The Corporate Life – Billion Dollar Conversations | Cinematic Stories of Tech CEOs, Multimillion-Dollar Entrepreneurs, and Leading Investors
🎬 Every life is a movie - and the Tech CEOs, multimillion-dollar entrepreneurs, and Leading Investors who come here reveal the real story behind their rise.
The Corporate Life - Billion Dollar Conversations is a cinematic podcast hosted by Hina Siddiqui, CEO & Founder of Corporate Influence Media and creator of Capital-Stage Credibility Positioning.
Every episode uncovers the human story underneath the success - the turning points, reinventions, identity shifts, and billion-dollar decisions that made extraordinary founders, investors, and leaders who they are.
Because the story underneath the success is never the one on the headline. And that story is exactly where real authority lives.
Every life is a movie. Here, we find the scene that changes everything.
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Episodes
157 episodes
The Day Microsoft Called And Why Most Companies Still Get AI Wrong
He was about to quit. Then Microsoft called. Peter built a Slack bot called Howdy, got acquired by Microsoft, and came out the other side with a perspective on AI that most CEOs have never heard. He's not here to tell you AI will s...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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43:25
$2 Billion in Real Estate — The Investor Mindset That Changed Everything
11 properties in Seattle. $2 billion in assets under management. Same formula the whole way.Lane, founder of The Wealth Elevator, didn't change his approach as the numbers scaled — he just applied it at a bigger level. In t...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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42:35
She Crawled Under Her Desk With $650K in Debt - Then Built Two Companies
$650,000 in debt. Four kids. No job. And one night she crawled under her desk and cried.That was Nancy's rock bottom. What she did next built a CPA firm, an online education company, and a financial framework that's now helping ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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32:39
$3 Million in Debt, Five Kids… Then a Red Picnic Basket Built America’s #1 Hair Care Brand
In this episode of The Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui sits down with Amy Chinian, an entrepreneur whose journey from the 2007 financial crash to building a multi-million-dollar company is nothing short of extraordinary. After losing everything, ...
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30:48
Shark Tank on Steroids: A CEO’s Masterclass in the Art of the Pitch
In this episode of The Corporate Life, host Hina Siddiqui sits down with George Dubuc, a man who has witnessed the evolution of connection from the engineering floors of General Motors in 1967 to the digital chaos of the modern ...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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45:48
He Jumped Off the Plane — and Built a $250M Parachute on the Way Down
In this episode of The Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui sits down with Fernando Angelucci, a real estate mogul who transformed five digits of credit card debt into a $250 million self-storage empire. Fernando shares his "burn the bridges"...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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52:20
143 Countries. A CEO With No Margin for Error
In this episode of The Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui sits down with Ryan Hawley, CEO of Odin Industries, to explore the high-stakes world of international medical logistics and defense-based risk mitigation. Ryan Hawley sh...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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32:56
From 100 Rejections to Building E! Entertainment — with Larry Namer
Discover the human story behind the man who co-founded E! Entertainment Television and revolutionized celebrity culture. In this episode of The Corporate Life, Larry Namer shares his journey from being rejected over 100 times by invest...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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29:13
What It Really Takes to Be a Single Dad and Still Win I Mark Aylward
In this episode of The Corporate Life, host Hina Siddiqui sits down with Mark Aylward to explore the human story behind high-level success. Mark shares his raw experience as a single father navigating a contentious legal system and how he sacri...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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30:44
Hollywood Nightclubs to Political Power: How Connor Treacy Creates Electric Rooms
In this episode of Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui sits down with Connor Treacy to explore the volatile yet rewarding journey of challenging the status quo in the high-stakes worlds of nightlife and political event production.
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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34:58
Breaking the Rules of Business: Leadership, Risk & Bold Decisions | Richard Blank
In this episode of The Corporate Life, host Hina Siddiqui sits down with CEO Richard Blank, a visionary entrepreneur who traded his life in the States at 27 to build a call center empire in Costa Rica. Richard shares his story of break...
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36:39
The Woman Behind Forttuna Group | Aditii Handa’s Untold Story
In this episode of Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui is joined by Aditii to discuss the raw reality of leadership and the often-unspoken journey through failure. Aditii shares how a "rollercoaster ride" of starting a business and facing setbacks sh...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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35:23
The Troublemaker Mindset: Why CEOs Must Become Bigger Than Their Problems with Robert Wilson
In this episode of The Corporate Life, Hina Siddiqui sits down with Robert Wilson to explore the profound concept of unprogramming oneself from inherited trauma and societal scripts. Robert shares his personal journey of awakening - moving from...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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26:26
A Short Break. A Big Vision I With Hina Siddiqui
The Corporate Life Podcast is taking a short creative production break — and we’re returning in January with a completely elevated, cinematic Season 3.In this quick update, Hina Siddiqui shares what’s happening behind the...
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Season 3
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4:46
Never Give Up | The Italian Singer Who Turned Pain into Power I With Numa Palmer
In this inspiring episode, join Hina Siddiqui as she sits down with Numa Palmer, a singer, songwriter, and life coach, who shares her journey of resilience and self-discovery. From overcoming childhood challenges to embracing Buddhi...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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41:28
From Hollywood to Happiness | Dr. Marissa Pei on Turning Pain into Purpose
She is called “The Asian Oprah,” and her mission is simple — to make happiness your habit.Dr. Marissa Pei is an award-winning TV & radio host, psychologist, and best-selling author who has turned life’s toughest moments into a movem...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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58:23
She Broke Steve Jobs’ Record — and Built a $108M Startup Without Ads
She broke Steve Jobs’ record at Apple — doubling sales for an entire Apple channel in one year without increasing the marketing budget by a single dollar. Then she scaled a bootstrapped startup to $108 million — with zero paid...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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43:35
The Life of a Tech Startup CEO | A Success Story with Shelley Langan Newton
Some stories rise from privilege. Others, from perfect timing. But then there are stories like Shelley’s — born from the ashes of burnout and built on the courage to begin again.A decade ago, she was a single mum, exha...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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Ta-Da! How a Broadway Dancer Became a Sparkle Strategist I With Suzanne Castle
What happens when the spotlight fades, the stage goes silent, and you're forced to rebuild… not just your career, but your identity?In this powerful episode, I sit down with Suzanne Castle—former Broadway dancer turned Stevie awar...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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50:11
The Iron Lady of Feminine Flow: Why Women Should Build Businesses Aligned with Their Monthly Cycles
What if business wasn’t about hustling harder — but about working in rhythm with your body, your energy, and your truth?In this powerful episode of The Corporate Life Podcast – Billion Dollar Conversations, I sit down with Ni...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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44:59
How She Built a 150,000+ Women’s Community in Dubai | With Reema Mahajan
In this episode, I sit down with Reema Mahajan, founder of Indian Women in Dubai (IWD) — one of the UAE’s most powerful purpose-driven and the biggest communities.As two Indian women living in Dubai, we had a deeply resonant conversatio...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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39:12
Business is Parenting - The Wounds We Carry Into Our Companies I With Hina Siddiqui
We don’t just run our businesses with strategy.We run them with the invisible scripts we absorbed in childhood.In this deeply personal solo episode, I share how my own upbringing — with a mother who valued safety above expression,...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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Be the One They Can’t Ignore – Charismatic with Richard Reid
Some people command a room without saying a word.They’re not loud. They’re not flashy. But somehow… all eyes go to them.What if that kind of presence wasn’t just a lucky trait—but a learnable skill?In this unforget...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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43:07
From Idea to Enterprise: All You Need to Build a Business That's Actually Profitable – with Pat Alacqua
What does it really take to turn a spark of an idea into a thriving, self-sustaining enterprise?In this episode, Pat Alacqua — seasoned entrepreneur, business growth strategist, and author of Obstacles to Opportunity — ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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51:59
What Happens After Miss Universe? Natalie Glebova Tells All
In this powerful episode, I sit down with Natalie Glebova — Miss Universe 2005 — to uncover the real story behind the crown. From arriving in Canada as a shy Russian immigrant at the age of 13 to standing center stage in Thai...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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