Business Unusual
The stories of successful entrepreneurs and leaders who don’t follow conventional business wisdom. From showing financial restraint to valuing people above profit, we tell the stories of mavericks who grew their empires the right way, leaving you inspired to do the same.
Podcasting since 2021 • 19 episodes
Business Unusual
Latest Episodes
S3 E6: Yvon Chouinard - Patagonia
When Yvon Chouinard started making climbing pitons in a chicken coop behind his parent's house, he had no interest in creating one of the world's most iconic outdoor brands. He and his fellow climbers just wanted higher quality tools that left ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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29:31
S3 E5: Sara Blakely - SPANX
In 2000, no one would've expected that an industry like women's undergarments had room for breakthrough innovation, let alone one worth over a billion dollars. And despite people laughing in her face, Sara Blakely had dreams of building SPANX i...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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27:08
S3 E4 - How Zola Conquered the Wedding Industry
Growing up in Australia, Shan-Lyn Ma felt cut off from the excitement of the early 2000s tech boom in Silicon Valley. So she got there as soon as possible.After getting her MBA at Stanford, working at her dream company, Yahoo, and build...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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29:55
S3 E3: Whitney Wolfe Herd - Bumble
Sometimes you need to break the rules in order to create a new societal reality. And when Whitney Wolfe Heard created Bumble, that's exactly what she did.In this week's episode, we reveal how Wolfe Heard took traditional dating and<...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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24:43
S3 E2: Wolfgang Puck and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef
Before Wolfgang Puck, the words "celebrity" and "chef" were never found in the same sentence. That all changed in 1982 when Puck opened Spago in West Hollywood.With its open kitchen, delicious food, parade of A-list celebrities, and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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31:15