Latest Business scaling Podcast Episodes
Expanding Globally: A Masterclass with Steve Ciesinski
Grit & Growth - July 02, 2024 07:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on going global – a guide for expanding your business beyond borders. Steve Ciesinski, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer in entrepreneurship, walks you through the pitfalls and possibilities of making the move from local venture to glob...
Co-Intelligence: An AI Masterclass with Ethan Mollick
Grit & Growth - June 11, 2024 07:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on AI — a practical guide for experimenting and engaging with artificial intelligence. Ethan Mollick, Wharton School associate professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, AI visionary, and best-selling author walks us through the hype, fears, and...
Africa's Economic Horizon: A Conversation with Acha Leke, Chairman, McKinsey Africa
Grit & Growth - May 21, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMeet Acha Leke, senior partner and chairman of McKinsey Africa and co-founder of the African Leadership Academy. Leke has been analyzing the economic prospects of the continent for decades, so he’s the perfect person to share insights on its future, from productivity and digital transfo...
From Local Startup to Pan-African Success: The Beem Story
Grit & Growth - April 30, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsStarting a business and growing it are challenging enough. But expanding globally, across the entire African continent with 54 very different countries, increases the difficulty exponentially. That’s what Taha Jiwaji, CEO and founder of Beem, is experiencing first hand. Hear what it ta...
Season 4 Trailer
Grit & Growth - April 16, 2024 08:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome back to Grit & Growth from Stanford Graduate School of Business. In Season 4, you’ll hear tales of entrepreneurial trials and triumphs, obstacles and opportunities, and, of course, plenty of grit and growth. Plus, we share insights from Stanford faculty and global experts on how...
Short Takes: Trailblazing the Internet of Things in Bangladesh
Grit & Growth - April 02, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMeet Mir Shahrukh Islam, cofounder and CEO of Bondstein Technologies Ltd. in Bangladesh. He created his IoT, or internet of things, company at a time when very few in Bangladesh even knew the term. Today, that future-focused, risk-taking spirit still defines and inspires his entrepreneu...
Short Takes: Where Science Meets Culture
Grit & Growth - March 12, 2024 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMeet Raj Prakash, cofounder of Zifo, a science informatics company in India. While growing revenues is on almost every entrepreneur’s mind, Prakash believes building a thriving culture should be too. Hear how creating a great place to work is helping his company achieve great results. ...
Short Takes: Pioneering a Holistic Approach to Speech Therapy in Kenya
Grit & Growth - February 20, 2024 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMeet Grace Macharia, a speech and language therapist and founder of SLT Support in Nairobi, Kenya. She created a social enterprise with a mission to support not only her patients, but also the profession of speech therapy in Kenya as a whole. “In 2011 there were about five speech ther...
Introducing the If/Then podcast from Stanford GSB
Grit & Growth - January 30, 2024 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsIf/Then is a new podcast from the Stanford Graduate School of Business that we think will be of great interest to Grit & Growth listeners. This episode features Stanford GSB Professor Jonathan Levav analyzing the premise, “If we want to generate better ideas, then we need to get people ...
Short Takes: Growing a Family and a Business
Grit & Growth - January 09, 2024 13:40 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsMeet Sakshi Kapahi, head of Omam Consultants, an HR consultancy in India, and a mother on a mission to balance home and work life for herself and her employees. Hear about Kapahi’s journey — the hurdles and highlights — as she grew both her family and the business her father started ove...
Workplace Friction: How to Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder
Grit & Growth - December 12, 2023 14:24 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on friction — the good, the bad, and the ugly. Robert Sutton, Stanford professor in the School of Engineering and best-selling author, has stories and strategies to help you identify the causes of friction, eliminate it, and even learn how to use f...
Fail It 'til You Nail It: Masterclass on Embracing the Upside of Down
Grit & Growth - November 21, 2023 14:35 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on growth mindset and psychological safety and how they can empower employees to speak up, fail fast, and fail smart — with accountability but not retribution. Sarah Soule, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor in organizational behavior, ...
Creating a Culture of Healthy Debate
Grit & Growth - October 31, 2023 14:10 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsDoes your company have a culture where people are truly free to speak their minds … without fear of retribution? At the start of the pandemic, Elikem Tamaklo, managing director for Nyaho Healthcare in Ghana, realized that the answer was no. Hear how he changed his company’s culture and ...
FLASHBACK | Raising Capital in Africa: It’s Not Just About the Money
Grit & Growth - October 10, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWe're excited to announce that Stanford Seed has a new advisory board member: Andreata Muforo. We are thrilled to have Andreata on our team! To celebrate, we're bringing back one of our favorite episodes from Season 1, "Raising Capital in Africa: It's Not Just About the Money", which fe...
ENCORE: Boost Sales with Hyper-Personalized Email Sequences: Abbi Perets' Shares Inside Tips on Funnel Building
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - October 10, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDo you want to see a significant increase in your email engagement and sales? Are you tired of struggling with impersonal and ineffective email marketing? Look no further. Our guest, Abbi Perets, will be sharing the solution to achieving personalized and authentic email sequences that will lead ...
Balancing Motherhood and Entrepreneurship: 5 things I've stopped doing in my business since becoming a single mom
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - October 03, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsEver felt overwhelmed with trying to balance motherhood and entrepreneurship? As a single mom and business owner, I've had to let go of certain habits that were hindering my growth in both these roles. One of these was the fear of firing clients who simply didn't align with my vision, causing un...
Behind the scenes of the most successful coaching launches I have seen
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - September 26, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsUnleash the secret sauce behind successful online coaching business launches. Picture this: you've got an amazing program or product ready to launch - but do you have the optimum presentation, pitch-perfect messaging, the ideal price point, and unparalleled levels of support to guarantee its suc...
How to "Think Faster and Talk Smarter": a Masterclass with Matt Abrahams
Grit & Growth - September 19, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on spontaneous communication — those unplanned moments when you’re called on in a meeting, asked to give feedback, or introduced to a potential investor. Matt Abrahams, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer in strategic communications, has ...
Embracing the Journey: Lessons Learned in my first year as an Entrepreneurial Mother
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - August 29, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsStepping into the arena of motherhood and entrepreneurship, I thought I had it all figured out. But then, reality hit me like a ton of bricks. The demands of both roles collided, leaving me exhausted and overwhelmed. Little did I know, the key to survival was hidden in unexpected places. Join me...
The Business of Ending Generational Poverty in India: Haqdarshak!
Grit & Growth - August 29, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsCreating a compelling strategy is step number one for every business. But almost no one gets it right on the first try. Aniket Doegar and “Guns” Ganapathy, co-founders of the Indian social enterprise Haqdarshak, pivoted multiple times while remaining focused on financial sustainability ...
Maximizing Ad Returns in 2023
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - August 22, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDo you want to boost your online coaching business's return on investment in 2023? Are you looking for a way to maximize your advertising efforts and achieve greater results? Well, I have the solution you've been searching for. I will show you how to enhance your advertising strategies and gener...
Can you afford ads? The metrics you need to know and how to make Data-Backed Advertising Decisions
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - August 15, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIf you're feeling frustrated and overwhelmed by the lack of results from your advertising efforts, then you are not alone! Many online coaches and course creators find themselves confused about which ads to run and how to measure their success. They may be spending hours creating and launching c...
Are Paid Webinars the way? Pros and cons with case study
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - August 08, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDiscover the pros and cons of hosting paid webinars to grow your business. Learn how paid webinars can offset ad costs, attract committed leads, and increase perceived value, but also consider the drawbacks of fewer leads and higher expectations. Stay tuned to find out about a case study of a su...
Making Great Strategy: A Masterclass with Jesper Sørensen
Grit & Growth - August 08, 2023 02:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on strategy, featuring Jesper Sørensen’s insights on how to build a strategy for success and accept the inherent uncertainty of it all. This Stanford Graduate School of Business professor tells you what you need to know: from defining what a strate...
Top Green flags that show you're ready for ads
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - August 01, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAre you ready to run ads? In this episode, we uncover the green flags that determine your ad readiness. But be warned, if you're not making sales and your messaging isn't on point, you might find yourself stuck in a never-ending cycle of ad frustration. By nailing the messaging, understanding th...
The costly consequences of pausing ads, how it can derail your revenue growth, and when pausing is okayUntitled Episode
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - July 25, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn this episode of the Scaling to Freedom podcast, I delve into the consequences of pausing ads and how it can disrupt the algorithm's performance. But what happens when the top-of-funnel leads slow down and organic growth is hindered? Find out in this episode, where I reveal the truth about pau...
The costly consequences of pausing ads, how it can derail your revenue growth, and when pausing is okay
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - July 25, 2023 09:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOn this episode of the Scaling to Freedom podcast, I delve into the consequences of pausing ads and how it can disrupt the algorithm's performance. But what happens when the top-of-funnel leads slow down and organic growth is hindered? Find out in this episode, where I reveal the truth about pau...
The Real Culprit Behind Low ad returns for Some Coaches and the formula for ad returns
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - July 18, 2023 09:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode of the Scaling to Freedom podcast, I reveal why ads often fail for some coaches. From understanding the right messaging to optimizing your sales process and offer, I'll unravel the formula for ad success. There is a proven strategy that can help you increase your ad success and a...
Unleashing the Power of Market Creation
Grit & Growth - July 18, 2023 08:30 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsAlmost every entrepreneur dreams of becoming a market leader. But a business's greatest potential for success happens with market creation. Andela, led by co-founder and CEO Jeremy Johnson, did just that by unlocking access to a global labor market — for both job seekers and companies i...
Revealing my takeaways from 100 Conversations I've had with coaches and course creators
Scaling to Freedom Podcast | For 7-figure female coaches - July 11, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhen trying to scale their business, coaches sometimes fall prey to certain misconceptions, especially about digital marketing strategies. One such misconception involves the role of ads, which some mistakenly regard as a miracle solution that can replace organic marketing completely. However, i...
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