#87 - From $0 To $70 Million In 8 Months

Tech for Founder Podcast with Panida Wayrojpitak · Mar 19, 2026 · 27m

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Phil Neil, Founder of Founders Compass, shares how he pivoted during early COVID from a medical-supply service model to importing nitrile gloves—pre-selling his first shipment and risking his life savings to help scale to $70M in eight months.

He breaks down entrepreneurship as a relationship to risk, including how to balance career, family, and health, and what he learned after pushing past his limits.

Phil also explains the “shadow of entrepreneurship” (uncertainty, fear…