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The Startup Podcast

Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad

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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.
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A global documentary and conversation series hosted by Greg Moran — founder, investor, and author of The Adaptive Innovator — exploring what it takes to build world-changing companies far from Silicon Valley. From Pristina to Bogotá and beyond, Scaling Across Borders captures the raw stories of founders redefining what’s possible in emerging markets: rebuilding nations, creating jobs, and proving that innovation doesn’t need permission or perfect conditions to thrive. Each episode dives deep ...
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Outsider Inc.

Ian Hathaway

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Outsider Inc. is dedicated to visionary leaders breaking the mold of tech entrepreneurship. Hosted by Ian Hathaway—co-author of The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and co-founder of seed-stage venture capital firm FOVC—each episode delivers exclusive interviews and insider insights from exceptional founders building generation-defining companies. Join us for an in-depth exploration into the real-life stories of entrepreneurs from unexpected places and backgrounds ...
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Zero to 1M

David J. Phillips

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Zero to 1M is a show about founders and the journey from 0 to their first million in revenue, users, or startup investments. You can’t hit 1B without hitting 1M first. Hosted by entrepreneur & angel investor twitter.com/davj
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A podcast every Asian should’ve had growing up, and probably still needs. A podcast for Asian/Asian diaspora untangling family expectations, cultural guilt, and the myth of perfection. Hosted by Crystal Ren, who brings her own messy, magical story to the mic, so you don’t have to figure it out alone. This podcast is a mix of honest conversations, cultural unlearning, emotional plot twists, and slow rebellion. Each episode helps you break free from cultural pressures so you can finally make d ...
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Startups Unpacked

Dan Hightower

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The weekly podcast with fresh takes from venture-backed startup founders who are building great products. Hey ya'll- I'm Dan Hightower, the host of Startups Unpacked, a podcast where I interview early-stage startup founders, diving into their path towards initial Product/Market Fit, and how they landed their first rounds of funding. We started Startups Unpacked because getting a company started is HARD, and it's even harder for us, the misfits, who want help getting to product/market fit and ...
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Mouthwash

Paul Armstrong

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Mouthwash is the new show hosted live by TBD Founder, Paul Armstrong, on Twitter Spaces. All unscripted, unedited, unrehearsed. Each episode is 60 minutes of fresh chat that leaves you more confident on different subjects. Each series has a specific theme and hard questions aren't dodged. Joining Paul is an inclusive mix of the brightest and most interesting minds ranging from NYT/WSJ bestselling authors to Silicon Valley royalty, Psychologists to activists…and a lot more besides. Each inter ...
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AI isn’t coming—it’s already built. Hosted by Tina Yazdi, this is the podcast where you meet the ones who did it first. No panel chatter, no posturing—just sharp strategy, fast builds, and the people reshaping products, ops, and industries with AI.
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Most companies still test security long after code is shipped. That delay creates blind spots. In this episode, Rejah Rehim, Co-Founder & CEO of Beagle Security, explains how automated penetration testing gives teams a clearer picture of their real exposure—while keeping the process simple enough for developers to run themselves. Rejah: https://www…
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Were we wildly wrong, or surprisingly on the money? As 2025 wraps, Chris and Yaniv revisit the bold predictions they made at the start of the year. They reflect on their calls about AI, robotics, VC markets, crypto, and geopolitics. While some were accurate, some were also hilariously off. Together, they unpack what 2025 really looked like for star…
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Send us a text When you meet Hafiz Kasman, you don’t feel hustle. You feel a presence. Hafiz grew up in a lower-middle-class Malay family in Singapore, where stability was prized and risk-taking came second. He started his career as a management consultant — a path few from his background dared to walk. But at 25, he did something bold: he left it …
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway interviews Kyle Porter, founder and longtime CEO of SalesLoft. Kyle shares his remarkable journey from nearly failing in the first year of SalesLoft to scaling the company to unicorn status with a $2.3 billion valuation. He discusses the core principles of leadership, such as leading with love, st…
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OpenAI may appear to be building the future, but are they leading the tech industry towards collapse? In this episode, Chris and Yaniv are joined by Jacob Ward (journalist, author of The Loop and NBC Technology Correspondent) to break down OpenAI’s latest livestream and what it signals about the next era of AI. Sam Altman may talk the good talk, bu…
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AI agents can burn through budgets and trust in minutes. Eric Olden, Co-Founder and CEO of Strata Identity, breaks down the control plane founders need: policy-driven guardrails, intent/context/outcome audit, and lifecycle governance—so you can move from sandbox to production with confidence. Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boughtnotsold Strata I…
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What happens when you build a global company… far from Silicon Valley? In Scaling Across Borders, founder and investor Greg Moran travels the world to uncover the untold stories of entrepreneurs building in places the world rarely looks — from Kosovo to Colombia and beyond. These founders aren’t chasing headlines. They’re rebuilding economies, crea…
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What do you need to do to keep employees engaged and committed? What should your position be on remote work? Side hustles? Ping pong tables? Should you offer all employees equity? Bringing Gen Z employees to your workplace is well worth it, but it means a mental pivot from the hiring team, keeping in mind an entirely new set of criteria. Chris and …
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Is this the moment quantum computing becomes real? After years of being “five years away,” Google just announced a verifiable quantum advantage, claiming its Willow chip ran a molecule simulation 13,000× faster than the world’s fastest supercomputer. Is this truly the dawn of the quantum era? In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein dive dee…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Asian Rebel Club podcast, I sit down with Bradley Sutton - VP of Education and Strategy at Helium 10, host of the Serious Sellers Podcast with over 4 million downloads, and one of the most recognizable voices in global e-commerce. But before he became a household name for Amazon sellers, Bradley lived many live…
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway interviews Isaac Saldana, the co-founder and former CEO of SendGrid, and current CEO of Joy Labs. Isaac discusses the interplay of humility and confidence in leadership and shares his unconventional path to success. From being a non-English-speaking teenager who managed a family and two jobs at 19…
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Looking to fund your startup? If you're new to the process, fundraising can be difficult to navigate. Not only are there a myriad of ways to go about it, but it can be hard to tell whether the tips, tricks, and advice floating around are based on any evidence at all. So, what is the truth? And what are the actual, data-backed insights that can help…
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OpenAI just dropped its unbelievable new browser. All signs point to it overshadowing Chrome, but is this really the dawn of a new era? Or just another hype cycle, courtesy of Sam Altman? In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein react to OpenAI’s surprise launch of ChatGPT Atlas and debate its strategic implications. They also discuss Apple’…
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Most people think hackers exploit systems. The best hackers improve them. In this episode, Ted Harrington explains how to unlock your “inner hacker”—the mindset that turns obstacles into innovation. From breaking outdated rules to building smarter, safer companies, this conversation reframes what it means to lead with curiosity. Ted: https://www.li…
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Think you’re executing well? Think again. Chances are you’re making one of these four common mistakes. Drawing from Chris’s latest essay and real-world advisory experience, Chris and Yaniv spend this episode breaking down the four biggest execution mistakes you're probably making right now. They explore how to recognize these patterns early, how to…
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OpenAI is set to roll out its new “treat adults like adults” policy, heralding the beginning of AI chatbots speaking more amorously with users. As the company pushes boundaries, from personality-rich bots to experimental devices, others are warning that the industry might be inflating a dangerous AI bubble. In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Ber…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Asian Rebel Club podcast, I chat with Anshu Singh - technologist turned spiritual teacher, founder of Solana Wellness Retreats, and author of Pressure to Pleasure: A Seven Pillar Approach to Living Your Best Life. Anshu spent over 25 years building software and startups in Silicon Valley, chasing success, statu…
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., our guest is Aaron Slodov, co-founder of Remesh and co-founder and CEO of Atomic Industries. Aaron shares insights from his unique journey from a child tinkering in Cleveland to working at Google X, and founding a series of innovative companies. The discussion delves into the challenges and opportunities in America…
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What if your best work came from finding your flow, rather than simply grinding harder? In the age of constant distraction, many founders mistake busyness for progress, chasing notifications, meetings, and multitasking without realizing that true innovation happens when the mind is deeply focused. Today, Chris and Yaniv are joined by Steven Puri, f…
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What happens when AI stops being a product and starts being a platform? With OpenAI’s latest Dev Day changing the game, we might find out sooner rather than later. In this episode, Chris and Yaniv explore OpenAI’s Dev Day and the huge announcements made (including the Sora 2 launch), as well as their apparent transformation from product to platform…
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OpenAI just launched ChatGPT Pulse, a succinct, personalized daily feed. Will this shift the focus of AI from performance to personal context? Or is it just an overhyped, overpriced daily digest? In this episode, Chris and Yaniv get right into this week's tech news: the reality of ChatGPT Pulse, plus the wider implications of Hollywood's first AI a…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Asian Rebel Club podcast, I sit down with Swan Chen (SwanVR): an artist, technologist, and cultural disruptor who walked away from Wall Street to design a radically freer life. Born in New York City but raised by her grandmother in rural China before being air-dropped into suburban Ohio, Swan’s story is full of…
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway interviews Guillaume de Zwirek, founder and CEO of Artera. Guillaume's journey from a classical guitarist and world-class Ironman triathlete to a successful health tech entrepreneur is anything but conventional. Inspired by his personal frustrations as a healthcare patient, Gui founded Artera, a p…
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Standing out has gotten even more difficult thanks to the flood of AI content, and many early-stage founders mistakenly believe they need to act like corporate brands to be taken seriously. In this episode, Yaniv chats with Christine Blosdale, an award-winning media coach, podcaster, and branding strategist. Together they discuss how authenticity, …
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What happens to Silicon Valley when the world’s best founders and engineers can no longer afford to work in the US? Today, Chris and Yaniv break down why the massive new work visa fee is a tech talent crisis waiting to happen. They discuss how Trump’s surprising $100K H-1B fee could reshape startup hiring and the tech sector at large, along with th…
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Deepak Dutt, founder of Zighra, reveals how continuous behavioral authentication is changing the game—from stopping $200M fraud schemes to securing military operations. Deepak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakdutt/ Zighra: https://zighra.com/ Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YS…
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Is the new age of AI agents about to kill niche B2B SaaS businesses? Many first-time founders worry that tools like ChatGPT or custom AI builders will make off-the-shelf SaaS products obsolete, but it could simply herald a new evolution of SaaS. In this episode, Yaniv is joined by Rob Walling, serial founder, investor, and author of The SaaS Playbo…
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Is YouTube quietly becoming the most powerful platform in the world? Announcements made during Made On YouTube 2025 revealed incredibly promising long-term plans, with the media giant seemingly set to dominate video, music, and podcasts with the help of Google’s AI. Too many entrepreneurs still see YouTube as ‘just’ a video host, missing the bigger…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Asian Rebel Club podcast, I sit down with Joachim (Jay) Brackx - musician-turned-entrepreneur, teacher, and host of Relating to Self - to explore the radical power of boundaries. Growing up in families where survival meant prioritizing everyone else’s feelings, neither of us learned the language of boundaries u…
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway speaks with Jon Lensing, co-founder and CEO of OpenLoop, a telehealth infrastructure platform headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. From growing up in rural Iowa to training as a surgeon, Jon's path took an unconventional turn when he left medicine to build a company addressing healthcare access. Sin…
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He bought Amazon gift cards out of his own pocket to hit his KPIs. That's what metric obsession looks like at Revolut. Pierre Cahuzac is a product leader at Europe's most valuable fintech—and explains why their alumni start companies at ridiculous rates. It's not the dashboards. It's the ownership model. You'll walk away with Revolut's framework fo…
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Are you truly being persistent with your startup, or just being stubborn? In the new age of AI-powered founders and hyper-fast iteration, many entrepreneurs mistake obstinacy for persistence and end up running out of time, money, and morale. Too often we glorify “hustle” and “grit” without understanding when to adapt, pivot, or quit. The misconcept…
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He bet against trillion-parameter models when every VC said he was insane—now NVIDIA is publishing papers proving him right. Sudarshan from Smallest.ai cracked enterprise voice AI by ignoring Silicon Valley's foundation model obsession. While competitors chased infinite compute, his autonomous vehicle background revealed the truth: compact models h…
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With Apple’s iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, AirPods Pro 3, and Apple Watch 11 now unveiled, what does this mean for the future of phones and wearable tech? And does the incredible AI of Google Pixel still blow Siri out of the water? In this episode, Chris and Yaniv delve into Apple’s newest product lineup and what it reveals about the company’s long-te…
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What if your first lines of code determined your startup’s ability to scale? Dirk Meister, founding engineer at Augment Code, walks us through the intentional security architecture decisions they made on day one—and why trust isn't something you can bolt on later. Dirk Meister: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meisterdirk/ Augment Code: https://www.augm…
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Pre-seed founders want explosive growth early on, but are you following the wrong playbook too soon? These days strategies, acronyms, and well-intended advice are everywhere, but today's guest argues that the path forward is a simple one: talk to customers, run experiments, and embrace rejection as part of the journey. In this episode, Yaniv Bernst…
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Google’s long-running antitrust case has reached its remedy stage, and the outcome was far lighter than many expected. No breakup, no ban on default search deals, just a few constraints on bundling apps and some required data sharing, but it may not be quite as simple as it seems on the surface. Meanwhile, OpenAI dropped $1.1 billion to acquire Sta…
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Send us a text What happens when you stop following the script that was written by generations of legacy? In this episode of the Asian Rebel Club podcast, I sit down with Kaushik, a former ship captain turned 3x tech founder who walked away from a conventional South Asian medical legacy to confront some of the most outdated systems in global trade.…
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway speaks with Jimena Pardo, co-founder of Carrot, Mexico's first car-sharing platform, and now Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Hi Ventures. Jimena opens up about the rollercoaster of building Carrot, the lessons of operating in a tough market, and how she transitioned from founder to investor. She …
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It seems like startup accelerators are everywhere these days. But what are they? What’s the point of them? And most importantly, is it worth having your startup go through one? Based on their own experience with YC and startups, Chris and Yaniv talk you through it all. In this episode, you will: Learn what startup accelerators are and how they work…
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Is Apple’s dominance in smartphones starting to crack? Google’s Pixel 10 launch brought AI-first features, polished hardware, and bold marketing, signaling a new era in the iPhone vs. Android rivalry. For years, the iPhone has been synonymous with polish, hardware quality, and ecosystem lock-in. But with Google’s patient, decade-long investment in …
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Michael Nov, Co-Founder and CEO of Prime Security, reveals how ignoring the design stage creates costly security gaps later. He shares hard-won lessons from building at OwnBackup and launching a startup during crisis. Michael: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-nov Prime Security: https://www.primesec.ai Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclach…
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What makes a great tech infrastructure startup? And how do the best ones successfully navigate, and stand out from, the overcrowded market? In this episode, Yaniv is joined by Joseph Ruscio, General Partner at Heavybit and former CTO of Vibrato, to unpack the dos and don'ts of tech infrastructure startups, how open source fuels growth, and why AI i…
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Is the AI hype cycle about to burst? For months, investors and founders have chased sky-high valuations, billion-dollar hires, and promises of superintelligence, but Meta's drastic plans to cut back its AI division seem to indicate a bleak future for LLMs and AI at large. In this episode, Chris and Yaniv unpack the latest shakeup at Meta, using the…
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Send us a text What if you’ve been told that you’re too queer and too much, but you choose to become even more? In this episode of Asian Rebel Club podcast, I sit down with Darice Chang - a queer Taiwanese-American writer, performer, meditation teacher, and cultural disruptor who has never fit neatly into the boxes assigned to them. From competing …
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In this episode of Outsider Inc., host Ian Hathaway chats with Melodie van der Baan, co-founder and CEO of Max Retail. Melodie shares her unconventional journey from skipping college to diving into real estate, losing everything in the housing crash, and then transforming into a mobile designer clothes distributor. Her challenges and experiences ev…
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Investment banking taught him speed, but Amir Prodensky needed something bigger to build. Fresh from Revolut's hyper-growth chaos, Amir saw the massive gap in financial services customer experience. Insurance customers were stuck with phone queues and paper processes while expecting Amazon-level service. So he built Strada: AI agents that handle ev…
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This new era of AI-driven startups has many founders still believing success is about having the perfect product roadmap. The truth, however, is far more counterintuitive. In this episode, Yaniv and Chris dive into timeless lessons from Paul Graham’s legendary essay “Startups in 13 Sentences”. Drawing from Graham’s wisdom and their own experiences,…
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