Best Mark Wainwright Podcasts (2025)

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604: (Solo) What Labubu and Apple Can Teach You About Scarcity Marketing 12:43

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Think scarcity is just a marketing gimmick? Used properly, it’s one of the fastest ways to increase perceived value, build community, and grow sales—without racing to the bottom on discounts. In this episode, I break down the scarcity and drop-model strategies I’ve seen work at the highest level—from Apple launches and cult collectible brands to Gr…

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The Engagement Meeting: Take a Step Back and See The Big Picture 25:46

10h ago25:46

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Most consultants say they’re “too busy doing the work” — as if that’s a badge of honor. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: you never stop to ask “are we still doing the right work?” In this episode, John and Mark break down the concept of the engagement meeting; a deliberate, structured conversation designed not to move a project forward, but to m…

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Smart TV: Trespasses and the Festival of Remembrance 21:49

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc…

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603: He Built a $1B Beauty Brand Selling $1 Makeup | Joey Shamah 51:49

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Joey Shamah built e.l.f. Cosmetics into a billion-dollar beauty brand by doing the exact opposite of every competitor in the industry.In this interview, the e.l.f. co-founder breaks down how he turned a radical $1 makeup idea—laughed at by investors and retailers—into a global powerhouse that went public on the New York Stock Exchange. From bootstr…

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Rufus Wainwright 43:23

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Rufus Wainwright is a singer-songwriter and composer renowned for his distinctive voice and the theatricality of his performances. Born into a family of folk musicians, his mother was Kate McGarrigle and his father is the songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. Since his debut in 1998, his 11 studio albums have been characterised by their candid autobiog…

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602: (Solo) What I Learned From Alex Hormozi’s $100M Book Launch 13:35

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Everyone saw the headlines—but the real lessons from Alex Hormozi’s $100M book launch are in the planning, positioning, and pre-launch. In this episode, I break down the fundamentals you can lift straight into your next product launch or Black Friday promo: how to think like a founder (not an influencer), engineer your unit economics, and turn mont…

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Smart TV: Race Across The World and Alan Carr Appreciation 21:00

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho…

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601: The Couple Who Built a 9-FIGURE Brand While Working Full-Time Jobs | Natalie Holloway 57:38

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Natalie Holloway turned a $5,000 side hustle into Bala — a globally recognized fitness brand worn by millions and backed by Mark Cuban and Maria Sharapova. In this interview, the Bala co-founder breaks down how she and her husband Max bootstrapped the brand from their garage to $20M+ in sales, weathered near-bankruptcy after the post-COVID crash, a…

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Mark Ronson 42:01

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Having spent his early years in London, Mark Ronson grew up in Manhattan, began working as a DJ as a teenager and quickly made a name for himself on the New York club scene of the 1990s. He moved into music production and, in 2006, co-wrote and co-produced the Amy Winehouse album Back To Black. The record won five Grammys and Mark Ronson himself sc…

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The Barr Brothers Rally Around Mysticism, ep. 330 1:01:25

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In the eight years since The Barr Brothers last released an album, Andrew has been drumming with people like Feist, Mumford & Sons, and Broken Social Scene while Brad released a solo record and underwent incredible personal change. Brad made the huge decision to get sober, which he talks about candidly in our Basic Folk interview. Anything you read…

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600: (Solo) How Founders Should Actually Use AI (Without Getting Lost) 12:40

9d ago12:40

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AI is the biggest shift since the internet—and if you’re not using it daily as a founder, you’re falling behind. In this episode, I break down exactly how I use AI to think clearer, execute faster, and lead better—without being technical. From treating AI as a true thinking partner to training it like a team member, I’ll show you the practical work…

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The Power Of Saying 'No': Turning Down Opportunities May Actually Be a Good Thing 43:18

15d ago43:18

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Saying yes feels good. It’s helpful, it’s human—and it’s how your firm quietly bleeds to death. 😵 In this episode, John and Mark dive into the real power of saying NO: qualifying hard, protecting your pipeline, and choosing clients and marketing efforts that actually move your firm forward. Plus, they explore the cognitive traps (hello, sunk cost f…

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Smart TV: Arty Crime Drama 23:56

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic…

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599: They Rejected Her Idea, She Turned it into a BILLION Dollar Business | Suneera Madhani (Best of Foundr) 40:53

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Suneera Madhani built Stax from an idea her employer rejected into a $1B fintech unicorn processing over $25B in payments. In this interview, the Stax co-founder shares how she went from selling credit card terminals out of her car to pioneering the first subscription-based payment processor, raising over $500M in capital, and scaling a company now…

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Rose Tremain 43:15

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Dame Rose Tremain is one of Britain’s most prolific and popular writers, having written 17 novels and five collections of short stories over the last 50 years. She was one of only six women on Granta magazine's inaugural 1982 list of the best young British novelists, alongside Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie and others. Her fifth novel Rest…

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598: (Solo) Your Brand Is Not a Logo: Why Most Founders Get Stuck Before They Even Launch 9:38

22d ago9:38

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Think your “brand” is a logo, font, and color palette? That’s polish—not branding. Real ecommerce branding makes customers feel understood, builds instant trust, and increases conversions across your product pages, emails, and social. In this episode, I break down what I’ve learned working with branding expert Camille Moore on our new Ecommerce Bra…

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Smart TV: Lazarus, love triangles and a touch of Julia Roberts 28:44

21d ago28:44

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Caroline Frost chats to guest host Garath McLean about the best things coming up on the box this week. TV: Lazarus, from Wednesday, Prime Video The Forsyte Saga, Monday 9pm, Channel 5 Leonard and Hungry Paul, Monday 10pm, BBC Two FROST BITE:Celebrity Traitors, BBC THE ARCHIVE: Moonlighting, STV Player . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad c…

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597: How She Built a $33M App with ZERO Ads | Tezza Barton 51:29

21d ago51:29

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Tezza Barton bootstrapped the Tezza app from a two-person passion project into a 25M+ download, $33M/year creative-tech brand—with just 15 employees and zero paid ads for the first four years.In this interview, Tezza breaks down the scrappy path from negative bank balances and collage kits in a 250-sq-ft apartment to building a category-defining ed…

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Thomas Adès 43:46

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One of the most revered and prolific British classical musicians, Thomas Adès made his name with his 1995 opera Powder Her Face, written when he was just 24 years old. His orchestral composition Asyla was nominated for the Mercury Prize for album of the year in 1999. Recordings of his opera The Tempest and, more recently, his score for the ballet T…

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David Wilcox Can Heal Your Heart in Two Minutes, ep. 329 1:11:03

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Asheville-based songwriter David Wilcox has been through some s-h-i-t. A difficult childhood in Northeast Ohio sent him seeking answers – mostly on his bicycle – in an attempt to get away. He has spent his lifetime leaning into his problems and digging into their roots at the source: his own heart. He decided to see what lessons his heart had been …

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596: (Solo) The Most Unexpected Lessons I Learned From Scooter Braun 10:01

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You might expect my favorite interviews to be with Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, or Barbara Corcoran. But one that surprised me — and stuck with me more than most — was with Scooter Braun. In this episode, I share the lessons Scooter taught me about resilience, humility, and the real human side of entrepreneurship. From his honesty about burnout a…

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The Pipeline Graveyard: Bringing Cold Leads Back to Life 41:02

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Your CRM is haunted. Not by ghosts...but by cold leads, stalled proposals, and “maybe next quarter” conversations that never saw the light of day. In this episode, John and Mark take you on a guided tour of the Pipeline Graveyard—where dead deals lurk, and second chances await. Despite the Halloween theme, this one’s evergreen. Because let’s be hon…

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TRAILER: Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan 1:13

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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan is where ambitious founders get real playbooks, not theory. Every week, Nathan sits down with the world’s top entrepreneurs and operators to unpack how they built, scaled, and led category-defining companies. You’ll hear candid stories, hard numbers, and step-by-step tactics you can use right away across product,…

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595: She Turned Handmade Jewellery Into $10M Brand | Pia Mance 53:20

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Pia Mance started Heaven Mayhem in 2022 with just $900 and scaled it into a $10M accessories brand in under three years. In this interview, Pia breaks down the scrappy steps she took to launch her first collection, the grassroots marketing hacks that made her products go viral, and how celebrity moments like Hailey Bieber wearing her designs gave t…

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Smart TV: Sally Wainwright’s comeback and Hamza’s wild adventure 25:04

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. TV: Celebrity Traitors, BBC1 Riot Women, BBC1 Hamza’s Hidden Wild Is…

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Jonathan Anderson 43:19

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Jonathan Anderson was appointed as creative director of the French fashion house Dior in March 2025, becoming one of the world’s most influential designers. As creative director of the luxury label Loewe for 11 years from 2013, he led a rebranding of the Spanish company, and was hailed a critical and commercial success. He’s also run his own label …

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594: (Solo) The Mindset Lessons I’ve Learned From 100+ Founders 8:44

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593: Phoebe Gates: Building an AI Fashion Startup Backed by Kris Jenner & Sara Blakely 49:33

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Phoebe Gates went from failed prototypes in her Stanford dorm room to building one of the fastest growing fashion-tech startups in the world. In this interview, the co-founder of AI shopping app Phia shares how she and her co-founder Sophia Kianni scaled from 200 early users to half a million downloads, raised $9M from investors like Kleiner Perkin…

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Smart TV: New Alan Partridge and Suranne Jones is everywhere 23:27

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge), BBC1 Celebrity Tra…

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Jackie Kay 43:31

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Jackie Kay is one of the best known and most popular Scottish literary figures. A poet and novelist, she served as Makar - the name for Scotland’s poet laureate - for five years from 2016. Since her debut poetry collection The Adoption Papers in 1991, she has published 20 works of fiction and verse for adults and children, and a memoir about meetin…

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Kathleen Edwards: Making up for 30 Years of No Tears, ep. 328 1:07:00

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Kathleen Edwards claims that she's now a pretty frequent crier after not crying for the first 30 years of her life. One reason for this change is the connectedness she has been feeling since leaving music and starting her coffee shop, Quitters. In our Basic Folk conversation, Edwards tears up talking about the cover of her new album 'Billionaire,' …

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592: (Solo) The Truth About Originality: What Great Founders Really Do 8:07

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Most founders think they need a completely original idea to succeed. The truth? Great businesses are often built by borrowing brilliance — and putting your own spin on what already works. In this episode, I break down the concept of “good artists copy, great artists steal,” and show you how to apply it in your business. From how I grew Foundr’s Ins…

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Partner Involvement in Sales and Marketing: What Could Go Wrong? 37:38

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Go ahead, put all of BD on the shoulders of your most expensive asset. What could possible go wrong? In this episode, John and Mark explore the pros and cons of partner involvement in business development. They look at the benefits and drawbacks of a firm partner's role in both marketing and sales. Identify actionable strategies for helping your fi…

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591: From $0 to $3.4 BILLION Selling Socks | Bombas (Best of Foundr) 43:08

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David Heath and Randy Goldberg turned Bombas from a scrappy Indiegogo campaign into the most successful Shark Tank investment of all time—now valued at $3.4 billion. In this interview, the Bombas co-founders share how a simple insight about homelessness sparked a mission-driven sock company, how they bootstrapped their way to product-market fit, an…

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Smart TV: Blue Lights and Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue 22:34

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Kerry James Marshall 43:10

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American artist Kerry James Marshall is one of the world’s most important living painters. Marshall has been making his large-scale, vividly colourful evocations of African-American life for over 40 years. His figurative paintings are rich with symbolism, metaphor and visual references to both social history and his favourite artists from the past.…

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590: (Solo) Why You Need to Do Things That Don’t Scale 7:56

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When you’re just starting out, the fastest way to grow isn’t automation, ads, or scaling systems — it’s doing things that don’t scale. In this episode, I share why the most successful founders — from billion-dollar startups to small ecommerce brands — all begin by leaning into the unscalable. From replying personally to every email, to sending hund…

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589 : The Mad Scientist Behind One of America’s Fastest Growing Supplement Brands | Brian Littlefield (Best of Foundr) 46:31

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Brian Littlefield is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Jocko Fuel—one of the fastest-growing supplement brands in America. But his story didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with a life-changing health wake-up call. In this episode, Brian shares how he went from overweight and directionless to building a trusted supplement empire backe…

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Smart TV: Slow Horses and Strictly Return 23:02

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Hack, ITV1 Slow Horses, Apple TV+ Strictly Come Danc…

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Alicia Vikander 43:54

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Swedish-born Alicia Vikander won global acclaim in 2015 for playing Vera Britten in Testament Of Youth, and a humanoid robot in the thriller Ex-Machina. The following year she won an Academy Award for her supporting role with Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, along with a Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Since then…

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Peter Rowan: The Bluegrass Buddha's Tex-Mex Roots, ep. 327 1:08:54

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Legendary Massachusetts-born, California-based musician Peter Rowan is best known for his bluegrass roots. A practicing Buddhist, he did time in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys as well as in the short-lived and epically important Old & In the Way with Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. However, his latest album 'Tales of the Free Mexican Airforce' celeb…

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588: (Solo) The #1 ROI Move You’re Probably Not Using 7:30

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Most ecommerce founders think the only way to grow is to get more traffic — but often, the fastest way to increase sales is by making more from the traffic you already have. In this episode, I share a proven “second sale” strategy you can use to increase your conversion rate, average order value (AOV), and customer lifetime value (CLV) without spen…

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Listen Up! Create Stronger Client Bonds With Empathy and Understanding 41:02

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"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." - Dale Carnegie In this episode, Mark and John explore the importance of understanding clients better than they understand themselves. The conversation focuses on how actively listening to under…

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587: She Built a $1 Billion Brand Selling Other Peoples Clothes | Julie Wainwright 1:00:31

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Julie Wainwright, founder of The RealReal, reveals how she built a billion-dollar resale marketplace that transformed luxury fashion. In this exclusive Foundr Podcast interview, Julie shares how she scaled The RealReal to over $1B in revenue, reached 38 million members, and took the company public on the Nasdaq. From her early lessons at Pets.com t…

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Smart TV: Rob and Rylan Return and Twiggy Doc 22:30

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Caroline Frost chats to Shem Law about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India, BBC2 Twiggy, BBC2 Michae…

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Alison Balsom 43:57

2M ago43:57

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Classical trumpeter Alison Balsom talks to John Wilson about the most significant influences and experiences that have inspired her career. Having recorded 17 studio albums since 2002, she has been named Gramophone Artist of the Year, won three Classical Brit Awards, along with an OBE for services to music. She has performed with leading conductors…

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586 : (Solo) How I Solve The Biggest Problems in My Business (and How You Can Too) 8:06

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Every business has one major constraint holding it back from the next stage of growth — and solving it is the fastest way to scale. In this episode, I share the exact formula I use to identify the biggest problem in my business, find the right person who’s already solved it, and get the solution faster than years of trial and error. This is the sam…

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585: The $100K Mistake Most Founders Make with Manufacturers (and How to Avoid It) (Best of Foundr) 38:22

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Kian Golzari is one of the world’s leading experts in sourcing and product manufacturing—developing over 2,500 products and visiting 500+ factories. In this episode, he shares how to go from idea to product without getting burned by bad suppliers or poor-quality manufacturing. Whether you're working with Alibaba or building a custom product from sc…

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Smart TV: Only Murders in the Building and Freddie Flintoff's Ultimate Test 25:24

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Caroline Frost chats to Gareth McClean about the best things coming up on the box this week. You can get in touch with our hosts via email (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams: Ultimate Test, BBC1 …

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Eric Idle 43:36

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Comedian, writer, musician and actor Eric Idle talks to John Wilson about his creative influences. A founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, he wrote and performed across their four television series and films, including The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. As a songwriter, he was responsible for much of the Python’s musical comedy…