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Saba Karim
Saba Karim, Head of Techstars Global Accelerator Pipeline — The entrepreneurial explosion is here and we’re going to see a lot of investment flowing into startups. The question is: are you really ready? I ask Saba Karim, Head of Techstars Global Accelerator Pipeline, the silly mistakes founders make, and how to get in on the
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Ashley Wilkerson
Ashley Wilkerson, Selfie WRLD founder — The pandemic crushed her photography business, but cancer survivor Ashley Wilkerson didn’t just take it. She pivoted to a business model based on selfies! It’s called Selfie WRLD. No joke. To date, she has opened 12 brick-and-mortar selfie studios during a pandemic, with 28 set to open soon across
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Jawad Ahsan
Jawad Ahsan, CFO of Axon — In an era of rising tensions and concern about violence, one company has made it their mission to make the bullet obsolete, Axon. The company behind the popular body cameras and Taser has an incredible mission. Their CFO, Jawad Ahsan joins me to discuss the future of de-escalation, preserving
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Jory Des Jardins
Jory Des Jardins, former CMO of The @ Company — Google is removing 3rd party cookie support from Chrome, the most popular web browser in the world. Jory Des Jardins, former CMO of The @ Company, explains the significance and how the web will begin the change. Also, we dig into the other ways Google
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Will Keeps
UPDATE: As of 2/4/23 After a shooting at Starts Right Here, Will Keeps is out of surgery and back to work. Please consider donating. Will Keeps, performing artist — The vocal performance of Will Keeps covering Living On A Prayer will give you chills, but his goal is much bigger than making music. He’s focused
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Ari Rastegar
Ari Rastegar, CEO of Rastegar Property — Ari Rastegar turned $3000 into 4.9 million square feet across 34 US cities, so who better to ask about the future of brick and mortar, and the modern workplace post-Covid? Rastegar explains in vivid detail how brick and mortar retail is about to explode, how retailers can position
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Steve Gilbert
Steve Gilbert, Chairman of the Board for Sun Mobility — Swappable batteries for EVs were famously tried by Tesla, but they flopped. I ask Steve Gilbert, Chairman of the Board for Sun Mobility if Tesla and Elon Musk got it wrong or if they were just too early. Gilbert explains his EV work in India
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Jason Feifer
Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine — Whether he’s producing content for his two podcasts, or leading Entrepreneur Magazine, there’s no denying Jason Feifer is a content savant. I’ve often asked myself how he consistently comes up with fresh, unique, and educational work and today I found out. Plus, he tells me about
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Asher Hunt
Asher Hunt, Co-Founder of Bite — There hasn’t been any real innovation in toothpaste for decades, and the amount of waste generated by toothpaste tubes alone is significant. That’s why Bite created toothpaste tabs in a glass container, with an easy refill option. Genius! Co-founder Asher Hunt explains how the tabs foam up when bitten,
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Will Burns
Will Burns, founder of Ideasicle X — I’ve often thought remote collaboration is inferior to in-person collaboration but Will Burns, the founder of Ideasicle X, who has worked at the most prestigious agencies, says it can be better! Unknown to me, there are certain negatives that come with in-person collaboration. Specifically, Introverts are steamrolled by
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Matanya Horowitz
Matanya Horowitz, CEO of AMP Robotics — Is This the End of Recycling? Citing logistical and sorting problems, that’s what a 2019 piece in The Atlantic asked. But as recyclables are tossed into landfills and recycling companies are on the verge of dying, the CEO of AMP Robotics, Matanya Horowitz has invented a robot that
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Dr. Jon Lensing
Dr. Jon Lensing, CEO of OpenLoop — What if healthcare workers could help people based on who needed healthcare and not geography? Would that address the projected 2.5 million health worker shortage? Dr. Jon Lensing, CEO of OpenLoop Technologies is addressing that very problem.
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David Burkus
David Burkus, author — Bestselling author and Thinkers 50 dude, David Burkus joins me to answer a big question is remote work just a remote workaround?As soon as the pandemic hit, Burkus got his nose to the grind creating a guide book solely focused on remote work management. I throw all my objections, questions, and
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Amanda Goetz
Oct 26, 2022 Update: House of Wise has been acquired by an unnamed cannabis marketing company. Amanda Goetz, House of Wise Founder — Amanda Goetz transitioned from her role as the VP of Marketing at TheKnot.com to a founder role creating House of Wise, a CBD startup. Focusing on helping whom she calls “wise” women,
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Mike Berland
October 31st, 2020 Mike Berland, Former Clinton & Bloomberg pollster & strategist — I’m sure you remember the 2016 election, right? The polls couldn’t have been more wrong. I asked the guy MSNBC calls a “genius” pollster, can polls be trusted? The short answer is “no.” According to Berland, who is a former strategist and pollster
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Dan Pontefract
Dan Pontefract — Half of employees don’t trust their boss, and the consequences on your bottom line are bad! Dan Pontefract explains how this trust eroded, and why uncaring bosses are the least productive. We also dig into one major leadership quandary, if listening, empathy, and trusting are so important, why did Steve Jobs have
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Martin Babinec
Martin Babinec, co-founder of TriNet — Martin Babinec co-founded TriNet, currently a $4 billion company listed on the NYSE. He gets really specific on how to create more tech jobs in your community, which levers to pull, and who can lead this effort. Other show topics: Subway doesn’t make bread, the mistakes parents make in
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Laura Vanderkam
Laura Vanderkam, time management superstar — Laura Vanderkam is a productivity and human efficiency junky and joined me to discuss how working parents and entrepreneurs can still get stuff done while managing homeschooled or remotely schooled kids. According to her, everyone can exist in the same house and still be productive! Vanderkam is a time
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Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Steyer, John Hickenlooper, Marianne Williamson, and John Delaney
Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Steyer, John Hickenlooper, Marianne Williamson, and John Delaney — Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Tom Steyer, John Hickenlooper, Marianne Williamson, and John Delaney as they sought the Democrat nomination for President. Even though we disagreed quite a bit, I was surprised how
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Vicki Brackett
Vicki Brackett, remote work pro — Remote work superstar Vicki Brackett talk specifics on remote work problems like how to compensate for body language, how to keep people focused, and how to synthesize emotional intelligence. Plus, Justin goes into a LOT more!
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Rob Angel
Rob Angel, creator of Pictionary — Rob Angel, the creator of Pictionary, explains how he sold his creation door to door and how he walked away from a major deal with one of the biggest game manufacturers in the country. What does this guy, who built his business around in-person collaboration think about remote work’s
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Paul Allen
Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com — Ancestry.com sold to Blackstone for 4.7 billion dollars and I ask its founder Paul Allen how we knew the company would be big and what he’s working on now. And I had to ask him if there’s a chance he’s working with Elon Musk on the neuralink project. “No
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Clifford Hudson
Clifford Hudson, CEO of Sonic Drive-Ins — Clifford Hudson, CEO of Sonic Drive-Ins from 1995 – 2018 brought with him incredible growth, new revenue, and the Sonic ad guys! He explains how white guys became the minority on their board, how to mix politics and business respectfully, and how they nearly threw out their best
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Kathy Caprino
Kathy Caprino, author and coach — Kathy Caprino, author of The Most Powerful You and host of The Finding Brave Podcast, explains why women shun power and the blockades that are holding them back from career success. I ask if the power dynamic has finally shifted, what exactly men are supposed to do (if anything),
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John Sagherian
John Sagherian, YFC Representative — August 4th, 2020: In this special episode of The Justin Brady Show I venture out of the regular show format in light of recent events in Beirut, Lebanon. Please donate what you can to help the Lebanese people. Make sure to designate your donation to “food vouchers.” Special Edition of
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Brad Feld
Brad Feld, Techstars + FitBit investor — Brad Feld author of The Startup Community Way, co-founder of Techstars, VC at Foundry Group, and early FitBit investor coined the term “startup community” and shares what makes a great startup community, why certain partnerships kill these communities, and how to grow them! Plus we cover a whole
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Brady Harris
Brady Harris, CEO of Dwolla — Brady Harris, CEO of Dwolla has access to millions of money and financial transfer data points in many different applications, so I asked what trends he’s seeing and how these tie to economic conditions. Also, he explains an amazing leadership lesson he applied to Dwolla’s staff.
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Scott McLeod
Scott McLeod, Chief of Staff at Resident — Scott McLeod, Founding Member and Chief of Staff at Resident, offered a deep dive into the dynamics of remote work and its impact on modern business operations. McLeod’s expertise shone as he detailed the journey of Resident, a company that has successfully navigated the transition to a
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Brian Hamilton
Brian Hamilton, VP of Smart Dollar — Brian Hamilton, VP of Smart Dollar joins me to discuss some truly troubling data. 78% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck and 40% can’t cover a $400 emergency. America was broke before the economic shutdown, now things are worse. He explains the solution. Data Shows The Lockdowns Need To End
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Francesca Gino
Update 5/29/25: Hi listeners, Justin here! I’m aware of the accuracy claims against Prof. Francesca Gino. She maintains her innocence and we believe her. She is currently suing Harvard University. Should an adjustment to this interview be necessary, I’ll update this. Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School Professor — Harvard Business School Professor, Francesca Gino is
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Rizwan Virk
Rizwan Virk, MIT Professor and Stanford Grad — MIT Professor and Stanford Grad, Rizwan Virk was CEO of a startup that created Tap Fish, now downloaded over 50 million times. He gives us some amazing startup advice and busts all the lame-sauce myths you’ve heard over and over. Plus, Justin discusses the Covid-19 blame game,
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Sam Parr
Sam Parr, Founder of The Hustle — Sam Parr created The Hustle and grew a massive email list. At the time of writing, it rapidly approaches 2 million people. (When you read this however, it will be far more than that!) I asked him to cut through the crap and tell me how he did
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Nate Regier
Nate Regier, founder of Next Element— Nate Regier, founder of Next Element discusses how to be authentic at work, how to self-assess your leadership, and how to influence your boss without negative conflict. He also explains why an older leadership model, PCM is misunderstood and why he’s writing a book about it. Discussing “acceptable deaths”
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David Allison
David Allison, Creator of the Valuegraphics — The founder of the Valuegraphics database, David Allison shares a bizarre look at what Americans are willing to place their support behind, and how Covid-19 has changed their values. Five Hard Truths About Innovative Company Cultures David Allison, Creator of Valuegraphics Companies Want To Track Employees Every Move
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Alexandra Carter
2-4-21 UPDATE: Alexandra Carter’s book Ask For More is now a Wall Street Journal bestseller! Congrats Alex! Alexandra Carter, UN Negotiation Trainer — Many of us assume if we just do our job and make clients happy, people will compensate us, or give us a raise. That’s not true and Alexandra Carter author of Ask For
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Scott Bradlee
Scott Bradlee, Founder of The Postmodern Jukebox — He’s YouTube fire and you can’t get his songs out of your head and his name is Scott Bradlee, creator of The Postmodern Jukebox. He explains how he got his start and what he did right to get viral content. Other topics in this show: You sent
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Mike Berland
Mike Berland, former Hillary Clinton strategist — Mike Berland is a former Hillary Clinton strategist, and “genius pollster” according to MSNBC. He explains why polling is useless for predictions and how MFactor drivers are iron-clad and can help us understand future trends. Also in this episode, Justin explains why you aren’t as productive at home
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Michael Brenner
Michael Brenner, Author — Michael Brenner is author of Mean People Suck and explains why jerks do damage. I also ask him how to get everyone on board with content strategy and why organic traffic beats paid for traffic. + Even though people like working from home, I don’t think it’s here to stay. +
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Peter Shankman
Peter Shankman, author — Peter Shankman, creator of Help A Reporter Out and author of Faster Than Normal, explains how to turbocharge your focus, productivity, and success with the secrets of the ADHD brain. Plus, I detail what innovations are likely to result from the economy shutdown. Also, I have a message for entrepreneurs who
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Amanda Goet
Amanda Goetz, VP of Marketing at The Knot — Amanda Goetz VP of Marketing at The Knot shares what community building and creating a social following actually looks like. Seriously, how do we do that? Other show topics: On Covid-19, why did it hurt digital engagement, and are there silver linings? Plus, politicians’ petty fighting
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Bruce Daisley
Bruce Daisley, former Twitter VP — Bruce Daisley, former Twitter exec, and Googler calls out work hour boasters and explains why too many hours makes you a useless worker. Also, in this show we discuss how to communicate to your staff about Covid19, and a I explain why leading work from home employees does require
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Pernell Cezar
Pernell Cezar, Co-founder of Blk & Bold Coffee — Pernell Cezar co-founder of Blk & Bold coffee achieved national distribution in under 2 years! I ask him how. Also, we dig into why 1 day shipping from Amazon isn’t doing well, the balance between transparency and oversharing, and why only 70% of your internal email
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Mike Train
Mike Train, President of Emerson — Mike Train, President of Emerson joins us to discuss the extremely bright future AI and Automation bring to the workforce. Plus, in this show, I explain why employers are installing uncomfortable toilet seats, why it’s important to research the researchers and why “professionals” are stealing content on LinkedIn.
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You should kill meetings + millennials are loyal + small business eats the big dudes
In today’s show, Elon Musk has erased stupid time-wasting meetings and you absolutely should do the same. Plus, we discuss how loyal Millenials are and why all your ideas about demographics are WRONG and why small businesses (even Amish ones) are doing well.
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Who owns your data, how retailers can win & why is health insurance blamed for healthcare problems?
February 19th, 2020 Topics in today’s show: Who really owns your data (is it even yours?) How can retailers stay competitive and even beat the big guys? Why does health insurance take the blame for our entire healthcare failures? Also, a huge majority of applicants are lying, and I think the company’s hiring practices fired
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Robbie Kellman Baxter
Robbie Kellman Baxter — Robbie Kellman Baxter explains the membership economy comes with a major increase in responsibility. Also included in this show, Justin explains the talent war is stupid, and asks should if internships should be paid.
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Super Bowl sends bad #MeToo message & fake people at work
February 7th, 2020 Super Bowl viewers saw a new Olay ad, but I think it sends the wrong message to our current and future workforce. Also, raise your hand if you took the kids out of the room for the Super Bowl half time show? How is this kind of show appropriate, and are we
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Chris Hogan
Chris Hogan, financial pro — Chris Hogan is the two-time #1 national best-selling author of Retire Inspired and Everyday Millionaires and former host of The Chris Hogan Show. He became known for busting common myths many of us believe about wealth and millionaires. Did you know most millionaires didn’t inherit anything at all? Did you
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John Jantsch
Nov 26th, 2019 John Jantsch, author — John Jantsch is the best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine and most recently The Self Reliant Entrepreneur, made publicly available on Oct 22. Seth Godin has praised Jantsch’s unique perspective, and his blog was chosen as a Forbes favorite for marketing and small business. In
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Sandy Girard
Sandy Girard, Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer At Spkr. — Sandy Girard is the Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer at Spkr., a 24-hour podcasting curation platform and app. As one of the original members of XM Radio, she stayed on through the merger with Sirius as the VP of Programming of Talk & Entertainment at