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Drako Podcast

Episodes

Every episode, by topic

Each episode files under one to three of the show's five topics and is anchored to a stage of the Drakopoulos Ventures engagement framework.

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10 of 10 episodes

  • 01

    The Missing Middle

    Go-to-market blueprinting in a bifurcated funding market — why the route to market has to be written down before the first campaign runs.

    28 minGo-to-market strategyData-driven growth
  • 02Scheduled

    Fifteen Thousand Tools

    Configuring a marketing stack when the landscape has plateaued — fewer platforms, used fully, priced by the outcome.

    40–45 minMarketing technology for startups
  • 03Scheduled

    One Data Set for the Board

    Data pipeline integration and investor reporting — why the warehouse, not the dashboard, is where marketing and engineering finally agree.

    40–45 minData-driven growthTechnical co-founder alignment
  • 04Scheduled

    Agents in the Journey

    Campaign automation design in the agentic era — design the triggers, not the tools, and measure the machine against CAC.

    40–45 minMarketing technology for startupsData-driven growth
  • 05Scheduled

    Ranking in the Answer

    Acquisition when most searches end without a click — and what that does to a go-to-market blueprint.

    40–45 minGo-to-market strategyData-driven growth
  • 06Scheduled

    Three Markets at Once

    Product launch sequencing across Australia, the United Kingdom and Southeast Asia — why sequence beats simultaneity, and what one infrastructure with per-market tracking actually looks like.

    40–45 minGo-to-market strategyScaling operations post-launch
  • 07Scheduled

    One Plan, One Data Model

    Technical co-founder alignment — why most startups die of people problems, and how a shared customer journey map keeps marketing and engineering on one plan.

    40–45 minTechnical co-founder alignment
  • 08Scheduled

    The Consent Layer

    Data privacy updates landing in Australia, the UK and Singapore in 2026 — and why consent has to be built into the data pipeline, not bolted onto the website.

    40–45 minMarketing technology for startupsData-driven growth
  • 09Scheduled

    What the Product Tells You

    Customer journey mapping with product analytics — why the journey map, not the dashboard, is the operating document of a growth-stage startup.

    40–45 minData-driven growthScaling operations post-launch
  • 10Scheduled

    After the Launch

    Scaling operations post-launch — RevOps, stack consolidation, the quarterly optimisation review, and getting the funnel ready for buyers who arrive through an AI agent.

    40–45 minScaling operations post-launchGo-to-market strategy