Today’s entrepreneurs have a wealth of information, knowledge, and inspiration available online as podcasts, ready to listen to 24/7.
I love listening to podcasts. Whether while driving in my car or taking a walk. These audio shows have inspired and taught me plenty about how to be a better entrepreneur and grow my business fast.
My Top 10 Best Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
1 – Entrepreneur on Fire
Arguably the very best podcast for new business owners. It is an exciting mix of inspiration, success stories and humor with plenty of actionable insights included. Sometimes I take notes to retain the helpful information. Other times I just relaxed and enjoyed the conversations. https://www.eofire.com/podcast/
2 – Eventual Millionaire
This podcast is a series of case studies about individual entrepreneurs and their success story. I find this very inspirational and I listen to it when I need a sense of purpose and a dose of motivation. http://eventualmillionaire.com/millionaire-case-studies/
3 – Beyond the To-do List
This show is all about technique and how to be a better entrepreneur, worker, and person. I like how they select a topic such as time management and interview various successful people on their strategies that I can learn from. https://beyondthetodolist.com/
4 – How to Start a Startup
While not technically a podcast, it is more of a videocast because each of the lectures is both audio and visual. This mini-course on entrepreneurship rivals higher education offerings because it is more real world and applicable to your business today. The videos are a combination of slides and live individual presentations. http://startupclass.samaltman.com/
5 – Smart Passive Income
Pat Flynn one of the original online podcast entrepreneurs. He invites you to come along as he tries out new concepts, processes, and ideas to succeed in business. He is an engaging speaker at the business information is easily accessible, even for beginner entrepreneurs. Smart passive income podcast
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6 – Startup
This is an unflinching and real-world look at what it’s really like launching a new business. These story-based episodes have a pleasing mix of both professional and personal experiences that struggling entrepreneurs will relate to well. https://www.gimletmedia.com/startup/
7 – Dose of Leadership
This podcast is a resource of interviews with engaging and motivating leaders sharing their real-life techniques. Richard Rierson is a great leader and is passionate about teaching others how to lead effectively in business and life. http://www.doseofleadership.com/
8 – HBR Idea Cast
The editor of the Harvard Business Review hosts this educational podcast and interviews major business leaders for an amazingly insightful and fascinating podcast. Some of the newest episodes include; choosing a strategy for your startup, how to use learning to engage your team and why technical experts make great leaders. http://feeds.harvardbusiness.org/harvardbusiness/ideacast
9 – The Turnaround
This is a great podcast to listen to when you hit an obstacle in your business and need some kick-ass motivation and ideas to turn the situation around. Each of these episodes features different executives sharing their turnaround experiences and how instead of failing they took adversity and made it work for them instead. Recent guests include Kristen Kish of Top Chef TV show. https://www.hubspot.com/the-growth-show
10 – YouPreneur
Veteran business leader Chris Drucker helps entrepreneurs build their personal brand and have success in virtual enterprises. Hundreds of past episodes are available online with compelling topics such as; want to grow your business faster? Test everything!, How to manage your social media more productively and finally getting to grips with your SEO. http://www.chrisducker.com/podcast/
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