Growth Mindset Podcast

Before becoming a VC, Matt has spent 15 years as a “growth marketer” in Silicon Valley, including 10 years at PayPal. As a Partner at 500 Startups, Matt led 35 early-stage investments, and he developed and …

I'm going to be talking all about morning routines because there's lots of information lately around like how to hack your morning routine and make the most of it.

There's a lot of really bad advice …

Meet the founder leading a plant-based revolution Jonathan 'JP' Petrides. allplants is on a mission to make eating plant-based …

Annie Duke has leveraged her expertise in the science of smart decision making to excel at pursuits as varied as championship poker, public speaking, teaching and philanthropy.

For two decades, Annie was …

'My partner, who is 32, left his software career of 15 years. He's sick of being an employee and living for a paycheck.

He wants to figure out what his contribution to the world is. His inspiration. …

Roberta Lucca (aka Beta Lucca) is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, international keynote speaker and host of Hyper Curious podcast.

Roberta is an expert in and frequently speaks about high growth …

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Today we're digging through the archives to put some of the top tips from past guests together

• Starting podcast and getting …

Nico and I look back at what we read on the show in 2020.

Both Nico and I choose our top three books from the year that we discussed on the show and share what the biggest …

CEO Austen Allred was inspired to co-found Lambda School after spotting the major disconnect between a labor market in need of …

The author of bestselling book Hooked: How to Build Habit Forming Products and more recently Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention …

A serial angel investor and previously co-founded Design My Night, a nightlife discovery website, in 2010. Nick came from a background in marketing with L'Oreal launching two brands in the UK before going …

Dhiraj Mukherjee is a Co-Founder of Shazam, and an experienced digital business executive with a proven track record in both corporate and start-up environments.

In 2000, he co-founded Shazam …

Nazra Noushad is on a journey to impacting billions: she has dropped out of university, joined TKS as the first employee, helped them …

Nazra Noushad is on a journey to impacting billions: she has dropped out of university, joined TKS as the first employee, helped them …

I've done a very successful life hack of the year since starting this podcast. And I'm pleased to say this year is no …

Dhiraj Mukherjee is a Co-Founder of Shazam, and an experienced digital business executive with a proven track record in both corporate and start-up environments.

In 2000, he co-founded Shazam …

A serial angel investor and previously co-founded Design My Night, a nightlife discovery website, in 2010. Nick came from a background in marketing with L'Oreal launching two brands in the UK before going …

David is a serial entrepreneur who has founded three startups and been involved with two others. David is one of the original founders …

In just 5 years, Dre Baldwin went from the end of his high school team's bench, to the first contract of a 9-year professional …

In just 5 years, Dre Baldwin went from the end of his high school team's bench, to the first contract of a 9-year professional …

A cutting-edge mindset author, researcher, and consultant. He helps improve organizations, leaders, teams, and employees by …

CEO and co-founder of ZBiotics, a company developing bioengineered probiotics founded in 2016.

ZBiotics' product, which breaks down …

A rising Pop/R&B artist who has developed his career in the great city of Detroit. As a Michigan native, he grew up with a passion …

Founder and CEO of the multi award-winning RLC Ventures, a venture capital firm that specialises in investing in technology-based …

CEO and co-founder of ZBiotics, a company developing bioengineered probiotics founded in 2016.

ZBiotics' product, which breaks down …

An American entrepreneur and podcaster based in Puerto Rico. He is the founder and host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, a business podcast …

A cutting-edge mindset author, researcher, and consultant. He helps improve organizations, leaders, teams, and employees by …

Greg brings a unique combination of hands-on technical experience and a track record of large-scale business development. Greg’s professional career began as a developer.

Shortly afterward he founded a …

A clinical psychologist, who has practiced for over twenty years in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Since 2012, her writing has been …

No.1 International Bestselling Author, Motivational Speaker, Empowerment and Relationship Coach and Transformational Leadership Trainer with well over 30 years of experience helping people experience …

Maayan has been in digital marketing for 10+ years now. Maayan dropped out of college to do copy writing full time before she started …

A natural leader and a speaker who knows how to impact and reach an audience.

He is a best selling author with three books as well as …

Maayan has been in digital marketing for 10+ years now. Maayan dropped out of college to do copy writing full time before she started …

Greg brings a unique combination of hands-on technical experience and a track record of large-scale business development. Greg’s professional career began as a developer.

Shortly afterward he founded a …

AKA Birdgirl, is a young naturalist, ornithologist, and, birder (birdwatcher) as well as a young environmentalist, conservationist, …

The director and co founder of a rapidly expanding business, Northern Bloc. …

After a 40 year career as a nurse, and nursing professor, Verla finds that as more diseases are added to her systemic lupus …

A coveted coach, mentor and author. Kathleen has taken her experience as a top-producing Realtor and built it into a dynamic, …

Experienced entrepreneur, board member and technologist with startup through to Private Equity experience. Supporter of social …

Experienced entrepreneur, board member and technologist with startup through to Private Equity experience. Supporter of social …

The focus of one of America's Leading Mid-Life Dating Coaches has expanded into a deeper, essential philosophy of what it truly …

Debbie Arcangeles is a digital nomad and the host of The Offbeat Life podcast, where she interviews individuals who are location …

Tom Davies, better known online as GeoWizard, is an English YouTuber who uploads videos based around the online map game GeoGuessr.

In early 2019, Tom had felt a craving for an adventure — one …

Tom Davies, better known online as GeoWizard, is an English YouTuber who uploads videos based around the online map game GeoGuessr.

In early 2019, Tom had felt a craving for an adventure — one …

YouTubers, Zac Aslop and Jamie Rawsthorne run 'The Zac and Jay Show', a brilliantly entertaining and rapidly growing Youtube channel.

After working separately seeking the meaning to life and failing, the …

YouTubers, Zac Aslop and Jamie Rawsthorne run 'The Zac and Jay Show', a brilliantly entertaining and rapidly growing Youtube channel.

After working separately seeking the meaning to life and failing, the …

Mrs Peaches Golding, HM Lord Lieutenant of the County and City of Bristol, was elevated …

Mrs Peaches Golding, HM Lord Lieutenant of the County and City of Bristol, was elevated …

Christina Nicholson is a TV host who helps business owners grow by reaching their ideal customers or clients through the power …

A serial entrepreneur having started his first company at age 23 and has not stopped as he has started more than 15 successful …

A British industrial designer & artist, moved to Australia he decided to get his MBA. He fell for tech and found himself starting different businesses. Although he failed at some, failure did not …

the Head of Growth and CMO for UK's commission-free stock investing platform - Freetrade goes much deeper into crowdfunding …

A defence lawyer and an author. Her recent book, What a Body Remembers: A Memoir of Sexual Assault and Its Aftermath, looks back at …

A natural-born entrepreneur, believes that a person’s future is not dictated solely by their past, and even the toughest challenges …

Before Banjo Robinson, Kate had an impressive career in LA, running writers' rooms for influential screenwriter Etan Cohen, working as a creative executive on Ghostbusters III and Men in Black III for …

Ross Jackson-Hicks has battled anxiety since being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a child.

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DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY CH is a workplace revolutionary and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist. In …

Kokoon are the world’s first sleep sensing EEG (electroencephalogram) headphones - comfortable enough to sleep in, without compromising acoustic quality.

Richard Hall and Tim Atnos launched Kokoon …

“Alone we are strong, together we are UNSTOPPABLE”

Former Miss Singapore and Southeast Asia Woman of Excellence 2010. She is the …

The founder and CEO of Dane Knighton, Inc. Growing up penniless in South Africa, Dane immigrated to England, Colchester at age 9 not …

‘He who says he can and he who says he can’t are both usually right’ - Confucius

Founder and CEO of an award-winning childcare company, ‘Pop Up, Party & Play’. Leah's comapany provides mobile …

Rachel Jane Cooke is a therapist, trainer and coach who specialises in self-esteem, emotional intelligence, shame resilience and the Millennial Life Crisis.

She has spent the last seven years …

A journalist and editor who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her writing on law, finance, health, and technology has …

(MA Education), researcher, teacher, tutor, writer, speaker and mentor

Maria Wilkes is a language teacher at one of the top all-girl …

Dane loves to sing, and he sings so that the world may know a deeper love of themselves and life. Dane pursued business after hurting his voice at the age of 21. Business saved Dane's life and gave him …

Draper Esprit , a Pan-European venture capital fund that invests into disruptive tech companies at the early and growth stages

Draper …

Emilie was previously Director of Finance & Operations for an international NGO set up by the Nike Foundation. Deepak worked for most global investment banks as Senior …

Tom Stancliffe, Co-Founder of TRIBE, the UK’s leading natural performance nutrition brand

Tom established TRIBE in 2015 following Run for Love, …

Sam looks back on what we've learnt with 100 episodes of Growth Mindset. We cover some of the things he's done from talking with hitmen to living in the woods with a bunch of hippies.

Learning through peoples …

Growing up, Jason was diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder - tourette syndrome. Jason always had to inform his class about his condition to allow his peers and teachers to better understand where he is coming …

"Great content will always beat even the best marketing strategy"

Maggie Tuczapska has been selling online since 2007 and she knows what it takes to make an online business thrive. Having spent 8 years in running …

Heather Thorkelson is a Canadian dual business owner living in rural Sweden. She runs a business consulting practice that helps small-to-medium …

"An Olympic gold medal is a crazy thing to want, and a crazy thing to work towards. The odds - even if you are a world-class athlete - are stacked …

Spence Green is the co-founder and CEO at Lilt, a San Francisco-based startup that builds intelligent software to automate translation for businesses.

Spence and his partner, John DeNero, started Lilt because they …

Petra Velzeboer is a therapist, facilitator and executive coach. Through depression, anxiety, alcohol dependence and suicidal thoughts she reached …

"LOSERS quit when they fail and WINNERS fail 'till they succeed"

Francis Dinha has been key in orchestrating growth at OpenVPN Technologies, by …

Hosting a podcast interview is a lot harder than it sounds. It’s not a simple as having a friendly chat in front of a pair of microphones.

If you …

Shifra Khan, a 16 year old BCI developer and Nanotech enthusiast, is on a mission to solve some of humanity’s biggest problems. Shifra is working …

On this episode, Sam Harris talks about time because he has been thinking a lot about life and being happy as much as possible. Sam explores the …

Meet Aubrey De Grey – Chief Science Officer at SENS Research Foundation, VP of New Technology Discovery at AgeX Therapeutics, and editor-in-chief …

Tracy Litt, a Certified Mindset Coach, and Rapid Transformational Therapist is the author of the best seller book, Worthy Human.

Tracy has much motivation and valuable insights based on her life experiences to share …

Meet Noam Kostuki – a life artist and business coach with a diverse professional portfolio, the author of “You Are Your Brand” and “Seek to Keep: …

Noam Kostuki is one of the most fascinating humans on the planet. He is a Ted speaker, successful author, coach and runs one of the top-rated …

Meet Jaan Tallinn – an Estonian hacker, physicist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor, who is known for being the co-founder of Kazaa, a file-sharing platform, and his participation in the development of Skype …

Jessica Templeton is a political scientist and award-winning educator who is the Director of the LSE 100 course.

With expertise in global …

Molecular biologist turned entrepreneur, Peter Rowe is an expert in innovation management and biotechnology. As CEO, he leads the Deep Branch Bio's …

Sergey Musienko is the founder and CEO of Atlas Biomed. They provide genetic sequencing and microbiome tests to monitor your health.
Sergey is a …

Colin Billings is a forward-thinking human and change-maker.

He first worked on Stitcher which changed the podcasting world we love today. After …

Grant Aldrich founded OnlineDegree.com with a purpose-driven mission: make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone.

After …

Ingrid Thomson is a leading business coach and author with a focus on finance. She empowers anyone to take control of their money to achieve their …

Meet Cynthia Samarian, a Persian entrepreneur - the Founder and CEO of an experiential event organizing agency for food companies.

Find out how many times she had to switch course to find a professional career that …

Heather Dominick is a coach of what she refers to as Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs (HSE), interestingly; she is the only coach in this angle of life on the planet. She is the founder of the HSE program which is …

Mario Nawfal is crazy. But also stupidly successful, intelligent and charming (...and young).

At only 30 years old he has several million-dollar …

Things don't always work out. It's very wise to not lose your s#!t when bad things happen. Staying positive is a useful skill to build so that your …

Oren Klaff is a sales genius and investor with 2 bestselling books and a tonne of great ideas.

The renowned classic, ‘Pitch Anything’ designed to help you understand how to make a compelling pitch using …

Heather Adams is a leading partner at the Arbinger Institute who focus on the 'Outward Mindset'. They coach businesses and leaders to become more effective and more aware of themselves and to achieve greater success.

Ryan Gottfredson is an innovative researcher and coach in the mindsets behind success and leadership. We discuss his top findings and the key …

Frank Dick is one of the world's finest sports and motivational coaches ever. He is currently working with the England Rugby team during this year's Rugby World Cup.

Frank was the England Athletics coach for three …

This episode is an ultimate guide to life and entrepreneurship. After two years of interviewing some of the greatest minds, Sam distils their …

Creating high-quality relationships is hugely important for our mental health and well-being. With the rise of the connected world, we are sacrificing the quality of our relationships for quantity.

We are connected …

Sam Harris explains some of the biggest flaws with our technology and what it is doing to our minds. 

This lecture explores the relationship …

Sam explains the lost art of listening to ourselves and the damage it is causing us.

In our modern on demand economy we rush from one thing to the next. We optimise all our moments for learning and listening to …

Sam Harris explains his biggest life hack for 2019, using "Skill Breaks" to learn.

We all have skills we'd love to get round to learning but never seem to find the time. Combining lessons on behaviour change, …

Sam Harris breaks down some key lessons on Mastery and Mindsets as a mid-year update for 2019.

After a lot of requests to tell listeners what I'm up to I gave in and sat down and talked about myself by using the …

Edd Read is a self confessed geek and lover of engineering solutions to problems. He was the Founder and CTO of the hugely successful Graze.com …

Petra Velzeboer is a mental health consultant, executive coach and podcaster. She has a radical 'no BS' approach to mental health and isn't afraid to …

Kathyrn Binkley is a success coach helping women achieve awesome things. Her focus is to help people build a business and a life that lights them …

Dr Niall McCann doesn't mess around. He's cycled the Himalayas, rowed across the Atlantic and skied across Greenland. He knows a thing or two about …

Scott is a computer programmer and entrepreneur who has a wealth of experience in tech and marketing and is one of the most prominent figures in the world of 'Martec' which he has been at the forefront of since it …

Travis Jones is a relentless entrepreneur and all round good guy. He lives in Melbourne where he runs several businesses with a few other projects …

Mat Braddy was the CMO and brand founder of Just Eat during their meteoric rise from a small tech startup to their IPO at ~$2 billion.

As their CMO Mat was in charge of creating the brand that changed the face of …

Rafael Dos Santos is the CEO of the High Profile Club. He is passionate about helping people grow their brand and achieve success and has been named one of the Sunday Times 100 most Inspiring Entrepreneurs.

He …

Naveen Arles BCA is the founder of the London International Gospel Choir. He was awarded a British Citizens Award for his work in the art and …

Chandini Jain is the founder and CEO of Auquan. Their platform provides Machine Learning solutions for big finance.

Chandini took her experience …

Daniel Murray-Serter is a serial entrepreneur who hosts the Secret Leaders Podcast and is launching his latest business www.trydawn.co.

The Secret Leaders is one of the top business podcasts on iTunes and we discuss …

Mike Follett is the CEO of Lumens Research. They create eye-tracking software to understand human behaviour and intent.

Mike is full of …

Lisa Forte deservedly won the top 100 Women in Tech award for 2018 for her work combating cyber-crime.

She is an inspirational public speaker and a tenacious entrepreneur. Her business Red Goat Cyber Security helps …

Matt Ward launched an Amazon business which he sold for $1 million after just one year. He is now the host of two great podcasts:

• disruptors.fm/
• …

Richard Chapo is a business lawyer in San Diego who has been practising law for 25 years. In that time he has started many businesses and helped countless other businesses with legal and growth problems.

Richard has a …

Ben King is the CEO of Pesky Fish. They run an amazing service connecting consumers directly to fisherman on boats so that you can buy fresh fish as it is caught and have it delivered to your door in hours.

We talk …

James Potten is the Managing Director of Red Academy.

He was previously a professional windsurfer and set up the student windsurfing association as well as being the first person to cross the channel windsurfing. He …

Sam Harris is here to get your 2019 on track with the best psychological strategies to make you achieve your ambitions for the year.

Only 8% of …

Sam discusses some top tips for making wise health decisions and keeping diet and exercise something that feels fun rather than a chore. Then we …

Igor Volzhanin is the CEO of DataSine. A marketing business that helps businesses create personalised marketing based on the personality traits of …

Agustin is the CEO of Paranoid Fan an app that shows you on a map everything you need to know. He is also the single father of 3 boys and has a …

Steve is a songwriter and traveller with the enviable situation of spending most of his time doing what he loves.
For his day job he plays Howard in the Take That Experience which leads to him travelling round the …

The Founder of Charles Tyrwhitt shirts, Nicholas Wheeler OBE, discusses his various successes and failures from childhood to the present day. We find …

Product Manager at Roche Pharmaceuticals
(Kindest person I …

Mike Winnet is the UK's #1 demotivational speaker. He is the antidote to 'Contrepreneurs' that sell instant success formulas to 'Wantrepreneurs' …

Kat started her first business with no clue about business and just a passion for travel. She grew the brand into a successful travel company …

Anthony is known for his work managing the launch of the BBC's iPlayer, for which Wired UK named him "the man who saved the BBC". He has founded/co-founded …

Mait Müntel is the CEO of Lingvist and was part of the team at CERN who discovered the Higgs Boson. He is also a lovely and quite hilarious individual. Listen to this podcast if you want a focused 40 minutes of …

I have been recording podcasts for nearly two years and running this show for over a year and running side projects for the past 10 years there are loads of thing I've learnt. (There is plenty still to learn and I don't …

PUBLISHING AND BUSINESS LESSONS FROM A MARKETING MASTER

Bryony Thomas has run her own marketing agency Watertight Marketing for ten years and has written an amazing book of the same title. Watertight Marketing is one …

We are super pleased to announce the Growth Mindset Podcast is a one year old!

Sam takes a look back across the year and showcases some of the …

A short episode on my favourite lifehack of 2018. This is a real skill you can quickly acquire over a few weeks with minimal effort and it will pay great dividends for the rest of your life.

The lifehack is Touch …

This is a short soundbite episode with Felix Chandler. We break down the main lessons and things to know about Vipassana meditation courses and why on earth you might choose to do one.

10 days of silently …

This is the conversation I had with a hitman living in India about his life. We discuss the story of how he came to be a hitman and what his life is really like. It is certainly very different to what you see in the …

We dive into the world of the dark web to talk to a hacker about his life and the incredible stories within.

From issues growing up in South Africa to stealing Bitcoin over public wifi or even from people at home. …

We're very excited to announce our first episode from North Korea.

Recorded in the heart of North Korea, Sam talks to his tour guide Ben about the country and his experiences.

Sam visited North Korea over Easter …

Tom Carter is the Founder and CTO at Ultrahaptics. A leading technology company making mind-blowing …

• Running wild in the woods with the naked hippies

• Redefining you inhibitions and desires to create an entirely new view of …

Rob Price, an English teacher, author and philosopher working in Thailand and soon moving to China. He has really interesting views on the world and in my own view is like a younger, more English version of Jordan …

Ben Marshall is a model, body-builder and vegan working in film and media.

Of course, we discuss a lot about health, fitness and diet, Ben also has a lot of stories to tell from aggressive time management to …

Marcelo Mesquita is the Founder and CEO of Intense Health, a radical new …

We all experience learned helplessness in our lives much to our own detriment. Yet most people don't even know what it is. Sam breaks down what the effect is, from how it was discovered to what you can do about it.

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Product Manager at Roche Pharmaceuticals
(Kindest person I know)

Bob Asim is a mid 30-year-old Malaysian professional who has worked at various …

Co-Founder - RavenProtocol , Rocco AI , Good Audience

Partner and Investor at Zeroth AI

Writer for Forbes, Huffington Post and Business Insider

Freetrade is a revolutionary …

Antoine created the technology behind Siri which he sold to …

Katherina is a young start-up founder who runs a logistics business based out of Singapore. She was a venture partner of the Zeroth.ai accelerator where she …

Nick White is the head of the AI department at Zeroth.ai. He helps startups in the accelerator to make the most of their potential with AI and grow their business. He also speaks and writes on AI and has a great medium …

Escape the rat race and follow your dreams — The joys and woes of the nomad lifestyle

Felix Chandler is a young millennial with a very relaxed …

Eamonn is the Managing Director at Techstars London, and an early stage investor, advisor and board member in over 25 companies across the US, Europe and Asia. He also helps out at Zeroth.ai in Hong Kong, who invest …

Alex Denne is one of the most curious people I have ever met. He has an uncanny ability to break things down and gamify self-improvement as well as pretty much anything else.

I worked with him co-running Basecamp, a …

This is final episode of the trilogy, the season and the entire year.

Sam and Theo finish up the series with some personal stories and a review of how entrepreneurs can be more …

Part two of the startup stories podcasts with Theo Ricketts, we recount startup stories and issues and thoughts along the way. As well as more business ideas we go …

We look back at the antics and chaos from a life of entrepreneurship. This raw episode shows a very real side to life without so much of the shiny edges and a lot more of the …

Matt is the CEO of CrowdEmotion. A tech start-up in London that tracks human emotional data with the goal of humanising technology to understand …

Nick Miller is the CEO of Buzzhire, an on-demand staffing agency for the hospitality industry in London. Their app provides a modern solution to …

Helena Smith is a travel writer and book author. She writes for the ‘Lonely Planet’ and ‘Rough Guides’ publications whilst …

Edward Broadhurst is a solicitor for local government and a member of the Territorial Army.
A relaxed podcast where we explore his accidental launch …

Harsh is the VP of Engineering at TransferWise. On the podcast, he shares his wealth of experience leading software teams at scale.

Prior to joining TransferWise, Harsh was Director of Product at PayPal leading product …

Tom Carter is the Founder and CTO at Ultrahaptics. A leading technology company making mind-blowing …

Dean is the CTO of Settled.co.uk, a rapidly growing tech start-up in London. They are revolutionising the way people buy and sell homes making the …

Tomiwa Adey is a young tech entrepreneur who has founded several start-ups, learning a lot from his successes and failures. He grew up in Nigeria where he often had to hustle just …

The first introduction episode to the Growth Mindset Podcast. Sam looks back at his life with his mother Jane and explores some of the main events and funny …