The Value of Failing with Suneel Gupta

As businesses race toward faster systems, smarter tools, and total automation, something critical is getting lost: human connection. And ironically, the rise of AI is making that gap impossible to ignore. In this episode, I sit down with returning guest and close friend Will Guid ... Show More

Team Simon here! While A Bit of Optimism is on a short break, we’re revisiting a few episodes you helped make some of our favorites. We’ll be back with brand-new conversations next week, on March 24th, 2026. In the meantime, we’re bringing back an episode that explores a word mos ... Show More

Hello from Team Simon! We’re taking a short hiatus, but A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes March 24th. In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes. Episodes that many of you who listened, shared them, and told us what resonated. This week, w ... Show More

#37: Bestselling author Suneel Gupta joins Chris to discuss how to make your ideas sound so appealing to others that they not only adopt them but advocate for them. They talk about how to make failure work in your favor, why conviction and storytelling can be more compelling than ... Show More

For this episode, let's revisit a Case Interview & Management Consulting classics where we interviewed Suneel Gupta, the author of the international bestselling book Backable (2020). This book is rooted in his inner journey from twice-failed entrepreneur to becoming a leader behi ... Show More

One of the main jobs Ravi Gupta has as a partner at venture capital giant Sequoia Capital is to help founders see the difference between fantasy and reality. On this episode of The Knowledge Project, Gupta dives deep into a wide range of topics that will help you better understan ... Show More

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<p>You can use social media to create a successful side hustle. Host Michelle Thames speaks with Hala Taha about how to start a side hustle using social media, and Hala shares her secrets on how to turn a side hustle into your main gig.</p><p>Hala is an expert on networking, pers ... Show More

<p>This podcast was originally a YouTube video, you can watch that video here: <a href="https://youtu.be/U1tVnANCDH0">https://youtu.be/U1tVnANCDH0</a></p> <p> The Koe Letter (written version): <a href="https://thedankoe.com/letters/entrepreneurship-is-modern-survival-how-to-escap ... Show More