The 021 Podcast

Siam Hossain
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From zero to one, and beyond. The 021 Podcast brings you the real stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and visionaries who started with nothing and built something remarkable. Every episode is packed with insights, lessons, and advice you can apply to your own journey, regardless of whether you’re starting a business, building a habit, or chasing a dream. Join us as we uncover the struggles, failures, and breakthroughs that turn ambition into achievement. Start your journey from zero to one today.

Episodes

  1. Why Your Expertise Alone Won't Get You Hired or Noticed - Niso Nigmatullina | The 021 Podcast

    Apr 2

    Why Your Expertise Alone Won't Get You Hired or Noticed - Niso Nigmatullina | The 021 Podcast

    Welcome back to The 021 Podcast. In this episode, we sit down with Niso Nigmatullina, Founder of Satou Agency, a personal branding and PR firm helping immigrant founders get visible and credible in the US market. Niso arrived in New York in January 2020. No network. No local track record. Frozen at her first networking event. Six years later, she's placed clients in Forbes, built relationships with 40+ US media journalists, and helped immigrant founders land jobs, raise capital, and qualify for O-1 visas. We talk about why talent alone will never be enough in the US market, the exact steps to getting featured in major media, and why your immigrant story is your biggest unfair advantage. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro & Welcome 0:24 - Who is Niso & what is Sato Agency 4:09 - When did America finally feel real? 6:26 - The first networking event shock 14:53 - The biggest work culture shock between Russia and the US 17:46 - Did moving to the US ever feel like a mistake? 18:20 - The darkest moment: apartment hunting in New York 21:06 - How the right people at the right time changed everything 30:38 - Why personal branding is a must for immigrants 33:24 - Start with traditional media, not social media, here's why 35:15 - How to actually get into major publications as a founder 40:32 - Niso's client process: what do you want to be remembered for? 42:55 - Newsjacking: how to get mentioned in breaking news stories 45:06 - Case study: immigrant founder becomes a Forbes Contributor 55:49 - What happens if you disappear from media for a year? 1:00:02 - How personal branding overlaps with the O-1 visa 1:04:18 - The O-1 rule: everything must be organic 1:07:03 - The AI content problem and how to stand out 1:11:17 - Biggest founder lesson after 6 years in the US 1:16:31 - What does "Satou" mean? Follow Niso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nisonigmatullina Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/niso.nigmatullina/ satouagency.tilda.ws Follow Siam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siamhossain/ Newsletter: https://substack.com/@siam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siam.m.h/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Siam.M.H/ www.algorizin.com xenoswealth.com Thank you, and stay tuned for the next episode of The 021 Podcast.

    1h 18m
  2. The CEO Improving Healthcare Access for 70 Million+ Americans - Sufian Chowdhury | The 021 Podcast

    Feb 25

    The CEO Improving Healthcare Access for 70 Million+ Americans - Sufian Chowdhury | The 021 Podcast

    Welcome back to The 021 Podcast. In Episode 2, we sit down with Sufian Chowdhury, Founder and CEO of Kinetik, a company building the digital infrastructure powering non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) across the United States. From growing up in a one-bedroom immigrant household in Queens to raising over $32 million and navigating multiple near-death moments as a startup, Sufian shares the raw reality of building a venture inside one of the most complex industries in America, healthcare. We discuss systemic challenges in U.S. healthcare, surviving COVID when 70% of the market disappeared overnight, having only $6,000 left before payroll, and why authentic relationship-building ultimately saved the company. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro & Welcome to Zero to One 1:02 - Who is Sufian Chowdhury? 2:11 - What Kinetic does & the NEMT industry explained 5:00 - Fighting systemic problems inside U.S. healthcare 9:30 - The real bottleneck in healthcare innovation 11:12 - Why building the right team takes a decade 13:00 - COVID nearly destroys the business (70% market loss) 17:41 - Founder vs employee: when companies outgrow founders 21:30 - Founder mindset: solving today’s problems 23:25 - Growing up in Queens as an immigrant family 27:27 - Leaving corporate life after 18 months 29:25 - The accidental start of Kinetic 35:18 - Strategic pivots during COVID 38:41 - Silicon Valley Bank crash & fundraising crisis 42:07 - How relationships saved the company 43:44 - Trust-building as a founder superpower 55:15 - Founder mindset and staying humble 59:10 - Rapid fire questions 1:00:20 - What Sufian hopes Kinetic will become in 5 years 1:01:58 - Gifts and closure Follow Sufian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sufian-chowdhury/ Website: https://kinetik.care/resources/sufian-chowdhury-ceo-co-founder-at-kinetik-care Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sufiannchowdhury/ kinetik.care Follow Siam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siamhossain/ Newsletter: https://substack.com/@siam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siam.m.h/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Siam.M.H/ www.algorizin.com xenoswealth.com Thank you, and stay tuned for the next episode of The 021 Podcast.

    1h 3m
  3. 17 Year Old Who Raised $32.4M to Connect a Billion People: It’s Not About 7 Figure Deals, It Matters More When Refugee Camps Use It – Bailey Pumfleet

    10/03/2025

    17 Year Old Who Raised $32.4M to Connect a Billion People: It’s Not About 7 Figure Deals, It Matters More When Refugee Camps Use It – Bailey Pumfleet

    Welcome to the very first episode of The 021 Podcast! Today, we sit down with Bailey Pumfleet, the co-founder of Cal.com, a scheduling platform on a mission to connect a billion people by 2031. Bailey shares his journey from a teenage side project to building a venture backed profitable business, navigating the challenges of fundraising, and being an immigrant founder. This conversation is packed with insights, lessons, and inspiration for anyone taking their first steps from zero to one. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Who is Bailey? 2:01 - Cal.com and its roadmap to a billion users by 2031 8:00 - What made Bailey Pumfleet get into scheduling 12:20 - Bailey's childhood, growing up, and what made him the person he is 18:50 - From Calendso to Cal.com 22:35 - How much did you buy Cal.com for? 29:29 - Trustbuilding around Cal 32:20 - Intentions behind going open source 39:57 - What's the change that led to the biggest impact? 43:20 - Raising $32.4 million to build Cal 49:10 - Bootstrapping vs VC funding – decision metric for early stage founders 51:20 - Bailey's struggles as an immigrant founder 56:50 - Rapid Fire round 58:30 - What's keeping Bailey excited? 1:02:26 - The biggest early stage mistake Bailey made 1:05:15 - Struggles of running a remote team 1:08:50 - The 3H Founder Matrix: Hacker, Hustler, Hipster 1:12:25 - One thing that Bailey does regularly 1:14:00 - What Bailey learned over the last 4 years as a founder 1:18:09 - Gifts and Closure Follow Bailey LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baileypumfleet/ Website: https://baileypumfleet.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baileypumfleet/ X: https://x.com/baileypumfleet?lang=en Cal.com Follow Siam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siamhossain/ Newsletter: https://sojourningwithsiam.beehiiv.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siam.m.h/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Siam.M.H/ Algorizin.com XenosWealth Thank you, and stay tuned for the next episode of The 021 Podcast.

    1h 19m
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From zero to one, and beyond. The 021 Podcast brings you the real stories of entrepreneurs, creators, and visionaries who started with nothing and built something remarkable. Every episode is packed with insights, lessons, and advice you can apply to your own journey, regardless of whether you’re starting a business, building a habit, or chasing a dream. Join us as we uncover the struggles, failures, and breakthroughs that turn ambition into achievement. Start your journey from zero to one today.

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  • Creator
    Siam Hossain
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    3