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The Startup Different Podcast — 129 episodes

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1

AI Just Became the World's Best Hacker

2

Chris's Stealth Project Revealed: PurePrep

3

Dave's Stealth Project Revealed

4

Your AI Model Just Became Illegal

5

Your Specs Are The New Bottleneck

6

AI Espionage - Who's Copying Who?

7

OpenAI's Hardware Obsession

8

Amazon Wants to Be the Middleman of AI

9

Should You Cancel Your Subscriptions for Politics?

10

AI Has Broken Hiring

11

The Bot Takeover of Social Media

12

Data Centers in Space: Innovation or Insanity?

13

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

14

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

15

2026 Tech Predictions: Will They Deliver or Disappoint?

16

Reviewing 2025 Tech Predictions - The Accountability Report

17

Happy Holidays from Startup Different!

18

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

19

Inside Trump's Genesis AI Project

20

OpenAI's Wearable Problem

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

Why Amazon's Robot Revolution Might Not Kill Jobs

25

Top 5 Startup Trends - Dave's Hot Takes

26

Can California Regulate AI?

27

Should We Kill Canada Post?

28

AI Workslop Is Killing Your Startup

29

Do Founders Need To Be Famous?

30

Are IPOs Dead?

31

Did They Finally Confront Elon?

32

8 Things Founders NEED to Know About AGI and the Singularity

33

7 Ways to Replace Your Co-Founder with AI

34

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

35

Should Founders Go On Vacation?

36

Startup Hiring: Rookies vs. Veterans

37

Is Remote Work Over?

38

AI Took Your Job - Now What?

39

Forget Ads - Go Guerilla

40

Do Social Ads Even Work?

41

Why 90% of Startups Should Avoid Resellers

42

Push, Pivot, or Pull the Plug?

43

How Fear Fueled a $100B Brand

44

The Worst Trailer of All Time

45

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

46

Will ChatGPT Crush Your AI Startup?

47

Who Can CONFRONT Elon?

48

Is Ego Killing Your Startup?

49

Skip the Payroll - Keep the Progress

50

Can You Grow Too Fast?

51

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

52

15 Jobs; 1 Multi-Million Exit

53

The Retail Investor Revolution

54

Mo VCs, Mo Problems: Raising Without the Grind

55

A Boring Multi-Million Dollar Game

56

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

57

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

58

Win at business AND get ripped

59

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

60

Playing the Startup Long Game WORKS

61

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

62

Navigating Catastrophes and Capital

63

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

64

Building Beyond Unicorns and Redefining Startup Success

65

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

66

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

67

Were we Boss-Holes? The Secrets of Leadership Transformation

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

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

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

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

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

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

91

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

92

Unicorns 101 (Season 4, Episode 2)

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

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

97

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

98

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

99

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

100

Product Roadmap Potholes (Season 3, Episode 6)

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

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

105

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

106

Burning-Out Blows (Season 2, Episode 12)

107

Nurture Employee Passion (Season 2, Episode 11)

108

Sideways Flying Employee Reviews (Season 2, Episode 10)

109

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

110

Fighting Employment Remorse (Season 2, Episode 8)

111

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

112

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

113

You Are an Entrepreneur (Season 2, Episode 5)

114

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

115

Bringing Two Companies Together (Season 2, Episode 3)

116

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

117

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

118

Minimum Viable Podcast (Season 1, Episode 11)

119

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

120

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

121

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

122

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

123

Customer Special Request Mayhem (Season 1, Episode 6)

124

Work Smart AND Hard (Season 1, Episode 5)

125

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

126

Setting Your Company Cadence (Season 1, Episode 3)

127

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

128

Your Next Great Idea (Season 1, Episode 1)

129

Meet the Hosts (Season 1, Episode 0)