Best Launchandlead Podcasts (2024)

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20: How to Use a Relationship Map to Create a $4 Million Company 25:04

8+ y ago25:04

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Tamara Nall founded The Leading Niche, a consulting firm to the federal government and larger firms. She shares with us the secret of growing her company to $4M in revenue - the relationship map. For complete show notes: http://www.launchandlead.com/20

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19: A Customer Acquisition Strategy To Grow From 2 to 27 Employees 20:34

8+ y ago20:34

20:34

Randy Reyess is co-founder of VenturePact, a technology services firm that matches companies with talented application development teams from around the globe. He has also written in publications such as Forbes, Fast Company and Harvard Business Review. In our conversation today, Randy describes in detail how to acquire customers through online adv…

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18: How To Systematize And Productize A Services Business 23:56

8+ y ago23:56

23:56

Rachel Rodgers started the Rodgers Collective, a cool, innovative take on a law firm. She has grown the company over the past 5 years or so, and has lot to share, including a great way to think about protection as an entrepreneur. Four questions for Rachel this week: How have you rocked Rodgers Collective while raising a couple of newborns at the s…

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17: The Rand Fishkin Case Study on How to Build an Online Presence 19:40

8+ y ago19:40

19:40

We continue our conversation with Rand Fishkin this week and dive into the details of how to build an online presence - even if you're starting from scratch. We started with search engine strategy and ended the conversation with a case study to bring it all home. We asked Rand - if someone starting a new professional services firm (lawyers, account…

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16: Rand Fishkin on How to Focus Your Online Marketing Efforts (Part I) 22:34

8+ y ago22:34

22:34

Rand is known as the Wizard of Moz - the godfather of SEO and all around highly respected online marketing thought leader. He's the founder of Moz, a suite of popular tools to help build and manage your online presence. The episode covers the six different channels to market your business online, and talks about how to focus your activities on what…

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15: How To Build a Business That Lands $700,000 on Shark Tank 26:33

8+ y ago26:33

26:33

Brittany Hodak is co-founder of ZinePak, a company that creates custom, interactive publications for super-fans. They partner with top brands and entertainers (ahem... Taylor Swift) to elevate regular consumer promotions (e.g., CD in a store) into an interesting and memorable experience. Several months ago, they were invited by Shark Tank Producers…

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14: How Did Engineers Create a New Fashion Category? 23:42

8+ y ago23:42

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Aman Advani co-founded Ministry of Supply while at business school at MIT. They have created the performance professional category - business professional attire that's actually comfortable. You can see from the way they run themselves that they’re engineers solving problems in the fashion space. A Fast Company piece on them put it this way “its co…

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13: The Path to 1 Million Users. Twice. 29:21

8+ y ago29:21

29:21

Theban Ganesh has built and sold two different businesses that have attracted over 1 million users. In today's conversation, we cover the rise and exit of his two startups, why he chose to go back to corporate after his first, how to choose a co-founder, and most importantly, his advice to companies that are struggling to gain traction with their p…

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12: Growing oDesk to Become The Market Leader in Online Work 18:11

8+ y ago18:11

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Gary Swart joined oDesk in 2005 as CEO and led the company for over 8 years, turning into the market leader in the online work industry. It was the first workplace to reach $1 billion in work, and has over 5 million freelancers and thousands of jobs posted daily. Gary led the company through a merger with #2 player eLance before leaving to join Pol…

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11: Leading oDesk to Market Leader 18:50

8+ y ago18:50

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Gary Swart joined oDesk in 2005 as CEO and led the company for over 8 years, turning into the market leader in the online work industry. It was the first workplace to reach $1 billion in work, and has over 5 million freelancers and thousands of jobs posted daily. Gary led the company through a merger with #2 player eLance before leaving to join Pol…

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10: From $2 Billion to an Internet Startup 20:01

8+ y ago20:01

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Manpreet Singh is co-founder and President of TalkLocal, a company that connects users with service providers over the phone within minutes of their request. He started his first company in high school - a website that had 300K visitors per month. He then worked full-time at an investment management firm through college and his MBA, helping to grow…

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9: How they grew from 6 people to $100 Million 21:59

9y ago21:59

21:59

Alim and Steve left the University of Waterloo in 2001 and ?went on to help build Infusion into a $100 Million company. Hear the story of how they did it - through hustle, paranoia, audacity and insanity. This week's questions: You started out as 20-somethings and a handful of people back in 2001. How did you think about the path forward in those e…

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8: People First - Building a Company Where Your Customers, Employees and Partners All Love You 20:17

9y ago20:17

20:17

James Costa started the first version of his business when he was just 17. He was in high school, a newly minted single father and juggling a business on the side. He now runs a 13 person digital agency in Toronto where his clients, employees and partners that all love him. In this episode we get his insight into how he’s been able to build a susta…

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7: Starting as a Self-Funded Solopreneur 23:02

9y ago23:02

23:02

Pat Murray was Director of Pricing Analytics at Home Depot and Senior Vice President of Client Service & Development at a reputable analytics consultancy before striking out on his own. Pat discusses how he launched "operations soft landing" as he transitioned from executive to entrepreneur, his first office with a door as a desk above a dentist pr…

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6: From Bay Street Lawyer to Toronto Gold 19:25

9y ago19:25

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In this episode, Ronan Levy talks about something that likely rings true for many of us that went down a Corporate path - the desire early on to do something entrepreneurial, but delaying for something safe. He really nails why he thinks many of us do this. He's had some ups and downs, which he shares very candidly - and as he shares his lessons le…

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5: How to Grow to $500M and IPO 25:06

9y ago25:06

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Burton Goldfield has led explosive growth at three different companies and in this episode we learn how he grew TriNet from $100M in revenue to over $500M in revenue. Burton describes what two things were key to the growth and how they can even apply to someone looking to go from $100K to $500K. For insightful articles on making the transition from…

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4: From Boston Consulting Group to co-founder of hot media startup, Gimlet 18:57

9y ago18:57

18:57

Former NPR producer, MIT MBA and Boston Consulting Group consultant Matthew Lieber co-founded Gimlet Media with Alex Blumberg - and has a hit on his hands. With highly successful shows like Startup, Matthew shares the story of his transition, how he built a great team at Gimlet, and why, after the epic Chris Sacca pitch, Alex desperately needed him…