Rogue Startups is hosted by Craig Hewitt of Castos, with Colin Gray as co-host in recent episodes. It follows founders growing productized services and SaaS products. As of October 2026 it publishes weekly (about 12 episodes in the last 90 days), and episodes usually run about 49 minutes.
The show describes itself as sharing the journey of startup founders as they grow their businesses, with experts in sales, marketing and product development explaining how they growth-hack productized services and SaaS products. Its description also lists Startups for the Rest of Us, My First Million, Mixergy and Bootstrapped Web as shows its listeners may enjoy.
Recent titles mix guest interviews, such as Hiten Shah on go-to-market, with host-only episodes where Craig and Colin compare notes on AI agents, hiring in the AI era and picking a co-founder. The feed holds 50 episodes, and the numbered titles (RS366, RS367, RS368) show how the weekly series continues; some recent episodes are unnumbered interviews, such as the one with Aaron, who built DocsBot.
Our take: it suits solo and bootstrapped founders, and anyone running a SaaS or productized service who prefers a conversational, experience-based show. See also our best SaaS podcasts list.
These are the most-viewed full episodes on the Rogue Startups YouTube channel:
Ranked by YouTube views among the channel's latest 235 uploads, as of October 2026. Descriptions are based on the episode titles.
Rogue Startups pairs founder interviews with host-only conversations about running a business. Built This Week is our show, with Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler: the hosts build something with AI every week, test new AI tools, interview a founder or operator and cover AI news. Browse the Built This Week episodes, or see best SaaS podcasts and our podcast guides.
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Craig Hewitt (of Castos) hosts Rogue Startups; recent episode descriptions name Colin Gray as co-host.
Weekly: about 12 episodes in the last 90 days, as of October 2026.
Episodes usually run about 49 minutes.
By YouTube views, the top picks are RS299 on YouTube scripting with George Blackman (3.2K views), RS362 on hidden multipliers with Jason Cohen (2.4K) and RS313 on unfair advantages with Jason Cohen (2.1K), as of October 2026.
Similar shows include The SaaS Podcast, The Official SaaStr Podcast, Indie Hackers, My First Million, Mixergy.
