There are now so many podcasts – this new(ish) way to digest information has exploded, such that it’s almost overwhelming with the little time we all have these days.
The best part is that you can learn anywhere, anytime, and all for free.
Touching on a podcast that perhaps receives less attention is one on how business people have succeeded. All in small bite size summaries (i.e. they are giving you the best of Wikipedia).
The tip from the successful Cathy in this one below is related to real estate; where a landlords/managers frustration is touched on – communication. She emphasises how important it was to keep checking in, even when her news was bad. This is one of many great tips.
Have a listen:
110: Dropbox: Drew Houston – From A babysitter to a Billionaire – How They Made Their Millions
Drew Houston's first job was babysitting and he was making $3.00 per hour, but then he figured out that he could get paid more doing what he loved.. Game programming. He later started DropBox. He had many setbacks, and he had to face the demons in his head. He overcame all this and finally took Dropbox Public. Both he and his co-founder became billionaires. Let us see how he did it.
- 110: Dropbox: Drew Houston – From A babysitter to a Billionaire
- 109: Popeyes: Al Copeland – From utter poverty to a Multi-millionaire
- 108: Shopify :Tobias Lutke – A school dropout to a billionaire
- 107: Charles Kettering – From a poor farm boy to a multi-millionaire
- 106: Warby Parker – Starting in an apartment to building a billion dollar company
