From the Ground Up

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From the Ground Up Podcast

It takes audacity to start a company, grit to grow it, and community to survive the ordeal. Join Inc. Executive Editor Diana Ransom and Editor-at-Large Christine Lagorio-Chafkin as they host From the Ground Up, a new podcast from Inc. that features frank and unfiltered conversations—with some of the most successful founders in the world—about navigating the role of the founder, the tips and tricks entrepreneurs need to know to be successful, and the secrets that nobody really tells you before you start a business.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    What Women Founders Still Have to Prove

    Anu Duggal has funded the businesses of hundreds of women—and has seen multiple hundred-million-dollar-plus exits. Now, she’s trying to make a statement.   For our season opener, we sat down with Anu Duggal, the founding partner of Female Founders Fund, a seed-stage venture capitalist fund focused on providing early-stage funding for startups by women entrepreneurs. Female Founders Fund has invested in more than 75 companies, including the digital financial service Tala, the razor company Billie, and the women’s health care company Maven Clinic. Ten years into running her fund, Duggal says she still has something to prove: “We’re really trying to make more of a statement than your typical VC fund that’s only looking for returns.”   Since starting Female Founders Fund in 2014, Anu has been a helping hand for female founders, but how is she navigating what companies to invest in during an election year? She speaks to Inc. editor-at-large Christine Lagorio-Chafkin about pulling back from funding direct-to-consumer brands, whether AI startups are forming a bubble, the female founder ecosystem, and her journey from being an entrepreneur to leading a fund working to bolster startups by women—and proving a point along the way. Article and transcript Read more about Female Founder Fund The Female Founders Fund website Apple Podcasts Spotify

    31 min

  2. 14 AUG

    Sales lessons from America's fastest-growing companies

    Inc. editor-in-chief Mike Hofman and Salesforce's Adam Alfano talk about sales leadership and best practices based on an exclusive survey of Inc. 5000 companies.

    16 min

  3. 8 AUG

    Brewing Success: Lessons From La Colombe Founder Todd Carmichael

    Welcome to Inc's From the Ground Up Summer programming! While we’re hard at work on season two of the show, we wanted to keep bringing you astute conversations , courtesy of our live events throughout the year. In this segment we have Editor In Chief, Mike Hofman in a fireside chat with La Colombe Coffee Founder, Todd Carmichael at Inc's Founders House in Philadelphia. Carmichael transformed La Colombe from a local Philadelphia roaster into a global coffee powerhouse. We hear about the journey that began with opening a local coffee shop, led to a $900 million sale to Chobani, and transitioned with the decision to step down as CEO to start a new venture, Rebel Beverage Labs.

    36 min

  4. 1 AUG

    Passion Overdrive: A Founder's Guide To Mental Health And Wellness

    Welcome to Inc's From the Ground Up Summer programming! While we’re hard at work on season two of the show, we wanted to keep bringing you astute conversations , courtesy of our live events throughout the year. In this panel at this year's SXSW, Inc's Editor At Large, Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan talks to Brittany Driscoll, co-founder and CEO, Squeeze; Jason Wersland, founder and chief wellness officer, Therabody; and Isa Watson, founder and CEO, Squad about being an entrepreneur wearing many hats, and while having passion and enthusiasm can fuel success, they can also lead to burnout, stress, and exhaustion. These struggles not only impact performances but also can trickle down to interacting with teams and loved ones. Listen to these three entrepreneurs on a honest discussion on navigating the demands of entrepreneurship while prioritizing your own mental well-being.

    32 min

  5. 25 JUL

    Bouncing Back: Finding The Success In Failure

    Welcome to Inc's From the Ground Up Summer programming! While we’re hard at work on season two of the show, we wanted to keep bringing you astute conversations , courtesy of our live events throughout the year. In this episode, Inc's Editor In Chief, Mike Hofman speaks to Stacy Spikes, co-founder and CEO, MoviePass; Katie Spies, founder and CEO, Maev; and Maria Goy, co-founder and CEO, Spot Insurance about entrepreneurs who wear the scars of failure. And how the most successful founders learn to transform those setbacks into springboards. Take a listen to a candid conversation with entrepreneurs who’ve successfully turned defeat into fuel for future success.

    32 min

  6. 18 JUL

    Think Like A Female Founder: The Unique Perspective Of Women-Led Businesses

    Welcome to Inc's From the Ground Up Summer programming! While we’re hard at work on season two of the show, we wanted to keep bringing you astute conversations , courtesy of our live events throughout the year. For our first episode, Executive Editor, and cohost of this podcast, Diana Ransom hosts Kate Foster, co-founder and CEO, The Outset; Lisa Bubbers, co-founder, Studs; and Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, founder and CEO, BrainTrust about starting a business is tough for anyone, but women often face additional headwinds, such as limited access to funding and punishing double standards. But these challenges also forge unique strengths: resilience, collaboration, and innovative thinking. This panel at Founders House from this years SXSW celebrates the power of female leadership and shares tips from female founders who’ve overcome these hurdles.

    32 min

  7. 20 JUN

    A Fresh Start: Starting a Company Again

    Ever wonder what it takes to start a second company? For our last episode of the season, we wanted to take a look at what it’s like to start up from scratch—to scale it, to take it public, to become a household name. And, after all that, to decide to do it all over again. So we sat down with Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, and Mike McNamara, former CEO of Flex. Their new company is called Samara, and their first product is an accessory dwelling unit that can be transported and placed on the property of a typical home. It’s called the Backyard. They spoke about all the challenges of starting a company again, but also about how much easier it is to accomplish certain goals, such as gaining the trust of venture capitalists and hiring employees. Read this story and see full transcript on Inc.com. To read more about Samara

    49 min

  8. 13 JUN

    AI Tools, 'Weird Economy,' and Reddit's Unusual IPO: This Year In News For Founders

    From a business news standpoint, the first few months of 2024 had it all: the rare IPO of a social media company, a very strange economic situation facing founders, and enough developments in artificial intelligence to train a new LLM. Inc.'s editors have been chewing over all of it. In this roundtable episode of From the Ground Up, we hear from Inc. reporter Ben Sherry about the state of AI use in the American workforce, the latest in the AI safety debate out of Silicon Valley, and what's going on within OpenAI. Inc.'s new Editor-in-Chief, Mike Hofman, discusses the unusual state of the American economy, and how entrepreneurs are feeling amid wildly mixed signals from the Fed, consumers, and what seems like a cooling labor market. We also examine what's happened at Reddit since its March IPO--and how the massive community-based social network finally, after years of false starts, made its unusual public debut.

    33 min
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It takes audacity to start a company, grit to grow it, and community to survive the ordeal. Join Inc. Executive Editor Diana Ransom and Editor-at-Large Christine Lagorio-Chafkin as they host From the Ground Up, a new podcast from Inc. that features frank and unfiltered conversations—with some of the most successful founders in the world—about navigating the role of the founder, the tips and tricks entrepreneurs need to know to be successful, and the secrets that nobody really tells you before you start a business.

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  • Channel
    Inc.
  • Creator
    Inc. Magazine
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2024
  • Episodes
    35
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Inc. Business Media
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