The Startup Chat with Steli and Hiten

By Steli Efti & Hiten Shah: Serial Entrepreneurs, Sales & Marketing Experts, Startup Investors & Advisors, CEOs running multi million dollar SaaS Startups

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Unfiltered insights and actionable advice straight from the trenches of startup and business life.

Episode Date
530: Inbox Insanity? Archive All Your Emails Now!
Dec 15, 2020
529: Self-Management Is the Best Management
Dec 01, 2020
528: Pro Tip: Share Your Work
Nov 17, 2020
527: Should Founders Be Doing Sales? Will Prospects Take Their Startups Serious?
Nov 03, 2020
526: Is There Too Much SAAS?
Oct 27, 2020
525: A Founders Guide to Feeling Feelings
Aug 25, 2020
524: How to Acquire and Cross-Promo SAAS Apps
Aug 19, 2020
523: Creating Opportunities in a Time of Crisis
Aug 11, 2020
522: How to Improve Cashflow During a Crisis
Aug 04, 2020
521: The Power of Encouragement
Jul 28, 2020
520: Encore episode – How to Worry in Business
Jul 21, 2020
519: The HEY launch: Pick a fight to get attention
Jul 14, 2020
518: Reinvention Causes Everything to Thrive
Jul 07, 2020
517: How to Plan in 2020?
Jun 30, 2020
516: There’s No Mastery in Inner Work
Jun 23, 2020
515: “Should Have Done This Earlier”
Jun 16, 2020
514: How to Keep Your Sanity in 2020
Jun 09, 2020
513: Online Meetings & Virtual Events During COVID-19
Jun 02, 2020
512: The Sales & Marketing Grind
May 26, 2020
511: Starting a Startup During COVID-19?
May 19, 2020
510: How to Get Good at Taking Critical Feedback
May 12, 2020
509: Questions to Ask Yourself During This Crisis
May 07, 2020
508: How to Ruin Your Reputation During a Crisis
Apr 28, 2020
507: How to Stop Your Customers From Churning During COVID-19?
Apr 24, 2020
506: How to Instill a Sense of Urgency in Your Business
Apr 21, 2020
505: How to Be a Good Wartime CEO
Apr 17, 2020
504: How to Notice Your Own Bias
Apr 14, 2020
503: How Do You Negotiate With Yourself?
Apr 10, 2020
502: How to Maintain Mental Health During a Global Pandemic
Apr 07, 2020
501: How to Do Product Management During the COVID-19 Crisis
Apr 03, 2020
500: What We Have Learned From Each Other in 500 Episodes
Mar 31, 2020
499: How to Sell During the COVID-19 Crisis
Mar 27, 2020
498: Marketing During the COVID-19 Crisis
Mar 24, 2020
497: How to WFH Without Losing Your Mind During the COVID-19 Crisis
Mar 20, 2020
496: Should You Be the Face of Your Company?
Mar 13, 2020
495: How to Give Presentations to Your Team
Mar 10, 2020
494: How to Deal With Rejection
Mar 06, 2020
493: Dare to Be Different in All That You Do. For Your Future Happiness.
Mar 03, 2020
492: Business Intelligence for Startups
Feb 25, 2020
491: 100 Ways To Count Your Blessings
Feb 21, 2020
490: Hobbies for Founders
Feb 18, 2020
489: How to Set up Successful Partner Programs?
Feb 14, 2020
488: What Role Does Your Childhood Play in Entrepreneurship?
Feb 11, 2020
487: Are Entrepreneurs Made or Born?
Feb 07, 2020
486: How Zoom Became the Best Web Conferencing Product in a Decade
Feb 04, 2020
485: Product Hunt Do’s and Don’ts
Jan 31, 2020
484: Want to Sell Your Startup? Avoid These Mistakes!
Jan 28, 2020
483: The First 90-Days Onboarding Plan
Jan 21, 2020
482: Remote Work Worries? Are People Working Hard Enough?
Jan 17, 2020
481: Not Your Typical Advice
Jan 14, 2020
480: Startups Grow You as You Grow Them
Jan 10, 2020
479: What To Do After Your Startup Failed?
Jan 07, 2020
478: [Encore Episode] Beginning of the New Year – How to Reflect and Plan Ahead
Dec 31, 2019
477: [Encore Episode] Your Startup Isn’t Your Baby
Dec 27, 2019
476: [Encore Episode] How to Handle Private Life Challenges While Running a Startup (Forgiving Yourself)
Dec 24, 2019
475: Why Founders Need to Schedule Quiet Time to Think Deeply
Dec 20, 2019
474: How to Earn the Trust of a Team You’re Taking over as a New Manager
Dec 17, 2019
473: Encore Episode: What Founders Can Learn from Death
Dec 13, 2019
472: Encore Episode: Even Seasoned Founders Feel like First-Time Founders
Dec 10, 2019
471: Startup WTFs: Not Dedicating Enough Time to Your Most Important Customers & Team Members
Dec 03, 2019
470: Revenue Sharing Models for Startups
Nov 29, 2019
469: Fundraising for Startups—There’ve Never Been That so Many Options
Nov 26, 2019
468: How to Ask Better Questions
Nov 22, 2019
467: The Challenger, Helper, Victim Cycle
Nov 19, 2019
466: What Color Is Boredom
Nov 16, 2019
465: Scheduling Principles for Startup Founders
Nov 12, 2019
464: How to Foster a State of Flow in Startup Teams
Nov 08, 2019
463: How to Overcome Creative Blocks
Nov 05, 2019
462: Extreme Ownership
Nov 01, 2019
461: The Messy Middle
Oct 29, 2019
460: The Enneagram Personality Test
Oct 25, 2019
459: How to Build a Remote Sales Team
Oct 22, 2019
458: The Heart of Your Startup
Oct 18, 2019
457: Founder Distractions
Oct 15, 2019
456: The Fear of Doing Something Insignificant
Oct 11, 2019
455: Doing What Scares You
Oct 08, 2019
454: The Ways We Relax
Oct 04, 2019
453: Should You Make Exceptions for Employees?
Oct 01, 2019
452: The Need for Speed vs. the Need for Focus at a Startup
Sep 27, 2019
451: What Perks and Benefits Should You Offer Your Employees?
Sep 24, 2019
450: How to Get Unstuck
Sep 20, 2019
449: How to Know If Your Conversion Rates Are Good?
Sep 17, 2019
448: Thoughts on Sleep for Founders
Sep 13, 2019
447: Launching a Starter Plan
Sep 10, 2019
446: Should You Let Your Employees Work on Side-Projects?
Sep 06, 2019
445: Why Focus Is so Important and How to Get More of It
Sep 03, 2019
444: How to Increase Your Productivity
Aug 30, 2019
443: We’re All Dreaming Our Own Realities
Aug 27, 2019
442: How to Become Customer-Obsessed
Aug 23, 2019
441: What to Do When Your Customers Don’t Pay on Time?
Aug 20, 2019
440: Tradeoffs – A New Show by Hiten Shah & Patrick Campbell
Aug 16, 2019
439: The Remote Work Report 2019
Aug 13, 2019
438: Hiring Service Providers
Aug 09, 2019
437: Why Hacks Are Not Enough for Growth Anymore (Live from Growthhackers 2019)
Aug 06, 2019
436: Due Diligence During Fundraising
Aug 02, 2019
435: How to Deal with Bullies as a Founder?
Jul 30, 2019
434: Money Management for Startups
Jul 26, 2019
433: How to Listen & Learn from Those with Less Success Than You
Jul 23, 2019
432: Comparing Yourself with Other Founders & Startups
Jul 19, 2019
431: Should You Run a Ton of Experiments Early on as a Founder?
Jul 16, 2019
430: How to Get Marketing Attribution Right
Jul 12, 2019
429: Encouragement vs Advice
Jul 09, 2019
428: What We Recently Learned as Dads That Helps Us as Founders
Jul 05, 2019
427: Lies Founders Tell Themselves and Others
Jul 02, 2019
426: How to Create a Successful Pilot Program for Your Startup
Jun 28, 2019
425: The Value of Overcommunicating
Jun 25, 2019
424: How to Keep Your Team’s Morale Up
Jun 21, 2019
423: Steli’s Outbound Recruiting Hack
Jun 18, 2019
422: Introverts That Learned to Talk
Jun 14, 2019
421: The Benefits of Therapy for a Founder
Jun 11, 2019
420: Semi-Remote? Good/Bad?
Jun 07, 2019
419: Remote Work Isn’t Going Away. How to Do It Well
Jun 04, 2019
418: Changing Your Domain Name? Here’s What You Should Consider
May 31, 2019
417: Building the Content Muscle
May 29, 2019
416: Effort vs Leverage
May 24, 2019
415: New Positioning for the Startup Chat?
May 21, 2019
414: The Energy-Thoughts-Actions Framework
May 17, 2019
413: How Important Is Choosing a Good Market for Your Startup?
May 14, 2019
412: Is Bragging Bad? Is Being Humble Good?
May 10, 2019
411: Hiten’s Billion Dollar Mistake
May 07, 2019
410: The Value of Generating Hype for Your Startup
May 03, 2019
409: Meditation for Founders
Apr 30, 2019
408: Quantity vs. Quality in Content (Is More Always Better?)
Apr 26, 2019
407: How to Deal with Investor Conflicts?
Apr 23, 2019
406: Mistakes Startup Founders Make When Asking for Advice
Apr 19, 2019
405: Steli Needs Your Help Finding the Right Person
Apr 16, 2019
404: Why Your Biggest Strength Is Your Biggest Weakness
Apr 12, 2019
403: 4 Lessons for Podcasters After 400+ Podcasting Episodes
Apr 09, 2019
402: Personal Finances for Founders
Apr 05, 2019
401: How to Work with Designers
Apr 02, 2019
400: Identifying & Focusing on Growth Customers
Mar 29, 2019
399: How to Create an Ideal Customer Profile?
Mar 26, 2019
398: How to Use Documentation to Get the Right Things Done in a Remote Business
Mar 22, 2019
397: Creating a New Category as a Startup
Mar 19, 2019
396: Should You Be Secretive About Your Startup Ideas?
Mar 15, 2019
395: How to Set Clear Expectations to Get Good Results?
Mar 12, 2019
394: What’s Your Level of Incompetence?
Mar 08, 2019
393: How Not to Make Dumb Mistakes Under Pressure
Mar 05, 2019
392: Why Steli Is Always Looking to Understand the Person Behind the Message (People Research Episode)
Mar 01, 2019
391: How to Create Effective Comparison Pages
Feb 26, 2019
390: How Not to Get Ahead of Yourself
Feb 22, 2019
389: The Dangers of Being Overprepared
Feb 19, 2019
388: How Do You Define Your Identity
Feb 15, 2019
387: How to Make Increasingly Better Choices Each Day
Feb 12, 2019
386: How to Sleep and Rest up as a Founder
Feb 08, 2019
385: Firing People Too Slow Will Kill Your Startup
Feb 05, 2019
384: Customer Development Mistakes to Avoid
Feb 01, 2019
383: What Makes You Come Alive at Work? What Drives You?
Jan 29, 2019
382: How to Hire People Who Are More Senior Than Yourself
Jan 25, 2019
381: Self-Serve Sales: How to Get People to Upgrade Themselves in Your App
Jan 22, 2019
380: How to Become Good at Copywriting
Jan 18, 2019
379: How to Design/Write Great CTAs (Call to Actions)
Jan 15, 2019
378: Do You Have to Sacrifice Your Life & Health in the Early Days as Founder?
Jan 11, 2019
377: Should You Wake up Super Early in the Morning as Founder?
Jan 08, 2019
376: Learning to Ask for Help
Jan 04, 2019
375: The Second Time Around as a Startup Founder
Jan 01, 2019
374: Encore Episode: Big Picture Thinking / How to Prioritize
Dec 28, 2018
373: Encore Episode: How It All Began
Dec 25, 2018
372: Encore Episode: Tips to Generate Customer Insights
Dec 21, 2018
371: Encore Episode: How to Find Product Market Fit
Dec 18, 2018
370: Changing a Startup Team’s Culture vs Hiring a New Team?
Dec 14, 2018
369: How to Stay Mentally Healthy in a Startup
Dec 11, 2018
368: Creating or Working with a Company Builder?
Dec 07, 2018
367: How to Rebrand Your Startup
Dec 04, 2018
366: How to Name Your Startup
Nov 30, 2018
365: Replacing Yourself as CEO or Founder
Nov 27, 2018
364: How to Help Your Customers Through Change
Nov 23, 2018
363: SaaS Pricing: Using Starter Packages to Attract Smaller Customers
Nov 20, 2018
361: How to Use Affiliate Programs to Fuel Growth
Nov 13, 2018
360: Being Cynical in a Startup – Good or Bad?
Nov 09, 2018
359: How to Create a Great Take-Home Assignment for New Job Applicants
Nov 06, 2018
358: The Value of Consuming Opposing Opinions
Nov 02, 2018
357: It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small. It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow.
Oct 30, 2018
356: Are Startups Really the Right Vehicle to Gain Freedom in Life?
Oct 26, 2018
355: What Is Killing Your Startup Growth?
Oct 23, 2018
354: How to Create Vision & Mission Statements
Oct 19, 2018
353: Growing from $1MM to $10MM
Oct 16, 2018
352: Speaking at Conferences Worth Your Time?
Oct 12, 2018
351: Encore Episode – How to Use Scripts to Empower Your Sales Team
Oct 09, 2018
350: Who Am I? (How Do You Figure out Who You Are)
Oct 05, 2018
349: Encore Episode – How to Optimize Your Sales Funnel
Oct 02, 2018
348: Weird Side Projects We’ve Worked on That Failed and What We Learned
Sep 28, 2018
347: How to Get to $1MM in Revenue with Your Business Today
Sep 25, 2018
346: How to Talk to Yourself
Sep 21, 2018
345: Encore Episode – Cold Calling 101 for Founders
Sep 18, 2018
344: Startup Karma
Sep 14, 2018
343: Knowing Who You Really Are as an Entrepreneur
Sep 11, 2018
342: Coasting on Your Past Accomplishments
Sep 07, 2018
341: Employee Retention in Startups
Sep 04, 2018
340: Doing Business with Friends – Lessons Learned?
Aug 31, 2018
339: How to Build Add-Ons, Extensions, or Apps
Aug 28, 2018
338: Staying Humble with Success
Aug 24, 2018
337: How to Compete in a Hyper Competitive Space
Aug 21, 2018
336: How to Define Your Company Values
Aug 17, 2018
335: How to Run an Early Access Program
Aug 14, 2018
334: Too Many Ideas – How to Chose What to Work On
Aug 10, 2018
333: How to Deal with Fraud in Your Startup
Aug 07, 2018
332: How We Read Books
Aug 03, 2018
331: Managing up – How to Manage Your Managers
Jul 31, 2018
330: Startup Babies – How to Manage the Other Side of Growth in Your Team
Jul 27, 2018
329: What to Do Post-Launch?
Jul 24, 2018
328: The Pre-Launch: How to Do It Right (With or Without Hype)
Jul 20, 2018
327: The Benefits of In-Person Meetings & Relationships
Jul 17, 2018
326: Steli’s Most Important Career- (And Life-) Advice
Jul 13, 2018
325: Consistency In Execution
Jul 10, 2018
324: Lessons Learned Launching FYI
Jul 06, 2018
323: GDPR? How Does This Effect Software Companies?
Jul 03, 2018
322: Changing Your Mind (If You Can’t You’re Fucked)
Jun 29, 2018
321: How to Become Resilient: Overcoming Any Startup Obstacle
Jun 26, 2018
320: How to Optimize Your Lead Response Time
Jun 22, 2018
319: How To Do Competitor Analysis
Jun 19, 2018
318: Don’t Treat Your Worst Customers the Best
Jun 15, 2018
317: How to Optimize Your Sales Funnel
Jun 12, 2018
316: Don’t Wanna Work for Other People?
Jun 08, 2018
315: How to Do 1-On-1s
Jun 05, 2018
314: How to Handle Private Life Challenges While Running a Startup (Forgiving Yourself)
Jun 01, 2018
313: How to Deal with Abusive Customers
May 29, 2018
312: Why You Shouldn’t Trust Headlines (And How to Use Today’s Headline-Culture for Your Startup)
May 25, 2018
311: How to Get User Onboarding Right
May 22, 2018
310: HUCA (Hang Up Call Again)
May 18, 2018
309: How to Use Social Proof in Your Emails, Copy, and Sales Pitches
May 15, 2018
308: Feature Creep
May 11, 2018
307: Outbound Email Sequences
May 08, 2018
306: How to Find Product Market Fit
May 04, 2018
305: How to Create Customer Testimonials That Sell
May 01, 2018
304: How to Do User Testing for Your Product
Apr 27, 2018
303: Using Video in Marketing Today
Apr 24, 2018
302: How to Sell to Startups? (Startup To Startup Sales)
Apr 20, 2018
301: How to Hire Interns for Your Startup
Apr 17, 2018
300: The Startup Bus Fallacy
Apr 13, 2018
299: Finding Your Ideal Customer (Or Switching Who You Sell To)
Apr 10, 2018
298: How to Run Multiple Products at Once
Apr 06, 2018
297: How to Start a Side Hustle
Apr 03, 2018
296: How to Do Product Prioritization
Mar 30, 2018
295: Being a Nice-To-Have vs Must-Have Product. How to Know the Difference?
Mar 27, 2018
294: How to Manage Your Energy as a Founder
Mar 23, 2018
293: What Tools Should You Use to Run Your Startup?
Mar 20, 2018
292: Free Tools as Marketing
Mar 16, 2018
291: Discipline in Startups
Mar 13, 2018
290: What People Really Think About You
Mar 09, 2018
289: Coach Your Team Members’ Weaknesses or Double-Down on Strengths?
Mar 06, 2018
288: Startup Lies
Mar 02, 2018
287: Hiten’s Outcome-Based Hiring Framework
Feb 27, 2018
286: Mindfulness
Feb 23, 2018
285: Giving Discounts to Your Customers
Feb 20, 2018
284: Remembering Where You Came From
Feb 16, 2018
283: How to Create a Good Email Newsletter
Feb 13, 2018
282: The Most Common Product Mistakes Startups Make
Feb 09, 2018
281: How to Use Process to Grow Your Startup
Feb 06, 2018
280: How to Figure out the Right Pace of Hiring
Feb 02, 2018
279: How to Run a Virtual Summit
Jan 30, 2018
278: Anger Management in Startups
Jan 26, 2018
277: How to Start a Startup Without a Technical Co-Founder
Jan 23, 2018
276: How to Hire a Head of Culture
Jan 19, 2018
275: How to Create an Ecosystem Around Your Startup
Jan 16, 2018
274: Hiring or Nurturing Managers Within Your Startup
Jan 12, 2018
273: How to Give Company Updates to Investors, Advisors & Friends
Jan 09, 2018
272: Beginning of the New Year – How to Reflect and Plan Ahead
Jan 05, 2018
271: Encore Episode – Freemium
Jan 02, 2018
270: Encore Episode – Minimum Viable Products: How to find out fast if your idea is legit
Dec 29, 2017
269: Encore Episode – How to Start a Side Business
Dec 26, 2017
268: Encore Episode – How to Get Your First 10 Customers
Dec 22, 2017
267: Crying About Your Startup? What We Tell Our Founder Friends in Dark Moments
Dec 15, 2017
266: Steli Efti’s Inside Sales Tips for Startups
Dec 12, 2017
265: How to Use NPS Surveys to Grow Your Company
Dec 08, 2017
264: How to Use Inspiration to Your Advantage
Dec 05, 2017
263: Being a People Pleaser Is Bad (in Startups and Life)
Dec 01, 2017
262: How to Write Killer Email Newsletters
Nov 28, 2017
261: Big Picture Thinking / How to Prioritize
Nov 24, 2017
260: Account-Based Marketing for Startups – What you should know
Nov 21, 2017
259: What is Product Marketing
Nov 17, 2017
258: Why Trello Failed to Build a $1 Billion+ Business
Nov 14, 2017
257: Scaling a Services Business (Challenges)
Nov 10, 2017
256: Hiten Shah’s Inside Sales Tips for Startups
Nov 07, 2017
255: Tips to Generate Customer Insights
Nov 03, 2017
254: How to Launch Your Product
Oct 31, 2017
253: Should You Blog?
Oct 27, 2017
252: Startup Branding – Does It Matter and How to Do It Right
Oct 24, 2017
251: How to Enter the US Market With Your Startup
Oct 20, 2017
250: How and Why to Do Freemium in Your Startup Today
Oct 17, 2017
249: How to Manage Your Emotions During the Startup Rollercoaster
Oct 13, 2017
248: How to Use Conferences to Grow Your Startup
Oct 10, 2017
247: Vulnerability in Startup Leadership
Oct 06, 2017
246: How to Create Online Courses to Grow Your Startup
Oct 03, 2017
245: Startup Fraud – What to Do When an Employee Is Stealing From You
Sep 29, 2017
244: How Do You Do Engineering Estimates
Sep 26, 2017
243: Losing Your Child at the Playground Is a Bad Idea
Sep 22, 2017
242: How to Do Marketing AGAINST Your Competition
Sep 19, 2017
241: How to Save Money as a Startup (Improve Cashflow)
Sep 15, 2017
240: What KPIs to Track as a Startup
Sep 12, 2017
239: How to Balance Marriage and Startups
Sep 08, 2017
238: Deadly Shortcuts Founders Should Avoid
Sep 05, 2017
237: Disadvantages as a Founder
Sep 01, 2017
236: How Startups Should Go After Enterprise Customers
Aug 29, 2017
235: When Growth Hacks Can’t Save You
Aug 25, 2017
234: How to Use Webinars to Grow Your Startup
Aug 22, 2017
233: Fear of Missing Out Among Startup Founders
Aug 18, 2017
232: How to Ask for Help in Business & Life
Aug 15, 2017
231: Competitive Combativeness
Aug 11, 2017
230: Transitioning From Services to Software Business
Aug 08, 2017