The Crazy Ones

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June 13, 2024

Navigating Career Pivots with Guest Host Kyle Hagge (Chief of Staff t…

Episode 137: This week, Kyle Hagge, Chief of Staff to the COO at Morning Brew and co-host of the podcast Per My Last Email is guest hosting Founder’s Journal to chat about career pivots. Kyle shares his own experience with …

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June 4, 2024

How to Become a Marketing Master (Noah Kagan, Appsumo & Million Dolla…

Episode 136: In today’s episode, I chat with marketing master Noah Kagan, the founder and CEO of Appsumo and New York Times bestselling author of Million Dollar Weekend. Noah shares his repeatable marketing playbook, and I ha...

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May 28, 2024

How to Become Relentless as an Entrepreneur (Kian Sadeghi, Nucleus)

Episode 135: Today, I speak with Kian Sadeghi, one of the most impressive early-stage founders I have ever met. Kian's genetic testing company, Nucleus, has attracted investment from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Alexis Oha...

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May 21, 2024

How to Identify Top 1% Talent (Keith Rabois, Investor in Doordash, Yo…

Episode 134: Today, I speak to legendary executive and investor Keith Rabois about his ability to identify top 1% founders and employees. Keith has invested in a billion-dollar business every year for the last 20 years, inclu...

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May 14, 2024

How to Use Entrepreneurship to Propel Personal Growth (Jesse Pujji, A…

Episode 133: In today’s episode I chat with Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ), co-founder of Ampush and founder of startup studio Gateway X. Jesse has used entrepreneurship as a vehicle for personal and professional growth, and we tal...

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May 7, 2024

How to Reverse Engineer Great Business Ideas (Sam Parr, The Hustle & …

Episode 132: To kick off Founder's Journal's new episode format, I speak with Sam Parr ( @thesamparr ), founder of The Hustle and Hampton. Sam is an expert at reverse engineering business ideas, and we speak about the tools a...

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April 30, 2024

Founder’s Journal’s Next Chapter

Episode 131: On this episode, I discuss the future of Founder’s Journal and why I think it will be the best entrepreneurship show, full stop. Thanks as always for being on this journey with me and can’t wait for what’s …

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April 23, 2024

My New Business

Episode 130: On today’s episode, I talk about refinding purpose post-exit and launching my new business storyarb. I share the full details on storyarb with no details spared including, ideation, customer acquisition, early ch...

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April 16, 2024

Why I Stepped Down As CEO

Episode 129: On today’s episode I discuss my decision to step down as CEO of Morning Brew. I chat about going from a Chapter 1 to a Chapter 2 CEO, the emotional journey after stepping down, and climbing out of …

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April 9, 2024

Why We Sold Morning Brew

Episode 128: On today’s episode of Founder’s Journal, I talk through the sale of Morning Brew. I chat about how the opportunity came about, why we said no to previous potential deals, why I thought selling the business was th...

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