30 Years in 30 Minutes

He was 20. Broke. Delivering cookies at 2AM from a chaotic college house. Two decades later, Seth Berkowitz runs Insomnia Cookies – the largest food delivery empires in America.

In this episode, Insom…

She had no clients, no followers, and no roadmap. But Cara Woodhouse still built one of the most recognizable interior design brands on Instagram — and turned her passion into an empire.

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What does it really take to lead TIME Magazine?

In this episode of 30 Years in 30 Minutes, Michael Oved sits down with Nancy Gibbs – legendary journalist, bestselling author, and the first female Edit…

Sports executive and serial entrepreneur David Meltzer became a millionaire at 24, a multimillionaire by 32, and then lost it all, only to gain it back a couple years later. In this episode, he opens…

How did Gayle Perry rise to the top of the fashion world? What challenges did she face along the way, and what did she learn from them? What is the key to her success, and what advice would she give …

How did the Editor-in-Chief of Sports Illustrated rise to the top of the world's largest sports magazine? What challenges did he face along the way, and what did he learn from it? What is the key to …

How did Sergei Kosenko, AKA Mr. Thank You, grow from 0 to 46 MILLION followers on Instagram? How did he grow to become one of the most influential people on social media? What is the key to his succe…

How did the founder of Zillow create several of the most successful companies in the world? What is the key to his success? How can entrepreneurs come up with ideas as novel as them? What is the simp…

Are you interested in learning how event management website Eventbrite was founded? The incredible story behind the founding of payment remittance company Xoom? How to ACTUALLY pick your circle and c…

Want to learn how the incredible story behind the founding of Shazam? How the founder endured the challenges, obstacles, and naysayers along the way? What the biggest piece of advice he has to give t…

Want to learn how the billionaire co-founder of Moderna started and grew his company? The keys to his entrepreneurial success?

 In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with Dr. Robert Langer, the awar…

What do venture capitalists look for in entrepreneurs? What should you do to make your company most appealing to venture capital firms? In this episode, Sam Yagan dives into it. 

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How should you prepare yourself to start a company? What challenges should you be ready for in your entrepreneurial journey? Steve Kaufer covers it all.

In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with St…

What traits do you need to make it far in politics? What is the right mindset to have in order to succeed in politics? Learn all that and more with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

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What should you do NOW to begin your poltical career? Who should you meet, what should you do, and more importantly, what did Stephen Goldsmith do?

In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with Stephen…

How did Wendy Kopp start her world-renowned non-profit, Teach for America (which became Teach for All)? What did she do to scale it?

In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with Wendy Kopp, co-founder…

How do you build a hospitality brand? How do you cultivate the perfect blend of ambiance and atmosphere? What is the story of Shake Shack? How did Union Square Hospitality Group grow to become the mo…

What does it take to bootstrap a business, from scratch? How do you start a business without knowing anything? That's Abby Taylor's story. Learn it exclusively here. 

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What does it take to climb the corporate ladder? How do you successfully get promoted in a big corporation? What traits do you need to do that? Learn from the best, in this episode. 

Michael Oved sits…

Ever wonder how Shazam was founded? What did it take to build Shazam? 

In this episode, Michael Oved sits down with Philip Inghelbrecht, the cofounder of Shazam (the application that can identify musi…