Insights From Leaders

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Shawn Conner July 23
How Diego Osorio Built Lobos 1707 Into an Investor Magnet
Everyone knows tequila is synonymous with Mexico. But what if you added a little taste of Spain into the mix? It would take a special entrepreneur — and a unique...
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Shawn Conner July 12
Firebelly Tea Founder David Segal Shares Leadership Lessons
Can rooibos and matcha boost your leadership brand … and maybe even spawn a business empire? If you’re David Segal, the answer is a resounding yes. The DAVIDsTEA founder has...
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Shawn Conner June 9
How Native Shoes Transformed Into a Purpose-Driven Brand
Transforming an Established Organization into a Purpose-Driven Culture How do you transform an organization that is already up and running from one that isn’t people-led to one that is purpose-driven?...
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Shawn Conner June 6
5 Strategies Daniel Ek Used to Grow Spotify Into What It Is
Daniel Ek has been working on what he calls “the problem” of streaming since 2002, when peer-to-peer music service Napster shut down and another illegal site, Kazaa, took over. Realizing...
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Shawn Conner May 29
5 Leadership Lessons From Netflix Founder Reed Hastings
After getting dinged for $40 worth of late fees on a movie rental — or so the story goes — Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix. By selling, then...
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Nick Rockel May 12
AI Industry Leaders and Experts Worth Following in 2026
It could be the great debate of our time. In one corner: Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude chatbot. In the other, Jensen Huang, CEO...
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Nick Rockel August 25
How I Lead This: Behind the Leadership Brand of Zapier’s Wade Foster
Not too many business leaders can say they used to play saxophone in a jazz band. Wade Foster did just that before co-founding software firm Zapier, and he says the...
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Shawn Conner June 24
How I Lead This: Behind The Leadership Brand Of Living Security’s Ashley Rose
Can cybersecurity be … fun? Ashley Rose has built her leadership brand and a successful company around exactly this premise. Whereas most people hear “cybersecurity training” and quietly back out...
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Shawn Conner February 8
How I Lead This: Behind The Leadership Brand Of Chiwis Chips’ Sarah Goodman
Can kiwi chips help you discover who you truly are as a leader? If you’re Chiwis founder and CEO Sarah Goodman, the answer is definitely yes. Prior to founding Chiwis,...
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Shawn Conner January 29
How I Lead This: Behind The Leadership Brand Of Partake Brewing’s Ted Fleming
In a statement released in January 2023, the World Health Organization said that even small amounts of alcohol can be damaging to your health. While this is not good news...
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Shawn Conner January 9
Shop Talk: Christene Marie’s Empathy-Driven Approach To Thought Leadership
It’s been a banner year for CEOs, both fictional and non-, appearing as characters in films and TV shows. But how many real-life CEOs starred in an actual movie? Well,...
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Shawn Conner December 26
How I Lead This: Behind The Leadership Brand Of Sundays Furniture’s Barbora Samieian
Barbora Samieian had no small business experience when she opened her restaurant. Inspired by salad bars in Manhattan, where she had worked as an associate evaluation officer at the United...
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Shawn Conner December 12
How I Lead This: Behind the Leadership Brand of Triathlete/CEO Steph Corker
As founder/CEO of human capital consultancy The Corker Collective, Steph Corker brings the same drive and focus to recruitment, leadership development, and personal transformation that she brings to competing in...
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Remy Scalza November 22
How I Lead This: Behind the Leadership Brand of NYT-Bestselling Author Craig Mullaney
New York Times bestselling author Craig Mullaney reveals his love for blueberry pancakes and how he feels about social media.
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Remy Scalza October 30
How I Lead This: Behind The Leadership Brand Of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s Brian Scudamore
As O2E CEO, Brian is also known for his friendly, approachable social media presence as well as for his business and leadership abilities. In this Q-&-A, he talks about leadership...
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Shawn Conner July 14
Dragons’ Den’s Manjit Minhas On Why Entrepreneurs Need Tough Love
Born and raised in Calgary, Manjit Minhas is an entrepreneur who, along with her brother Ravinder, has taken Minhas Craft Brewery from a $10k investment to $200m global enterprise and...
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Shawn Conner June 27
Lack Of Purpose Is Killing Your Business. Here’s How To Find One.
How do you bring more purpose to your business? And why have a purpose at all? These and other questions are the subject of The Purpose Revolution: How Leaders Create...
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Shawn Conner June 14
Life After eBay: Kenyan Ambassador Meg Whitman Shares 5 Lessons On Scaling
For startup founders, scaling the company is both an aspiration and a risk. US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman is an oft-cited scaling success story. As CEO of eBay from...
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Shawn Conner May 1
Nike Founder Phil Knight Shares 5 Tips For Building A $100B+ Brand
Phil Knight is retired now, but you can see him—or a version of him, played by Ben Affleck—in Air. The new movie details the company’s historic deal with Michael Jordan,...
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Lillian Fu February 6
1-800-GOT-JUNK? Founder’s Secret Recipe For Social Media Success
So, you posted a guaranteed hit on your LinkedIn page and it didn’t go viral. Now what? The social media landscape is constantly changing, and quickly, too. What’s trending one...

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