QUIT! with Dan Benjamin
Quit is about change, the challenges of improving your career, making tough decisions, and starting something awesome.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 79 minutes
- Episodes
- 121
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2020
21: Quit & Analyze
Dan is joined by a familiar guest, Marco Arment, to take calls and discuss Marco's very recent sale of Instapaper. They delve deeper and discuss when to hire, outsourcing, feeling burnt out, when to …
20: Jeff Raider
Dan and guest Jeff Raider, one of the founders of Warby Parker and Harry's, discuss startups, investors, and timing as it relates to quitting your job to work on your dream.
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19: A New Level of Disgruntled
Dan is joined by Producer Haddie Cooke and Associate Producer Danielle Moser to take calls and discuss how important your mindset is before making any kind of decision.
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18: The Problem Is Always You
Dan takes calls and responds to listener feedback. Topics include living in a basement, staying in school, quitting a good job you hate to mow lawns, what to do when your family moves and you want to…
17: Four Hour Sleep Night
Dan is joined by special guest Garrett Dimon to discuss starting and running businesses with less pain and fewer mistakes. Dan takes calls and helps people identify their opportunities and make decis…
16: A Hogshead of Money
Dan is joined by Ansa Copeland, Producer Haddie Cooke, and take calls.
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15: Got Your Sea Legs
Dan is joined by Producer Haddie Cooke to take calls and discuss integrity.
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- Jobs to Fill, Employers Wait for Perfection - NYTimes.com
The number of job openings has increased t…
14: Don't Run A Sh*tty Company
Dan is joined by David Heinemeier Hansson, Shlok Vaidya, Producer Haddie Cooke to discuss telecommuting vs. being in the office.
Note: This episode contains some strong language.
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13: Shackled to Something
Dan is joined by Chris Carter, Assistant Producer Caitlin Eldridge, and Producer Haddie Cooke to discuss moving out of your home office into office space and moderate success vs. scaling your busines…
12: Painting Pewter Figs
Dan Benjamin is joined by Anthony Armendariz, Shlok Vaidya, and Alex Ragsdale about finding your passion, focus, Florida, exit plans, information hipsters, and more.
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11: I'm Smarter Than My Boss, Now What?
Dan is joined by Natalie Armendariz, Shlok Vaidya remotely, and producers Haddie Cooke and Caitlin Eldridge to discuss expectations of employees and employers.
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10: No One Puts Baby in a Warehouse
Dan is joined by Andrew Logan, Shlok Vaidya, and producer Haddie Cooke to discuss extroverted vs introverted vs balanced in the work world.
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9: Four O'Clock In the Morning Courage
Dan Benjamin is joined by Joel Bush, Shlok Vaidya, Tina Nikolova and producer Haddie Cooke to discuss what it means to have "four o'clock in the morning courage".
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8: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
This week Dan is joined by Alex Ragsdale, producer Haddie Cooke, and callers to discuss meetings and side-jobs that become businesses.
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7: Friday Night Blessing
Dan takes calls, questions from Twitter and voicemails to discuss the “business” and logistics of starting a company.
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6: The Voices In Your Head
Dan is joined by Shlok Vaidya, Michael K. and callers to talk about opportunity, followthrough, what it takes to find success, and how to handle getting fired in the middle of the show.
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5: Gumption
Dan talks with Garrett Dimon and callers about "the fear".
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4: The Answer Is "Do Both"
Dan talks with Phil Coffman, Shlok Vaidya, Producer Robin Welch, and callers about so-called "moderate success", passion, starting out, paying your dues, making changes, the myth of job security, and…
3: Are You Employed, Sir?
Dan talks with callers, special guest Myke Hurley of 70 Decibels, and 5by5 producer Haddie Cooke about interviewing, confidence, attire, personal presentation, when to reevaluate, having a support gr…
2: Everyone Gets Fired
Dan talks with studio guest Anthony Armendariz, 5by5 producer Haddie Cooke, responds to your calls and voicemails, and dispenses "advice" about when to quit, dealing with life changes, routines, bein…