Do you yearn to connect with wildness and natural beauty more often? Could your neighbourhood become a source of wonder and discovery and change the way you see the world? Have you ever felt the call of adventure, only to realise that sometimes the most remarkable journeys unfold close to home? After years of challenging expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the small map around his own home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of ...
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No Trespassing. Private Road. No Parking. These are the signs that are more and more frequently seen along Nova Scotia’s coastline. As Canadians access the shore for recreation, science, or even just to take in the natural beauty of the coast, they are being increasingly met with physical barriers to the beach, few options to park or use public transportation to get to the coast, and problems with litter and marine debris in the areas they can access. Private property ownership dominates Nov ...
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Defender Radio and The Switch bring experts and solutions to wildlife advocates and animal lovers around the world. Hosted by award-winning journalist Michael Howie, Defender Radio and The Switch are produced by The Fur-Bearers (TheFurBearers.com) and released weekly. Learn more at DefenderRadio.com
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Learn how to generate a passive income through investing, so you don't have to wait until retirement to live your passions. We used to think you had to either save for 30+ years or choose to live now and make up for it later. Well, it turns out that you can have it all with the right strategy. We tired to do things the conventional way but just couldn't stifle our wanderlust. After giving in and making a lot of financial mistakes, we stumbled onto an amazing way to invest for cash flow. It's ...
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Its been close to three years since the last episode of Now Roaming has been released but now its back with this limited series - Not Roaming. This is purely content for everyone to enjoy while social distancing and staying home. We're going to be talking to people all over the US about what life is like in their part of the world right now and what they are up to. So join us as we record remotely and pass the time until we can all be outside and at our favorite restaurants and coffee shops ...
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The Paddler's Podcast - with the Clear Access, Clear Waters campaign
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Olympic gold medal winner and climate change campaigner Etienne Stott introduces The Paddler's Podcast. There's so much being done to make sure you can take your canoe or stand up paddleboard in rivers and waterways across the UK. We'll hear inspiring stories of the people who are making big differences to the environment to help others and you'll find out how you can get involved.
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The Earth Sea Love Podcast is a podcast for and about women, feminine and non-binary people who are Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour and their relationship with nature hosted by Sheree Mack. The Earth Sea Love Podcast is committed to exploring the experiences of women of colour with Mother Nature. We want to provide spaces where the hidden voices in the environmental/ conservation conversations can explore their relationship with the natural world.Inspired by time spent outdoors, we a ...
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The Common Weal Policy Podcast.A weekly podcast explaining our policies as well as discussing Scottish policy news and events.
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The Official SaaStr Podcast is the latest and greatest from the world of SaaStr, interviewing the most prominent operators and investors to discover their tips, tactics and strategies to attain success in the fiercely competitive world of SaaS. On the side of the operators, we center around getting from $0 to $100m ARR faster, what it takes to scale successfully and what are the core elements of hiring. As for the investors, we learn what metrics they hone in on when examining SaaS business, ...
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Radicals in Conversation is a monthly podcast from Pluto Press, one of the world’s leading independent, radical publishers. Every month we sit down with leading campaigners, authors and academics to bring you in-depth conversations and radical perspectives on the issues that matter the most.
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TA'cast is the podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. The weekly show gives an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets.
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If there was ever a time for fresh thinking, for being bold, for being visionary and imaginative – for reimagining everything – this is it. Each episode, writer and Transition Movement founder, Rob Hopkins, invites cutting edge thinkers to visualise a new future. Join us as we ask What If...
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As tech teams we're great at designing and building products and experiences that people love. But one thing that we still can't do effectively is design our own careers. With the help of regular contributors and special guests, we dig into why that is, tackling questions around managing vs making, missing manager tools, soft and hard skills and training, compensation and navigating a new job that's right for you.
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Populuxe is a bi-weekly podcast, written and hosted by Thomaï Serdari. It explores stories of desire through objects bought, made, found, shared, and cherished. Made in New York City, Populuxe considers the link between desire and luxury based on conversations with a variety of inspired guests.
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We hear from some of the people who have inspired us, by sharing their running journeys discipline, fortitude and resilience. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things, champions and those who have a story to tell, by following their heart and their feet. Wild Running offers bespoke trail running, fell running, swimrun events and yoga camps in Devon, the Lake District, Scotland and abroad, along with navigation courses for runners and walkers and coaching for all levels and abilities. Conta ...
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“I often think of how challenging it was being a teenager, and I was saved from my misery by certain friends, teachers and books to whom I will be forever grateful. I know Holy Shit! I’m a Gifted Misfit! can be one of those books in the lives of many young people today, kids who are struggling as I once struggled and are looking for a lifeline to lead them out of their despair. JJ is one of those people with such a gift for connecting with young people that she can change someone’s life fore ...
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An episode on rewilding. Walking always feels very different from the running and cycling I usually do for exercise. I’m generally too impatient to walk somewhere if I could run or ride instead. But the way I think changes depending on my mode of transport. Slow my legs and my mind starts to slow too. When you walk, you can stop at any time to poke…
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We’re releasing this episode in time for International Rabbit Day – a celebration of our favourite floppy-eared lagomorphs. While rabbits do make wonderful companions, they are frequently released or dumped in the wild – and with an exceptionally quick gestation period, that can lead to a lot of domestic rabbits in the wild, really fast. Fortunatel…
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SaaStr 760: CRO Confidential: Rippling’s Top 3 Growth Tactics for Driving Revenue at Scale with Rippling CRO Matt Plank and Former CRO at Brex Sam Blond
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SaaStr 760: CRO Confidential: Rippling’s Top 3 Growth Tactics for Driving Revenue at Scale with Rippling CRO Matt Plank and Former CRO at Brex Sam Blond At this year’s SaaStr Annual, Rippling’s CRO, Matt Plank, chats with Sam Blond, host of the SaaStr CRO Confidential and former CRO at Brex, about Rippling’s top 3 growth tactics, which have led to …
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A long row of black poplar trees escorted my road towards the low horizon. I passed a row of small industrial units, then a house offering rosy windfall apples and pears in a chipped, white ceramic bowl on the doorstep. Voices carried from an open upstairs window, engrossed in a Zoom call about something or other. A cluster of beehives stood in the…
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SaaStr 759: 5 Metrics that Matter When Raising Your SaaS Series A and Series B Round with Christoph Janz, Partner at Point Nine Capital
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SaaStr 759: 5 Metrics that Matter When Raising Your SaaS Series A and Series B Round with Christoph Janz, Partner at Point Nine Capital What data and metrics do you need to convince SaaS investors you’re in good shape and aligned with what they care about? Christoph Janz, Partner at Point Nine Capital, shares 5 key insights during this year’s SaaSt…
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069 - How Much A Conservative Portfolio Earned In August
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The last 2 episodes covered our dividend payouts for our more aggressive portfolio, but this week we’re going to show you how much you can make with a more conservative approach. It’s up to you which method you want to implement, or maybe you’d like to do a hybrid of the two. The beauty of an income-driven investing strategy is that it lets you see…
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Beyond the Ballot Box: On the Far Right with Mike Wendling
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This is episode 1 of ‘Beyond the Ballot Box' - our new mini-series exploring some of the major political currents in US politics. With the presidential election just around the corner, American politics is increasingly a focus of international attention as well. Electoralism, reproductive justice, the climate crisis, Palestine, a resurgent far righ…
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SaaStr 758: Avoid These Common Founder Mistakes to Hire a Great VP of Sales in 2024 with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr 758: Avoid These Common Founder Mistakes to Hire a Great VP of Sales in 2024 with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin In this episode of the official SaaStr podcast, we delve into the common pitfalls founders encounter when hiring a VP of Sales. SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin kicked off the SaaStr Annual by reflecting on twelve years of…
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Though the silver birch trees were turning to autumnal gold, sum- mer was back this week with a fury, despite me writing it off, but it was probably too early to speak of an Indian summer. The earliest known use of the phrase comes from a Frenchman called John de Crevecoeur in the eastern United States in 1778. It perhaps referred to a spell of war…
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068 - How Much Could You Have Earned In August On Under $100K (pt2)
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We’re back with our ETF income for August. Many of these funds have ridiculously high yields, which is how we earn a hefty sum on our under $100k portfolio. So without further adoo, lets get back to the party. Tune in for some important tidbits on many of the stocks we hold. Then check out our spreadsheet here so the numbers really sink in for what…
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067 - How Much Could You Have Earned In August On Under $100K (pt1)
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We’ve been talking about which stocks are good and how much they pay per share. Our profits have been in terms of percentages and yields. But our whole strategy is about getting paid monthly dividends. So today we want to show you how much actual income our portfolio made last month on just $97,000. Tune in for some important tidbits on many of the…
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Speak at Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals with Natalia Hanson
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Finding community is an important part of being an advocate – and in a post pandemic world, that can be a struggle. Fortunately, opportunities like Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals bring together hundreds of likeminded people, sharing resources, ideas, and finding hope together. The 2025 Summit for Animals is taking place in Montreal, Quebec on A…
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Less than 6% of Nova Scotia's population owns our coastline. Squeezed between a rapidly changing coastline and the rigidity of an increasingly impermeable wall of private property, Nova Scotia must act now to preserve, maintain, and prioritize coastal access in our province. In this final episode of Right of Way, we talk through the lessons learned…
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Today’s grid square was a rare outing to the far side of the river, to the very edge of the map itself. It felt like a new country. Over that next hill lay lands unknown, and maybe even dragons. I cycled up a stony bridleway through a wood, making sure to savour the greenness before the leaves fell for another year, to store away the memories as no…
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066 - Which Of The Top 5 REITs Hold Up When You Dig Into Their Metrics
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If you’re like us, you’d rather let someone else deal with all the admin, headaches, and hassles of owning and managing real estate. REITs allow you to do just that and reap the profits. Talk about a win win. There’s so many different kinds of REITs from traditional rentals to office spaces, industrial, cell towers and even cannabis. With interest …
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The gate’s clang startled a buzzard who lumbered off the ground and flew into the sanctuary of the trees. I stood still in the field, feeling myself beginning to slow down and unwind. I breathed in the smell of hay, blinked at the sunshine, and reminded myself that things couldn’t be too bad if I got to call this ‘work’. Riding here had been a conf…
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065 - Which Of The Top 5 BDCs Should You Pick For Your High Yield Portfolio
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With interest rates about to drop. 1 of our favorite sectors should do well despite what people think. That sector is BDCs. There are about 60 of these bad boys, but which do you choose? We’ve compiled a list of 5 BDCs that most experts and successful investors would put in their top 10. If you want some of the highest yielding companies in your po…
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A good old chunter about access rights, the right to roam, and Scandinavia's approach to allemansrätten. My hopes were high. It was a perfect sunny day and the grid square looked enticing on paper. It was mostly woodland, with some contour lines, a small lake and the site of a Roman villa thrown in for luck. There was only one building on the whole…
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What would it take to have a right to roam in Nova Scotia? In this episode, we hear about efforts to get people to the coast through legislation and legwork, and contemplate what a right to roam would look like in Atlantic Canada. Special thanks to our guests in this episode, Dr. Andrew Weaver and Hannah Solway. In this episode, you heard about: Bi…
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SaaStr 757: 10 Cheat Codes I Learned While Scaling to $400M with Yext and Roam Founder Howard Lerman
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SaaStr 757: 10 Cheat Codes I Learned While Scaling to $400M with Yext and Roam Founder Howard Lerman Dive into a unique and tactical journey with Howard Lerman, Founder at Roam, sharing unconventional yet effective strategies drawn from personal experiences and notable figures like John Lennon. Learn the importance of mastering storytelling, the ar…
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064 - What Has Happened Historically When Interest Rates Are Cut Too Soon
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The Fed has officially announced that they’re going to lower interest rates in September. Yippee ki yay… right??!! Well, not to burst your bubble, but we’re not in the euphoric majority. The actual metric reports just don’t justify the upcoming cuts, but we aren’t the ones making the calls, so if it’s going to happen, we want to be prepared. The pa…
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We've all had the experience of seeing a photo of a beautiful place and thinking, "Wow, I'd like to go there!" But what happens when whole digital cultures develop around visiting natural landscapes in order to get a photo and stake out a piece of it for ourselves? As we lose access to our own coast lines in Nova Scotia, are we recreating the probl…
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I cycled to today’s grid square with Test Match Special playing in my headphones. Listening to the ebb and flow of a cricket match arcing towards its conclusion is one of my greatest pleasures. I turned it off reluctantly when I arrived so that I could concentrate on what I was exploring. I began outside a working man’s club with a fluttering Union…
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The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence
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In the early 2010s, reports began to emerge of deaths linked to a government department. Suicide notes, coroners' reports, and research by disabled activists pointed to failings within the Department for Work and Pensions – the DWP – the government body responsible for the disability benefits system. As years passed, and austerity tightened its gri…
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063 - How Q2's Earnings Results Map Out Where To Invest And What To Avoid
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We’re back with Quarter 2’s overall earnings results and what that means for your investment strategy. No one wants to comb through the 68 page report, but if you want your portfolio positioned for profit, you gotta put in the time... Or just tune in because Tim’s done the work for you. He’s boiled things down to the important pieces, and let me te…
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Nova Scotians experiencing coastal access problems, whether land owners or the general public, have reported over and over that they struggle to get in touch with public servants or decision-makers and that finding meaningful and timely information about their situation is a constant challenge. These frustrating experience leave people feeling unhe…
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SaaStr 756: From Challenges and Churn to Triumph - How to Deliver Exceptional Customer Support at Scale with Monday.com's VP of Customer Experience
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SaaStr 756: From Challenges and Churn to Triumph - How to Deliver Exceptional Customer Support at Scale with Monday.com's VP of Customer Experience In this episode of the Official SaaStr Podcast, Natalie Margolin, VP of Customer Experience at monday.com, shares her journey and strategies for enhancing customer experience in a rapidly growing compan…
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It seemed to me, walking and cycling through this year on my map, that the seasons move in two ways: gradually, then suddenly. No change, no change, no change... and then one morning the new season is well on its way, overlapping the previous one in its eagerness to get going. I caught the first embryonic smells of autumn today, along with heavy de…
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062 - How To Keep Your Cool In Times Of High Market Volitility
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When fear comes a knocking,people start to panic sell. The beginning of August was a red bloody mess and that scared a lot of people away. But savvy investors saw it as a great buying opportunity for so many stocks. So the markets rebounded pretty much to where they started. People lose in times of high market volatility, but you don’t have to be o…
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Hundreds of black bears are killed in British Columbia every year; often, the issue leading to government agents killing bears is attractants such as unsecure garbage that bears may want to explore or eat. While there is much to be said and debated about this situation, one thing is clear: communities need solutions. And that’s where the Ursa Proje…
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In Eagle Head Bay, access to the beach, coastal trails or roads, and the protective qualities of wetlands is being eroded. In this episode, we learn about the intersection between coastal development and coastal access and what happens when fights over coastal access and environments bring communities together, and tear them apart. Special thanks t…
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SaaStr 755: How to Optimize Sales Performance, SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin Answers Your Top SaaS Sales Questions
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SaaStr 755: How to Optimize Sales Performance, SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin Answers Your Top SaaS Sales Questions In this episode, we dive into the intricacies of effective sales check-ins, best practices for managing remote teams, and the essential strategies for hiring and ramping up sales leadership. Jason Lemkin answers audience questions, covers wh…
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I had waited for the rain showers to pass before heading out today, but I was forced to shelter from a fresh cloudburst beneath a bowed old horse chestnut tree. Sheets of water slid down the road and dampened my enthusiasm. I had, however, spotted the map symbol for a pub on today’s grid square, and I had little to do later. ‘Go for a look around t…
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061 - Why Saying "I Can't" Stops You From Saving And Investing
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The words you choose directly affect your outcomes. Saying “I can’t”, means you’ve given up before you even start. Try asking “how can I” with the things that seem impossible and watch as things magically start to change. If you think that’s ridiculous, give it a try and see the results for yourself. What you say really does make all the difference…
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SaaStr 754: 7 Things the Best Sales Reps Get Right and 8 Ways the Rest Make Things Worse with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr 754: 7 Things the Best Sales Reps Get Right and 8 Ways the Rest Make Things Worse with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin Join Jason Lemkin, in this insightful episode as he dives deep into distinguishing the best sales reps from the rest. Jason outlines seven key traits that make sales reps successful, such as understanding customer proble…
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On the western edge of Cape Breton is a popular beach that was almost lost to the public if not for the tenacity and detective work of a local environmental group. In this episode, we visit Chimney Corner Beach and learn about how the Margaree Environmental Association dug into years of experience and discovered more than they expected to find in t…
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I filled my bottles with ice before heading out this morning. It was the hottest day of the year, and Britain was parched by an unusually severe drought. As I got ready, I heard on the radio that 20cm of rain had fallen in an hour in Germany, causing floods that killed almost 200 people. The last of the morning dew felt cool on my toes as I cycled …
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060 - How Not Knowing The True Meaning Of Frugal Can Cause You To Fail At Budgeting
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If you find yourself wondering why some people successful with their money and why others struggle, today's episode is for you. It’s a well-known fact that those who set up and stick to a budget hit their financial targets. These people have a major thing in common. It’s frugality. Which is probably not what you think. So many people have misconcep…
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This episode is about a battle for a road. Specifically, a road that leads to a sandbar in South Bar, Cape Breton. Over 10 years in the making, this story shows why coastal access is so important to Nova Scotians, and the painful and dehumanizing way conflicts over unclear deeds and conflicting values can play out. Special thanks to our guests Rodn…
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SaaStr 753: Unveiling the 2024 CRO Playbook, How to Navigate A Shifting Sales Environment with Salesloft's CRO Mark Niemiec
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SaaStr 753: Unveiling the 2024 CRO Playbook, How to Navigate A Shifting Sales Environment with Salesloft's CRO Mark Niemiec In this insightful podcast, Mark Niemiec, the CRO of SalesLoft, shares his strategic approach and key lessons learned since joining the company in February. Drawing from his extensive experience at Salesforce and Cisco, Mark d…
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Includes a polite argument about land access and the right to roam. I sat down on an overgrown, underused bench outside a derelict timber-framed pub to squeeze out my socks. The men in hi-vis jackets from the water board had warned of a deep flood on the road, but I thought, ‘Come on, lads, how deep can it be?’ and pedalled on. ‘Pretty deep,’ was t…
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SaaStr 752: 9 Signs a Startup Isn’t Going to Make It with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr 752: 9 Signs a Startup Isn’t Going to Make It with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin SaaStr Founder and CEO, Jason Lemkin sat down to discuss 9 signs a startup isn’t going to make it. We all know, we’re living in strange times. A lot of AI companies are growing 500% a year and exploding A lot of public leaders are struggling Some unicorns …
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