Best Tech N Savvy Podcasts (2024)

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Cracking the TikTok Code 31:23

4M ago31:23

31:23

In the past couple of years, TikTok has provided a platform for budding entrepreneurs to connect with their consumers. But how effective is this method, and can it lead to a new level for success for founders? In a panel discussion for Inc.’s Founders House at SXSW, Diana Ransom posed this question to FYSH Foods founder Zoya Biglary, Hot Take co-fo…

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Savvy Ways to Secure Funding 53:31

4M ago53:31

53:31

Whether you’re crowdfunding, getting a bank loan, or seeking venture capital, you need to be able to pitch yourself and your business successfully. Today's episode features some of the biggest lessons learned from the founder of clean fragrance brand MOODEAUX, who has secured funding in an incredibly challenging market.…

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Grief, Joy, and Giant Vats of Slime 42:13

4M ago42:13

42:13

Karen Robinovitz and Sara Schiller had each been through multiple traumas when they found reinvention and joy through the unlikeliest of substances: slime. Yes, slime. They explain to hosts Diana Ransom and Christine Lagorio-Chafkin how they channeled their newfound joy, and passion for sensory play, into a business, the Sloomoo Institute. Sloomoo …

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Powering the Future - AI Bootcamp FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP 27:18

5M ago27:18

27:18

The impact of AI on finance departments will be huge.By Inc. Magazine

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Supply Ch(AI)n Strategy Session - AI Bootcamp FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP 19:43

5M ago19:43

19:43

How artificial intelligence is shaping the product journeys from procurement to end customers.By Inc. Magazine

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Time for Growth - AI Bootcamp FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP 24:48

5M ago24:48

24:48

In this podcast, leaders in HR and AI reveal what it will take for businesses to get their staff on board.By Inc. Magazine

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The Secret Leads Goldmine: How Savvy Companies Capitalize on Q5 - FROM INC STUDIO AND META 14:42

7M ago14:42

14:42

The so-called “fifth quarter” could be your opportunity to give your business a competitive edge. Hear directly from successful small business owners Lauren Petrullo, of Mongoose Media, and John Wai of John Wai Martial Arts Academy about how they use the post-holiday season to grow their businesses. In this podcast, the entrepreneurs are joined by …

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A Look Back at 2023 38:48

8M ago38:48

38:48

By Inc. Magazine

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Couples Counseling PART 2: How to argue 15:25

9M ago15:25

15:25

By Inc. Magazine

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Working Couples 43:54

10M ago43:54

43:54

Working together within a marriage can require give and take, but imagine working in the same company too. Melissa Ben-Ishay, co-founder and CEO of Baked by Melissa, and Adi Ben-Ishay, its director of technology and innovation, met by happenstance—to be honest, it was something out of a romance novel. Now, they're married with two kids and still ru…

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Control freaks 50:59

10M ago50:59

50:59

From the outside, founders seem to have so much freedom in running their own businesses. But how much control do they really have? When is it an advantage to retain control over decisions, and when is it time to let go? Christene Barberich, cofounder of Refinery 29 and author of the newsletter, A Tiny Apartment; and Rebecca Minkoff, founder of her …

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Growth Agents: How Pink Lily went from a side hustle to a multimillion-dollar company - FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP 19:29

10M ago19:29

19:29

The company’s director of finance explains how her job goes well beyond accounting. Tina Hetzer, director of finance at Pink Lily, is one of the rising financial stars who are helping to bring their businesses to the next level. She built Pink Lily’s finance team from scratch and has helped the company become one of the fastest-growing retailers in…

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How founders should (and should NOT) navigate the media 51:06

10M ago51:06

51:06

Diana Ransom and Scott Omelianuk talk with Stacy Spikes, Kathryn Minshew and Taryn Langer about how founders should approach dealing with the media. Stacy Spikes is the co-founder and CEO of MoviePass. Kathryn Minshew is the co-founder and former CEO of The Muse. Taryn Langer is the founder and president of Moxie Communications Group.…

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Growth Agents: Duolingo’s CFO on how the company took over the language learning space - FROM INC STUDIO AND SAP 26:28

10M ago26:28

26:28

Duolingo’s freemium subscription model, beloved brand and strategic investments have allowed it to execute its educational mission and become a cultural touchstone. Matthew Skaruppa, CFO of Duolingo, is one of the rising financial stars who are helping to bring their businesses to the next level. Since he joined the company in 2020, Duolingo has gr…

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Inc. Uncensored is Back! 1:53

10M ago1:53

1:53

Inc. Executive Editor Diana Ransom and Editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk pull back the curtain on the world of entrepreneurship with some of the most successful founders in the world. Inc. Uncensored features frank and unfiltered conversations about what makes business leaders tick, the trends founders need to know to be successful, and the secrets t…

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FROM INC STUDIOS AND SAP - Growth Agents: The inside story of Sweetgreen’s rapid rise to the top 12:05

10M ago12:05

12:05

Mitch Reback, CFO of Sweetgreen, is one of the rising corporate financial stars who is helping to take their companies to the next level. When he started, Sweetgreen had 25 stores; today, there are more than 220—and Reback says the company is still in its “infancy.” In this podcast, part of the SAP-sponsored Growth Agents series, Reback takes a dee…

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Flashback: Create the Change: Lindsay McCormick of Bite 37:46

11M ago37:46

37:46

Lindsay McCormick found inspiration in her pristine surroundings, back when she’d teach snowboarding in the winter and surfing in the summer. Respect for nature, where she spent so much of her time, led her to try to eliminate plastics and other landfill- or ocean-bound waste from her life, and to find healthy options. While traveling, she realized…

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FROM INC STUDIOS AND PRINCIPAL: Employees Can Make or Break Companies--Here's How to Keep the Best Ones 6:21

12M ago6:21

6:21

A new podcast episode reveals insights from Principal on how to help small and midsize businesses develop the culture, compensation, and other factors that matter to their team.By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Davis Smith of Cotopaxi: Don’t Be the Only Keeper Of the Flame 47:14

12M ago47:14

47:14

Cotopaxi, the Salt Lake City-based outdoor-apparel company, wasn’t Davis Smith’s first business. But it was his first business inspired by a mission to do more than just sell stuff. In fact, the vision for giving back came before the company. And the mission to build a public-benefit corp with strong values came before he ever sold one technicolor …

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FROM INC STUDIOS AND PRINCIPAL: Why business valuation is a critical tool for small businesses 5:11

1y ago5:11

5:11

Find out the importance of a business valuation-and how a small business can have it completed-in this new podcast segment from Principal.By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Fighting for Every Customer, With Stuart Landesberg, co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative 43:20

1y ago43:20

43:20

Since he was a grade-schooler, Stu Landesberg dreamed–as odd as it sounds–of starting a sustainable home-products company. When he founded it, in 2012, he called it ePantry, and it didn’t exactly soar. Investors were lukewarm–and customers hard to come by. But with a rebrand and reshaped strategy in 2016, Grove Collaborative started finding lots of…

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Flashback: Ben Lamm of Colossal: Value Your Critics 48:44

1y ago48:44

48:44

By the time he teamed up with Harvard geneticist George Church to found Colossal Biosciences, Ben Lamm had founded, built, and sold five companies. This one would be the most audacious yet: Its goal is to create disruptive conservation technologies, including, to de-extinct the woolly mammoth. Yes, it is actively working to edit elephant genes to c…

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Flashback: A “Black Licorice” Culture, with Xiao Wang of Boundless Immigration 28:30

1y ago28:30

28:30

His company grew 1,131 percent over the past three years–and he realizes that kind of fast pace isn’t for everybody, even with an important mission in mind. Xiao Wang in 2017 had founded Boundless Immigration, a Seattle-based tech company that helps individuals and families navigate immigration paperwork and processes through data, and through its …

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Computer Freaks - Chapter Six: Unintended Consequences 36:47

1y ago36:47

36:47

We return to speaking to Joseph Haughney about his hopes for the Arpanet. We ask other founders how they feel about what the internet has become. We also speak to internet early founder Hans Werner Braun’s daughters about how they reconcile themselves the world their father helped create.By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: A Crisis During Fast Growth: Laura Modi of Bobbie 30:21

1y ago30:21

30:21

When the U.S. baby formula shortage hit, Bobbie was still a startup, scaling its own operations and customer-base. But it had to make its most important decision: How to answer that crisis for its own customers. It decided to stop growing, in favor of serving its existing subscribers. Turns out: It wasn’t the first crisis the young startup had over…

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Computer Freaks - Chapter Five: The Protocol Wars 42:26

1y ago42:26

42:26

It is the late 1970s and early 1980s and the Arpanet is in decline. NSFnet is on the rise in its place. Why did the Arpanet get eclipsed by other networks, and is that OK?By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Exceed Your Own Abilities: Nina Vaca of Pinnacle Group 17:57

1y ago17:57

17:57

Nina Vaca is the chairperson and CEO of Pinnacle Group, an IT and staffing firm based in Dallas, which has grown so fast it has made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies thirteen times. It was named the fastest-growing woman-owned business in the United States by the Women Presidents Organization in 2015–when her company crossed a billio…

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Computer Freaks - Chapter Four: The French Connection 41:35

1y ago41:35

41:35

Louis Pouzin is a French academic who some experts say really invented the Arpanet. But is that true, and should any one person be given all the credit?By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Breaking Beauty’s Gender Binary with Matthew Herman of Boy Smells 44:23

1y ago44:23

44:23

It started as a side-hustle, pouring wax for candles at his dining-room table in the evenings. But what Matthew Herman began selling was soon attracting the attention of major fragrance houses…and customers around the world. In building his brand, Herman burned through his savings in 18 months…and that was before the pandemic hit. But during it, di…

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Computer Freaks - Chapter Three: Let's Have a Ball 36:58

1y ago36:58

36:58

It’s the 1970s and both the government and academia are doing everything they can to spread the word of the Arpanet. But as the Arpanet gains popularity everywhere after its 1972 coming-out ball in Washington, D.C., through its new phone book, it also faces detractors who don’t want it to be available to all.…

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Flashback: Evan Horowitz and Geoffrey Goldberg of Movers+Shakers: Add Fuel to the Fire 38:51

1y ago38:51

38:51

Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks with Evan Horowitz and Geoffrey Goldberg, founders of the Los Angeles-based brand-marketing firm Movers+Shakers. Movers+Shakers is #78 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list.By Inc. Magazine

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Computer Freaks - Chapter Two: In the Air 44:26

1y ago44:26

44:26

Many historians say the Arpanet (and ultimately the internet) was born on October 29, 1969. But is that really when the Arpanet began, and who should be given credit for this key moment in internet history?By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Fawn Weaver: Build a Culture of Confidence 42:01

1y ago42:01

42:01

Christine Lagorio-Chafkin interviews Fawn Weaver, the CEO and founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, bestselling author, and serial entrepreneur, about how she built her brand and company after setting out to tell the remarkable story of Nearest Green, the first known African-American master distiller and man who taught Jack Daniel how to make w…

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Introducing 'Computer Freaks' - Chapter One: The Dollhouse 38:18

1y ago38:18

38:18

After World War II, the U.S. had to change the way it communicated if it was going to keep up with the Soviets in the Cold War, especially once Sputnik was launched. It was the vision of a Missouri boy called Lick that would solve those communication issues and spark the creation of the internet.By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Sarah LaFleur: Be The Whole Person 54:31

1y ago54:31

54:31

In the summer of 2021, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin interviews Sarah LaFleur, founder and CEO of womenswear brand M.M. LeFleur. Sarah discussed how she started, the lessons she learned from her mother, how she grew her business, and guided it through Covid-19's most turbulent period.By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Trinity Mouzon of Golde: Grow at Your Own Pace 39:35

1y ago39:35

39:35

There’s Silicon Valley’s playbook…and then there’s Trinity Mouzon Wofford’s radical bootstrapping. The founder of Golde, the maker of superfood powders that can be blended to make lattes or facemasks, and which is sold at Target and Goop, as well as direct-to-consumer. Trinity explained how she built her company herself, mixing turmeric lattes in h…

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Flashback: Kara Goldin about moments of doubt 50:37

1y ago50:37

50:37

When Kara Goldin launched her fruit-flavored water company, Hint, in 2005, she’d worked in media and tech--but never in consumer products, much less beverage creation or distribution. But armed with curiosity and verve, when she lacked know-how, she asked the right questions. And perhaps what she didn’t know was the most valuable asset of all--beca…

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Presenting: The new season of 'Most Innovative Companies' from Fast Company 27:12

1y ago27:12

27:12

Is AI coming for our jobs?? ‘Fast Company’ senior staff editor Max Ufberg explains that it is . . . but that it’s not all bad news. And Yaz chatted with Loom CEO Joe Thomas—Loom is essentially TikTok for business, which sounds crazier than it is—about how video conferencing is here to stay. Also, a special thanks to Marfa Public Radio for helping u…

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Flashback: Nataly Kogan on how your energy is your 'runway' 45:33

1y ago45:33

45:33

The five-time founder and author of Happier and The Awesome Human Project is known both for her public speaking and her research into what truly makes us happy. But when she was building her last company, she herself was anything but happy. Instead, she was prioritizing everything and everyone aside from herself–and that led to her spiraling into a…

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Flashback: Former CIA Agent Emily Hikade of Petite Plume 32:43

1y ago32:43

32:43

We're taking a look back on our interview with Emily Hikade. Host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin spoke with Emily about the inspiration for, and challenges of starting up, Petite Plume, her fast-growing luxury sleepwear business.By Inc. Magazine

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Flashback: Jesslyn Rollins of Biolyte 32:53

1+ y ago32:53

32:53

Here's a look back at Christine Lagorio-Chafkin's interview with Jesslyn Rollins. Rollins' dad created a product in secret. She brought it to the masses. What would it take for him to let her run the company? They chatted about the electrolyte beverage company, Biolyte, that saw a remarkable three-year growth rate of 1,052 percent. The first in our…

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Inc. Magazine Presents: Computer Freaks 1:57

1+ y ago1:57

1:57

This is the untold history of how the internet almost didn’t happen. It’s an ode to fathers and daughters. And it’s a tale about the origins of the man-computer symbiosis that’s still profoundly relevant to our society today. Host Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, an editor-at-large at Inc., is a James Beard Award-winning journalist who has worked for…

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Flashback: Melissa Bernstein of Melissa & Doug 37:38

1+ y ago37:38

37:38

Christine Lagorio-Chafkin interviewed Melissa Bernstein, the co-founder of $500 million toy company Melissa & Doug and the author of a new book about mental health, LifeLines, about her own journey to building a company while suffering from depression.By Inc. Magazine

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Former CIA Agent Emily Hikade of Petite Plume: The Art of Collecting Intelligence 34:58

1+ y ago34:58

34:58

Emily Hikade is not a household name. That’s by design. She couldn’t be, for years. That’s because no one, not her family, not her friends, knew her actual job. It wasn’t until recently, after she’d started her own company, and after she’d had her cover lifted that they found out she’d been a case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. And it…

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Making Creative Space: Davis Smith of Cotopaxi 9:09

1+ y ago9:09

9:09

Davis Smith, the co-founder and CEO of Cotopaxi, founded his Salt Lake City-based outdoor apparel and gear company in 2014. He already had started a family–and he not only set out to found a company with a purpose…but with a sense of balance for himself and his employees. In this bonus episode, I ask him about heading out into the wilderness…and ge…

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Davis Smith of Cotopaxi: Don’t Be the Only Keeper Of the Flame 49:29

1+ y ago49:29

49:29

Cotopaxi, the Salt Lake City-based outdoor-apparel company, wasn’t Davis Smith’s first business. But it was his first business inspired by a mission to do more than just sell stuff. In fact, the vision for giving back came before the company. And the mission to build a public-benefit corp with strong values came before he ever sold one technicolor …

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Allison Ellsworth of Poppi: Speak From the Heart 34:09

1+ y ago34:09

34:09

Allison Ellsworth spent seven years on the road working in the oil and gas industry. It took a toll on her health. So she took her discontent to her own kitchen. She felt she was getting health benefits from drinking apple cider vinegar, but hated the taste. Could she concoct something fruity, low-sugar, and with prebiotics? She’s Allison Ellsworth…

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Making Creative Space: Kiki Freedman of Hey Jane 8:43

1+ y ago8:43

8:43

Kiki Freedman is co-founder and CEO of Hey Jane, a company changing the landscape for medicinal abortion–offering it with telehealth care, and sending pills by mail. In our regular episode, we talked about all the challenges her company faced launching and expanding in a hugely changing regulatory environment–and navigating an increasingly politica…

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Kiki Freedman of Hey Jane: Pioneering Abortion Care Online In a Regulatory Storm 42:05

1+ y ago42:05

42:05

While in Harvard Business School, Kiki Freedman had an idea: What if she could work with clinicians and provide medication abortions to individuals through telemedicine, and through the mail? Professors were skeptical. So were investors. Regulations loosened up and the pandemic provided opportunity to launch–but then the Supreme Court changed every…

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