Let’s face it: ideas are a dime a dozen. Just about anyone can come up with a clever app, a market opportunity, or a product pitch over coffee. But building a real company? That’s the hard part. In her new book After the Idea: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup, Harvard Business School faculty member Julia Austin offers a rare, behind-the-sce ... Show More
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The Hidden Logic of Your Emotions
In his new book, Dealing with Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want, Marc Brackett shows you how to turn emotional confusion into clarity. 📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen 📩 Want more bite-sized insights from t ... Show More
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Oct 8
The Real Secret to Wealth? Think Long, Not Fast.
If you’ve ever had a few extra dollars lying around, you’ve probably been tempted—wisely, I’d say—to invest it. But where? How? David Gardner has spent three decades thinking about this. As the co-founder of The Motley Fool and the host of the Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Davi ... Show More
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Apr 2025
The Next Big Idea Daily: Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur
How to start, build, buy, scale, and sell a business that expands your life.
📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, bit ... Show More
14m 30s
Apr 2025
The Next Big Idea Daily: How Small Cities Can Foster Big Innovations
To thrive in this day and age, smaller cities must create innovation economies. But how can they do that when tech jobs, venture capital, and R&D are concentrated in a handful of big coastal cities, while the broad middle of the country is left out? That's a problem. Nicholas Lal ... Show More
13m 32s
Mar 2025
How to Move from Surviving to Thriving | The Next Big Idea Daily
Steve Magness shares five key insights from his new book "Win the Inside Game."📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, b ... Show More
21m 32s
Mar 2025
The Next Big Idea Daily: The Secret to Lasting Change
Caroline Fleck shares five big ideas from her new book, "Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life."📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Da ... Show More
17m 7s
Aug 14
INTUITION: The Science of Trusting Your Gut
We all have eureka moments, sudden bursts of certainty that seem to come out of nowhere. What if you could summon that feeling on command? Laura Huang, a business school professor, has been studying that question. She’s found that for the world's most successful people, intuition ... Show More
59m 11s
Jun 2025
‘The Next Big Idea Daily’: Where Were You During the AI Revolution?
If you want your organization to succeed in the future, you need to take advantage of AI now. Lucky for you, Adam Brotman and Andy Sack have written AI First, a playbook that can help you future-proof your business. 📱 To hear the rest of this week’s Next Big Idea Daily episodes, ... Show More
13m 39s
Sep 4
How the Most Successful People Motivate Themselves to Move FASTER
Let me tell you the secret the most successful people in the world use to reach their goals faster. First, I have to warn you, it’s going to require increasing your pain tolerance. In this episode, I share what it actually takes to fuel your drive to reach your next level, and th ... Show More
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