The Startup Podcast

By Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad

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Episodes: 138

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A guide to the unique mindset and approach that drives Silicon Valley style disruption. Build product, raise money, and scale your startup like the best. TSP hosts Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein share practical advice based on decades of experience at Google, Uber, and their own startups.

Episode Date
Useless AI Hardware, TikTok Banned, Google Fires Activist Employees (Reacts)
May 01, 2024
Graceful Degradation – Safeguarding Your Vision (Edu)
Apr 29, 2024
The Canva Mafia, SAFE Notes in Australia — Aussie Q&A (Bonus)
Apr 28, 2024
Boston Dynamics' Creepy Robot, Big Siri Update Revealed, OpenCRISPR AI Will Rewrite Your DNA (Reacts)
Apr 24, 2024
Listener Q&A - Protecting Your Superpower, Bad Startup CFOs (Edu)
Apr 22, 2024
AI Takes Over YC, VCs Apologize to Founders, Elon Crashes Tesla (Reacts)
Apr 17, 2024
Bootstrapping - Why Most Startups Shouldn’t Raise w/ Rob Walling (Edu)
Apr 15, 2024
Google Strikes Back in AI & A Lone Hero Saves the Internet (Reacts)
Apr 10, 2024
Enterprise Sales Pt 2 - Essential Requirements For Success (Edu)
Apr 08, 2024
SBF Gets 25 Years, Musk Fires Don Lemon, Essential Funding Updates & The End of PMs (Reacts)
Apr 03, 2024
Enterprise Sales - Making Bank Without Breaking Your Startup (Edu)
Apr 01, 2024
Reddit Restarts Tech IPOs, Microsoft Skirts Antitrust Laws & Are AI PCs The Future? (Reddit)
Mar 27, 2024
Substitution Heuristic - Are You Really Answering The Right Question? (Edu)
Mar 25, 2024
Reacts: Desperate Apple Turns To Google, NVIDIA's China Problem & Sam Altman Thinks GPT4 Sucks?!?
Mar 20, 2024
Edu: [LIVE] Startup Storytelling Pt 2 - The Perfect Pitch
Mar 18, 2024
Reacts: Princess Kate Controversy, TikTok Banned in US & Apple's Massive EU Fine
Mar 13, 2024
Edu: Runway - Are You On Track For Takeoff?
Mar 11, 2024
Reacts: Figure AI Robots Funded, Musk/OpenAI Lawsuit & AI’s Manhattan Project
Mar 06, 2024
Edu: Mastering Leverage - Gain The Power To Move The World
Mar 04, 2024
Edu: Founder Time Management - Take Back Control w/ Henry Shapiro
Feb 26, 2024
Reacts: AI Alignment - OpenAI's Sora, Gemini 1.5 & AI Startup Trends
Feb 21, 2024
Edu: Good Founder, Bad Founder - 9 Huge Differences And Why They Matter
Feb 19, 2024
Takeover: Yaniv Interviewed - Leadership Journey And Why You Should Fire Faster
Feb 18, 2024
Reacts: Sam Altman Raising $7 Trillion!? NVIDIA Valuation, Lyft Reporting Fail
Feb 14, 2024
Edu: Hybrid Work - Why It Sucks And How To Fix It!
Feb 12, 2024
Reacts: Should Congress Apologize To Mark Zuckerberg?
Feb 07, 2024
Edu: Beyond Startup Dogma - John Cutler Says Embrace The Mess
Feb 06, 2024
Reacts: Fundraising In 2024 & Taylor Swift Deep Fakes
Jan 31, 2024
Edu: B2C vs B2B2C - Driving Direct Disruption w/ Matt Holme
Jan 29, 2024
Reacts: ChatGPT Used For Warfare, AI Layoffs & Google Leadership Failures
Jan 24, 2024
Edu: Personal Branding - Key To Success Or Vanity Exercise?
Jan 22, 2024
Edu: Traditional Business vs Startups - The Essential Differences That Drive Disruption
Jan 15, 2024
Reacts: Carta Controversy, NYT Sues OpenAI & Bitcoin ETF Predictions
Jan 10, 2024
Edu: Scaling Up - Insights From A Unicorn Founder w/ Immad Akhund
Jan 09, 2024
Replay: Edu - Startup Storytelling - F*ck The Slides w/ Nir Zavaro
Jan 05, 2024
Replay: Edu - Product Positioning - Make Yourself Obviously Awesome
Dec 28, 2023
Edu: Decision Paralysis - Eradicate Endless Debate & Accelerate Action
Dec 18, 2023
Reacts: Google's Fake AI Demo, Economic Update & College Anti-Semitism
Dec 13, 2023
Edu: Doing More With Less - Critical Tactics For Capital Efficiency
Dec 12, 2023
Reacts: Elon Said WHAT!?! - Paid Social Networks, EVs and Climate Crisis
Dec 06, 2023
Edu: VC Horror Stories - Critical Capital Catastrophes
Dec 05, 2023
Edu: Data-Driven Decision-Making - Radioactive, Handle With Care
Nov 29, 2023
Reacts: Sam Altman Is Back! Move Fast & Break Things
Nov 27, 2023
Edu: Knowing When To Quit - Is It The Right Time To Shut Down Your Startup?
Nov 22, 2023
Reacts: How Firing Sam Altman Might Lead To The End Of The World - Seriously
Nov 20, 2023
Edu: Founder Mental Health Pt. 2 - Expert Coach Explains Causes & Cures
Nov 17, 2023
Reacts: AI Insiders Discuss OpenAI DevDay 2023 - Everything You Need To Know!
Nov 14, 2023
Edu: Product Experiments - Revealing The Science Behind Successful Apps
Nov 08, 2023
Edu: Incredible Product Managers - 17 Traits Of Next Level PMs
Nov 04, 2023
Edu: Employee Equity - The Essential Value Of Ownership Culture
Oct 26, 2023
Replay: Edu: Product & Product Management - Empowering Your Team to Scale w/ Marty Cagan
Oct 19, 2023
Reacts: Palestinian & Israeli Debate War In Gaza
Oct 13, 2023
Q&A: When To Quit Your Job, Truth About Patents, Going Global
Oct 11, 2023
Edu: Lying To Yourself - Do You Really Dare To Be Great?
Oct 04, 2023
Reacts: Founder Mental Health - Silent Struggles Of Startup Leaders
Sep 27, 2023
Edu: Monetization - Secret To Success Or Highway To Hell?
Sep 20, 2023
Edu: Cross-Functional Squads - Critical Org Chart Mistakes To Avoid
Sep 13, 2023
Edu: Outsider Founders - Are You Part Of This Secret Club?
Sep 06, 2023
Edu: Founder Failure - 7 Archetypes Destined To Destroy Their Own Companies
Aug 30, 2023
Edu: Founder Sanity - 5 Rules For Keeping Your Cool When Building Your Startup
Aug 23, 2023
Edu: Advisory Boards - Getting Help, Credibility & Capital From Experts
Aug 16, 2023
Replay: Edu - Fundraising Basics Part 1 - How To Find The Smart Money
Aug 09, 2023
Edu: Creating Your Own Silicon Valley - Ecosystem Building Secrets Revealed
Aug 02, 2023
Q&A: The Death of Web3, Fundraising As An Introvert, Future of Australian Startup Scene
Jul 26, 2023
Reacts: Twitter Rebrands To X - Mad Genius or Just Mad?
Jul 26, 2023
Edu: Knowledge vs Wisdom - When Our Advice Is WRONG!
Jul 19, 2023
Replay: Edu - What Is A Startup? An Antidote To Small Business Syndrome
Jul 12, 2023
Edu: VC Pitch Recording - How Masters Handle Dumb Money
Jul 05, 2023
Takeover: The Sachin and Adam Show
Jul 03, 2023
Edu: Product Positioning - Make Yourself Obviously Awesome
Jun 28, 2023
Edu: Saying NO - A Courageous Act With Surprising Consequences
Jun 21, 2023
Reacts: Apple Vision Pro - A Masterclass in Product Development and Marketing
Jun 14, 2023
Reacts: New Mother vs Founder: Are the two incompatible? w/ Amy Sun
Jun 08, 2023
Edu: Evidence Guided Product Management-- Don't Let Your Gut Lead You Astray w/ Itamar Gilad
Jun 01, 2023
Edu: Startup Storytelling - F*ck the Slides w/ Nir Zavaro
May 25, 2023
Edu: Startup Planning — Follow the Ten Commandments w/ Oliver Heckmann
May 18, 2023
Reacts: The VC Slaughterhouse -- Don't Let Investors Kill Your Dreams
May 11, 2023
Edu: Eliminating Distraction - Life-changing Techniques to Turbocharge Your Traction w/ Nir Eyal
May 04, 2023
Reacts: ChatGPT - A Billion Dollar Company with Only 3 Employees? w/ Jeremiah Owyang & Ben Parr
Apr 27, 2023
Edu: Moving to the US - is it unpatriotic? w/ Jack Bloomfield
Apr 20, 2023
Reacts: Chris is Back With Controversial Thoughts on the Last Few Episodes
Apr 13, 2023
Edu: Good Communication – The Superpower That Could Save Your Startup w/ Jenny Rudd
Apr 06, 2023
Edu: Term Sheet Pitfalls – Don’t Turn Your Cap Table Into a Crap Table
Mar 30, 2023
Edu: Investor Comms – Happy Investors, Happy Life
Mar 23, 2023
Edu: Talent Density – Mediocre Performers, Mediocre Outcomes
Mar 16, 2023
Edu: Raising Capital at Seed – Don’t Listen to the Dumb Money
Mar 09, 2023
Q&A: Non-technical Founder Fails, Breaking Into Startups, Zero Interest Rate Phenomena, and More
Mar 02, 2023
Edu: Habit Forming Products - The Secrets Of User Retention with Nir Eyal
Feb 22, 2023
Edu: Escalation - Without It, You're Going Nowhere
Feb 16, 2023
Edu: Conviction - Data Driven Doesn’t Cut It
Feb 09, 2023
Reacts: Why Elon Musk Killed Twitter’s Developer API – According To The Exec Who Ran It
Feb 02, 2023
Edu: Transforming Into a Product-Led Org Part 2 – How To Make It Happen
Jan 26, 2023
Edu: Transforming Into a Product-Led Org Part 1 – Why Be Product Led?
Jan 19, 2023
Edu: What Startups Can Learn From Poker – Know When To Hold ‘em
Dec 21, 2022
Q&A: Mike Scott – Employee for the First Time at 40
Dec 15, 2022
Edu: Alignment – Make Sure You’re Pulling in the Same Direction
Dec 08, 2022
Edu: Company Culture – You Shall Reap What You Sow
Dec 05, 2022
Edu: Prioritization & Unfunded Mandates - If Everything is a Priority, Nothing is a Priority
Dec 01, 2022
Edu: Business Development - Embracing Raw Capitalism w/ Emil Michael
Nov 24, 2022
Reacts: Downturn Fundraising - How to Raise Money in the Current Climate w/Emil Michael & Jessy Wu
Nov 21, 2022
Edu: Avoiding Toxic Niceness - Speaking Truth to Power (with Jessy Wu)
Nov 17, 2022
Q&A: Prioritising Features, How to Cold Email Investors, and More
Nov 11, 2022
Edu: Developer Platforms - Profiting From the Labour of Others
Nov 03, 2022
Edu: Startup Crisis Management - When It All Turns To Sh*t
Oct 27, 2022
Edu: First Principles Thinking - Don’t Doom Yourself to Mediocrity
Oct 20, 2022
Edu: Startup Accelerators - Trash or Treasure?
Oct 13, 2022
Edu: Product Marketing - A Love Story
Oct 06, 2022
Edu: Burnout - Avoiding the loss of identity and productivity
Sep 29, 2022
Q&A: When to Ignore Advice, The Next Big Thing, and more
Sep 22, 2022
Edu: Product-Led Growth - Accelerate Sales & Supercharge Scale w/ Kyle Poyar
Sep 15, 2022
Edu: Product & Product Management - Empowering Your Team to Scale w/ Marty Cagan
Sep 08, 2022
Edu: 7 Deadly Sins of Scaleups and BigCos - Do You Need To Repent?
Sep 01, 2022
Reacts: Adam Neumann's Big Raise - And What We Can All Learn From It
Aug 25, 2022
Edu: Growth - Stop Hacking and Start Growing w/ Casey Winters
Aug 18, 2022
Edu: Pay it Forward - The Ponzi Scheme of Generosity
Aug 11, 2022
Q&A: ReciMe's Christine Nguyen - Solving the Hard Side
Aug 04, 2022
Edu: Opportunity Cost - How Much Are You Really Paying?
Jul 28, 2022
Reacts: The Uber Files - Tech Industry Narratives and the Media
Jul 21, 2022
Edu: The Founder Journey - Don’t Get Fired From Your Own Startup
Jul 14, 2022
Edu: Software Engineering - Don't Burn The House Down
Jul 07, 2022
Edu: Choosing Your Geography - Yaniv and Chris Finally Disagree
Jun 23, 2022
Edu: Organisational Design - Hiring your way out of incompetence
Jun 16, 2022
Q&A: Common Founder Mistakes, Strategic Investors, and more
Jun 09, 2022
Edu: Venture Debt - Get Sophisticated when Raising Capital w/ Matt Allen
Jun 02, 2022
Reacts: The Downturn - Execute Well or Die
May 29, 2022
Edu: Engaging Young Employees - Do You Know How To Attract Bright Young Minds? w/ Dan Brockwell from Earlywork
May 26, 2022
Edu: Finding and Hiring Talent - Always Be Closing
May 19, 2022
Edu: Finding a Co-founder - Avoid Choosing the Wrong Partner
May 11, 2022
Edu: Technology vs. Product - The Power of Saying No
May 05, 2022
Edu: Picking the Right Business Model - Don't Prop up the Industry you Should be Disrupting
Apr 28, 2022
Edu: Investing & Fundraising - The Truth About VC w/ Nick Crocker from Blackbird Ventures
Apr 21, 2022
Edu: Fundraising Basics Part 3 - Crafting your pitch
Apr 14, 2022
Edu: Fundraising Basics Part 2 - Avoid Selling Yourself Short
Apr 06, 2022
Edu: Fundraising Basics Part 1 - How to Find the Smart Money
Mar 31, 2022
Edu: Scale-up Execution Overview - Avoiding Founder Sabotage
Mar 24, 2022
Edu: Early Execution Overview - Your MVP sucks
Mar 17, 2022
Edu: Early ideation - Your Idea Is Worthless
Mar 11, 2022
Edu: What is a Startup? - An Antidote to Small Business Syndrome
Mar 05, 2022