Alex Blumberg made his early career by helping build two of the most successful shows in radio and podcasting: Planet Money and This American Life. In 2014, convinced that podcasts could make money, he walked away from the safe umbrella of public media to start a new media company with co-founder Matt Lieber. Every doubt, triumph and humiliation of building ... Show More
Feb 2015
Alex Blumberg shares the gory details and growing pains of Start Up
Alex is a radio journalist and CEO of the podcast network Gimlet Media. For years, he was a Producer for This American Life, where his work won numerous awards. Blumberg also co-founded the This American Life/NPR co-production Planet Money. Recently, the interactive web documenta ... Show More
36m 49s
Mar 2016
Redefining the Podcast industry with Lex Friedman
Lex worked at a series of successful startups. He co-founded The Daily Plate, which was acquired by Demand Media in 2008. Three months after selling his first podcast ad, he represented 50 shows. Now, he heads up podcast ad sales for Midroll, which was acquired by Scripps in July ... Show More
26m 35s
May 2021
Greatest Hits #1 - Turning it Around: From Failure to a $100m+ Success
Suli Ali is one of the most interesting founders we’ve had on the pod.
Suli and his brother Moiz have started and sold $300m worth of companies. They’ve also invested in hundreds of big-name startups, thousands of real estate deals, and much more more.
He built small, silly apps. ... Show More
1h 23m
<div dir="auto"><span class="il">Alex</span> <span class= "il">Lieberman</span> is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, the cofounder of Storyarb and the host of 60 Second Startup & Founder's Journal.<br /> <br /> <span class="il">Alex</span> joins the show to d ... Show More