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Wisdom From Wizards with Nitin Kartik — 129 episodes · page 1 of 2
One bold hypothesis or a diversified pipeline? | Ep 383
Own 60% of a $30M biz or 10% of a $300M one? | Ep 382
Lead through expertise or relationship trust? | Ep 381
Pioneer a category or dominate a proven market leader? | Ep 380
Meditate daily or workout daily? | Ep 379
Win awards or win advocacy? | Ep 378
Hire independent thinkers or aligned operators? | Ep 377
Would you rather retire wealthy or fulfilled? | Ep 376
Manage global risk or local complexity? | Ep 375
10 podcasts or one keynote in front of 5K people? | Ep 374
Would you rather focus your roadmap on user demand or internal vision? | Ep 373
Rather have a team that over-communicates or over-delivers? | Ep 372
Handle a failed launch or a failed hire? | Ep 371
Loved by engineers or by customers? | Ep 370
Dominate a niche or shape a category? | Ep 369
Partner with innovators or hire them? | Ep 368
Promote loyalty or push for ambition? | Ep 367
Win market share in a declining industry or hold steady in a booming one? | Ep 366
Inspire loyalty or drive performance? | Ep 365
Dominate one geography or diversify across five? | Ep 364
Take one big risk or a hundred small ones? | Ep 363
Should your team describe you as fair or inspiring? | Ep 362
Write a book on sales or operations? | Ep 361
Build something enduring or something exponential? | Ep 360
10 loyal enterprise clients or 10K active users? | Ep 359
Perfect documentation or perfect onboarding UX? | Ep 358
Steady growth vs. big bets that could 10X your business | Ep 357
Invest in people or technology first? | Ep 356
Out-price your competitors or out-think them? | Ep 355
Take a big bet once a year or small bets every quarter? | Ep 354
Exit at peak growth or after maximizing margins? | Ep 353
Win an industry award or land a high profile case study? | Ep 352
Triple your demo conversion or halve your CAC? | Ep 351
Stay deeply embedded in research or step fully into the CEO role? | Ep 350
Increase revenue per user or reduce churn? | Ep 349
Why accuracy beats reckless speed | Ep 348
Why customer adoption beats disruption | Ep 347
Why stepping fully offline is a smart move | Ep 346
Owning mistakes publicly vs. fixing them quietly | Ep 345
Why a killer customer referral program can beat a Super Bowl ad | Ep 344
Why sustainable growth beats rushed expansion | Ep 343
Why compassionate leadership requires more strength than courage | Ep 342
Own the U.S. market or be the underdog globally? | Ep 341
Widely used yet unrecognized, or famous yet non-dominant? | Ep 340
How back-to-back strategy sessions outperform full-day offsites. | Ep 339
Why long-term ROI beats speed | Ep 338
Fast-paced leadership & embracing failure | Ep 337
Prioritize narrative or numbers in building a company? | Ep 336
Build something simple that scales or complex that dominates? | Ep 335
Invest in storytelling or sales enablement? | Ep 334
Perfect your core product or expand your suite? | Ep 333
Prioritize the mission or the profit potential? | Ep 332
Localize your product or unify under a global standard? | Ep 331
Personally interview senior hires, or trust their teams? | Ep 330
Explosive growth with high churn vs. slower growth with strong retention | Ep 329
Rebuild after failure or reinvent before success fades? | Ep 328
Rituals vs. Results | Ep 327
Personal brand vs. paid acquisition | Ep 326
How to invest in training | Ep 325
Leading a movement vs. an organization | Ep 324
Win by being faster or smarter? | Ep 323
Monolithic product vs. modular tools | Ep 322
Acquire competitors or out-innovate them? | Ep 321
Wisdom From Wizards #320: Scale faster or protect culture tightly?
Wisdom From Wizards #319: Should you focus on doubling ARR or valuation?
Wisdom From Wizards #318: Why the best founders pivot early
Wisdom From Wizards #317: Quiet $100M exit or a public $30M one?
Wisdom From Wizards #316: Brand Storytelling vs. Paid Campaigns
Wisdom From Wizards #315: Building a brand on social vs. search
Wisdom From Wizards #314: Cutting edge is non-negotiable for long-term growth
Wisdom From Wizards #313: Breakthrough vs. Incremental Innovation
Wisdom From Wizards #312: Pricing for Retention vs. Acquisition
Wisdom From Wizards #311: Scale globally fast or localize deeply?
Wisdom From Wizards #310: Bootstrapping vs. raising capital early
Wisdom From Wizards #309: Better to be underestimated or overanalyzed?
Wisdom From Wizards #308: Structuring work rhythms to match energy & productivity
Wisdom From Wizards #307: Losing deals to cheaper competitors vs. those with better branding
Wisdom From Wizards #306: Brand equity vs. pipeline velocity
Wisdom From Wizards #305: Should leaders modernize an industry before customers demand it?
Wisdom From Wizards #304: Why CEOs should prioritize respect over recognition
Wisdom From Wizards #303: High performance culture grounded in purpose, trust, and discipline
Wisdom From Wizards #302: One game-changing customer or 10 solid ones?
Wisdom From Wizards #301: Burnout vs. Turnover
Wisdom From Wizards #300: Build a global brand or a global operation?
Wisdom From Wizards #299: Pursue impact now or influence for the next 50 years?
Wisdom From Wizards #298: Launch a niche product or one with broad appeal?
Wisdom From Wizards #297: Spend more time with you team or your customers?
Wisdom From Wizards #296: Build a flexible platform or a highly focused app?
Wisdom From Wizards #295: Should brands inspire emotion or action?
Wisdom From Wizards #294: Over-prepare for risk or over-react to it?
Wisdom From Wizards #293: Redefine a market or define your brand?
Wisdom From Wizards #292: Why trusted brands outperform trendy ones
Wisdom From Wizards #291: Remembered as a rebel or a reformer?
Wisdom From Wizards #290: Customer love vs. near-term profitability
Wisdom From Wizards #289: Hire top talent or develop your existing team?
Wisdom From Wizards #288: Build tech that automates or empowers?
Wisdom From Wizards #287: Hire for potential or proven performance?
Wisdom From Wizards #286: Dominate one market or pursue multiple?
Wisdom From Wizards #285: People development vs. process optimization
Wisdom From Wizards #284: Dealing with toxic high performers