Best Benchmark Business Sales Podcasts (2025)

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4 Tips To Make Content Creation Much Faster! 12:13

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🚀 Want to create content faster without sacrificing quality? In this video, I’m sharing 4 powerful tips that will help you speed up your content creation process—so you can stay consistent, save time, and focus on growing your business. Whether you're creating videos, blogs, social posts, or all of the above, these time-saving strategies will help …

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20Growth: The Death of Growth Teams? | How Hubspot Use AI to Triple Email Conversion | The Future of AI SEO | Why Prompt Engineering is the New Coding | What Every CMO Needs to Know About AI in 2025 1:15:51

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Kieran Flanagan is the CMO at HubSpot, where he’s led the transformation of their growth strategy from SEO-led to multi-channel and AI-powered. Formerly SVP of Marketing, he helped scale HubSpot’s user base to millions and revenue past $2B. Before HubSpot, he drove breakout growth at Marketo and Salesforce. Kieran is one of the most respected voice…

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20VC: Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Acquired by Meta | OpenAI’s SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue | Privat Equity is Back: Olo Bought for $2BN | Microsoft Lays Off 9,000 People: Is This Just ... 1:07:29

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Agenda: [00:00] The AI Talent Crisis No One’s Ready For [03:00] Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman: Why Two Legendary VCs Walked Away From $1B to Join Meta [12:00] Meta’s AI Talent Magnet: Will It Actually Work? [15:00] Cursor Is Breaking the Market: Can Anyone Compete? [18:30] OpenAI’s SBC Bombshell: More Stock Comp Than Revenue [22:00] CoreWeave’s Pow…

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Prescient Therapeutics (ASX: PTX) - Groundbreaking Phase 2 Progress | Unlocking Cancer Therapies 16:05

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In this exclusive interview, Jess Fertig hosts James McDonnell, CEO of Prescient Therapeutics (ASX: PTX), a biotech innovator in the healthcare sector. Discover how PTX's lead asset, PTX 100, is advancing through crucial Phase 2 trials targeting cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL), with promising response rates and minimal serious adverse events. Jame…

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How To Find Your Target Audience & Reach Them 14:20

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How to Find Your Target Audience (For ANY Product or Service!) Want to lower your ad costs, increase your conversion rates, and make your marketing more effective? It all starts with knowing exactly who you’re selling to. In this video, I’ll walk you through how to identify your target audience—step by step. You’ll learn how to: - Uncover the true …

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Develop a Scalable Business 12:09

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Processes for creating a scalable business Create high profit margins Create adaptable businessBy Joe Pici

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20VC: Scott Galloway on Are Billionaires Happy & The Impact of Money on Psychology and Self-Worth | Becoming a Better Father & Husband | Why We Should Drink More and Not Work From Home | The Tinder Effect ... 1:10:50

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Scott Galloway is a Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern, where he’s taught for over two decades. He’s the founder of several successful companies, including L2 (acquired by Gartner for over $150M), Red Envelope, and Prophet. He’s a New York Times bestselling author of four books on business and tech, and co-hosts the award-winning Pivot podcast. Ga…

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20VC: Figma's IPO: The Full Breakdown | Index Returns $3.5BN on Two Deals | Why Melio's $2.5BN Acquisition is "Discouraging" | Asana's New CEO and the Great Founder Exodus | Oracle's $30BN AI Deal and ... 1:11:17

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AGENDA: 00:00 – $400B in AI CapEx: Rational Investment or Madness? 05:00 – Figma's IPO: Rule of 80, $1.5B in cash, 40% margins. Unreal. 08:00 – Adobe Screwed the Deal—Should They Have Just Bought Canva? 16:00 – Pay-to-Play Deals: Heroic Hail Mary or Guaranteed Write-Off? 21:30 – How Index Is Returning $3.5B on 2 Deals 24:00 – Melio’s $2.5B Exit: In…

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#48 - Why You Need To Learn How To Cheat, Deceive & Manipulate 29:56

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Bruce Coudrey and Peter Spinda explore the uncomfortable but essential truth about business: if you don’t understand manipulation, you’re vulnerable to it. This episode is not about encouraging unethical behaviour. It’s about understanding dark psychology, recognising the tactics used by others, and developing the tools to protect yourself, negotia…

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The Rockstar CMO Studio: Cathy’s Orchestrated Content 29:59

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This week, Cathy McKnight, Chief Problem Solver at Seventh Bear, makes her monthly visit to the studio and Ian and Cathy dive into content operations and orchestration. Is it more inside baseball wordy word bullshit, a technology platform or something that organizations really care about? Some talking points from their conversation: Understanding c…

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I'm Not A Marketer! I Just Want To Run My Business! 14:59

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In this episode, we’re talking about the real struggle of trying to grow your business while juggling social media, emails, ads, and content creation. You didn’t start your business to become a full-time marketer—but marketing is essential if you want more customers and consistent income. 🎯 You’ll learn: - Why feeling frustrated with marketing is t…

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Terra Uranium (ASX: T92) - Major Tungsten & Critical Metals Target | Strategic Growth Insights 22:45

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In this exclusive interview, Jess Fertig welcomes Andrew Vigar, Chairman of Terra Uranium (ASX: T92.ASX), to discuss the company's exciting strategic moves into critical minerals like tungsten, tin, molybdenum, and bismuth. Discover how Terra Uranium is leveraging innovative technologies such as optical sorting to unlock the potential of the Glen E…

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Tambourah Metals (ASX: TMB) - Gold & Critical Minerals Hotspot | Tambourah's Exciting Future 13:55

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In this exclusive interview, Rita Brooks, Exec Chair of Tambourah Metals (ASX: TMB), shares exciting updates on the company's exploration strategies in Western Australia’s renowned gold and critical minerals regions. Discover how Tambourah's drilling program is uncovering high-grade gold, antimony, and silver prospects with tremendous upside potent…

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Barton Gold (ASX: BGD) - Uncovering Massive Growth & Strategic Assets + Gold Sector Insights 29:12

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In this exclusive interview, Alexander Scanlon, MD & CEO of Barton Gold Holdings (ASX: BGD), sits down with Jess Fertig to reveal the company’s strategic outlook and exciting milestones. Discover how Barton Gold is leveraging its existing infrastructure and regional assets to unlock $2.7 billion in free cash flow, with a pathway to 150,000+ oz annu…

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The Power of Scaling your Business 13:20

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Breaking the bottlenecks Utilizing automation The importance of cash flowBy Joe Pici

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20VC: Inside KKR's Monster $8BN European Fund | The $500M Turkey Gamble That Went Wrong | Do Andreessen & General Catalyst Scare KKR? | Will AI Kill the PE Model? | Can The PE Model Survive without IPOs ... 1:01:32

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Philipp Freise is Co-Head of European Private Equity at KKR, where he manages the largest private fund in Europe with $8BN in the latest fund. Philip has led KKR's investments in FGS Global, Superstruct, Axel Springer SE, BMG Rights Management, Fotolia, GetYourGuide, GfK SE, Leonine, Mediawan SAS, Scout24 Switzerland and Trainline. Previously, Phil…

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Episode 18, Part 1 - Building a Winning Sales Culture, with Alex Olley 26:55

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We explore the founding journey behind a high-growth SaaS business (Reachdesk), with its founder, Alex Olley, highlighting the importance of grit, cultural alignment, and hiring for mindset over pedigree. We discuss how their values, “be bold, learn fast, get things done”, shape a resilient team and how a structured, scorecard-driven hiring process…

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The Rose and Rockstar: Educating the LLMs 27:28

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Welcome to The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, Robert Rose, behind the bar serving one of his splendid cocktails while our host Ian Truscott, a CMO but not a rockstar, picks his brain on a marketing topic. This week, on Ian’s mind is whether we should be educating LLMs with our content, and Robert suggests that ther…

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#47 - Designing Success 28:53

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Success doesn’t just happen - it’s designed. In this episode, we break down what it really means to design your own success in business. From setting intentional goals to building systems that support your vision, we’re diving into the habits, mindset, and strategies that help you take control of your own journey.…

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20Sales: How to Layer Enterprise Sales on PLG | How to Sell AI Tools To Enterprises That Are Scared | Should Reps Own Their Own Pipeline | Mistakes All Founders Make When Moving From Founder-Led to Rep ... 1:17:24

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Kim Graves is GM, Americas at Notion, where she oversees all Sales and Customer Success efforts across the region. She brings extensive experience in building and scaling high-performing sales organizations, most notably at Slack where she helped grow revenue from $6M to over $1.5B. In addition to her operational role, Kim serves as a founding part…

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20VC: Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross Bought with Zuck's $100BN AI Budget | Navan Files to Go Public and Canva Pulls the Brakes: Why and What Happens | Why Larry Ellison is the Smartest Man in Tech | Substance ... 1:13:57

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Agenda: 04:21 - The Meta Acquisition Bombshell: Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross Join Facebook?! 06:00 - Facebook’s $100 Billion Gamble: Can Zuck Buy the Future? 09:27 - The “Magic Room” Theory: Why Only Insiders Get Billion-Dollar Paydays 11:27 - Is Loyalty Dead in Silicon Valley? The Great Talent Exodus 16:00 - Harvey’s $5 Billion Valuation: Genius or…

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Rockstar CMO Studio: Budget Benchmarking 36:48

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This week, our host, Ian Truscott, and Principal Analyst at Cleantech Insiders, Jeff Clark, dive into budget benchmarks as Ian picks Jeff's brain about his experience doing this for enterprise clients at Forrester. They discuss Jeff’s 5 tips: Why is benchmarking important? Don’t confuse a peer set with your competitive landscape Comparing apples wi…

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Gain A Competitive Edge Over Your Competition 12:40

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Gain a competitive edge Define your uniquness Outwork your competitorsBy Joe Pici

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20VC: The Wild Story Raising $450M From Masa and Softbank | Why My Biggest Mistakes Came From Listening to VCs | Why 100 VCs Turned Us Down | Why European Founders Are Tougher Than US Founders with Johannes ... 1:16:45

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Johannes Reck is the Founder and CEO of GetYourGuide, the $2BN company that started with a holiday to China and nothing to do. For the first two years, GetYourGuide received only 5 bookings. Today the platform is worth $2BN. They have raised from some of the best, including an amazing story with Masa Son and Softbank. In Today’s Episode We Discuss:…

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The Rose & Rockstar: The From Line 26:37

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Welcome to The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, Robert Rose, behind the bar serving one of his splendid cocktails while our host Ian Truscott, a CMO but not a rockstar, picks his brain on a marketing topic. This week, on Ian’s mind is is the importance of individual credibility vs brands in content marketing and what…

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20Product: How Duolingo Build Product 10x Faster with AI | Duolingo's Biggest Lessons on Paywalls, Push Notifications and In-App Purchases | Why Small Teams are the Future of Product | Why PMs Will Become ... 1:19:24

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Cem Kansu is the Chief Product Officer at Duolingo, where he leads product strategy for over 90 million monthly active learners. Since joining Duolingo, Cem has played a pivotal role in driving record user engagement, revenue growth, and product innovation, including the launch of Duolingo Math and the wildly successful Duolingo Music. Under his le…

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Vibe Coding and The Rise of AI Agents with Amjad Masad and Yohei Nakajima 58:59

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Amjad Masad (@amasad), founder and CEO of Replit, and Yohei Nakajima (@yoheinakajima), Managing Partner at Untapped Capital, joined Village Global partner Ben Casnocha for a live masterclass with Village Global founders. Takeaways: AI agents are rapidly evolving, with coding and deep research agents showing the most traction today. But general-purp…

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The Neuroscience of Workplace Culture: What Every Leader Should Know 1:00:38

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Catherine Williams sits down with Mark Sparvell, author of Good Brain Bad Brain and head of social learning initiatives at Microsoft. Together, they explore the neuroscience behind leadership, emotional intelligence, and the human capacity to thrive amid stress and change. Catherine and Mark discuss how understanding the brain’s survival wiring—and…

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Captive Insurance: The Beer Distributor's Secret Weapon 1:00:41

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Health insurance costs are spiraling out of control for many beer wholesalers, with annual increases of 5-10% that seem impossible to escape. But what if there was a better way? What if you could not only stop these relentless increases but actually reduce costs while improving benefits? Erin Butler from BevCap Management reveals how beer distribut…

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20VC: Scale's $14.8BN Acquisition: Is Scale a Dead Man Walking / What Did Meta Buy | Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever | Ramp Hits $16BN Diluting Only 1% | Salesforce, Slack and Dropbox Falling Behind ... 1:06:44

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Agenda: 00:00 – Meta’s $14.8B Deal for Scale: The Analysis 05:40 – Will Scale Lose Their $800M ARR? Will All Customers Leave? 13:00 – Who is the Winner from All Scale Customers Leaving? 21:30 – Who Made the Most Money From Scale? 24:00 – LPs Just Got $14B Back. Are They Reinvesting? 26:45 – Chime IPO: The Breakdown 29:20 – Ramp Hits $16B Valuation:…

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Rockstar CMO Studio: What say you Simon? 40:09

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This week, our host, Ian Truscott, and our resident marketing strategist and former Forrester Research Director, Jeff Clark, are joined by a previous guest, friend of the show and former Forrester Analyst, Simon Daniels, now sharing his revenue and marketing operations expertise as an independent consultant with Percassity Associates. Recently, Sim…

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The Power of Mindset 10:32

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10 keys to building clarity and focus for a powerful midset.By Joe Pici

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EVE Health (ASX: EVE) & TeleDocs partner to revolutionise online prescriptions in Australia (w/ Damian Wood) 16:11

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EVE Health (ASX: EVE) chief executive officer Damian Wood joins Small Caps to discuss the formation of a strategic clinic partnership with TeleDocs Clinic. The collaboration agreement will deliver online prescribing access and nationwide opportunities to market an erectile dysfunction oral soluble film and a dysmenorrhea gummy through the strategic…

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20VC: How We Made $800M on Coursera | We Lost Money on Uber and Made Money on Lyft | We Did 3x on Postmates in 18 Months | DPI is King, MOIC is BS | We Dodged Theranos and I Still Lost Millions with Larry ... 1:34:40

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Larry Aschebrook is the Founder and Managing Partner of G Squared in what is one of the wildest stories of venture capital. Larry started G Squared with nothing, dialling for dollars having personally invested in Twitter and Uber. In his first fund, Larry made sizable bets into SpaceX, Palantir, Alibaba and Twitter. Larry has also had mega losses a…

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#46 - The Six P's 20:41

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The Six P's - a powerful framework every business owner should understand to build, grow, and sustain a successful business. From hiring the right People to refining your Processes, from protecting your Profit to delivering a standout Product, from knowing your Position in the market to proactive Planning - these six pillars are what separate thriv…

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Episode 17, Part 2 - Benchmarking Top Performers for a Sales Playbook, with Guy Rubin 20:14

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In part 2 of our talk with Guy Rubin, founder and CEO of Ebsta, we look at how sales organisations can drive growth by improving consistency across their entire go-to-market function. Guy highlights the widening performance gaps between top sellers and the rest, the shift toward full-cycle selling, and the crucial role of clean data, clear benchmar…

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The Rose & Rockstar: AI is Fiiiiiine 25:28

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Welcome to The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, Robert Rose, behind the bar serving one of his splendid cocktails while our host Ian Truscott, a CMO but not a rockstar, picks his brain on a marketing topic. This week, Mary Meeker, who some describe as the queen of the internet, has published a 340-page report called …

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Profit by the Numbers: Creative Financial Analysis for Beer Wholesalers 1:12:21

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In this financial workshop with with RJ Martucci from PKF O’Connor Davies, we explore powerful and practical ways for beer wholesalers to get more value from their financial statements. Instead of just glancing at the P&L each month, RJ encourages a layered approach to financial analysis—using multiple tools and perspectives to uncover the full sto…

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Executing as a Best-In-Class Firm: Operational Excellence From The Inside of Over 50 VC Firms with Kristen Ostro of Strut Consulting 50:23

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Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, welcomes Kristen Ostro, founder and CEO of Strut Consulting, to discuss the foundational elements that set venture capital firms up for long-term success. Kristen shares how her career began under the mentorship of Dick Kramlich at NEA, where she was trained in the core values and operational excell…

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20VC: SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink: Elon’s Empire After the Firestorm | Are Circle and Coreweave Meme Stocks: IPO Analysis | Anduril Raises $2.6BN & Becomes Founders Fund's 1st and 2nd Largest Check Ever ... 1:16:12

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Agenda: 00:03 – Circle’s IPO: Investors Just Left $BNs on the Table 00:06 – CoreWeave & Circle: Are We Back to Meme Stock Madness? 00:11 – Should Stripe and Databricks Finally Go Public? 00:17 – US Stock Markets: How They DOMINATE the Global Game 00:21 – 50% of Unicorns Are DOOMED. What Happens Now? 00:25 – Founders Fund Just Dropped $1B on Anduril…

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The Rockstar CMO Studio: 5 F'in' Event Tips 37:36

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This week, our host, Ian Truscott, and our resident marketing strategist and former Forrester Research Director, Jeff Clark, discuss event planning. Inspired by a recently published report from Forester that shared that, for the second consecutive year, budgets are flat or down for two-thirds of event teams. In this episode, they discuss: Make each…

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The Power of Benchmarking and Setting Milestones 12:38

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Itentify Gaps Set Realistic Goals Create Innovation Track Progress Boost Motivation Improve Focus Create ClarityBy Joe Pici

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20VC: Fiverr CEO: ‘If You’re Not Adapting to AI, F* You. You’re Done | Why "Time to Copy" is the Most Important Metric in Startups Today | Why 99% of AI Companies Today Will Die | Why Governments Will ... 1:06:00

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Micha Kaufman is the Founder and CEO of Fiverr, the leading online marketplace for freelance services. Fiverr has had an insane ride in the public markets, in 2019 the company went public with a $650M market cap, at their peak that hit over $8BN. Today, facing a wave of AI, the company has a market cap of $1.121BN on an estimated $430M EOY revenues…

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The Rockstar CMO Solo: Creating ART with Content Marketing 39:46

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As it’s Saturday, you may be expecting our host Ian Truscott to be sipping a cocktail and picking the brains of Robert Rose in the Rose & Rockstar, our virtual bar. However, an overrunning appointment means Robert didn’t make it to the bar, so Ian goes solo. For this last-minute solo, Ian picks a topic he recently shared in a webinar for Marketing …

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20VC: The Science of Storytelling: Three Steps to Master the Perfect Story | From Near Death Experience to Unicorn Startup: The Untold Story of Omaze with Matt Pohlson 1:25:51

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Matt Pohlson is the co-founder and Chairman of Omaze, the most insane story in startups that you have never heard. From near death experience to working with Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and The Pope. Omaze has raised over $200 million for charity by offering once-in-a-lifetime celebrity experiences and luxury house draws. He's a master st…

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#45 - Who's The Boss? 24:07

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Bruce and Peter explore the idea of leadership from a different angle. What does it actually mean to be ‘in charge’? Who really holds the power to shape a business, its culture, and its future?By Benchmark Business Sales & Valuations

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The Secret to Startup M&A: How To Set Your Companies Up for Big Outcomes with Ezra Roizen of Advsr 55:20

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Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, sits down with Ezra Roizen, General Manager of Advsr and author of "The Magic Box Paradigm," to demystify the world of startup mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on Jacob’s private podcast, VC Mastermind, which we are cross-posting on the Village Global podcast. Drawing on decades of experience as both …