Startups are audacious. They’re big. They’re world-changing. But you can’t achieve scale on day one. Sometimes the best way to achieve that monumental success tomorrow is to take a teeny tiny step today. This is what Charles Best did when he founded one of the world’s first crowdfunding platforms, DonorsChoose. For 20 years, the nonprofit has been helping pu ... Show More
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When AI agents do your shopping, everything changes, with Shopify’s Jess Hertz
For decades, e-commerce rewarded the biggest brands who could buy their way to the top of search results. AI is changing that. Shopify COO Jess Hertz joins Rapid Response to share what Shopify's data reveals about the agentic shopping revolution in real time, and how the company ... Show More
29m 52s
Aug 29
Pioneers of AI: Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin
AI is rapidly changing what it means to be human, but is AI development truly human-centered? According to Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, the answer is largely “no.” The man who invented the “infinite scroll” is now working to understand why the most ... Show More
44m 34s
Aug 27
Chicago Fed President on inflation, recession, and Trump’s attacks
The economy is strong, prices are still too high, and the job market is sending mixed signals. The Federal Reserve is navigating all of it while fending off the most overt political pressure in its modern history. Austan Goolsbee, President of the Chicago Fed, joins Rapid Respons ... Show More
35m 42s
Jan 2025
How Micro-Wins Create Big Results in Life and Business
What micro-win can you celebrate today? In this episode, Chris and I talk about how focusing on small wins can compound into big results in business, health, and life. We share the daily check-ins that reframe our perspective, and small tweaks in routines that boost our productiv ... Show More
17m 49s
Dec 2018
Kickstarter: Perry Chen (2018)
In the early 2000s, Perry Chen was trying to put on a concert in New Orleans when he thought, what if fans could fund this in advance? His idea didn't work at the time, but he and his co-founders spent the next eight years refining the concept of crowdfunding creative projects. T ... Show More
40m 56s
Jan 2019
Dealing with Change and Adversity with Tonio DeSorrento
Tonio DeSorrento is the co-founder and CEO of Vemo Education, a social enterprise that helps colleges and accelerated learning providers charge tuition based on graduates' success. In this episode, Chad and Tonio talk about how to build a business from scratch and why, even if th ... Show More
1h 5m
Jul 2024
Catching the AI Wave with Colin C. Campbell
Colin C. Campbell is a number 1 Amazon Best Selling Author: Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. Owner Startup Club (1 million members), a Serial Tech Entrepreneur including Internet Direct, .CLUB, Hostopia, Tucows, GeeksforLess, Paw.com, US SDS, Escape Club, Pencila. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. ... Show More
22m 48s