S1 Ep267: Treat Your Brain and Your Team Sustainably
What does it mean to run a sustainable business? It's about building something that can last. In this episode we look at two unexpected "sustainable" approaches — what your brain needs after a hard day of work, and how to build a team that'll survive the ups and downs. Sponsor: Paper & Packaging Board. Learn more at howlifeunfolds.com (http://howlifeunfolds.com/)
19m Sep 12, 2022
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S1 Ep266: How to Predict the Future (But for Real)
47m Sep 05, 2022
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S1 Ep265: Spot the Opportunities That Others Don't
21m Aug 29, 2022
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S1 Ep264: An FBI Hostage Negotiators Guide to Building Rapport
32m Aug 22, 2022
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S1 Ep263: Solving the Unsolvable Problems, with Russ Roberts
44m Aug 15, 2022
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S1 Ep262: How Values Can Shape Your Business Model
What does it really take to make a brand eco-friendly? For Shine Pet Food, it meant sweating every CO2 molecule—and making hard, expensive decisions. Sponsor: Paper & Packaging Board. Learn more at (http://howlifeunfolds.com/) howlifeunfolds.com
22m Aug 08, 2022
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S1 Ep261: Push Beyond Your Boundaries, with John Lee
35m Aug 01, 2022
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S1 Ep260: Bringing Change to an Industry That Really Needs It
31m Jul 25, 2022
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S1 Ep259: How to Get the Information You Need
As business and local media shrinks, how can you find the information that helps you grow your business? Chris Roush, author of the book "The Future of Business Journalism", offers new ways to stay on top of everything.
24m Jul 18, 2022
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S1 Ep258: Use the Right Words to Reach More People
Lomi is a composter that rarely uses the word "compost". Why? Because its creators developed deep insight into how the right language can help them reach more customers, helping them reach beyond just the "eco-minded" crowd. Sponsor: Paper & Packaging Board. Learn more at howlifeunfolds.com (http://howlifeunfolds.com/)
27m Jul 11, 2022
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S1 Ep257: Why Is This Company A Web3 Company?
Confused about Web3? This is the episode for you! I always wonder why a company uses web3 technology, when it seems to be doing the same thing as a web2 company. So I asked someone. Today, I have a very candid conversation with Rusty Matveev, chief strategy officer at Calaxy, a web3 company.
45m Jun 27, 2022
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S1 Ep256: Emails That Should Have Never Been Sent, with Nicole Lapin
24m Jun 20, 2022
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S1 Ep255: Sustainability Is A Business Opportunity
24m Jun 13, 2022
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S1 Ep254: The Power of Conflict, with Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer
The world is full of conflict, but Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer says most people approach it all wrong. They either see conflict as something to avoid, or they argue with emotion and a winner-take-all mentality. “If we're going to engage together, I should have a purpose for engaging with you,” he says. In this conversation, inspired by his new book "The Power of Conflict", Taffer explains how to us...
33m Jun 06, 2022
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S1 Ep253: How to Find Great Talent, with Tyler Cowen
25m May 30, 2022
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S1 Ep252: The Four-Day Workweek Is Here
40m May 23, 2022
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S1 Ep251: Turning Plastic Trash Into Construction Materials
33m May 16, 2022
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S1 Ep250: How to Balance Predictability With Surprise
What's the secret to making something great? It's a combination of predictability and surprise — and a healthy Rule of Rules. To find out what all this means, listen to this, our special 250th episode of Problem Solvers!
24m May 09, 2022
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S1 Ep249: How Nintendo's Battle over Wii Sports Was Won
In 2006, a debate raged inside of Nintendo: Do they bundle their new Wii console with the game Wii Sports, or sell the game separately? Reggie Fils- Aimé was president of North America at the time, and he argued yes — because even though it meant giving up revenue upfront, it would lead to more Wii sales later. Here, he explains the battle and how he won it.
25m May 02, 2022
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S1 Ep248: Behind the Scenes of A Kickstarter and Shark Tank Fail
40m Apr 25, 2022
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S1 Ep247: A Star Trek Legend’s Advice on How to Be More Creative
John de Lancie, best known as Q from Star Trek, gives fantastic advice on how to find inspiration. It's not something to seek; it's a habit to build. (John was recorded at ciLive! in Des Moines.)
18m Apr 18, 2022
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S1 Ep246: Making Good Ideas Bigger, with Summit's Elliott Bisnow
Sometimes an idea won't work until it's bigger. So how can you start thinking bigger yourself? A conversation with Summit cofounder Elliott Bisnow, coauthor of "Make No Small Plans".
27m Apr 11, 2022
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S1 Ep245: A Ukranian Entrepreneur Pivots During War
26m Apr 04, 2022
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S1 Ep244: Rethink Your Goals... and Your Calendar
Are you prepared for new opportunities? Here, I offer a new way to approach your goals, and a plan for you to achieve "calendar zero."
13m Mar 28, 2022
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S1 Ep243: Extract Yourself From the Weeds and Lead More Strategically
If you lead a team or organisation, your daily demands may suck all your time — leaving no space for strategic thinking. How can you fix that? I talk to Richard Medcalf, founder of Xquadrant and an executive coach, about four mindshifts you can make now.
29m Mar 21, 2022
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S1 Ep242: What Makes You Stand Out? It May Not Be What You Think
In this episode, a candid conversation with a 16-year-old entrepreneur and an important lesson for us all: To identify what makes us special, we need to dig deeper — not just into who we are and what we do, but into who we’re trying to appeal to.
23m Mar 14, 2022
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S1 Ep241: His Marketing Post About Ukraine Went Very, Very Wrong
36m Mar 07, 2022
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S1 Ep240: How Your Body Language Impacts Your Business
32m Feb 28, 2022
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S1 Ep239: What Self Care Really Looks Like
We hear a lot about self care, but what does it really look like and how can entrepreneurs put it into practice? Here, an inspiring conversation about taking care of yourself with Rosie Acosta, author of the new book "You Are Radically Loved".
37m Feb 21, 2022
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S1 Ep238: How Jimmy Fallon Found His "Why"
How The Tonight Show host built his career and an entertainment empire — by first identifying his most important mission. This is a reading of the January/February 2022 cover story in Entrepreneur magazine, plus a special behind-the-scenes story about the interview.
22m Feb 14, 2022
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S1 Ep237: How Can Artificial Intelligence Help You Now?
If you want to put AI to use in your business, you have to stop focusing on the whiz-bang cool stuff — and start focusing on the really boring, really useful stuff. Sam Ransbotham, a professor of information Systems at the Boston College (and host of the podcast Me, Myself, and AI) explains.
29m Feb 07, 2022
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S1 Ep236: Become A Better Investor and Negotiator, with Nicole Lapin
Best-selling author Nicole Lapin, author of the new book Miss Independent, shares tips for investing and negotiating your way to wealth.
24m Jan 31, 2022
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S1 Ep235: What You Can Learn From the World of Franchising
30m Jan 24, 2022
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S1 Ep234: The Hard Decisions To Protect Your Supply Chain
As supply chain issues harm so many businesses, we look at how one startup proactively avoided problems: It is Bartesian, and it made hard decisions more than a year ago that are paying off now.
26m Jan 17, 2022
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S1 Ep223: How To Tell A Good Publicist From A Bad One
If you're ever looking to hire a publicist, here's what you need to know. Jason rants about the best and worst things he's seen publicists do.
30m Jan 10, 2022
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S1 Ep232: Find Your Strengths and Scale Them
How do you build a sustainable business? Figure out what you’re great at, and then how to build a great team around you. Jon Bier did it; he now runs multiple companies, including Jack Taylor PR, and advises many others. But it did not come easy. Here, he shares the hardest lessons he learned. (Also, check out Jon’s podcast, One Day with Jon Bier.)
38m Jan 03, 2022
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S1 Ep231: Ray Dalio Says: Write Down Your Ideas!
Think you're not accomplished enough to write down your ideas, and maybe even publish them for others to read and learn from? You're wrong. Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs (and author of the best-selling book "Principles: Life and Work") explains why.
32m Dec 27, 2021
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S1 Ep230: Efficiency Can Make You Inefficient
When you're too efficient, you will lose sight of the best ideas and ways to grow. Technology historian Edward Tenner calls this "the efficiency paradox." We talk about how to escape it, and build enough inefficiency into your business.
21m Dec 20, 2021
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S1 Ep229: How to Build A Network Effect, with a16z's Andrew Chen
How do you build a community? How do you expand beyond them? How do you create a product that becomes even better when more people use it? Andrew Chen has answers. He's general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and author of the new book "The Cold Start Problem".
29m Dec 13, 2021
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S1 Ep228: Reasons to be Optimistic About Cybersecurity
It feels like everyone's just one hack away from disaster, but cybersecurity expert Adam Levin (host of the podcast What the Hack) says things are going to get better. Here, he explains how we're going to solve this problem — or at least adapt to it.
24m Dec 06, 2021
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S1 Ep227: What To Tell Yourself When You're Stressed
Let’s be realistic: You cannot do everything, and that’s OK. Instead, do the best of what’s possible. In this episode, I tell you my mantra — "I will do the best work with the resources available" — and why it's so important to keep repeating.
21m Nov 29, 2021
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S1 Ep226: How to Win Customers By the Millions, with Joy Mangano
Joy Mangano invented the Miracle Mop, spent decades pitching on QVC and HSN, and is now host of the USA Network show America's Big Deal. She knows how to pitch and win new customers — but she says the secret isn't in the pitch. It's in everything that comes before it.
28m Nov 22, 2021
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S1 Ep225: I Stopped Saying This Word. It Changed Everything.
Swapping out even a simple word in your vocabulary can shift your mindset and re-center your true priorities. This episode is all about how we can be more careful and strategic with our language.
15m Nov 15, 2021
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S1 Ep224: When Do Founders Stop Running Their Social Media?
Natalie Ebel is the co-creator of Backdrop, an innovative paint company that was just acquired. But even as her company has grown and her job has gotten busier, she refuses to outsource her brand's social media. Why? Because it's a critical connection to her consumer, she says — and a key to building the brand's great community.
24m Nov 08, 2021
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S1 Ep223: Run the Right Experiments, with GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani
When Aman Bhutani took over as CEO of GoDaddy, he realized that the company had a great culture of experimentation — but was lacking a proper system for experimentation. That could be the difference between an interesting company and a thriving one! Here's how he fixed it, and why every entrepreneur should be thinking more systematically about their experiments.
33m Nov 01, 2021
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S1 Ep222: Why Jim Cramer is Bullish on Small Business
CNBC's Jim Cramer says that small businesses are the reason our economy is snapping back. We talk about why that is, and what challenges he foresees (and solutions he proposes) for small business owners in the near future.
36m Oct 25, 2021
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S1 Ep221: Everything Is Just The Next Thing
Are you grappling with a big change, or perhaps a big setback? Here's a helpful way to put it into perspective: "Everything is just the next thing." I explain the philosophy, and show it in action.
20m Oct 18, 2021
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S1 Ep220: Michael Dell's Path to Success: Take Risks!
"It's not that I was 50% smarter than everybody else," says Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies, who has built one of the world's largest tech infrastructure companies. "I was just willing to take more risks." On this episode, I speak with Dell about his philosophy on business and his new book, Play Nice But Win.
31m Oct 11, 2021
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S1 Ep219: Start With Your Audience: Advice from Wondery CEO Jen Sargent
What makes a great podcast? The same thing that makes a great business: Start with your audience and build from there. In this conversation, I speak with Jen Sargent, CEO of Wondery, a podcast company that has created many big hits (Dirty John, Dr. Death) and was acquired this year by Amazon. We talk about growing during difficult times, building stories that connect with audiences, and taking ...
35m Oct 04, 2021
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S1 Ep218: You Should Embrace Uselessness
Business is focused on efficiency. But some of the greatest creations came out of experimentation, or by working on something that had no obvious value. So how can entrepreneurs better embrace uselessness themselves, and improve their creative process? I talk with Peter M. Krask, who calls himself The Creativity Guide, about what entrepreneurs can learn from artists — and how we'll grow more wh...
31m Sep 27, 2021
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