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Corporate Thought
by Marc Marling
Corporate Thought, a podcast where we discuss some of the stickier sides of building a business, mentorship, leadership and the life of an entrepreneur through the stories of the people who have been there. Join us every Wednesday for a new conversation with a different business or thought leader.
Episodes
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Energy is a Balance Sheet
Mid afternoon has a way of catching up with you, and most people blame the wrong thing. This week, Marc expands on the Monday Letter that started the conversation: energy as an actual balance sheet, with deposits, withdrawals, and debt that compounds in both directions. A story from early in his...
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The Advisor's First Question
It's Labor Day weekend with nothing on the calendar, and Marc notices himself doing something familiar: filling open time with small tasks instead of sitting with the bigger question underneath. That observation becomes the entry point for this week's topic, the first question a real advisor…
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In the Room - The Military Psychologist
Every trusted advisor eventually asks the same question. When someone is carrying something heavy, who do they actually turn to? In this episode I sit down with Dr. Jenna Preston, a psychologist whose practice centers on active military service members, people operating under a kind of pressure...
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Reflections on Role and Value
For most of a career, you get told your value is what you can do. Close the deal. Take the call at midnight. Have the answer by morning. This week I'm sitting with a different question, one that came out of a visit to a nursing home, not a boardroom. What's actually left of a person's value once...
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The Consigliere Thesis
Tom Hagen was the model trusted advisor, until the story itself decided he wasn't tough enough for wartime. In this episode of Corporate Thought, Marc builds the real argument behind the project: why willingness to speak up isn't the differentiator people think it is, why most lawyers fail at...
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The Second Act
After thirty years building other people's things, Marc asks the question that finds every operator eventually: what runs because of you? In this launch episode of the new season of Corporate Thought, Marc introduces the craft at the center of everything ahead, the wartime consigliere, and makes…
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Episode 81: Creativity and International Expansion with Larry Harding
Marc talks with Larry Harding of the HSP Group on developing his business supporting the international expansion of others.
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Episode 80: The Entrepreneurial Mindset - Creativity. A conversation with Hank Ingram about aging whiskey
This episode is part of the Entrepreneurial Mindset series. This week we explore creativity as an aspect of the successful entrepreneur's mindset and learn how Hank Ingram came up with the idea to age whiskey on the Mississippi River on barges.
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Episode 79: Health and its impact on entrepreneurship with Weston LaBar of the People on the Move Podcast
Marc talks with Weston LaBar during Men's Health month to discuss physical and mental health and the importance of maintaining a healthy body and mind as an entrepreneur.
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Episode 78: A Conversation on Entrepreneurial Passion with Hank Ingram
Hank Ingram of OH Ingram River Aged Whiskey comes back to the show to discuss passion.
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Episode 77: Marc gets on his Soap Box about Incivility
Marc makes a brief detour to discuss the commencement speaker at his daughter's graduation and the topic of incivility in America
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Episode 76: Entrepreneurship - A Passion Project
Marc is joined by Erin Coupe of Authentically EC to discuss passion as an element of the Entrepreneurial Mindset. Erin can be reached at erincoupe.com
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Episode 75:Entrepreneurship 101
Marc introduces the entrepreneurial mindset to the conversation
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Conversation 74 - The Unintentional Entrepreneur Julie Noonan
Julie comes on to discuss the effects on business post covid and how older business leaders can learn from younger generations
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Conversation 73: Ira Wolfe on the State of Employment in the 21st Century...and lighter subjects too (Part 2)
A conversation with Ira Wolfe PART 1 Ira mentioned his TED Talk – you can find it here. Ira discussed the latest Generation – Alpha. In my typical searching, I found this great article in The Atlantic about Generation Alpha and the general issue of generational delineations. We had a lengthy...
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Conversation 72: Ira Wolfe on the State of Employment in the 21st Century...and lighter subjects too (Part 1)
A conversation with Ira Wolfe about the State of Employment in the 21st Century PART 1 Ira mentioned his TED Talk – you can find it here. Ira discussed the latest Generation – Alpha. In my typical searching, I found this great article in The Atlantic about Generation Alpha and the general issue…
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Conversation 71: My Communications with Sam George
Conversation 71: My Communications with Sam George Sam talked about working with both John Sperling and George Soros. I knew of Soros but did not know much about Sperling. Sam told the story of the changing of the term “Climate Change” from “Global Warming” and credited Republican strategist…
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Conversation 70: Experiencing Design with Karen Hold
Conversation 70: Experiencing Design with Karen Hold If you don’t know Folgers Coffee… When I think of law school graduates who never used the degree, I immediately think of my guest Joan Samson, please give my Conversation About Not Being A Doctor a listen if you have not done so before. The...
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Conversation 69: Raising Capital with Rob Bolandian
Conversation 69: Raising capital with Rob Bolandian Failures are acceptable! I went far afield on the question of NDAs. That of course got me looking and I found this good breakdown about non disclosure agreements. Rob can be reached at cambridgewilkinson.com
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Conversation 68: A Conversation about Leadership and Change with Coach Diana Cutaia
Conversation 68: A conversation about leadership and change with Coach Diana Cutaia. I couldn’t help but talk to Diana about Food Trucks. We also discussed the Living Room Theater, Powell’s Books and Voodoo Donuts. I enjoyed Diana’s take on The Great Resignationor as she sees it more The Great...
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Conversation 67: Now We're Cooking with Gas with Peter and Ginhee Ungar
Conversation 67: Now We’re Cooking with Gas with Peter and Ginhee Ungar The Tasting Counter is a unique dining experience – dining as theater as Minhee put it. You can buy a ticket to attend a lunch or dinner here. I told Peter and Ginhee about my conversation with Jesse Cole. To learn more about...
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Conversation 66: Learning how to Communicate with Lisa Beth Lentini Walker and Stef Tschida
Conversation 66: Learning how to communicate with Lisa Beth Lentini Walker and Stef Tschida I loved the concept of the Portfolio Lifestyle and did some deep digging into it, finding numerous articles including this one. Okay so I researched Problemtunity and of course found this video from Lisa...
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Conversation 65: Going Shopping with Rick Neuman
Going Shopping with Rick Neuman Rick told us about Canadian Tire, a chain I was completely unfamiliar with. Grocery Gateway was the expensive online grocery chain that Rick talked about. Rick works at Flipp which he explains at length. He told me that they are a great app to download before you...
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Conversation 64: A Masterclass in Learning from Your Customers with Kristin Zhivago
A Masterclass in Learning From Your Customers with Kristin ZhivagoI told Kristin about my conversation with Jesse ColeI mentioned Competing Against Luck by Clayton Christensen which I highly recommend reading.Kristin's book is Roadmap to Revenue available at AmazonKristin can be found at...
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Conversation 63: A "Fan"tastic Conversation with Jesse Cole
My “fan”tastic conversation with Jesse Cole We discussed 10 Ideas a Day, which I first learned about from James Altucher. Jesse mentioned Seth Godin’s quote on What is Remarkable? “Something worth talking about." Jesse mentioned a quote by Henry Ford about faster horses. Jesse was excited about…
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Conversation 62: O What a Conversation with Alicia Davon
O what a conversation with Alicia Davon Alicia talks about 5 Parts (Keys to a Successful Relationship) in the Davon Method: 1. Consciousness 2. Contact 3. Chemistry 4. Choreography 5. Cultivation Alicia is offering a free “love life” consultation. She can be reached by texting her at 415-308-9580...
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Conversation 61: Talking Social Media with Chris Naghibi
Conversation 61: Talking social media with Chris Naghibi Chris talks about the power of personal branding in social media. Chris realized put out good advice without selling anything has been key. I am highly confused by NFTs. Here is a primer. Chris mentioned understanding NFTs for the music...
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Conversation 60: Road Tripping with Stephanie Stuckey
Conversation 60: Road Tripping with Stephanie Stuckey Stephanie and I took a trip down memory lane for this episode but also discussed how her brand is being found by a new batch of fans. For those who don’t know South of the Border – it is a roadside attraction on the border of North Carolina…
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Conversation 59: 10xing with Michael Solomon
Conversation 59: 10xing with Michael Solomon Okay so first things first, is there a Brazilian fire ant? Yes there is! We spend a lot of time discussing 10x people and Michael does a great job of explaining it but here is a little piece of information to add to the discussion. Michael mentioned...
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Conversation 58: A dogleg with Anne Gannon
I had a great conversation with Anne Gannon. Anne is the principal of the Largo Group. I couldn’t remember where I lived so I had to remember that I lived in Middlesex County but Union County had great golf courses. Sleepy Hollow County Club was the location of Anne’s favorite golf memory. There...
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Conversation 57: Sipping Whiskey with Hank Ingram
Hank Ingram is the proprietor of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey. He brought some by for a tasting. We starting tasting his Flagship. Hank mentioned the term white dog, the clear spirit prior to aging, so I was curious to look up a bit more. I’m a lawyer so of course I was interested in the…
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Conversation 56: Honesty and a story
This is the first of a shorter version of the show. Today Marc tells a couple of stories and shares why his mom is his hero.
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Conversation 55: A conative brain discussion with Dr. Tom Tonkin
My conversation with Dr. Tom Tonkin. We had a wide ranging conversation. He dropped a lot of knowledge on us including the following tidbits: Tom has a background in NLP. Here is a brief overview of the inputs that Tom spoke of. Tom’s favorite British Statistician of the 1700s actually turns out…
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Conversation 54: A conversation that won't put you to sleep with Sean Folkson of Nightfood
I had a fantastic conversation with Sean Folkson. Here are some notes from our conversation:Sean grew up in Douglaston, in Queens. He was thankfully a New York Yankees fan but is mostly a hockey fan – New York Rangers fan. This started a 5 minute conversation about hockey. He mentioned the famous...
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Conversation 53: A conversation about sustainability with Debbie Levin
My conversation with Debbie Levin was one of my favorite conversations this year. Some notes from our conversation: Debbie went to USC film school and wanted to be a film critic. She did celebrity interviews that she got just by calling them. These included George Segal, Richard Dreyfuss and…
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Conversation 52: A magnifying conversation with Coach Jeff Chastain
Jeff is a transformational business coach. He the owner of Admentus and can be reached at Admentus.com. His website is full of great free resources and is a treasure trove of good information. He is also the host of the Building to Scale Podcast, available on his website and wherever you get...
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Conversation 51: Talking Disinformation with Congressman Denver Riggleman
Denver mentioned getting in fights at Friendly’s. There are not many of the iconic ice cream shops left. I failed to ask him what his favorite treat there was…I still remember the Jim Dandy fondly. We talk extensively about Denver’s book – but here is the link to Bigfoot, It’s Complicated. Denver...
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Conversation 50: Telling Stories with the Lovely Gabrielle Dolan
Uluru also known at Ayers Rock is a massive sandstone monolith in the “Red Center” of Australia. For more, watch this video. Never heard of the magpie or “Swoopers” attacking people – I wasn’t kidding. Gabrielle mentioned Stephen Denning. I was not familiar with him. I found numerous books he...
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Conversation 49: A conversation revealing a combination of luck and skill and the life it can bring with Anthony Hayes
Anthony grew up in Enid Oklahoma This is the Motorola Startac Flip-phone for those who don’t know Shonda Rhimes wrote The Year of Yes For the episode with Dave Almacy – see here This was recorded before the news became big about the Colonial Oil Pipeline but boy, was he prescient. Olivia Pope is…
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Conversation 48: A discussion on world problems with Delphine Carter
Delphine references Sweet Valley High. She was a product manager. To learn more about that job, check out this article What makes for an MVP (minimally viable product) Malcolm Gladwell’s TED Talk about Spaghetti Sauce Boulo is available at boulosolutions.com You can find Delphine and Boulo on...
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Conversation 47: A Career Changing Conversation with Tony Martignetti
I had a great conversation with Tony. A couple of items we discussed: RISD – Rhode Island School of Design Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself and podcast of the same nam and Build an A Team Tony used to buy people The Book of Mistakes by Skip Pritchard. He also recommends the classic The...
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31 Minutes: Where Marc wants to talk about personal branding and reputation management
Marc and Elizabeth talk about personal vs. corporate branding and reputation management.
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Conversation 46: Launching a New Business with Mike Yinger
Marc mentioned using Fiverr, a great resource for gig economy projects. We use Fiverr and Upwork (another similar site) to find experts on discrete projects. Marc and Mike talked about the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hseih Mike’s product is the Sieve not unlike a food sieve They can be…
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Conversation 45: Exploring the World with Pranam Lipinski
Pranam is a sanscrit word. Here is the definition. Pranam’s student club business – Door of Clubs Pranam mentioned one of my favorite books, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari He also mentioned Principles by Ray Dalio Two other books by Harari – Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Pranam’s...
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31 Minutes on fear, public speaking, podcasting and opera
Today we talk about just doing something to get over your fears as well as podcasting and opera and we drop knowledge bombs for 31 Minutes
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Conversation 44: Discovering the Meaning of Life with Erin Coupe
Erin’s words that changed everything: WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS? WHERE IS THE MEANING? Erin tells the story of the Jessica Zweig retreat and her book “Be. - A No-Bullshi*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself” Marc mentioned Shonda Rhimes book, The…
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Conversation 43: Marc and Yvan talk diversity in the workforce
Marc and Yvan were talking about the NY Giants and Joe Pisarcik which made me think about his infamous fumble. Yvan owns Hamilton Demo with a partner… www.hamiltondemo.com He can be reached at 513-257-9683 – first guest to give out his phone number!
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Conversation 42: CRM meets its maker with Toni Panea
Toni is from Alicante. Check out this article about living in Alicante. Toni told us about Lady Marshmallow and how the business closed. You can still find some of the fashion on their old Instagram account @ladymarshmallow Toni started Crmble after working with Harper & Bros. Crmble is based on...
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31 Minutes: A little less than 31 Minutes this week about tribes vs. humankind and an offer regarding Clubhouse!
Join Marc and Elizabeth as they discuss hearing one another, Clubhouse and the question of tribes vs. humankind
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Conversation 41: The Post Coaching Conversation with Daphna Horowitz
Daphna enjoyed watching the Queen’s Gambit.The Queen’s Gambit created a surge in interest in chess.You can find the conversation with Chris Ruddick here.Climbing Kilimanjaro doesn’t require technical skills.Books that Daphna recommends:Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last both by Simon SinekThe...
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Corporate Thought, a podcast where we discuss some of the stickier sides of building a business, mentorship, leadership and the life of an entrepreneur through the stories of the people who have been there. Join us every Wednesday for a new conversation with a different business or thought leader.
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