Best Will and Yousuf Podcasts (2025)

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"Season Finale" 54:18

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2+ y ago54:18

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Ladies and gentleman they've done it! Will and Yousuf come together once more to reminisce, celebrate, and cap off Season 1 of the podcast with the 50th hour of Something Soup. Video elements pending ;)

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"CarJacking Advice" 51:26

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Will and Yousuf revisit Yousuf's near death experience at the request of a viewer and give advice on how to avoid becoming the victim of a carjacking!By Will and Yousuf

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"Love Letters" 48:48

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Will and Yousuf introduce a viewer write in segment and answer your most pressing concerns!By Will and Yousuf

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"Sentient AI" 53:06

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It may sound like science fiction but Will and Yousuf are here to spin you the tale of Google's new sentient AI, and the world will never be the same!By Will and Yousuf

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"Recession Is Now" 48:28

3y ago48:28

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Will and Yousuf are back with new phycology facts and economic advice for the incoming recession!By Will and Yousuf

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"The Dark Triad" 53:43

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This week Will and Yousuf put themselves through another round of rigorous psychological examinations to determine if they are in fact clinical psychopaths!By Will and Yousuf

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"Depp v. Heard: Verdict" 53:56

3y ago53:56

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It's that time of year where Will and Yousuf come out of hiding to feed hungry listeners another bowl of Something Soup!By Will and Yousuf

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"Race-car Bed" 50:44

3+ y ago50:44

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Think fast and catch! Up with Will and Yousuf as they settle their differences and make their virtual return to Something Soup.By Will and Yousuf

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#37 Shalini Prakash | Author - Clueless at 30 47:14

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Shalini Prakash is the Author of Clueless at 30: A Millennial's search for Everything and Nothing. Through her professional experience in venture capital, start-ups, and the corporate world, she helps entrepreneurs build innovative and scalable technology solutions. She is included in the '40 under 40 - India Alternative Investment professionals in…

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#36 Manav Garg | Founding Partner - Together Fund 28:10

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Manav Garg is the CEO of EKA and the founding Partner of Together Fund. Seven years back, he had started SaaSBOOMi along with his colleagues and has recently authored The Indian SaaS Story which is a playbook for many SaaS entrepreneurs in India. In our candid conversations, we spoke about the SaaS wave, future outlook, and some interesting trends …

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#35 Thomas Smale | CEO - FE International 32:36

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Thomas Smale is the CEO of FE International which has completed hundreds of millions of deals in SaaS, e-commerce, and content business acquisitions since 2010. In our Candid discussions, Saurabh & I spoke with Thomas about his worldview on the evolving SaaS business models, self-funded and bootstrapped entrepreneurs in emerging markets, M&A adviso…

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#34 Yousuf Khan | Partner - Ridge Ventures 47:53

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After using Zoom on a daily basis in this remote-first world, we spoke with Yousuf Khan who has been an advisor to Eric Yuan. In our candid discussions, Nataraj & I spoke with Yousuf to understand his worldview around Investments, pricing strategies, advisory methodologies, and his love for Marvel Movies. Yousuf is one of the finest early-stage sta…

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"We Almost Got Married" 52:12

3+ y ago52:12

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Come discuss bad music and making babies on an all new and highly anticipated episode of Something Soup!By Will and Yousuf

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#33 Andrew Gazdecki | CEO - MicroAcquire 50:04

3+ y ago50:04

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As Andrew launches his book, "Getting Acquired: How I Built and Sold My SaaS Startup", we spoke with him about his worldview around building bootstrapped and venture-backed companies. In our Candid discussions, Ricky & I spoke with him about his entrepreneurial journey and his superb marketing strategies. We also learn why he launched Bootstrappers…

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#32 Rob Fitzpatrick | Author, Write Useful Books 45:17

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As we see the success of Write Useful Books in the non-fiction writer's community, we spoke with Rob Fitzpatrick to learn about his worldview. He went through Ycombinator back in 07 with an attempt to figure out the social advertisement before Meta managed to do so, which obviously didn’t work out so well. He has raised funding in the US and UK, bu…

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#31 Alex Chisnall | Host of Screw it, Just do it 45:57

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Alex Chisnall is one of the best podcasters from the UK Tech scene and is also the owner of Podpreneur UK. In our candid conversations, we spoke about the new year resolutions, the future of the audio space and the art of podcasting, and how it opens up the doors of opportunities for you. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2022. We'll come back…

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#30 Mark Birch | Principal Start-up Advocate at AWS 47:44

3+ y ago47:44

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Mark Birch is the Founder and Producer of AWS Startups Show and is the Principal Startup Advocate APJ at Amazon Web Services(AWS). He is also the author of Community-in-a-box: How to build event-driven professional communities. In our candid conversations, we spoke about the flywheel effect, content, and communities. He also shared his experience o…

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#29 Manoj Bharathi | Director, CBCC Global 53:04

3+ y ago53:04

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As the world rattles with the pandemic, we spoke with Manoj Bharathi about the Bio-tech industry in general and the specifics of vaccines. In our candid conversations, we discussed the venture insights around the Bio-tech industry and how sales play an important role in everyone's life. Manoj also shared his decision-making framework for maximizing…

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"Our Falling Out" 51:52

3+ y ago51:52

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Something Soup is back to talk pop culture with special guest Michael B. Jordan!By Will and Yousuf

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#28 Alex Theuma | CEO - SaaStock 54:00

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As SaaStock prepares for its In-Person conference in Dublin next year, we spoke with Alex Theuma about his journey and his worldview. In our candid conversations, we spoke about Tattoos, Guinness, Travels, Books, SaaS, and also the medium of Audio. Know more at: https://www.republicofsaas.com/the-return-of-in-person-conferences-alex-theuma/…

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#27 Gagan Biyani | CEO - Maven 31:24

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As Udemy goes for IPO, we spoke with the Co-founder of Udemy, Gagan Biyani, who is currently building the next big thing in the ed-tech space, Maven. In our candid conversations, we spoke with Gagan about the future of education as he shared his worldview around the CBC space and his passion for the medium of Audio. You may find more details here.…

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#26 Andrew Warner | Founder - Mixergy 50:33

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Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy. He is one of the finest business podcasters who has more than 2000+ interviews to his credit. This month, he is launching his book Stop Asking Questions which is being loved by the upcoming podcasters worldwide. In our candid discussions, he talks about the art of conversations and his worldview around the p…

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#25 Wes Kao | Co-Founder - Maven 45:33

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Wes Kao is the co-founder of Maven.com. In this episode, she shares her spiky point of view on the future of education. In our candid discussions, she talks about her worldview on CBCs (Cohort-Based Courses). As I am learning the secret sauce of CBC in her Maven Course Accelerator #MVN3, in Season 2, we speak with our mentors, friends, and advisors…

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🪙 24 🎙️ Two sides of the Coin : Arthur Nobel 21:11

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Arthur Nobel is a B2B SaaS investor at Knight Capital. In our Season finale, we speak with Arthur Nobel who shares his experience from both sides of the coin, of being a former entrepreneur and a current investor. He shares his founder journey at Flexpat, a company that facilitated Remote work prior to the pandemic. He is currently an advisory boar…

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"Hot Takes and Aliens" 57:19

4y ago57:19

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The Alien report is out! Run the spice gauntlet with Will and Yousuf on this Something Soup Celebration Special.By Will and Yousuf

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🪙 23 🎙️ The Game of Venture Investments : Denis Kalyshkin 27:55

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Denis Kalyshkin is an investor of I2BF ventures. Prior to joining I2BF, Denis held various positions in investment management, sales, and analytics in banks, VCs, and energy companies and was a co-founder in an ad tech start-up. Denis has an Applied Mathematics & Physics degree from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and a Corporate Financ…

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"Eat Your Own Leg" 51:49

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How long does it take to go insane and start chowing down on your own appendages? Find out on this week's episode of Something Soup!By Will and Yousuf

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🪙 22 🎙️ The Future of Audio in the Digital Universe : Simon Lau 21:17

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Simon Lau is the Product head of Otter.ai which is an AI-powered assistant that generates rich notes for meetings, interviews, and other important voice conversations. After meeting him at Clubhouse, we spoke to him about his views on the future of audio in the digital universe. The Audio revolution is here to stay in 2021.…

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🪙 21 🎙️ The Universal laws of Product Management : Anna Boyarkina 20:30

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Anna Boyarkina is the Head of 'Use cases' of Miro, which is the online collaborative whiteboard platform that empowers distributed teams to work together efficiently and effectively. She shares her favorite book: "The Power of Moments: Why certain experiences have an extraordinary impact" by Dan & Chip Heath during our candid conversations. Feel fr…

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🪙 20 🎙️ The Future of Work : Justin Mitchell 29:51

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Justin Mitchell is the Founder of Yac which is an audio-first messaging platform that helps you talk faster and build stronger relationships with your remote team. Yac is Featured in TechCrunch & Wall Street Journal after their recent fund-raise of $10M in funding from GGV, Slack, Betaworks, BoostVC, Active Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and m…

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"Mushrooms on Mars" 49:17

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Alien alert! Will and Yousuf are back with your regularly scheduled mind programming.By Will and Yousuf

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🪙 19 🎙️ Entrepreneurship, Technology and Empathy : Alisée de Tonnac 38:23

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Alisée de Tonnac is the co-founder of Seedstars, which is a Swiss-based investment holding with a mission to impact people's lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. The groups' activities cover over 80 emerging ecosystems through a variety of activities such as acceleration programs, events & training, physical hubs calle…

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"Biden's Tax Plan" 50:39

4y ago50:39

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Trouble in paradise? Watch things get heated on this week's episode of Something Soup!By Will and Yousuf

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🪙 18 🎙️ Saasification of Deep Tech Startups : Kiran Mysore 26:29

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Kiran Mysore is a Principal at UTEC Japan leading their Global AI Investments, with a focus on Singapore and India. He is an AI-researcher-turned VC. Since joining UTEC in 2018, Kiran has led investments of close to $30 Million in frontier science & deep-tech companies incl. Tricog Health, Bugworks Research, OPALai, Agara & SWAT Mobility. He is als…

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"Space Juice" 50:24

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Get ready for summer with the Something Soup snow cone special!

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🪙 17 🎙️ The Future of collaboration in the Digital World : Jakob Knutzen 22:33

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Jakob Knutzen (CEO, Butter) is building an all-in-one platform with all the tools you need to host interactive workshops, training sessions, and live courses. Butter is the #1 product of the day on Product Hunt. With a strategy consulting background from BAIN, Jakob has eclectic international experience across continents. I met Jakob during my On D…

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🪙 16 🎙️ The Science of Sales Leadership : Zorian Rotenberg 20:46

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Zorian Rotenberg is the chair of the "CRO - Chief Revenue Officers" Group on Revenue Collective. He is a growth advisor(Sales/Revenue) who is currently helping the M33 team with portfolio companies with a focus on the sales strategy & revenue acceleration. He is a former PE & Investment Banking Analyst turned SaaS CRO focused on leading global SaaS…

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"Pfizer vs. Moderna" 52:31

4y ago52:31

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Which vaccine is anecdotally better, find out on this weeks episode of Something Soup!By Will and Yousuf

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🪙 15 🎙️ Sales Rhythm in SaaS : JB Daguené 23:48

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JB Daguené is a sales veteran turned entrepreneur turned investor who loves to eat SaaS for breakfast, B2B sales for lunch, and data for dinner. He is also a partner of 70 ventures which is a revenue accelerator for B2B startups. 70 ventures back ambitious founders with seamless investment from pre-seed to series A.…

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🪙 14 🎙️ Entrepreneurship through acquisitions : Dr. Felix Cardenas 19:35

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Dr. Felix Cardenas is the Managing Partner of Ascendis Capital and Director for the center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at EGADE Business School, Mexico. He develops corporate venture capital strategies with corporates, impacting growth and profitability. He has been an advisor and has conducted research for companies such as Cisco, Nokia, Al…

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"Alien Languages" 52:35

4+ y ago52:35

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Eat Jeff Bezos?!? Find out why on this weeks episode of Something Soup.By Will and Yousuf

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"Shia LaBeouf" 53:38

4+ y ago53:38

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Will and Yousuf are back from spring break and you better click fast because class is in session once again on Something Soup!

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🪙 13 🎙️ The culture spectrum in global SaaS : Gustavo Souza 16:26

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Gustavo Souza is the head of Partnerships at Rock content, an exciting start-up in the content marketing space in Brazil. He is also a partner of SaaSholic, an early-stage venture capital investment fund focusing on the Latin American region. He is a lawyer by formation but has found his areas of excellence in sales and marketing.…

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🪙 12 🎙️ The Rise of the Data Economy : Steve Nouri 18:58

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Steve Nouri is the Head of Data Science and AI at Australian Computer Society. He is a proactive social media contributor and a LinkedIn influencer. He is a data science leader who currently lives in Sydney, Australia, and spends his time sharing technical knowledge with prospective students and advising public policy towards a more sustainable and…

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🪙 11 🎙️ OKRs - Bridging the gap between Strategy and Execution : Johannes Müller 21:00

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Johannes Müller is the CEO of Workpath based out of Germany and is the Forbes 30 under 30 professional. Workpath is the leading enterprise software provider enabling organizations to execute their strategies fast, flexible and effective in an increasingly dynamic and complex world. With simple and intuitive workflow tools, Workpath engages all empl…

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"Is Fish Meat?" 55:37

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We're back! And we're finally getting an answer to the age old question "is fish meat?"

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🪙 10 🎙️ The Poetics of Startups : Cathy Guo 27:29

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Cathy Guo is a Portfolio & Investment Manager at Antler India and is a Web 3.0 evangelist. Previously, Cathy was the CEO and Co-Founder of Dunya Labs, building developer tools for decentralized applications. She has led early-stage venture investments in companies such as Clinikk and Stayqrious at First Principles, an early-stage seed fund in Banga…

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🪙 9 🎙️ The Anatomy of Product Virality : Wes Bush 18:37

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Wes Bush is the founder and CEO of ProductLed. He is the bestselling author of Product-Led Growth: How To Build a Product That Sells Itself and is one of the most sought-after product experts in the world. After working for some of the world’s fastest-growing companies, today he trains teams around the globe on how to turn their product into a powe…

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"Winter Storm Uri" 51:18

4+ y ago51:18

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Something Soup emerges from hibernation to tell it all! ☺️👌🏿By Will and Yousuf

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🪙 8 🎙️ Killing your Darlings : Przemek Szustak 15:45

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Przemek Szustak is the founder of HempFoodie, Co-Founder of Chainges and now Product Manager at Tidio, a communication tool for businesses that keeps live chat, chatbots, messenger, and e-mail in one place. In this episode, Przemek talks about his learnings of enabling growth and when it’s the right time to kill your darlings and pivot to a new app…

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