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Growing a Pre-Seed Startup? This Is The Core Knowledge You Need w/ Ashley Smith

The Startup Podcast - advice for early stage tech founders from Silicon Valley insiders
3474September 8, 2025
Startup Fundamentals

Pre-seed founders want explosive growth early on, but are you following the wrong playbook too soon? These days strategies, acronyms, and well-intended advice are everywhere, but today's guest argues that the path forward is a simple one: talk to customers, run experiments, and embrace rejection as part of the journey.

About The Startup Podcast - advice for early stage tech founders from Silicon Valley insiders

Advice for founders and entrepreneurs who want to build disruptive startups like they do in Silicon Valley. Not another interview podcast: concrete tips and masterclasses on what founders need to know: raising Venture Capital, strategy, product, marketing, growth, and more. A guide to the unique mindset and approach that drives Silicon Valley style disruption. Hosts Chris Saad and Yaniv Bernstein share practical advice based on decades of experience at Google, Uber, and their own startups.

Hosted by Yaniv Bernstein, Chris Saad: startup builders and founders. Ex Google, Ex Uber

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