The How Things Grow Podcast
How Things Grow is a podcast about, well, how things grow.Each episode features an interview with one of the leading growth practitioners, entrepreneurs, experts or historians in the world today. Host Shamanth Rao talks to these amazing people about the growth trajectories of some of the companies, trends or economic systems that absolutely took off - either in recent times or way back in the past.
Podcasting since 2017 • 36 episodes
The How Things Grow Podcast
Latest Episodes
How Things Grow will take a break for now
How Things Grow will take a break for now. As the more perceptive of you might have noticed, a lot of our energy has recently shifted from How Things Grow to our other podcast The Mobile User Acqu...
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The rise of remote work – with Liam Martin (Co-Founder of TimeDoctor & Co-Organizer at Running Remote)
My guest today is Liam Martin - and this is a conversation about a topic that is near & dear to my heart - remote work. Liam is one of the world’s foremost experts on remote work, having started a remote-only company more than a decade befo...
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How to trigger massive career shifts by following your curiosity - with Hila Qu(former VP of Growth at Acorns)
My guest today is Hila Qu. Hila is the former VP of growth at Acorns - and there are very many reasons I’ve so admired her work. Hila had a background in biology - and with nothing in her background that was relevant to growth, she started work...
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How to launch a long-form journalism publication in an era of diminishing attention spans - with Noah Rosenberg (CEO at Narratively)
My guest today is Noah Rosenberg, the founder and CEO of Narratively. Narratively is a publication that I’ve both written for - and have been very very impressed by for some of the pioneering work they’ve done. Narratively very much defined a n...
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How to blow up a party - with Jabari Johnson (Founder at COLORS Worldwide)
My guest today is Jabari Johnson, the founder of COLORS Worldwide, a live events company that produces parties and music events across 45 cities in the United States. This is a fascinating conversation - both for Jabari’s personal story as well...
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