Edu: Alignment – Make Sure You’re Pulling in the Same Direction
Alignment is about making sure that everybody in an organisation is working in such a way that their efforts build on each other, rather than cancelling out. If you’re not aligned, it doesn’t matter h...
8 Des 202235min
Edu: Company Culture – You Shall Reap What You Sow
This bonus episode is a collaboration with Yan Kruger’s fantastic Growth Ripples podcast. Startups can survive a bad culture to achieve product-market fit, but once they reach the scale-up stage the e...
5 Des 202220min
Edu: Prioritization & Unfunded Mandates - If Everything is a Priority, Nothing is a Priority
Most startups limp along with way too many priorities—and the lack of focus will kill them. Ruthless and deliberate prioritization and sequencing is *the* secret ingredient behind successful startups....
1 Des 202244min
Edu: Business Development - Embracing Raw Capitalism w/ Emil Michael
Emil Michael was Uber’s Chief Business Officer during the company’s glory years, and is one of the small handful of people who shaped the modern ridesharing economy. Emil is one of Silicon Valley’s mo...
24 Nov 202237min
Reacts: Downturn Fundraising - How to Raise Money in the Current Climate w/Emil Michael & Jessy Wu
It’s no secret that the investment environment has changed quite drastically in the last six months, and for many founders out there it has become much more difficult to raise the needed funds. We hav...
21 Nov 202220min
Edu: Avoiding Toxic Niceness - Speaking Truth to Power (with Jessy Wu)
Yaniv is joined by Jessy Wu, Investor at Afterwork Ventures, to talk about how excessive niceness in a startup ecosystem can turn toxic, and what can be done to fight back against it. This episode is ...
17 Nov 202238min
Q&A: Prioritising Features, How to Cold Email Investors, and More
Time for another Listener Q&A episode! Chris and Yaniv give clear, actionable answers on the following questions: How to prioritise which features to build? How to think about PR for your startup? ...
11 Nov 202228min
Edu: Developer Platforms - Profiting From the Labour of Others
The modern software ecosystem is made possible by developer platforms and APIs. Many of the most successful tech startups of recent years have succeeded by offering powerful tools to developers. So wh...
3 Nov 202256min
