Low-carbon innovations are scaling. But innovation alone doesn't win markets. Adoption does. Each week, climate entrepreneur Josh Dorfman talks with the founders, CEOs, and executives who win customers, grow revenue, and capture market share—by making their low-carbon solutions the industry’s preferred choice. Without adoption, the clean energy transition falters. With adoption, we build the low-carbon future. Supercool reveals how we get there.
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Chocolate Pill: Practical Marketing Strategies for Every Stage of Business
Miracle Max Marketing
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Chocolate Pill serves up unfiltered marketing wisdom from pros with 25+ years in the trenches—mixing foundational truths with the latest trends, tools, and tactics for CMOs, founders, and scaling teams. No noise, just the real deal (with a side of sarcasm). Hosted by Erin Geiger, Chris Frank, and Sandi Green, the show cuts through jargon to deliver clear, actionable marketing strategies that work at every stage of business growth. From startup scrappiness to enterprise scaling, you’ll hear h ...
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The Compassionate Capitalist™ Show is where visionary founders and smart investors learn how to build wealth with purpose. Hosted by Karen Rands; trusted advisor, finance consultant, author, investor, and digital educator. Episodes features guests: angel investors, VCs, crowdfund and industry pros; with expert insights to share. For nearly a decade, Karen has been providing rich content to her listeners to inspire them to create generation wealth by either being the founder that exits rich, ...
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Mentor of Change at Atal Innovation Mission - Nurturing Startup Ecosystem | Entrepreneur | Early Stage Startups Mentor | Growth Strategy Consultant
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Grown Up Product is the podcast for founders, CEOs, and investors navigating the mess that follows product-market fit. Hosted by Rooted In Product founder and Fractional Chief Product Officer Brian Root, the show dispenses with the platitudes about scaling and gets to the substance: how to build product organizations that don't just survive the short-term, but thrive in the long-term. You won’t hear process theater or recycled frameworks. You’ll get the logic behind the methods: the mistakes ...
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Coast to Growth - Lessons for Early-Stage Startups and Aspiring Entrepreneurs on Marketing
Saba Karim
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Listen to stories on how founders launched startups and grew demand for their products. Each episode is about 25-minutes and will feature a guest entrepreneur sharing candid real-life personal startup experiences, with powerful takeaways you can apply to your own business.
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Two entrepreneurs named Adrian with completely different approaches to building companies. One bootstrapped his way to success, the other raised venture capital and navigated the high-growth startup world. Each episode, they share raw, unfiltered conversations about the realities of entrepreneurship from opposite sides of the funding divide. Get insights you won't find anywhere else about what it really takes to build a business.
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FiredUp! is the show for marketers working in early and late-stage startups. Each week, we walk through fresh strategies and tactics to build brand and drive demand for your startup. Featuring interviews with marketing leaders, our take on the latest trends, and practical tips about PR, content marketing and growth marketing, we promise plenty of signal with some noisy fun along the way. FiredUp! is hosted by the team at startup marketing agency, Firebrand. Learn more at firebrand.marketing ...
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Created and written for people involved in any stage of business start-up, management or growth, the Startup Survival Podcast provides storified expert insight, research-backed theory and practical advice. Presented by Peter Harrington, a serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of business start-up and growth experience, this engaging and fact-filled production drives thinking, imagination and action. This podcast is sponsored by SimVenture - Digital Learning Solutions Bringing Business Learning ...
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What does it take to lead growth successfully? How do you drive performance today while transforming your business for the future - and keep people energised along the way? Dr. Alison Eyring talks to some of the world’s best growth leaders about how they drive successful growth long-term.
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How many times have you been told “that will never work”? Probably not as often as Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph. The veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, investor, speaker and best-selling author has founded or co-founded half-a-dozen successful startups and mentored scores of entrepreneurs from first time business owners to established CEOs. Be a fly on the boardroom wall as Marc's podcast opens up the opportunity to entrepreneurs everywhere to gain the benefit of his years of ...
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Startup Sandwich Podcast | Lessons from the Frontlines of Entrepreneurship
YEDI (York Entrepreneurship Development Institute)
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Welcome to the Startup Sandwich Podcast, where the layers of innovation meets success. Startup Sandwich is a podcast for entrepreneurs and innovators who are hungry for real stories and practical insights from startups and growing businesses. In each episode, we dive into the journey of a founder covering early-stage struggles, business growth strategies, product development, funding, and the messy realities of entrepreneurship. Hosted in a relaxed, story-driven format, guests share the “bre ...
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Welcome to Startup Chats with Ben Parry. We dive deep into the different phases of launching a startup, beginning with pre-launch marketing, planning and growth strategies. As the founder of Hubinto, an early-stage startup planing its own pre-launch marketing campaigns, Ben chats with entrepreneurs who have been there and done it! He shares their stories, successes and failures with you. Check it out...
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The CEO AI Podcast by Gary Ambrosino is the go-to audio destination for CEOs, founders, board members, and C-level executives navigating the transformative power of artificial intelligence in fast-growth businesses. Each episode is a strategic, no-fluff conversation designed specifically for decision-makers who need to understand and implement AI right now—not in theory, but in practice. Whether you’re an executive at a scaling SaaS startup, a PE-backed portfolio company, or a growth-stage e ...
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Coursebirdie's audio podcast where industry experts share their experiences and wisdom. Hosted by Abhilasha Chauhan, co-founder of Coursebirdie, the podcast covers topics ranging from early stage fundraising and startup building, to startup hiring, UX design and startup growth.
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Welcome to Cloudbreak, where breakthrough innovation meets breakthrough growth. In this podcast hosted by early stage VC firm Trilogy Equity Partners, we sit down with the brilliant minds and leaders building early stage startups to discuss the pivotal stories, insights, and hard-won lessons they've learned from the driver's seat of breaking innovation, company building, and scaling. They'll share what's working, what isn't, and what they'd wish they'd known earlier.
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What is a Free Zone Frontier? You enter into a Free Zone when you increasingly create unique collaborative possibilities and payoffs that are amazingly free of competition. Join Dan Sullivan of Strategic Coach and Steve Krein of StartUp Health as they launch the Free Zone Frontier podcast. Learn the concepts as they relate to their own companies, and how this transformative mindset is the future of entrepreneurial growth.
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This is Product Marketing is brought to you by Product Marketing Hive, the product marketing community that gives back. We are a global community with an intellectual center of gravity in Silicon Valley. This podcast dives deep into the world of product marketing, product management, and technology marketing. We will be interviewing thought leaders, marketing and product legends. Join PMM Hive to meet fellow PMMs.All rights reserved. © Product Marketing Hive.
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Join us for honest, informal conversations with startup and agency founders who are deep in the trenches, actively growing their businesses. Instead of glorified success stories, we share authentic experiences about the ongoing battles, everyday wins, and relatable struggles. Perfect for entrepreneurs navigating the challenging middle stage of growth, this podcast offers real insights and genuine advice from peers who are right there with you.
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Explore the journeys of today’s most inspiring tech founders on The Engine – Founders Stories, hosted by Donna Owen, founder and fractional GTM leader at The Engine. Discover how visionary entrepreneurs overcame the “founder-led sales” trap to build predictable, scalable revenue engines - and learn how you can do the same for your business. Join Donna as she sits down with C-suite executives, startup pioneers and growth architects behind groundbreaking SaaS and fintech ventures. Each episode ...
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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The #1 Most Practical Recruitment Podcast In the World
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Tired of spinning your startup wheels but never gaining traction? Buckle up, founders and CEOs, because this podcast is your rocket fuel to profitability! Every week, we ignite explosive conversations with bold-faced founders, brainy experts, and even a few out-of-this-world vendors. Get ready to crack the code on growth, master employee engagement, and blast through your scaling goals. We’re talking real-world strategies, actionable tips, and perspectives that’ll make your business do a cos ...
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Startup stories & growth tactics with a healthy dose of AI. Product-market fit is a podcast for early-stage founders and operators who are looking to level-up their startup's growth. Join me as I explore the journeys and strategies of successful startup founders, and uncover practical takeaways to help your startup. We'll cover customer acquisition, SEO, product-led growth, funnel optimization, content strategy, branding, hiring, fundraising, sales ops, etc.; and we'll dive into fascinating ...
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The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley invites founders, engineers, and security leaders to share how they tackle compliance, growth, and real-world security challenges—turning obstacles into strategic advantages. Brought to you by YSecurity.
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The Startup CEO Show hosted by coach and advisor Mark MacLeod, brings you veteran CEOs each week who have collectively had had billion dollar valuations, 9 figure exits, and millions in revenue each week. Subscribe to join the leading podcast produced exclusively for the CEOs of high-growth startups and the VCs who back them. This podcast offers concise, yet deep dives into specific themes within each episode, focusing on providing actionable insights for busy leaders. The format includes in ...
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Welcome to The Business of Making It Podcast. This podcast focuses on the ones who are still in it—building, growing, struggling, learning, and adapting in real time within their life and business. Each week, I sit down with founders, creators, and entrepreneurs who are in the trenches, those who are building their businesses and brands while simultaneously navigating their own personal growth. If you’re building a brand, business, or life that actually aligns with who you are - and you want ...
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Honest, unfiltered conversations with the best from tech - spilling the tea about product, growth, and senior leadership topics. www.leahtharin.com
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Funnel Vision - For Performance-Driven Agencies & Marketers
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Welcome to Funnel Vision, hosted by Mikael Dia, Founder & CEO of Funnelytics. This weekly podcast features Founders, CEOs, and CMOs from B2B companies generating $2-30M ARR who break down the exact playbooks behind their growth engines. Instead of just talking strategy, our guests dive into specific numbers, channels, and tactics that are winning for them today. You'll hear how a SaaS founder built a content engine that generated $2.4M in qualified pipeline, or exactly how a marketing leader ...
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Welcome to Built Not Born: The Startup Go-To-Market Podcast—the podcast for early-stage founders and startup leaders who know that great companies aren’t lucky… they’re built through smart execution and a bulletproof go-to-market strategy. Hosted by Sage Nye, Managing Partner at Venture Guides, each episode dives into candid conversations with technical founders, investors, and GTM experts. You’ll get real talk, proven playbooks, and no-fluff advice on how to land your first customers, build ...
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Welcome to the Opportunity Podcast, where entrepreneurs come to learn from real buyers, sellers, and industry experts, the lesser-known growth opportunities to build their online business empires. This podcast series will help you uncover tactics veteran online business entrepreneurs have used to build, buy, flip, and sell their way towards personal wealth. Learn from tech insiders and digital property owners the secrets they’ve used to achieve their personal & financial goals.
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B2B Revenue Leadership - CEO, CRO, CMO, VC, Sales and Marketing Startup SaaS
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If you're interested in B2B Revenue Leadership this is the show for you. From the founder of The Brutal Truth about Sales & Selling and The Sales Questions PodCast. This PodCast is Focused on Leadership in the B2B Space to drive revenue by using the most modern and scientific approaches. If you are a CEO, VC, CRO, CMO or want to be one some day this PodCast is for you. If you like Tim Ferriss, Bill Burr, Dave Ramsey, Serial, Reply All, The Art of Charm, HBR, WTF, Startup, Motley Fool, Money, ...
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How do you grow like a VC-backed SAAS company without taking on investors? What are the secrets that SAAS CEOs have that the rest of us don't? Do you want to create a lifestyle business, a performance business, or an empire? How do you scale to an exit without losing your freedom? Join the host Ryan Staley every Monday and Wednesday for conversations with the brightest and best SAAS Founders, CEOs, and Entrepreneurs to crack the code on repeatable revenue growth, leadership, lifestyle freedo ...
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Startup Scout is the best place to discover great early-stage startups - before everyone else! Hosted by Nick Hynes, enjoy interviews with incredible founders about their exciting businesses and innovative products. Startup Scout is perfect for you if you’re a business and tech fan keeping on top of the latest trends, an early-adopter looking to try out the newest products on the market, an investor seeking to increase dealflow, a business owner searching for partnerships, or an operator loo ...
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Bowery Capital is an early stage venture capital fund that focuses solely on helping portfolio companies with sales related challenges. This podcast is a discussion between the Bowery Capital team and experienced industry friends in an effort to help a younger generation of startups better understand the issues and pain points they will face when thinking about early revenue generation.
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The Early Stage Podcast is devoted to interviewing top entrepreneurs at the Seed and Series A stages of their startups. This project is a deep dive into the initial challenges and breakthroughs driven innovators endure as they build their MVP, launch, raise funding, grow their teams, and find product-market fit. Early Stage is hosted by John Valentine, Manager of Technology Identification and Communications at Thales, a worldwide leader in aerospace, space, defense, transportation, and secur ...
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Come join the CXNation and listen the CXChronicles Podcast! Each week we discuss all things related to customer experience, customer service, customer success & inside sales for today's world. Listen on your favorite podcast player today! CXCP hosts amazing customer focused business leaders and dives into customer experience weekly updates, ideas for growing your business and team, CX SaaS news and industry updates and provides tons of value-first insights from industry leaders. CXC is const ...
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It's not all rapid growth, million dollar investors and global success. Hear the stories of every day tech startup founders, how they got started, the mistakes they made and learnt from, and the bits they got right. Learn what it takes to be a founder and how to last the distance. We are Custom D, web and mobile app developers, and in this series we interview our clients to see what it takes to get an idea from startup through to early stage company.
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Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands | Technology
Mike Gelb
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Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place. Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subs ...
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A business weekly to share management tips and growth hacks for startup founders on how they can be more effective and efficient in the day to day life as an entrepreneur. The host Malay Damania, Business Transformation Coach and Mentor, Author of the book Business Champ shares the strategies with which he built a successful accountancy firm, DNV & co. with 75+ employees helping multiple MSMEs and corporate giants increase their profitability and skyrocket their growth. Malay squeezes out fr ...
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Welcome to the Fitness + Technology Podcast for club owners, operators, and fitness professionals! This show is your #1 trusted resource for the accelerating world of fitness technology. Each week, we bring you an expert interview with a global influencer at the crossroads of fitness and technology. You’ll get the insights, tools, and inspiration you need to stay connected to the pulse of what matters most for your fitness business in the age of exponential technologies. This podcast is brou ...
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Ventures & Visionaries offers a deep dive into the minds of successful entrepreneurs and industry leaders at the intersection of business, technology, and innovation. Each episode focuses on the nuances of navigating business growth, leadership challenges, and embracing technology in today's dynamic environment.
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This podcast is aimed to help CEE founders in building global tech companies. INOVO VENTURE PARTNERS is a first-choice VC for ambitious founders from Poland and the CEE region. We back early-stage, post-traction startups with up to €3M of initial investment, and help them build global brands, while driving growth of the local startup ecosystem. We take great pride in being close to top founders who think big. We’re investors in: Booksy, Restaumatic, Sotrender, Infermedica, Spacelift, Tidio, ...
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In high-growth investing, knowing where to place your bets is everything. Fast Growth: The Venture Studio Way is for investors—high-net-worth individuals, angels, and seasoned professionals—and founders who are ready to scale, bringing them the exact tools and insights they need to build and back ventures with serious potential. Each episode delivers sharp, actionable insights into what truly drives value in today’s funding landscape, from tax-efficient SEIS/EIS schemes and venture studio mo ...
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We talk about startup life, the good, the bad, the insight, the experiences, the mistakes, the failures and everything between. The focus is on practical tips and tools to help you build your company from an idea stage, bootstrapping to investor funded growth companies. We share everyday decision-making knowledge, situation and views so that you as a founder or CEO can avoid some of the mistakes and hardship along the way. You can find more information at www.purposenclarity.com.
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Wamda accelerates entrepreneurship ecosystems throughout MENA by joining Wamda Capital, the most active, multi-stage, sector agnostic VC fund investing in high growth technology or tech-enabled startups across the MENA, and the leading knowledge platform offering integrated programs including thought leadership and research, community development, Wamda’s fellowship program Wamda X, as well as corporate and government advisory services to the various stakeholders of the MENA startup ecosystem.
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What does it take to found a globally important company in these times? We’re interested in what happens before universally-acknowledged success. Join Brett Kistler as he engages in deep conversations with business leaders from emerging markets, being vulnerable about their experience in the early- to median-stage moments of their founding journey.
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On our #CIBCInnovationEconomy podcast series, hear from leaders, entrepreneurs, experts and venture capitalists about the changing dynamics of the North American innovation economy.
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Chinatown 2.0 is a video podcast that interviews world citizens of Chinese heritage.Our interviews are long form, deep dive, rationalist conversations.Our guests are thinkers and doers, and come from areas of startups, finance, law, art, academia, et al.Some videos will be in English, and others in Mandarin.Host: Richard Yan (twitter.com/gentso09)
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Delivering Premium CX At Every Stage Of The Customer Journey | Michele Shane
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Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #267, we welcomed Michele Shane, SVP Business Development at UJet.CX based in San Francisco, CA. UJET is a next-generation cloud contact center platform that leverages AI to modernize the customer experience. The UJet.CX platform & services embed intelligent automation at every touch…
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Disco, Sunshine, and the Future of Curbside EV Charging - It's Electric
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Curbside charging sounds obvious—plug in outside your apartment, wake up to a full battery. Yet more than 40 million potential urban EV owners are still waiting for someone to figure it out. It’s Electric, co-founded by Tiya Gordon, is designing EV charging for cities—making curbside charging possible by inventing what didn’t exist: hardware powere…
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Building Wealth Through Compassion with Kevin Macho
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What if your investment dollars could both generate steady returns and help solve one of society’s biggest crises? In this episode of The Compassionate Capitalist Show, I sit down with Kevin Macho to explore how addiction recovery and mental health facilities can be transformed into powerful investment opportunities. Kevin shares how NorthStar Reco…
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Invisible Security: The Future of Authentication and Trust (with Deepak Dutt)
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Deepak Dutt, founder of Zighra, reveals how continuous behavioral authentication is changing the game—from stopping $200M fraud schemes to securing military operations. Deepak: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakdutt/ Zighra: https://zighra.com/ Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YS…
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The Future of Selling on Amazon: Why Retail Media Matters Most With Jason Boyce [Ep.190]
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Amazon is more competitive than ever. Between rising fees, tariff hikes, and a flood of new sellers, standing out takes more than just great products. Few people understand this reality better than Jason Boyce. An Amazon veteran, Jason launched the very first basketball hoop business on the platform back in 2003, long before Amazon became the giant…
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The GTM Mistakes Founders Make—and How RevOps Can Fix Them
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Too many founders are building sales teams before they’re truly ready—and when growth stalls, they don’t know where to look. In this episode of Chocolate Pill, we’re joined by Laura “Wheels” Wheeler, Co-founder of RVNU and RevOps powerhouse, to unpack the most common GTM mistakes founders make and how to fix them without burning it all down. You’ll…
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AI, Venture Capital & The Power Law Explained | Amar Varma
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Want to unlock your limit as CEO? Come join us: https://limitless.ceo/ What happens when 41% of all VC dollars flow to just 10 companies? In this episode of The Startup CEO Show, I sit down with my friend and serial founder/investor Amar Varma (Mantle, Xtreme Labs, Pivotal) to unpack the new power law era of venture capital, the rise of AI, and wha…
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20VC: General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja on The Future of Venture Capital: Chanel vs Walmart | Lessons Scaling GC to $40BN in AUM | Investing $5BN+ Into Stripe Over 14 Rounds | Investing Hundreds of Millions ...
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Hemant Taneja is the CEO and leader of General Catalyst, the firm he has scaled over the last decade into one of the largest with over $40BN in AUM. He has been one of the most influential investors of the past two decades, leading early bets in Stripe, Snap, Gusto, Samsara, Grammarly, and Canva. He also played a pivotal role in Livongo’s $18.5B me…
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How Terry Payne Rebuilt Aspire From Administration to an 8-Figure Valuation & Employee-Owned Success Story
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In this episode, I sit down with Terry Payne to unpack how he rebuilt Aspire from the brink of administration into an 8-figure, employee-owned success story. Terry shares what it was like to inherit a loss-making, headcount-heavy agency, lead it through survival mode during the pandemic, and transform it into a profitable, global business. We dive …
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Beyond the Demo: Why Most AI Implementations Fail and How to Build Ones That Actually Work
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Ryan Staley Featured on the CRO Spotlight Podcast Ryan joins Warren Zenna for an in-depth conversation on the state of AI today—separating the hype from the real-world applications.They explore the various stages of AI integration in business, including augmentation, automation, and orchestration, and how these can transform roles, particularly for…
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20VC: Why 90% of Founders Build Startups Wrong | Why AI Growth Rates are Sustainable & Remote Work is BS and the AI Talent War | Competing with Brett Taylor and Sierra: Who Wins the Customer Service War ...
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Jesse Zhang is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Decagon, the conversational AI platform for customer experience. As one of the fastest growing companies in the valley, they have raised over $230M at a last round price of $1.5BN. Prior to Decagon, Jesse founded Lowkey (acquired by Niantic), studied CS at Harvard, and worked at places like Google, HRT, Citad…
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20VC: Opendoor's CEO on The Greatest Turnaround in Tech | OpenAI and Oracle: How Can Either Afford to Do This | How Anthropic Could Lose 50% of Their Revenue Overnight | Replit Raises at $3BN | Figure ...
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AGENDA: 00:00 Opendoor's Potential and Market Valuation 03:32 Why Did Kaz Leave $300M on the Table to Join Opendoor 04:44 Why Does Kaz Believe OPEN Can Be a Good Business When the Market Doesn’t 06:34 How does Kaz Feel About OPEN Becoming a Meme Stock? 17:25 Kaz’s $0 Salary but $1BN Stock Based Compensation 23:41 Oracle and OpenAI Partnership: WTF …
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AI’s Role in Content Creation with Keith O’Brien
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Should we be utilizing AI in our content creation? While AI tools like ChatGPT can generate a blog post in seconds, many marketers and writers are questioning if the quality is worth the effort of editing. On this episode of FiredUp!, we explore the real-world implications of using AI for writing with former journalist and content strategist Keith …
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Founder or Employee: Why I Chose the Harder Path
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Founder or Employee: Why I Chose the Harder Path Two founders. Two paths. One backed by venture capital, the other bootstrapped. This episode is about the personal motivations that drove Adrian and Adrian away from traditional employment and into entrepreneurship, discuss what life might look like if they hadn’t chosen the founder path, and recount…
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Leadership at Every Stage: Scaling Through Turbulence with John Marvin
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Send us a text Every founder dreams of rapid growth, but few are prepared for the leadership challenges that come with it. In this candid conversation with John Marvin, who brings 25 years of experience as President and CEO of a major eye care company, we dive deep into the leadership strategies that actually work when your business hits the "messy…
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Crypto, the IRS, and the Hidden Tax Storm Ahead with Janna Scott
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As I talk with entrepreneurs and investors, I’m often struck by how many people underestimate the risks tied to crypto investing, especially when it comes to taxes. Right now, the IRS has slowed down audits, but that doesn’t mean the storm has passed. It’s just gathering strength. Today, I sit down with Janna Scott, founder of DeFi Tax, to pull bac…
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Alloy Built Brooklyn’s First All-Electric Skyscraper — Wall Street Wants More
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By fusing architect and developer, Alloy Development is proving that the riskiest choice in real estate isn’t electrification or Passive House — it’s clinging to the past. CEO Jared Della Valle joins Supercool to share the company’s journey to developing The Alloy Block in downtown Brooklyn—aiming to create the most sustainable block in the city. I…
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From Garage Startup to Celebrity-Backed Brand ft. Jake Bullock
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Glimpse is the all-in-one, AI-powered deductions management platform for CPG brands—automating deduction capture, classification, disputes, and accounting. Recover more revenue while saving time – https://www.tryglimpse.com What if cannabis could become a true social beverage—an alternative to alcohol that delivers the buzz without the hangover? T…
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Charting Your Path To Success | Adam Coffey
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Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #266, we welcomed Adam Coffey, Founding Partner of The Chairman Group based in Dallas, TX. The Chairman Group™ is a consulting firm founded by Adam Coffey. Adam spent 21 years building 3 national companies for 9 private equity firms. During his career Adam completed 58 acquisitions a…
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Affiliate Marketing Isn’t Dead: How Top Affiliates Are Still Cashing In With Niels Zee [Ep.189]
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Affiliate marketing is far from dead. In fact, it’s evolving faster than ever. While many have written it off as an outdated model, the smartest affiliates are quietly cashing in by adapting to shifts in algorithms, AI, and consumer behavior. In this week’s podcast, Greg sits down with Niels Zee, affiliate entrepreneur, author, and founder of Affra…
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CISOs Hate Your Marketing. Here’s How to Fix It. (with special guest Den Jones, Founder of 909Cyber)
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This week on Chocolate Pill, we welcome Den Jones, a recognized leader in Zero Trust security with 35+ years of IT and cybersecurity experience across tech, finance, and manufacturing. From running enterprise security at Adobe and Cisco to serving as Chief Security Officer at SonicWall and Banyan Security, Den has built and scaled some of the indus…
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20VC: Mercor: From $1M to $500M in 17 Months: The Fastest Growing Company in the World | How to Think About Margins and Revenue Sustainability in AI | Why Evaluation Benchmarks in AI are BS Today with ...
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Brendan Foody is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Mercor, the fastest growing company in history. The company solves talent allocation in the AI economy and they have scaled from $1M to $500M in revenue in just 17 months. With a rumoured new funding round pricing the company at a whopping $10BN, the company has the likes of Benchmark, Felicis, Emergence, a…
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The Hard Truths From Year One of Running a Recruitment Business With Genie Founder of We Are Refyne
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In this episode, I sit down with Genie, founder of We Are Refyne, to unpack the hard truths from her first year running a recruitment business. From launching with no logo and limited experience, to turning over £364K and building a six-person team, Genie shares both the highs and the brutal lows, losing staff, unpaid invoices, and moments of doubt…
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How Venti Raised £800K & Built AI to Fix BD for Agencies Starting from Sheets with Cameron & Itamar
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Welcome to The Engine - Founders Stories Podcast. Host Donna Owen is joined by Cameron Briggs, the CEO and Co-Founder, and Itamar Yeshua, the COO and Co-Founder of Vente AI. They share how their experience in recruitment led them to create Venti, an AI-driven platform designed to help recruiters find leads and connect with hiring managers quickly. …
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Stop Using GPT-5 Like GPT-4 — Do This Instead
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In this conversation, I dive into the transformative capabilities of GPT-5, highlighting its advanced reasoning and prompt engineering techniques. I share how I’ve been leveraging these features to unlock new possibilities in business, from using connectors to tap into data to analyzing decisions from multiple perspectives. Along the way, I provide…
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20VC: Why AI SDRs are BS and Do Not Work | How to Use AI in Your Sales Team and Process to Win Today | What Skills Do All New Reps Need to Have in an AI First World with Amit Bendov, CEO @ Gong
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Amit Bendov is Co-Founder & CEO of Gong, the leading AI-sales platform. The company has raised over $600 million from some of the best in the world including Sequoia, Thrive, Salesforce and more. Gong has surpassed $300M in ARR, serves thousands of customers (including multiple Fortune 10s), and is valued at over $7BN. AGENDA: 00:00 – Why CRM Was A…
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20VC: Musk's $TRN Pay Package Broken Down | Ramp Hits $1BN ARR and Brex Hits $700M: Who Wins | OpenAI's $10BN Secondary Sale | Atlassian Buys The Browser Company for $610M | ASML Lead Roun into Mistral ...
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AGENDA: [00:05] Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package: The Breakdown? [00:15] Scale, Windsurf: Are Founders Just Mercenaries Chasing Cash Today? [00:21] Ramp at $1B ARR, Brex at $700M — Is AI Causing All Boats To Rise? [00:26] Sierra at $100M ARR Worth $10B — Bubble or Brilliant Bet? [00:30] Kleiner Perkins Invests $100M into Anthropic at $183BN… WTF? [00…
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The growing backlash against AI-generated content is finally hitting the marketing sphere. Is your marketing strategy feeling the effects? On this episode of FiredUp!, Morgan, Nicole, and Chris sit down to explore why marketers and B2B buyers are pushing back against the overuse of artificial intelligence in content creation, how use of AI is affec…
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Founders, Stop Treating HR Like a Dusty Filing Cabinet with Terri Wilson
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Send us a text What if your greatest competitive advantage is hiding in plain sight within your HR department? Terri Wilson, CEO of Doing HR Differently, joins me to shatter outdated notions of HR as merely a compliance function and reveals how transforming your people operations can become your rocket fuel for growth. Terri passionately unpacks ho…
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Building a global brand with purpose and profits
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In today’s episode we learn how Tanya Hayles turned a Facebook group of 8 friends into a million dollar global brand that consults with the federal government and billion dollar organizations. Tanya is an award-winning event consultant and director of the ioe agency who lives at the intersection of culture, sports, tech and community. She helps bra…
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Fashion’s Next Wave Isn’t Fast—It’s Faherty
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Mike Faherty grew up surfing the Jersey Shore, surrounded by coastal style but chasing something that felt more enduring. Even as a kid, he obsessed over fabrics—the way silk ties carried weight, how colors layered, how clothes gained character through texture. By seventeen, he had already mapped the outlines of the brand he wanted to build. In 201…
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Inside Augment Code: Why security starts at line one (with Dirk Meister)
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What if your first lines of code determined your startup’s ability to scale? Dirk Meister, founding engineer at Augment Code, walks us through the intentional security architecture decisions they made on day one—and why trust isn't something you can bolt on later. Dirk Meister: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meisterdirk/ Augment Code: https://www.augm…
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Why Women’s Health, Parenting, and Sports Are the Next Big Bets in Venture ft. Rachel Springate
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Glimpse is the all-in-one, AI-powered deductions management platform for CPG brands—automating deduction capture, classification, disputes, and accounting. Recover more revenue while saving time – https://www.tryglimpse.com What does it take to raise and run a venture fund focused on the overlooked—and why women’s health, parenting, and sports are …
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In this illuminating episode of the Startup CEO Show, host Mark MacLeod dives deep into the habits and traits of some of the world's most successful tech leaders. Drawing from his extensive research and experience coaching CEOs, MacLeod explores what sets apart founders who continue to scale and innovate year after year. He examines 11 companies wi…
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Personal brands are all the rage, marketed as the ultimate path to business growth and success. But what if the very thing that makes you stand out is also what’s keeping your business from scaling, or worse, from selling? In this week’s podcast, Greg Elfrink uncovers the hidden downsides of personal branding and why it’s not always the golden tick…
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Surviving SGE: A Practical Guide to AI Overviews & Organic Traffic
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AI is rewriting the rules of search—and your SEO plan. Erin, Chris, and Sandi break down what’s changing (AI Overviews, LLM-driven answers, Gen Z searching on TikTok/YouTube), why over-relying on Google is risky, and how to rebuild a durable strategy. We cover intent-led content, the 7-11-4 framework for multi-channel engagement, using video as a r…
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Creating Human Delivered, Digitally Enabled Services | Mario Baddour
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Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #265, we welcomed Mario Baddour, President & CEO of InteLogix, based in Park City, UT. InteLogix provides customer experience (CX) solutions and accounts receivable management (ARM) operations that enhance customer loyalty and revenue for their clients. They combine human engagement …
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Exploring Integrative Coaching & Wellness Services With Chris Edwards
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In this episode of the Fitness + Technology Podcast, host Bryan O’Rourke welcomes back Chris Edwards, Founder and CEO of TriCore Wellness. TriCore focuses on the integration of technology, health data, and professional coaching to deliver comprehensive wellness solutions for individuals, employees, and organizations. Chris joins Bryan to discuss hi…
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20VC: ElevenLabs Hits $200M ARR: The Untold Story of Europe's Fastest Growing AI Startup | The Real Cost of AI from Talent to Data Centres | How US VCs are in a Different League to Europeans | The Future ...
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Mati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the world’s leading AI voice platform. Since launching in 2022, ElevenLabs has raised over $350M, most recently at a $3.3BN valuation, making it one of Europe’s fastest AI unicorns. The company counts Andreessen Horowitz, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Sequoia Capital among its backers. To…
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The Hard Lessons From Each Stage of Building a Recruitment Business: Chaos, Growth & Clarity with Conor from Quest Personnel
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In this episode, I sit down with Conor from Quest Personnel to unpack the hard lessons from every stage of building a recruitment business. Conor started at just 23, completely self-funded, and went from scraping by in a WeWork to leading a £1.4M agency. We walk through the scrappy early days, the lifestyle-business trap, and the mindset and leader…
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How a $100M+ Company Deploys AI Agents for Real Business Impact
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In this conversation, Ryan Staley and Jonathan Moss delve into the intersection of AI and business strategy, particularly in healthcare and go-to-market approaches. Jonathan shares his experiences with AI applications in his role at Expirity, discussing innovations in patient care and the importance of reimagining go-to-market strategies. They expl…
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20Growth: Meta CMO Alex Schultz on How All Founders Have to Change Their Marketing Playbook in a World of AI | Is AI Plateauing, What it Means if China Wins the AI Race and Why Zuck is a Generational Leader ...
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Alex Schultz is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics at Meta, where he has spent nearly two decades shaping the company’s growth and marketing strategy. He has been instrumental in scaling Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to billions of users worldwide. Alex is is also the author of Click Here: The New Rules of Marketing, the definitive…
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Book Launch and Compassionalist Academy Reimagined with Karen Rands
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In this episode, I share how everyday people can grow wealth and create impact through equity crowdfunding. Drawing from my new book Inside Secrets to Crowdfund Investing: Follow Jane’s Journey, I break down the myths that hold people back from angel investing and show how a diversified, consistent approach can build generational wealth. You’ll mee…
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20VC: Anthropic Raises $13BN | Why Canva Will Not Direct List | OpenAI Buys Statsig for $1.1BN All Stock | Lovable Raising at $4BN + Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Not | Quarterly Results from SNOW, Mongo ...
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Agenda: 04:00 – Anthropic Raises $13BN: The Analysis? 19:00 – Is Zuck’s $14BN Scale bet the biggest blunder in AI? 27:00 – Lovable Raising at $4BN and Vercel at $9BN: Justified or Madness? 36:00 – Quarterly Results for Snowflake, Mongo, Okta, Zoom Skyrocket: Is B2B SaaS back from the dead? 48:00 – Is Jensen Huang right there will be $4TRN in AI gai…
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Are you feeling the shift in how B2B buyers are researching and purchasing solutions? In today's landscape, shaped by new AI technology and ongoing economic pressures, the traditional marketing playbook is no longer enough. This episode of FiredUp! dives deep into the data and trends revealing why buyers are more self-reliant and how AI is acting a…
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Rewriting Your Leadership Story: From Childhood Patterns to Business Growth with Dr. Sharon Spano
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Send us a text What if the biggest obstacle to your business success isn't your strategy, market, or team—but the narrative written decades ago in your childhood? Dr. Sharon Spano joins Gwendolyn McCreary to reveal how our earliest experiences create patterns that silently shape our leadership decisions. These subconscious scripts influence everyth…
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The Billion-Mile Diesel Problem and the Business Model Fixing It
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Forum Mobility is electrifying how America moves freight. Every year, more than 30,000 diesel 18-wheelers haul containers in and out of California’s ports, logging over a billion miles, generating enormous carbon emissions and polluting nearby communities. Electric semis are powerful, quiet, and clean. But at $500,000 apiece with uncertain charging…
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From Code to Community: How Open Sourcing Accelerated AI Growth
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In this conversation, Gideon Mendels, CEO and co-founder of Comet, shares the journey of building an AI observability platform from its inception in 2018, the launch of their new product OPIC, and the strategic decision to open source it. He discusses the rapid growth of OPIC, its features, and the importance of evaluation in AI applications. As AI…
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Rewind: How To Protect What's Yours, with Keegan Caldwell
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The importance of intellectual property is undeniable, but not everyone knows as much about their own IP situation as they should. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein chat with Keegan Caldwell, the founder of an intellectual property law firm, who explains how IP law can benefit entrepreneurs beyond just protecting their creations. Show Notes: An entrepre…
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Why Business Buyers are Acquiring Marketing Agencies [Ep.187]
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For years, many agency owners mistakenly believed that marketing agencies couldn’t be sold. But that myth is fading fast, and buyers are hungrier than ever to acquire agencies. In this episode, Greg Elfrink explains why he thinks we’re in the golden age of marketing agencies. He dives into why buyers are actively hunting agencies to grow their port…
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