Keep Going
by John Biggs
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How do you build a $100 million company by shooting from the hip?
How do you build a $100 million company by shooting from the hip?
About this podcast
When you're going through Hell, keep going." This is a podcast about failure and how it breeds success. Every week, we will talk to amazing people who have done amazing things yet, at some point, experienced failure. By exploring their experiences, we can learn how to build, succeed, and stay humble. It is hosted by author and former New York Times journalist John Biggs. Our theme music is by Policy, AKA Mark Buchwald. (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/policy/)
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Episodes
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- How do you build a $100 million company by shooting from the hip? · 35 minPete Dering, founder and CEO of Peak Design, did just that. He started in 2010 with an idea for a camera clip, launched it on Kickstarter in 2011, and spent the next 15 years…
- How to rebuild a business on the rocks · 28 minCan you rebuild a business that has been declining for more than a decade? On this episode of Keep Going, I spoke with Dorothy Belshaw, CEO and co-founder of Rockview Management…
- How Bailey’s CBD survived when the pet wellness market turned against it · 29 minWhen Aaron Argueta and his business partner Jay started Bailey’s CBD for Pets, they had 50 bottles of CBD extract, about $500 and a dog named Bailey. Nearly a decade later, the…
- Why should we still have hope? “Because we’re still fighting.” · 31 minEsther Dyson has spent decades studying technology, business, and the ways both affect society. But she doesn’t consider herself a futurist. As she explains on this episode of…
- What do you do when it’s time to retire and, well, you don’t want to · 29 minWhat happens when you reach the end of a successful career and realize you’re not done working? On this week’s Keep Going, I talk with Alan Wexelblat, a longtime software…
- Perseverance pays · 28 minWhat happens when a product takes ten years to become an overnight success? On this week’s Keep Going, I talk with Reid Robinson, founder of Robinson Exotech Corp. and creator of…
- From a little red suitcase to a billion-dollar company · 28 minWhat happens when you finally get everything you thought you wanted, and realize you want something else? Joe Spector came to America from the Soviet Union at ten years old. His…
- Scott Jordan built a brand and a million dollar business on a whim · 30 minNote: The video portion of the interview failed so this is an old-fashioned audio podcast. Scott is a great guy so I wanted to share this regardless. What does success look like…
- How to build something as successful as the Apple Store · 37 minRon Johnson built the Apple Store, then watched the world copy it for two decades. In this episode of Keep Going, he walks through how that happened, starting with a choice he…
- How psychedelics changed my life · 6 minThis one is personal. I started working on Shroomies in 2018, after my dad died and I entered one of the darkest periods of my life. I was depressed. I was taking SSRIs. I was…
- A top-tier product manager tells us how to survive the AIpocalypse · 32 minMelissa Mohr spent her early career at Amazon and built some amazing products before making the move to SVP of product at Vivint. Now she’s here to tell us how to maneuver office…
- Inside iWallet, the payment platform for contractors · 14 minJim Kolchin started iWallet because he knew the problem from the inside. Before he was building fintech software for contractors, he was a contractor himself. He started his…
- Making art out of pain · 36 minAngie Elita Newell does not write easy books. Her novel, All I See Is Violence, is not a fantasy escape, which she joked about after finding herself surrounded by “sexy fairy”…
- The internet didn’t kill magazines. We did. · 27 minI had one of my favourite conversations in a long time this week with writer and Full Bleed podcast host Arjun Basu. We both came from the magazine world. We remember the days…
- Creators aren’t the new influencers, they’re the new media companies · 28 minWhen most people hear the word “creator,” they think of someone promoting protein powder or the latest gadget. Tanya Cohen sees something very different. Cohen is the co-CEO of…
- Shutting down a business: What every founder needs to know · 17 minStarting and running a business can be one of the most rewarding experiences, but knowing when and how to shut it down is equally crucial. In this post, we’ll explore key…
- Why good is not enough · 17 minKeith Wyche has had the kind of career that looks clean from the outside. Bell. IBM. Pitney Bowes. Grocery. Walmart. Board seats. Books. Big jobs. Big teams. The sort of resume…
- WorkClaw wants to build an AI team for your team · 15 minEverybody has heard the promise by now. AI is going to save time, reduce costs, and help businesses get more done. The problem is that most people still don’t know where to…
- How Lium turns physical-world data into answers · 20 minJosh Knutson and Ryan Thill are building Lium for a problem that sits just outside the usual AI demo. Most AI tools are very good at text, code, and spreadsheets. Lium is focused…
- The janitor, the professor, and the meaning of success · 28 minMost of us spend a lot of time thinking about what we want. A better job. More money. A nicer house. More freedom. Less stress. Very few of us spend much time thinking about what…
