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Always Learning, with Gary Kusin – Episode 457 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On May 7, 2024
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  • author, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, hiring, leadership, learning, mentorship, software, Stephanie Maas, success
Gary Kusin co-founder of GameStop, Laura Mercier Cosmetics, and former President and CEO of Kinko’s, unveils his new book Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling Up from GameStop to Laura Mercier and Beyond, and shares insights on alignment and accountability, respect, honesty, and integrity, continuous change, tackling toxicity, good reasons vs real reasons, only getting paid […]
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They’ll Have To Kill Me To Stop Me, with John Hewitt – Episode 454 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On April 2, 2024
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  • Adam Outland, author, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, franchising, leadership, software, success, tax
John Hewitt, founder of both Jackson Hewitt as well as Liberty Tax Services, talks about being a world traveler without ever leaving the USA, fighting with his father while also making business history, the secret sauce of franchising, the biggest lesson from almost facing bankruptcy, competing against his own software and systems (and winning), why […]
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The Inside Innovator, with Louis Gump – Episode 453 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On March 19, 2024
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  • author, Business, CEO, digital, entrepreneur, innovation, intrapreneurship, leadership, media, Stephanie Maas, success, technology
Digital media executive Louis Gump, with time spent at CNN, the Weather Channel, Cox Media, and more, talks about breaking early ground in the mobile space, the 5 main characteristics of an intrapreneur, not putting efficiency over optimization, the symbiotic relationship between intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs, the genesis of innovation, and more. About Louis: Louis K. […]
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The Customer is the Constant, with Chris Hood – Episode 452 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On March 5, 2024
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  • Adam Outland, AI, artificial intelligence, author, Business, digital, entertainment, entrepreneur, leadership, media, movies, music, streaming, success, technology
Digital strategist, author, and entertainment industry veteran Chris Hood talks about his award-winning work with films like Jurassic Park and Apollo 13, one HUGE missed opportunity with the Power Rangers, why even the worst leaders you know can be mentors, using the cloud before the cloud existed to develop the first known music streaming platform, […]
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Become Unstoppable, with Alden Mills – Episode 451 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On February 20, 2024
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  • author, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, fitness, founder, goal setting, leadership, military, Navy Seals, positivity, Stephanie Maas, success, trust
Alden Mills, CEO of Perfect Fitness and Founder/CEO of GoalBud shares lessons from his time as a Navy SEAL, and chats about why trust is like a boomerang, putting on your “Terminator glasses”, finding your swim buddy, closing the C.A.R.E. loop, seeing possibilities in the impossible, hitting the positivity gym, and how to lead with […]
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Done Success, Ready for Significance, with Tanis Jorge – Episode 449 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On January 23, 2024
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  • author, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, founder, leadership, partnership, speaker, Stephanie Maas, success, tech, technology
Tanis Jorge, serial tech entrepreneur, author of The Cofounder’s Handbook, and Founder of The Cofounder’s Hub, talks about exiting “unicorn” Trulioo, meeting both her husband AND her business partner in high school, finding the right person to go into business with and building businesses without killing each other, plus what separates entrepreneurs from corporate, the […]
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Brave Together, with Chris Deaver – Episode 448 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On January 9, 2024
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  • Adam Outland, Apple, author, Business, co-creation, collaboration, company culture, culture, Dell, Disney, leadership, listening, Pixar, teamwork
Chris Deaver, author and co-founder of BraveCore, recalls stalking Stephen Covey in his own house, and talks about the key lesson he learned from Steve Jobs, bucking the “expert model”, writing a letter to Roy Disney then turning down the reply, the simplicity and power of co-creation, turning Dell around, making others the mission, and working […]
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High-Consequence Success, with K. Scott Griffith – Episode 447 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On December 26, 2023
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  • author, Business, collaboration, leadership, management, reliability, risk, Stephanie Maas, success, systems
K. Scott Griffith is the founder and managing partner of SG Collaborative Solutions, LLC and author of the world’s first Collaborative High Reliability improvement programs, recalls averting catastrophe for the airline industry, working for NASA, and tackling risk A.S.A.P., and explains the sequence of reliability, the essential attributes of a highly reliable organization, socio-technical improvement, […]
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Stickers to Stimulus, with Anthony Constantino – Episode 446 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On December 12, 2023
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  • Adam Outland, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, leadership, management, manufacturing, social media, strategy, success
Anthony Constantino, Co-Founder and CEO of Sticker Mule, and also founder of Stimulus, the world’s first 100% ID-verified social media network, talks about reverse engineering his first successes as a teenager, growing his thriving company from the dysfunctional wreckage of a prior business, and judging on the basis of attendance, shares his dead simple business […]
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Always the Outsider, with Alysia Silberg – Episode 445 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On November 28, 2023
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  • Africa, AI, author, Business, Canada, CEO, employment, entrepreneur, Hollywood, immigrant, investment, leadership, overcome adversity, Silicon Valley, Stephanie Maas, technology, women in leadership
Alysia Silberg, leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and CEO / General Partner of the investment firm Street Global, shares the story of making her way from Africa to Canada by way of Hollywood, why even a bullet couldn’t stop her, and chats about getting superpowers from a pair of pink roller skates, using AI to […]
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