Greg Isenberg hosts The Startup Ideas Podcast, which shares startup ideas, and posts its video episodes on a YouTube channel with tutorials on using AI to build and grow a startup. Greg also writes Greg's Letter, a weekly newsletter of startup ideas and business-building insights, and publishes free guides on AI agents, AI content automation, and using Claude Code with Obsidian. Greg is the CEO of Late Checkout, a holding company building community-based internet businesses, and a co-founder of Late Checkout Agency (LCA), a design firm that defines, designs, and builds AI-native products.1234
At a glance
- Current roles
- CEO +2 more
- Companies
- Late Checkout, The Startup Ideas Podcast
- Sector
- Independent
- Fields
- Teaching and writing
- Work listed
- 3
- Sources cited
- 5
- Profile reviewed
Channel and publications
Apple Podcasts describes The Startup Ideas Podcast as a show published twice a week with free startup ideas, hosted by Greg Isenberg. The show's feed opens with an episode titled Podcasts Are Broken, published in November 2021, and recent solo and guest episodes walk through using AI tools to start and grow small businesses.15
Greg's YouTube channel, which YouTube lists as joined in October 2021, carries the video episodes along with startup ideas and tutorials on using AI to build and grow a startup. On the personal site, Greg's Letter is presented as a weekly letter of startup ideas and business-building insights, with ideas shared since 2020.23
The site also offers free guides, including The Agents Skill Suite, which generates configurations for AI agent roles, an AI Content Automation Guide for marketing workflows, and an Obsidian and Claude Code codebook of commands for working with notes.3
Companies
Greg is the CEO of Late Checkout, which the personal site describes as a holding company building community-based internet businesses, and lists past work as an advisor to companies such as TikTok and Reddit. Late Checkout Agency (LCA), which Greg co-founded, presents itself as a design firm that defines, designs and builds AI-native products and organizations.34
LCA's site describes product strategy and design engagements with companies including Dropbox, Grammarly, Salesforce and the corporate travel company Serko, along with services such as a 30-day product vision sprint and an AI innovation lab.4
Work and contributions
The Startup Ideas Podcast Show, channel or publication
Hosts a video podcast with free startup ideas; recent episodes cover building with new AI models and AI tools, and the episodes are also posted on Greg's YouTube channel.12
Greg Isenberg (YouTube channel) Show, channel or publication
Videos with startup ideas and tutorials on how to use AI to build and grow a startup, drawn from The Startup Ideas Podcast.2
Greg's Letter Show, channel or publication
Weekly newsletter with free startup ideas, insights on business building, and ways to win on the internet.3
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Other documented roles
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Where they work
- Late Checkout 1 person in the wiki
- The Startup Ideas Podcast 1 person in the wiki
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