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End of A Partnership
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Journalism, Podcasts, Radiotopia, Women, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 5/7/20 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Journalism, Podcasts, Radiotopia, Women, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 5/7/20

End of A Partnership

Financial and parenting pressures in the age of COVID-19 force Manoush and Jen to make a tough decision.

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S4 EP22: Mailchimp's CEO On Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Business Without Being an A$$hole
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 12/11/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 12/11/19

S4 EP22: Mailchimp's CEO On Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Business Without Being an A$$hole

Ben Chestnut explains why his company never took VC money and how small businesses can survive Amazon.

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S4 EP21: Being Ethnically Ambiguous At Work
Episodes, Journalism, Podcasts, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 12/4/19 Episodes, Journalism, Podcasts, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 12/4/19

S4 EP21: Being Ethnically Ambiguous At Work

Code Switch's Shereen Marisol Meraji and Manoush have a frank conversation about where they fit into today’s movement for diversity and inclusion.

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S4 EP20: How Valerie Jarrett Turned Her Misery Into Motivation
Episodes, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 11/27/19 Episodes, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 11/27/19

S4 EP20: How Valerie Jarrett Turned Her Misery Into Motivation

President Obama's longest serving advisor blossomed when she stopped listening to authority figures...and started loving the 'swerves' in life.

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S4 EP19: The Guy Who Quit Planes for Good
Episodes, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 11/13/19 Episodes, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 11/13/19

S4 EP19: The Guy Who Quit Planes for Good

Scientist Peter Kalmus quit planes for the benefit of the planet. Here's how that choice affected his career and family vacations.

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S4 EP18: Don't Tie a Pink Ribbon for Kate Pickert
Episodes, Journalism, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 11/6/19 Episodes, Journalism, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 11/6/19

S4 EP18: Don't Tie a Pink Ribbon for Kate Pickert

A journalism professor's investigation into her own diagnosis will change what you think you know about living and working with breast cancer.

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S4 EP17: Helping Your Relationship Survive Your Job
Episodes, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 10/30/19 Episodes, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 10/30/19

S4 EP17: Helping Your Relationship Survive Your Job

ResearcherJennifer Petriglieri says dual-career couples can thrive in love and work. But they must pass through three difficult phases.

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S4 EP16: Ari Weinzweig is Prototyping a New Kind of Delicious Capitalism
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 10/23/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 10/23/19

S4 EP16: Ari Weinzweig is Prototyping a New Kind of Delicious Capitalism

How the co-founder of Zingerman's Deli built a gourmet collective that's idolized by foodies and entrepreneurs alike.

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S4 EP15: The Secret Ex-Rock Star at The Ford Foundation
Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Tech, Women Manoush Zomorodi 10/9/19 Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Tech, Women Manoush Zomorodi 10/9/19

S4 EP15: The Secret Ex-Rock Star at The Ford Foundation

Before Jenny Toomey became one of the most influential people working behind the scenes on all the big tech issues, she was a rock star. Quite literally.

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S4 EP14: When Women Don't Support Other Women at Work
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Journalism, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 9/25/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Journalism, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 9/25/19

S4 EP14: When Women Don't Support Other Women at Work

Katharine Zaleski didn't know she was a sexist boss...until she became a mother herself.

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S4 EP13: The CEO Who Radically Cut His Pay to Give His Employees a Radical Raise
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 9/18/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 9/18/19

S4 EP13: The CEO Who Radically Cut His Pay to Give His Employees a Radical Raise

Dan Price tried all kinds of strategies to keep his company going. This one actually worked.

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S4 EP12: We're Rethinking What Success Looks Like
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 9/11/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Redefining Succcess, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 9/11/19

S4 EP12: We're Rethinking What Success Looks Like

Economic growth at all costs is unsustainable--here's how our listeners are changing up their financial and personal goals.

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S4 EP11: Pacing Yourself After Burnout
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Podcasts, Radiotopia, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 7/24/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Podcasts, Radiotopia, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 7/24/19

S4 EP11: Pacing Yourself After Burnout

After a near-death experience, podcaster Helen Zaltzman felt sublime. At first.

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S4 EP10: This is What a Male Identity Crisis Sounds Like
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 7/17/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Season Four Manoush Zomorodi 7/17/19

S4 EP10: This is What a Male Identity Crisis Sounds Like

Wall Street guy Khe Hy gave up financial security to find himself. His story is less clichéd than you think.

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S4 EP09: Is Your Career Veering Off Course...Or Just Doing a Zigzag?
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Season Four, Tech, Women Manoush Zomorodi 7/10/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Season Four, Tech, Women Manoush Zomorodi 7/10/19

S4 EP09: Is Your Career Veering Off Course...Or Just Doing a Zigzag?

Key moments that changed the professional lives of Pinterest's ex-President, an Obama advisor, and a data scientist turned CEO.

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S4 EP08: The Weird Kids At The Big Tech Party
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 6/26/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 6/26/19

S4 EP08: The Weird Kids At The Big Tech Party

Mozilla's Mark Surman is leading the fight to win customers without tracking the bejeezus out of them.

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S4 EP07: 46, Female, and Ambitious. Is That So Wrong?
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Podcasts, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 6/19/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Podcasts, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 6/19/19

S4 EP07: 46, Female, and Ambitious. Is That So Wrong?

When Mallory Kasdan's work as a successful voice-over artist dried up, she discovered she wanted to sound like HERSELF.

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S4 EP06: Why Craigslist's Founder Just Wrote Consumer Reports a $6m Check
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Journalism, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 6/6/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Journalism, Season Four, Tech Manoush Zomorodi 6/6/19

S4 EP06: Why Craigslist's Founder Just Wrote Consumer Reports a $6m Check

A nerd's gotta do what a nerd's gotta do, says Craig Newmark.

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S4 EP05: The Venture Capitalist Asking Existential Questions
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Podcasts, Season Four, Tech, Women Manoush Zomorodi 5/29/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Podcasts, Season Four, Tech, Women Manoush Zomorodi 5/29/19

S4 EP05: The Venture Capitalist Asking Existential Questions

Caterina Fake is putting money into companies that don't mess with our heads.

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S4 EP04: When Your Gut Tells You It's Time to END Your Company
Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Journalism, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 5/15/19 Entrepreneurs, Episodes, Funding, Journalism, Season Four, Women Manoush Zomorodi 5/15/19

S4 EP04: When Your Gut Tells You It's Time to END Your Company

Grace Bonney is shutting down her influential site Design*Sponge. And it's making some people uncomfortable.

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