Episodes

Episode 53: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) talks about being uncomfortable with being comfortable. Yup, that’s right. Sometimes being too comfortable can mean being complacent. Taking risks and stepping outside of your c...

Episode 52: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) chats with Brett Adcock ( @adcock_brett ), founder of Vettery, Archer, and Figure. Figure is a cutting edge AI robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid robot to pr...

Episode 51: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares his 9 lessons from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. From its scrappy start to its forced restructuring from the pandemic, these are lessons you can use to build your own empire. ...

Episode 50: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) are in-studio for the first time ever! They riff on the hottest topic in business today: generative AI. They imagine how it could be integrated into...

Episode 49: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) opens up about his innate need to compare himself to other founders, namely his co-founder at Morning Brew. The lesson here is realizing that the grass isn’t always greener on t...

Episode 48: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) discuss if it’s too early to pivot on The Plunge after realizing the game might be too difficult for people. Alex thinks about whether he should dou...

Episode 47: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares top tips to tap into your Zone of Genius. Sourced from Matt Mochary’s The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building and Gay Hendrick’s The Big Leap: Conqu...

Episode 46: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) chat with Matt Mochary and Alexis D’Amecourt about motivation that is fear-based vs. joy-based, and how it can greatly affect your decision-making a...

Episode 45: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) admits he sucks at delegating but that doesn’t mean you should too. This Founder’s Journal is all about knowing when and how to delegate. It’s essential to every business leader...

Episode 44: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) get into the grind of creating content for their businesses and how much effort and consistency it really takes to generate followers and views. Fro...

Episode 43: Giving feedback is crucial for every leader. But more often than not, feedback can be perceived as harsh criticism which can be detrimental to your business. Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares with you 6 r...

Episode 42: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) talks with Steve Gatena, founder of Pray.com – the #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based content. Steve shares his early dreams of playing professional football, only to be dera...

Episode 41: Every now and then you’ll get feedback from someone who thinks your business idea is a waste of time. What should you do? Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares what to do when others try to discourage you …

Episode 40: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) take an introspective look at how they manage the anxiety of starting a business, taking big swings, bold leadership, when to delegate, and when is ...

Episode 39: If you’ve gotten to the stage where you can hire executive leaders on your team, hiring the right people can make or break your business. Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares his 8 lessons over 8 years to …

Episode 38: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) chats with Ankur Jain , Founder and CEO of Bilt Rewards, a loyalty program that helps you earn points on rent. They discuss Ankur’s early upbringing, catching the entrepreneuria...

Episode 37: Founders, what if you could hire an agency that could write text-based content for your business? While there are plenty of services that help you with short-form videos, which is also important, text-based platfo...

Episode 36: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) brings you a special Wednesday edition of Founder’s Journal to share lessons from Bill Perkins’ Die With Zero . It’s a playbook on how to live life by maximizing enjoyment vs. m...

Episode 35: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) look at the people behind some of the biggest business conferences today. If Alex and Jesse could start their own conference, what kind would it be ...

Episode 34: Are you spending too much time on things that aren’t really growing your business? Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares his take on the pros and cons of being a scrappy entrepreneur. Some of the common pitfa...

Episode 33: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) do another round of High, Low, Buffalo to catch up. Jesse shares how he’s been able to disrupt his meetings at Kahani to make them much more …

Episode 32 Founder’s Journal: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares his experience and tips on how to acquire your first group of customers, whether that be 100 or 1000. First, he talks about the early stages of Morning ...

(Recorded 03/10/23) Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) react and unpack the news about Silicon Valley Bank and its collapse. Jesse goes into where banks fit in the entire financial ecosystem and ...

Episode 30: Let’s face it…most meetings suck. Even when they’re set up with all the best intentions, they often end up being a waste of everyone’s time. So what can be done? Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) has 7 important...