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Charlie Taylor
Charlie Taylor, Co-Founder of Ozlo Sleep — Why his team left Bose to build Ozlo Sleep and how they quickly gained key relationships, finding traction in a new sleep ecosystem. Charlie Taylor, Co-Founder of Ozlo Sleep — When Bose discontinued its cult-favorite Sleepbuds in 2020, a passionate cohort of users was left in the lurch.
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Helen Tobin
Substack Head of Comms, Helen Tobin — As influencers, journalists and celebrity writers join Substack, how to brands reach new audiences? When Helen Tobin joined Substack in 2021, it was still known mostly as a niche newsletter platform. Today, it is a billion-dollar media ecosystem encompassing video, podcasts, and a social app—all designed around a
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Andrew Zimmern
Food Network Star, Andrew Zimmern — A discussion on his secret sauce of interview prep, and why brands are so damn scared to tell stories and create moving content. The full 40 minute interview is exclusively on Apple, Spotify or right here: Long before Andrew Zimmern became a household name known for sampling tarantulas and
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Marcus Sheridan
Marcus Sheridan, Author of They Ask, You Answer — A discussion on how to create show content listeners are primed to listen to, the true impact of AI on SEO and trust signals. Founders, you kinda suck at SEO, content, and communications. That’s tragic because many of you have incredible brain-frying technology and ideas the
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Martin Keen
Martin Keen, Host of IBM Technology — A discussion on how IBM Technology’s YouTube channel hit 1 million subs and how they know what content will resonate. Martin Keen explains how they create content, where they get their ideas, how they promote, and how they create “broad” content to engage, and then drill down into
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Mike Russell
YouTuber Mike Russell — Mike Russell of Music Radio Creative hit 300,000 subscribers which is an incredible accomplishment. Justin Brady sits down with the media mastermind and founder of Music Radio Creative, to discuss content creation, productivity, and the long road to success in the digital landscape. Mike, a veteran in audio production and YouTube
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Eleanor Hawkins
Eleanor Hawkins, Editor of Axios Communicators — Many founders or CEOs dreams of a big, earned media hit in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or maybe Bloomberg. But are these big wins really the best target for outbound communications? It depends on your overall strategy, says Eleanor Hawkins, leader of the rapidly growing
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Joah Santos
Joah Santos, Founder of Warhol — Psy was a psyop created to make South Korea cool. Soap operas were created to sell soap. And the Grand Ole Opry, the longest running radio show in history, was a marketing play for insurance. Joah Santos, founder of Warhol is a tribalism nerd who consulted for Unilever, ABInBev, Airbnb
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Mario Nawfal
Mario Nawfal, #1 X Spaces Host — If you’re on X (fka Twitter) you know the name Mario Nawfal. Nawfal hosts the largest spaces on X and his guests include Elon Musk, Michael Bay, Mark Cuban, Andrew Yang, and many others. For those that don’t know “Spaces” are an audio component of X—a blend between
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Allison Braley
State of the economy for founders Allison Braley, CMO at Bain Capital Ventures — Founders are in for a wild ride as the economy looks shaky. “Early-stage founders are still getting funded at a rapid clip,” said Allison Braley, head of marketing for Bain Capital Ventures. But later-stage founders are experiencing a crunch. That means
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Jake Slatnick
Jake Slatnick, CEO of FreePower — Jake Slatnick, CEO of FreePower discusses the process in creating Tesla’s new free position device charger and overcoming engineering hurdles—how did he succeed where Apple failed? I also ask the direction question everyone wants to know: will this charger be on the new Cybertruck? We also discuss how he
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David Allison
David Allison, Author “The Death of Demographics” — David Allison is the creator of the Valuegraphics database, and as of recording this interview, he is closing in on his one-millionth in-depth survey making his dataset ironclad. Allison is the first person in history to have built a tool allowing us to precisely communicate and position
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Matthew McFarland
Matthew McFarland, Journalist — Today is a special episode. Matt McFarland is a respected journalist with The Washington Post and most recently CNN discusses how to get press and pitch the right way, and media relevance in the 21st century. Has the media gone too hard on polarizing and political topics has that hurt them? Matt McFarland
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Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez
Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez, Authors of “What A Unicorn Knows” — Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez co-wrote What A Unicorn Knows, releasing today (Feb 21)! They explain there is nothing random about becoming a unicorn. Growth-focused companies think about small steps, make experimentation part of the job, and most importantly, put the
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Sam D’Amico
Sam D’Amico, Founder of Impulse Labs — Are battery-powered appliances the future? When I saw musings on Twitter, the idea was hilarious to me. But after doing the research and interviewing with Sam D’Amico the founder of Impulse Labs, however, I’m convinced the technology is the future. And it’s a future all of us will
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Mike Berland
Mike Berland, Partner at Penta Group — Mike Berland is nuts… or at least that’s what I thought when I first hosted him on this very show years ago. He claimed to have developed a tool that analyzes what has cultural momentum, and therefore what the future likely looks like. But after he kept predicting
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Adi Ignatius
Adi Ignatius, Editor in Chief of The Harvard Business Review — As large manufacturers pull back from China, is their economy in for a world of hurt? Are ESG and DEI efforts just viewed as PR efforts? And how does Adi Ignatius, Editor in Chief of The Harvard Business Review Group, handle extreme pressure to
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Julia Hobsbawm
Julia Hobsbawm, Author and Bloomberg columnist — Author and Bloomberg columnist Julia Hobsbawm explains why so much emphasis has been put on various work models, but most don’t consider what’s truly best for workers and customers. She explains corporate leaders’ never-ending quest to get the workplace right, and how even work-from-home jobs can actually be
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Jason Feifer
Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine — Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine is back to discuss his new book, Build for Tomorrow. He makes a great case on why laser focus on your career path might be… bad. We also discuss why being in the top 1% of pod downloads isn’t that great,
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Jose Vargas
Jose Vargas, Former Secret Service Officer — Former Secret Service Officer Jose Vargas is a force of nature. His life started in poverty and difficulty, but his mom set a goal for him and his family: to escape an abusive environment and set her children up for success. Little did she know her son would
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Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis, President of 22Zero — September is national suicide awareness month, and one major cause of suicide is PTSD. Did you know eleven million Americans are struggling with PTSD right now? The darkness is very real, and the condition is doing real damage to the body, not just the mind. Dan Jarvis, President of
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Cal Newport
Cal Newport, Deep Work author — Deep Work boosted the quality of our work, but readers who were quick to rid themselves of distraction and do more deep work ran into a problem: workplace reliance on the “hive-mind.” Cal Newport discusses his newest books A World Without Email and Deep Work, and explains how to
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Dan Erickson
Dan Erickson, CEO of Viable — Your customers HATE your tech. Customer feedback comes in unpredictable forms, like Twitter, surveys, Google Reviews, CSR conversations, etc. Dan Erickson, CEO of Viable, has developed an AI to analyze all that data and share results in natural language. What’s one big theme? Your tech, apps, and website suck!
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Rita McGrath
Rita McGrath, Author of Seeing Around Corners — Politics and ego often trump profitable outcomes. #2 on the Thinkers 50 list, Rita McGrath has seen this play out in real time and explains how leaders miss the opportunity to evolve, losing to previously insignificant competition. Rita McGrath, Author of Seeing Around Corners McGrath is a
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Roger Martin
Roger Martin, former Dean of the Rotman School of Management — Why does your boss repeat the same broken leadership model, despite seeing poor results? It’s because many business models are useless. They are simply a warm security blanket, and using them absolves a CEO of responsibility. Best-selling author Roger Martin calls out bad leadership
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Derian Baugh
Derian Baugh, Men’s Style Lab CEO — Every startup founder fears the day the money dries up. When that day comes for the wide majority, they fall silent. For years, that was the case with Derian Baugh, CEO of Men’s Style Lab, but today he shares his failure experience and if he regrets the decisions
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Dr. Satya Mallick
Dr. Satya Mallick, CEO of OpenCV — AI has turned into a marketing term, and the result is confusion for everyone on what AI is. So, what is AI, and what isn’t AI? For example, did you know taking panoramic photos or using HDR is computer vision, but not AI? I asked Dr. Satya Mallick,
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Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks, New York Times best-selling author — It’s difficult to get a seat in Professor Arthur Brooks’ MBA happiness class at Harvard, according to the Wall Street Journal. As political polarization gets crazy and workers face burnout, Brooks explains how happiness is an effective productivity tool, and how leaders can avoid the hyperpolarizing political
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Chris Hogan
Chris Hogan, author — Listeners loved my previous Chris Hogan interview (listen here). The best-selling author of Everyday Millionaires gained national notoriety as a Ramsey Personality and best-selling author. Some even wondered if he was next in line to take over Ramsey Solutions. But then he simply vanished from the airwaves. His show was removed,
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Reid Hiatt
Reid Hiatt, CEO of Tactic — What does the hybrid office look like as we come out of the pandemic? You will probably love it, explains Reid Hiatt, CEO of Tactic. He believes the office is following the same path successful retailers took in building experiences for employees. We discuss how hybrid work actually saved
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Kara Goldin
Kara Goldin, CEO and founder of Hint — Kara Goldin, CEO and founder of Hint, a fruit-flavored water company, explains how she overcame the setbacks and doubters, and how she dealt with sacrifices in her new book, Undaunted. During our conversation, she explains why being called “sweetie” lit a fire that made her successful and
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Steven Hoffman
Steven Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space — Steven Hoffman (aka Captain Hoff) is CEO of Founders Space. After I was introduced via Happioh CEO Soulaima Gourani, I asked my startup friends and they confirmed he’s THE guy when it comes to startups. If you see one pattern in the interview with him it’s this: founders
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Julie Bogart
Julie Bogart, author of Raising Critical Thinkers — Is there a crisis of critical thinking? Instead of healthy debate, are we burying our heads in the sand, demanding censorship of messages we don’t like? Julie Bogart, author of Raising Critical Thinkers, discusses being self-aware and how the ostrich effect causes us to ignore data we
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Paul Lightfoot
Paul Lightfoot, Founder and CEO Emeritus of BrightFarms — Store-bought tomatoes suck, beef is supposedly killing the planet, and organic food might not be as healthy as you think. The food we consume is questionable, but so are the suggested solutions. Paul Lightfoot, Founder and CEO Emeritus of BrightFarms walks me through a pragmatic and
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Grafton Elliott
Grafton Elliott, CEO of Onward — You’ve heard the term “supply chain” tossed around, but do you know what it is, why it failed, or how it can be fixed? Grafton Elliott, CEO of Onward, breaks it down so even a 12-year-old can understand. Yes, it’s a complicated issue, but its problems are easy to
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Dan Pink
2/10/22 Update: “The Power of Regret” opened at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list. Congrats Dan! Dan Pink, NYT Best-Selling Author — In Drive, he taught us what truly motivates you, in To Sell Is Human, he explained why everyone is in sales, and in When, he told us the secrets of perfect
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Soon Yu
Soon Yu, author of Friction. — Startups and large companies are making big moves to reduce friction in all its forms, but that might actually hurt the customer experience, explains Soon Yu, author of the forthcoming book Friction. He has concrete examples that show adding more steps creates an affinity for your brand. This clever
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Nir Eyal
Nir Eyal, The New York Times best-selling author — Is Meta and the metaverse the newest addiction you need to protect your family and employees from? Not really. Nir Eyal knows the tactics social media companies use to keep you hooked, and he explains how little power these companies actually have over you. Nir Eyal
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Irad Eichler
Update 5/24/22: Today, Circles announced they have raised a 16.5M Series A! Congratulations to Irad Eichler and the team! Irad Eichler, founder of Circles — Life changes -both positive and negative- can be a lot to handle. Whether you’re riding the excitement and chaos of being new parent or drudging through the darkness of losing a loved one,
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Jay Ly
Jay Ly, founder of Golden Compass Financial Freedom — In this special episode, Jay Ly, Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, Chief, US Navy, and founder of Golden Compass Financial Freedom has jumped from planes, taken enemy fire, and diffused bombs in Afghanistan. Ly has spent 13 years of his life in the US Navy serving
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Dan Simon
Dan Simon, founder of Qwoted — Dan Simon founded Qwoted as a matchmaking service for journalists and expert sources. He explains how broken the relationship is between PR people and journalists is, and how he’s trying to change it with technology. We also discuss how various PR agencies operate and how it’s highly offensive for
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Dr. Andrea Mata
Dr. Andrea Mata, founder of Bright Spot. — 80-hour workdays, sacrificing time with the family, and focusing only on work activities off the clock? It’s not going to end well for you, explains Dr. Andrea Mata of the Bright Spot Podcast and Bright Spot Families. Research shows aligning your work patterns to your circadian rhythm,
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Charles Hua
Charles Hua, CEO of Poised — Many of us have experienced anxiety as it relates to Zoom or Google Meet calls. We stage the room and prepare ourselves, but we all wonder if we are being perceived well through the lens. Charles Hua, CEO of Poised, invented a real-time AI coach to help you. Using
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John Jantsch
John Jantsch, author — 2020 and 2021 disrupted the business routine, and as business owners changed their strategy, some of it was good for us. John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, and, out in September, The Ultimate Marketing Engine, compiled all the positive marketing lessons and explains how can we apply
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Ed Holroyd
Ed Holroyd, President of Virtual Internships — With remote work come remote internships. And with remote internships, people in rural areas or foreign countries gain access to jobs they might not otherwise have access to. In addition, they attract candidates companies might otherwise not attract. That’s great news for students seeking new opportunities. Ed Holroyd
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Gabriel Glynn
Gabriel Glynn, CEO of MākuSafe — How do you actually invent a piece of hardware tech? Gabriel Glynn, CEO of MākuSafe discusses how he created a small device that monitors, tracks, and shows worker safety data to make workers safer. With no hardware or product experience, he goes into detail on how his cofounder created
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Soulaima Gourani
Soulaima Gourani, CEO of Happioh — Is there a lack of funding for women entrepreneurs, immigrants, people of color, moms, or people over 40? If so, why? Soulaima Gourani, CEO of Happioh, discusses her new startup, as well as pivoting during COVID, Zoom-fundraising, and how she overcame fundraising barriers by not making excuses and pushing
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Troy Dunn
Troy Dunn, media savant — Troy Dunn has been interviewed on all the major TV networks, created three prime-time top-rated shows, and has been interviewed by Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil. I asked him to share his media methods and insight, and he told me if you follow a few simple strategies, you
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Ali Tamaseb
Ali Tamaseb, author of Super Founders and partner at DCVC — Myths about successful founders are more prevalent than mosquitos in Minnesota. That’s why I asked Ali Tamaseb, the author of Super Founders and partner at DCVC, to explain the data. He went through 30,000 data points on all the unicorn companies founded in the last 15
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Joe Keohane
Joe Keohane, author of The Power of Strangers — If you’re like my wife, you’re terrified of talking to strangers. You also probably think it doesn’t really matter, but you’re wrong explains Joe Keohane, author of The Power of Strangers. Keohane is a seasoned writer/editor for many loved publications and becomes obsessed with why we