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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days is a collection of interviews with founders of famous technology companies about what happened in the very earliest days. These people are celebrities now. What was it like when they were just a couple friends with an idea? Founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Sabeer Bhatia (Hotmail) tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company.

Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company's Chris Zook and James Allen researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external.

For 20 years, Angel Foundation FL has walked alongside families facing life‑threatening illness or sudden crisis — offering hope, dignity, and practical support when it’s needed most. Now, the stories behind that mission are coming to life in a new way.The Angel Foundation Podcast – Angels Among Us is hosted by CEO Liz Brewer, who sits down with the people who have shaped, served, and strengthened the foundation over the last two decades. From volunteers and business partners to Angel Team members, families, community leaders, and long‑time supporters, each episode highlights the ...

After two decades in the trenches of helping companies design and build better, more efficient operations, Karen Martin has pinpointed why performance improvement programs usually fail: Chaos, the sneaky but powerful force that frustrates customers, keeps business leaders awake at night, and saps company morale. In The Outstanding Organization, Karen offers a toolbox for combating chaos by creating the organizational conditions that will allow your improvement efforts to return greater gains.

Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance. Tom Neff and Jim...

Foundations of Change is more than a book about leadership or business transformation. It is a blueprint for creating change that lasts. Power can spark transformation, but it fades. Wisdom is what sustains it. In this book, Dunkel shares how the most successful leaders built legacies that endured. They did this by combining insight, foresight, and the knowledge of others. Dunkel draws from decades of hands-on experience leading major operational overhauls to reveal why sixty to seventy percent of change initiatives fail.

The Foundation Voice is a podcast hosted by Jennifer Stapleton, founder of Fire & Bliss and a 30-year veteran of philanthropic communications, exploring what it actually takes for foundations to communicate with clarity, courage, and impact in today’s political environment.Through candid interviews, sharp strategy conversations, and real-world case studies, Jennifer pulls back the curtain on how foundations navigate risk, shape narratives, respond to crises, and build public trust without losing sight of their values. What worked. What failed. What foundations getting it right are doing ...

History is filled with accounts of great leaders, but how did they become so? Written for emergent leaders in any endeavor, this new work from renowned consultant Richard Strozzi-Heckler offers a new approach to leadership. The first book of its kind to base business and management strength on...

Welcome to Recovery Road, a podcast from Hazelden Publishing. Here you'll find the best thoughts, excerpts, and reflections from our most popular resources. These words, feelings, and insights from world-renowned authors have helped millions of people conquer substance use disorder so they can live their best lives. What's in these podcasts represents the best of the best—and we present them here for inspiration on your journey. Now more than ever, we need to find the calm in the chaos, stay focused on self-care, and remain on our path to long-term recovery. Remember, you are not alone. We ...

Healing Voices shares honest conversations about addiction, identity and lived experience - helping to make recovery visible, celebrated and supported across Essex and beyond. Through real stories and community voices, the podcast reflects our belief that recovery thrives in safe, non-judgemental spaces where people can connect, be heard and stay well for life.

Welcome to Foundations, a podcast series by Chrysalis Arts Ministries, in which we talk about the vital importance of building, maintaining, and supporting healthy foundations so that you can blossom and thrive, even amidst the storms of life! This podcast is hosted by Steven Brown, Founder of Chrysalis. Steven has many years of experience in youth development and the performing arts, and years of personal experience seeing how the storms of life can affect our foundations and learning how to build and support stronger, healthier foundations. Visit www.chrysalisartsministries.org/podcast .

The official podcast of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is hosted by Alli Bechtel, MD, featuring the latest information and news in perioperative and anesthesia patient safety. The APSF podcast is intended for anesthesiologists, anesthetists, clinicians and other professionals with an interest in anesthesiology, and patient safety advocates around the world.The Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast delivers the best of the APSF Newsletter and website directly to you, so you can listen on the go! This includes some of the most important COVID-19 information on airway management, ...

The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation exists to bring communities together, harnessing collective energy to make the biggest dreams possible for our state. In The Power of Possible: Leadership Edition, Foundation President and CEO, Chanda Smith Baker, invites listeners into an honest exploration of leadership as a daily practice — one shaped by values, lived experience and courageous decision-making. Drawing from her journey as a seasoned executive and nationally recognized thought leader, Chanda examines how leaders hold vision in uncertainty, stay anchored to purpose and expand what’s ...

Providing resources and stories for and about the Special Needs Community of the greater Charleston, SC area.

Common Good for the Common Wealth is where community, leadership, and impact come together.Hosted by Nancy Grayson, this podcast highlights the uncommon advocates, bold thinkers, and everyday changemakers working to make Northern Kentucky, and the Commonwealth, stronger, more connected, and more vibrant.Through honest conversations with nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, public servants, philanthropists, and community builders, Nancy explores what it takes to create lasting change and why investing in people is always worth it.From grassroots efforts to regional transformation, each episode ...

Better Terms brings together nonprofit founders and funders for a storytelling experience rooted in trust, reflection, and honest conversation. Through personal narratives and recorded dialogue, participants explore what it takes to build impact and sustain partnerships. Brought to you by New Profit, this series features the voices of founders and funders working towards mental health equity. Each episode explores the defining moments that shape why they do this work and what becomes possible when we move beyond funding into true partnership.

The Official Podcast of The Westchester Parks Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing the Westchester County Parks system in New York. They engage in advocacy, conservation, and various community programs to improve the parks and provide recreational and educational opportunities for the public.

Wladimir Klitschko ist nicht nur Profiboxer, sondern auch erfolgreicher Unternehmer: Er gründet K2 Promotions, die Klitschko Foundation und die Klitschko Management Group. 2016 ruft er einen eigenen Studiengang an der Universität St. Gallen ins Leben und vermittelt Grundlagen des "Challenge Managements": Spitzensportlern ist die Gabe gemein, Probleme als Herausforderungen - als Challenge - zu begreifen und sie als solche anzunehmen.

The Wisconsin Pharmacy Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization to support and pursue professional education and research programs to advance the science and practice of pharmacy. Working in coordination with the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the Foundation promotes innovation to accelerate the development of leaders and the workforce that advance pharmacy. Every gift makes a difference to the Wisconsin Pharmacy Foundation. Your support ensures the Foundation can fulfill its mission and continue to educate and develop future pharmacy leaders in Wisconsin. There are several ways to ...

Join Dr. Sujuan Ba, the CEO of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, as she sits down with leading scientists, advocates, researchers, and patients who are shaping the future of cancer research and care. In each episode, Dr. Ba explores the groundbreaking work, personal stories, and transformative ideas driving the fight against cancer. From cutting-edge oncology discoveries in the lab to the inspiring resilience of patients and advocates, All Things Cancer offers a unique perspective on the journey to cures and better lives for those impacted by cancer.