Best Chris Saad Podcasts (2025)

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The 5 Steps to Product-Market Fit w/ Chris Saad, ex-Head of Product at Uber, Host of The Startup Podcast 51:03

5d ago51:03

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We took examples from the last 100 episodes and built a clear, 5 step path to finding product market fit: 1.Before Startup Mode, There’s Research Mode —> Become an expert to find problems worth solving. 2.Only the Insanely Focused Survive —> Focus all your resources to do more with less. 3.You have to be in the market to win the market —> Use niche…

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Ceasefire Deal & Pete Hegseth | With Michael Knowles, Dave Rubin & Julie Roginsky 1:04:16

1h ago1:04:16

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With only five days until Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency, the list of problems and issues that will require his attention is growing in size. There’s a prospective ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the confirmation of his cabinet staff and the still-raging fires in Los Angeles, California. These hurdles must be overcome - but how? To …

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Insiders React- Altman: AGI Almost Here! + Zuck and Bezos Kiss Trump's Ring, Rise of the Robots 50:43

1h ago50:43

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Are we on the brink of Artificial General Intelligence? Has OpenAI quietly announced a breakthrough that could change everything? And how are tech giants like Google responding? In this episode, Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein dive into the latest developments in AI, robotics, and the shifting political landscape as a new U.S. administration takes o…

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Dennis Quaid and Patrick Bet-David Discuss LA Wildfires 1:17:49

38m ago1:17:49

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The massive wildfires burning in Los Angeles show no signs of slowing and now, a palpable fear of the famous Santa Ana winds fanning the flames can be felt amongst those on the ground. To say many are angry at the democrat-controlled city government would be an understatement. Additionally, fire insurance is now at the forefront of every LA residen…

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LA Wildfires Unpacked With Amala Ekpunobi, Jillian Michaels, Adam Carolla & More 1:30:12

18h ago1:30:12

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At the time of this video’s posting, one of the worst natural disasters in American history, the Los Angeles wildfires, is unfolding in California. Thousands of people have lost everything they hold dear, and now, their collective gaze is turning to the authorities responsible for the city’s management; namely Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen …

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Unforced Errors – Avoiding Mistakes At Every Stage w/ Mona Sabet (Edu) 1:02:07

2d ago1:02:07

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Are you making costly mistakes that could derail your startup's success? Even experienced founders fall into common traps at every stage of their journey. In this episode, Yaniv and Chris are joined by Mona Sabet, veteran Silicon Valley executive and author of "Sale to Scale," to explore founders' critical errors from launch to exit. In this episod…

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Stripe bought his startup for $1.1B—just 2.5 years after he quit his job. | Zach Abrams, Co-Founder of Bridge 55:25

2d ago55:25

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Zach was burned out after a decade of working at top roles in Coinbase, Square and Brex. He quit with no startup idea-- and then, he went right back in. Given their background, Zach and his co-founder quickly raised an $8M seed round to build an NFT-related product in Web3. One month later, they completely abandoned their idea. They realized it was…

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Episode 0397: Womens' Beanpot Tourney; Womens' World Championship; Flyer Fans Love Cutter; Mid-Season Surprises; Rich Keefe Trolling; Panarin's Next Contract; Weekly Poll Question & More! 1:47:54

2d ago1:47:54

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Most teams have hit the 41 game mark, half way through the season. We talk about our season surprises thus far this year, as well as some other interesting topics. Here is the rundown this week: Women’s Beanpot Tourney: 0:00 – 9:00 Women’s World Championship Roster: 9:00 – 16:55 Flyers’ Fans Love Cutter: 16:55 – 27:54 Midpoint Surprises: 27:54 – 1:…

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Candace Owens vs Mikhaila Peterson 52:59

4d ago52:59

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The online conservative community has become increasingly bold and unapologetic in the era of Donald Trump, and while they happily coalesced to ensure he serves a second presidential term, that newfound assertiveness can mean that right-wing leaders and pundits don’t always get along. Mikhaila Peterson, daughter of the venerable Dr Jordan Peterson,…

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UK Grooming Scandal With Mehdi Hasan, Gad Saad & Matthew Syed 1:01:55

5d ago1:01:55

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As the scale of the grooming gangs scandal in the United Kingdom begins to dawn on the rest of the world, there is a gravely large amount of blame to be shared about. It’s a well-known fact that this type of abuse has been committed by various demographic groups, but the clearly racialised nature of the gangs in places like Rotherham is being weapo…

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MAGA Meta & More With Tim Pool, Kara Swisher, Dave Smith & Dean Obeidallah 56:16

6d ago56:16

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled sweeping reforms to the world’s biggest social media business, announcing he's getting rid of fact-checking on Facebook - plus, in an extraordinary U-turn, he's announced a partnership with Donald Trump to push First Amendment rights around the whole world. His decision to copy Elon Musk’s Community Notes, at a…

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Jordan Peterson On Trudeau, Tommy Robinson & UK Grooming Gangs 1:20:48

6d ago1:20:48

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A decades-old scandal rooted in the north of England has, in the last few days, been pushed to the top of the western world’s newscycle; that being the grooming gangs of Rotherham. In this particular case, the perpetrators were largely Pakistani muslim men while the victims were largely white underage girls. Worse still, it’s being reported that th…

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Episode 0396: B's Losing Streak; Sean Higgins; the Poll Question; World Juniors Men & Women; The Other Capitals Stud; Habs Open For Business; Canucks Rumors and More! 1:55:44

6d ago1:55:44

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With the holidays in the past, we start the new year with a new show from the Forecheck crew. We hope everyone had a nice break, but its back to work. The first show of 2025 is a little longer, but we will be back to form this weekend. Here is the breakdown… Bruins’ Losing Streak: 0:00 – 27:15 Sean Higgins: 27:15 – 42:20 Poll Question: 42:20 – 57:5…

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Justin Trudeau Resigns plus Elon Musk Supports Tommy Robinson 47:38

8d ago47:38

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A few stories have dominated the western world over its festive period; the grooming gangs scandal in the UK and the use of H-1B visas in the US being just two of them. But a central connection running through these stories have been Elon Musk. Musk has been condemned for praising convicted thug Tommy Robinson, but then again, this is exactly what …

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Best of 2024 #4 – Agile vs. Waterfall: Stop Practicing Agile Theater w/ John Cutler 34:50

8d ago34:50

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As we head into 2025, we're looking back on our most popular episodes of 2024. This episode was originally published on July 29, 2024. Are you shipping faster than you learn, or learning faster than you ship? Learn the risks of practicing "agile" theater and iterating your product without direction. On this week's episode, product legend John Cutle…

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How Gusto’s $10B founder raised $6M, built a team of 5—& hit $5M ARR in just 2 years. | Josh Reeves, Founder of Gusto 56:33

8d ago56:33

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Gusto is a $9.5B startup that does $500M ARR. Josh built an absolute monster of a company-- and it all started with payroll software for SMBs. Not just that, he started by servicing only new tech startups that were based in California. It was exceptionally niche, and it worked. After YC, he raised a $6M seed round from tier 1 angels, back when larg…

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The top 5 early-stage startup lessons for 2025 12:02

12d ago12:02

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We go through the top 5 product-market fit lessons I've learned from speaking to well over 100+ founders on this show over the last 3 years. These are the top 5 things you should keep top of mind going into 2025. Why you should listen: Small teams outperform larger ones in early stages. Paying employees well is needed to build A+ teams. Go all-in o…

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Jack Barsky On Lies, Sex and Spying | Real KGB Agent 59:16

14d ago59:16

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Many people have told their stories on Piers Morgan Uncensored, but none have had a story to tell quite like Jack Barsky. Born Albrecht Dittrich in East Germany in 1949, he became a Russian spy who defected to America and now has a lifetime of secrets and close calls sitting in his past. Today, Jack reveals how flattery drew him into the KGB, the m…

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Chris Williamson On Men’s Issues & Social Media 31:08

15d ago31:08

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After appearing as a hunky contestant on the first ever series on Love Island, Chris Williamson's life's purpose came into focus. That being, to create content that changed people's lives. Since appearing on the show, Williamson has launched the Modern Wisdom podcast and his own YouTube channel; boasting an impressive base of three million subscrib…

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Best of 2024 #3 – VC Pitch: PayPal for Agents – Skyfire Powers AI-to-AI Commerce at Scale 1:02:32

15d ago1:02:32

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As we head into 2025, we're looking back on our most popular episodes of 2024. This episode was originally published on October 30, 2024. Are you ready for a world where AI agents can autonomously make purchases and monetize their services? How will commerce and payments evolve as intelligent software agents become ubiquitous? In this episode, Chri…

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He raised $1.3M, hit $100K ARR—but failed. Here's the lesson every founder needs to hear. | Tolga Ermis, Founder of PromiseQ 30:24

15d ago30:24

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Tolga stumbled upon a problem in the security monitoring space. Motion cameras generated way too many false alerts. So he decided to solve it using AI. He raised over a million dollars and got several customers. But he always felt he was pushing a boulder up a hill. At one point, one of his large customers churned and went with a competitor. Tolga …

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Episode 0395: Ovi's Back; World Juniors & Latvia; Schaefer Injured; Cole Hutson; Rangers Trade; Prime Waived; Brind 'Amour Fastest to 300; Poll Questions and More! 1:46:36

16d ago1:46:36

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Christmas has come and gone for another year. The new year is starting in less than a week. Can we now focus on important things…like hockey! The World Juniors are happening, we have the NHL and the PWHL. The Winter Classic will take place in a few days, 4 Nations is fast approaching and college hockey is ongoing. With all this, we have another sho…

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24 ways to get your first customers—based on real examples from the last 100 episodes. 24:10

19d ago24:10

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There are a few things harder when building startups than getting your first few customers. When you're on a standstill, getting momentum is incredibly hard. Going from zero to one takes an incredible amount of effort—you have absolutely no credibility, no proof points. So to help you out I went through 24 ways of getting your first customers using…

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Graham Hancock on Pyramids, Atlantis & God 38:23

22d ago38:23

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The British writer Graham Hancock, has had a great deal of pejorative terms affixed to his name; chiefly among them are pseudoarchaeologist and psuedohistorian. But Hancock doesn't claim to be in possession of any special knowledge, merely that he is fascinated by the questions science and history struggle to answer. His vast knowledge on the intri…

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Best of 2024 #2 – Mastering Attention: Your Startup's Secret Weapon w/ Ben Parr 51:19

22d ago51:19

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As we head into 2025, we're looking back on our most popular episodes of 2024. This episode was originally published on August 12, 2024. In today's fast-paced digital world, capturing and retaining attention is the most valuable currency for startups. But how can you thrive in a hypercompetitive landscape where rejection is the default response? In…

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He bet on voice AI when no one else did. Now he has $1M+ customers & $100M raised. | Ankit Jain, Founder of Infinitus 39:44

22d ago39:44

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Ankit left his job as a VC to launch a Voice AI platform—back in 2018! It wasn't the voice AI of today. The first demo sounded like a robot. But still, he convinced large enterprise customers in the healthcare space to try it out. He found a highly manual, call intensive workflow in the back office and autoamted it using AI. Years later, he's raise…

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Netflix’s ‘Polo’ FLOPS! Disney BACKTRACKS! Hollywood IN DECLINE! 32:15

25d ago32:15

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With the end of the year fast approaching, a final analysis of the latest cultural offerings is in order. There are multiple topics to sift through; from the Netflix docu-series ‘Polo’ from Prince Harry’s production company, which is being panned as incredibly unrelatable, to the news that Disney has cut a trans storyline from their animated series…

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Candace Owens On Israel, Trump, Diddy & Jay-Z 47:52

26d ago47:52

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Candace Owens, once considered to be somewhat of a political kook, now commands an undeniably dedicated following among the American right wing. She arrives at her first in-studio Uncensored Interview to Piers Morgan's wide open arms; a far throw from their first icy encounter. Owens has a lot to update Piers on, including her opinions on Israel's …

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YC said his idea "would never work". So he lived in his office for months—then raised $17M from a16z in 14 days. | Marty Kausas, founder of Pylon 1:07:26

26d ago1:07:26

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Marty and his co-founders lived full-time in their office for several months. They worked on their startup 24/7. To come up with the idea, they messaged 120 potential customers every day for 3 months. Originally, when they pitched YC they were told their idea would never work. YC said they'd seen it several times and it was destined to fail. So in …

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Young Turks SHOWDOWN With Dave Rubin & Cenk Uygur! Plus Lauren Boebert Interview 1:17:52

28d ago1:17:52

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Free speech and debate are considered to be the cornerstones of the American way of life, and working against it is something no savvy political operator would ever consider. Perhaps this is why the Democratic Party seems so lost. Many people who supported the party in the recent past have since come out with stories that reveal a palpable intolera…

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"He is a WAR CRIMINAL” Israel-Hamas Latest 1:04:31

29d ago1:04:31

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Over the past 12 months, the status quo in the Middle East has been utterly destroyed, and a new, more dangerous situation on the ground has emerged. While bullets fly and bombs drop, the state that has consistently made gains has been Israel, no doubt due to its support from the West. The Jewish state has seen its enemies in Palestine and Syria ev…

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Drone Invasion & Trump's "Golden Age" - With Eric Weinstein 55:36

30d ago55:36

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Another week, another big victory for President Trump, as ABC News is ordered to pay $15m to settle a defamation suit over George Stephanopoulos’s interview with Congresswoman Nancy Mace, in which he repeatedly claimed - falsely - that Trump is liable for rape. Meanwhile, the escalating mystery of unidentified drones spotted over New Jersey and the…

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Best of 2024 #1 – 5 Biggest Team Building Mistakes w/ Netflix Legend Patty McCord 1:06:48

29d ago1:06:48

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As we head into 2025, we're looking back on our most popular episodes of 2024. This episode was originally published on June 17, 2024. How do the best founders build exceptional teams? Learn how a practical approach to HR can transform the culture at your startup. In this episode, Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix and author of '…

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He built a $4B unicorn & crossed $100M ARR—here's why it took 10 years of 100-hour weeks. | Martin Basiri, Founder of Passage & Applyboard (SaaS North Keynote) 30:02

29d ago30:02

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I interviewed Martin on the keynote stage at the SaaS North conference. Here is the audio version. Martin built Applyboard into a $4B unicorn doing $100M+ in ARR. He left and started a new startup called Passage— and raised a $40M seed round. He talks about 100-hour weeks, hiring exceptional talent, why smaller teams can outperform—and why he decid…

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