Parallel Entrepreneur with Mark Cleveland
Mark explores the minds of visionary entrepreneurs who refuse to limit themselves to a single venture to learn how these trailblazers manage risks, innovate across industries, and turn ideas into impact.
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The Science Behind Running Multiple Businesses at Once | Dr. Tobias Kutzewski (opens the original)
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What if running multiple businesses isn't a failure to focus, but a different way of operating altogether? Dr. Tobias Kutzewski has spent years studying entrepreneurs who build and manage multiple ventures simultaneously. His research followed 21 entrepreneurs over time, examining how they allocate resources, respond to uncertainty, recognize opportunities, build teams, and decide when to explore something new while continuing to operate what they already have. In this episode of The Parallel En
Fall in Love With the Problem, Not the Solution | Annie Cyr (opens the original)
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Annie Cyr saw a gap in the textile industry, wrote the book she couldn't find, and years later built the technology she wished existed. In this episode of The Parallel Entrepreneur, Annie joins Mark Cleveland to share the journey from writing The Guide to Textile Fibers to co-founding Tengiva, and what she's learned trying to modernize a complex global industry from the inside. The conversation goes well beyond textiles. Annie shares why founders should "fall in love with the problem, not the so
Inside the Mind of a Former Xerox CEO | Steven Bandrowczak (opens the original)
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There are very few people who have led transformation at the scale Steven Bandrowczak has. After leading global technology businesses including DHL, Lenovo, HP and ultimately serving as CEO of Xerox, Steven joins Mark Cleveland to share the leadership lessons he's learned from decades of navigating disruption, reinvention and technological change. One of the most surprising moments in this conversation comes when Steven argues that AI shouldn't be owned by IT, it should be owned by HR. His reaso
The Comfort Trap Every Entrepreneur Must Escape | Joe De Sena (opens the original)
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Joe De Sena has built one of the world's most recognised endurance brands. As the founder and CEO of Spartan, he's spent decades proving that resilience isn't something you're born with. It's something you build. In this conversation with Mark Cleveland, Joe shares the business philosophy behind Spartan, why comfort quietly destroys ambition, how surrounding yourself with the right people changes your future, and why entrepreneurs should deliberately seek challenges instead of avoiding them. The
How to Build an Extraordinary Life Without Following One Path | Ian Adamson (opens the original)
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What do engineering, world championship sport, product innovation, television production, and the Olympic movement all have in common? In this episode of The Parallel Entrepreneur, Mark Cleveland sits down with Ian Adamson , Chair of the World Pentathlon Multisport Obstacle Commission, to explore a career built on curiosity, continuous learning, and saying yes to opportunities most people would never consider. Ian has spent decades moving between engineering, elite sport, business, product devel
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