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American business legend Bob Nardelli is on Radiate this week to discuss his historic career. He first rose to a major leadership role as the CEO of GE Power Systems.  He was then tapped to become the CEO of Home Depot and led the retailer through massive expansion.  After that he served as Chairman and CEO of Chrysler.  As a business leader he’s seen it all.  Today he is founder and CEO of XLR-8 LLC, a private equity advisory firm.  In this chat we go through Bob’s background at these legacy companies, what he’s done to remain relevant, and why he has such an amazing grasp on the marketplace.  His wisdom will be invaluable to you as well.  Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate  Stitcher - bit.ly/radiate-stitcher

Spencer Rascoff is on the podcast this week.  He’s an extremely talented entrepreneur who spent the majority of his career creating two big companies.  The first was Hotwire, the first is Hotwire, which he started at the young age of 24.  The second one was Zillow, the place where you go to find a home and figure out how much your neighbor’s home is worth.  Spencer led Zillow through its IPO and 11 acquisitions.  He also managed both of these companies through some pretty dark days, including the latest recession.  He was named one of the 20 most powerful CEO’s under the age of 40 by Forbes and he’s the host of his own podcast “Office Hours.” There he talks shop with other CEO’s like Dick Costolo, formerly of Twitter.  Spencer packs quite a punch in this interview and you are going to get a ton of insight from him.  We are happy to announce that this week’s episode is brought to you by MasterCard Labs.  Learn how this incredible technology firm is helping companies across the globe reach new potential through

This week, Scott Galloway, a man who has made it his life work to cut through the noise and speak the truth about business.  He’s the founder of several companies including L2 and Red Envelope, and a marketing professor at NYU.  In this conversation, Scott talks about the lowest moments in his career, including being broke at age 39.  He also shares his thoughts about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, which often means, writing some very big checks.  You’re going to get inspired and learn a lot, from Scott Galloway.    Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate Stitcher - bit.ly/radiate-stitcher

This week we have one of the best known entrepreneurs in America, Kevin Ryan. Kevin has founded several successful companies, including Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, and MongoDB. He also built DoubleClick into a multi-billion dollar enterprise that was later acquired by Google. If you have any inkling of starting your own business, you wanna listen closely to Kevin, because in this conversation, we discuss everything from how to pitch an investor like him, to how to hire the right talent. Kevin also talks about what it was like to sell his latest company, Business Insider for almost $450 million. Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate Stitcher - bit.ly/radiate-stitcher

He once took on broadcast television networks and now he’s taking on the big guys who deliver the internet.  Chet Kanojia is a four-time entrepreneur who’s just started his latest venture, Starry, which promises to deliver broadband to your home wirelessly.  Chet’s previous venture, Aereo, battled the network giants before the Supreme Court over his promise to deliver television content on demand for free.  No challenge is too small for Chet and his motivation for entrepreneurism is as pure as it gets.  You’re going to really enjoy his insight.    Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate Stitcher - bit.ly/radiate-stitcher

It’s the story of two young women entrepreneurs that have created one of the most buzzed about startups in New York City.  Jordan Kier and Alexandra Friedman, the founders of Lola, a subscription service for feminine hygiene products.  Not only did these two Dartmouth grads see an opportunity for a tampon delivery service, they saw a need to give women a better product as well.  This long awaited service to women is getting lots of backing, including male investors liked famed NYC Venture Capitalist Kenny Lerer.  From the outside, they make it look so easy, but as founders Alexandra and Jordana explain, it takes a lot of grit and hard work. 

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and one of the best CEO coaches around, Scott Kurnit joins us on Radiate. He’s founder of retail site Keep.com, but he’s most well-known for founding About.com, one of the very few web 1.0 companies that is still around today. In fact, About.com is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In this discussion Scott shares his experience going from the corporate world into the start-up world after he turned 40, and what learned in that transition after working for some huge firms like Prodigy, Showtime, and MCI. We also get into some of Scott’s lowest moments, including a couple of times he actually broke down, so I think you are going to learn a lot from him. A note of disclosure, Scott is an advisor to Radiate, Inc. Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate Stitcher - bit.ly/radiate-stitcher

Hall of Fame golfer and entrepreneur, The Shark himself, Greg Norman joins us on Radiate this week.  For golf fans everywhere, Norman is a legend.  Before there was Tiger, before there was Jordan, there was Greg, who was the number one golfer in the world for 331 consecutive weeks with 90 tournament wins under his belt.  But many may not realize he’s also one of the most successful retired athletes around as the founder and CEO of Great White Shark Enterprises, a conglomerate with interests in everything from golf courses to eyewear.   In this episode, Norman talks about his success in sports and business, the struggles with running a massive company and yes, he talks about the stunning collapse at the Masters in 1996.  It’s a very personal and extremely revealing discussion with a person who just can’t settle to be number two.    Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate Stitcher - bit.ly/radiate-stitcher

Legendary Value Investor and GAMCO CEO Mario Gabelli joins us on Radiate this week to talk about his lifetime of experience on Wall Street.  His investment firm has just under $40 billion in assets under management and when he talks, Wall Street listens.  Now while we’ve recently featured a lot of entrepreneurs on our show, we wanted to make sure we brought something different for the thousands of college grads and MBA’s who are about to join a Wall Street firm.  So here’s a valuable lesson in what it’s like to work for a guy who has worked his way up from practically nothing to become one of the top finance leaders in the world and some of the ways you can emulate his success.

***REPLAY*** This week we've got Steve Schwarzman, founder and CEO of Blackstone, and one of the country's wealthiest people. He's a philanthropist, a Wall Street deal maker, and owns a variety of companies through his private equity firm including; the Waldorf Astoria Hotels, theme parks like Lego Land and Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, and Crocs. But Steve wasn't born into money, he had to work his way up from the streets of Philadelphia to get to where he is today. In this conversation, we talk about a decision that changed his life at an early age, how he handles rejection, and what you can do to impress him. Learn more and subscribe to the podcast: Radiate Home - www.radiateinc.com/ Itunes - bit.ly/RadiatePodcast Google Play - bit.ly/PodcastRadiate

We are excited to bring you Tom Patterson, and learn how he went from being a laid off medical device salesman to CEO of one the hottest men’s apparel companies, Tommy John. Tom founded the men’s undershirt company after he lost his job, giving him the push to pursue his entrepreneurial dream. Using his deft sales skills, Tom soon got his products on the store shelves at Niemen Marcus and now his comfy clothes for men are sold at upscale department stores and he’s got a team of 50 people working for him. You are going to learn a lot from this creative entrepreneur.

Farnoosh Torabi, friend, personal finance expert, and fellow podcaster joins the show this week to discuss her path to developing her own brand. She’s an author of several books including “When She Makes More“, and the host of a brand new prime time television show, “Follow The Leader”, that’s all about entrepreneurs. She’s hard-working, smart and you are going to learn a lot from as she tells explains the steps she took to build up her amazing brand 

Radiate After Dark, a special dinner conversation in frontofalive audience with Showtime Chairman Matt Blank, hostedatthe New York restaurant Zuma. In this episode,Matttalks about his rise at Showtime, home to some of the mostpopularshows on cable television including Billions, Homeland, Weeds and many others. In front of a groupofpeers in media and technology, Matt talks about how techischanging the media world, the best career advice he receivedandhow he knows when a show will be a hit. A special shout out toMattfor answering all of these questions while guests dug intosomereally delicious eats.

On this week’s Radiate episode, the commish speaks! The former commissioner of the National Basketball Association, David Stern talks about his thirty-year career at the helm of one of the world’s largest sports leagues. A much sough-after CEO adviser, mentor, confidante, Stern takes us through some of the biggest moments in his career, including the day when Magic Johnson told the NBA he was HIV-positive. He has a management style that is personal and unique, but something every budding leader can learn from. 

We are so honored for this week’s distinguished guest, Mohamed el-Erian, whose list of accolades could go on for days.  He’s currently the Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, chairs President Obama’s Global Development Council, a BloombergView columnist, and the New York Times best-selling author of ‘The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse.’  He previously worked for the International Monetary Fund, Salomon Smith Barney, and served as the CEO of PIMCO, the world’s biggest bond fund.  He’s a brilliant mind, but as you’ll quickly learn, many of his early career moves were a matter of necessity.  But he’s gained a lot of valuable wisdom in his historic career and he shares a ton of that advice, which everyone can benefit from.  

We’re back! After a brief hiatus, we’re starting again with a whole new lineup of great Radiate guests to talk about their amazing careers. Season 2 kicks off with someone I’ve wanted to meet for a while: Jon Steinberg, the former president and COO of Buzzfeed and founder of a new media startup, Cheddar TV. Jon joined Buzzfeed as just the 15th employee and was instrumental in turning it into one of the most popular media destinations on the web. Jon has some off-the-wall ideas about what makes someone successful, including why nicknames are a common thread among very accomplished people. In this episode, we learn about where he got his entrepreneurial bug and how he generated millions in revenue for Buzzfeed. There’s a great amount of sharp advice for anyone thinking about starting their own company. 

Thank you so much for joining us during the first season of Radiate.  We’ve had so much fun producing it and we’re gearing up for an even better second season featuring more big name guests that have enjoyed an immense amount of success.  Before we dive into new guests, we wanted to present you a special best-of episode from the first season with some our favorite pieces of advice and stories, along with some content that never aired during our regular season.  You’ll hear some more laughs and some controversial comments that didn’t quite fit into the original episode.  Including Andrea Jung, Steve Schwarzman, Jay Margolis, Sallie Krawcheck, Charlie Rose, Trevor Burgess, Daniella Yacobovsky, Susan Lyne, Robert Wolf, Ben Silverman, Kevin Ryan, George Zimmer and Alan Patricof. 

One of the early pioneers of the venture capital and private equity industries, Alan Patricof, is on Radiate this week. Alan founded Apax Partners in the late 1970s and has been involved in backing several major companies like America Online, Office Depot, Apple Computer and he also founded New York Magazine. In this conversation, he shares the ups and downs of an entrepreneur's life, the one big investment he passed on, and why he rarely has a bad day anymore. Plus he was one of the most requested guests by you the listeners.

The man famous for guaranteeing the way you look, George Zimmer, former CEO of 'Men's Wearhouse,' opens up on this episode of Radiate. He started the company 40 years ago with his college roommate, and grew it to over two and a half billion dollars in sales. Now we’ve talked to plenty of people about their challenges, mistakes, failures. George went through a traumatic experience when he was fired by his board over a disagreement. Some of the members were his closest friends. George is back with two new companies, a rental tux company called 'Generation Tux', and an on-demand tailoring startup called 'zTailors'. In this conversation, George speaks frankly about what happened at 'Men's Wearhouse' and how he's making his comeback…guaranteed.

This week we have one of the best known entrepreneurs in America, Kevin Ryan. Kevin has founded several successful companies, including Business Insider, Gilt Groupe, Zola, and MongoDB. He also built DoubleClick into a multi-billion dollar enterprise that was later acquired by Google. If you have any inkling of starting your own business, you wanna listen closely to Kevin, because in this conversation, we discuss everything from how to pitch an investor like him, to how to hire the right talent. Kevin also talks about what it was like to sell his latest company, Business Insider for almost $450 million.