The Startup Podcast

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ episode. Yaniv and Chris are fired up about bad VC investors, and they can't hold it in any longer! Good Venture Capitalists help founders make the impossible, possible. They are the fuel that allows rocketships to defy gravity. But bad VC investors will take a founder's dream and grind it into dust. In this episode, Chris and Yaniv share the ways in which bad investors often undermine a founder's ability to pursue their vision. They then share tips how as a founder to look out for and defend against this type of "dumb money" investor, and how to show traction that is beyond just revenue. The Pact  Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please: Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg. Do it right now! It takes less than a minute. Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following  Key links The Startup Podcast is sponsored by UntilNow, a next-generation agency and venture studio https://www.untilnow.com.au/ Follow us on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A The Startup Podcast website: https://tsp.show Learn more about Chris and Yaniv Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

A startup’s most precious and limited resource? No, it’s not money. It’s time. And so many founders and operators allow their precious time to be eaten away by all sorts of distractions. Distraction can and does kill startups. The opposite of distraction is traction, which is what every startup craves and needs. In this episode Chris and Yaniv are rejoined by friend-of-the-pod Nir Eyal (best-selling author of Hooked and Indistractable) to talk about how to apply simple techniques to avoid distraction at all levels in your startup, and regain traction on the things that matter to your startup’s success. Episode Links Indistractable Book: https://www.nirandfar.com/indistractable/ Nir Eyal’s website: https://www.nirandfar.com/ Nir on Twitter: @nireyal The Pact  Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please: Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app Follow us on YouTube Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following  Key links The Startup Podcast is sponsored by UntilNow, a next-generation agency and venture studio https://www.untilnow.com.au/ Follow us on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A The Startup Podcast website: https://tsp.show Learn more about Chris and Yaniv Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

About The Episode All of a sudden, AI is everywhere. But how do you pick through the hype to understand the real impact? And importantly, as a founder how should you react to the rapid emergence of LLM-based AI? Chris is joined by two leaders in the AI space, AI analyst and prolific investor Jeremiah Owyang and Ben Parr (co-founder Octane AI) to give you actionable insight and advice on how AI affects startups, from the macro-societal level all the way down to the micro. No matter how much you've been reading and listening on AI, there are new perspectives here that will add to your understanding. Episode Links AI Classification Framework: https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/14/the-ai-revolution-has-outgrown-the-turing-test-introducing-a-new-framework/ Ben Parr: https://benparr.com The AI Analyst newsletter: https://benparr.substack.com/ Ben on the socials: @benparr Jeremiah on Twitter: @jowyang The Pact  Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please: Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app Follow us on YouTube Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following  Key links The Startup Podcast is sponsored by UntilNow, a next-generation agency and venture studio https://www.untilnow.com.au/ The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff, including up to USD200k in compute credit, at https://goo.gle/tsp Follow us on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A Learn more about Chris and Yaniv Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

About The Episode In this episode, Chris Saad and Jack Bloomfield discuss the pros and cons of moving to the US to accelerate and amplify the success of your startup. They discuss topics like.. Is the US really that great? Isn't moving to a big city pointless after Covid? Isn't it unpatriotic to leave your country for the US? And more... The Pact Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:*Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following Key links The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff, including up to USD200k in compute credit, at https://goo.gle/tsp Follow us on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A Learn more about Chris and Yaniv Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

About The Episode Chris has had to watch from the sidelines for the last four episodes while he rested his voice, and it almost killed him! This week he is BACK and can’t wait to share his spicy takes on everything we discussed during his convalescence. If you ever wondered what Gogglebox crossed with TSP might be like, this one is for you. The Pact Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:*Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following Key links The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff, including up to USD200k in compute credit, at https://goo.gle/tsp Follow us on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A Learn more about Chris and Yaniv Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

We’ve been communicating all our lives, so we’re probably pretty good at it, right? Wrong. Poor communication has arguably been responsible for more startup failures than any other single cause. In this episode, Yaniv is joined by Jenny Rudd, founder of DisputeBuddy, to talk about good communication: what it is, how to do it, and why your startup will die without it. Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:*Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following ** The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff including up to USD200k in compute credit at https://goo.gle/tsp ** Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A FInd Jenny at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-rudd-71a3352b/ Find Chris and Yaniv: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

Darker times in venture have seen the return of some old investment terms that haven’t had much of an airing lately: warrants, participating liquidation preferences, tranches, and more. These aren’t always bad, but if you’re not careful you can end up with a cap table that makes you uninvestable in future rounds. In this episode, Yaniv is once more joined by Jessy Wu, Investment Principal at Afterwork Ventures, to talk through a rogue’s gallery of investment terms, what they mean, and how to think about them. Jessy’s Original Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessyzwu_venturecapital-startups-investment-activity-7006777884203769856-aRxw Afterwork Ventures: https://afterwork.vc Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:*Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following ** The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff including up to USD200k in compute credit at https://goo.gle/tsp ** Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A FInd Jessy at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessyzwu Find Chris and Yaniv: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

Communicating with your investors can seem like an annoying chore when you’re grinding away as a founder trying to make something out of nothing. But there are a lot of good reasons why you should keep your investors in the loop. And it doesn’t have to be painful!  In this episode, Yaniv is joined by friend-of-the-pod Jessy Wu, Investment Principal at Afterwork Ventures, to talk through her six tips for conducting excellent investor comms that will put you top of every investor’s portfolio. Yaniv also shares his perspective as both a founder and an angel investor. Jessy’s Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jessyzwu_venturecapital-founders-startup-activity-7005692338249359360-ygEt Afterwork Ventures: https://afterwork.vc Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:*Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app. *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following. ** The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff including up to USD200k in compute credit at https://goo.gle/tsp ** Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A Find Chris and Yaniv: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

Netflix popularised the term “talent density” to describe the key plank of its approach to building a high-performing organisation. But what is it? Why is it important? And of course, how can you ensure your startup possesses high talent density? While Chris rests his voice, Yaniv is joined by Henry Innis, founder of Mutinex, to dive into this topic. They cover the following, while sharing hard-won experiences and anecdotes along the way: * What is talent density? * Why is it important? * Attracting and retaining top talent * Compensating and rewarding high performers * The critical role of culture in enabling and retaining performace * Letting go of low performers Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please: *Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following ** The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff including up to USD200k in compute credit at https://goo.gle/tsp ** Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A FInd Henry at https://www.linkedin.com/in/henryinnis/ Find Chris and Yaniv: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/

Chris braves his vocal issues to rejoin Yaniv in our latest Listener Q&A episode. Five great questions, lots of great discussion and actionable advice. * How do you break into startups when you only have corporate experience? * What is your take on when startups need legal support, and what should the characteristics of an optimal legal support for startups be? * What's the most common misconception that a non-technical sole founder has in the early stages? * What’s the difference between business strategy and product strategy in Startups? Do you have some examples? * In light of higher interest rates, what start-up practices would you reconsider in order to get to profit earlier? Thanks to Allen, Onur, Jayen, Leandro, and Antonios for your questions. *Get your question in for our next Q&A episode:* https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please: *Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app *Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following The Startup Podcast is sponsored by Google Cloud, the best cloud for startups. Get all the good stuff at https://goo.gle/tsp Find Chris and Yaniv: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/