🏆 Top 10 Business Episodes | Aug 2022

Whenever you're in need of some magic in your ears, one of these episodes will do the trick. Here are the top 10 business podcasts featured in August 2022.

All episodes are curated by me, Adam Thornhill. I live and breathe business podcasts and take into account the most upvoted episodes on Podup.

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Click the links below to read episode roundups. You can listen to the ones that you find interesting and upvote your favorites.

#10 - Amazon.com

David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert hosted a 4 hour deep dive into Amazon. I captured the best bits in a 4 min read. Learn about Jeff Bezos’s regret minimization framework and so much more.

#9 - Adam Neumann's second act, a16z's $350M bet, housing policy, Inflation Reduction Act & more

David Sacks, David Friedberg, and co debated Adam Neumann’s second act. Both Davids delivered non-stop great takes, including whether or not Flow was a good investment by a16z. You can save 1 hour 39 mins with this quick roundup.

#8 - How to scrappily hire for, measure, and unlock growth | Crystal Widjaja, Gojek and Kumu

Lenny Rachitsky and Crystal Widjaja answered why your analytics efforts are likely failing. Crystal talked about measurements versus insights, what properties you should track, and shared a host of Gojek and Gofood learnings.

#7 - How to sell your ideas and rise within your company | Casey Winters, Eventbrite

Lenny Rachitsky and Casey Winters bounced off one another with a large list of exciting topics, including striving for perceived simplicity, aspiring to build like WhatsApp, and how to win over executives.

#6 - Walmart

David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert started off season 10 with a marathon episode of Acquired. You’ll learn how to secret shop your competition, why you should keep your ear to the ground, and why being undercapitalized can be good.

#5 - An 8-Figure SaaS Founder’s Approach to Remote Work

Rob Walling passionately believes the allure of venture capital is the wrong choice for most founders. He shared a list of scenarios that are the exception to the rule - the 7 times you should consider raising VC money.

#4 - Think Customers Hate to Wait? Think Again.

Phill Agnew and Sam Tatam knocked out another amazing episode together. They discussed the Aquafresh labor illusion and Phill revealed how he tested his own advice with Reddit ads.

#3 - Four Ideas For AI, Twitter Empires, and Billion $ Thiel Fellowship Success Stories

Shaan Puri and Sam Parr discussed a myriad of exciting topics, including AI ideas you can start today, Thiel Fellowship success stories, and how to build a Twitter empire.

#2 - Your Great Ideas Aren’t Unique (Here's Why That’s a Good Thing)

This is a game changing episode by Phill Agnew and Sam Tatam. You’ll get an intro to biomimicry, learn the bullet train origin story, find out why you should study adjacent fields to solve problems, as well as a load of other examples.

#1 - The rituals of great teams | Shishir Mehrotra of Coda, YouTube, Microsoft

Lenny Rachitsky and Shishir Mehrotra won best business podcast of the month with one of my all time favorites. You’ll learn how to use the PSHE framework, why reference checks are king, the importance of rituals, and so much more.