Value Creators
Welcome to the Value Creators podcast, the ultimate destination for business enthusiasts seeking to unlock the secrets of success through the lens of Austrian economics. Join Hunter Hastings and a variety of insightful guests as they delve into engaging conversations with business owners and esteemed practitioners from leading business schools.
In each episode, the Value Creators podcast goes beyond the surface-level discussions of traditional business strategies and explores the profound impact of Austrian economics on the world of entrepreneurship. Drawing upon the rich principles and theories of this school of thought, our host uncovers hidden gems and actionable insights to help listeners improve their businesses.
With a keen focus on value creation, this podcast aims to inspire and empower listeners to elevate their businesses to new heights. By exploring the ideas of Austrian economics, which emphasize individual decision-making, market dynamics, and the importance of entrepreneurship, our interviews shed light on innovative strategies and approaches to succeed in today's dynamic business landscape.
We'll present a diverse range of guests, including successful business owners who have effectively applied Austrian economics principles to their enterprises. Listeners will gain invaluable knowledge about strategic decision-making, market-driven innovation, and the importance of understanding human action in business contexts.
Additionally, the podcast features discussions with esteemed practitioners from renowned business schools. These experts provide listeners with a broader perspective on how Austrian economics can be effectively integrated into business curriculums, enabling aspiring entrepreneurs to sharpen their skills and gain a competitive edge.
Whether you're a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a curious mind intrigued by the intersection of Austrian economics and business, the Value Creators podcast is your go-to resource. Tune in to each episode to explore thought-provoking discussions, actionable advice, and captivating stories that will inspire you to unleash your full business potential.
Are you ready to uncover the secrets of successful businesses through the principles of Austrian economics? Join us on the Value Creators podcast and embark on an enlightening journey that will revolutionize the way you approach entrepreneurship.
Episodes
86 episodes
Replacing the MBA: Venture Mode, Entrepreneurship, and the Future of Business Education
Following principles of business administration is the path to disaster for your business or any business. Yet business administration is what’s taught in business school and revered as the highest goal of management. We need to change how we t...
Venture Mode: How Businesses Can Escape the Administration Trap, with Mark Packard
The most damaging error for a business is to run in administration mode. It’s the worst way to run a business. Yet it’s given the highest accolade: the greatest credential you can get is an MBA, a master’s in business ADMINISTRATION. Admi...
Value Creation vs. Value Capture: Reframing the Purpose of the Firm with Ashutosh Garg
What is the real purpose of the firm: creating value or capturing it?In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings is joined by Ashutosh Garg to explore one of the most fundamental misunderstandings in modern bu...
Primal Intelligence: How Entrepreneurs Create Value in Uncertainty with Angus Fletcher
We’ve been taught that business success comes from logic, prediction, and data-driven strategy. But what happens when uncertainty makes all of that break down?In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks...
Helping Entrepreneurs Build Real Businesses on Generative Platforms with Neil Twa
How do you build a real business — not just a product — inside a marketplace like Amazon? And how does generative strategy change the way entrepreneurs think about scale, risk, and value creation?In this episode of The Value Cre...
Episode #80. The Generativity Advantage: The Coming Explosion In Entrepreneurial Innovation with Mohammad Keyhani
In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Professor Mohammad Keyhani to explore generativity — the ability of ideas, tools, and technologies to create more ideas and innovations beyond their initial int...
Episode #79. Rethinking Business Success: Clarity, Mission, and Service with James Harold Webb
What does it really take to build a successful entrepreneurial business—and a successful entrepreneurial life?In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with entrepreneur and author James Harold Webb, ...
Episode #78. The Future of Customer Experience Design: Integrating Emotion, Empathy, and Data with Sujay Saha
Customer experience is the new gold — valuable, and becoming more valuable.In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Sujay Saha, CEO of Cortico-X, a leader in experience design, to explore how th...
Episode #77. How to Think Like a 10-Figure Founder and Build a Brand That Outlasts You — A Conversation with Doug Crowe
What do billion-dollar founders see that the rest of us don’t? What separates those who build legacies from those who just build businesses? And how can storytelling—not just strategy—be the most powerful tool for influence and grow...
Episode #76. Bureaucracy vs. Entrepreneurship: How Bureaucratic Thinking Destroys Value Creation with Ryan Turnipseed
In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Ryan Turnipseed about the greatest enemy of entrepreneurial value creation: bureaucracy. Value creation is a universal economic goal, so how and why have bureau...
Episode #75. From Structure to Flow: How Organizations Evolve Beyond Industrial-Era Mindsets with Dr. Ross Wirth
Corporations were built for stability, hierarchy, and control—but the world now moves in networks, flows, and continuous change.In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Dr. Ross Wirth, a world-r...
Episode #74. Volitional Science: Freedom, Markets, Value, and Entrepreneurship with John Deming & Mike Hamel
What does it mean to build a civilization that advances forever—and what role do entrepreneurs play in that project? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings interviews John Deming (author) and Mike Hamel (editor)...
Episode #73. Systems, Value & Action: Organizational Design with Mike Jones
This episode has been reposted from Strategy Meets Reality Podcast.
Episode #72. How Entrepreneurial Businesses Can Harvest The Science of Meaning: Semiotics, Emotion, and Customer Value With Duncan Berry
Why do customers choose one offering over another—often in a split second? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings talks with Duncan Berry, PhD, a consultant to leading brands at the intersection of semiotics, ps...
Episode #71. Entrepreneurship in Times of Uncertainty: Navigating Policy Chaos, Uncertainty and the Market Process With Jeremy Vesta
How should entrepreneurs act when uncertainty is everywhere—from volatile markets to chaotic policies and global instability?In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Jeremy Vesta helps us explore the role of entrepreneursh...
Episode #70. Will Today’s Students Redefine Entrepreneurship? AI, Agency, and New Roles: A Conversation With Raushan Gross
AI is now at the leading edge of value creation, where creativity, innovation and new business thinking will exercise great leverage. Entrepreneurs - and especially young entrepreneurs unburdened with the baggage of old business models - will l...
Episode #69. AI, Trust, and the Return to Human-Centered Marketing: A New Marketing Framework with Bryan Phelps
Many businesses and business functions are grappling with the question of the role of AI in future value creation, none more so than marketing agencies and the marketing function in business. Bryan Phelps is CEO of the marketing agency Big Leap...
Episode #68. Bliss, Love, Empathy, and Business: Human-Centered Marketing with Stephen Sakach
How do you design a company—and an AI—that leads with empathy?In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Stephen Sakach, founder and CEO of The Zero Company and creator of aiCMO, an AI-power...
Episode #67. Will Robot Workers Replace You? - How Automation Is Changing Work & Jobs with Marianela Nanninga
The robots are here. Are they useful? Are they ethical?In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Marianela Nanninga, CEO of ToDo Robotics. Marianela shares her journey from global tech sales to b...
Episode #66. Financing the Future: Private Debt, Capital Access, and Entrepreneurial Lending Innovation with Dave Kotter
What does it take to unlock capital in a system full of red tape, landmines, and outdated institutions? In this episode of The Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings is joined by Dave Kotter, CEO of Integrity Capital and founder of th...
Episode #65. The Inner Excellence Of Entrepreneurial Leaders: Performance, Presence, and Purpose with Jim Murphy
Entrepreneurial leaders are focused on value for others, especially customers and colleagues. They deliver through innovation, which is the implementation of a better future for those customers and colleagues. This outer-directed focus must sta...
Episode #64. Customer Experience Is Everything: A Conversation with Vance Morris
What makes a business truly stand out in the hyper-competitive challenge to create customer value? It’s not just the product—it’s the experience, and the system that generates and sustains it.In this episode of The Value Creators Pod...
Episode #63. Systems Thinking in Action: Building Community-Of-Passion Based Businesses with Joe Zentmyer
How do you build a retail business around passion—and scale it successfully? What does it mean to think in systems, not just solve problems?In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with serial entrepreneur Jo...
Episode #62. Choose the Handle That Holds: Stoic Leadership and Everyday Integrity with Becky Schmooke
How we lead is who we are.In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings speaks with Becky Schmooke—entrepreneur, leadership coach, and author of Choose the Handle That Holds. Becky shares how the system of philo...
Episode #61. Democratizing Alternative Investments Through Innovation, Liquidity, and Design: A Conversation with Kim Flynn
The term alternative investments refers to investment opportunities that the financial regulators want to preserve for financial elites and protect from the average “retail investor” like you and me. They’re investments like venture capital, pr...
