Introducing StartUp

As acquisition talks with Spotify continue, Alex and Matt face their hopes and fears about what might lie ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Just days before Thanksgiving, Alex and Matt board a red-eye to Stockholm for a conversation that could change everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

It's the spring of 2018, four years after Alex and Matt launched Gimlet, and things are not going well. Audiences are flat, ad sales are flagging, and the company is burning through cash at an alarming rate. And with all of those pressures, Alex and Matt have started to fight. Le ... Show More

How can you find your first podcast listeners before you've even started your podcast? In Day 2 of our podcasting series, Cathy shares why the level of engagement is more important than the number of followers, how to create excitement for your show before it launches, and how to ... Show More

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How do you create a podcast that can grow your business? Making the show is only 20% of the work, but 80% is what you do with the content. Cathy shares how she started this podcast that now has 20 million downloads, how to get your audience involved and invested in your podcast, ... Show More

"I think it's time for powerful women with big hearts to be writing the checks, and deciding where this money should go. Let's open up a greater capacity to receive so that we get to be part of the board of trustees to decide what we underwrite. How might that change the course o ... Show More

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Starting a business has a ton of ups and downs, and Emma’s been through it all launching (and re-launching) her company and passion project Chamberlain Coffee. All of the trials and tribulations of getting a company up and running, from creating the product, creating the voice, b ... Show More

In honor of Mother’s Day, journalist and author Connie Wang calls in to talk about her new book of essays, Oh My Mother!, centered around travels to places like Paris, China, and Las Vegas (one Magic Mike show included) with her mother Qing. And later, we hear from a whole host o ... Show More

Don't know what business model to stick to when getting started? I have a few for you here: https://link.digital-launchpad.com/business-models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

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