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Apr 16
Advice Line with Chieh Huang of Boxed
Today’s callers: Alec from California wonders if it’s time to bring production for his beef tallow skincare brand out of his kitchen to a co-manufacturer. Then, Jessica from California has a hit horse care product on her hands: is a major pet distributor a dream partnership or a ... Show More
51m 3s
Apr 13
iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon
Colin Angle didn’t start out trying to clean people’s floors.He started out trying to shape the future–with robots. In the early days of iRobot, there was no business model. No steady funding. No clear customer.Just a belief that robotic technology would one day make the world a ... Show More
1h 3m
Apr 9
Advice Line with Steve Ells of Chipotle
Today’s callers: Rebecca from Australia wants to make her small-batch spirits stand out in a crowded market. Then, Sri from England wonders how to balance commercial and humanitarian interests for her heated mats. And John from Pennsylvania hopes to reach younger customers with h ... Show More
42m 48s
Oct 2023
Patrick Collison & John Collison - A Business State of Mind - [Invest Like the Best, EP.348]
My guests this week are the co-founders of Stripe, Patrick and John Collison. My conversation with John in 2020 is still one of our most popular. A key theme that emerged from that first discussion was John’s boundless curiosity for all things business and this conversation conti ... Show More
1h 20m
Nov 2020
Nike’s Phil Knight: How to sell without selling
<p>Great branding is about identity – and it’s about matchmaking too. No one knows this better than the legendary co-founder of Nike, Phil Knight. When he and his partner, Hall of Fame track coach Bill Bowerman, started the sneaker company, they never tried to force-feed customer ... Show More
35m 40s
Aug 2019
#381: Charles Koch — CEO of Koch Industries
2h 6m
Apr 2023
#668: Derek Sivers — The Joys of an Un-Optimized Life, Finding Paths Less Traveled, Creating Tech Independence (and Risks of the Cloud), Taking Giant Leaps, and Picking the Right “Game of Life”
2h 54m
Jul 2018
eBay vs PayPal - Going Once, Going Twice | 1
<p>At the dawn of the dotcom era, a Silicon Valley tech geek on a personal vendetta rolls out the world’s first e-commerce site. Vintage lunchboxes? Second-hand guitars? B-list celebrity autographs? It all finds a home on AuctionWeb, and before long the site’s growth is skyrocket ... Show More
23m 46s
May 2023
#672: Seth Godin — The Pursuit of Meaning, The Life-Changing Power of Choosing Your Attitude, Overcoming Rejection, Life Lessons from Zig Ziglar, and Committing to Making Positive Change
1h 38m
May 2021
Sponsored: Small Business Stories | Domino's Pizza | 1
<p>This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we're featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small.</p><p>It’s 1961 and Tom Monaghan is about to drop out of college and put his all int ... Show More
31m 55s
Jun 2022
#600: Jason Portnoy of PayPal, Palantir, and More — Porn Addiction, The Corrosiveness of Secrets, Healing Wounds, Escaping Shame Cycles, and Books to Change Your Life
2h 26m
Jul 2018
eBay vs PayPal - The E-commerce Revolution | 2
<p>As eBay gathers steam, a libertarian chess champion and a programmer who fled Communist Ukraine team up to change the world with their encryption software. But when their plan to piggyback on the ubiquitous Palm Pilot hits a snag, they stumble upon a new idea. The concept is s ... Show More
24m 53s
Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded and sold their first company before they turned 20. They created software to help eBay users manage inventory online, which set them on a path to help make e-commerce frictionless. Today, John and Patrick are the founders of Stripe, a software company that uses just a few lines of code to power the payment system of ... Show More
<p><strong>“When goods don't cross borders, soldiers will.” </strong>— Charles Koch, quoting Frédéric Bastiat</p><p>This episode will no doubt surprise people, and my guest came to me through channels I wouldn't have expected.</p><p>---</p><p><strong>Charles Koch</strong> receive ... Show More
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