Best Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Podcasts (2025)

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Bree Kellum Ballogun: Cultivating Client Relationships 28:27

3+ y ago28:27

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Bree Kellum Balogun is the Senior Director of Account Management at Revolt Media and TV. Throughout her career, she's worked with major brands such as Walmart, Fiat, Coca-Cola, and more. In this episode, Bree chats with Aize Asowata, the Marketing Manager at Comcast NBCUniversal. You'll walk away with tips on how to build trust, set boundaries, and…

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Kendra Bracken-Ferguson: Telling Your Brand Story 28:18

3+ y ago28:18

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Kendra Bracken-Ferguson is a digital marketer, brand architect, and entrepreneur. She's worked with companies such as Ralph Lauren, AT&T, Under Armour, Sally Beauty, helping them develop the next evolution of their digital media. In this episode, Kendra chats with Kia Brooks, the founder of the Gotham Film and Media Institute’s Owning It program. T…

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How to Build a More Diverse Talent Pool 33:31

4y ago33:31

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Marlin Williams is the vice president of diversity and inclusion at StockX, where she’s responsible for driving the development, execution, and maintenance of a comprehensive diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy. Tani Brown is Jopwell’s head of community. In her role, she leads marketing and growth, while creating spaces for the community of B…

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Cultivating a More Inclusive Company Culture 28:59

4y ago28:59

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Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is a professor at the University of Colorado who studies how unconscious bias affects the evaluation of leaders, and Andrea Perdomo is the network catalyst of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at Techstars. In this episode, Stefanie and Andrea chat with Juan Otero about how both founders and employees can foster a mo…

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Creating an Equitable Workplace 31:03

4y ago31:03

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Rashaad Lambert is an award-winning marketing architect, philanthropist, and community builder. In his role as director of culture and community for Forbes, he's establishing the media brand as a preeminent community for black and brown entrepreneurs. Chris Anderson is the director of community learning and love, and Alicia Agnew is the people oper…

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Nir Bashan: How to Cultivate a Creative Mentality 28:37

4y ago28:37

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Nir Bashan is a creativity expert and the CEO and founder of The Creator Mindset Consulting. Through his business, Nir has taught thousands of people how to harness the power of creativity to improve profitability, increase sales, and ultimately create more meaning in their work. His clients have included big-name companies like AT&T, JetBlue, and …

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AirBnB’s Chip Conley on The Modern Elder At Work 30:44

4+ y ago30:44

30:44

Chip Conley began his career as a hotel entrepreneur when, at age 26, he founded some of the first boutique hotels in the industry. Chip sold his business at 52 and was recruited by Airbnb to serve as its head of global hospitality and strategy while also mentoring its CEO, Brian Chesky. His experience led him to open the Modern Elder Academy in Ba…

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Emily Heyward: Building A Brand People Love 30:03

4+ y ago30:03

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Emily Heyward is a ground-breaking entrepreneur and branding expert that has helped companies like Casper and Allbirds become household names. She was named as one of the Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Decade by Inc. Magazine and was selected as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Most Powerful Women of 2019. In this episode, Emily and Danielle wil…

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Shanel Fields: How to Recruit the Right Investors 33:26

4+ y ago33:26

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Shanel Fields is the dynamic Founder and CEO of telemedicine service MD Ally. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Techstars, a startup accelerator. Throughout Shanel’s career, she has combined her technology expertise and passion for healthcare equality to bring innovation to the public safety space. In this episode, Shanel and Danie…

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Yancey Strickler: Better Decisions that will Kickstart Your Company 47:13

4+ y ago47:13

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Yancey Strickler cofounded Kickstarter, the global crowdfunding platform for founders. Kickstarter went on to become the number one network in the world for supporting and growing new creative ideas. More recently, he has written a book called This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World. In this episode, Yancey chats with Comcas…

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Alex Kantrowitz: How The Tech Titans Still Operate Like Startups 29:15

4+ y ago29:15

29:15

Alex Kantrowitz is the founder of Big Technology, a independent newsletter and podcast that focuses on the tech giants. He’s the author of Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever, a book that explores how even the most successful companies still operate like startups. In this episode, Alex and Danielle chat about the Always …

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Cal Fussman: Lessons from World Leaders and Icons 24:07

4+ y ago24:07

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Cal Fussman is a New York Times bestselling author, longtime Esquire writer, corporate consultant, and host of the Big Questions podcast. He’s best known for his column in Esquire magazine, where he’s interviewed leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Jeff Bezos, Muhammad Ali, and so many more. In this episode, Cal chats with Luke Butler, Senior Direct…

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Natalie Nixon: Balancing Wonder and Rigor to Stay Creative 38:21

5y ago38:21

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Natalie W. Nixon is a PHD, strategist, and a regular contributor to INC online magazine. Her latest book The Creativity Leap, provides a fresh look into how to cultivate creativity in the workplace. In this episode, Keenan Corrigan chats with Natalie about her wide-ranging background in cultural anthropology, fashion, and service design. You’ll lea…

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Shauna Griffiths: Don't Just Work from Home, LEAD from Home 18:41

5y ago18:41

18:41

Shauna Griffiths is a dynamic, hybrid-marketer who has successfully worked and led remotely for the last 5 years. She was named a 2017 Game Changer by SportsBusiness Journal, and was selected as one of the 2017 HATCH 100. In this episode, Shauna and Danielle will chat about ways you can not only work from home, but LEAD from home during the COVID c…

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Rohit Bhargava: How to Think in Non-Obvious Ways 28:10

5y ago28:10

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Rohit Bhargava is an innovation and marketing expert and the founder of the Non-Obvious Company. He spent 15 years as a marketing strategist for Ogilvy and Leo Burnett, is a Wall Street Journal best selling author of six business books, and a professor of marketing and innovation at Georgetown University. In this episode, Rohit will map out ways co…

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David Marquet: Leadership Empowered by the Military 15:14

5y ago15:14

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David Marquet is a retired U.S. Naval Captain who spent years managing nuclear submarines. Now, decades later, he’s using the skills he learned 800 feet underwater to maneuver leadership in the workplace. In 2013, he published “Turn this Ship Around!”, his first in a series of books that explore effective, empowering leadership. In this episode, Lu…

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Kelly Hoey: Building Your Network From Home 29:19

5y ago29:19

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Kelly Hoey is a networking expert, and the author of Build Your Dream Network: Forging Powerful Relationships In A Hyper-Connected World. Kelly has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Business Insider, and just this year EBW included her on their list of the “100 Most Influential Global Leaders Empowering Women Worldwide”. In this episode, K…

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Steven Levy: The Inside Story of Facebook 20:36

5y ago20:36

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Steven Levy is the editor-at-large at WIRED Magazine and has written multiple books about technology, cryptography, the internet, cybersecurity, and privacy. He was named as America’s Premier Technology Journalist by The Washington Post. His Latest book, Facebook: The Inside Story digs deep into the story of the once-in-a-generation unicorn company…

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Bob Moore: Building and Growing a Company During a Crisis 25:16

5y ago25:16

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Bob Moore is Co-Founder and CEO of Crossbeam, a data platform that helps companies discover which customers and leads they have in common. Before Crossbeam, Bob cofounded and sold two other successful companies, and his writing about technology, startups, and data has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and numerous oth…

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Zaza: Why You Should Consider Applying for a Startup Accelerator 26:05

5y ago26:05

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Sumorwuo Zaza is the CEO and Co-Founder of NICKL, a software company focused on making it easy to access quality news and information. Prior to this he was Director of the International division at HuffPost. In that role he defined product strategy across content creation, distribution, and monetization for 17 international properties, and oversaw …

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Howard Gray: Watching Out for Blind Spots in Your Thinking 21:29

5y ago21:29

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Howard Gray is a startup advisor, leadership coach, and podcast host. He has founded and exited two companies, managed the tours of performing artists, and even has been a DJ himself. And while he was finding success across his many different skill sets, he started to recognize another skill he had: executive coaching. He’s crafted programs for exe…

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David Meerman Scott: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans 29:27

5y ago29:27

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David is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, advisor, and author of several bestselling books. He and his daughter, Reiko, collaborated to write David’s latest book: “Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans.” In this episode, David chats about the importance of turning your customers into fans. You’ll also hear some tips an…

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Randi Zuckerberg: From Facebook to Broadway 52:20

5y ago52:20

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Randi Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur, author, Tony-award winning producer. She spent years in Silicon Valley as the director of market development for Facebook. Later, she founded the production company Zuckerberg Media. Randi has authored several books, performed in a Broadway production of Rock of Ages, and created Dot., a children’s television sh…

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John Maeda: How Computational Thinking Can Transform Your Business 15:27

5y ago15:27

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John Maeda is one of the world's preeminent interdisciplinary thinkers on technology and design. In How to Speak Machine, he offers a set of simple laws that govern not only the computers of today, but the unimaginable machines of the future. In this episode, John chats with our producer Kevin Chemidlin about the incredible benefits of growing comp…

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Ben Nemtin: From Crippling Depression to Playing Hoops With Obama 24:21

5+ y ago24:21

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Ben Nemtin is a TV producer, motivational speaker, and New York Times bestselling author. He co-founded and produced The Buried Life, an MTV documentary series that explores the art of fulfilling your wildest dreams in unconventional ways. Ben is a motivational speaker and an advocate for mental health awareness. In this episode, Ben discusses his …

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Josh Kopelman: Early Investor of Uber, Blue Apron, and Rover on What Makes a Great Founder 27:00

5+ y ago27:00

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Josh Kopelman co-founded First Round Capital in 2004 to reinvent seed-stage investing. Since that time, the firm has invested in over 300 emerging technology startups – becoming one of the most active venture capital firms in the country. Josh has consistently made the Forbes “Midas List” which ranks the top 100 tech investors, earning the number f…

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Tobias Peggs: Feeding the World Through the Power of Scale 17:49

5+ y ago17:49

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Tobias Peggs is CEO of Square Roots Urban Growers, hyper-local indoor farms spread across the boroughs of New York City and Grand Rapids. Tobias has been involved in the creation and growth of early-stage internet companies since the mid-90s. Before Square Roots, Tobias was CEO of Boulder-based OneRiot. Tobias led OneRiot through its transition fro…

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Marc Randolph: The Founding CEO of Netflix 27:03

5+ y ago27:03

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Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in…

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Carolyn Horner, Due Quach, Ellen Weber: A Discussion with Female Founders & Funders 1:10:38

5+ y ago1:10:38

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Earlier this year, we were inspired by our community to launch a female founder and funder meetup group for women to ask each other off-the-record questions. It’s become a popular place for insights on everything from founding to fundraising. Today, we’re giving you a seat at that table, in a roundtable discussion moderated by Danielle Cohn. We’ll …

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Danish Dhamani: How the Founder of Orai Overcame His Fear of Public Speaking to Give a TEDx Talk 16:00

5+ y ago16:00

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Danish’s Dhamani's vision is to empower people around the world to overcome their fear of public speaking and to become a better communicator. As a first-generation immigrant, for whom English is a second language, the fear of public speaking haunted Danish throughout his early life. By constant practicing and coaching, he soon realized that people…

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Erica Williams Simon: Founder of the Creator's Lab at Snapchat on the Power of Storytelling 23:37

5+ y ago23:37

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Erica Williams Simon is an award-winning host, social critic, entrepreneur and author focused on exploring the truth of who we are and how we want to live. The self-described “professional question asker” and former Head of The Creator’s Lab at Snapchat is the founder and CEO of Sage House, a company that creates spaces, both in-person and online, …

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Kiera Smalls and Jennifer Maher: How to Build a Tech Ecosystem For Everyone 15:08

6y ago15:08

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Even though it’s 2019, the gender gap in the tech industry is still huge. So at Philly Startup Leaders Entrepreneur Expo, a flagship event of Philly Tech Week, we sat down with two women who are beating the odds in the tech world. Jennifer Maher is the CEO over at 1776, a business incubator that has roots in Pennsylvania, DC, and Virginia. Kiera Sm…

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Andreessen Horowitz Managing Partner Scott Kupor: The Secrets of Sand Hill Road 27:39

6y ago27:39

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Scott Kupor is the Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. There, he is responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. He has been with the firm since its inception in 2009, and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+, and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. In this episode, you’…

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Todd Bonin: CNBC Executive Producer on How to Pitch to Wall Street TV 14:51

6y ago14:51

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Todd Bonin is a Senior Executive Producer over CNBC. He produces two live shows—Squawk on the Street and Squawk Alley—right on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. For years, he’s been covering up-and-coming companies and technology in the midst of all the action on Wall Street. Today, Todd’s going to give us some of the do’s and don'ts of pit…

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Christopher Wink: Lessons of a 10-year Journey from Journalist to CEO 27:44

6y ago27:44

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Philly Tech Week brings together hundreds of innovators and entrepreneurs from the Philly startup community. It’s one big adrenaline rush for Philadelphia’s tech scene. And it’s impossible to imagine a Philly Tech Week without Christopher Wink, CEO and co-founder of Technically Media. Chris has been heading Technically Philly for the past decade. H…

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Kevin O'Leary: How to Pitch to a Shark 26:36

6y ago26:36

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Kevin O'Leary is an investor, businessman, and author best known as one of the Sharks on Shark Tank. In this episode, you’ll hear what Shark Tank investors are looking for when they’re pitched. He'll share lessons in success that he’s learned from his portfolio companies. And, you’ll even hear how, in its early seasons, he used data to improve and …

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Nolan Bushnell and the Power of Iteration: How a Training Exercise Became "Pong" 19:25

6y ago19:25

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Nolan Bushnell is best known as the creator of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese, though he has founded over 20 companies. In this episode, you’ll hear the story of how Nolan launched the consumer video game industry with his invention of Pong. He’ll also provide actionable insight on product iteration and early customer feedback. This discussion was recor…

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Michelle Caffrey: How to Have Your Story Told by the Media 14:01

6y ago14:01

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Michelle Caffrey is a reporter who covers technology and education for the Philadelphia Business Journal. In this conversation, she’ll share tips and advice for entrepreneurs who are looking to have their company or product featured in the press. She'll suggest specific ways to really make your product’s story worth telling, she’ll talk about some …

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Alex Banayan: Lessons from Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, and Larry King & How Every Entrepreneur Can Get Into The Right Room 27:06

6y ago27:06

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Alex Banayan is a 26-year-old who has spent the past 7 years interviewing some of the most successful people in the world, including Lady Gaga, Larry King, and Bill Gates. The common theme: every successful person has found a "Third Door," or an alternative path to massive breakthroughs in success. In this episode, he shares how every entrepreneur …

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