Traction Lab Podcast
By JDM and Cameron Law
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The Traction Lab Podcast is a light-hearted, science-based weekly to help first-time founders go from fuzzy idea to real traction with honest insights, tactical experiments, tons of snark, and zero startup BS.
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When your best customer is also your biggest threat
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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You built it. Now what?
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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Founders hear what they want to hear
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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AMA: When your customers won’t pay, the problem isn’t the price
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Your MVP isn't testing anything
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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What investors say vs What they mean
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Your revenue is real. Your sales motion isn't.
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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“Nobody’s doing this” is not a competitive advantage
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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🎧 When fundraising, is bigger better?
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Is it a deal or a death trap?
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Pivot, persevere, or pack it in?
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Founder mode vs delegation theater
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Are you building a business, or just buying customers?
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Burn rate, run rate, and founders fails
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Ahhh! Scope creep!
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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But who signs the check tho?
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Why most marketplaces die
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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What’s your time to customer?
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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From low conviction to high conviction
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Live Q&A at GEW!
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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10x better isn't enough to win
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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Assumptions make an ass...
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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Closing the Say-Do Gap
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Motion vs traction
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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8 lies founders tell themselves
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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TAM I wrong?
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Did they say that, or did you?
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Founder's pie or founders crumble
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Well, that escalated quickly!
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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Your retention problem... is actually an acquisition problem
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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LOI... or just a lie?
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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One hit is not product-market fit
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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Less Canva, more data!
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Backable or Baffling?
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Cleanup on slide 5!
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Aug 09, 2025 |
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Assumptions make traction-holes
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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Setting money on fire and looking busy doing it
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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All Roads Lead to Distribution
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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What a horse show!
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Service-as-a-Software
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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Cool Story… but What Did You Learn?
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Jun 28, 2025 |
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Validation vs Vibes
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Fuel, or fool?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Overcoming sales objections
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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AI will fix it!
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May 28, 2025 |
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The Price is Right!
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May 21, 2025 |
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Scalable, or sketchy?
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May 14, 2025 |
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Why Now, or Why Bother?
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May 07, 2025 |
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Reasonable ask, or fantasy land?
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Minimum Viable... Please!
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Go-to-Market… or Go-to-Bed?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Funnel fail makeovers
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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From Cringe to Clarity
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The "hype or hypothesis" edition
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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The "traction or distraction" edition
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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The “snarky” edition
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The “Are You Doing Reps or Just Posing?” Edition
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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The “don’t practice what you don’t know” edition
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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The “fire the founder” edition
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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The “but you didn’t answer my question” edition
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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The "if Maslow had a startup" edition
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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The "we promise this isn't a sales pitch" edition
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The " funding is # 1 on my Christmas list" edition
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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The “investor relations tightrope” edition | Dec 18th, 2024
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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The "can AI replace us as hosts?" edition
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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The "screw it, we'll do it live!" edition
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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The "pack it up, pivot, or persevere" edition
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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The "price is right" edition
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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The "kind of capital you didn't know you needed" edition
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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The "well, that's more than I bargained for" edition
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The "ecosystem of pain" edition
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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The "we made up our own market" edition
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The "your pitch is stories all the way down" edition
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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You're invited to the Startup Challenge!
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The "with nothing but your wits and AI" edition
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The "your pitch is not your business" edition
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The "rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated" edition!
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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The Importance of Team
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May 11, 2023 |
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Experiments, testing, & traction with Spencer Bardsley
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Customers, ecosystems, and the curse of big markets
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Startups 101
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Zero to Traction — coming soon!
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Mar 27, 2023 |