Episodes

March 31, 2022

Edu: Fundraising Basics Part 1 - How to Find the Smart Money

The symbiosis between founders and venture capitalists is at the core of what makes the startup business model possible. When it works well it can work very well indeed, but when it goes badly the result can be catastrophic. ...

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March 24, 2022

Edu: Scale-up Execution Overview - Avoiding Founder Sabotage

Is your startup about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? When you've built a product that customers love, scaling up to take that product to more customers might seem simple. In fact, the scale-up phase of a startup's...

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March 17, 2022

Edu: Early Execution Overview - Your MVP sucks

Ideas are cheap, but execution is where the magic happens. Listen as Chris and Yaniv talk about what it means to execute successfully as an early-stage startup. We finally disagree about something too! Topics covered: What do...

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March 11, 2022

Edu: Early ideation - Your Idea Is Worthless

Got an idea for a startup? Congratulations, so does everybody else. In this episode, Chris and Yaniv dive deep on the idea of ideas, their role, and their limitations in the context of building a startup. Discussion topics in...

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March 5, 2022

Edu: What is a Startup? - An Antidote to Small Business Syndrome

What is the difference between a Silicon Valley-style tech startup and a regular small business? In this first episode of The Startup Podcast, Chris and Yaniv talk about the many ways people misunderstand what makes startups ...

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