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Peer Effect — 191 episodes

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Why Co-CEOs Can Be a Superpower

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Founder Depression: What Nobody Talks About

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Capital Discipline, Debt & The 10-Year Founder Mindset | Dr. Serge Santos

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Running Out of Runway? What Founders Should Do Next

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How to Validate a Startup Idea (Before You Waste Time & Money) | Aaron Solomon, Ambl

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Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Founders

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How Integrity Became This Founder's Business Strategy (400 Weddings a Year)

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Post-Exit: What No One Tells You After You Sell Your Company

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When to Be Hands-On and When to Build Systems as You Scale

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What Should You Actually Use a Coach For?

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Are You the Bottleneck in Your Startup? | Max Teichert

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How to Not Become an Asshole as You Get More Senior

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Core Values in Startups: Hiring, Scaling and Culture That Works

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Best Performer Worst Behaved: What to Do When Your Top Team Member Is Toxic

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Niche Business Strategy: Why Narrow Focus Beats Going Broad

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What to Do When Your Co-Founder Is Micromanaging You

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The Wrong Co-Founder Will Kill Your Business (How to Know Before It's Too Late)

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How to Support Team Members Going Through Personal Challenges

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Everyone Needs to Know Who the Villain Is - Not Just the Hero

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What to Do When You Can't Trust Your Co-Founder

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How to Scale from 80 to 200 People Without Becoming Bloated

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Fundraising Is Distracting You? You're Framing It Wrong

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Why People First Beats Deals First - Even at a VC

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Your VC Is Probably Failing (And They'll Never Tell You)

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Why Network Effects Beat Product Now (The AI Shift Killing Your Moat)

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Your Investors Want You to Fire Your Team (The Power Dynamic Nobody Discusses)

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Why Your Bank Balance Is Lying to You (The Cash Flow Framework That Saves Businesses) - Marc Obrart

28

The PR Playbook That Actually Drives Revenue (Hint: It's Not Press Releases) - Harrison Duhr

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Startup Founder Lessons: 3 Patterns From 9 Entrepreneurs | Season 5 Recap

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Is LinkedIn Worth Your Time in 2025? (Honest Answer from Founder Coaches)

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VCs Have Hidden Value for You (Most Founders Never Ask for It) with D'Arcy Martin, Outward VC

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Why Success Feels Lonely (And What To Do About It)

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Your Business Is Running You (Here's How to Take Control Back) with Steve Duncan

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How Do You Separate Your Identity From Your Company's Success? Peer Effect Post Bag

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We Had $2.5M ARR - Then We Pivoted Everything with Gaurav Bhattacharya, Jeeva AI

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When Everything's Working, How Do You Avoid Getting Complacent? | Peer Effect Post Bag

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How to Double Your Sales Team Performance: Why 78% Miss Target with Matt Milligan

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Should You Take VC Money If You're Already Profitable? - Peer Effect Post Bag

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Why Personal Development Is Business Strategy with Kate Sikora

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How Do I Scale as a Leader Without Losing What Made Me Effective? - The Peer Effect Post Bag

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Building the Future of Work: AI, Mental Health, and Leading with Humanity with Asim Amin

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I Can't Let Go of Control - How Do I Trust My Team? - Peer Effect Post Bag

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Stay Calm and Win: Why Calmness Is Your Competitive Edge with Libby Swan

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Post-Success Depression: Why Winning Doesn't Feel Good - Peer Effect Post Bag

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No Investors, No Problem - how George Sullivan has grown his bootstrapped business, The Sole Supplier, to drive £50million GMV per year

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Why Founder Networking Feels Fake (And How to Fix It) - Peer Effect Post Bag

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What’s the right way to network? - with Mark Shepherd, Gathr

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Knowing When to Exit as a Founder, with Dimitar Stanimiroff

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Rebuilding and Automating a Business From the Ground Up, with Tara Button

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The Secret to Enjoying Your Scale-Up Journey, with Nick Baker

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Shifting from Founder to CEO, with Jennifer Clamp

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Rethinking B2B Marketing in 2025 with Employee Generated Content (EGC), with Katie Street

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Why Most Partnership Strategies Fail (and How to Fix Them), with Stefan Ross

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The Power of 'Deep Work' for Founders – Reconnecting with Self and Having Fun, with Freddie Birley

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Authenticity First – The Unspoken Key to Scaling Sustainably, with Emma Serlin

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Bet on Yourself and Stay True to Your Vision, with Jonathan Cornelias

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Redefining Success & Integrating Work and Life, with Kelly Ryan Bailey

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Separating Identity from Business and Building Boundaries as a Founder, with Sean Campbell

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Mastering Hiring & Building Teams that Thrive, with Akbar Karenga

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Scaling Smarter: How Founder Forums Propel Success, with Kevin Lavelle

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Navigating Sustainable Entrepreneurship with Bob Bowden

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Creating a Culture of Well-being: Mental Health Insights for Founders & Teams

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Scaling Tech: Four Founders Share Their Secrets to Success

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Navigating M&A to Unlock New Markets, with Matt Bodnar

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Harnessing Peer Influence for Entrepreneurial Growth and Team Success, with Logan Naidu

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Navigating Founder Alignment to Avoid Toxic Pitfalls, with Alice Olafare

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Scaling Smart: Hiring, Delegation, and AI in Business Growth, with Richard White

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Mastering AI Integration to Future-Proof Your Business, with Eric Daimler

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Social Fit vs. Culture Fit: Diversity as a Competitive Advantage, with Jo Major

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Leading with Purpose: Key Insights from Founders on Building Culture

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Founders Share 4 Key Lessons in Scaling and Decision-Making

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Building a Global Gaming Giant through Belief and Trust, with Bartosz Skwarczek

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The Power of Slowing Down to Scale Up, with Sam Rosen

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The Art of Opportunity: Harnessing Timing and Simplicity to Raise £22 Million, with David King

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Revolutionising Local Marketing and Creating a Shared Vision, with Alex Nocifera

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Building Sustainable Teams and Resilient Leadership, with Anouk Agussol

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Mastering Risk, Return, and Real Estate, with Colton Pace

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Transforming Personal Triumphs into Tech Innovation, with Varun Bhanot

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Unlocking Strategic Networking and Community Building, with Joshua Goodfield

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Mastering Sales, Creating Winning Systems, and Future-Proofing Your Business, with Paul David

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Rethinking Workplace Culture and Mental Health, with Michael Matania

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Revolutionising Remote Training and Productivity, with Ken Babcock

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Facing Founder Setbacks and Building Resilience, with Alex van Klaveren

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Embracing Vulnerability and Humility as a Leader, with Dan Brownsher

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Embracing Authenticity and Cutting Through the Noise with Lewis Kemp

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Welcome to Peer Effect

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Human-AI Innovation and Building Empathetic Trust with Chuck Rinker

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Customer-Led Growth, Consistency and Doing the Unscalable, with Jeremy Parker

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Becoming a Strategic CEO and Empowering Your Team, with Rob Volk

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Resilience, Leadership and Building Community, with Nigel Thomas

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Personal Branding and Evolving as a Leader, with Dean Seddon

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Global Teams, Tech Innovation and Creating a Shared Vision, with Daniel Solomon

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Business Growth, AI and Work-Life Balance, with Kirsten Lum

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5 Ways to Help Yourself with James Johnson of The Peer Effect

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The Cost of Inaction with Sharath Jeevan of Intrinsic Labs

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When Bets Don’t Pay Off with Tim Redgate of EchoMany

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Beware Big Name Hires with Eli Packouz of Instafloss

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Are You Building Trust with Matt Swalley of Omneky

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Failing and Succeeding as a Team with Christoffer Sigshoj of KiteX.tech

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Do you trust your CFO? with Dr. Veronika von Heise Rotenburg of Everphone

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Your business or your health? with Dimitar Stanimiroff of CrossBeam

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Your friends won’t care with Bryan Clayton of GreenPal

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Keeping the Faith and the Fall of Luna Crypto with Kene Ezeji-Okoye of Millicent Labs

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Risking the good to achieve the great with Dan Lines of LinearB

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The Art of Reframing Loss with Sam Winsbury of Kurogo

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Facing Challenges And Navigating Change with Bob Moore of Crossbeam

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Balancing Emotional and Financial Stability with Ash Phillips of Rebel Meetups

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Loving what you do and doing it well with Jeremy Gottschalk of Marketplace Risk

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Overcoming Rejection with Rajeev Mudumba of Collude

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Achieving Work-Life Balance - with Dustin Serviss of Serviss Wealth Management

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Turning Adversity into Success - with Mariane Bekker of Upward

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The Power Of Letting Go - with Julie Perkins of Wyseminds

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - with Charlie Greene of Remento

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Building everything around values - with Chris Younger of Class VI

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There's always one move left to make - with Chris Kirsch of runZero

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Being Accountable for Your Health in Business — with Libby Swan of Axioned

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Exploring Personal Goals for Work and Life — with Ashley Cline of Ice Cream Social

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Mindful and Ethical Leadership Post Burnout — with Natalie Fée of City to Sea

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Prioritising Your Mental Health AND Business — with Mike Buonaiuto (formerly) of Shape History

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Mindset Coaching Saves The Day — with Ali Schwanke of Simple Strat

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5-Minute Coaching: The Urgency Trap

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Preparing for Business Risk — with Simon Barbato of Mr B & Friends

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Changing a 50-50 Equity Split — with Tim Tutt of Nightshift Development

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Overcoming Victim Mindset — with Vince Warnock of Chasing the Insights

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Shift From Profit Growth to Purpose-Profit Growth — with Dr Jacqui Taylor of Flying Binary

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The Changes of a Scale Up Business — with Alex Ghiculescu of Workforce.com

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Effective Communication in a Workplace — with Howie Xu (formerly) of TrustPath

128

Inside the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse — with Harrison Tang of Spokeo

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The Key to Success — Featured on The Picture of Wealth with Dustin Serviss

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Making Great Hiring Decisions — with Asaf Navot of Home Made

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Growing Your Business Without the Noise — with Richard White of Fathom

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Maintaining a Strong Mindset — with Rajeev Kapur

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Choosing a Healthy Mindset After Losing $400 Million — with Karthik Suresh

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Startup or Family? Understanding Priorities and Paternal Leave — with Matheus Riolfi of Tint

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How Much Is Too Much Accountability in Work? — with Rishabh Jain of Fermat

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Do You Find a Key Hire or a Co-Founder? — with Joe Khoei of SalesX

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Clipping the Trees and the Benefits of Grassroots Fundraising — featuring Ben Johnson of Particle41

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4 Steps to Dealing with Pressure - featuring Ben Fletcher of The Mothership

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Why the Hardest Thing to Do is Usually the Right Thing to Do - featuring David Valentine of Avadel Agency

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Staying Afloat When Your Market Collapses - featuring Lucy Minton of Kitt

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Designing Your Life for Mental Wellbeing - featuring Jeff Greenfield of Provalytics

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Aiming To Raise $14m In One Month - featuring Ken Babcock of Tango

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Mentally Prepping for 2023

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Living Through a Worst-Case Scenario - featuring Kyle Roof of HV SEO

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How to Qualify and Quantify Risk - featuring Scott Hurff of Churnkey

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Surviving the End of the Year

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The Danger of Rushing

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Coping with Chronic Uncertainty - featuring Varun Bhanot of MAGIC

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Handling Growth without Compromising the Mission - featuring Sybil Ackerman-Munson of Do Your Good

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Overcoming the Trauma of a Key Employee Fallout - featuring Jessica Ko of Playbook.com

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Coping with the Extremes of Entrepreneurship - featuring Shea Gerhardt of Buderflys

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Debating a $50,000,000 Dollar Exit to Oracle - featuring Indus Khaitan of Quolum

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What Happens After You Sell Your Company? - featuring Joe Keeley of JustiFi

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How One Question Led to a Co-founder Split - featuring Joe Burns of Reformed IT

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How Founders Can Leverage The Dunning–Kruger Effect

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Making a Business Transformation Happen — with Chelsey Roney of Proxi

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Applying the 1-10-100 Rule

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Do You Really Need a Co-Founder? — with Shaunak Roy of Yellowdig

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Going Faster vs. Getting There Faster

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Persuading Your Co-Founder with Data-Driven Decision-Making — with Jane Portman of Userlist

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3 Rules for Avoiding Employee Turnover

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How to Make Difficult Decisions as a Founder - featuring Jeff J. Hunter of VA Staffer

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5 Minute Coaching: Recovering From Client Loss

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Dealing with Uncertainty in Business — with James Leighton from Andersen James

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5 Minute Coaching: Choosing the Right Co-founder

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Breaking Up with a Co-Founder - featuring Sean Anderson of Hoxo Media

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5 Minute Coaching: Fundraising Survival Guide

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Surviving Fundraising without Dealing with Burnout — with Alex van Klaveren of Kandidate

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5 Minute Coaching: Sunk Cost Fallacy

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Overcoming Sunk Cost Fallacy - featuring Tara Button of Buy Me Once

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Jack Dyrhauge - Love Your Business

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Lizet Zayas - You Can’t Fake Passion

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Sarah Mason - Evidence Based HR

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Stephen Hunt - Put Yourself In The Right Room

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Manny Cohen - Believe In Yourself

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Pablo A. Ruz Salmones - Fight For What’s Right

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Ken Kutyn - Tackle your biggest problem

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Gillian Harrison - Customer Shaped Business

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Steve Coulson - Don't Do It Alone

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Logan Naidu - Kindness and Excellence

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Simon Barbato - Be a Brand Leader

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Nektarios Liolios - Healthy Entrepreneurship

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Michael Mellinghoff - Focus Focus Focus

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Shelby Austin - Customer Obsession

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Mark Whitcroft - Making Better Decisions

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James O'Donnell - Authenticity wins

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Matt Baird - Happy experts means happy customers

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Brandon Metcalf - Build with exit in mind

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Clair Mohammed - Flying in the first 6 months

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Nick Baker - What do you want to be famous for?

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Building a £100m business in public