Apple on your face, or a big disgrace? On the 5th of June, an auditorium sat patiently waiting for Apple’s 2023 Worldwide Developer Conference. Rumours had been floating for a while that there was a new product under development. Over the past few years, Apple had been gaining patents, buying…
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If you are set on taking your startup to the US, don't waste your time by trying to find product market fit in Australia - make the jump early!
As a startup founder don't need to go to every startup event or conference - focus on your product, surround yourself with other startups and if you're in San Francisco, serendipity happens!
As a caregiver or parent you need to be able to prioritise life as you will not get to everything. Startups are the same!
If you're looking to be in the thick of the action, build a massive startup, solve a worldwide issue, the USA is for you! Chris Saad explains why you and your startup need to move operations to the US to optimise for success!
Have you ever heard of people closing deals between contractions?!? Neither had we, but that's just the beginning of the stories that occur in the online community VC Backed Moms as explained by Amy Sun (Founder and CEO of Briefly AI and Landing Party), special guest on the latest episode…
Historically, startup culture has forced people to create a professional facade. A facade that inhibits the ability to reveal any kind of distraction or humanity that might weaken your position or your professionalism in a corporate setting. Challenging that trend is Amy Sun. Amy is CEO and Founder of Briefly…
There are many current careers that will disappear or radically change with AI. Ben Parr explains that journalism is in the hotseat with the newest AI algorithms unless you're an investigative journalist. There's no denying it now, the future is AI.
Too often Chris finds startups focussed on other aspects other than their core issue too early on in their startup life. To survive your startup needs to survive. Fit your own mask first! Make sure your startup is well-established before working on other endeavours like community.
People idolise outliers especially in tech! Ever since Steve Jobs wore his iconic black turtleneck, people in tech have tried to be like him, even down to what he wore. However, outliers ARE NOT the norm. For the majority of us who are not the outliers, the best way to…
Companies talk about "data-driven" processes and how these processes drive their innovation. But data is just information - it needs more context to be impactful! Fortunately we had Itamar Gilad on @startup-podcast this week to dive into evidence guided product management with Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein.
Ever had customers say they LOVE your product only for them to cancel their subscription 3 months later? You are not alone! Australians are renowned for being too nice when providing feedback ESPECIALLY around products. This is a massive waste of time for all involved. To improve products, feedback MUST…
San Francisco is coming back alive! Chris explains the recent boom in AI hackathons in SF and why now is the time to get on the next tech boom in the USA!
One of the biggest issues in product development is narrow framing: the bias in which teams (or managers) focus on a small subset instead of evaluating the wider issue. This can lead to long term product adoption issues that can often be unforseen. Itamar Gilad sits down with Chris and…
Have you built products and no matter what you worked on it didn’t matter, the business metrics didn’t improve nor did the user experience? You are not alone! Fortunately, we have special guest Itamar Gilad– Former Product Manager at Google turned startup coach, author and speaker here to help change…
Startup pitches can be boring! When they are it's because they're not structure properly. Nir Zavaro explains that startup pitches need to be reimagined. Start thinking about your startup pitch as a 3 minute "trailer"! Listen to more of Nir's episode with Yaniv on The Startup Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgQzOf04AI @startup-podcast
Storytelling in startups is easy! You need to be able to explain what you do succinctly and in a way everyone understands. Failure to do that and it sets off an investor's gut feeling and can ruin your hopes of securing their investment (even if your product is good!). Nir…
Is it unpatriotic to move from your home country to build your startup in the USA? To Jack Bloomfield the unclear is clear: it's actually one of the most patriotic things you can do. Listen to Jack's take right here, then listen to the full episode of The Startup Podcast…
Context for startup decks are incredibly important. One size does not fit all! Nir Zavaro explains why founders need to adapt their decks to the situation. Not presenting directly infront of an investor? Imagine they're sitting on the toilet. You won't be able to explain further about aspects of your…
Nir Eyal dispels the commonly held notion around distraction. Listen to more of his episode "Eliminate Distraction" with Chris and Yaniv on the@startup-podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyt2Q4KBnTY!
Nir Zavaro explains that everyone can tell a story. What separates great stories from information that people don't care about is HOW people tell the information and the emotions that are delivered with the information in an "entertainment vessel". With that "entertainment vessel" you can teach and educate others which…
We’re all storytellers. It’s the way we first begin to learn and it's the way we have communicated important information for thousands of years. However, it is the skill we practice the least. As startup operators, if you were a better storyteller imagine what you could accomplish. You would be…
How does your startup write OKRs? Listen to Oliver Heckmann (head of Engineering at Coda) explain how they wrote OKRs at Google and why that's become unpopular. Hear more of the "Ten Commandments of Good Planning" episode on the @startup-podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX5fpmSZhE