As entrepreneurs, we are constantly trying to acquire new skills and knowledge to survive and thrive in the competitive business landscape. While reading an insightful business book is almost always the best way to gain knowledge and wisdom, not everyone can find time in their busy schedule to read books.

So what should a busy entrepreneur do?

The answer is simple: listen to podcasts!

You can tune into podcasts anytime you want — while commuting to work, jogging, cooking, cycling, or even while working out at the gym.

Podcasts are immensely popular these days. According to Convince and Convert, podcast listeners listen to an average of 7 podcasts per week.

There are podcasts covering almost any topic you can imagine. Entrepreneurship is no different. There are a ton of business podcasts, where successful entrepreneurs and business leaders share their expertise, insights, experiences, and strategies that can be immensely helpful in your own entrepreneurial journey.

To that end, I’ve compiled a list of podcasts that will make you a better entrepreneur.

Here are the 10 best entrepreneur podcasts to help you get started.

Top 10 Podcasts for Entrepreneurs

1. Rework: A Podcast by Basecamp

Rework is a podcast by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founders of Basecamp and co-authors of Rework, one of my favorite business books.

In the podcast, Fried and Hansson share startup stories and unconventional wisdom from their own experience and other business owners who have embraced bootstrapping, staying small, and growing slow.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

2. Pivot

Pivot is a weekly podcast by Recode (owned by Vox Media), hosted by Kara Swisher, Silicon Valley’s most revered journalist, and NYU Professor Scott Galloway.

The podcast offers sharp, unfiltered insights into the way technology is shaping business and culture across media, advertising, politics, and more.

If you’d like to stay informed about all the current events in technology, business, and politics, Pivot is a must-listen podcast.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

3. The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss is a serial entrepreneur and best-selling author of profoundly influential business books such as The 4-Hour Workweek, Tribe of Mentors, and Tools of Titans.

Tim’s podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, is often the #1 business podcast on all of Apple Podcasts, and it’s been ranked #1 out of 500,000+ podcasts on many occasions. The podcast features interviews of successful people from all areas of life (investing, sports, business, art, etc.) as Tim examines the tactics, tools, and routines they typically use to achieve peak performance.

Past guests on the show have included Arnold Schwarzenegger, LeBron James, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Malcolm Gladwell, Vince Vaughn, Susan Cain, Ramit Sethi, and many more.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

4. Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau is the author of The $100 Startup, a New York Times bestseller which has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide. In his most recent book, Side Hustle, Guillebeau explains how anyone can create a new source of income in 27 days. He explores the subject in greater depth in his podcast, Side Hustle School.

The purpose of Guillebeau’s podcast is to help you create a new source of income without quitting your job. In each episode, you’ll hear a different story of someone who’s started a side hustle — along with what went well, how that person overcame challenges, and what happened as a result.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

5. The GaryVee Audio Experience

Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and chairman & CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients. Gary Vee has an active presence on social media, including Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube, where he has his Q&A show #AskGaryVee and the daily video documentary series DAILYVEE.

In his podcast, The GaryVee Audio Experience, you’ll find a mix of #AskGaryVee show episodes, keynote speeches on marketing and business, segments from his DAILYVEE video series, interviews and fireside chats, as well as original content recorded specifically for the podcast.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

6. Entrepreneurs On Fire

Entrepreneurs on Fire is an award-winning business podcast by John Lee Dumas, where he interviews successful entrepreneurs to inspire you in your entrepreneurial journey.

The goal of this podcast is to present you with the inspiration and strategies you need to fire up your entrepreneurial journey and create the life you’ve always dreamed of.

Since launching his podcast on September 22nd, 2012, Dumas has interviewed over 2,000 entrepreneurs, including Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk, Barbara Corcoran, Tim Ferriss, Neil Patel, and many more.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

7. Recode Decode

Aside from co-hosting Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway (see #2), Recode’s Kara Swisher has her own podcast called Recode Decode.

In this podcast, Swisher hosts candid interviews with tech execs, politicians, celebrities, and more about their big ideas and how they’re changing our world.

Past guests on the podcast have included Elon Musk, Hillary Clinton, Mark Zuckerberg, Jason Fried, Adam Grant, and many more.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

8. Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman

Masters of Scale is a business podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, where he invites successful entrepreneurs to share the stories and strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands.

Reid and his guests talk entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, management, and fundraising. But they also talk about the human journey — with all its failures and setbacks.

Past guests on the podcast have included Arianna Huffington, Ben Chestnut, Kevin Systrom, and many more.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

9. StartUp Podcast

StartUp is a podcast from Gimlet Media hosted by Alex Blumberg and Lisa Chow. The podcast is all about what it’s really like to start a business.

The first two seasons of the show followed stories of starting businesses. Season 1 was about the starting of Gimlet Media itself, and season 2 dealt with the starting of a dating company called “Dating Ring.” The third season follows one business per episode.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

10. The Smart Passive Income Podcast

The Smart Passive Income Podcast is a top-ranking and award winning business podcast hosted by Pat Flynn, a blogger and entrepreneur known for his immensely successful blog, The Smart Passive Income, where he teaches his followers about investing in online businesses and generating passive income.

In his podcast, Pat Flynn reveals all of his online business and blogging strategies, income sources and killer marketing tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve with your online business or blog. The podcast covers a broad range of business topics such as automation, crowdsourcing, SEO, affiliate marketing, outsourcing, and more.

Since launching his podcast in 2010, Flynn has invited several entrepreneurs, authors, and business leaders to share their secrets of success. Past guests have included Gary Vaynerchuk, Nir Eyal, James Clear, Ramit Sethi, and many more.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

BONUS: Marketing Mantra

As a bonus, I’m including my own podcast in the list — Marketing Mantra (apologies for the shameless plug.) I launched this podcast with the help of Anchor back in August 2018.

The aim of this podcast is to share actionable marketing strategies and tactics that have worked for me at my blog and my digital marketing agency.

From time to time, I also invite other bloggers and solopreneurs to share their success stories and business tactics. Past guests on the podcast have included Matthew Woodward, Daniel Daines-Hutt from AmpMyContent, Vlad Calus from Planable, and many more.

If you’ve liked any of my content in the past, I’d request you to please subscribe to Marketing Mantra on your preferred podcast player.

Where to subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify

Honorable Mentions

The 10 podcasts featured above are my personal favorites, but the entrepreneur podcasts below are also highly recommended:

• Mixergy (hosted by Andrew Warner)
• EntreLeadership (hosted by Ken Coleman)
• Growth Mapping Podcast (hosted by Sujan Patel and Aaron Agius)
• How to Start a Startup (a series of lectures, initially given at Stanford in Fall 2014)
• Tales of Silicon Valley (hosted by Danny Fortson)
• HBR IdeaCast by Harvard Business Review (hosted by Sarah Green Carmichael)
• Noah Kagan Presents (hosted by Noah Kagan)
• The Startup Chat (hosted by Steli Efti and Hiten Shah)
• This Week in Startups (hosted by Jason Calacanis)

Summary

So there you have it — the 10 podcasts that will make you a better entrepreneur. You can also check out this list of 21 marketing podcasts if you’d like get your fill of the latest marketing trends, insights, and tips.

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