Nov 2

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”

This episode is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZYf-DfxJg1c Brian Chesky was 26 when he and his co-founders launched Airbnb, turning a few air mattresses in a San Francisco apartment into one of the most successful startups of all time. But as Airbnb grew into a company wo ... Show More

1h 15m

Oct 29

Advice Line with Tope Awotona of Calendly

Today’s callers: Dominic in London faces challenges with profitability and scaling for his foldable bike helmet. Then, Ivana in Vancouver wonders how to maintain the momentum of her pet gear brand as she prepares for the arrival of her first child. Danny in South Carolina wants t ... Show More

1 h

Oct 26

FIGS: Trina Spear and Heather Hasson. The $2.5 Billion Scrubs Brand That Investors Said Would Never Work

Heather Hasson and Trina Spear saw an opportunity nobody else seemed to notice: millions of healthcare workers were spending long days in uncomfortable, ill-fitting scrubs. So they set out to reinvent them. Heather was a designer with almost no money. To join her, Trina left a pr ... Show More

1h 11m

Apr 2025

Business Daily meets: Julia Hartz

From noticing a gap in the market, to launching a start-up with her husband, CEO Julia Hartz tells us how she's built Eventbrite to become one of the biggest event ticketing platforms in the world, distributing 272 million tickets to more than 1.7 million global events in 2024. T ... Show More

17m 28s

May 2023

Julia Hartz: Eventbrite CEO on Activating Her Mamma Bear

At the start of the pandemic, Julia Hartz realized she might lose everything she had spent 14 years building. So the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite activated her mamma bear. She got fierce. She moved fast. And she kept the live events platform alive. In this episode, Julia Hart ... Show More

38m 25s

Jan 2019

Let your customers be your scouts, w/Eventbrite's Julia Hartz

That constant roar of customer feedback? Be thankful for it. It holds all the secrets to your success, if you learn how to read the signs. Listen to what users say, sure. But also watch what they do and interpret what they need. Eventbrite's Julia Hartz embodies this principle. S ... Show More

34m 56s

Apr 2025

869: Data Over Drama: How Female Leaders Can Scale with Strategy, Not Emotion

Have you ever attended an event that completely changed the trajectory of your life? My guest today, Marina Middleton, certainly has. In 2021, she walked into her first Create & Cultivate event as an attendee, looking to make connections and gain insights for her own business. Fa ... Show More

48m 43s

Mar 2025

Climate change ‘codeswitching’ for business, with Planet FWD’s Julia Collins

Serial entrepreneur Julia Collins is tackling climate change with her latest venture, Planet FWD. It’s a B2B platform helping brands make their supply chains better for the environment – and their bottom lines. Julia joins host Jeff Berman to share lessons learned from her earlie ... Show More

36m 58s

Sep 2024

Kickstarter Confidential: Insider Tips from the CEO - Live at CoCreate

<div>In this episode of the B2B Breakthrough podcast, host Sharon Gai sits down with Everette Taylor, CEO of Kickstarter and a visionary entrepreneur. Everette’s journey from launching his first business to steering Kickstarter—a leading platform for creators and inventors—offers ... Show More

27m 47s

Apr 2025

[Stories of Success from Empower Alumni] From Doubts & Debt to a Thriving Coaching Business with Mary-Theresa Tringale

In Part 2 of the Alumni Series, Jess welcomes Mary Teresa Tringale, affectionately known as MT. Together, they explore MT's incredible journey from event planner to thriving online business owner. MT shares how she transitioned from event planning to building a successful coachin ... Show More

44m 40s

Oct 2024

Disrupting the wedding industry, with Zola’s Shan-Lyn Ma

Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and co-CEO of Zola, joins host Jeff Berman to share how intrapreneurship prepared her to build a business that’s transformed the wedding industry with online tools. From weathering the Covid pandemic to scaling a better experience for millions of couples, ... Show More

30m 3s

Oct 2021

How to build a global events platform with Eventtus founder

Today’s episode is with Mai Medhat, the CEO and co-founder of Eventtus; an events engagement platform and the leading event technology company in the Middle East. Eventtus was recently acquired in July 2021 by Bevy, a California-based enterprise software startup for virtual confe ... Show More

1s

Sep 2019

20VC: Kapwing Founder Julia Enthoven on Why Marketing Innovation Is As Important As Product Innovation, Why Every Company Is Becoming A Media Company & The Benefits Of Not Raising Money Too Early

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaEnthoven">Julia Enthoven</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href= "https://www.kapwing.com/">Kapwing</a>, the startup that provides a new, collaborative platform for creating images, videos, and GIFs. To date they have raised $13m from some dear fr ... Show More

33m 58s

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