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.
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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The "Unconventional Founders Podcast" delves into the inspiring success stories of non-technical founders in the tech startup world, focusing on their unique mindsets, strategic frameworks, and innovative approaches. It is tailored for aspiring non-technical entrepreneurs, offering a wealth of insights, practical lessons, and actionable advice. The podcast celebrates the diverse and impactful journeys of these entrepreneurs, showcasing how they have navigated and succeeded in the tech indust ...
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Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast—the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. Hosted by Sage Nye, Managing Partner at Venture Guides, each episode dives into candid conversations with technical founders, investors, and GTM experts. You’ll get real talk, proven playbooks, and no-fluff advice on how to land your first customers, build ...
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StartUp Physicians is the podcast for doctors who dare to think beyond the clinic and hospital walls. Hosted by Dr. Alison Curfman, a practicing pediatric emergency physician and successful healthcare startup founder, this series empowers physicians to explore dynamic career opportunities in the healthcare startup world. Dr. Alison Curfman brings a wealth of experience to the mic, having founded and grown a healthcare company that served over 25,000 patients and achieved a nine-figure valuat ...
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After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I’ve learned: 1. Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. 2. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. 3. Real, actionable advice comes from those who’ve actually done it. There’s no such thing as “founder DNA.” If you’re willing to take on risk and invest years of your life in something that has maybe a 10% chance of paying off — less if ...
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Grappling with startup uncertainty? Welcome home, early-stage founders; this podcast is for you. Bringing you the honest realities of startup life since 2019 from those a couple of steps ahead – UK’s No.2 startup podcast. Why listen? 1. Innovative Format: Our unique three-part format combines insightful interviews, thoughtful analysis, and actionable advice for your business. Where guests speak more than the hosts. 2. Real Stories, Real Struggles: We delve into the gritty realities of startu ...
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Welcome to the RISE Urban Nation Podcast – your go-to source for empowering stories, expert insights, and practical strategies for Black and Pan-African entrepreneurs, creators, and community leaders worldwide. Hosted by Taryell Simmons, an entrepreneur and renowned advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, alongside Adesola Akindele, an economic strategist, serial entrepreneur, and mentor dedicated to fostering growth and self-sufficiency. With experience from top industry names like G ...
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Define, challenge and conquer the BIGGEST issues facing you as an early stage entrepreneur or founder. With powerful episodes from the world's finest business experts, each episode challenges one specific issue and provides detailed, actionable takeaways that you can implement immediately within your business. Volume #1 features actionable interviews with John Lee Dumas, Guy Kawasaki, Rand Fishkin, Jeff Sanders, Bob Burg and Dragons' Den's Doug Richard along with multiple thought leaders, gl ...
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In this series Intercom takes you inside the marketing lessons we've learned the hard, expensive and messy way. We include the insights that helped us grow from zero customers to more than 20,000, but we’ve been careful to be honest and have worked hard to avoid the usual truisms. Instead, we’ve focused on actionable advice we think will benefit any early stage startup – from crafting early messaging, to managing a product launch, to keeping product and marketing aligned.
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Career Memos highlights stories and advice from founders and leaders from the startup world. Sarina Virk Torrendell has over a decade of experience in GTM, partnerships, and driving revenue at high-growth startups and Fortune100 tech companies. She was #12 at Postmates, the first on-demand delivery company in the US, where she launched its first markets and new categories, building a marketing and operational infrastructure that was first of its kind. She later went on to launch new products ...
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Get better at marketing in just a few minutes. This show features insights and tips for business leaders and entrepreneurs on marketing, branding, innovation, and startups. It includes voice / AI and podcasting tips, psychology, startup advice, video and social media strategy, and more. Episodes are evergreen, designed to be concise, thought provoking, and entertaining. Everything comes back business, marketing, and/or psychology but you'll come to enjoy the variety and style unlike any othe ...
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Series A - Startup Stories, host Laurel Touby (mediabistro founder)
Startup Advice on Growing Your Company, from Founders and Venture Capitalists
The goal of Series A is to provide lessons to early stage startups from New York-based companies that have successfully raised Series A rounds (and beyond). We are focused on founding stories, fundraising lessons, the changing New York tech landscape, and discussions of how companies scale. Subscribe to our podcast to be automatically updated when a new episode is released: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/series-startup-stories-host/id1057261082?mt=2
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Welcome to the Lattice podcast, the official podcast for 3DHEALS. This is where you will find fun but in-depth conversations (by founder Jenny Chen) with technological game-changers, creative minds, entrepreneurs, rule-breakers, and more. The conversations focus on using 3D technologies, like 3D printing and bioprinting, AR/VR, and in silico simulation, to reinvent healthcare and life sciences. This podcast will include AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions, interviews, select past virtual event re ...
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How many times have you been told “that will never work”? Probably not as often as Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph. The veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor, speaker and best-selling author has founded or co-founded half-a-dozen successful startups and mentored scores of entrepreneurs from first time business owners to established CEOs. Be a fly on the boardroom wall as Marc's podcast opens up the opportunity to entrepreneurs everywhere to gain the benefit of his years of ...
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On our #CIBCInnovationEconomy podcast series, hear from leaders, entrepreneurs, experts and venture capitalists about the changing dynamics of the North American innovation economy.
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Inside Round takes you behind the scenes with the best founders and operators. This podcast is brought to you by Matrix Partners, an early-stage venture firm. We work with product people from day one to help you win. We’re a team of builders leading pre-seed through Series A rounds.
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Welcome to the Venture Clash Entrepreneurship Podcast where we meet entrepreneurs in the Digital Health and FinTech spaces. Together, we’ll hear real-world stories, gain practical insights, and discover the amazing things happening behind the scenes of thriving, early-stage companies making their mark. Drop by www.ventureclash.com to learn about the $5 million VentureClash Start-up Challenge. We’ve set aside millions to support your innovation and product offerings. Venture Clash is also the ...
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In this podcast, serial entrepreneur Hadi Radwan will sit with founders and entrepreneurs to uncover how they acquired their first 100 paying customers. This podcast is designed for early-stage founders or soon-to-become entrepreneurs who want to discover tactics, frameworks, and advice on how to reach this important milestone.
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Founders Connect is on a mission to document the stories, journeys and ideologies of leading and emerging African entrepreneurs and operators. The podcast aims to create meaningful insights that can be shared and beneficial to other founders, entrepreneurs, knowledge seekers, consumers and the world in general - targeting a wide variety of audiences.
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Project A is a European venture capital investor. With 500m Euro under Management, the company focuses on early-stage startups. In addition to capital, Project A provides operational support to its portfolio companies through their 100 functional experts across the startup building stack. The Project A Podcast is the place to go for entrepreneurs and founders looking for expert advice and actionable tips to take their startup to the next level. We know it can be a long and hard journey. Chal ...
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Master the strategies you need to develop a high performing business. Hear from the most successful business leaders in conversation with Simon Lader, Co-Founder of global Executive Search firm Salisi Human Capital, and podcast consulting firm Viva Podcasts. Hear from business growth experts in sales, marketing, investment, hiring, HR, product design and much much more. I'm Simon Lader. Welcome to The Conference Room.
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Learn what every engineer should know about building and scaling SaaS products from leaders who built world-class SaaS. We will share lessons learned, advice, tips, and great stories. This podcast is part of the SaaS community. You can also join our Slack https://launchpass.com/all-about-saas and follow our Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZuLNqvV4oUMVyNq70mFF0g
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Welcome to A/B Test, the podcast that proves experimenting isn’t just for lab coats and algorithms. We’re here to talk sales, marketing, and all the wild ideas we try (and sometimes regret) in the pursuit of better results—and bigger laughs. Think of us as your business brainstorm with a side of stand-up. Whether it’s testing email subject lines, outrageous ad copy, or just seeing how many hot sauce puns we can cram into a campaign, we’re here to entertain, educate, and maybe even inspire yo ...
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Welcome to No Hacks, the podcast where expertise meets creativity to revolutionize digital experiences. Hosted by industry veteran Slobodan (Sani) Manić, this engaging series tackles marketing, conversion rate optimization (CRO), and user experience (UX) without relying on gimmicks or shortcuts. In each episode, join Slobodan as he engages in candid conversations with top leaders and innovators from tech, business, and design fields. Discover real stories, lessons learned, and breakthrough m ...
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The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.
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[SOLO] Magician vs. Conductor: How to Build (and Fix) Products with AI in 2025
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13:15Heads-up: I use some salty language. Nothing hateful, just passionate about this topic. Skip if that’s not your vibe. It’s 2 AM, your side-project just went viral, and the signup flow is on fire. Do you keep “vibe-coding” blind prompts, or step up as the conductor who actually knows the score? In this first-ever solo episode, I unpack why “anyone c…
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Insiders React: OpenAI Bets Big on Vibe Coding + Epic Games' Victory Over Apple, Silicon Valley's Talent Crisis
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1:02:29OpenAI just dropped $3B on vibe coding—should software engineers be worried? And what happens now that Apple’s 30% App Store tax just took a major legal hit? In this episode of The Startup Podcast, hosts Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein are joined by seasoned founder and investor Hooman Radfar (CEO at Collective, ex-VC at Expa) to unpack three seismi…
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Episode #84 | Tuan Tranpham On 3D Printing Mega-Trends
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58:55Tuan Tranpham shares his extraordinary journey from Vietnamese refugee to 3D printing industry leader, offering unique insights on industry evolution, technological innovation, and future trends. His global perspective bridges Eastern and Western manufacturing approaches while highlighting continuous carbon fiber printing opportunities and microfac…
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The 5-Year Ramp: How Alcatraz Scaled in Enterprise Security
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32:15What kind of founder spends five years building a product before going to market? One that's trying to solve a very hard problem. Vince Gaydarzhiev is the founder of Alcatraz, a deep tech startup that uses facial authentication. The platform isn’t used to lock people out of single offices or consumer gadgets; its customers are buying global enterpr…
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The Physician's Guide to De-Risking your Startup Idea
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22:45Summary This episode, I discuss the growing opportunities for physicians in the startup world and how to successfully transition from clinical roles to entrepreneurial ventures. I share why identifying real healthcare problems, designing thoughtful solutions, and building sustainable business models are critical steps—often without needing large am…
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20VC: Benchmark vs a16z: Why Stage Specific Firms Win | Windsurf Sells For $3BN | Decagon Raises at 100x ARR | Do Mega Funds Win the Future of VC | What Does Harvard's Losing Their For-Profit Status Mean ...
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1:11:34Today’s Topics: 04:44 Analysis of $3 Billion Windsurf Acquisition 12:39 Will Mega Funds Win the Future of Venture Capital 18:39 Does Every Fund Have to do Pre-Seed to Win Series A and B Today 27:53 Why AI Will Create Massive Unemployment 31:06 The $100,000 Bet on the Future of Work 35:52 Why Venture Has Become a Bundled Good 37:52 Why Stage Specifi…
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The Power of Touch: Dr. Njideka Olatunde on Holistic Pain Relief & Healing
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1:07:13Subscribe, share, and follow Dr. Njideka N. Olatunde at focusonhealing.com and download your free guide at touchologyreflexology.com. 🎧 Credits: 🎙 Host: Taryell Simmons 🎵 Music: Will Maker 🎬 Production: RISE Urban Nation Join the Movement with RISE Urban Nation Podcast 🚀 Unite. Empower. Ignite. 🚀 Thank you for tuning into the RISE Urban Nation Podc…
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From Play to Pay: How Soundtrack Uses PQLs to Drive Growth
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45:20What turns a free trial user into a paying customer? For Ola Sars, founder and CEO of Soundtrack, the answer is all about behavior. In this episode, we break down how his team uses product-led growth (PLG) and product-qualified leads (PQLs) to drive conversions. You'll hear how playing 100 tracks became a key signal for purchase intent, the tactics…
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20VC Exclusive: Why Mega Platforms Will Win in VC | Why You Cannot Do VC If You Do Not Do Pre-Seed | Why Market Sizing is BS | Where Will Foundation Models Build/Buy Apps vs Where Will They Not with Bucky ...
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1:05:07Bucky Moore is a Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners, announced exclusively in the show today on 20VC. Prior to Lightspeed, Bucky spent an incredibly successful 7 years at Kleiner Perkins working with Mamoon Hamid to build one of the most successful early stage firms of the last decade. Bucky has made investments in the likes of Prisma, Netlify, …
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Ep. 151 -The Life of a Chief Product Officer
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40:34In this week's episode of The Conference Room, host Simon Lader sits down with Uriel Cohen, VP of Product at cybersecurity vendor VMRay. Uriel shares his journey from the Israeli Air Force to becoming a leader in product management. He discusses the intricacies of product management, the challenges of prioritizing product development, and the uniqu…
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Finance For Founders - Why 'Playing It Safe' Is Risky w/ Michiel Boere, CFO at Remote (Edu)
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52:14Think staying profitable means you’re on the right track? Think again. Too many founders obsess over budgets and burn—but the real risk isn’t running out of cash. It’s growing too slowly to matter. In this episode, Yaniv Bernstein is joined by Michiel Boere, CFO of Remote and former CFO of Uber Eats, to demystify startup finance for non-financial f…
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Is Your Business Innovative or Just Boring?
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38:11In this episode of The A/B Test, Melissa and Steve break down what real innovation looks like inside companies today—from small tweaks to major shifts. They explore how businesses can innovate across sales, marketing, and content—especially when the market is pulling back and budgets are tight. 🎯 You’ll learn: The difference between disruptive vs. …
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Episode #83 | Ceramics, Conferences, and the Future of 3D Printing With Craig Rosenblum
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49:31When EOS president Glynn Fletcher declared "3D printing is cool, but cool is not a business model" at Rapid TCT 2025, he captured the evolution across the additive manufacturing landscape. In this eye-opening conversation with Craig Rosenblum, president of Himed, we explore how the industry matures beyond technological demonstrations toward practic…
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20Sales: Sierra: Inside Silicon Valley's Fastest Growing Sales Machine & How to Prospect, Outbound and Close Enterprise Deals in AI
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1:07:19Reggie Marable is the Head of Global Sales at Sierra, a conversational AI platform for businesses. Sierra enables companies like ADT, Sonos, SiriusXM, and WeightWatchers to build AI agents that transform customer experiences. The company has rapidly become a hypergrowth leader in Silicon Valley, recently securing a funding round that values it at $…
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Insiders React: Did Zuckerberg Sabotage Instagram? + Apple’s New Devices, James Cameron on AI
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34:11Instagram’s co-founder, Kevin Systrom, helped define the modern social web—now he’s calling out Zuckerberg in court. And are Apple’s smart glasses finally catching up to Meta’s AI-powered wearables? In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein react to some of the biggest headlines in tech and startup land. From explosive testimony by Instagram’…
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20VC: Why Fund Returners Are Not Enough Anymore | Why Sequoia Had the Best Strategy at the Worst Time | What it Takes to Be Good at Series A and B Today | Benchmark Leads Manus Round: Should US Funds Invest ...
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1:24:57In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 03:56 Why The Risk Lever Has Been Turned Higher than Ever in VC 06:04 Why IRR is the Hardest Thing to Control 09:36 Is Lack of Liquidity Short Term Temporary or Long Term Structural 12:17 Why Fund Returners Are Not Good Enough Anymore 16:03 Sequoia: The Best Strategy at the Worst Time 26:30 What it Takes to be Good at…
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Engineering Curiosity into Impact: Dr. Alyssa Abo on Translating Clinical Insight into Innovation
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38:14When you think about startups and healthcare, it’s easy to feel like those worlds are galaxies apart — but Dr. Alyssa Abo shows us that they’re much more connected than you think. In this episode, Alyssa shares how her journey from engineering school to pediatric emergency medicine led her straight into the heart of healthcare innovation. We talk a…
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Lights, Camera, Impact: Tanisha Cardwell on Filmmaking and the Power of Storytelling
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36:05Subscribe, leave a review, and connect with Tanisha Cardwell on her journey of using stories to inspire and transform. Credits: Host: Taryell Simmons Guest: Tanisha Cardwell Music: Will Maker Production Team: RISE Urban Nation Join the Movement with RISE Urban Nation Podcast 🚀 Unite. Empower. Ignite. 🚀 Thank you for tuning into the RISE Urban Natio…
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Episode #82 | Advancing Microfluidic Technology Through 3D Printing (Virtual Event Recording)
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1:31:39Peering into the microscopic world of fluid channels just got a revolutionary upgrade. At this 3DHEALS event, we explore the transformative impact of 3D printing on microfluidic device development with industry experts and researchers at the cutting edge of this technology convergence. Our speakers share how specialized 3D printing systems are over…
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Replay: Mastering Attention - Your Startup's Secret Weapon w/ Ben Parr (Edu)
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Ep. 150 -Scaling a Startup Inspired by Tom Cruise
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45:54In this week's episode of The Conference Room, host Simon Lader sits down with Luigi Lenguito, co-founder and CEO of Before.ai, a pioneering cybersecurity company specializing in predictive security solutions. Luigi shares his fascinating journey from being a Formula 3 racing driver to becoming a leader in the cybersecurity industry. With a rich ba…
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20VC: VCs are Spreadsheet Monkeys and are Commoditised | Why Fees and Carry Misalign GPs and LPs | Why Founders Will Realise Multi-Stage Funds Damage Seed Rounds | Why We Need European Sovereignty More ...
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58:26Taavet Hinrikus is a Partner at Plural, the early-stage fund that backs the most ambitious founders on a mission to change the world through technology. He co-founded Wise in 2010, where he was CEO and later Chairman, which went public in the first-ever direct listing in Europe in 2021. Prior to that, Taavet was Skype’s Director of Strategy until 2…
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[S03E08] Data Minimalism, Experimentation, and Ethical AI with Matt Gershoff
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43:37In this episode, Sani sits down with Matt Gershoff, CEO and Co-founder of Conductrics, to talk about how being intentional, not just fast, leads to better experimentation, better customer relationships, and better outcomes. Matt shares the wild story of how a machine learning summer school (and donkeys in pajamas!) helped spark Conductrics. They un…
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He Shut Down a Winning Business to Build WorkPay | Paul Kimani on Building & Scaling Across Africa
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43:20What would you do if the most profitable part of your business was the hardest part to scale?In this exclusive Founders Connect episode, we sat down with Paul Kimani, the CEO and co-founder of Workpay, to dive into his unconventional entrepreneurial journey, the bold decisions that shaped Workpay, and the hard lessons learned along the way.From stu…
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20Growth: Inside Kraken’s $1.5BN Growth Playbook: What Works, What Doesn’t and What No Founders Understand About Growth That Will Change Their Company with Mayur Gupta
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52:50Mayur Gupta is currently the CMO at Kraken, one of the largest crypto platforms in the world. Prior to that, he lead Marketing, Business Transformation and Growth at Gannett - USA Today Network, led Growth at Spotify and was the CMO at Freshly which eventually got acquired by Nestle. He was the first ever Chief Marketing Technologist at Kimberly Cl…
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Insiders React: China Retaliates Against NVIDIA Embargo + US Startups in Crisis, Google Faces Legal Heat
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39:04Huawei has just announced a new AI chip—does this mean tariffs accelerating Chinese innovation? This week, Chris Saad, Yaniv Bernstein, and guest Amir Shevat dig into how the AI trade war and tech monopolies are reshaping the global startup landscape. Plus, on a lighter note: why Sam Altman says politeness in AI prompts is surprisingly expensive. I…
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Beyond Capital: How Venture Guides is Redefining the Venture Playbook
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23:37Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast, the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. in this episode of Built Not Born, host Sage Nye sits down with Ben Nye, Managing Partner at Venture Guides, …
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20VC: OpenAI's $3BN Acquisition of Windsurf: The Breakdown | Are Endowment Funds F******* & How LP Deployment to Venture Will Change in 2025 | Why Revenue Multiples are BS, The Rise of AI Rollups and Multi ...
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1:25:42In Today’s Show We Discuss: 04:49 Breaking Down the $3BN Windsurf Acquisition 06:18 Why Sam Altman is Playing a Master Game 12:40 Why Multi-Stage Funds are Destroying Seed Managers 21:52 Are Endowment Funds F****** 27:38 What Would Rory Do If He Was CFO of an Ivy League Endowment Fund 43:38 The Denominator Effect and It’s Impact on Venture Allocati…
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How Chewy Creates Lifelong Customers for $30: Compassionate Marketing + Network Effect
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5:58Chewy's $30 Marketing Tactic: Building Lifelong Customer Loyalty. Watch on YouTube Chewy is internet-famous for their compassionate approach during the death of a pet. They offer full refunds on pet food and send flowers and a condolence card when a pet passes away (est. $30 investment once per customer). Tangible, heartfelt actions that are timely…
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Translating Clinical Skills Into Startup Strategy with Dr. Rebecca Miksad
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38:09This episode I’m joined by my friend and former co-consultant Dr. Rebecca Miksad. Rebecca is a powerhouse—Harvard-trained oncologist, health economist, startup executive, and now Chief Medical Officer at Color. We go deep into how she made the leap from academia to startups, how she navigated uncertainty and mentorship, and why your clinical skills…
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Breaking Free: Overcoming Limiting Beliefs with Dr. Kimberly Walker Part 2
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28:58Subscribe to RISE Urban Nation for more empowering stories and transformative conversations. Ready to get unstuck? Visit drwalkercoach.com to download Dr. Walker’s free 5-Step Guide to Getting Unstuck, and learn more about her Unblocked & Unbound™ Program. Follow Dr. Walker: 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: drwalkercoach.com 📸 Instagram: @…
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Google Doesn’t Need Your Blog Posts Anymore, Here’s What to Do Instead with Jono Alderson
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9:33Is content marketing finally dead? In this no-BS conversation, I’m joined by digital strategist Jono Alderson to unpack the new reality of SEO, content, and how Google’s evolution is leaving traditional marketing behind. Jono explains why so much content is now obsolete, how search is changing with AI, and why the only real path forward is to be mo…
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Next-Gen Founders: Startups in the Age of AI (Edu)
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53:02Is AI making startups easier—or just changing the rules of the game? In a world where execution is cheap and accessible, building a successful startup is more competitive than ever. In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein unpack the reality of every business having access to the same AI-driven tools, what makes a startup successful in this …
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20VC: Do Rich Founders Make Better Founders | The Best Performing Fund Would Only Back YC Founders on Their Second Time | Why SPACs Will Come Back | Why Short Sellers Should Be Banned | Is Trump Better ...
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58:35Jason Wilk is the Founder and CEO of Dave, the greatest turnaround in the public markets of the last 12 months. Dave went public with a market cap of $4BN, just months later the company had a market cap of $50M. Today, they are back with a market cap of $1.1BN. In 2024, CNBC named Dave the best-performing financial stock in the country, achieving 9…
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Building Africa's Biggest Crypto Wallet - The Untold Story
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35:47In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Tobi Asu-Johnson, the founder of Zap Africa, to discuss his vision for building Africa's biggest crypto wallet. With the rise of crypto adoption in Africa, Tobi shares his insights on the opportunities and challenges of creating a blockchain solution that caters to the unique needs of the African market…
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Climbing the Tech Ladder in Nigeria: Tunde Ajibawo's Advice for Software Engineers | How I S3 Ep1
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16:09In this inspiring and deeply insightful conversation, we take you on a journey through the eyes of someone who’s been building in the Nigerian tech space for over a decade.Tunde Ajibawo is the current Head of Engineering at SystemSpecs Deelaa. With over a decade of experience in building software and leading teams, Tunde has contributed to the succ…
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Episode #81 | From J&J to the Future: Sam Onukuri's 30-Year Adventure in 3D Printed Medical Devices
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1:20:55Sam Onukuri takes us through his remarkable 30-year journey at Johnson & Johnson, where he transformed the landscape of medical devices through pioneering work in 3D printing technology. As a material scientist who led the development of J&J's Center of Excellence for additive manufacturing, Sam offers rare insights into how a global healthcare gia…
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From ML Engineer to CEO: Brightwave's Mike Conover on Turning Technical Vision into Company Strategy
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55:09Mike Conover started his career as a machine learning engineer. Today, he’s the co-founder and CEO of Brightwave, an AI startup helping financial professionals make faster decisions with massive, unstructured data. In this episode of Fund/Build/Scale, Mike shares how he made the leap from technical contributor to strategic leader—and the hard lesso…
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20VC: Foundation Models: Who Wins & Who Loses | How Economies and Labour Markets Need to Change in a World of AI | China vs the US in an AI Race: What You Need to Know | Rich Socher, Founder @ You.com
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1:03:57Rich Socher is the Founder and CEO of You.com. Richard previously served as the Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce. Before that, Richard was the CEO/CTO of the AI startup MetaMind, which Salesforce acquired in 2016. He is widely recognised as having brought neural networks into the field of natural language processing, inventing the most widely …
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Insiders React: Meta's Whistleblower Bombshell + NVIDIA's $500B AI Investment, OpenAI’s New GPT-4.1
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44:12In this episode of The Startup Podcast, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein react to former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams’ jaw-dropping testimony in front of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. She alleges Facebook put profits above all else—including the mental health of young users and even national security. Plus, we discuss the political theater…
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20VC: Why Seed is for Suckers | a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN: What Makes Them So Good | Why Josh Kushner Is the Master of Venture Capital Strategy | Why Extended Private Markets Screw US ...
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1:29:27Jason Lemkin is one of the leading SaaS investors of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Algolia, Talkdesk, Owner, RevenueCat, Saleloft and more. Rory O’Driscoll is a General Partner @ Scale where he has led investments in category leaders such as Bill.com (BILL), Box (BOX), DocuSign (DOCU), and WalkMe (WKME), among others. In T…
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Are your LinkedIn DMs helping your pipeline or getting you ghosted? In this episode of The A/B Test, Melissa and Steve break down everything you need to know about LinkedIn DMs in 2024 — from what not to do (spoiler: stop saying “Hope you’re doing well”) to how to write messages that get replies and results. 🎙️ They cover: The three DM streams that…
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How Antler is helping Early Stage Starups Scale Faster
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17:56In this video, we dive into Antler, a global early-stage investor that's backing the world's most ambitious founders and building the fastest-growing portfolio of venture-backed startups across the globe. This video is specifically for founders looking to scale or anyone just curious about how top VCs help startups grow from idea to impact, this vi…
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So You Want to Advise Startups? Here’s Exactly How to Get Started as a Physician Consultant
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25:20In this solo episode, let’s work on getting past the most common mindset hurdles that keep physicians from stepping into the startup space. If you’ve ever felt like you don’t have anything unique to offer, or that you’re “just a doctor” without a business background, this one’s for you. I unpack the top five limiting beliefs I hear again and again—…
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Is the Internet Dead? The Rise of Bot-to-Bot Web & the Decline of Human Content with Anne Berlin
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10:16In this episode of No Hacks, host Sani is joined by technical SEO strategist Anne Berlin to explore one of the most disturbing and fascinating topics on the web today: the Dead Internet Theory. Is most of what we see online actually created by bots, for bots? What happens when the web becomes a wasteland of AI-generated slop and abandoned digital r…
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Replay: Raising Capital at Seed - 5 Ways to De-Risk Your Round (Edu)
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20VC: Benchmark's Victor Lazarte on Why Portfolio Construction is BS| Why SaaS Spreadsheet Investing is Dead | Why China is a Stabilising Force for the US | Three Traits All the Best Founders Have & The ...
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1:07:13Victor Lazarte is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the mot renowned venture firms in the world. At Benchmark, Victor has led deals into the likes of HeyGen and Mercor. As an angel, he was the first investor and board member of Brex, and as a Founder he scaled Wildlife Studios, bootstrapping into the largest gaming company in LatAm, with about …
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Episode #80 | Live from San Francisco: Innovation in 3D Printing & Bioprinting
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1:29:573DHEALS kicked off its first in-person/hybrid event in 2025 in San Francisco, welcoming investors, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the space. The healthcare industry is transforming, driven by 3D printing and bioprinting technologies redefining patient care. This exclusive in-person hybrid event offered an opportunity to explore the latest advance…
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What Investors Really Want From AI Founders
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39:52Igor Taber has sat on both sides of the table: first as a VC at Intel Capital, then as an operator at high-growth AI startup DataRobot. Now, as co-founder of Cortical Ventures, he’s backing the next generation of AI-first startups. In this episode, Igor shares how his operating experience reshaped his investment lens, what most VCs still miss about…
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The Art of the Waitlist: Siqi Chen on Driving Scarcity, Hype, and Feedback Loops
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39:46Runway CEO and co-founder Siqi Chen shares how his team used a waitlist not just to build hype, but to engineer smarter growth. In this episode of Fund/Build/Scale, Siqi breaks down how Runway strategically kept customers in a holding pattern to gather feedback, qualify demand, and refine product-market fit. We also talk about: How to build trust w…
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