Small Business
PodFerence
May 1 - 31
An all-star lineup of Podcasters
to support your business.
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Danielle Weisberg & Carly Zakin
Skimm'd From the Couch
Co-founders and Co-CEOs of the Skimm Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg have fundamentally changed the way millions of millennial women receive news and stay informed with their innovative media company. The two founders have been featured on a number of prominent lists including Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, Vanity Fair’s The Next Establishment, Fortune’s 40 Under 40, and Adweek’s Young Influentials.
Michael Lewis, Malcolm Gladwell & Jacob Weisberg
Against The Rules
New York Times best-selling author Michael Lewis moderates a conversation between his close friends and Pushkin co-founders Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg.
Walter Isaacson
Trailblazers
Walter Isaacson is your guide through Trailblazers, an exploration of industry disruption from Dell Technologies. The acclaimed author of the New York Times bestsellers “Leonardo da Vinci” and "The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution" is professor of history at Tulane University as well as distinguished fellow and former CEO of the Aspen Institute, past chairman of CNN, and former editor of TIME.
Matt Schrader
Blockbuster
Series creator Matt Schrader is an Emmy Award-winning producer and filmmaker. He directed the 2017 international hit film Score: A Film Music Documentary, a New York Times Critics Pick, which received a 94% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Julie Kramer & Emma Diamond
Comments by Celebs
In 2017, hosts Julie Kramer and Emma Diamond formed the @CommentsbyCelebs account which captured comments celebrities post on one another’s posts. Since its inception, the account has amassed 1.4 million followers which include Gwyneth Paltrow, Katie Couric, John Mayer, Kelly Ripa and Chrissy Teigen. The account started a cultural phenomenon, eventually spawning a podcast.
Rhett & Link
Ear Biscuits
This dynamic duo is known for their online viral videos, comedy songs, scripted and non-scripted formats. They host “Good Mythical Morning”, the definitive daily/morning talk show of the internet with over 16.3 million subscribers and over 6.2 billion views. They've been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, LIVE with Kelly and Ryan, and Conan. They've received various awards honoring their content over the years, including Webby, Streamy, and Shorty Awards.
Tony Kornheiser
The Tony Kornheiser Show
Tony Kornheiser is one of the most recognizable and outspoken commentators in sports and entertainment. The Long Island native hosted “The Tony Kornheiser Show” on radio across a host of stations in the Washington, DC area and on ESPN Radio beginning in 1992, and currently co-hosts PTI, one of the most popular sports programs of all time with Michael Wilbon.
Michael Lombardi & Adnan Virk
The GM Shuffle
Michael Lombardi is a former NFL front office executive that worked closely with Hall of Famers Bill Walsh and Al Davis and the soon to be enshrined, Bill Belichick. Since leaving the NFL front office ranks, Lombardi has established himself as a distinguished member of the sports media. Adnan Virk is a sportscaster for DAZN where he covers boxing and hosts MLB studio show Change Up. He received an Emmy award for his role as co-host of The Oscars: All Access.
Rachel Hollis
RISE
Rachel Hollis is a #1 New York Times best-selling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing, a TV personality and top motivational speaker. Rachel was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the "Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30". She is known for her motivational, high energy style and unique ability to empower and embolden.
Chris Guillebeau
Side Hustle School
A New York Times-bestselling author, Chris Guillebeau writes and speaks on the art of non-conformity, especially related to unconventional strategies for life, work, and travel. His books and events are informed by an 11-year quest to visit every country in the world, which he completed on his 35th birthday.
Trent Shelton
Straight Up
A former NFL wide receiver, Trent Shelton is now considered one of the most impactful speakers of this generation. He reaches over 60 million people weekly through hard hitting videos and has cultivated a loyal following. He is publishing his first book, The Greatest You, in May 2020.
Guy Raz
How I Built This
Guy Raz is the host, co-creator, and editorial director of three NPR programs, including two of its most popular ones: TED Radio Hour and How I Built This. Both shows are heard by more than 14 million people each month around the world. He is also the creator and co-host of NPR's first-ever podcast for kids, Wow In The World.
Jill Schlesinger
Jill on Money
Jill Schlesinger is the Emmy-nominated and Gracie Award-Winning Business Analyst for CBS News. Jill appears on radio and television nationwide covering the economy, markets, investing and anything else with a dollar sign, translating complicated business and economic news into understandable, relatable topics for everyday viewers and listeners.
David Brown
Business Wars
David Brown is former anchor of the Peabody award-winning national public radio business program “Marketplace” and a veteran public radio journalist. He is currently Host of Wondery’s hit original podcast, “Business Wars” and “Business Wars Daily” in addition to the Host and Managing Editor of the “Texas Standard”, a daily hour-long news program heard on public radio stations. Brown has received numerous RTNDA/RTDNA Murrow awards, National Headliner Awards, AP Broadcast honors and two Grand Prizes from the International Radio Festival. He earned his PhD in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law and is an active member of the California and U.S. Supreme Court Bars.
Andrew Jenks
What Really Happened?
Andrew Jenks is an award-winning filmmaker, TV producer, and writer. Jenks’ films and shows have been distributed by HBO, ESPN, MTV, Netflix, and CNN. In addition to #1 hit podcast series What Really Happened?, he hosts critically acclaimed C13 Originals series Gangster Capitalism which investigates white collar crime and corruption.
Prim Siripipat
Next Chapter
An award-winning TV personality, journalist, and producer, Prim Siripipat is a leader in the field of sports broadcasting. Prior to joining The Athletic, Prim spent six years at ESPN where she served as a sports anchor, reporter, play-by-play commentator, and tennis analyst. There, she hosted a variety of shows, including ESPN’s flagship program, Sports Center, First Take, and “Spain and Prim,” sports broadcasting’s first ever all-female radio show.
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Trailblazers
With Walter Isaacson
The evolution of the job search in the internet era: how artificial intelligence and machine learning are taking some of the unconscious biases and manual labor out of the job hunt process on the other side.
The Next Chapter
With Prim Siripipat
A closer look at the commonalities that exist between athletes, small business owners, and entrepreneurs. Host Prim Siripipat speaks with some of the best athletes in the world like Andy Roddick, Gerald Henderson Junior and Jonathan Vilma, as well as Forbes Senior Editor, Zack Greenburg and Seattle Seahawks sports psychologist, Dr. Michael Gervais.
Jill on Money
With Jill Schlesinger
Jill Schlesinger interviews the head of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as they walk through the loan program and provide real solutions to small business owners who have been impacted by COVID-19.
Side Hustle School
With Chris Guillebeau
How are small businesses doing in the wake of COVID-19? It turns out that some are struggling (a lot), others are thriving, and many others are trying to adapt. Part 1 of this special 3-part series.
RISE
With Rachel Hollis
Steps to Be An Agile Leader: how to pivot, constantly changing course as an entrepreneur, not getting stressed and leading teams in times of change.
Ear Biscuits
With Rhett & Link
Small business advice from hiring to firing, management challenges, solutions and secrets to success.
How I Built This
With Guy Raz
Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best-known companies through candid and inspiring interviews with their founders. A narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists –and the movements they built.
What Really Happened?
With Andrew Jenks
The inspiring story of The Migrant Kitchen’s founder Nasser Jaber, his efforts to serve food to the doctors and nurses risking their lives for the general public during the COVID-19 crisis and his business plans for when the crisis is over.
Business Wars
With David Brown
Red Bull & Atari
How did a German pharmaceutical tycoon get Red Bull off the ground? How did Atari introduce the world to video games? To inspire small business owners, Business Wars is taking you through the immersive founding stories of these successful companies that once started out small.
The GM Shuffle
With Michael Lombardi and Adnan Virk
Dive into the impact of culture within organizations and offer insightful leadership lessons for creating a culture for success when starting a small business.
Blockbuster
With Matt Schrader
The struggles of starting a creative small business like a documentary and podcast production company, and how it parallels many of the hurdles of innovators from the past.
Comments By Celebs
with Emma Diamond and Julie Kramer
Exploring celebrity endorsements and how they can affect small businesses.
Side Hustle School
With Chris Guillebeau
How are small businesses doing in the wake of COVID-19? It turns out that some are struggling (a lot), others are thriving, and many others are trying to adapt. Part 2 of this special 3-part series.
The Tony Kornheiser Show
With Tony Kornheiser
Tony invites Gary Brown and other special guests to share their small business interests, mistakes and success stories.
Business Wars
With David Brown
Chobani & Wrigley’s
At the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, two entrepreneurs risk everything to start businesses of their own. These would later evolve into consumer staples, Wrigley’s gum and Chobani Greek yogurt. Hear their inspirational founding stories in these bonus bootstrap episodes of Business Wars.
Skimm'd From The Couch
With Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg
Interview small business owners focusing on one big challenge they've faced and the solutions they've applied (fundraising, marketing, management).
Against The Rules
With Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis of Against the Rules hosts a conversation between Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg on what it is like to run a business with your best friend and how COVID-19 has impacted their company.
Straight Up
With Trent Shelton
Advice on transitioning careers and building a new brand from the ground up from an ex-NFL Player.
Side Hustle School
With Chris Guillebeau
How are small businesses doing in the wake of COVID-19? It turns out that some are struggling (a lot), others are thriving, and many others are trying to adapt. Part 3 of this special 3-part series.
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