Best Professional Development, Self Improvement & Startup Podcasts - 3 Episodes Per Week

Published on 07 Jan 2013. On the final episode of Seth Godin’s Startup School we learn the importance of being distinct and direct. Seth explains why people at the top get hurt last, why e-mail is the best direct connection to your customers, and why it’s important to have your own distinct voice. Seth shares a technique to get an appointment with impossible to reach top decision makers, discusses why it’s better to act like you don’t have money now, and tells us why he’d rather spend 4 years writing a blog before writing a book in order to build an audience. He also talks about how not to get sued, giving people a souvenir to remember you by, and the rules on naming your company.

Published on 13 Dec 2016. My recent blog post where I curated the 12 most-recommended books from my nearly 150 author interviews has been a big hit. I decided then that I should turn it into a podcast episode so that more people can be exposed to it, hence this podcast-specific post. If you’d like to read about the complete list instead of listen to it, and see right now which books are considered top notch by some of the most successful and inspiring authors all over the world, simply go here. Otherwise, you can check out the audio version (i.e. podcast) by clicking the play button below. For more on how you can win a copy of each of these books, click here. 

Published on 31 Jan 2017. As a manager, your job is to help your people grow. But have you ever asked yourself, “Grow into what?” This week, Russ and Kim talk about a technique for getting to know the people on your team, understanding the things that motivate them, learning about their dreams, and helping them make tangible progress towards those dreams.

Published on 24 Jun 2011. Introducing ProdPod, the podcast of productivity lessons in two minutes or less! For an example of the referenced graph, see: http://goo.gl/niUIs I'M RAY SIDNEY-SMITH AND I'LL BE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY GUIDE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I AM CURRENTLY THE ORGANIZER OF GETTING THINGS DONE DC MEETUP & THE FOUNDING ORGANIZER OF THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED GETTING THINGS DONE NYC MEETUP. YOU CAN FIND ME TWEETING ON TWITTER AT G T D D C AND AT G T D N Y C. ANYTHING PERTAINING TO PRODPOD WILL BE HASHTAGGED AS PRODPOD. AND, SO, ON TO THE MISSION OF PRODPOD, THE PODCAST OF PRODUCTIVITY TIPS IN TWO MINUTES OR LESS. PRODPOD WAS INSPIRED BY TWO EMAIL NEWSLETTERS BOTH OF WHICH OFFERED TIDBITS OF INFORMATION ON MAKING EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE DECISIONS IN YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES. I THOUGHT, WHY ISN'T THERE ALREADY A PODCAST LIKE THIS? SINCE I'M A GETTING THINGS DONE (A/K/A GTD) ENTHUSIAST, I THOUGHT...WHY NOT USE THE TWO-MINUTE RULE TO GIVE QUICK AND SUBSTANTIVE IDEAS AND INFORMATION THAT

Published on 14 Apr 2016. 200 series covers topics aimed towards GMs.

Published on 27 Feb 2018. Rachael Ray is an iconic TV personality, cook, bestselling author, and businesswoman who has always believed in the value of hard work. Rachael Ray says she grew up in food. She watched her grandfather and mother in the kitchen and then got her start working in the Fresh Foods Department of Macy's. It wasn't long before she was managing restaurants and teaching cooking classes at the local CBS station in Albany. By 2006, Rachael launched the Emmy Award-winning "Rachael Ray Show" which quickly became one of the top-ranked daytime shows on television. On this episode, Rachael gets candid about childhood and how she grew her career from the ground up, why she believes the American Dream is still alive, the importance of finding your niche, and how she manages the empire that she's built. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Jane Mosbacher Morris, Founder and CEO of To The Market Find out more:  https://www.tothemarket.com Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someo

Published on 18 Oct 2012. To help step out of your old beliefs about holiday cheer.

Published on 01 Sep 2017. Businesses deal with Hurricane Harvey's impact. Wells Fargo reports more fake accounts. Lululemon reports surprising earnings. Gilead Sciences makes a big buy. And Match hits a new high as Tinder heats up. Plus, Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner talks small caps and shares some insights from the brand-new edition of The Motley Fool Investment Guide. Thanks to Casper for supporting The Motley Fool. Save $50 on a mattress at http://www.casper.com/fool and use the promo code "fool".     

Published on 01 Aug 2018. I don’t understand how today’s guest has generated so much revenue with his business. Michael Rader is a Mixergy listener and his company is Brandroot. Brandroot helps entrepreneurs name their company, service or product. I invited Michael here to find out how he did it. Michael Rader is the founder of Brandroot, which helps entrepreneurs name their company, service or product. Sponsored by Toptal – If you’re having trouble finding developers, Toptal is a network of elite pre-vetted software developers. You tell Toptal what you’re looking for, they search their network for the best people, they test the candidates, and then they present you with only the candidates who meet your individual needs. Once you pick someone you can start work with them the next day. They offer a no-risk trial period. Go to Toptal.com. Get the best of the best right now. HostGator – Ready to take your website to the next level? Whether you’re a first-time blogger or an experienced web pro, HostGator h

Published on 11 Jul 2018. You may think that to scale you need to cut humans out of the equation. The opposite is true. You can harness the power of the "human cloud" to solve almost any problem — as long as you keep the word “human” in the equation. That's what TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot champions for this community of people who work with each other, teach each other, and continually learn from each other. With cameos by DeLashea Strawder (Mosaic Youth Theater in Detroit) and Whitney Johnson (Author, "Build An A Team").

Published on 11 Mar 2016. March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jack Bogle, Founder of the Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. He created Vanguard in 1974 and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until 1996 and Senior Chairman until 2000. This interview aired on Bloomberg Radio.

Published on 11 Sep 2017. Part 1 of our guidance on how to stay focused on your priorities and get more done.

Published on 10 Feb 2017. Erik Townsend welcomes back Jim Rogers to MacroVoices. Erik and Jim discuss what is in store for the U.S. Equity Markets, the U.S. Dollar, bonds and gold. Further in the discussion they tackle the history of government failures and his views on the global populist movements. They finish off the conversation discussing Jim’s views on the movement to a cashless society and answering if we are moving away from a free society?

Published on 24 Jan 2016. Karel is again joined by UK Psychologist Mandy Kloppers to discuss recognizing and fixing common errors in thinking.

Published on 04 Dec 2014. December 2014 - Monthly Investment Outlook from Bill Gross - Janus Henderson Investors

Published on 29 May 2018. For show notes and more information visit www.investedpodcast.com This week Phil shares a few of Charlie Munger’s lesser known secrets on how to build a great investment portfolio. Join us as we dive in on gurus, cannibal companies, and valuable spin-offs that can take your returns to the next level.

Published on 13 May 2018. Summary: Robert Reid, the founder of Rhapsody, can be considered the Godfather (founding father?) of the streaming music reality we now live in. But guess what? That's only half of this episode! Because it turns out, Robert is the author of a book that was probably one of the biggest reasons I started doing this podcast. The book was Architects of the Web, 1000 Days that Built the Future of Business. It was one of the first books to come out about the history of the web era. It was published in 1997, 

Published on 30 Dec 2016. This week, Inc. writers and editors say "So long!" to 2016, and discuss what this year's developments in politics and cyber security may mean for the new year. Plus, the crew interviews Scott McFarlane about how he sold MetaInfo to Checkpoint in the waning days of the 1990s

Published on 13 Feb 2016. This is the audio-only version of the How to Make Money in Stocks with Investor's Business Daily video podcast. This week: The market remains in a correction, but some leaders are showing signs of resilience and possible rebounds. Plus, see why you want look for stocks with industry-leading profit margins and see a list of today's most profitable market leaders. Notes at Investors.com/investingshow.

Published on 29 Jan 2018. Get more done by understanding which of your tasks depend on which others, and sequence them to take the least amount of time. Read the transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/productivity/project-management/forget-multitasking-how-to-get-things-done-with-parallelism Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW GET-IT-DONE GUY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetItDoneGuy Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetItDoneGuy