TheFounder's First Draft
Honest conversations with founders about how they actually started. For anyone with a full-time job, real responsibilities, and a business idea they haven't acted on yet.
Episode 1 drops Thursday, Oct 22.
New ones every Thursday.
You have a job. Bills. People counting on you. And an idea you keep coming back to after everyone's asleep.
This show is for that person. Each week, a founder who built a business from the ground up tells the real story of how it started: what the first step was, what went wrong, and what they'd do differently.
The first step
Not the success story. The messy start: how they knew where to begin while still working a job.
The honest parts
The mistakes, the doubt, and the risks that polished interviews leave out.
AI, without the hype
Where AI actually helps someone starting out, and where it makes planning feel like progress.
I'm not an expert. That's the point.
I'm Nick Dorvault. I spent 20 years as a firefighter paramedic and now work in a cardiac cath lab. I haven't launched the business I want to build yet. So I'm asking founders the questions I actually have, and learning alongside you.
Start with the trailer
A minute on what this show is and who it's for.
One founder lesson a week
The most useful thing from each conversation, in a short email. No spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime.