Start With Your Audience: Advice from Wondery CEO Jen Sargent
What makes a great podcast? The same thing that makes a great business: Start with your audience and build from there. In this conversation, I speak with Jen Sargent, CEO of Wondery, a podcast company that has created many big hits (Dirty John, Dr. Death) and was acquired this year by Amazon. We talk about growing during difficult times, building stories that connect with audiences, and taking risks inside the data-driven world of Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4 Okt 202136min
You Should Embrace Uselessness
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27 Sep 202132min
How one CEO Built a Company to Help Prevent Forest Fires
We all see problems, but how do we build a business designed to solve them? In this episode, we follow Tim Barat's journey. Tim was a high-school dropout working as an electricity lineman and is now the cofounder and CEO of Gridware, a company that's helping to improve electric grid safety and help reduce wildfires. This episode is sponsored by AT&T Business. To learn more about how AT&T Business can help keep your business going, visit att.com/solvers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 Sep 202124min
Work Your Next Job
Want to get ahead? Expand beyond the things being asked of you, and focus on the things *nobody* asks you to do. I explain my "Work Your Next Job" philosophy, share some of my own stories, and then play stories from listeners Richelle DeVoe, Jules Hogan, and Erica Sinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Sep 202132min
The Mindset That Helps You Hit the NYT Best-Seller List
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13 Sep 202130min
What It Takes To Be A Superforecaster
When there are many options in front of us, how can we pick the best one? Warren Hatch has the answer. He's the CEO of Good Judgment, a forecasting company that fosters a team of "superforecasters" — people who are exceptionally good at looking at situations and predicting what'll happen next. What are they doing? And how can we do it too? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6 Sep 202127min
Maria Sharapova: "I Hire People I Can Lose With"
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30 Aug 202142min
Hey Freelancers, Fix Your Portfolio!
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23 Aug 202126min
