The Growth Show is a business podcast for leaders consumed with driving growth -- growing a company, growing a movement, growing an idea, growing a team. Each week, one of our hosts -- HubSpot's CMO Kipp Bodnar or VP of Marketing Meghan Keaney Anderson -- sits down with someone who has achieved remarkable growth and unpack how they did it.
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Tech has a diversity problem. And in recent years we’ve seen a wave of programs aimed at teaching young people of color to code. But the reality is that addressing the diversity problem is about much more than just teaching kids how to code.
Brandon Nicholson is the founding executive director of the Hidden Genius Project, an organization that teaches engineering skills, but also equips students with leadership skills. Brandon is working to build a community that will help the next generation of entrepreneurs thrive in tech.
Remember Pepsi’s tone deaf Kendall Jenner ad? SheaMoisture’s “Break Free from Hair Hate” campaign? After seeing these, you may have how in the world these campaigns were created.
Amanda Spann is a serial entrepreneur, and after seeing these and other major judgement errors, she launched the site youneedablackperson.com. She meant it as a joke, but it’s rooted in a much larger issue.
On today’s episode, Amanda explains how rapid growth and groupthink can poison a company’s better judgement, and how she’s avoiding having the same issues with her own products.
For years, the pace of everyday work has been increasing. But Kathie Sever’s company is a good example of why the future may not be faster.
Kathie owns Fort Lonesome, a custom chain stitching outfit in Austin, Texas. After witnessing first hand the unsustainable practices of the garment industry, she wanted to change the way we all think about clothing. And she’s doing just that. One stitch at a time.
Why does innovation come so naturally to startups - but not to larger companies or governments? That’s a question that Steve Blank is working to answer.
More than a decade ago, Steve helped lay the groundwork for The Lean Startup movement. Instead of innovating in a vacuum, he told entrepreneurs they needed to get outside and talk to customers. In this episode, Steve explains why innovation is fundamentally different in startups, how the Lean Startup can be applied almost anywhere, and what you should do if your company’s innovation engine starts to sputter.
Six months after Karen Aiach’s daughter Ornella was born, she was diagnosed with Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Doctors told Karen her daughter would likely live for just over a decade, and there was nothing Karen could do about it. Left with no option, she created one herself.
After only three weeks of receiving the news, and with no medical background, Karen cofounded Lysogene, a biotech company targeting the syndrome. In this episode, she reminds us why “no” or “never” is only the start of the conversation.
In a world of unicorns, Anthony Tjan is an investor looking for sea turtles. He watched first hand as his company went bust the same day the Dotcom bubble burst. And he realized that good, steady growth powered by teams of good people is really the only thing that matters.
In this episode, Tony tells us how to learn from standout companies that promote goodness, how to surround yourself with good people, why you may want to cook dinner with more of your potential employees.
If you’ve ever had to cater a meeting, you know the panic that comes along with it. The type of panic that sits deep in the pit of your stomach. Will the food be late? Will it be the same as you ordered? Or even worse, will it show up at all?
Stefania Mallett heard these concerns first hand. Thousands of these concerns, in fact. All from customers at her previous company. And when that company went under? She knew exactly what problem to solve with her next company -- EzCater.
On Monday, you download a new productivity app. On Tuesday, you load it up with all the tasks you need to accomplish. By Friday? You’ve abandoned that list -- and you’re in the market for the next new app that’s sure to change your life. This cycle happens to pretty much everyone.
That’s why Amir Salihefendic, the founder and CEO of the productivity startup Doist, says his company is out to solve a psychological problem, not a product problem. In this episode, Amir tells us how his most successful customers use his products, why email is king (but could be much better), and why all of these productivity apps we use are just slowing us down.
Jim Cline was only a few months away from retirement. That is, until a former colleague of his offered him a job most people would run far away from: CFO of a company $134 million in debt.
In today’s episode, Jim tells us why he took on that challenge, how he helped realign his team, and how he’s changing course now that he’s stepped up to be the CEO.
This episode is presented with HubSpot’s State of Inbound 2017.
If everything on earth is connected, what does that mean for humanity? This week we’re digging out one of our favorites from the archives. In this episode, Linden Tibbets, CEO of IFTTT, outlines a vision of the world where everything is so connected, that moving across the different systems in your life is as easy as rearranging books on a shelf.
