Legends N Leaders
by Ben Weiss
Our goal is to breakdown how legends and leaders achieved their success so you can become the greatest version of yourself! The path of each individual will be discussed highlighting the steps taken towards their achievement. We desire to simplify success, making it relatable, for you to take one step forward towards achievement.
Episodes
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From Pioneering Online Gaming to Building and Selling Tech Startups | Eric Marcoullier
What does it take to help build one of the internet's most recognizable gaming platforms and go on to launch multiple successful technology companies? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Eric Marcoullier, Co-Founder of IGN Entertainment, MyBlogLog, and Gnip, to explore his...
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The Business Behind Pompa Program and the Future of Wellness | Daniel Pompa
What does it take to turn a family vision into a growing health and wellness business while building a legacy of your own? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Daniel Pompa, CEO of Pompa Program and son of renowned health and wellness educator Dr. Daniel Pompa, to explore his...
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Building Hint Water: Disrupting the Beverage Industry Without Sugar | Kara Goldin
What does it take to challenge the beverage industry and build a brand that changes how people think about drinking water? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Kara Goldin, founder of Hint Water, bestselling author, and entrepreneur, to explore her remarkable journey from a...
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Coaching the World's Top CEOs & Reinventing Leadership with AI | Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
What if the wisdom of one of the world's most influential executive coaches could be available to anyone through artificial intelligence? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, world-renowned executive coach and bestselling author of What Got You Here Won't…
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How Redbubble Changed the Way Artists Sell Their Work Online | Martin Hosking
How do you turn a simple idea into a global marketplace that empowers independent artists around the world? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Martin Hosking, co-founder and former CEO of Redbubble, to explore his entrepreneurial journey, the challenges of building a global...
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Building Tapout: From Selling T-Shirts to Creating an MMA Empire | Dan Caldwell
How do you turn a small T-shirt business into one of the most recognizable brands in mixed martial arts? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Dan Caldwell, co-founder of Tapout, to explore his entrepreneurial journey, the rise of one of MMA's most iconic brands, and the lessons he...
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The Real Story Behind War Dogs, $300M Arms Deal & Reinventing His Life | David Packouz
What happens when a 25-year-old lands a nearly $300 million government arms contract, becomes the inspiration for a Hollywood movie, and then has to completely reinvent his life? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with David Packouz, the real-life inspiration behind the hit movie War...
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From Startup to Basketball Icon: The Rise of AND1 | Tom Austin
How do you turn a startup basketball brand into a cultural phenomenon that challenges the biggest names in sportswear? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Tom Austin, co-founder of AND1, to discuss the journey behind building one of the most influential brands in basketball...
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Building Tile, a $205M Exit & the Next Generation of Restaurant AI | Nick Evans
What does it take to build a leading technology company and then start over in an entirely different industry? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Nick Evans, co-founder of Tile and co-founder and CEO of Avocado, to explore his entrepreneurial journey, the story behind creating…
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How He Founded Zappos & Revolutionized Online Shoe Shopping | Nick Swinmurn
What if one frustrating shopping experience could lead to a billion-dollar company that changed how the world buys shoes? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Nick Swinmurn, Founder of Zappos, to explore the entrepreneurial journey behind one of the most influential companies in...
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How an Independent Music Producer Reached Billions of Streams and Built a Global Fanbase | TheFatRat
How do you go from producing music to building a global fanbase, reaching billions of streams, and becoming one of the most recognizable names in electronic music? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Christian Büttner, known as TheFatRat, the German music producer and DJ whose...
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From Starting Boost Juice to Building a Global Business Empire | Janine Allis
How do you turn a simple business idea into an international brand and become one of Australia's most recognizable entrepreneurs? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Janine Allis, Founder of Boost Juice and former Shark Tank Australia investor, to explore her entrepreneurial...
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Building G.O.A.T. Fuel With NFL Legend Jerry Rice: The Business Behind the Brand | Jaqui Rice Gold
What does it take to build an energy drink brand alongside one of the greatest athletes of all time? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Jaqui Rice Gold, co-founder and CEO of G.O.A.T. Fuel, to explore her entrepreneurial journey, the challenges of building a consumer brand, and...
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Building SoulCycle & Flywheel: The Entrepreneur Who Reinvented Fitness | Ruth Zukerman
What does it take to build two of the most recognizable brands in fitness, walk away from one, and start all over again? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Ruth Zukerman, co-founder of SoulCycle and Flywheel Sports, to explore her remarkable entrepreneurial journey, the…
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How Kahoot! Changed the Way the World Learns | Johan Brand
What does it take to turn a simple idea into a global platform that changes how millions of people learn? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Johan Brand, Co-Founder and former CEO of Kahoot!, to explore the entrepreneurial journey behind one of the world's most recognizable...
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Investing in Over 1,000 Startups: The Secrets of a Legendary Venture Capitalist | Fabrice Grinda
What does it take to invest in over 1,000 startups and identify some of the world's most successful technology companies before they become household names? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Fabrice Grinda, serial entrepreneur, prolific angel investor, and founding partner of…
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From Refugee to Tech Entrepreneur: Building Success With Purpose | Payam Zamani
How do you go from fleeing religious persecution to building successful technology companies in Silicon Valley? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Payam Zamani, founder of One Planet Group and co-founder of AutoWeb, to explore his extraordinary journey from arriving in America…
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The Coach Behind Serena Williams: Building Champions & the Mindset of Greatness | Rick Macci
What does it take to turn raw talent into a world champion? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Rick Macci, legendary tennis coach and seven-time USPTA National Coach of the Year, to explore his remarkable journey, the lessons he's learned developing some of the greatest players…
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Building a Tech Empire on YouTube and Turning Passion Into a Career | Austin Evans
How do you turn a passion for technology into a career reaching millions of people around the world? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Austin Evans, one of YouTube's most recognizable technology creators, to explore his journey from making tech videos to building a successful...
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The Man Behind the Sneakers: From Yeezy to Building His Own Footwear Company | Omar Bailey
What does it take to challenge the traditional footwear industry and build a brand from the ground up? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Omar Bailey, co-founder of FCTRY LAb and former footwear innovation executive at Yeezy, to discuss his journey through the sneaker industry,...
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The Man Who Created Gmail: Inside Google, Silicon Valley & the Future of Startups | Paul Buchheit
What does it take to create a product that changes how billions of people communicate? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Paul Buchheit, the creator of Gmail, early Google employee, and former Y Combinator partner, to explore his extraordinary journey through Silicon Valley and...
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The Story Behind “We Are Family”: Music & the Journey of Sister Sledge | Debbie Sledge
What does it take to create a song that becomes an anthem for generations? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Debbie Sledge, founding member of the legendary group Sister Sledge, to explore her remarkable journey through the music industry, the story behind the iconic hit “We…
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From Family Business to Food Industry Leader: The Story Behind Lifeway Foods | Julie Smolyansky
How do you take a family business and turn it into one of the most recognizable names in the health food industry? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods, to discuss her remarkable journey, the challenges of stepping into leadership at a young...
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Revolutionizing Financial Information with Investopedia to Transformations with AI | Cory Janssen
What does it take to change the way millions of people understand money, investing, and financial information? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Cory Janssen, Co-Founder of Investopedia and Co-Founder & CEO of AltaML, to explore his entrepreneurial journey from helping...
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Inside the Billion-Dollar World of Commercial Real Estate | Henry Stimler
What does it take to build a career at the highest levels of commercial real estate, where relationships, timing, and billion-dollar deals can change everything? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Henry Stimler, Vice Chairman at Newmark, to explore his journey in real estate…
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From Leading WWE to Investing in the Future of Sports & Entertainment | George Barrios
What did it take to help turn WWE into a global entertainment powerhouse? On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with George Barrios, former Co-President of WWE and Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Isos Ventures, to explore his journey from his early career to the executive leadership of WWE and...
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How Adam Kluger Is Disrupting Horse Racing With a $100/Month Business Model
What if you could own a racehorse for just $100 a month?On this episode of LegendsNLeaders, we sit down with Adam Kluger, founder of Run Fast Racing, to discuss how he's transforming one of the world's most exclusive sports into an accessible, subscription-based business. With celebrity partners...
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He Bet on Himself at 23 — Then Built PAW Patrol & Bakugan | Ronnen Harary
Ronnen Harary is the co-founder of Spin Master, the global children’s entertainment company behind some of the most recognizable toys and franchises in the world. At just 23 years old, Ronnen teamed up with his childhood friends Anton Rabie and Ben Varadi to start what would become Spin Master....
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From the Repair Department to CEO: Reinventing Hearing With AI | Brandon Sawalich
Brandon Sawalich is the President and CEO of Starkey, one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies and the largest U.S.-based hearing aid manufacturer. Brandon’s journey at Starkey began in 1994, when he started working in the company’s hearing aid repair department at just 19 years…
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Inside the Race to Build the Future of Digital Finance | BitGo COO Jody Mettler
Jody Mettler is COO and President of Trust at BitGo, one of the leading infrastructure companies behind the institutional digital asset economy. As crypto moves deeper into traditional finance, the conversation is expanding beyond buying and selling digital assets. Banks, asset managers, fintech...
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Building Waze, Backing Moovit & Teaching the Next Generation of Founders | Uri Levine
Uri Levine is the co-founder of Waze, serial entrepreneur, investor, author, and founder of the Uri Levine Startup Academy. Uri co-founded Waze in 2007 around a problem nearly everyone could understand: traffic. The navigation platform grew into a global phenomenon before Google acquired Waze for...
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Betting on the Future of Sports: Building SeventySix Capital | Wayne Kimmel
Wayne Kimmel is the founder and Managing Partner of SeventySix Capital, a venture capital firm investing at the intersection of sports, technology, and innovation. For more than two decades, Wayne has been backing entrepreneurs and identifying technologies that could change how we play, watch…
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Turning Pineapple Waste Into a Global Material Innovation | Carmen Hijosa, Creator of Piñatex
Carmen Hijosa is the founder of Ananas Anam and the creator of Piñatex, an innovative material made using fibers derived from pineapple leaf waste. After spending years working in the leather industry, Carmen began questioning the environmental impact of traditional materials and searching for a...
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Co-Founding NEA & Helping Build the Modern Venture Capital Industry | Chuck Newhall
Chuck Newhall is a co-founder of New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the world’s most established venture capital firms and a major force in the growth of the technology and healthcare industries. In 1977, Chuck co-founded NEA alongside Dick Kramlich and Frank Bonsal. What began with a...
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From Dyslexia to Building Speechify Into an AI Powerhouse | Cliff Weitzman
Cliff Weitzman is the founder and CEO of Speechify, the AI-powered text-to-speech company helping millions of people listen to books, documents, articles, and other written content. Cliff grew up with dyslexia and struggled with reading. While in college, he began building technology to turn text...
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Leading Sprint Through the Wireless Revolution | Dan Hesse
Dan Hesse is the former CEO of Sprint and one of the most experienced leaders from the transformation of the American wireless industry. Dan spent more than two decades at AT&T, eventually becoming President and CEO of AT&T Wireless, before later taking the top job at Sprint. As CEO of Sprint, he...
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Building, Selling & Starting Again: From TULA to DIBS Beauty | Dan Reich
Dan Reich is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of DIBS Beauty, with a career spanning technology, consumer brands, and multiple successful exits. Before DIBS, Dan co-founded TULA Skincare, which grew into a major beauty brand and was ultimately acquired by Procter & Gamble. He also...
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From the NYMEX Trading Floor to Building Greenberg Capital | David Greenberg
David Greenberg is a veteran trader, investor, and founder of Greenberg Capital, with a career spanning decades across Wall Street, commodities, and financial markets. David spent years at the center of NYMEX, trading energy markets during an era when billions of dollars changed hands in the...
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Building Club Penguin & the $350M Disney Deal | Dave Krysko
Dave Krysko is a co-founder of Club Penguin, the virtual world that became a defining part of childhood for millions of kids around the world. What started as an idea for a safe, fun online environment grew into one of the biggest virtual worlds of the early internet era. Club Penguin scaled...
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Inside the Mind of a Venture Capitalist Betting on AI & Crypto | Drew Austin
Drew Austin is the Founding Partner of Red Beard Ventures, an investment firm backing companies across emerging technology, including Web3, AI, blockchain, and other frontier technologies. Before becoming a full-time investor, Drew was an entrepreneur himself. He co-founded Wade & Wendy, an...
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Helping Build Harry’s, Hims & the DTC Revolution | Emmett Shine
Emmett Shine is a designer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Little Plains, with a career that has put him at the center of some of the biggest shifts in consumer brands and digital commerce. As the co-founder of Gin Lane, Emmett and his team worked with a generation of companies that helped…
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Building a $150M Marketing Empire & Scaling Thousands of Brands | Erik Huberman
Erik Huberman is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, the marketing company he built from the ground up into a business valued at more than $150 million. Before Hawke Media, Erik built and sold two e-commerce companies, giving him firsthand experience with the challenges founders face when trying…
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Investing in the Internet Before the World Believed | Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson is a pioneering technology investor, entrepreneur, author, and one of the most influential thinkers from the early days of the internet. Long before many of today’s technologies became mainstream, Esther was investing in and working alongside companies shaping the future. Her...
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40 Years Building the World’s Biggest Footwear Brands: Nike, Jordan, Reebok & ASICS | Gene McCarthy
Gene McCarthy has spent more than four decades helping build and lead some of the biggest names in the global footwear industry. His career began at Nike, where he spent 21 years across sales and marketing leadership roles, including serving as Global Director of Sales and Retail Marketing for...
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From Co-Founding Lids to Building Make My Cap | Glenn Campbell
Glenn Campbell is the co-founder of Hat World/Lids, the headwear business that helped turn hats into a major standalone retail category. The journey started in 1995 with a simple idea: if stores could specialize in cookies or pretzels, why couldn't there be a store dedicated entirely to hats?…
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Building Cloud9 Into a Global Esports Powerhouse | Jack Etienne
Jack Etienne is the co-founder and CEO of Cloud9, one of the most recognized esports organizations in the world. Jack’s journey into esports began before competitive gaming became the global industry it is today. He helped build Cloud9 from an early League of Legends team into a major esports...
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Co-Founding Rockstar Games & Building Grand Theft Auto Into a Global Phenomenon | Jamie King
Jamie King is a co-founder of Rockstar Games, the company behind some of the most influential video game franchises ever created, including Grand Theft Auto. As part of Rockstar’s founding team, Jamie helped build a company that pushed the boundaries of interactive entertainment and became one of...
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Leading Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs & Donna Karan | Jeffry Aronsson
Jeffry Aronsson has spent decades at the highest levels of the global fashion industry, holding leadership roles at some of its most iconic brands, including Oscar de la Renta, Marc Jacobs, and Donna Karan. Originally trained as a lawyer, Jeffry took an unconventional path into fashion and went…
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From Shark Tank Rejection to Building The Bouqs Company | John Tabis
John Tabis is the founder of The Bouqs Company, the flower company that set out to reinvent one of the world’s oldest industries. After identifying an opportunity to change how flowers were sourced, sold, and delivered, John launched The Bouqs Company and eventually took the business onto Shark...
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From RealNames to TechCrunch: Decades Building the Future of Tech | Keith Teare
Keith Teare is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and technology pioneer who has spent decades at the forefront of the internet and startup world. He founded RealNames, one of the early companies working to make the internet easier to navigate, and later co-founded TechCrunch, which became one of…
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About this show
Our goal is to breakdown how legends and leaders achieved their success so you can become the greatest version of yourself! The path of each individual will be discussed highlighting the steps taken towards their achievement. We desire to simplify success, making it relatable, for you to take one step forward towards achievement.
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Ben Weiss
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