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Spark of Ages — 63 episodes
How AI is Actually Melting the Org Chart/Mike Ni - Burnout, Context, Outcomes~ Spark of Ages Ep 63
Future of Work: How Humans & Agents Will Coexist/Neil Shepherd, Amit Malhotra - Tasks, Tyrants, Org Charts ~ Spark of Ages Ep 62
Brand & Demand: The Marketing-Sales Marriage/Randi Barshack, Nicole Fuselier - Alignment, MQLs, Creativity ~ Spark of Ages Ep 61
From API Economy to Agent Economy/Oren Michels - Barndoor AI, OpenClaw, Agentic Governance ~ Spark of Ages Ep 60
SaaS Isn't Dying. Bad Deals Are/Ankur Srivastava, Priya Ramachandran - Flywl, Cloud Procurement, SaaS-pocalypse ~ Spark of Ages Ep 59
The Data Moat: A Google Veteran's Investment Thesis for AI/David Yakobovitch ~ Spark of Ages Ep 58
The Science Behind When Customers Decide to Buy/Patrick Renvoise - Brains, System 1, Value Prop ~ Spark of Ages Ep 57
The 100% Open Rate: How Gifting Cuts Through Noise/Kris Rudeegraap - Sendoso, Curiosity, HITL ~ Spark of Ages Ep 56
What to Expect from Agentic AI (aka 2026 Predictions)/Jon Miller, Ashish Aggarwal - B2A, Payments, AI Stack ~ Spark of Ages Ep 55
The Hidden Job Market for Executives in 2026/Andy Mowat - Builders, Whispered, AI Resumes ~ Spark of Ages Ep 54
Alien Advantage: Pattern-Breaking Innovation/Manan Mehta, Rustam Esanov - Immigrants, Unshackled, mRNA+AI ~ Spark of Ages Ep 53
Fighting Climate Change in the Age of AI/Dan Kalafatas - Prices, Scope 3, Green-Hushing ~ Spark of Ages Ep 52
The Security Gap When AI Agents Have Access/Chithra Rajagopalan, Vamshi Sriperumbudur - Governance, NRR, Buyer Groups ~ Spark of Ages Ep 51
Why You Can't Build Sovereign AI Alone/David Keane, Akash Agarwal, Abhi Ingle - SCX.ai, SambaNova, Australia ~ Spark of Ages Ep 50
Revenue Culture That Survives the Boom/Jeff Perry - Carta, Cap Tables, Private Capital ~ Spark of Ages Ep 49
How to Finance a Law That Saves Women's Lives/Bhairavi Parikh, Richard Arney - 2%, WHIC, Voter Initiative ~ Spark of Ages Ep 48
The Moneyball of Go-To-Market (GTM)/AJ Gandhi, Omar Akhtar - Benchmarker, B2B Recession, Coachella ~ Spark of Ages Ep 47
AEO Fundamentals: Moving to Content for Machines/Rishi Mallik, Eric Nalbone - SEO, Author of Truth, FAQs ~ Spark of Ages Ep 46
Product Launches in Minutes Not Months/Position2 - StudioX, 3d Democratization, Biryani ~ Spark of Ages Ep 45
Flipping the Information Game Banks Play/Brad Stroh - Achieve, Recession, Lacrosse ~ Spark of Ages Ep 44
How a CMO Transforms a SaaS Brand/Mandy Dhaliwal - Nutanix, Team Alignment, Perfect Pairings ~ Spark of Ages Ep 43
The Freemium Formula: Converting Fear Into 10X Growth/Bill Macaitis - Slack, PLG, Pivots ~ Spark of Ages Ep 42
The Ecosystem Growth Playbook Designed for Canva/Indy Sen - Cha-Ching, Zen, Batman ~ Spark of Ages Ep 41
How US Defense Could Fight at Machine Speed/Matt Bigge - DefenseTech, X-Bow, F.I.R.E. ~ Spark of Ages Ep 40
Building a Growth LM That Actually Gets Your Business/Position2 - Arena, Calibrate, LSTM ~ Spark of Ages Ep 39
The Agentic Revolution Transforming Go-to-Market/Chandar Pattabhiram - Workato, AI Agents, Onlyness ~ Spark of Ages Ep 38
The Contrarian Thinker of Digital Entertainment/Marc Hustvedt - YouTube, Mr. Beast, Creators ~ Spark of Ages Ep 37
Bootstrapping a Community Wildfire Response/Sandeep Parikh - Altadena, Crowdfund, EffinFunny ~ Spark of Ages Ep 36
The Playbook for Courageous Marketing/Udi Ledergor - Gong, Super Bowl Commercial, Magic ~ Spark of Ages Ep 35
Modern Sales Skills For a Digital Buyer/Elay Cohen - SalesHood, Enteprise, Taylor Swift ~ Spark of Ages Ep 34
Network Like a Ninja (How to Grow Your Career)/Susan Hailey, Jean Kovacs, Shannon Lundgren - Jobs, Mentors, Old Boys Club ~ Spark of Ages Ep 33
How Podcasting Leads to Growth/Simon Chou - Personal Branding, Community, Hot Sauce ~ Spark of Ages Ep 32
The Innovation Leap that's happening in India/Kumar Ganapathy ~ 3iPartners, Deep Tech, Impact - Spark of Ages Ep 31
How the US Air Force will use AI/Jason Hansberger, Tim Henderson - Great Power Competition, HAWs, Kill-Chain ~ Spark of Ages Ep 30
Devising Investment Strategy for AI/Ashish Aggarwal, Akash Agarwal, Viral Tolat - 2024 vs 2025, IPO Market, Fake Companies ~ Spark of Ages Ep 29
GTM Predictions for 2025 and Beyond/Jon Miller, Abhi Ingle, Michael Ni ~ Spark of Ages Ep 28
GTM = "Get The Money"/Bobby Napiltonia - Building a Marketplace, Distribution, Hershey ~ Spark of Ages Ep 27
Creating Signal Not Noise/Melissa Rosenthal - The New PR, Driving In-Bound, Listicles ~ Spark of Ages Ep 26
Secret Sauce of CMOs/Alice Crowder - Chicken Sandwich Wars, Segmentation, Hedonistic Index ~ Spark of Ages Ep 25
The Business of Play/Brian Litvack - LeagueApps, Youth Sports, The Anxious Generation ~ Spark of Ages Ep 24
Making Better Food from the Plant Up/Tony Martens - Alternative Meat, Texas, Superfoods ~ Spark of Ages Ep 23
Growing a Growth Marketing Firm with AI/Rajiv Parikh - Conversions, Great Souls, Belichick ~ Spark of Ages Ep 22
Mastering Silicon Valley Sales/Ankur Srivastava - Confidence, Curiosity, Cloud Marketplaces ~ Spark of Ages Ep 21
Build a World Faster, Better, Cheaper/Banks Boutte - Kitbash3D, Gaming, Community Led Growth ~ Spark of Ages Ep 20
Cracking the Code of Life/Ashwin Gopinath - Multiomics, Product Led Growth, Jonas Salk ~ Spark of Ages Ep 19
The Purpose of Wealth/Scott Saslow - Family Offices, Impact Investing, Greta Thunberg ~ Spark of Ages Ep18
Last Thing You Think About Until You Don't Have It/Brian Sheng - Aquaria, Mexico, Sacrifice ~ Spark of Ages Ep17
If Data Is King, This Man Protects the Crown Jewels/Sanjay Poonen - Cohesity, RAG model, Servant ~ Spark of Ages Ep 16
Milana Vayntrub is a Creative Force for Good -Art, Collaboration, Authenticity ~ Spark of Ages Ep 15
How to Sell Nuclear Power to Save Humanity/Bret Kugelmass - Last Energy, Nuclear, Disagreeable ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 14
What Got You Here, Won't Get You There/Abhi Ingle - Qualtrics, Data, Mumbai to Oberlin ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 13
A Life Building & Investing in Intelligence/David Yakobovitch -AI Trends, Jobs, LGBTQ+ Advocate ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 12
The Value of a Healthcare Evolution Architect/Jay Desai - Ann Arbor, Obamacare, Chickens ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 11
The Hero's Journey in Business/Tae Hea Nahm - "Date" Wow, Unlearning Founders, Civilization~ Spark of Ages Ep. 10
Menopause is the hottest space in Women’s Health/Joanna Stober - Estrogen, Journey, Work/Life ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 9
From Bulletin Boards to Bargain Hunting/Sumeet Jain - Liquidity, Buffalo, Buy Low ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 8
Not Hitting the Nail on the Head is OK/Rishi Mallik - Workato, Experimentation, Taking Risks ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 7
Blocking & Tackling CEO Fundamentals/Rajiv Parikh - Goal-Setting, Vulnerability, Predictions ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 6
Building the New Growth Workforce with AI/Jim Kaskade - Use Cases, Playbooks, Transparency ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 5
Releasing Your Inner Tiger…to Save Lives/Anne DeGheest - HealthTech, Fearless, Woman-led ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 4
People Fail More Often Than They Succeed/Sean Jacobsohn - Epic Fails, Venture Capital, Sports Fandom - Spark of Ages Ep. 3
Money Don't Grow On Trees. It Grows in Go-To-Market/AJ Gandhi - Crystal Ball, B-School, AI ~ Spark of Ages Ep. 2
The OG B2B Growth Hacker/Jon Miller ~ Career Pivot, Physics, Dad Joke Game - Spark of Ages Ep. 1