Get your creative juices flowing with The Startup Ideas Podcast. Published twice a week, we bring you free startup ideas to inspire your next venture. Hosted by Greg Isenberg, CEO of Late Checkout and former advisor to Reddit and TikTok. Subscribe so you don't miss out. For more startup ideas, we created a database of 30+ startup ideas you can take at https://gregisenberg.com/30startupideas
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Startup Ideas Podcasts
A podcast for people working on startup ideas. We have 15-minute tactical episodes and occasional interviews with people who did the early things exceptionally well. We've helped launch hundreds of startups worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and these are the building blocks. "This is, without a doubt, the best podcast for people trying to build startups out there." "If you aren't listening to this podcast and you're considering building a business (or you're already building one), what ...
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Welcome to Spitball, where three lovable scamps and a guest empty their heads of the startup and tech product ideas they have stuck up in there so you can have them for free. Anything we say is yours to keep!
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3-5 minute startup ideas to help you start your next venture.
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Galata is a word from the Indian language Kannada that means the noise caused by a ruckus. This podcast is about starting up while we are still in college. Testing ideas, creating a team, building something worthwhile and adding value to other people’s lives. Join us as we discuss the thrill of earning your first buck, tackling uncertainties, overcoming obstacles and delighting others. Most of all, Galata is about seeing, understanding and implementing so you can deliver on your audacious pr ...
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StartUp Ideas is a podcast that focuses on the most important part of any Startup... The Idea. And we're giving away our best ideas to you!
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Find Your New Business Idea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Vijay Peduru provides one million-dollar startup idea every Tuesday. These ideas won't help you build the next Instagram or Twitter, but would help you create a $2K to $10K MRR(Monthly recurring revenue) business. The goal is to help you accumulate half a million to a million dollars in 3-5 years. These ideas could be easily implemented without much tech background.
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Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
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Startup Stories: Entrepreneurship Education & Startup Training by Europe’s Founders
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Daniel Kunz from the Nerd Entrepreneurs team interviews the best and brightest startup founders and experts so you can be ahead of the curve with your own venture. Discover how you can quickly validate your startup idea, find problem - solution - fit and acquire your first customers so you can focus on building something that will drive revenue and profits and ultimately grow to become the business you’ve always dreamed of.
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Let's Talk Serious Startups: The Nuts & Bolts
John Maddox - Serial Entrepreneur, Consultant, Advisor, Investor In Startups
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5 days a week Let's Talk Serious Startups is all about the nuts and bolts of what goes into going from a startup idea to success. We interview angel investors, venture capitalists, startup founders, crowdfunding experts, journalists, and marketing professionals that share their knowledge and experience on what it takes to become a Serious Startup! Show notes and more content can be accessed at Serious Startups.com
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Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.
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Podcast about innovation and the startup journey. Recorded for entrepreneurs who want to get their idea started and be inspired by others.
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Testing your ideas against reality can be challenging. Not everything will go as planned. It’s about keeping an open mind, having a clear hypothesis and running multiple tests to see if you have enough directional evidence to keep going. This is the How I Tested That Podcast, where David J Bland connects with entrepreneurs and innovators who had the courage to test their ideas with real people, in the market, with sometimes surprising results. Join us as we explore the ups and downs of exper ...
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2025 Communicator Award of Excellence in the Educational Series category 2024 + 2025 People's Choice Podcast Awards Finalist Nominee x 2 Named "One of the Best Business Podcasts" by Ramsey In 'How I Built My Small Business,' we explore real-life entrepreneurship and building a meaningful, balanced life. The show’s guests (diverse in industry, experience, and background) open up about the real stories behind building a business: the wins, the mistakes, and the values that shape their choices. ...
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Most podcasts try to pump you up to chase your dream. This one? It tries to kill your idea—before the market does. I’m Dr. Yoram Solomon—entrepreneur, author, and professor of entrepreneurship in one of the top U.S. MBA programs. Is it Really a Great Idea? is based on my textbook by the same name, and it’s here to help you do one thing: Kill bad ideas fast. Because the faster you kill what won’t work, the faster you’ll find the idea that actually deserves your time, money, energy, and obsess ...
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The Dive goes deep into the stories, ideas, and people making waves in culture, business, and beyond. Hosted by Wavestream Media founders Cee Cee Huffman and Mark Meyer, it’s part sharp conversation, part curiosity-fueled adventure. From origin stories to big questions about the world, nothing’s off-limits once we dive in.
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Startup Cornell is a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell that explores the bold entrepreneurial ideas coming from our students, faculty, staff and young alumni.
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Take 5 minutes with Alan Hargreaves to step outside your business model, your career or your startup idea and check that you've got all bases covered. Are you optimising what you've got? Growth, in both business and life, is about momentum. This podcast will help you maintain it.
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Need a business idea? Run With It shares unused business ideas from successful entrepreneurs, including the exact steps they would take to launch them. If you're looking for a ready-made business idea, proven founders are sharing them every week on Run With It.
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Youngest Indian Podcasters on Startup tips, business updates and much more! Practical injunctions taken out of our entrepreneurial experience.
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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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Steal This Idea ventures into the brilliant entrepreneurial minds of Andre and Scott as they give out million dollar business ideas every week for you to steal. Every episode they engineer creative products, breakdown products and services pitched to them and invite bright minds across the business world with ideas ripe for stealing.
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Change is happening exponentially around us, and the successful companies and leaders of today and tomorrow must embrace open innovation to help shape our future. Reinventing the Future by HP Tech Ventures talks to start-up founders and entrepreneurs defining tomorrow’s world and experiences to inspire you to tap into your inner innovator. About HP Tech Ventures As the venture capital arm of HP Inc., HP Tech Ventures fosters an ecosystem of innovation and reinvention by pursuing strategic in ...
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The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.
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Why is Tweener Madness taking over Triangle Tweener Talks? Visit https://www.tweenermadness.com to find out! A podcast for builders by builders in the Triangle. We explore the startup journey and stories with local Triangle founders, from the idea to the exit and everything in between. Hosted by serial entrepreneur and founder of the Triangle Tweener Fund Scot Wingo, and produced by Earfluence.
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Welcome to the inside track of cybersecurity entrepreneurship. We bring you the best founders, operators, and investors building the future of cybersecurity.
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Started in August 2017, Startup4Chinese's mission is to INSPIRE, EMPOWER, and CONNECT entrepreneur minds not only among Chinese but beyond. We want to inspire your passionate entrepreneurship spirit, empower your brilliant startup idea, and connect you with your future reliable partner. We value Openness. We provide Pragmatic topics. We want to help you Succeed! Any questions? Please feel free to contact Bryan: [email protected] Startup4Chinese，成立于加拿大多伦多，致力于联结华人创业者与各个族群中的聪明才智，弘扬华人创业者 ...
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A Game Show looking to see how far contestants will go to find the next billion dollar idea. If Shark Tank had a podcast, mixed with a hint of Nerdist, you get the Idea Machine. There will be laughs, there will be war, this is the next evolution in podcasts. Listen in and play along at home. "You are an IDEA MACHINE! An Idea Warrior. Now your body and mind must flourish... Then success and dreams will come true." - James Altucher
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To have a successful startup, you need: a great idea, a great market, a great team, a great product, and great execution.
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”Turning ideas into digital success” Want to launch your startup faster and smarter? We at aPurple turn ideas into a killer digital product. We share founder stories, smart strategies, insider tips and secrets behind building digital products that stand out to help startups and small businesses launch, scale, and win. Hit subscribe, drop a comment, like, and join the aPurple community—where your next big thing begins!
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Startup Chronicles is a podcast that's all about the thrilling, ever-evolving world of tech startups. If you are building or planning to build your own tech company, this is the place where you get inspired and educated. Every guest who is on this podcast is a big-time practitioner who has been there and done that. They come here to share the unique stories of their ups and downs, providing you with valuable tips and guidance so maybe you will be the one to build the next Unicorn company.
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They’ve swum oceans, scaled mountains, launched empires, and shattered expectations. But before they did any of it, someone, maybe even themselves, thought: “You can’t do that.” Hosted by Sam Penny, Why’d You Think You Could Do That? dives into the minds of people who said “screw it” and went for it anyway. From adventurers and elite athletes to wildcard entrepreneurs and creative renegades, each episode unpacks the one question they all have in common: “Why'd you think you could do that?” I ...
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Quit Your Job | Grow Your Business | Make More Money
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The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Small Business Deep Dives with Entrepreneurs
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Hey, I'm Chris Koerner - serial entrepreneur, business ideas addict, and your new ADHD business ideas best friend. I've started 75 businesses, with 10 of them being worth 7-8+ figures. I love startup ideas! Want to make money, grow a business, or just start a side hustle? You're in the right spot. This show covers: - Real-world growth hacking tips - Deep dives into cool business ideas and AI tools. - Simple business advice for small business & startups - Ways to make money with side hustles ...
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The podcast focuses upon providing information on a unique strategy that will assist entrepreneurs seeking to acquire/exploit multiple “distressed” proprietary business ownerships by using low-risk bootstrapping methods.
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Looking for early stage funding for your big startup idea? Join us for a conversation with angel investor Brian Cohen, chairman of New York Angels, and a lead investor in Pinterest. Kelly Hoey of Women Innovate Mobile will moderate the discussion and get Brian’s insights on how angel investors source deals and how angel investing has developed out of what used to be considered ”stupid money.” We’ll also hear his thoughts on “wantrapreneurs” and the startup scene in NYC.
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Courtland and Channing Allen interview the ambitious indie hackers who are turning their ideas and side projects into profitable online businesses. Explore the latest strategies and tools founders are using to capitalize on new opportunities, escape the 9-to-5 grind, and create their own personal revenue-generating machines. The future is indie!
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Business Startup ideas we look at how you can start a business when you work and have no capital
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Starting it Up is where dozens of the top startup founders, CEOs, and investors share their entrepreneurial stories. Hosted by Ben Burman, each episode uncovers actionable information that you can learn from and use on your own journey.
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The Startup Life is a show for entrepreneurs wanting to grow their business and career-minded professionals looking to scale the corporate ladder. Get ready to receive major value as host Dominic Lawson interviews the best business minds in the world. Marc Randolph (Co-Founder of Netlfix), Tom Golisano (Founder of Paychex), and many others that have been featured in many publications from Entrepreneur, Inc Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, and more. So if you have an idea, be about that life.. ...
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Hello Beautiful people! welcome to the ESM Show. This show is all about startup and marketing. Hi my name is Rana Virendrasinh and i practically applied entrepreneurship in my life so, I am guiding aspiring entrepreneur just like you how to start your own startup from the scratch and also how to do marketing for your startup. We will discuss different marketing strategies for your startup that you can apply in your startup. So if you are interested in startup and marketing go and check out m ...
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Startup Snowball is a call-in style podcast desgined to help first time founders get from idea to customer.
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After working for years in early-stage startups and as a journalist, here are three hard truths I’ve learned: 1. Success in Silicon Valley hinges on connections, hard work and luck. 2. Startups often fail because founders lack fundamental business knowledge. 3. Real, actionable advice comes from those who’ve actually done it. There’s no such thing as “founder DNA.” If you’re willing to take on risk and invest years of your life in something that has maybe a 10% chance of paying off — less if ...
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Viable: From Concept to Proof is a podcast following a startup grow from zero to launched in just one week. We'll be discussing issues that many new business face - transition, pricing, marketing, and getting the product right. Episodes are released weekly.
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Stu Draper, a serial entrepreneur, knows just how exhilarating it is to launch a startup to the moon. He is a 9-time Inc. 5000 honoree before age 40 with tens of millions generated in revenue from his startups and an angel investor in 8 businesses. He's also the co-author of the bestselling textbook Digital Marketing Essentials. Stu knows just what it takes to transform an innovative idea into a thriving business. Inspired by the creators of groundbreaking ventures, Startups With Stu is an i ...
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This podcast is a collection of stories and experiences to help entrepreneurs trying to navigate a new way of entrepreneurship. It isn’t just about the tactics and the strategies but also about the inner experience of being in business. I’m not here to give you any answers but to provoke you to look harder for the answers yourself. By sharing new insights and ideas with you we hope you’ll be inspired to look inside yourself to find out what’s really getting in the way. While you have the kno ...
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Find $30k/mo local businesses you can start. Get the guide: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/AI-Boring-Business Join me as I chat with James, the Boring Marketer, as he shares how to use AI to identify profitable "boring" local business opportunities that are overlooked by most entrepreneurs. He demonstrates a workflow that scrapes Google Maps data t…
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How to Nail One-Sentence Marketing (ITS Classic)
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Today’s episode is for everyone who struggles to summarize their startup in a sentence. We lay out a framework to do this well with help from a sticker on the street, a hedge fund, and a Vietnamese coffee shop. Tacklebox Idea to Startup Newsletter 00:33 One Sentence Marketing 01:10 Train to NYC 03:04 The best marketing Brian’s seen in a while 06:42…
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Ticketmaster Robinhood, Cop Pullover Assistant, Mini ATMs, and Stroller Mods
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Special thanks to Costa for joining us on this episode! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:59 - Guest Pitch: Brian Baumgartner 00:05:48 - Ticketmaster Robinhood 00:15:13 - Cop Pullover Assistant 00:20:20 - Mini ATMs 00:29:27 - Stroller Mods 00:40:21 - Outro We'd love to hear from you! 📧 [email protected] ⁂ Fediverse — @[email protected] 🌐 https://spitb…
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004 - Why Early Evaluation Multiplies Startup Successes
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Too many founders skip evaluation and rush straight into building. In this episode, I explain why early evaluation doesn’t slow you down—it multiplies your chances of success. You’ll hear how the pendulum swung from “measure twice, cut once” to “just throw it at the wall,” the math behind filtering ideas early, and why disciplined evaluation gives …
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Explore the best mental health app ideas for 2025. Build apps that support wellness, reduce stress, and grow your startup.By aPurple
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Dead Weight on the Cap Table: Inside the Ugly World of Founder Breakups
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More startups die from co-founder breakups than from running out of money. Attorney David Siegel, a partner at Grellas Shah LLP, has spent years inside these conflicts, helping founders navigate everything from equity disputes to emotional meltdowns. In this conversation, he explains: Why greed and mismatched expectations trigger so many founder br…
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This is something I've been wrestling with at Podscan, and I know many of you face the same challenge: you're building a product that could serve two, three, maybe even five different ideal customer profiles. And you're trying to figure out how to keep them all balanced—or whether you should even try. This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is spon…
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AI Agencies Just Got Simple Enough for Anyone to Start⏐Ep. #223
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You can sign up for Lindy here: https://bit.ly/4mXLGqq — using this link also supports what we’re doing. ━ Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ I sat down with Flo Crivello, founder of Lindy, and this one really opened my eyes. We talk…
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An Operator’s Playbook for Monetizing Product-Led Growth
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What do you do when everyone loves your product but no one’s paying for it? That was the challenge facing Beautiful.ai. Founder Mitch Grasso nailed the product, but to build a sustainable business, he brought in operator Jason Lapp as CEO. In this conversation, Jason shares how Beautiful.ai killed its freemium tier, introduced a credit-card-gated t…
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Navigating the AI Tsunami: A Founder's Guide with Greg Boone
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From the world of tech startups to the high-stakes world of sneakers, Walk West CEO and founder Greg Boone is a serial entrepreneur with a unique journey. With a background in computer science and a history of building and investing in companies, Greg brings a fresh perspective on how to navigate the current "AI tsunami." Tune in to hear: Greg's en…
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Climbing the Impossible: Andrew Lock's Tales of the Himalayas
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At 8,000 metres, every breath burns. The wind cuts like knives, avalanches thunder past, and climbers face life-or-death decisions: push for the summit or stop to save a life. Most of us will never stand on Everest, let alone all 14 of the world’s highest peaks without oxygen or Sherpa support. But today’s guest has done exactly that. Andrew Lock i…
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Join me as I chat with Cody Schneider where we dive deep into how brands can leverage short-form content creators instead of traditional influencers to achieve better marketing ROI. He breaks down the economics of creator partnerships ($900/month for daily content across platforms vs. $2,000 for a single influencer post) and demonstrates how the fo…
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How to Sell Anything With Just 4 Simple Steps⏐Ep. #222
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Beehiiv is the newsletter platform I’ve used for over a year and a half because their data shows you exactly what’s working. Get 30% off three months at beehiiv.com/chris ━ Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ I sat down with Neville Medh…
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How to Start a Christmas Lighting Business: Listener Q&A
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🎄 Ever thought about running a Christmas light business? This is your behind-the-scenes masterclass. In this special episode, a podcast listener flips the mic and interviews the host, Anne McGinty, about how she started a seasonal Christmas lighting business. The listener comes prepared with thoughtful, detailed questions about every step of starti…
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Join me as I chat with Cody Schneider about the power of using YouTube Creators for influencer marketing. Cody explains a step-by-step playbook for acquiring customers through YouTube creator partnerships. The strategy involves reaching out to 100+ creators in your niche, offering a three-video package plus affiliate commission, identifying which c…
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Sumit Dhawan: Leading Proofpoint’s AI evolution and building toward $5B in ARR
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In this episode of Inside the Network, we sit down with Sumit Dhawan, CEO of Proofpoint, one of the largest private cybersecurity companies in the world. With over $2 billion in ARR, Proofpoint protects 85 of the Fortune 100 and is on a bold path toward $5 billion in revenue by 2030. Sumit’s journey is a masterclass in modern leadership. Having gra…
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Ever felt like burnout is inevitable in your startup journey? You're not alone. Burnout can feel like a silent co-founder, but it doesn't have to signal the end of your entrepreneurial story. In this episode, we discuss why burnout happens, how to diagnose it, and most importantly, how to treat it. Discover the importance of pacing yourself, the hi…
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Trying to Quit Your Job? Don’t Start This⏐Ep. #221
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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ I sat down with Rob Walling, who’s built and sold multiple companies without raising a dime of venture capital. Rob created what he calls the stair step method, a framework for everyday people to go from free…
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“Company culture” usually means free pizza, awkward icebreakers, and that one Slack channel no one actually uses. In this episode, we get real about building culture without the cringe. From our days on the inside to what we’re creating now, we talk about how to ditch the buzzwords, stop forcing fake fun, and actually build something people want to…
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Join me as I chat with Cody Schneider about AI Search. Cody explains that while AI search (GEO) is generating buzz, it currently represents a small portion of overall search volume compared to traditional search engines. The value lies in highly qualified leads, with conversion rates of 10-40% from AI search traffic. To optimize for AI search, busi…
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414: The Pure Amateur is Vanishing: Why Everyone's a Performer Now
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I was recently reading an article about The Great British Baking Show - or Bake Off, as we fans of this fun TV competition call it. It was written by someone who had been on the show, one of the competitors, and they were talking about how looking at the show from the inside made them realize something profound: there are no real amateurs anymore. …
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Everyone Chases Trends. Resell This to Actually Make Money⏐Ep. #220
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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ If you want to learn more, join Shannon’s mastermind at https://shannonjean.com/mastermind I sat down with Shannon Jean again for another fun and practical episode. If you missed part one, go check it out first. …
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How to Name Your Startup (a No Whisper Ideas pod)
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Today, we'll teach you how to name your startup. This is from No Whisper Ideas, a post sent every Sunday by Brian. Customer Interviews Workshop (Starts Sep 15) No Whisper Ideas Weekly PostBy Brian Scordato | Tacklebox, Brian Scordato
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82 Days Alone: Aaron Linsdau’s Journey to the South Pole
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Most of us will never see Antarctica. Even fewer will try to cross it. And almost no one will spend longer alone on that frozen continent than today’s guest. In this episode, Sam Penny sits down with Aaron Linsdau, engineer turned polar adventurer, who became the second American to ski solo from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole, setting the re…
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Stop Pretending You Don't Have Enough Time!
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Ever feel like you need more hours in the day? Turns out, you don't. In this episode, we dive deep into time management for founders, starting with a viral Reddit post that stirred some controversy. We'll explore how compressing your timelines can lead to greater efficiency and free up your schedule for the things that truly matter. Forget the chro…
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Joao Moita | How I Tested Product Weekend
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Summary In this episode we interview Moita, the Founder and CEO of Product Weekend. He shares his journey from studying aerospace engineering to becoming a product manager and eventually creating what is now called Product Weekend. It is a community of Product Management enthusiasts who share their experiences and take their careers to the next lev…
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The Smartest Agency Businesses to Start in 2025 (w/ True Classic CEO)⏐Ep. #219
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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ I sat down with Ryan Bartlett again, and if you haven’t already, make sure to check out the previous episode, where we talked about his story and how he started True Classic. It’s a wild ride that shows exactly how h…
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Chris Smith - What it really takes to run Award-Winning SONOMA PIZZA CO.
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Chris Smith is the co-founder and co-owner of Sonoma Pizza Co., an artisan pizzeria in Forestville, California, which he launched in 2022 with his wife, Eda Atasoy. After three decades in San Francisco’s nightlife and hospitality world… running spots like The Pawn Shop, Monarch, The Great Northern, and even the record label Om Records… Chris shifte…
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005 - Discovery Starts With You: Defining the Right Customer and Their Problem
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Customer discovery doesn’t begin with surveys or interviews—it begins with you. In this episode, I share how to tell the difference between a customer and a user, why your first customers should come from communities you already know, and how to evaluate whether you’re solving a pain or offering a gain. We also dive into the role of the “Best Curre…
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Sharing your voice – Vision Tribe Summit 2025
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Carlos, Laurence, and Lana present the fourth and final session in their Vision Tribe Summit from February 2025. This conversation will help you Reframe sharing your voice on social media from self-promotion to a tool for personal clarity and connection Overcome perfectionism, fear of adding to the noise, and imposter syndrome Build authentic conne…
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Join me as I chat with Rowan Cheung about how he uses practical AI workflows that help his small team at The Rundown operate like a much larger organization. He demonstrates how they use AI for content creation (including AI avatars and writing assistance), business operations (meeting scheduling and email management), and team efficiency (onboardi…
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“That’ll Never Work” — Now It’s a $270M Brand (w/ True Classic CEO)⏐Ep. #218
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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ I sat down with Ryan Bartlett, founder of True Classic, and this one was wild. He took a $3,000 investment and turned it into a $270 million t-shirt company, all without venture funding. We broke down exactly how he pull…
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aPurple Expands into Dubai to Empower Startups and Entrepreneurs Across the Middle East
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aPurple, a global startup-first app development company, has opened a new office in Dubai to empower entrepreneurs and small businesses with local access to MVP development, SaaS solutions, and startup consulting across the Middle East.By aPurple
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We went viral and everything changed (sike)
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We’ve all seen the viral moments that blow up overnight, but what happens after the hype fades? In this episode, we get real about the myth of virality. Mark shares his journey growing his podcast from the ground up, Cee Cee looks back on her old show (and a rant about the great American front lawn), and together we unpack what it actually takes to…
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Building a Bridge Across the Valley of Death
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Frontier tech startups don’t fail because the science is bad — they fail because no one needs what they’re building. In this episode, Roadrunner Venture Studios CEO/co-founder Adam Hammer explains how to avoid that fate. We talk about why the U.S. struggles to turn research into startups, why being right isn’t enough, and what it really takes to cr…
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Are You *Really* Ready to Raise a Round? Here’s How to Tell
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You don’t need a Stanford degree or a flashy deck to raise a pre-seed, seed or Series A, but you do need to show investors that you’ve put in the work. 645 Ventures co-founder Nnamdi Okike shares practical advice for founders who are prepping to raise capital, including what he looks for in pitch meetings, how to uncover “earned secrets,” and why c…
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Deep Dive on $200K/Year Local Newsletter ⏐Ep. #217
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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com ━ I sat down with Jas to hear how he built Winnipeg Digest from scratch into a six-figure local media business. He broke down exactly how he grew the newsletter to over 35,000 subscribers and 73,000 social followers in just ov…
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You know that moment when you realize the ground has shifted beneath your feet? I had one of those moments recently. I was watching an AI agent build out a complex feature for Podscan in about twenty minutes – something that would have taken me days to code properly just a year ago. And it hit me: the rules of the game have fundamentally changed. T…
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From Side Project to Series B: How Learning Led to Product-Market Fit
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Dan Lee co-founded what would become Nooks while on leave from Stanford. He wasn’t solving sales. He was exploring remote collaboration during the pandemic. But when they noticed that some of his most active users were in sales development — and that investors were starting to reach out — he followed the signal. Today, Nooks is a sales AI platform …
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Dr. Doug Kaufman: The TransLoc Story, His Pivot to AI, and Why Every CEO Needs a Coach (part 2)
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What happens after you sell a company you helped turn around? For Dr. Doug Kaufman, it’s a story of new ventures and hard-won lessons. In this second part of a two-part series, Doug discusses his time at TransLoc, a mass transit technology company he helped lead to a successful sale to Ford. He shares how he navigated a challenging acquisition proc…
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Join me as I chat with Ben Benkhin, Creator of WOMBO, about how he built mobile apps that achieved over 250 million downloads by identifying emerging AI technologies and making them accessible through simple, user-friendly interfaces. His first app, Wombo, allowed users to animate selfies to sing popular songs, while Dream was an early art generato…
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The Human Swan: Sacha Dench’s Impossible 7,000km Flight
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What does it take to face your deepest fear, strap a propeller to your back, and follow swans 7,000 kilometres from the Russian Arctic all the way to the wetlands of Britain? In this inspiring episode of Why’d You Think You Could Do That?, host Sam Penny sits down with Sacha Dench — biologist, conservationist, adventurer, and the woman known worldw…
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Google’s New AI Tool Is Crazy Powerful (So I Monetized It)⏐Ep. #217
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Check out my newsletter at https://TKOPOD.com and join my new community at https://TKOwners.com Get 30 days free on HighLevel only with my link: https://www.gohighlevel.com/chriskoerner Outscraper – Google Maps Data Scraper (used for pulling RV parks and other businesses)🔗 https://tkopod.co/Os Lindy — Your AI Assistant: htt…
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What happens when a $180,000 M&A attorney has a panic attack on the way to work and throws away his legal career for escape rooms? Raleigh Williams built Alcatraz Escape Games from zero to a $26 million exit across four entertainment brands in Utah, Arizona, and Texas. After leaving a prestigious law firm against his father's wishes, Raleigh spent …
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How to Run Customer Interviews with AI (Part 1)
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Today, we build a machine to help you actually run customer interviews. We’ll use AI to tackle the big blockers—accountability, CRM setup, outreach, transcription, and even how to pick your first customer. You’ll hear the idea Brian is testing with the interview machine, and we’ll walk through exactly how AI can make the process faster, more uncomf…
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Join me as I chat with Lee Robinson, VP of Developer Experience at Cursor, as he shares practical tips for maximizing productivity with Cursor's AI coding tools. He demonstrates how to structure prompts, create custom commands, and leverage agents for everything from bug fixes to code reviews. The conversation highlights how AI tools are making sof…
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Are Founders Aligned with Those Around Them?
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The complexities of alignment among founders, employees, and even spouses. They debunk the notion that perfect alignment exists, emphasizing that often, perceived alignment is more fiction than reality. The conversation covers the inevitable differences in expectations, contributions, and risk tolerances that arise between co-founders and employees…
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Bhaskar Ghosh, Partner at 8VC, reflects on his journey from Calcutta to Silicon Valley, spanning influential roles at Oracle, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and NerdWallet before moving into venture capital. Now a leader at 8VC, BG introduces his “geometry framework” (persona, product, budget) for enterprise startups, shares insights on the opportunities in gene…
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Israa Nasir - Escaping TOXIC PRODUCTIVITY
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Israa Nasir is a New York City–based psychotherapist, writer, and the founder of WellGuide, a digital community dedicated to mental health awareness. With a master’s in counseling and advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, she’s dedicated her career to mental health. Israa has built a community of over 35…
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Every ending creates space for a new beginning. In this episode, Cee Cee and Mark open up about the end of an era—what went wrong, what they learned, and how it pushed them to build something of their own. From the lessons that stuck to the vision that drives them now, they share why they started Wavestream and what they want it to become.…
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