Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson

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Best-selling author Whitney Johnson ("Disrupt Yourself") explores her passion for personal disruption through engaging conversations with disruptors. Each episode of this podcast reveals new insights about how we work, learn, and live.

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Episodes

James Altucher: Disruption in the Face of Failure

James Altucher disrupts himself on a daily basis as a best-selling author and angel investor. His willingness to push himself to explore new opportunities has both paid dividends and taken an emotional toll through the years. From HBO to the highest highs and lowest lows of managing a hedge fund, Altucher's intense curiosity about disruption and his honesty about what makes it hard offer an important new perspective to this on-going series. Show Notes: https://whitneyjohnson.com/james-altucher/...

Dec 01, 2016•38 min•Ep. 6

Coss Marte: From Inmate to Entrepreneur

Coss Marte disrupted his own prison sentence by developing a fitness program behind bars. He dropped 70 pounds in six months with no equipment. Fellow prisoners soon became his clients. After he was released from prison for dealing drugs, he used the hustle his mom instilled in him and a mentorship with Defy Ventures to turn his training program into a small business. Marte is the founder of ConBody, a gym that hires formerly incarcerated people that sits on the same New York street corner where...

Nov 16, 2016•34 min•Ep. 5

Isha Johansen: How a Philanthropic Project Became a Premier Soccer Team

Isha Johansen is an entrepreneur and the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association. She is the founder of F.C. Johansen, a soccer team that got its start as a humanitarian project and now competes in the country's top league. She started the team in 2004 to give young boys an incentive to spend as many hours in school as they spent on the soccer field. Show Notes: https://whitneyjohnson.com/isha-johansen-disrupt-yourself-podcast/...

Nov 03, 2016•36 min•Ep. 4

Brian Moran: The Gift of Learning From Failure

Brian Moran is an accomplished entrepreneur and publisher who has faced his fair share of setbacks. His ability to learn and grow from early disruptions eventually opened doors at the Wall Street Journal, Inc, and Entrepreneur magazines. Brian now passes along those lessons to fellow entrepreneurs and marketers. And when times get really tough, faith continues to play a crucial role in his life. Show Notes: https://whitneyjohnson.com/brian-moran-podcast/...

Oct 20, 2016•33 min•Ep. 3

Raju Narisetti: Becoming the Boss People Want

Raju Narisetti is the former Senior Vice President of Growth & Strategy at News Corp. He's a veteran journalist who thinks a lot about the business of journalism. Narisetti likes to say he's gotten used to living at intersections. Right now he sits on a corner where publishing high quality journalism meets the challenge of finding a way to pay for it. Show Notes: https://whitneyjohnson.com/raju-narisetti/

Oct 06, 2016•24 min•Ep. 2

Michelle McKenna-Doyle: Disrupting the NFL

Michelle McKenna-Doyle is Chief Information Officer at the NFL. It's her job to dig into data and coordinate across departments to improve how football fans experience the game. A healthy obsession with competition and a creative approach to problem solving make her one of the top disruptors in sports. Show Notes: https://whitneyjohnson.com/michelle-mckenna-doyle-disrupt-yourself/

Sep 21, 2016•22 min•Ep. 1

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