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The Startup Different Podcast — 131 episodes

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1

Can You Biohack Your Way to Immortality?

2

When Gambling Becomes "News"

3

AI Just Became the World's Best Hacker

4

Chris's Stealth Project Revealed: PurePrep

5

Dave's Stealth Project Revealed

6

Your AI Model Just Became Illegal

7

Your Specs Are The New Bottleneck

8

AI Espionage - Who's Copying Who?

9

OpenAI's Hardware Obsession

10

Amazon Wants to Be the Middleman of AI

11

Should You Cancel Your Subscriptions for Politics?

12

AI Has Broken Hiring

13

The Bot Takeover of Social Media

14

Data Centers in Space: Innovation or Insanity?

15

The 3 Worst Pieces of Startup Advice (And What to Do Instead)

16

Zero to One - 3 Essential Tips to Get Your First Million

17

2026 Tech Predictions: Will They Deliver or Disappoint?

18

Reviewing 2025 Tech Predictions - The Accountability Report

19

Happy Holidays from Startup Different!

20

Hot Takes: AI Finds Lithium, Grok Loves Elon, Kids Get Stickers

21

Inside Trump's Genesis AI Project

22

OpenAI's Wearable Problem

23

Dave's Hot Takes: AI Browsers, Creator Gold Rush, NVidia Robotaxi

24

From Calculators to ChatGPT: Why AI in the Classroom Isn't So Different

25

When Money Goes in Circles: Lessons from Dot-Com for the AI Boom

26

Why Amazon's Robot Revolution Might Not Kill Jobs

27

Top 5 Startup Trends - Dave's Hot Takes

28

Can California Regulate AI?

29

Should We Kill Canada Post?

30

AI Workslop Is Killing Your Startup

31

Do Founders Need To Be Famous?

32

Are IPOs Dead?

33

Did They Finally Confront Elon?

34

8 Things Founders NEED to Know About AGI and the Singularity

35

7 Ways to Replace Your Co-Founder with AI

36

Do People Think You're Dumb Because You Use AI?

37

Should Founders Go On Vacation?

38

Startup Hiring: Rookies vs. Veterans

39

Is Remote Work Over?

40

AI Took Your Job - Now What?

41

Forget Ads - Go Guerilla

42

Do Social Ads Even Work?

43

Why 90% of Startups Should Avoid Resellers

44

Push, Pivot, or Pull the Plug?

45

How Fear Fueled a $100B Brand

46

The Worst Trailer of All Time

47

Is AI Ruining US? (And Maybe Your Kids?)

48

Will ChatGPT Crush Your AI Startup?

49

Who Can CONFRONT Elon?

50

Is Ego Killing Your Startup?

51

Skip the Payroll - Keep the Progress

52

Can You Grow Too Fast?

53

Crisis Hit. $15M ARR Later, She Leveled Up

54

15 Jobs; 1 Multi-Million Exit

55

The Retail Investor Revolution

56

Mo VCs, Mo Problems: Raising Without the Grind

57

A Boring Multi-Million Dollar Game

58

From $0 to $1.6B: The Story of a Telecom Unicorn

59

Founder After Forty: How a Midlife Crisis Led to Midlife Mission

60

Win at business AND get ripped

61

Body & Business: How Anthony Ng Monica Built Two Successful Ventures from Scratch

62

Playing the Startup Long Game WORKS

63

From Setbacks to Strengths: How Jess Chan Built Entrepreneurial Resilience For Longplay

64

Navigating Catastrophes and Capital

65

Scaling Smart: Rob Levin’s Guide to Business Growth, Funding, and Resilience

66

Building Beyond Unicorns and Redefining Startup Success

67

Empathy and Innovation: Natalie Kaminski’s Journey from Coder to CEO

68

Firefighters, Funding, and Pivots: Chris Memmott’s Path to Success

69

Were we Boss-Holes? The Secrets of Leadership Transformation

70

Can You Balance Profit and Purpose? A Conversation with Catherine Bell (Season 6, Episode 1)

71

Best Known Beats Best: Key Business Insights from Matt Watson’s $150M Exit (Season 5, Episode 13)

72

Scaling and Success: Matt Watson on Building and Exiting Multiple Startups (Season 5, Episode 12)

73

Finding Goldminds: Key Lessons from Cynthia Arscott’s Mindfulness Startup (Season 5, Episode 11)

74

Get your Kids to Sleep: Cynthia Arscott’s Goldminds App for Children’s Wellbeing (Season 5, Episode 10)

75

Beyond Technical Skills: Key Communication Lessons from Expert Matt Reesor (Season 5, Episode 9)

76

The Power of Communication: Matt Reesor's Lessons for Startup Founders (Season 5, Episode 8)

77

Courageous Entrepreneurship - Lessons from Octavia Goredema (Season 5, Episode 7)

78

Breaking Barriers and Building Businesses: Octavia Goredema’s Startup Journey (Season 5, Episode 6)

79

Lessons from a Startup Great: Mark Organ’s Blueprint for Success (Season 5, Episode 5)

80

Episode 4 - Building Killer Startups: Mark Organ on Passion, Pivots, and Problem Solving (Season 5, Episode 4)

81

Exit Strategy Unpacked: What We Learned from Laurie Barkman (Season 5, Episode 3)

82

The Sherpa’s Guide to Selling Your Business - Expert Advice from Laurie Barkman (Season 5, Episode 2)

83

Meet the Hosts - Remastered (Season 5, Episode 1)

84

Deep Dive on Fractional Marketing and Find Your Audience (Season 4, Episode 12)

85

Interview with Marketing Expert Nathan Yeung (Season 4, Episode 11)

86

Deep Dive on Serial Entrepreneurship (Season 4, Episode 10)

87

Interview with Ameya Juvekar, Serial Entrepreneur (Season 4, Episode 9)

88

Deep Dive on RAX and Marley Alles: Social Media & Winning Awards (Season 4, Episode 8)

89

Interview with Marley Alles of Rax Clothing Rental (Season 4, Episode 7)

90

Free Flowin’: Deep Dive on Flow State (Season 4, Episode 6)

91

Go with the Flow with Rishi Behari (Season 4, Episode 5)

92

The Impact Hockey Stick Growth Curve (Season 4, Episode 4)

93

Interview with Brooke Finlay of Navio (Season 4, Episode 3)

94

Unicorns 101 (Season 4, Episode 2)

95

We met a Unicorn - Interview with Meti Basiri of ApplyBoard (Season 4, Episode 1)

96

HazTrack's Approach to Big Data as a Small Firm (Season 3, Episode 12)

97

Should you buy marketing data? (Season 3, Episode 11)

98

Find Data to Find Consensus (Season 3, Episode 10)

99

Feedback Loops and Data Goldmines (Season 3, Episode 9)

100

Bujjify Innovating Against the Big Guys (Season 3, Episode 8)

101

Innovating To Create A New Market (Season 3, Episode 7)

102

Product Roadmap Potholes (Season 3, Episode 6)

103

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the MVP Process (Season 3, Episode 5)

104

Startup Shout Out: Hope McIntosh-Trigg and Negotiating Like a Boss (Season 3, Episode 4)

105

Price Negotiations and Why You Should Love Them (Season 3, Episode 3)

106

What Does it Mean to “Win” a Negotiation? (Season 3, Episode 2)

107

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself (Season 3, Episode 1)

108

Burning-Out Blows (Season 2, Episode 12)

109

Nurture Employee Passion (Season 2, Episode 11)

110

Sideways Flying Employee Reviews (Season 2, Episode 10)

111

Peeling Back the Interview Onion (Season 2, Episode 9)

112

Fighting Employment Remorse (Season 2, Episode 8)

113

Do you really need to raise capital? (Season 2, Episode 7)

114

The Credibility Crisis of Starting a Company (Season 2, Episode 6)

115

You Are an Entrepreneur (Season 2, Episode 5)

116

You're Not Important Anymore (Season 2, Episode 4)

117

Bringing Two Companies Together (Season 2, Episode 3)

118

The Process of Being Acquired (Season 2, Episode 2)

119

Positioning Your Startup For Acquisition (Season 2, Episode 1)

120

Minimum Viable Podcast (Season 1, Episode 11)

121

Sell To Them Their Way (Season 1, Episode 10)

122

Building Your Startup Team Culture (Season 1, Episode 9)

123

The Case for a Co-Founder (Season 1, Episode 8)

124

People Do Not Equal Customer Service (Season 1, Episode 7)

125

Customer Special Request Mayhem (Season 1, Episode 6)

126

Work Smart AND Hard (Season 1, Episode 5)

127

Don't Follow Your Passion, Develop Your Passion (Season 1, Episode 4)

128

Setting Your Company Cadence (Season 1, Episode 3)

129

Office Space and Startup Culture (Season 1, Episode 2)

130

Your Next Great Idea (Season 1, Episode 1)

131

Meet the Hosts (Season 1, Episode 0)