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S2E100 Brad Feld
This Season 2 Finale features an extended conversation (2+ hours) between Brad Feld and Ben McDougal, recorded in the wild, LIVE from the mountains of Boulder, Colorado! We begin with a rewind on…
S2E99 Traveled
Trevor Carlson visited 50+ countries in 5 years! He's also a friend, founder, content creator, and below-average salsa dancer. Pack your bag and ride along as we wind through an extended episode with…
S2E98 Unrelenting
Abena Sankofa is an unrelenting author, founder, and fellow podcaster who hosts Black & Privileged in America. This leader celebrates Africana, challenges historical narratives, and advocates for…
S2E97 Break Ground
Dan Knoup and Brandon Patterson lead the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines. We break ground by hearing how these two leaders got into residential construction. We then hit on the…
S2E96 Inverse Charisma
Jack Chimbetete learned to make others feel charismatic as a young leader in Zimbabwe. After this film maker experienced the Mandela Washington Fellowship, he forged a new path by moving to Iowa. We…
S2E95 Student Founders
Ben was back at UW Stevens Point, speaking and collaborating inside the UW Stevens Point Center for Entrepreneurship. During his time on campus, Alex Suscha and Haley Densow joined him for another…
S2E94 Paving Paths
Eric Engelmann builds stuff. Let's cheers to this leader's early entrepreneurial experiences and the origins of so many projects (see bonus materials) that have paved different paths for fellow…
S2E93 Courtside Perspectives
Just in time for the NBA Finals! Sit courtside with Drew Van Meeteren, the President of Business Operations for the Iowa Wolves. The G League connects professional basketball players and leaders to…
S2E92 Revenue Bulldogs
Bill Adamowski is a technologist, founder, and educator who strengthens the web for understanding customers, solving the right problems, and sequencing human-centered design to grow revenue. We…
S2E91 Surfing Early Moves
Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Devon Seacrest is a tech founder who helps entrepreneurs surf through early moves that test the desirability, feasibly, and profitability of new ideas. He visiting Des…
S2E90 Cartoonist
Nathan T. Wright is an artist. He has origins in the early days of social media, made impact inside corporate marketing, and now illustates remarkable art with drawings, cartoons, murals, and more.…
S2E89 Gig Economy
Derreck Stratton is a military veteran and startup founder who connects doers to odd jobs. Instead of asking "who do you know" for a task around the house, the HUDU team built an easier way to find…
S2E88 Design to Rhyme
Rachel Abel and Melissa Carlson are leaders who show up to build brands that are brewed through storytelling that rhymes. Together, we toast to experiential design, friends within the food &…
S2E87 Push Through
Alongside a career in finance, Steve Walsh is an investor and wrote Make the 10X Leap to help founders scale. We talk about choosing to push through the storm, raising strategic financial capital,…
S2E86 Red Jalapeño
Taufeek Shah brings the heat! We pour on the sauce and dip into salsa as we hear how Lola's Fine Sauces delivers spicy goodness in 22,000+ locations worldwide. Taufeek and Ben discuss the science of…
S2E85 Corporate Battleships
Jacob Kruse invests corporate innovation funds. Corporate venture capital is a growing trend, so let's chat through how founders can interact with corporate partners and how internal innovation teams…
S2E84 Base Camp
Join us at base camp as Jon Kallen builds a mountain for us to climb. We lean into the pain and carry our own gear with stories from Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, and more high altitudes worldwide.…
S2E83 Prognostication
Ehrich Pakala is a mathematician, software engineer, and founder who uses machine learning to unlock data-driven understandings. His team at Emigrait leverages insight to find future home buyers and…
S2E82 Adapttitude
Rachelle Keck is the 14th president of Grand View University. Students join us in-studio as we discuss the energy of leadership. We also talk about writing a book and how to leverage an adapttitude,…
S2E81 Technology Soup
Put your laser eyes on as Carl Lippert swings through the studio to brew some technology soup. Together, we compile Carl's global hackathon tour to hear how such curiosity paired with initiative…
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