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Here is the Operating Podcast MBA
I started building it in July 2005 with two shows.
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders from Stanford’s eCorner and Diggnation with Kevin Rose.
One taught me how founders pitch and turn a vision into a company.
The other showed me how tech culture forms before the mainstream catches on.
In March 2006, I added EconTalk with Russ Roberts.
That show trained my brain to think in tradeoffs and incentives. Every operating decision I made for the next 20 years started there. It also inspired me to pursue my PhD in economics.
2014 was the breakout year.
Five shows in 12 months.
1️⃣ The Tim Ferriss Show
2️⃣ The James Altucher Show
3️⃣ Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz
4️⃣ The a16z Podcast
5️⃣ The GaryVee Audio Experience
Ferriss gave me systems for performance.
Ritholtz gave me Wall Street context.
a16z gave me the venture capital lens on building.
2016 brought two more:
1️⃣ Acquired
2️⃣ The Kevin Rose Show.
Acquired became the best business history podcast on the internet.
Every episode is a case study you can apply on Monday morning.
In 2017, two shows joined the rotation:
😎 The Ben and Marc Show from A16Z
🤓 Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.
2018 added sharp analysis from two directions:
Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway. Crucible Moments from Sequoia Capital.
In 2020, one final add:
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway.
Markets, strategy, and hard truths from someone who built and sold companies.
15 podcasts.
19 years.
Every one of them free.
The curriculum costs nothing.
The consistency is the tuition.
Stop scrolling past free education from people who actually built things.
Companies are becoming tech stacks.
We are all becoming companies.
- j - 🤓🙏🏼
🎧 The Full Spotify Playlist:
1️⃣ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)
2️⃣ Diggnation (Rebooted)
3️⃣ EconTalk
4️⃣ The Tim Ferriss Show
5️⃣ The James Altucher Show
6️⃣ Masters in Business
7️⃣ The a16z Podcast
8️⃣ The GaryVee Audio Experience
9️⃣ Acquired
🔟 The Kevin Rose Show
1️⃣1️⃣ The Ben and Marc Show
1️⃣2️⃣ Masters of Scale
1️⃣3️⃣ Pivot
1️⃣4️⃣ Crucible Moments
1️⃣5️⃣ The Prof G Pod
