Podcasts by To The Top: Inspirational Career Advice
We interview authors, entrepreneurs, and thoughts leaders to share their blueprints for success that you can also apply in your own life.
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#85 Joshua&Rob Church: Founding Edge Theory Labs&Benefits of Cold Water Immersion from 2023-10-09T22:34
Joshua Church and Rob Church are cousins who founed one of the leading cold plunges out of necessity because they needed a better recovery tool for cold water immersion. In this episode we discu...
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#84 Nick Bailey: RE/MAX CEO On Being the Entrepreneur of Your Own Career from 2023-08-29T05:19
Nick Bailey serves as the President and CEO of RE/MAX. A licensed real estate broker for over 26 years, Nick has broad experience across multiple segments of the industry. He has been a Sr. Vice...
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#83 Kevin Shen: How to Make Your Zoom Setup Look Boardroom Ready from 2023-07-11T18:16
Kevin Shen is a video expert and content creator who helps people build their studios for business and professional use. In Dream Studio Course he simplifies the principles and equipment require...
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#82 Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family): Balancing Work&Parenthood from 2023-05-28T19:22
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is known for playing Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family. He's an award-winning actor who is also balancing parenthood with a successful career.
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#81 Rishi Mandal: On Future&Doing Work You Love from 2023-04-16T19:14
Rishi Mandal is the co-founder and CEO of Future, a digital fitness platform that provides a virtual trainer who customizes your workouts and helps you accomplish your fitness goals through 1:1 ...
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#80 Chris Hufnagel: Leading Through Humility from 2023-04-06T22:39
Chris Hufnagel is the Group President leading Wolverine Worldwide's active brands including Merrell, Saucony, Chaco, Kid's Group, and Global Licensing. Chris has previously worked in executive r...
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#79 Coach K: On Becoming a World-Class Leader from 2023-03-27T03:41
Coach K is arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all-time. He has the most wins, won 5 national titles, and was named "Coach of the Year" 12x. He harnessed his leadership philosophy ...
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#78 Anne Cavassa (Saucony President): Leading Through Empathy from 2023-03-20T22:46
Saucony is a household brand for athletes who love to run. It's also a 125 year-old brand with a rich heritage (and my favorite running shoe). Anne Cavassa, President of Saucony, shares her visi...
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#77 Jim Irsay: Owner of the Indianapolis Colts&Historical Artifact Collector from 2022-12-09T22:16
Jim Irsay has been involved with the Indianapolis Colts for nearly his entire life. He took ownership of the franchise in 1997 after his father's passing. He's known as one of the most eccentric...
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#76 Latasha James: Living With Intention to Create Her Best Work from 2022-12-04T23:00
Latasha James is a marketing expert, digital creator, and coach. She's built an audience on YouTube with nearly 135K subscribers where sh...
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#75 Eric Fleet: Life&Career Lessons Scaling Threads 4 Thought from 2022-11-28T00:00
Eric Fleet is the founder of the premium and sustainable clothing brand named Threads 4 Thought. He grew up watching his father in the apparel business and after university he launched the susta...
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#74 Ryan Hawk: Lessons From Interviewing 500 of the World's Greatest Leaders from 2022-11-20T22:21
Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show. He has recorded more than 475 episodes over the past 7 years. Forbes called The Learning Leader Show, Listen
#73 Matt Dixon&Ted McKenna: Habits of High Performing Salespeople (The JOLT Effect) from 2022-11-13T21:41
Matthew Dixon and Ted McKenna published a great sales book that can help sales and marketing teams address customer indecision. Combined with mining over 2 million recorded sales calls and study...
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#72 Joe Moglia: Former CEO of TD Ameritrade on Navigating Hard Decisions from 2022-11-05T19:57
Joe Moglia is the former CEO of TD Ameritrade and he spent nearly two decades at Merrill Lynch in leadership positions. He is also the former head football coach of a Division I school, Coastal ...
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#71 Joey Pointer: CEO of Fleet Feet on Taking Risks and Building Brand Around Community from 2022-10-30T18:44
Joey pointer, CEO of Fleet Feet, shares his story about how he grew up on a tobacco farm, landed at job at Ernst & Young in finance, and took a leap of faith to join a startup shoe retailer name...
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#70 Carla Harris: How To Be An Influential Leader In Any Environment from 2022-10-23T17:19
Carla Harris is a force of nature who has advised and motivated companies around the world. She is a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley and she earned her economics degree and MBA from Harv...
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#69 Guy Raz: Career Advice From The Host Of 'How I Built This' from 2022-10-09T18:15
Guy Raz is the greatest podcaster of our generation. 3.5 million people tune in to every episode of How I Built This where he interviews amazing founders to tell their story. He was widely known...
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#68 Jay Shetty: Cultivating More Self-Awareness from 2022-09-25T05:18:01
Jay Shetty is widely known for his inspiring videos which have been seen by over 7B people on YouTube. Jay shares the wisdom he learned living as a monk to help others find their purpose. He hos...
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#67 Dr. Michael Breus: On Getting Better Sleep from 2022-08-22T02:43:06
Dr. Michael Breus is the leading authority in the field of sleep. He is a clinical psychologist with more than two decades of experience in his field. He is a diplomate of the American Board of ...
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#66 Liz Fosslien: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay from 2022-08-15T04:56:15
Liz Fosslien's illustrations have made a significant impact on how many view emotions at work and in life. Her superpower is being able to illustrate these emotions in what appears to be a simpl...
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#65 Story Musgrave: The Astronaut Who Led the $700 Million Mission To Fix The Hubble Telescope from 2022-08-06T21:15:57
In 1990 when NASA launched the $1.5 billion Hubble Telescope into space, they did so with a faulty mirror that took blurry images. They tasked Story Musgrave to lead a team to fix it. What made ...
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#64 D.J. Vanas: Finding Clarity in Chaos from 2022-07-31T02:14:24
An enrolled member of the Ottawa Tribe of Michigan, D.J. was born to impoverished teenage parents. He went from sleeping in a drawer for the first three months of his life to becoming a proud gr...
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#63 Andy Dunn: Launching a Startup and Losing His Mind from 2022-07-24T01:55:38
Andy Dunn co-founded the e-commerce driven menswear brand Bonobos in 2007 and served as CEO through its 2017 acquisition by Walmart. While business was booming, Andy struggled to manage his ment...
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#62 Ryan Hawk: The Uncommon Behaviors Of Productive Achievers from 2022-05-14T19:07:35
Ryan Hawk is a leadership advisor, author, and podcast host of The Learning Leader Show where he's interviewed 500 of the world's greatest leaders.
His second book, The Pursuit of Excellence, d...
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#61 Troy Sicotte: On Leading With Trust from 2022-03-22T04:09:44
Troy Sicotte is the President of Mountain Hardwear, a premium apparel and equipment brand designed for mountaineering, camping, and outdoor activities. They are owned by Columbia Sportswear. Troy's...
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#60 Jay Williams: Figuring Out Who You Really Are from 2022-01-22T05:02:05
Jay Williams was a prolific college basketball player at Duke where he played for the legendary Coach K. He was drafted #2 in the NBA Draft to the Chicago Bulls. A tragic motorcycle accident ended ...
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#59 Gihan Amarasiriwardena: On Nurturing Curiosity&Finding Balance from 2022-01-03T22:46:08
Gihan is a tinkerer who began making his own gear at the age of 13. He's had a knack for problem solving for efficiency through the lens of science. He's the co-founder and president of an innov...
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#58 Tony Horton: The Creator of P90X from 2021-10-25T03:59:42
Tony Horton is the creator of the world's most popular home-fitness program, P90X. He is a world-class motivational speaker and the author of top-selling books “Bring It”, Crush It!” and his lat...
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#57 Joe Vernachio: On Being a Pro from 2021-10-16T04:51:26
Joe Vernachio is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Allbirds. He was previously the President of Mountain Hardwear, one of the leading mountain sport brands in the world. Joe is a seasoned...
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#56 Aly Orady: CEO&Founder of Tonal from 2021-10-04T00:09:26
Aly Orady is a computer engineer by trade, graduating from Stanford. Early on in his career he worked at HP and Sun Microsystems. One of the companies he founded was acquired by Samsung. He's a ...
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#55 Scott Weiss: Practical Advice on Landing Your Dream Job from 2021-09-18T20:30:44
Scott Weiss is the Partner and Principal Recruiter at Makena Partners where he primarily recruits candidates for some of the leading roles in technology. He shares a wealth of advice in and arou...
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#54 Scott Galloway: On Post Corona from 2021-09-13T05:54:18
Scott Galloway is a professor of marketing at Stern NYU, an entrepreneur, and author of three books including Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity. His YouTube videos on the Algebra of Happin...
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#53 Troy Bigby: Tech Veteran and Entrepreneur from 2021-08-27T01:08:21
Troy Bigby, along with his brother, co-founded Devil's Reef, a cinnamon spiced rum. His background has spanned technology, music, and spirits. After earning his computer science degree from NYU ...
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#52 Dan Sheridan: Leading With Authenticity at Brooks Running from 2021-08-02T17:52:58
Dan Sheridan, EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks Running, shares a treasure trove of life and career lessons from his 20+ years at the company. Dan has also experienced the turnaround of ...
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#51 Dr. Srini Pillay: On Recharging&Managing Stress from 2021-05-23T23:38:16
Dr. Srini Pillay is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and brain researcher who has published multiple books on how to address anxiety and how to unleash you...
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#50 Pete Flint: Co-founder of Trulia from 2021-05-01T22:47:04
Pete Flint is a General Partner at NFX, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He was the co-founder of Trulia, the popular real estate app that merged with Zillow and valued Trulia at $3.5B....
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#49 Bayard Winthrop: Building a Brand Based on Values from 2021-04-23T23:08:27
Bayard Winthrop is the CEO + founder of American Giant, an apparel brand that was coined of making the greatest hoodie ever made by Slate Magazine. AG is also known for sourcing and manufacturin...
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#48 Bruce Smith: How He Built the Peloton of Rowing from 2021-03-27T23:55:24
Bruce Smith is the CEO and founder of Hydrow which is like the Peloton of rowing. It's designed as a connected fitness device that has classes in a live outdoor reality setting. Bruce was also a...
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#47 Adam Schefter: Using Setbacks to Fuel Your Career from 2021-03-07T22:12:46
Adam Schefter is a Senior NFL Insider at ESPN. He joined ESPN as an NFL Insider in August 2009, and now appears on a variety of programs, including NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Nig...
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#46 Jaya Rao: CEO of Molekule from 2021-03-04T00:41:36
Jaya Rao is the co-founder and CEO of Molekule. She joined the "family business" after getting her mechanical engineering degree and masters in public policy from Stanford. Her father initially ...
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#45 Joe Boyle: EVP of Columbia Sportswear Company from 2021-02-22T00:45:44
Joe Boyle is a fourth-generation member of the founding Boyle family and currently Executive Vice President of Columbia Sportswear Company and Columbia Brand President. Through his years at one ...
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#44 Richard Krulik: CEO of Briggs&Riley from 2020-05-25T05:18:15
Richard Krulik is the CEO of Briggs & Riley, my favorite luggage brand in the entire world. His family has been in the business for nearly a century. Richard shares the story of his family's her...
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#43 Ryan Hawk: Welcome to Management from 2020-01-28T05:00:48
Ryan Hawk is widely known as hosting the most dynamic leadership podcast where he's interviewed 350 of the most forward thinking leaders. He's published a new book titled Welcome to Manageme...
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#42 Bryant Barr: The Story Behind Stephen Curry's SC30 Inc. from 2019-10-05T04:28:06
Bryan Barr is the President of SC30 Inc. where he partners with Stephen Curry and oversees his brand, investment strategy, and philanthropy. He and Stephen were college roommates while they play...
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#41 Chris Herren: The First Day from 2019-09-15T07:38:46
Chris Herren's story was publicized in 2011 through an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled Unguarded. It was the story of his rise and sudden fall of his professional basketball career du...
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#40 Mike Tyson: Preparing for Big Moments from 2019-08-05T04:47:18
Mike Tyson is the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and also became the youngest boxer to win the title at 20 years old. His career had a resurgence after the movie The Hangove...
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#39 Scott Galloway: The Algebra of Happiness from 2019-06-04T08:07:15
Scott Galloway is a professor of brand strategy at Stern NYU and an entrepreneur. He successfully sold his last company, L2, to Gartner. He's recently published two books, one of them titled
#38 Julie Zhuo: A Handbook for New Managers from 2019-04-28T06:19:04
Julie Zhuo is the VP of Design at Facebook. She started her career as an intern and became a rookie manager at 25. At the time, she felt unprepared for her new role. She published a book titled ...
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#37 Ricky Williams (Part II): On Redefining Yourself from 2018-12-11T23:52:41
To football fans Ricky Williams is known as a Heisman Trophy Winner and two-time All American at Texas. He's scored many touchdowns during his 12-year career in the NFL. In 2004, he retired at t...
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#36 NFL All-Pro Ricky Williams (Part I): On Redefining Yourself from 2018-12-03T00:00
To football fans Ricky Williams is known as a Heisman Trophy Winner and two-time All American at Texas. He's scored many touchdowns during his 12-year career in the NFL. In 2004, he retired at t...
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#35 Karla Starr: Can You Learn To Be Lucky? from 2018-11-25T21:40:24
Karla Starr has written for O, The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, the Guardian, and the Los Angeles Times, and appeared on CBS Sunday Morning as an expert on luck. The recip...
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#34 Scott Shute: The Art of Work-Life Integration from 2018-11-18T22:52:06
Scott Shute is at the heart of LinkedIn's quest to create a culture of compassionate leadership, serving as the Head of Mindfulness and Compassion Programs. Th...
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#33 Laura Vanderkam: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done from 2018-11-11T21:52:10
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books. Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More D...
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#32 A.J. Jacobs: Finding More Happiness Through Gratitude from 2018-11-05T01:28:37
A.J. Jacobs is a renowned NYC author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humo...
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#31 Mike Grossman: High-Stakes Decisions in Silicon Valley from 2018-10-29T14:42:48
- Mike Grossman has been a CEO in Silicon Valley for over 25 years. He's built companies from the ground up, had successful exits, while having to make potentially compromising decisions. Listen
#30 Ron Nash: The LinkedIn Whisperer from 2018-10-22T13:00
Coach Ron Nash has worked with thousands of people to help them gain clarity and to show them the secret strategies on LinkedIn they need to land a job. He's certified in Neuro-linguistic progra...
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#29 Calvin Chen: Create Home Court Advantage from 2018-10-15T11:00
Calvin Chen is an executive leadership coach who specializes in emotional intelligence for high performance, leadership, and happiness.
He used to work for Tony Robbins and then launched ...
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#28 Kirsten Newbold-Knipp: On Forging Your Own Path from 2018-10-07T05:53:50
Kirsten is the Chief Marketing Officer at Convey Inc. which is a supply chain software company based in Austin, TX. She was formerly a Gartner analyst where she advised marketing executives acro...
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#27 Martin Kihn: Solicited Career Advice from 2018-08-27T22:55:20
Martin Kihn is an accomplished writer and one of the most in-demand marketing experts in the field of advertising. One of his books was titled House of Lies based on his experience as a...
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#26 Chef Michael Mina: His Recipe for Building an Empire from 2018-07-29T05:15:09
Michael Mina is an award-winning chef based in San Francisco who has built an empire with over 40 restaurants around the world. He was the executive chef at AQUA from 1993-2002 and his flagship ...
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#25 Ryan Hawk: How to Be Everyone's Favorite Leader from 2018-03-22T07:24:11
Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show which is a world class podcast where he's interviewed 250 of the most thoughtful leaders including Simon Sinek, Seth Godin, Adam Grant, and Kat ...
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#24 Phil Jones: Exactly What to Say from 2018-02-12T00:38:57
Phil Jones is a world-class sales trainer and best-selling author. He began a career in sales at a young age and eventually developed his own sales training workshop. Fast forward and he's deliv...
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#23 Mario Lopez: Health tips, Hollywood and Career Advice from 2017-11-18T22:04:56
Mario Lopez is currently the host on Extra. He's one of the top hosts in Hollywood. You know him from Saved by the Bell and he's been on Dancing with the Stars.
Mario has had a great car...
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#22 Alex Ikonn: Co-founder of Luxy Hair and The 5-Minute Journal from 2017-11-12T00:03:41
Alex Ikonn is an entrepreneur who co-founded Luxy Hair which provides high quality hair extensions. He helped grow the Luxy Hair YouTube channel to one of the most visited channels which has ove...
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#21 Ayesha Curry: How the MVP in the Kitchen is Building Her Empire from 2017-08-02T23:45:07
Ayesha Curry is literally catching on fire. The mompreneur of two has been coined the Martha Stewart for millennials. Following the recent success of her cookbook, The Seasoned Life (available o...
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#20 Ernie Johnson: How to Embrace the Unpredictable Moments in Life from 2017-04-29T08:22:57
Ernie Johnson, Jr. is one of sport’s most respected and loved personalities. The three-time Sports Emmy Award winner and host of TNT’s “Inside the ...
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#19 John Kralik: How Gratitude Changed His Life from 2017-04-16T19:57:28
This is a special episode where Ryan Hawk, the host of The Learning Leader Show, interviews one of my favorite authors, John Kralik. His book, A Simple Act of Gratitude, greatly impacted my life...
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#18 Scott Sonenshein: Unlock the Power of Less from 2017-04-03T06:18:39
A groundbreaking approach to succeeding in business and life, using the science of resourcefulness
We often think the key to success and satisfaction is to get more: more money, time, and...
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#17 Dany Garcia: Hollywood Producer and The Rock's Business Manager from 2017-03-20T04:04:24
A mainstay in feature films and television, Dany Garcia (@DanyGarciaCo) has quickly become a powerhouse in Hollywood.
As CEO and founder of The Garcia Companies, a talent and media manage...
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#16 Ryan Estis: All In From Ad Exec to World Class Keynote Speaker from 2017-03-06T09:23:03
Ryan Estis has more than 20 years of experience as a top-performing sales professional and leader. As the former chief strategy officer for the McCann Worldgroup advertising agency NAS, he bring...
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#15 Stephen Chen: Landing $300K on Shark Tank&Making Healthy Living Easier for Pets from 2017-01-23T00:46:58
Stephen Chen (@petnostics) is the founder of Petnostics, a company that makes a line of at-home urine tests for pets to make healthy living easier for pets and their families. They've extended t...
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#14 Oren Klaff: Pitch Anything from 2016-12-26T22:21:01
Oren Klaff is the author of Pitch Anything which is a book that uses neuroscience to help position new ideas. Klaff is an investment banker by trade and he's used this methodology to raise over ...
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#13 Greylock's Dan Portillo: How to Assess Your Next Career Move from 2016-12-05T08:54:34
Dan Portillo is a talent parter at Greylock, Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firm that manages over $2 billion in investments. He helps build the teams for the startups in their portfol...
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#12 Pat Lencioni: Intentionally Building Great Teams from 2016-11-08T04:59:35
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management-consulting firm focused on organizational health. He has been described by The One-Minute Manager...
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#11 Keith Rabois: Be Incredibly Awesome At What You Do from 2016-10-16T06:17
Keith Rabois (@rabois) is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor. He worked early on at PayPal, Slide, Square, and LinkedIn. He's helped build amazing companies. He now works at Khosla Ventu...
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#10 Ayesha Curry: Turning Her Passion Project Into A Culinary Career from 2016-09-24T06:11:02
Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) is a chef and entrepreneur, you may know her as the wife of NBA superstar, Stephen Curry. Ayesha has been sharing delicious recipes on Instagram and on her blog (ayes...
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#9 Ryan Hawk: How to Master Your Time to Achieve Sustained Success from 2016-08-01T02:13:36
Ryan Hawk (@RyanHawk12) is the host of The Learning Leader Show which is a world-class podcast on iTunes. After getting his MBA he was considering getting his PhD but the curriculum didn't reson...
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#8 Simon Sinek: How Anyone Can Be The Leader They Wish They Had from 2016-05-31T02:50:45
Simon Sinek's (@simonsinek) mission is to create a world where people are inspired to go to work. Through his speaking and writing he has helped leaders and organizations find their "why". He ha...
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#7 Spencer West: Why Asking for Help is a Sign of Courage from 2016-05-09T06:49:30
Spencer West (@spencer2thewest) is a motivational speaker for ME to WE and an ambassador for Free the Children. He travels around the globe speaking to schools and organizations about his messag...
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#6 Srinivas Rao - Lessons interviewing 600 creatives from 2016-04-28T22:41:40
Srinivas Rao (@UnmistakableCEO) is the founder of Unmistakable Media, a creative agency that hosts an incredible podcast where Srini has interviewed over 600 creative people. You can listen to t...
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#5 How Aubrey Marcus built Onnit into a $28 million business in 5 years from 2016-04-05T04:47:11
Aubrey Marcus (@AubreyMarcus) is the founder of Onnit, a sports nutrition company that has gone from 0 to $28 million in 5 years. Their philosophy is "total human optimization." Onnit also produ...
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#4 Shark Tank's Daymond John from 2016-02-21T06:19:59
Daymond John (@thesharkdaymond) is known for being an investor on ABC's Shark Tank. He was also the co-founder and CEO of the fashion clothing line, FUBU. He's recently published a new book call...
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4: How The Roots Of Fight Clothing Brand Went Viral from 2016-01-20T06:34:56
When I saw Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wearing a retro Mike Tyson T-shirt at the gym on Instagram I was pumped! Listen
Mike Robbins On Trusting The Moment And Getting Out Of Your Own Way from 2016-01-20T06:20:29
How P90X's Tony Horton Got Unstuck And Achieved Greatness from 2016-01-20T05:56:53
#3 Jesse Katz: The Unconventional Story of How the Roots of Fight Clothing Brand Went Viral from 2016-01-08T06:31
Jesse Katz is the co-founder of Roots of Fight, a clothing brand that's gone viral. He's brokered licensing deals with legendary fighters including Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Lee. The b...
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#2 Mike Robbins: Presence, Appreciation, and Identifying With Your Work from 2015-12-06T06:31:21
Mike Robbins is the author of 3 books and his latest, Nothing Changes Until You Do is a guide to self-compassion. He was a pitcher at Stanford and he went on to play for the Kansas City Royals. ...
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#1 Tony Horton: Achieving Your Full Potential from 2015-10-26T03:56:01
We sit down Tony Horton, the creator of the #1 home fitness program, P90X. We discuss fitness, his road to achieving more, his bachelor party, and other fascinating anecdotes like how he overcam...
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