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

Why Every Startup Founder Should Consider B2B SaaS w/ Rob Walling (Edu)

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

3509Sep 22, 2025

Is the new age of AI agents about to kill niche B2B SaaS businesses? Many first-time founders worry that tools like ChatGPT or custom AI builders will make off-the-shelf SaaS products obsolete, but it could simply herald a new evolution of SaaS. In this episode, Yaniv is joined by Rob Walling, serial founder, investor, and author of The SaaS Playbook, to break down why B2B SaaS still outperforms other business models and how founders can build defensible products – even in an AI-driven world.

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

3474Sep 8, 2025

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.