HeyJaredPeople First Leaders
The People-First Leaders podcast honors the Founders, CEO's and CFO's who prioritize customer value and growing their people first. (Global Top 2% on Listen Notes)The show is hosted by Doug Utberg - a 20+ year corporate and entrepreneurial veteran who been podcasting since 2020.
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When Your Systems Outgrow Your Business: Distributed Teams, Security, and the Cost of Complexity (opens the original)
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What happens when the systems that helped your business grow become the things holding it back? For Rob Calvert, that question has become a central part of helping businesses navigate the realities of distributed teams. As companies moved from local offices to teams spread across states, countries, and time zones, the technology supporting them became increasingly complex. Devices need to be protected. Data needs to be secured. Employees need access to the tools they depend on. And workflows nee
Remembering Who We Really Are: Fear, Doubt, and the Game of Life (opens the original)
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What happens when achieving the success you thought you wanted leaves you asking, “Now what?” For Kris Land, that question became the beginning of a much deeper exploration. After selling a company and making significant money, Kris found himself unexpectedly depressed. He had accomplished the goals he thought he was supposed to accomplish, but instead of feeling fulfilled, he was left with a sense of emptiness and uncertainty about what came next. That experience pushed him to start asking ques
Rebuilding After Failure: The Psychology of Sustainable Growth (opens the original)
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What happens when rapid success becomes unsustainable? For Colin Hodge, the answer came through a painful lesson. After building a startup that reached 1 million users in roughly three months , Colin found himself under enormous pressure—scaling infrastructure, recruiting a team, experimenting with growth tactics, and dealing with a major trademark lawsuit. Then Apple told him his app would be removed from the App Store within 24 hours. He eventually found himself sitting on the floor of his San
Reinvention in the AI Era: Why Your Biggest Advantage Is Learning to Start Again (opens the original)
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Ritam Gandhi joins the conversation to discuss why the next wave of AI disruption won’t just impact entry-level jobs—it will fundamentally reshape careers at every stage. The discussion explores how artificial intelligence is lowering the barriers to entrepreneurship while simultaneously increasing the need for adaptability. As traditional career paths become less predictable, professionals may find that the greatest advantage isn’t decades of experience—it’s the willingness to continually reinv
When Cheap Money Breaks Markets: Rethinking Capital, Innovation, and Risk (opens the original)
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Nick Darragh joins the conversation to explore how today’s financial landscape has been shaped by years of cheap capital—and why the consequences are only now becoming impossible to ignore. The discussion examines how prolonged low interest rates fueled massive investment into technology companies, encouraged unsustainable business models, and created an environment where growth often mattered more than profitability. Nick explains how easy access to capital distorted markets, allowing companies
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