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Welcome back to The Startup Podcast’s community newsletter - we’re excited that you’ve joined us as we provide a guide through the unique mindset and approach that drives Silicon Valley style disruption at scale.
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To kick off 2024 Chris and Yaniv welcomed unicorn founder Immad Akhund, founder of Mercury. The Insiders are also back this week to discuss the Carta Controversy, NYT suing OpenAI and Bitcoin ETF Predictions.
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Reacts: Insiders Discuss - Carta Controversy, NYT Sues OpenAI & Bitcoin ETF Predictions
Emil, Chris and Yaniv are off and running in 2024 and hasn’t it been a big week of controversy in the tech world.
This week they discuss:
🔍 Carta's Privacy Clash
🧠 AI and the Copyright Dilemma
₿ Bitcoin's Evolution
🌐 The Battle Between Technology and Ethics
This week’s breaking tech news has wide reaching consequences on the tech landscape, you don’t want to miss out!
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Edu: Scaling Up - Insights From A Unicorn Founder w/ Immad Akhund
This week we had the pleasure of welcoming special guest, unicorn founder and CEO of Mercury, Immad Akhund. Mercury is an online financial services company for startups.
With Chris and Yaniv, Immad shares his insights from scaling after finding product-market fit and how the journey has brought diverse challenges. In particular they discuss:
🚀 Mercury’s Strategic Launch Success
💡 CEO's Adaptive Role
🌐 Culture and Quality Hiring
🔄 Organizational Scalability
📈 Deliberate Marketing & Investments
🌱 Scaling Success Factors, Growth Mindset and Empowerment
Whether you’re working at a startup or scale up, Immad’s actionable insights will be valuable to employ as your team kicks off 2024.
What Beliefs Do You No Longer Hold In 2024?
It’s 2024.
What beliefs that you held at the start of 2023 do you no longer hold?
If you haven’t re-evaluated any of your beliefs
In this past year… have you been paying attention?
The Difference Between Startups And “Real Businesses”
Kicking off the year with a bang
I was recently engaged in a debate about the differences (or not) between Startups and "Real Businesses."
It inspired me to make this comparison table.
I think it reveals a LOT about why startups work the way they do
I'd love your feedback. I'd also really appreciate likes/comments to aid with distribution!
See attached link.
Top 10 Shorts From 2023:
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