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The Startup Different Podcast — 126 episodes

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1

Your AI Model Just Became Illegal

2

Your Specs Are The New Bottleneck

3

AI Espionage - Who's Copying Who?

4

OpenAI's Hardware Obsession

5

Amazon Wants to Be the Middleman of AI

6

Should You Cancel Your Subscriptions for Politics?

7

AI Has Broken Hiring

8

The Bot Takeover of Social Media

9

Data Centers in Space: Innovation or Insanity?

10

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

11

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

12

2026 Tech Predictions: Will They Deliver or Disappoint?

13

Reviewing 2025 Tech Predictions - The Accountability Report

14

Happy Holidays from Startup Different!

15

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

16

Inside Trump's Genesis AI Project

17

OpenAI's Wearable Problem

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

Why Amazon's Robot Revolution Might Not Kill Jobs

22

Top 5 Startup Trends - Dave's Hot Takes

23

Can California Regulate AI?

24

Should We Kill Canada Post?

25

AI Workslop Is Killing Your Startup

26

Do Founders Need To Be Famous?

27

Are IPOs Dead?

28

Did They Finally Confront Elon?

29

8 Things Founders NEED to Know About AGI and the Singularity

30

7 Ways to Replace Your Co-Founder with AI

31

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

32

Should Founders Go On Vacation?

33

Startup Hiring: Rookies vs. Veterans

34

Is Remote Work Over?

35

AI Took Your Job - Now What?

36

Forget Ads - Go Guerilla

37

Do Social Ads Even Work?

38

Why 90% of Startups Should Avoid Resellers

39

Push, Pivot, or Pull the Plug?

40

How Fear Fueled a $100B Brand

41

The Worst Trailer of All Time

42

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

43

Will ChatGPT Crush Your AI Startup?

44

Who Can CONFRONT Elon?

45

Is Ego Killing Your Startup?

46

Skip the Payroll - Keep the Progress

47

Can You Grow Too Fast?

48

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

49

15 Jobs; 1 Multi-Million Exit

50

The Retail Investor Revolution

51

Mo VCs, Mo Problems: Raising Without the Grind

52

A Boring Multi-Million Dollar Game

53

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

54

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

55

Win at business AND get ripped

56

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

57

Playing the Startup Long Game WORKS

58

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

59

Navigating Catastrophes and Capital

60

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

61

Building Beyond Unicorns and Redefining Startup Success

62

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

63

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

64

Were we Boss-Holes? The Secrets of Leadership Transformation

65

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

66

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

67

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

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

Unicorns 101 (Season 4, Episode 2)

90

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

91

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

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

Product Roadmap Potholes (Season 3, Episode 6)

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

Burning-Out Blows (Season 2, Episode 12)

104

Nurture Employee Passion (Season 2, Episode 11)

105

Sideways Flying Employee Reviews (Season 2, Episode 10)

106

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

107

Fighting Employment Remorse (Season 2, Episode 8)

108

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

109

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

110

You Are an Entrepreneur (Season 2, Episode 5)

111

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

112

Bringing Two Companies Together (Season 2, Episode 3)

113

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

114

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

115

Minimum Viable Podcast (Season 1, Episode 11)

116

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

117

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

118

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

119

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

120

Customer Special Request Mayhem (Season 1, Episode 6)

121

Work Smart AND Hard (Season 1, Episode 5)

122

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

123

Setting Your Company Cadence (Season 1, Episode 3)

124

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

125

Your Next Great Idea (Season 1, Episode 1)

126

Meet the Hosts (Season 1, Episode 0)