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Global Class Podcast

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Global Class Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Aaron McDaniel and Klaus Wehage. It has 34 episodes, with the latest published June 2023.

Get the inside stories of how the world’s fastest growing companies scale globally and the unique career journeys of the internationally-minded business leaders who run these Global Class companies. International is the new agile and best-in-class companies are adapting to build products, operational models and company cultures that resonate with a worldwide audience. The Global Class Podcast explores best practices for effective international expansion and offers practical advice for anyone who aspires to build global companies and careers in international business.

business ·en ·34 episodes

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Think You Know What Leaders Need Most to Build Successful Global Organizations? Think Again | Xavier Mufraggi, CEO of SVN International Corporation

2

From 0 to 90M Downloads - Strategies for Growing an Audience in Global Markets | Omar Zenhom, Co-Founder of WebinarNinja and host of the $100 MBA Show

3

How Rentbrella is making it rain $$$ in global markets | Freddy Marcos, Founder of Rentbrella

4

Lessons Learned from Executive Who Helped Expand 4 Unicorns to Global Markets | Troy Malone, Co-Founder of Relevant

5

The Benefits Of Workplace Diversity You’re Likely To Miss | Jack Mardack, Co-Founder of Oyster

6

You're destined to fail if you don't do this 1 thing when building international teams with Sébastien Marotte, President of Box (EMEA)

7

From a prominent Law Attorney to a U.S. Ambassador in Australia, to leading legal for global expansion with Jeffrey Bleich, Chief Legal Officer at Cruise

8

From aerospace engineer to building Google's first international presence to cross-border investing, Antoine Colaço | Managing Partner, Valor Capital Group

9

How Uber reached global scale by empowering localization | Emil Michael, Former Chief Business Officer, Uber

10

How experiencing 9/11 and the Fukushima disaster fueled Uber and WeWork's growth in Japan | Masami Takahashi, President of Scrum Studio & CEO of Japan at Miles

11

How, for companies like LinkedIn and Firework, finding opportunities early on can be cornerstones for finding the right markets and reaching global scale | Jerry Luk, Co-Founder/President Firework

12

Why Yahoo!'s strategy to give local teams near full autonomy cost them the global search market - Marvin Liao | Partner, Diaspora Ventures

13

How a combination of decentralized localization, playbooks and building a community of trust can lead to global success | Joanna Harries, Sr. Vice President Global Expansion, Endeavor

14

From working on a family farm to driving growth for the world's fastest growing food-tech company | Nick Halla, former Senior Vice President of International for Impossible Foods

15

How building for 2 markets accelerated BlaBlaCar’s international growth | Frederic Mazzella | Founder, Chairman & Fmr CEO, BlaBlaCar

16

Why trust in your organization is the backbone for global success | Bianca Martinelli | Partner, Alexia Ventures

17

When an internship in Israel can create the mindset to build a Brazilian unicorn company | Alessio Alionco | Founder & CEO, Pipefy

18

How a small Danish startup took on the wine industry and scaled to 50M users worldwide | Heini Zachariassen | Founder/Fmr CEO, Vivino & Founder of Vota

19

Why companies aren’t successful when strategy isn’t localized | Claudia Makadristo | Head of Africa Expansion, Metamap

20

Why the path to global growth isn’t linear | Marcello Schermer | Head of Int’l Expansion, Yoco

21

Why it’s crucial for leaders to “get out on the floor” to experience global markets | Jivko Bojinov | Co-Founder, Shipbob

22

The difference between being an “international” vs. “global” business and how to develop the right mindset to succeed | Tiffany Stevenson | Chief People Officer, Patreon

23

How a Bangladeshi startup took on Uber and became a market leader | Elius Hussain | Co-Founder & Fmr CEO, Pathao

24

Why leaning into small scale is key for successful international expansion | Kathryn Hymes | Fmr Head of Int’l Product, Slack

25

Why a Silicon Valley startup chose Rwanda as an initial market and how they used it as a foundation for scale | Israel Bimpe | Director Africa GTM, Zipline

26

Why culturally conscious management gives you an edge in running a global business | Jennifer Cornelius | Chief People Officer, Ritual

27

How Coco, the digital monkey, sparks serendipitous moments and increases engagement within a distributed team | Gabriel Engel | Founder & CEO, Rocket.Chat

28

Why arbitrary uniqueness is the poison to any global growth initiative | Jan van Casteren | VP Europe, Flexport

29

The two forms of localization to master to achieve global scale | Chang Wen Lai | CEO & Co-Founder, Ninja Van

30

From trading Pokemon cards in a Colombian village to leading a startup alleviating poverty through digital education | Freddy Vega | CEO & Co-Founder, Platzi

31

Why entrepreneurs from small countries have advantages over startups from Silicon Valley (and large markets) | Imre Hild | Managing Partner, Global Traction

32

Why community culture (tribes) can be your catalyst for successful scale | Jennifer Yuen | Fmr Head of Americas Marketing, Airbnb

33

From teaching English in a tiny Japanese fishing village to leading growth at a $32B unicorn | Abe Smith | Head of International, Zoom

34

Introducing The Global Class Podcast with Aaron McDaniel & Klaus Wehage

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