Best Alan Sims Podcasts (2024)

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Smart Running, by Jen and Sim Benson 1:45:50

9d ago1:45:50

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Send us a Text Message. Join us for this wonderful conversation with Jen and Sim about all things running! Their fantastic book, Smart Running, is packed with useful information about a diverse range of topics and we only covered a few of them in our chat. The 19 chapters of this book are divided into 6 parts: Our bodies and Systems Becoming a resi…

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Silicon Valley's Secret 4-Week Visa with Lisa Wehden at Plymouth Street 1:10:53

8h ago1:10:53

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Building Non-Addictive Apps for Kids | Melissa Cash, Pok Pok 1:35:37

13d ago1:35:37

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelWarp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll.Melissa Cash is the Co-founder and CEO of Pok Pok, a montessori-inspired collection of digital toys that spark creat…

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Building boldstart ventures from $1M to $850M with Ed Sim 1:45:15

20d ago1:45:15

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Ed Sim is the Founder of boldstart ventures, which partners with bold founders reinventing the enterprise stack at the inception stage. Ed takes us inside the journey building boldstart, from its first $1m fund in 2010 up to $850m in AUM today. Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(03:48) Evolut…

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Alan and Liz's Running Chatter and Rundown on the Last 10 Books 1:46:32

25d ago1:46:32

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Send us a Text Message. Here we are again! We can't believe we've read another 10 books already... and actually it's been more than 10 books... This might be a long episode (unless Alan did some aggressive editing) because when we start talking about books, we just can't stop. You don't know it, but you're lucky that this episode wasn't 3 hours lon…

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Scaling Instacart to $10+ Billion with ex-President Nilam Ganenthiran 1:16:41

27d ago1:16:41

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Nilam Ganenthiran is the founder and CEO of Beacon Software. Previously, he was the 12th employee and President at Instacart. We talk tactics for customer research, building customer relationships, balancing strategy and execution, how to serve on and manage a board, what happened w…

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How the Smartest Companies Use AI | Ankur Goyal, Braintrust 1:27:03

1M ago1:27:03

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Ankur Goyal is the Founder and CEO of Braintrust, the end to end developer platform for building the world's best AI products. Their customers include companies like Instacart, Zapier, Notion, Airtable, Replit, and more. We hit on the importance of LLM evals, advice for building AI …

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The Examined Run, by Sabrina Little 1:23:58

1M ago1:23:58

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Send us a Text Message. We have a fantastic conversation with author Sabrina Little, about her new book, The Examined Run. In this chat we talk about ethics and role of virtues and vices in running. The Examined Run discusses the ethics of sport, specifically the sport of running, through the lens of virtue ethics. As with any discussion of ethics,…

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Lessons From 21 Years of VC Fund Investing | Alan Feld, Vintage Investment Partners 1:03:44

1M ago1:03:44

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelAlan Feld is the Founder and Managing Partner of Vintage Investment Partners. Vintage is one of the largest fund of funds in the world, managing over $4 billion across what is mostly investments into other venture funds, plus some secondary and direct startup investments at the growt…

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Fixing The Maternal Health Crisis with Anu Sharma at Millie 58:37

2M ago58:37

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Anu Sharma is the Co-founder and CEO of Millie, building a better care system from the inside out. Our conversation covers the existing maternal health system, how Millie is reinventing it, and how to succeed building a healthcare company. Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(03:16) Problems in…

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Alan Graham & Gannon Sims: Passions, Forged Family and Homelessness 50:29

2M ago50:29

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What happens when you follow the passions God has given you? Can God use your passions to help address some of the major issues facing our culture? In this bonus episode of the Fresh Expressions podcast, you’ll meet Alan Graham and hear how his passion led him to start Community First! Village, a master-planned neighborhood where the chronically ho…

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Aaron Levie | The $1 Trillion AI Opportunity, Stories From Early Days of Box 58:59

2M ago58:59

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Aaron Levie is a co-founder and the CEO of Box. This conversation covers opportunities in AI, the early days of Box, and lessons Aaron's learned on his founder journey. Timestamps(00:00) Intro(03:11) Why ChatGPT was an iPhone moment(04:37) Advice for large companies incorporating AI…

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The Race To Be Myself, by Caster Semenya 1:03:15

2M ago1:03:15

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Send us a Text Message. The Race to Be Myself is a 4 part memoire where Caster talks about: The beginning: how she grew up, how she liked to hang out with boys and play sports, and what happened in puberty. The rise: How she got into running and eventually decided to be more serious about training. She also talks about getting more serious about sc…

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Elad Gil on Conviction, AI, Biotech, Ambition, Speed of Execution, and Non-Obvious Startup Advice 1:17:15

2M ago1:17:15

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Warp: Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll.Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelElad Gil is the founder of Color Genomics and Mixer Labs, which he sold to Twitter, and an early investor in iconic …

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How to Build a Biotech with Celine Halioua at Loyal 1:06:25

2M ago1:06:25

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This episode is brought to you by Warp. Don’t let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1000 gift card when you first run payroll. Celine Halioua is the founder and CEO of Loyal, a biotech company developing medicine to help dogs live longer and healthier lives. And dogs are jus…

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Run Through, by SB Stone 1:17:13

2M ago1:17:13

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Send us a Text Message. Running Through; my journey through moments of flight, is Steven’s journey into Running via a series of tiny moments of flight. This book is divided into short stories describing some of the moments in his personal running journey and how they ended up influencing his life. Some stories are funny anecdotes and others are not…

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BONUS TRACK: Boston Marathon Experience 1:11:03

2M ago1:11:03

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Send us a Text Message. If you've been following our social media accounts (mainly FB and Instagram... we're not as good about posting to X or Threads...) then you'll have seen that Alan went to Boston this year. Before the Boston Marathon, we reviewed The Boston Marathon Handbook buy Marc Pollina, and it turned out that Alan and Marc ran very simi…

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Giving an AI a Computer with Rahul Sonwalkar, Founder and CEO of Julius AI 1:36:53

3M ago1:36:53

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Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelRahul Sonwalkar is the founder and CEO of Julius, an AI data scientist.He takes us inside his epic “Ligma Johnson” prank where he pretended to be fired from Twitter the day Elon acquired the company. He then goes inside his journey of building Julius, sharing lessons learned along th…

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Zero to $90M Revenue in Five Years, How Athletic Brewing Created the Non-Alcoholic Beer Category with CEO Bill Shufelt 1:18:14

3M ago1:18:14

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Brought to you by Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelBill Shufelt is the Founder and CEO of Athletic Brewing, the craft brewer that created the non-alcohol beer market in the US.Bill takes us inside the early days of starting the company, including realizing there was an opportunity to make non-alcoholic beer, finding a c…

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All In Stride, by Johanna Garton 1:20:16

3M ago1:20:16

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Send us a Text Message. All In Stride is the story of two Kenyan born athletes who have competed at the highest levels in running, and one US athlete and Olympian in the modern pentathlon. The bond that the three characters share is that they have all been in the Army’s world class athlete program (WCAP). The book is divided into two parts: Part 1:…

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SMB Masterclass: Zero to $150M Revenue in Two Years with Dane Atkinson, Founder and CEO of Odeko 1:23:44

3M ago1:23:44

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Dane Atkinson is the Founder and CEO of Odeko, the all-in-one operations partner for local businesses.Dane has spent his entire career helping small businesses. This episode is a masterclass on selling to SMBs. He shares all his lessons learned as a founder, and how Odeko survived zero revenue during COVID and hit $150 million in revenue two years …

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Josh Miller on How The Browser Company Started, How to Hire, Arc Search, and Building in Public 1:15:39

3M ago1:15:39

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Josh Miller is CEO and co-founder of The Browser Company, which is building a new internet browser. He explains why effective hiring requires caring a lot and trusting your taste and why Arc Search, a default mobile browser, could be The Browser Company’s next act. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:35) Working for Obama (00:03:55) Giving up 8-fig…

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The Boston Marathon Handbook, by Marc W. Pollina 1:41:10

3M ago1:41:10

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Send us a Text Message. The Boston Marathon Handbook is part of the Falcon Guides series, which cover the entire spectrum of outdoor activities. This book covers everything about Boston from what makes Boston so special, to getting in and training, and even what to do after the race and more! There are 12 chapters that make up the book: Chapter 1 -…

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Market Update: Peter Walker on 2023 VC Valuation Trends, Dry Powder, New Bubbles, Employee Trends 1:26:58

3M ago1:26:58

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Subscribe to my newsletter The Split for new episodes emailed every week: https://www.thespl.it/ Brought to you by Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelPeter Walker is Head of Insights at Carta and writes a newsletter called “The Data Minute”, a weekly newsletter highlighting data from over 43,000 private tech companies tha…

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Chris Bakke on Selling to Elon, Small Exits, and Using Memes for Marketing 1:08:55

4M ago1:08:55

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Subscribe to my newsletter The Split for new episodes emailed every week: https://www.thespl.it/ Chris Bakke has founded and sold three companies for between $25-100 million to Zillow, Indeed, and most recently Twitter / X. He shares how he convinced Elon to buy his company, what it's like working for Elon, exactly how the Twitter algorithm works, …

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In The Spell Of The Barkley, by Michiel Panhuysen 1:34:23

4M ago1:34:23

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Send us a Text Message. In The Spell Of The Barkley tells the story of the Barkley race in Tennessee with its history and traditions, how the author discovered it and became determined to finish the “fun run”, and explores the reasons why participants keep coming back despite being almost guaranteed to fail. The book is a mix of the authors experie…

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Inside Anchor’s Journey to Product Market Fit and 9-Figure Sale to Spotify with Mike Mignano 1:19:10

4M ago1:19:10

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Subscribe to my newsletter The Split for new episodes emailed every week: https://www.thespl.it/ Brought to you by Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeelMike is currently a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Before Lightspeed, he spent five years building Anchor, which he sold to Spotify in 2020, and then led Spotify’s …

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Eric Newcomer on Scaling to 80,000 Newsletter Subs, How to Pitch Reporters 1:21:25

4M ago1:21:25

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Eric Newcomer is the founder of Newcomer, a publication he launched in October of 2020 to cover the business of startups and venture capital. He had just left Bloomberg after nearly six years, and was previously the first employee at The Information. — — — — Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:46) The current state of media (05:59) Anchoring his 4th grad…

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There Is No Wall, by Allie Bailey 1:42:00

4M ago1:42:00

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Send us a Text Message. There Is No Wall is ultrarunner Allie Bailey’s brutally honest and sometimes shocking account of alcoholism, depression and severe mental breakdowns which almost cost her her life. Told with disarming vulnerability, heartbreaking depth of feeling and dark humour, this isn’t a story about how running saved her – she was alrea…

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Siqi Chen on How To Go Viral, Secrets to Storytelling, and Forgetting Best Practices 1:34:17

4M ago1:34:17

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Siqi Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Runway, the modern and intuitive way to model, plan, and align your business for everyone on your team. Or, in Siqi’s words, “revolutionizing the $80 trillion business industry”. A few months ago, Runway’s new website went viral across the internet. Siqi takes us inside how that happened. He’s no stranger to g…

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Automating the $80 Billion SOC 2 Market with Shrav Mehta (Secureframe) 1:18:21

5M ago1:18:21

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Shrav Mehta is the Founder and CEO of Secureframe, which empowers businesses to build trust with customers by automating information security and compliance. Shrav started the company in 2019 after being an early employee at Scale, Pilot, Lob, and Hired, and has since raised from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Backend Capital, Soma Capital, and Ba…

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Epic Gardening's $100+ Million YouTube Playbook with Kevin Espiritu, Founder and CEO 1:36:04

5M ago1:36:04

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Kevin Espiritu is the founder and CEO of Epic Gardening, which is, by multiple measures, one of the largest brands in gardening on the planet.What started in 2013 as a blog has since evolved into a gardening empire spanning YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, 4,500 gardening stores, and three gardening books. Epic raised a $17.5m Series A from Th…

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Becoming A Sustainable Runner, by Tina Muir and Zoe Rom 1:37:11

5M ago1:37:11

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Send us a Text Message. Becoming a Sustainable Runner is a guide written by two environmental advocates, Tina Muir and Zoe Rom, who love running. This book teaches us about the impact running has on the environment, but also how to be a lifelong runner and how to contribute to the running community in a way that is positive and inclusive. The book …

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How Kirsten Green Built Forerunner Ventures 1:18:27

5M ago1:18:27

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Kirsten Green is the founder of Forerunner Ventures, a venture capital firm that focuses on understanding the mindset of the modern consumer. Kirsten started Forerunner in 2010, and was an early investor in companies like Faire, Chime, Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, Hims, Glossier, Jet, Bonobos, HotelTonight, and The Farmer’s Dog.This episode tak…

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The Great Media Arbitrage: How Craig Fuller Built FreightWaves 1:56:49

5M ago1:56:49

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Craig Fuller is the Founder and CEO of FreightWaves, a media company and data provider for the global supply chain. He’s also the CEO of Flying Media Group, which he founded in 2021 to acquire Flying Magazine, the largest US-based print magazine for the aviation industry. This conversation is split into three parts: a crash course on logistics and …

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Pain and Performance, by Ryan Whited and Matt Fitzgerald 1:24:32

5M ago1:24:32

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we get to chat with author, Ryan Whited, about his book (co-authored with Matt Fitzgerald) Pain + Performance. Pain + Performance is a book that aims to explain how pain is a normal human experience and not something that we need to try and get rid of… at least not completely. Pain also doesn’t always mean ti…

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Building a $510 Million Personal Care Giant with Danielle Cohen-Shohet, Founder & CEO of GlossGenius 1:05:13

6M ago1:05:13

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Danielle Cohen-Shohet is the CEO and Founder of GlossGenius, the all-in-one booking, payments and POS solution that helps beauty and wellness professionals drive bookings and grow their business. Danielle started the company in 2016 and has since grown it to a $510 million valuation. This is while taking a disciplined approach to fundraising, raisi…

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The Story of Nubank, The World’s Largest Neobank with Co-founder Cristina Junqueira 51:12

6M ago51:12

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Cristina Junqueira is the co-founder of Nubank, the largest neobank in Latin America – and in the world – with more than 80 million customers. She is also the second self-made female billionaire in Brazil. Cristina and her co-founders David Vélez and Edward Wible launched Nubank in 2013, essentially building the fintech category in a market where i…

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The Psychology of Running, by Noel Brick and Stuart Holliday 1:36:25

6M ago1:36:25

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Send us a Text Message. The Psychology of Running is part of The Psychology of Everything series which also includes: The Psychology of Art The Psychology of Wellness The Psychology of Comedy The Psychology of Democracy The Psychology of Counselling The Psychology of Travel The Psychology of Attachment This book dives into the science of running to…

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Immigrant to $250M CEO: How Circle Powers the Creator Economy with Co-founder and CEO Sid Yadav 2:02:39

6M ago2:02:39

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Sid Yadav is the Co-founder and CEO of Circle, the all-in-one community platform trusted by creators like Tiago Forte, David Perell, and Miles Snider. Sid started the tech blog Rev2 when he was a teenager in New Zealand, writing about the launch of YouTube and the iPhone. He was the founding engineer and designer of Teachable, which he helped scale…

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BONUS TRACK: Alan Runs A 3000m On The Track? 40:56

6M ago40:56

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode, Liz interviews Alan about his recent attempt at a Quebec age group record on the indoor track. Alan has never worn spikes or raced on an indoor track. This should be interesting! Support the Show. Any feedback or suggestions on this review or any of our other podcast episodes would be greatly welcomed.…

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Do Not Despise Small Beginnings with Dr. Chris Backert 44:02

6M ago44:02

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Does your ministry feel insignificant? Churches large and small have struggled with a decline in attendance since pandemic restrictions were lifted. But scripture teaches us not to despise small beginnings. In this episode, Dr. Chris Backert, North American Director of Fresh Expressions returns to discuss the opportunities that lay ahead for church…

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Running Away from Cancer by Greg Schnoor 1:13:09

6M ago1:13:09

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Send us a Text Message. Running Away from Cancer is the story of the author, Greg Schnoor's, journey to becoming an ultramarathoner after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The thing is, he wasn’t even a runner before his diagnosis and started running while receiving maintenance chemotherapy once a month. Greg first started running because two of …

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Dreaming Again: New Years with Mitch Marcello 1:04:20

7M ago1:04:20

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Over time, it’s natural to become stuck. In your career, relationship, ministry, you name it. Goal-setting and resolutions are great things to do. But what if you could become a person with a more creative spirit and innovative mindset? This episode features an excerpt of a recent webinar where creativity coach and Fresh Expressions Mission Strateg…

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BONUS TRACK: Alan and Liz Behind The Scenes of 8020 Endurance Coaching 43:41

7M ago43:41

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Send us a Text Message. This bonus was recorded after we just finished chatting with Matt Fitzgerald and Layla Porteous about 80/20 Endurance High Performance Coaching Course and companion book. It took us months to complete the course so obviously there were a lot of questions that we couldn't get to with our guests. We chatted about coaching prin…

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🎮 Growing Medal to 10+ Million Gamers | Pim de Witte (Co-founder and CEO, Medal) 1:10:55

7M ago1:10:55

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Pim de Witte is the Co-founder and CEO of Medal, which enables millions of gamers to capture and share their favorite gaming moments with friends. Pim started the company in 2015 and has since raised over $72 million, supported by investors like OMERS Ventures, Makers Fund, Dune Ventures, and Horizon Ventures.Brought to you by Secureframe, the auto…

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A Very Merry Christmas Podcast 23:17

7M ago23:17

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Merry Christmas from the Fresh Expressions Team! In this special Christmas episode, you will hear greetings from our North American team and get a glimpse of what God is up to in the North American Fresh Expressions movement. Fresh Expressions is a worldwide movement of everyday missionaries who want to see churches thrive in the places we live, ea…

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80/20 Endurance Book + High Performance Coaching Course, by Matt Fitzgerald and Leyla Porteous 1:23:30

7M ago1:23:30

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is a little different because Matt Fitzgerald's book, 80/20 Eandurance, is a companion to a new coaching course created by Leyla Porteous, Director of Training and Operations at 80/20 Endurance. We refer to the course a lot, but all the information is also in the book. The book is divided into 12 chapters which …

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How Unit Operates with Precision, with Itai Damti (Co-founder and CEO of Unit) 1:21:39

7M ago1:21:39

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Itai Damti is the Co-founder and CEO of Unit, the platform that helps leading tech companies store, move, and lend money.Unit has raised over $170 million from investors like Better Tomorrow Ventures, Accel, Insight, and dozens of angels. — In this episode, we discuss: The first and second wave of fintech innovation How the second wave brings finan…

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Pricing Lessons from the Fastest Growing Companies with Kevin Liu, Co-founder and CEO of Metronome 1:12:15

7M ago1:12:15

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Kevin Liu is the Co-founder and CEO of Metronome, which enables software companies to launch, iterate, and scale their business models with billing infrastructure that works at any size and stage. Prior to Metronome, Kevin and his co-founder Scott Woody both sold their respective separate companies to Dropbox. Kevin and Scott started Metronome in 2…

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