Problem Solvers
by Entrepreneur Media
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The Man Behind Madden on Building Another Hit
The Man Behind Madden on Building Another Hit
About this podcast
You have business problems. This show has solutions. Each week, Entrepreneur’s Editor in Chief Jason Feifer digs deep with entrepreneurs and CEOs — identifying the major problems they faced, the solutions that worked, and how YOU can put them to use in your business. No fluff, all tactics. Let’s solve your problems.
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- The Man Behind Madden on Building Another Hit · 26 minMost hit makers never make a second hit. Bing Gordon cracked the code. As part of the founding team at Electronic Arts, he helped build Madden, The Sims, and SimCity, and learned…
- Why KIND’s Daniel Lubetzky Is Betting on Nasal Strips · 30 minKIND bar founder and Shark Tank investor Daniel Lubetzky has a new obsession. It’s a nasal strip. When his team at Camino Partners first pitched him on Intake Breathing, his…
- Can You Give Away 25% of Your Profits and Still Build a Business? · 27 minFlowers for Dreams gives away 25% of its profits. In the flower business, where margins are already brutal. Co-founder Steve Dyme sketched that number on a bar napkin 15 years…
- Your Best Customers Are Costing You Too Much. Now What? Anthony Pompliano · 26 minAnthony Pompliano built an AI financial assistant people loved. Then his most engaged users started costing him too much money. That’s a good problem to have. But it’s still a…
- GoFundMe's Problem Wasn't the Product · 25 minGoFundMe had a strange problem. About a quarter of people created fundraisers and then never shared them. Better share buttons didn't fix it. That's because the problem wasn't…
- What Customers Ask For vs. What They Actually Want · 28 minSimpliSafe was built for renters. Renters didn't buy it. Homeowners did. Jason has told that story for years, because it's a perfect lesson in how founders get their customer…
- Jon Taffer's Complete Guide to Franchising · 50 minJon Taffer, host of the hit TV show "Bar Rescue", has sat on both sides of the franchising table. He's been a franchisee, including one franchise you'd never guess. Now, as…
- The Forbidden Love Every Founder Feels · 29 minRaj Mehra had it all: a personal reason to build, a hot new technology, a sector ripe for disruption. Then he put his product in front of real users and watched them fail to use…
- Why Data-Driven Is a Trap · 29 minJason sits down with Sebastian Wernicke, data scientist and author of Data Inspired: Building an Organizational Culture of Inquiry for Lasting Transformation, to talk about why…
- Pat Flynn asks "How Do You Sell A Personal Brand" · 43 minBefore he was Deep Pocket Monster, Pat Flynn was the face behind Smart Passive Income. Eighteen years later, he's ready to pour everything into Pokémon, but he's not willing to…
- How a Dying Arcade Brand Became a Nostalgia Machine · 34 minA few years ago, Jason rediscovered his love of Pop-A-Shot, the arcade basketball game. What he didn't know was the whole story behind Pop-A-Shot's sudden renaissance. Tony…
- Why Your Feedback Isn't Landing · 30 minJason once got an edit back covered in red, all caps, like he'd been screamed at on paper. He swore he'd never do that to anyone, but it turns out most of us are still getting…
- How to Be Irreplaceable In an AI World · 31 minWill AI make entrepreneurship easier—or make entrepreneurs irrelevant?In this episode of Problem Solvers, Jason Feifer sits down with LinkedIn Chief Economic Opportunity Officer…
- You're Wasting an Hour a Day Doing This · 25 minExecutive Coach Neal Schore says that fear-driven habits are quietly stealing at least an hour from your day, every day. Drawing from decades of coaching founders, operators, and…
- Why This CEO's Billion Dollar Idea Almost Didn't Survive Its Own Pilot · 29 minTom Szaky built TerraCycle into a recycling giant, then decided recycling wasn't good enough. His new venture, Loop, aimed to replace disposable packaging with reusable…
- How Pacsun Turned Customers Into a Sales Force · 28 minHere's a number that should stop you: 11,000 pairs of jeans, sold in 36 hours, from one video posted by a customer with just 5,000 followers. That's the end result of years of…
- Stop Dabbling: How High Performers Choose One Path and Go All In · 33 minLeadership expert Ryan Hawk tackles one of the biggest traps for ambitious entrepreneurs: dabbling in everything and committing to nothing. Ryan unpacks the idea of “beefing up…
- Naveen Jain on Solving Any Problem · 28 minNaveen Jain has built multiple billion-dollar companies all without being the smartest person in the room. His secret? He asks the questions the experts are too expert to ask. In…
- GoRuck's Founders on Why Community Makes You Future-Proof · 26 minJason and Emily McCarthy built GoRuck into the leading name in rucking. But when rising costs forced them to raise prices, that community became more than a marketing asset. It…
- How to Make People Understand You · 11 minYou know what you do, but does anyone else? There's often a gap between what you offer and how you explain it. In this episode, Jason shares his framework for closing that gap…
- How Columbia Sportswear Stands Out in a Crowded Market · 26 minA viral ad from Columbia Sportswear caught Jason's eye. After he wrote about it on LinkedIn, the company reached out. So Jason sat down with Tim Boyle, CEO and third-generation…
- Snoop Dogg’s Ice Cream? Here’s the Strategy · 34 minHaving one of the most recognizable and beloved celebrities in the world attached to your brand seems like it should be an easy win. But getting someone to buy once is one thing…
- Ciara Launches A Juice to Solve A Common Parenting Problem · 36 minThe kids' juice aisle looks completely covered. So does the protein market. Most people would conclude there's no room for anything new. Ciara didn't. The Grammy-winning musician…
- How To Sustain High Performance - Sami Inkinen of Virta Health · 27 minSami Inkinen is a three-time founder and world-class triathlete. A triathlete! And yet he went to the doctor and discovered he was pre-diabetic. The news triggered a series of…
- Why Most Founders Can't Grow Past 25 Employees · 27 minDavid Rusenko built Weebly from a dorm room start-up with friends to a business with 300 employees and over $200 million in revenue. But somewhere around employee 25, he hit a…
- How Burger King Is Making a Comeback · 43 minThe President of Burger King, Tom Curtis, knew the brand had gotten stale and that customers had drifted away. So he did something almost no executive does. He gave out a phone…
- What Is Your Time Worth? · 32 minUnsure what to charge for your services? You're not alone. Ilana Golan struggled with that too, until she developed a framework she now teaches to others through her Leap…
- Tetris: Building a Brand Beyond the Block · 26 minIf you're a 90s kid like Jason, you probably grew up with Tetris. But not like Maya Rogers grew up with Tetris. Her dad brought the game from the Soviet Union to the rest of the…
- How to Find Your First Customers · 36 minHow do you find your first customers? It’s a question first-time founders are often flummoxed by. But Keith Krach has developed a tried-and-true strategy—starting during his days…
- Stop Being Interchangeable · 21 minIt's a noisy world. If you want to succeed, you must learn to stand out — or to become, as Jason calls it, "singular." In this episode, he offers a formula for increasing your…
- The Formula for Efficient, Effective Content · 26 minIt's the 450th episode. Okay, it's actually the 451st. But close enough. Every 50 episodes, Jason steps back and reflects on the show: how it's changed, why it's changed, and…
- You Can’t Scale a Secret · 26 minDanielle Sepsy started developing her secret scone recipe at 13. That recipe built The Hungry Gnome. But to grow, she had to share it with her team, and eventually with the world…
- Win Your Category · 24 minWhat if the secret to winning in business isn't competing better? What if it's competing less? That's the idea behind category creation. And this week, Jason is speaking with…
- Insider's Guide to LinkedIn · 40 minEveryone says to “build your personal brand,” but how do you actually do that on LinkedIn? In this episode, Jason talks with Laura Lorenzetti, Senior Director and Executive…
- The Wildest Story You've Ever Heard · 51 minToday, Jason is sharing something different and special. His wife, Jennifer Miller, has a new podcast — a true-crime story about mistaken identity, impossible choices, and one…
- How Melissa & Doug Fight Fakes, Dupes and Copycats · 31 minMelissa Bernstein co-founded Melissa & Doug and built it into a billion-dollar children's toy company. Along the way, she learned a lot about entrepreneurship, which she shares…
- The Science of Knowing When to Walk Away · 25 minEvery entrepreneur has been told to push through, stay the course, and that grit is everything. But advice like that leaves out that some of the smartest, most successful people…
- Kevin Smith Makes Movies. But Something Else Made Him Famous. · 58 minKevin Smith went from making art to being the art and learned the hard way that when you become the product, there's no off switch. In this episode, Smith breaks down how he's…
- How to Engineer the Perfect Product Market Fit · 31 minJoey Zwillinger, the founder of Allbirds and Biologica, sat down with Jason to talk about the challenges of finding your ideal customer. Joey's done it both ways. Starting with a…
- I Hate Meetings. This Expert Showed Me Why I'm Part of the Problem · 29 minNobody likes meetings. But there’s a good reason for that. Organizational behavior expert Dr. Rebecca Hinds, author of the new book Your Best Meeting Ever, explains why most…
- How Solopreneurs Can Lower Their Taxes · 25 minFor sole proprietors and self-employed professionals, taxes can feel confusing, time-consuming, and easy to get wrong. What counts as a deduction? How do you save money on your…
- Gary Vee’s 2026 Marketing Playbook · 29 minGary Vaynerchuk joins Jason to share why he believes traditional social media is fading and where smart businesses should focus next. He explains how to find the audience you’re…
- What If You Are In The Wrong Role? · 30 minMoments Lab co-founders and identical twins, Frederic & Philippe Petitpont, realized they were in the wrong role. The CEO became CTO. The CTO became CEO. As a result, the…
- Should Leaders Make Slower Decisions? · 30 minWe’re taught that good leaders decide fast. But that belief may be holding you back. Harvard instructor and author of Manage Yourself to Lead Others, Margaret Andrews, explains…
- Jersey Mike’s CEO on Scaling Without Losing the Brand · 41 minJersey Mike’s just hit No. 1 on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500, as it enters a new era of ownership and leadership. New CEO Charlie Morrison explains how the brand plans to grow…
- Why Nostalgia Sells Even For New Brands · 36 minBrand historian Jason Liebig explains how nostalgia works as a strategic tool, not just a retro look. He breaks down why familiar emotions build trust faster and how brands use…
- "I Have Too Many Ideas and Analysis Paralysis. Help!" · 35 minListener Melissa calls the Help Line today because she's experiencing some analysis paralysis (haven't we all). Jason gives her a formula to help her determine which parts of her…
- How to Start a Million-Dollar Business in a Weekend · 28 minYes, you can start a million-dollar business in a weekend. Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo and author of the book "Million Dollar Weekend", shares how the foundations of a great…
- How to Build Brand Awareness Without Paying for Ads · 30 minBuilding brand awareness doesn’t have to cost big bucks. It can be as simple as leveraging your relationships in the community. The founders of Cold Blooded and Bizarre share how…
- Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec: Here’s How to Impress An Investor · 1 h 2 minYou’ve seen Robert Herjavec make deals on Shark Tank, but do you actually know how he thinks? In this candid conversation, Robert breaks down the real questions investors should…
