andrew explains how companies could offer Scam.ai as an employee benefit, allowing workers to protect their personal devices and families while creating a new B2C growth channel.Founder-Led Sales: How Scam.ai is currently using warm introductions, investors, Berkeley SkyDeck, and targeted outbound to generate early enterprise conversations.Scaling Marketing With AI: Andrew breaks down how early-stage founders can use AI to automate parts of marketing while still relying on senior marketing expertise for strategy.LinkedIn, Paid Ads & Retargeting: Why enterprise startups should use LinkedIn outreach, tightly targeted advertising, Google Search, and retargeting as ongoing "ground cover" for their sales pipeline.The GEO & AI Search Playbook: Andrew explains why startups need to start building visibility in ChatGPT and other AI search platforms now, before the market becomes more competitive.Building Authority Before the Market Explodes: Why Scam.ai should establish itself as a leading voice around scam protection, deepfakes, and AI fraud before consumer demand fully catches up.Featured GuestNeo Tiangratanakul Founder of Scam.aiNeo is the founder of Scam.ai, an AI security company focused on helping businesses and individuals detect deepfakes and protect against the next generation of AI-powered fraud. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scamai/home/ X: https://x.com/ScamAI_Official About the ShowFunded, Now What?! is the world's leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders.Hosted by Andrew Lee Miller (@AndrewStartups), 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: https://www.growthexpertz.com▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@growthexpertzConnect With Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstartups/Read The Startup Growth Book: https://cutt.ly/Ftb3156KWant to work with us? justin@growthexpertz.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    45 mins
  • Episode 58: How AI Is Turning Construction Waste Into Renewable Energy

    Episode 58: How AI Is Turning Construction Waste Into Renewable Energy
    Aug 21 2026

    What if construction waste wasn't waste at all?

    In Episode 58 of Funded, Now What?!, Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Todd Thomas, Founder & CEO of Woodchuck, to discuss how AI is helping transform construction and manufacturing waste into valuable materials, renewable energy, and measurable sustainability.

    Woodchuck combines AI-powered computer vision, smart dumpsters, proprietary data, and real-world waste operations to separate materials before they reach the landfill. The company has worked with major organizations including Amazon and Ford, with one Ford project saving $1.6 million while diverting 10,000 tons of wood.

    The conversation explores how Woodchuck was built around a real corporate problem, why the company chose to develop its own AI infrastructure, and how its combination of software, hardware, operations, and proprietary data creates a powerful competitive moat.

    Andrew also breaks down the marketing strategy behind turning Woodchuck's customer results into PR, thought leadership, LinkedIn visibility, SEO, GEO, and enterprise demand.


    What You'll Learn

    • How AI can transform construction waste diversion • Why Woodchuck uses smart dumpsters and computer vision • How waste can become a source of renewable energy • How Woodchuck helped save Ford $1.6M on a major project • Why starting with a customer problem can be better than starting with a technology • How to build a proprietary AI and data moat • Why hardware and operations can become competitive advantages • How to scale a startup without sacrificing execution • Why sustainability can become a revenue and marketing strategy • How founders can use LinkedIn, PR, conferences, SEO, and GEO to build authority


    Featured Guest

    Todd Thomas Founder & CEO, Woodchuck

    🌐 Woodchuck.ai 🔗 Todd Thomas on LinkedIn


    About the Show

    Funded, Now What?! is the world's leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders.

    Hosted by Andrew Lee Miller, the show explores how venture-backed startups scale after raising capital and the marketing strategies they need to turn funding into growth.

    📅 Book a Growth Audit: GrowthExpertz ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: GrowthExpertz YouTube Connect With Andrew: Andrew Lee Miller on LinkedIn Read The Startup Growth Book: The Startup Growth Book Want to work with us? justin@growthexpertz.com



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    56 mins
  • Meet The Mom Founders of Flora Fertility and Raised $5M

    Meet The Mom Founders of Flora Fertility and Raised $5M
    Aug 11 2026

    What if you could financially prepare for fertility treatment before you actually needed it?

    In Episode 57 of Funded, Now What?!, Andrew Lee Miller sits down with Laura McDonald and Dr. Christy Lane, Co-Founders of Flora Fertility, to discuss how they're building a new category in fertility insurance.

    After raising $5M, Flora is tackling the massive gap between the rising cost of fertility treatment and the limited insurance coverage available to most people.

    The conversation explores how Flora is building a D2C and B2B2C business, creating a consumer-friendly insurance brand, raising capital, and using PR and thought leadership to establish credibility in a new category.

    Andrew also shares his latest growth playbook covering GEO, PR, LinkedIn outreach, email prospecting, and AI-driven customer acquisition.

    What You'll Learn

    • Why fertility treatment has become a major financial burden for young adults

    • How Flora is creating a new approach to affordable fertility insurance

    • Why Flora is building both D2C and B2B2C growth channels

    • Lessons from raising $5M and creating a new insurance category

    • How bold branding can help a startup stand out in a traditional industry

    • Why PR and thought leadership are critical for category creation

    • How founders can reach HR decision-makers through LinkedIn and email outreach

    • Why GEO and AI search are becoming critical channels for startup growth


    Featured Guests

    Laura McDonald & Dr. Christy Lane Co-Founders, Flora Fertility

    🌐 https://www.heyflora.com/

    🔗 Laura: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurajaynemcdonald

    🔗 Christy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyclane


    About the Show

    Funded, Now What?! is the world's leading podcast for startup founders and growth leaders.

    Hosted by Andrew Lee Miller, the show explores how venture-backed startups scale after raising capital.

    📅 Book a Growth Audit: https://www.growthexpertz.com

    ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@growthexpertz

    Connect With Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstartups/

    Read The Startup Growth Book: https://cutt.ly/Ftb3156K

    Want to work with us? justin@growthexpertz.com


    00:00 Introduction to Flora Fertility and Its Mission

    02:57 Understanding the Fertility Crisis

    06:09 Cultural Shifts in Family Planning

    09:01 The Unique B2B2C Business Model

    12:00 Marketing Strategies for a New Insurance Product

    17:13 Navigating the D2C Landscape

    21:29 The Importance of PR in Business Growth

    25:05 Leveraging Expertise for Effective Marketing

    29:12 Understanding the B2B Sales Approach

    34:55 Strategies for Effective Outreach and Engagement



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    41 mins
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