Best Slidebean Podcasts (2025)

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Trump seals TikTok’s $14B ‘Made in America’ deal. 16:35

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Send us a text On this episode: Trump OKs $14B TikTok buyout, Americans now hold 80% stake. One in five U.S. adults now gets their news from TikTok. Hackers hide behind a fake Farmville to spam NYC with 30M texts a minute. Palantir pivots from surveillance state to selling $119 tote bags and merch. Peter Thiel gets called the Antichrist (it's a Jok…

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Meme coins just got Wall Street’s blessing 17:22

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Send us a text On this episode Meme coins like Doge and Shiba get stockbroker approval — Wall Street becomes Vegas with better suits. Y Combinator now prefers founders to finish college before joining. Spotify finally cracks down on AI tracks — maybe your top artist won’t be Nvidia next year. Amazon slapped with $2.5B Prime settlement, would Bezos …

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Tech Makes Tripless Shrooms 19:27

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Send us a text On this episode: AI shrooms are here to heal your mind without the trip. Waymo for Business is offering driverless rides for your office commute. Jimmy Kimmel is back on Disney, YouTube reinstates conservative voices. Samsung fridges are showing ads...privacy just left the building. The Next Web shuts down, closing an OG tech hub. Al…

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Meta Wants to Be Your Wingman (Seriously) 17:50

1d ago17:50

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Send us a text On this episode: Meta shoves AI into Facebook Dating: now your messages come pre-Zucked. Meta launches a Super PAC: lobbying dressed up as “innovation.” OpenAI raids Apple for talent — Sam Altman’s orchard heist. Hackers ground flights, stall Jaguar, and roast a VC that funds cybersecurity. Bezos scores $190M NASA deal. Space race he…

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$100K H1B fee throws U.S. tech into chaos. 14:34

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Send us a text On this episode: H1B visa workers scramble to stay in the U.S.; $8,000 last-minute plane tickets and halted departures. TikTok shuffle: ByteDance keeps 20%, Oracle, Michael Dell, and Rupert Murdoch join the mix. Amazon Prime accused of “dark patterns”, canceling becomes a 400-click ordeal. Google cuts ~35% of managers, cancels subscr…

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Meta pirated porn to train its AI — now faces a $360M lawsuit 12:56

5d ago12:56

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Send us a text On this episode: Meta’s AI appetite allegedly includes 2,400 pirated adult films. Pornhub pulled out of entire U.S. states over ID laws. Scammers set up fake cell towers to spam 100,000 texts at once. Blue bubbles vs. WhatsApp — America vs. the world in messaging. Nvidia drops $900M on Enfabrica, basically buying brains. NASA streams…

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Meta’s $799 Ray-Bans can do everything… except work on stage. 18:40

6d ago18:40

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Send us a text On this episode: Meta shows off AI Ray-Bans, complete with live demo fails. Amazon joins the smart glasses race and uses human drivers to train robot replacements. SpaceX drops $17B for satellite spectrum, your phone could soon talk to Starlink. TikTok gets “saved” in the U.S. (depending on your definition of spying). AI labs admit: …

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When Unicorns Go Bad: Meta, AI, and the Deepfake Disaster. 12:57

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Send us a text On this episode: Meta and Character.ai: AI, Deepfakes, and Accountability. Zuck’s MMA office workout plan. Atlassian spends $610M on Arc browser — Chrome shrugs. Siri finally gets some brains (Gemini powered). Tesla’s Optimus fetches a Coke — and maybe plots the uprising. Keeping you informed while the robots take over.…

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No breakup, just business as usual at Google 15:35

23d ago15:35

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Send us a text In this episode: Google sidesteps antitrust breakup, still king of search. OpenAI rethinks its whole “nonprofit” thing. Salesforce fires 4,000 humans… AI does the job just as “well.” Geothermal energy wins big contracts with Google and Meta. SpaceX is cooking up its own rocket fuel (for Mars, of course). OpenAI buys StatZig to superc…

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Turkey’s Tech CEO Loses His Marbles 14:28

24d ago14:28

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Send us a text In this episode: Turkey’s top YouTube tech CEO caught hurling marbles at an employee. Klarna dusts off its IPO dreams. Climate tech funding slows. OpenAI rolls out parental controls after tragedy. MrBeast wants his own phone carrier. Because of course he does. SaaS… for car washes?! $1B India-US deeptech fund kicks off. Cloudflare + …

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How a sociopath fooled the entire world: the Theranos story 14:45

4y ago14:45

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Investors blindly trusted her. She rocked magazine covers, and the media called her the female Steve Jobs. Her company was worth billions. But it was all a lie. So, how did Elizabeth Holmes fool the entire world? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Dan Bilzerian: Millions, but whose millions? 14:29

4y ago14:29

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From his poker skills to his upbringing, many question what's real and what isn't about Dan Bilzerian's life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Pandora Papers - The 'legal' way to avoid taxes 21:37

4y ago21:37

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What are the Pandora Papers and what do they imply for the people involved? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Deal Breakers for Investors 30:03

4+ y ago30:03

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Paul Silva, managing partner at River Valley investors shares useful tips to avoid deal-breakers when pitching your business to investors. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Raising Money Outside of the US 28:36

4+ y ago28:36

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Company Forensics: How to raise money as a company located outside the US? Tips and advice from an early-stage investor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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How Superpeer solved the Chicken-Egg Challenge 29:40

4+ y ago29:40

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Superpeer announced a $2M round in early 2020 and an $8M follow up round in November 2020- and our guest for today's episode is Devrim Yasar, the CEO. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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5 minute tech news: Apple vs. Facebook. China bans Clubhouse 6:48

4+ y ago6:48

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Facebook is suing Apple. China bans booming platform Clubhouse. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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How Jackpocket raised their new series C round ($50M!) 31:21

4+ y ago31:21

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Today, Jackpocket announced their Series C round, $50 million dollars, raised on the backbone of a 4x annual growth in sales. We held an interview with Pete Sullivan, CEO, and founder. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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5 minute tech: Trump & Parler banned 6:02

4+ y ago6:02

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Trump & Parler banned. Signal can’t keep up. GoDaddy is a troll. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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5 minute tech: Google is unionizing. 5:27

4+ y ago5:27

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Welcome to the very first episode of “Forensics Flash News”, Slidebean's brand new show. Google is unionizing. Alibaba CEO missing. Facebook sued. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Accelerator programs: are they still worth it? 27:28

5y ago27:28

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Are accelerators still the way to go when it comes to Startups? We talked about this with Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit Ventures. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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How to sell a company for 2x its price 32:02

5y ago32:02

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In a very unexpected turn of events, once competitors Caya and Mike Lingle (Sliderocket founder) share an interesting conversation around selling your company at twice its price. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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The painful death of BlackBerry | Company Forensics 11:45

5+ y ago11:45

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The reasons why BlackBerrys failed staying as the coolest communication devices aren’t exclusive to them. When one of the biggest phone companies plummets to oblivion, it’s worth analyzing. Find out the story here! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975. And then shelved it. 12:16

5+ y ago12:16

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“It’s a Kodak moment!” was what we used to say when our cameras captured something special. For decades, Kodak dominated the world of photography, but in 2012, it declared bankruptcy. So, what happened? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Zoom company story: How Eric Yuan defeated Skype 10:50

5+ y ago10:50

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If you are in your house (which you should be!) chances are you’ve used some sort of video call to talk with family, friends or even go to school. And, most likely, it’s been Zoom. Why is everybody using Zoom? Let’s find out how it became successful in this episode --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support…

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Why Motorola’s CEO cried on his first day 12:46

5+ y ago12:46

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Motorola Company was a pioneer in mobile communications and helped shape entire markets with groundbreaking products. But now, it’s gone --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Atari Console Story: why are 700,000 games buried in the desert 👾🕹 12:23

5+ y ago12:23

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Decades ago, Atari was THE videogame console. It helped develop the gaming world in the U.S., with its great 2600 console and games such as Pong and Space Invaders. But then a little alien came along, the market crashed, and chaos ensued. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support…

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Why does a startup fail after raising MILLIONS? 9:14

5+ y ago9:14

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For someone outside the startup ecosystem, the amounts of money Startups raise just seem obscene. Some companies (Uber, WeWork) raise BILLIONS. Even smaller companies deal with rounds in the millions of dollars, and valuations in the hundreds of millions. Why do investors put so much money in these tech startups? --- Support this podcast: https://p…

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The North Face: from Bankruptcy to Brand Success 11:37

5+ y ago11:37

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In this episode of Company Forensics, we’ll talk about one of the coolest clothing brands in the world: The North Face. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Toy "R" Us Closing Story: How they Went Bankrupt. 11:50

5+ y ago11:50

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How does the biggest toy store in the world end up in bankruptcy? It’s a question worth answering. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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How to start a business in 2020 12:36

5+ y ago12:36

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2020 caught most of us off guard. A seemingly booming economy now seems to be headed towards a recession, which will inevitably leave a lot of people unemployed across many industries. More importantly, 2020 is likely to represent one of the most essential 'resets' the economy will go through. This instability, this chaos, is a ladder; for witty en…

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What happened to Forever 21? | Startup Forensics 12:02

5+ y ago12:02

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Why did forever 21 go bankrupt? It was the embodiment of the American dream. A migrant couple who starts from scratch and rises to the top of the clothing retail industry. But then, that dream plummets to the ground. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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This is why MySpace Failed - Startup Forensics 11:16

5+ y ago11:16

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If you were a teenager in the early 2000s, you will remember there was a site that transformed the concept of a social network: MySpace. However, nowadays it is just a distant memory of a fun platform we used in simpler times. So, what happened? What made them fall and what can we learn from their story? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters…

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What happened to Juicero? - Startup Forensics 10:33

5+ y ago10:33

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Can 60 seconds end a unicorn that managed to raise $120 million? If you ask Doug Evans, founder of Juicero, he will say yes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Startup Mistakes when Finding Investors 5:21

5+ y ago5:21

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We deal with thousands of companies in the process of fundraising. Last year, I spoke to over 1,000 founders, and I've set a personal goal to beat that this year. These companies mostly come to me for office hours, and most of the time, their questions revolve around fundraising. One thousand people are enough to detect some patterns: the mistakes …

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What happened to Pebble Watch? | Startup Forensics: startup stories and startup mistakes 11:03

6y ago11:03

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► Sign Up for Slidebean - 1 month FREE: https://slidebean.com/youtube In this episode of Startup Forensics, we discuss Pebble: the smartwatch that was ready to take the world by storm and ended up ceasing to exist after production issues and, most importantly, wrong decisions. What exactly happened to the Pebble Watch? Find out here! --- Support th…

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What happened to Vine? | Startup Forensics 9:28

6y ago9:28

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What happened to Vine? 🤳🏼 In this episode of Startup Forensics, we’re going to throwback to Vine and dig into some key aspects of its rise and fall, including Twitter’s acquisition of the company, along with some product, and competition analysis. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support…

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Startup CEO Roles and Responsibilities: an entrepreneur lifestyle 7:20

6y ago7:20

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Let's just throw it out there: being a startup CEO is one of the most demanding and mentally exhausting jobs ever. The decisions you make, affect not only the future of your company but the future of the people who trust you to make the right decisions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support…

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Yik Yak: a deadly combination | Startup Forensics 8:48

6y ago8:48

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Anonymous messages and local context were the perfect mix to make the popular social network, YikYak, come to life in 2013. They were also the poison to kill it and to write on its tombstone the epitaph of: died too young and too soon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support…

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Is WeWork dead? | Startup Forensics: the downfall of Adam Neumann 10:34

6y ago10:34

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WeWork. They rose. They fell. What lessons can we learn from them? Check out our brand new series: Startup Forensics. ► Start with the right foot. Let us design your pitch deck. : https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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Startup mistakes that almost put Slidebean out of business 12:03

6y ago12:03

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Slidebean is my third startup. The other two failed and left me with a sad face and a few thousand dollars in debt. In this video, I talk about the mistakes I made, the hard lessons I had to learn, and how they translated into the success of this new company. I'll be talking about three specific startup mistakes in this episode. ❯ Need some help wi…

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Startup ideas: should you compete against an established company? 5:57

6y ago5:57

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Demo days are often the first chance a startup gets at getting in front of investors. For most startup accelerators, this is your graduation event, and a lot of work goes into preparing those slides and those pitches. In this video, we're going to dig into what investors are looking for, how to stand out from the crowd, and our lessons learned when…

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Demo Day: how to deliver a startup pitch deck 8:20

6y ago8:20

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► Need help with your pitch deck?: https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck Demo days are often the first chance a startup gets at getting in front of investors. For most startup accelerators, this is your graduation event, and a lot of work goes into preparing those slides and those pitches. In this episode, we're going to dig into what investors are look…

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Stock Options explained: basics for startup employees and founders 5:29

6y ago5:29

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You started a business and you want to compensate your early employees. Or you've joined a startup and were offered stock options as part of your compensation. How do those work? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support

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How to Write a Killer Startup Pitch Deck? 13:50

6y ago13:50

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In this episode, we are going to cover writing a first investor pitch deck. From calculating your market to figuring out your go-to-market strategy, financials, etc... and how to translate them into writing in the format that investors expect. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slidebean/support…

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Pitch Decks & Fundraising Fireside Chat with Slidebean & Dreamit 1:10:52

6y ago1:10:52

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It's been about a year since Slidebean’s first Youtube video breakthrough. Since then, they’ve added around 20,000 subscribers, and their videos have been watched over 1.7MM times. To celebrate their success, we’re collaborating with Slidebean to host a Fireside Chat in New York City on October 10th featuring Caya, founder of Slidebean, and Steve B…