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From Water Phobia to Kazakhstan's National Water Polo Team - Kaiyr Kochshigulov
29 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailKaiyr Kochshigulov shares an inspiring story of transformation, resilience, and leadership. Unable to swim until the age of 10 due to ...
What Do You Leave Behind Besides Money? - Koby Jones
27 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailThis conversation is ultimately about the tension between achievement and alignment.Koby’s story begins as a classic success arc: hi...
From Risk-Averse Lawyer to Entrepreneur - Lewis Ho
25 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailLewis Ho’s journey is a story of reinvention, from a 25-year legal career built on risk management to entrepreneurship, robotics, an...
Designing an Intentional Life - Lauren Cohen
23 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailA special thank you to Professor Lauren Cohen for taking the time to join me on Beyond the Case and for continuing to inspire so many ...
A Resident of This Planet - Rishikkes Pawar
19 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailThis conversation with Rishikkes Pawar, Founder & CEO of DigitalZone, moved far beyond entrepreneurship and into identity, curiosi...
Trust Yourself, Trust the Process - Pablo Murra-Farrus
14 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailPablo Murra-Farrus is a second-generation Mexican entrepreneur and CEO of Grupo Artec, a diversified automotive and paint distribution...
The Quiet Principles Behind Building Businesses That Outlast You - with Zsolt Nagy
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailTruly enjoyed this conversation with Zsolt Nagy where beneath all the businesses, acquisitions, and scale was a much quieter philosoph...
From Trauma-Driven Hustle to Purpose-Driven Leadership - Saleema Vellani
11 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailSaleema Vellani shares the deeply personal story behind her entrepreneurial journey, from childhood trauma and feelings of rejection t...
The Mindset That Turned Rejection Into Opportunity - Gevorg Shahbazyan
08 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Gevorg Shahbazyan shares a story shaped by rejection, resilience, and relentless ambition. Despite earning a master’...
Gratitude, Growth & the Pursuit of Freedom - with Caio Zapata
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailThis conversation with Caio Zapata was particularly refreshing because it blended entrepreneurship with deep introspection and philoso...
They’re Solving Mental Health at Scale Using AI & HBS Is Taking Notes - Marc Goldberg & Christine Carville
05 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Marc Goldberg and Christine Carville share their journey from individual entrepreneurial paths to co-founding Resilie...
Wisdom from an Unconventional Life - Isa Lorenzo
04 May 2026
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Send us Fan MailIsa Lorenzo’s story is anchored in three powerful ideas: stay endlessly curious, view failure as timing rather than defeat, and cont...
Meeting Warren Buffett & Bill Gates Taught Me the Truth About Wealth - Elie Nour
30 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailA defining moment in Elie Nour’s journey came from attending the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting, where he met Warren...
From Empires to AI: How Power Is Shifting Globally - Caroline Elkins
28 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailCaroline Elkins is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and one of the world’s leading historians on empire, power, and institutions.We...
The First Rule is Don't Lose - Sherry Li
25 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailHow many of us can genuinely reinvent our skill set as our business demands it? From Wall Street finance to hands-on real estate inves...
30+ Years of Executive Coaching: Patterns & Frameworks Behind Leadership Success - Linda Miklas
21 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailWorking with Linda Miklas, my executive coach during the OPM program at Harvard Business School, was one of the most formative experie...
The Hidden Math Behind $1B Growth: Unit Economics That Matter - Judy Liu
08 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailJudy Liu begins with an unexpected insight: her thinking today is deeply influenced by Buddhist philosophy and introspection, which he...
Awareness: The First Step to Wisdom - Pàdraig O Céidigh
01 Apr 2026
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Send us Fan MailWhen you compete on a global stage for Entrepreneur of the Year and lose to Narayana Murthy, you don’t just come back with a trophy ...
CEOs Don’t Have All the Answers: Leading a 750-Employee Autism Company Through Uncertainty - Ronit Molko
27 Mar 2026
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Send us Fan MailRonit Molko shares her journey from growing up in South Africa during apartheid to building and scaling a national autism services com...
Public Markets, Real Estate, Venture, and Gold: A Portfolio Strategy - Tiz Gambacorta
26 Mar 2026
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Send us Fan MailTiz Gambacorta shares his journey from investment banking and institutional fund management into entrepreneurship and later venture in...
A Father’s Playbook: 15 Life Lessons I Want My Daughters to Know - Rusty Russell
24 Mar 2026
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Send us Fan MailThis episode centers less on business success and more on legacy, urgency, and documenting life lessons for the next generation.Rusty ...
Breaking the ‘Son Heir’ Myth in Business - Nafeesa Moloobhoy
17 Mar 2026
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Send a textBeing a woman raised in a traditional family, married young, without completing college or having any work experience and then stepping in ...
The 20-Year Rule for Entrepreneurs: Happiness and Long-Term Selfishness - Vivek Bhargava
16 Mar 2026
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Send a textVivek Bhargava's philosophy is that the best entrepreneurial life is built on integrity, optimism, learning, and continuous stretching...
How KPIs, KRAs, and Leadership Systems Scaled Aquilaw to 150 People - Sucharita Basu
10 Mar 2026
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Send a textSucharita Basu, Managing Partner of Aquilaw, speaks about how leadership systems, KPIs, and lessons from the Harvard Business School OPM pr...
Family Constitutions: A Key to Multi-Generational Business Continuity — Fernando Fey
06 Mar 2026
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Send a textOne of the strongest realizations from this conversation is the importance of a family constitution in sustaining a multi-generational busi...
What’s the Worst That Can Happen? Running Marathons in Iran and North Korea - Daf Dubbelman
04 Mar 2026
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Send a textDaf Dubbelman is a real estate entrepreneur, endurance athlete, and Harvard Business School OPM participant who is completing the program f...
From 150 Tasks to 6 Priorities: Using the Pareto Principle with a Business Coach – Ankit Gupta
03 Mar 2026
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Send a textAnkit Gupta, second-generation entrepreneur and leader of the Holistic Group, shares how business coaching played a critical role in sharpe...
Growing 620× Over 25 Years by Letting Go of Daily Operations - Devendra Surana
02 Mar 2026
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Send a textDevendra Surana describes his shift from founder-operator to builder of an enduring organization. Early failures (first 2–3 years) forced...
From HBS Student to Case Protagonist: Risking It All for Impact - Guillermo "Billy" Jaime
28 Feb 2026
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Send a textIt’s rare to attend Harvard Business School as a student and even rarer to later become the subject of two HBS case studies. Billy Jaime ...
The Founder’s Blind Spot: Holding On Too Long - Daniel Silva
26 Feb 2026
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Send a textWith nearly three decades of entrepreneurial leadership, deep OPM roots, and the humility of a lifelong learner, Daniel Silva brings a rare...
The Power of Psychological Safety Among Peers - with Felix Kues
24 Feb 2026
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Send a textFelix Kues is a serial entrepreneur, deep-tech investor, and Harvard Business School OPM participant. Felix shares his journey from buildin...
The Inner Operating System of an Entrepreneur: Advisors, Yoga, and Time - Sudhakar Kadavasal
22 Feb 2026
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Send a textSudhakar Kadavasal, a second-generation entrepreneur from Chennai has built and led businesses across IT services, logistics, chemicals, co...
From $2,000 to 800,000 Subscribers: Building a Values-Driven Media Giant - Lucas Ferrugem
18 Feb 2026
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Send a textWhat began as a $2,000 experiment at age 13 has grown into one of Brazil’s most influential independent platforms, bootstrapped to over $...
From Control to Trust: The Real Shift Every Entrepreneur Must Make - Ankita Gupta
17 Feb 2026
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Send a textThis conversation is a powerful reminder that entrepreneurs must consciously evolve from being hands-on operators to becoming true leaders....
Thinking in Decades, Not Quarters: Lessons from a Multi-Generational Owner - Antonio Liberal
16 Feb 2026
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Send a textThird-generation entrepreneurship isn’t about inheriting a business. It’s about inheriting a promise and upgrading it for the next era....
Scaling Through Adjacencies, Not Distractions - Abhijit Vaish
12 Feb 2026
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Send a textBuild adjacencies before you chase scale.Enduring companies don’t grow by random diversification. They expand by moving one thoughtful st...
Sold to OpenAI: The Patience, People, and Principles Behind the Exit - Tomasz Kulakowski
12 Feb 2026
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Send a textHe sold his company to OpenAI last month and the story behind it is a masterclass in patient entrepreneurship, long-term bets, and knowing ...
The Emperor Has No Clothes: Harvard OPM and Indian VCs with Vinay Pasricha
11 Feb 2026
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Send a textVinay Pasricha shares his unfiltered and potentially controversial observations from 25 years as a serial entrepreneur in India. He ran an ...
Nothing Is Impossible When Discipline Is a Lifestyle: Ironman Lessons - Mohamed Mahlab
07 Feb 2026
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Send us a textElite endurance fitness demands structure, early mornings, repetition, and the ability to keep going when your brain wants to stop. Moha...
The Cost of Ambition No One Measures - Somdutta Singh
05 Feb 2026
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Send us a textThis talk is really about rewiring what “success” means. From chasing validation, money, and outcomes to building with reflection, d...
Scaling Trust in a Volatile, Unorganized Market - Akshay Verma
04 Feb 2026
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Send us a textHow do you go about scaling in an unorganized industry that’s mid-disruption—while commodity prices swing wildly and brand “differ...
How My Principles Replaced My Instincts - with Radu Dumitrescu
01 Feb 2026
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Send us a textRestaurants don’t win on food alone, they win on feel. Radu Dumitrescu, founder & CEO of Stadio Hospitality Concepts, lays out a l...
From a Billion-Dollar Market Cap to Bankruptcy: Decisions, Reflection, and a Second Innings - Pujit Aggarwal
30 Jan 2026
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Send us a textFrom a $1B market-cap market darling to a wipeout, this conversation traces how Pujit Aggarwal - former MD & CEO of Orbit Corporatio...
The Quiet Math of a Meaningful Life and Its North Star - Rajan Shah
26 Jan 2026
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Send us a textIf you had to write your obituary today, what would you want it to say - how many lives you lifted, or how perfectly you avoided failure...
Lessons You Only Learn When Things Fall Apart - Geetanjali AlamShah
23 Jan 2026
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Send us a text47 litigations. That’s how deep the hole got after Geetanjali “Gee” AlamShah’s airline bet went sideways and it’s also the mos...
Lessons from 12 Startups and a Lifetime in Tech - Brad Cowdrey
21 Jan 2026
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Send us a textImagine waking up every day knowing your job is to suffer on purpose because that’s the price of building something that can dominate ...
The Quiet Vulnerability of Power and the Art of Executive Search - K. Sudarshan
21 Jan 2026
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Send us a textK. Sudarshan is a veteran executive search leader and Managing Partner at EMA Partners across India, Singapore, and the UAE. Sudarshan s...
Alejandro Diez Barroso on Exits, Term Sheets, and the Real Cost of Raising Capital
17 Jan 2026
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Send us a textAlejandro Diez Barroso explains how bootstrapping two early e-commerce businesses in Mexico taught him the real constraint in many marke...
Juan Carlos Almanza on Trusts, Taxes, and the Questions Founders Avoid
16 Jan 2026
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Send us a textIf your business outlives you, have you clearly written what you want it to mean and how decisions should be made when you’re no longe...
Felipe Barreto Veiga: Loyalty, Sacrifice, and the Real Cost of Being a Lawyer
13 Jan 2026
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Send us a textThis conversation is less about legal theory and more about the emotional weight of being a lawyer. Through Felipe Barreto Veiga’s sto...
Pramod Maheshwari: The IIT Graduate Who Chose His Mother Over America and Built an Education Empire
11 Jan 2026
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Send us a textA single sentence from his mother "If you go to the US, you may never come back… and it may be too late” rerouted Pramod Mahesh...
Hari Kiran Chereddi on Mental Models That Let Winning Emerge After Losing
09 Jan 2026
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Send us a textWhat if you could hear, firsthand, from an international sportsperson about the emotional journey that follows a loss?Not loss as failur...
Jeff Cronkshaw on Scuba Diving and Leading When Panic Isn’t an Option
08 Jan 2026
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Send us a textJeff Cronkshaw doesn’t talk about leadership in theory — he talks about it 40 meters underwater, in zero visibility, when failure is...
Gustavo Reichmann on Optimism, Reinvention, and Thinking in 20-Year Chapters
07 Jan 2026
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Send us a textOptimism isn’t just a personality trait in this episode - it’s a discipline. Gustavo Reichmann frames life as forward motion: the fu...
Eric Hoffman: The Owner Who Bought Back His Company from Private Equity
06 Jan 2026
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Send us a textHoffman Media, a founder-led niche media company, raised private equity capital in the mid-2000s to fund acquisitions and organic growth...
Vishwajeet Vishnu: The Price of Success Was Persistence
04 Jan 2026
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Send us a textVishwajeet Vishnu’s journey isn’t built on privilege, pedigree, or perfect timing. It’s built on persistence.Forced to drop out of...
Sameer Jain: Early Internet Entrepreneur Who Bootstrapped Success by Accident
02 Jan 2026
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Send us a textHe wasn’t supposed to be an entrepreneur—at least not by design.Sameer Jain never set out with a business plan or the intention to b...
Orit Pollak on the Power of Networks and Shared Wisdom
30 Dec 2025
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Send us a textOrit Pollak is a second-generation industrial leader based in Peru and a participant in Harvard Business School’s OPM 67 program. She ...
Carolyn Deng: How Discipline Becomes Wisdom
29 Dec 2025
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Send us a text“You don’t have to ask a hero where she comes from—you have to understand how she thinks.”Carolyn Deng’s journey is shaped les...
Shailu Tipparaju: Frameworks for Repeatable Entrepreneurial Success and the Power of Pausing
28 Dec 2025
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Send us a text“The best feedback a parent can ever get is when a child says: I want to be like my mom or dad.”Shailu Tipparaju says this knowing h...
Deepak Narayanan on Why Failure Is No Longer a Stigma in Indian Business
27 Dec 2025
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Send us a textIndia’s business ecosystem is undergoing a profound reset. Failure is no longer viewed as a lasting stigma for entrepreneurs, private ...
Faisal Charania: Living Like the Game Is Rigged in Your Favor
25 Dec 2025
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Send us a text“Rumi says you have to live life like it’s rigged in your favor.”For Faisal Charania, that mindset is inseparable from his belief ...
The Wisdom of Great Exits: Why the Best Companies Are the Ones You’d Own Forever — Ludimila Mangili
24 Dec 2025
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Send us a textAfter 19 episodes of Beyond the Case, it finally happened - someone from OPM 67 actually said “BATNA” out loud. (Best Alternative To...
Grant Collard: Fired, Broke, a New Dad. From Basement to Billion-Dollar Portfolio
23 Dec 2025
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Send us a textGrant Collard, Founder and CEO of Redstone Residential, shares his unconventional journey into entrepreneurship and real estate. Raised ...
Iman Mutlaq: The Apex Who Hunts Her Own Success
22 Dec 2025
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Send us a textIman Mutlaq is a self-made, belief-driven, high-agency leader whose identity was forged by early responsibility, sustained by discipline...
Jaber Abdul Wahab: Governing Across Geographies in a Diversified Family Business
19 Dec 2025
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Send us a textWhat happens when a founder steps away early and the next generation is handed responsibility without a roadmap? Jaber Abdul Wahab, Grou...
Michael Jang Parker: Entrepreneurial Burnout, Founder Loneliness, and Mental Health Recovery
18 Dec 2025
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Send us a textThis episode opens with an unfiltered conversation about entrepreneurial burnout, mental health, and the deep loneliness of building com...
The Slow Cooker Journey of a Maxillofacial Surgeon: Ritika Khanna & Ramandeep Singh
17 Dec 2025
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Send us a textOne important question didn’t make it into the conversation: why do doctors have such bad handwriting? After hearing Ritika’s journe...
Sam Patel on Storytelling, Conviction, and the Long Game of Entrepreneurship
16 Dec 2025
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Send us a textSam Patel, founder of Astra Culture & Looped shares that storytelling isn’t marketing fluff - it’s how people emotionally decide...
When the Chinese Government Chose Her Degree, MiuMiu Miao Chose Entrepreneurship
15 Dec 2025
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Send us a textBorn and educated in China, MiuMiu Miao's university major, computer science was assigned by the Chinese government, not chosen by ...
The Power of a Founder Forum: with Rafael Sierra
12 Dec 2025
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Send us a textFrom powder to purpose: how one founder turned niche know-how and crisis moments into a durable company.Rafael “Rafa” Sierra, founde...
Rebuilding From Zero: Filippo Ghirelli on Resilience, Creativity & the Art of Thinking
11 Dec 2025
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Send us a textFrom losing everything in a foreign country to rebuilding a global sustainability group, Filippo Ghirelli’s story is a masterclass in ...
Growing Up Together, Leading Together: Anik Dharamshi on Gujarati Bonds, Seamless Succession, and Going Public
10 Dec 2025
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Send us a textAnik Dharamshi, Executive Director of HD Fire Protect, shares the journey of one of India’s oldest fire-protection manufacturers. Foun...
Ryan Walker: The Heart Behind Entrepreneurship—Hope, Love & Leadership
09 Dec 2025
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Send us a textRyan Walker is the founder of Matrix MKTG, a full-service creative and experiential marketing agency. It was born from a client opportun...
Loyal Teams, Transforming Systems & Big Shoes to Fill: Sameer Mohamed on Second-Gen Leadership
08 Dec 2025
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Send us a textSameer Mohamed shares the story of taking forward his father’s entrepreneurial legacy at Jaleel Holdings and the family office MVK Hol...
Beyond AI, We Believe in Humans: Isabelle Andrieu’s Leadership Journey
05 Dec 2025
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Send us a textThis episode features Isabelle Andrieu, a French linguist, co-founder of the AI-powered translation company Translated and CEO of Pi Sch...
Patience, Balance, and Belief: The Leadership Philosophy of Wilfredo Gomes
04 Dec 2025
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Send us a textThis episode of Beyond the Case features Wilfredo Gomes, founder of OneWG, one of the largest advertising firms in southern Brazil. Born...
Balancing Old Wisdom with New Ambition: Aiman Khorakiwala’s Modern CEO Perspective
29 Nov 2025
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Send us a textHost Sohin Shah interviews Aiman Khorakiwala, CEO of InGene Organics and leader at Akbarally’s, a century-old retail institution in Mu...
The Founder Who Scheduled Happiness: Linnette Le’s Systems for Life & Work
24 Nov 2025
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Send us a textHost Sohin Shah speaks with Linnette Le, co-founder and COO of MyStudio and co-owner of InCourage Martial Arts. She shares her path from...
Piece by Piece: David Hemmat on Building a Business Like Legos
21 Nov 2025
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Send us a textIn this episode, host Sohin Shah speaks with David Hemmat, founder and sole shareholder of Blue Coding, a 150-person software developmen...
Flying Through Turbulence: Leadership Lessons from Mathieu Roegiers
19 Nov 2025
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Send us a textIn this episode, Sohin Shah sits down with Mathieu Roegiers, a Belgian entrepreneur who has already lived three careers: professional fi...
Wearing the Right Shoes: Ray & Monica Harrigill on First Principles, Partnership & Taking the Shot
14 Nov 2025
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Send us a textIn this episode of Beyond the Case, Sohin Shah sits down with Ray & Monica Harrigill — founders of The Sunray Companies and fellow...