Disrupt 2025 is simply days away, with tickets nonetheless obtainable right here! And there’s no higher time to announce that alongside our flagship occasion and annual Startup Battlefield 200 competitors, we’re launching a brand-new TechCrunch franchise: Construct Mode.
Hosted by Startup Battlefield Editor Isabelle Johannessen, Construct Mode is a survival information for early-stage founders navigating the messy, high-stakes chaos of constructing an organization from scratch. No sugarcoating. No hype. Simply candid conversations and tactical recommendation from the individuals who’ve accomplished it earlier than and have the scars (and time period sheets) to show it.
Beginning November 13, Isabelle will sit down with founders, VCs, and operators to unpack the actual tales behind the construct. Every season and weekly episodes will sort out a theme that retains founders up at night time: go-to-market chaos, fundraising strain, runaway runways, hiring misfires, and all the things in between.
Whether or not you’re an Apple, Spotify, or YouTube particular person, you may tune in to Construct Mode wherever podcasts are found. Bonus content material and unique clips will drop on TechCrunch’s social channels, together with Instagram, X, and TikTok. In case you’re not subscribed, properly, the clock is ticking till we formally launch in a number of weeks!
Try the trailer for Construct Mode, and for Season One, proper right here:
Season Considered one of Construct Mode kicks off by diving into the great, the dangerous, and the gritty actuality of getting your product into the market. From huge splashes to epic fails, we’re unpacking what it actually takes to maneuver from concept to execution. And we’re excited to have our Season One sponsor, J.P. Morgan, together with us for the experience.
However that’s just the start.
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October 27-29, 2025
We would like Construct Mode to be greater than a podcast; we wish it to be a group of builders serving to different builders succeed, similar to the 1,700+ startups which have come by means of the Startup Battlefield program. Which means we wish to hear from you, the founders, operators, and curious listeners, concerning the questions and themes that truly maintain you up at night time.
We’ll be weaving community-sourced tales, ideas, and questions into upcoming episodes, so keep tuned for easy methods to get entangled!
And when you have been beforehand subscribed to our Discovered podcast — welcome again! You’re already a part of the Construct Mode group. We’re conserving the Discovered archive alive so you may revisit founder interviews and insights from previous years. No gatekeeping, simply sincere tales and hard-earned classes, shared freely for anybody daring sufficient to construct a startup.
