Best The Wow Company Podcasts (2025)

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Retrain Your Brain: How to Thrive in the AI Revolution with Dr. Jon Finn 1:01:27

2d ago1:01:27

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About the Guest Dr. Jon Finn is a renowned expert in performance psychology, leadership, and behaviour change. With over 20 years of experience working across elite sport, education, and business, Jon is the founder of the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy and author of the best-selling books The Habit Mechanic and Train Your Brain for the AI…

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Your local restaurants are working hard to lower prices. Don't give up on them. 55:45

4d ago55:45

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Summary In this episode of The Gulf Coast Food Show, the hosts discuss the vibrant food scene along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, highlighting new restaurants, and local seafood. They explore the challenges restaurants face with rising food prices and the importance of local sourcing. A special guest, Gary Pokey, shares insights on community dining e…

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From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to Energy Transformation: Connagh Hopkins 49:17

9d ago49:17

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Connagh Hopkins is Head of Business Planning and Reporting at Western Power, one of Australia’s largest electricity network operators. Connagh shares her fascinating and unconventional journey from working on the global licensing for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? to navigating Australia’s energy transformation. In this episode: Who Wants To be a …

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CFO Grammarly – behind their $1 billion in non-dilutive financing and how we do FP&A 56:16

14d ago56:16

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Matt Hudson became CFO of Grammarly – the popular writing assistant tool – after the company acquired Coda (a productivity tool)- of which he was a founding member. Now as CFO at Grammarly he is overseeing rapid change at the company which has over 40 million daily active users and $700m in revenue (and a 50 person finance team). Finance is helping…

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The SaaS Shift: Strategies for Future Proofing Your Agency with John Readman 51:04

16d ago51:04

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About the Guest John Readman is a trailblazing entrepreneur and CEO with over 20 years of experience in digital marketing, martech, and scaling SaaS and agency businesses. As the founder of Modo25 and creator of ASK BOSCO, John is revolutionising how brands and agencies harness performance data to drive sales and optimise ad spend. Having worked wi…

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Why Financial models are essential even at early stages of a company – Lauren Pearl 1:01:37

18d ago1:01:37

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Lauren Pearl is a Business Strategist and CFO Advisor who helps startup teams build data-driven businesses. The 3x founder with over 13 years of startup leadership experience now serves as CFO, advisor, and instructor for over 300 growing companies. She also runs the podcast “Growth Minded CFO” and offers a free course on financial modeling. In thi…

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What Keeps Excel as the heart of business: Chandoo 1:02:31

28d ago1:02:31

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Today’s guest barely needs an introduction. Purna Duggirala (aka, “Chandoo”) is a celebrity in Excel circles. Since 2004, Chandoo has been regularly sharing everything he learns working with Excel training hundreds of finance teams, and had roles including as Data Lead, Remuneration Modeling & Analytics for the New Zealand government. The 16-time M…

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Overcoming Fear & Embracing Growth: An Honest Discussion Between a Founder & Managing Director 56:25

1M ago56:25

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About the Guest Kelly Goodship, Managing Director of The Wow Company, brings nearly two decades of experience rooted in people, purpose, and progress. Joining Wow straight out of university, she rose through the ranks with a relentless focus on doing the right thing - especially for people. Becoming a mum to her two boys, shaped her leadership appr…

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Top 10 Burning Questions in FP&A 53:07

1M ago53:07

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In this special episode Glenn is joined by Nate Saperia to answer the 10 most burning questions in FP&A. Nate brings nearly 20 years of finance experience including at Accordion, Spruce Finance, Hess Corporation and GE. At Saperia Consulting Nate specializes in real-time dashboards, financial planning, and interim CFO/FP&A leadership. The questions…

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Where have we been? Here's the answer. 42:19

1M ago42:19

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In this episode of the Gulf Coast Food Show, the host shares personal updates regarding his wife's health challenges and the impact on the show's schedule. He reconnects with the audience, introduces a special guest, Gary Polke, and discusses culinary experiences in Galliano, Louisiana. The conversation includes cooking tips, recipes, and a heartfe…

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FP&A "Wow" Moments at $10m companies 49:42

1M ago49:42

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Australian-born Luke Mulcahy started in FP&A at larger businesses including Coates Group (internet leader in Sydney) and manufacturing company Sherwin-Williams. But for nearly 4 years he has loved having “wow” moments of finance insights with smaller companies. closer to the $5-10million range, where powerful insights are taken straight from financ…

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Lessons in Leadership: Cultivating a People-First Business Environment with Becky Simms 1:06:06

1M ago1:06:06

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About the Guest Becky Simms is the Founder and CEO of Human First Collective, a collection of digital businesses that make space for human brilliance by embracing the evolving tech and AI landscape. Becky has been listed in the BIMA100 for the last five years, a list of the top 100 people shaping the future of the digital industry. Her two digital …

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Data Analytics and AI for FP&A Teams 1:00:31

2M ago1:00:31

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This special episode formed part of FP&A Con 2025 which saw a record-breaking 1500 registrants. The guests: Nathan Bell, Managing Partner, VAi Consulting, is among the most in-demand experts. Bell has unique experience– having started in computer science, before leading finance teams at Native American Bank, Digital Media Trends and Gartner– where …

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How SEO will Change with AI Search 33:26

2M ago33:26

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AI search is a fundamentally different search experience from Google, and the implications are massive for how people discover brands and products. Here's what we've discovered so far: - People don't just type keywords into ChatGPT - they have detailed conversations with tons of context - Top-of-funnel "what is" content is officially dead in AI sea…

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Packed insights for Excel in FP&A: Jeff Gudim 50:47

2M ago50:47

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This episode is 53 minutes packed with practical Excel insights for an FP&A practitioner and Excel advocate at the top of his game. Jeff Gudim is a senior financial analyst, Excel evangelist and hardcore financial model architect at Strategic Education, listed on the NASDAQ and which owns for-profit, online Capella University and Strayer University…

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We built an AI rank tracking tool: Traqer.ai! Here's how it works... 23:30

2M ago23:30

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We Built an AI Search Ranking Tool (And You Can Use It Too!) Tired of wondering if your brand shows up when people ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI for recommendations? We were too. That's why we built Traqer.ai - the first tool designed specifically for agencies and companies to track their brand mentions across AI search engines. In this epi…

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“Don’t Sell” - Revolutionising Sales Strategy with Ryan Hall of Friday Solved 1:03:40

2M ago1:03:40

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About the Guest Ryan Hall is the founder of Friday Solved, a cutting-edge consulting firm reshaping how businesses approach sales. With over 23 years of experience in consulting and two successful business exits - including one to Accenture - Ryan has cemented himself as a leader in driving sustainable and scalable sales growth. His "Don’t Sell" ph…

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Data Science masterclass with Shifra Isaacs 54:12

2M ago54:12

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In this masterclass Shifra Isaacs, developer Relations Advocate at Ascend.io, delves into her experience as data scientist, technical writer, and support lead providing fresh insights for FP&A and finance professionals. In this episode: Data science vs business analytics Pulling data not yet able to be modeled Python for Excel The right models for …

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Curiosity, Ambition, Service: FP&A at Dashlane 53:48

2M ago53:48

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Taylor Otstot, Vice President Finance, Dashlane joined GoDaddy (now a $30billion valued) domain registry, domain registrar and web hosting company before their IP. In 8 years he climbed to senior Director of Finance running an FP&A team of 14. From this experience and as VP Finance at DashLane he says he hires for 3 things: curiosity, ambition, and…

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Growth Through Diversity: The Business Case for DEI with Mo Kanjilal 54:17

2M ago54:17

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About the Guest Mo Kanjilal is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, Tedx Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur. During a corporate career climbing the career ladder, she worked in multi-national technology corporations. She faced discrimination and had to fight her way to Senior Leadership roles. She led diverse, global teams across a range of tech…

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Meet the Robotic Viper: Kentucky-Built, Industry-Changing Tech 21:05

3M ago21:05

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In this episode, I sit down with Justin Falck, Marketing & Communications Manager at Fives Machining Systems, Inc., to explore the cutting-edge technology behind the Cincinnati Robotic Viper—a high-speed automation system redefining what’s possible in advanced manufacturing. 🤖⚙️ Justin shares how the Robotic Viper is designed to boost efficiency, p…

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Dave Sackett: How FP&A Can Stay Relevant In The AI Age 32:30

3M ago32:30

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Dave Sackett is Co-Founder and CFO of ecommerce company, AIOne, and former CFO of semiconductor company, ULVAC Technologies. He is a vocal advocate for blockchain and AI and finance, bringing a blend of tech savvy, operational rigor, and a focus on “servant leadership" - that is putting the needs of the employees first and helping people develop an…

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Cycling in tariff territory – FP&A at top e-bike brand 48:05

3M ago48:05

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Derek Paulson is Director of Finance and Performing Marketing at Rad Power Bikes, a Seattle-based e-bike company changing transportation. In this episode he talks about his approach to navigating tariffs (“There no, no word in the English language more scary to a finance professional than the word uncertainty” says Paulson as he discusses required …

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Reimagining Business Models for Societal Change with Melanie Wendland from Sonder Collective 58:28

3M ago58:28

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About the Guest Melanie Wendland is a pioneering design strategist with over 18 years of experience in service design and a decade applying design to global health challenges. Specialising in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, she combines design, behavioural science, and data to drive better decision-making and social impact. As co…

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Big shifts in FP&A – Bryan Lapidus 48:59

3M ago48:59

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“The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is a non-for-profit with a really simple mission, which makes it really easy for me to wake up and know what I’m doing every day,” says Bryan Lapidus, Director, FP&A Practice at the Association for Financial Professionals. “We exist for the success of the corporate finance and treasury professional…

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How I learned to love FP&A again – Annette deYoung 38:21

3M ago38:21

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Annette DeYoung, Principal Solutions Consultant at Datarails, is an accountant-turned FP&A manufacturing leader. She has deep experience in leading finance teams at manufacturing companies including Berner Food and Beverage, Rockford Products, Fairbanks Morse Engine, and JL Clark. It was at JL Clark, as Director of FP&A, that Annette implemented FP…

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Coolest Thing Made In Kentucky: PDS Optical | Sean Loosen 12:08

3M ago12:08

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This week, we’re highlighting a finalist that’s making a real difference—custom prescription eyeglasses for veterans, proudly made by PDS Optical. 🇺🇸👓 I had the pleasure of talking with Sean Loosen, CEO of PDS Optical, about how their team combines innovation, precision, and purpose to serve those who’ve served us. From Kentucky to VA clinics acros…

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Can Workplace Happiness Solve the UK’s Productivity Crisis? with Lord Mark Price 1:02:13

3M ago1:02:13

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About the Guest Lord Mark Price is a celebrated figure in the business world, best known for his contributions to enhancing employee engagement and happiness. As the former Managing Director of Waitrose and former Deputy Chair of the John Lewis Partnership. He is now the founder of WorkL, the leading global employee experience platform helping indi…

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We're Building an AI Writing Tool That Solves the Problems We See With AI Content: A Sneak Peek 48:41

3M ago48:41

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In this episode of the Grow and Convert Marketing Show, we discuss our journey creating an AI writing tool designed to mirror the way we produce content. Unlike existing solutions that prioritize speed over quality, our tool first deeply understands your business before generating content. After discovering that 83% of marketers use AI-assisted con…

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May the FP&A Be with you: a hero’s journey from Pixar, Lucasfilm, and LinkedIn (with Craig Barry) 1:02:39

3M ago1:02:39

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Craig Barry has held senior finance roles at some of the most iconic companies in tech and entertainment, including LinkedIn, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Electronic Arts. At LinkedIn, he led central forecasting, supported more than 10 acquisitions, and played a key role in the company’s integration with Microsoft before becoming Head of FP&A at BioRender…

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How to Create Comparison Content (Without Making Your CEO Nervous): A Data Backed Approach 29:19

4M ago29:19

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In this episode of the Grow and Convert Marketing Show, Devesh and Benji reveal why comparison keywords convert at a shocking 8.43%+ rate - and why most companies are afraid to target them. We break down: - Common objections from leadership teams that are hesitant to target these types of keywords - Three practical approaches to creating comparison…

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Coolest Thing Made In Kentucky Spotlight: Elizabeth McCall | Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked 9:44

4M ago9:44

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We’re shining a spotlight on one of the top contenders from the Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky tournament this year—Brown-Forman's Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked! 🥃🔥 In this spotlight, I sit down with Elizabeth McCall, Master Distiller at Woodford Reserve, to talk about what makes Double Double Oaked such a standout in the world of bourbon. F…

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FP&A from Fortune 100 to Scrappy Startups – Mike Dion 49:52

4M ago49:52

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Mike Dion works at a Fortune 100 company. He has previously worked as a finance leader at Verizon-as well as startups and as a mentor to enterprise giants to scrappy startups—unlocking tens of millions of dollars in value across industries like Entertainment and Telecom. He does this through Mike’s F9 Finance: a no nonsense website and newsletter (…

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Understanding the Employee Ownership Trust Model with Sinx from ustwo 53:43

4M ago53:43

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John "Sinx" Sinclair is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Ustwo, a globally renowned digital product studio celebrated for its cutting-edge work in design, technology, and innovation. Founded in 2004 alongside childhood friend Matt Miller (Mills), they started working together to explore and build digital products when they were just starting to be…

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Coolest Thing Made In Kentucky Spotlight: National Band & Tag Company | Paw Finders Rabies Tag 15:22

4M ago15:22

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In this Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky spotlight, we’re featuring National Band & Tag Company and their innovative Paw Finders Tag—a game-changer for lost pet recovery! 🐶🐱 The Paw Finders Tag helps reunite lost pets with their owners using a simple yet effective QR code system, providing instant contact information to anyone who finds a missing pet…

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Menopause like a boss - Shirley answers the top questions around hormones & health! 54:31

4M ago54:31

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Menopause can be confusing- agree? Shirley’s stepping up to the plate with answers to your biggest, juiciest questions—think hormones, hot flashes and how to get what you need from your doctor. With her signature wisdom, she’s dishing out real-world advice, expert insights, and the kind of motivation that makes you want to actually take action and …

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Content Writing Teardown- How to Improve Blog Writing for SEO (Live Editing) 46:35

4M ago46:35

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This one is likely better to be watched on Youtube (so you can see the writing and editing). In this episode of the Grow & Convert Marketing Show, we break down a real blog post about website feedback tools to reveal common content writing mistakes. Watch as we critique the article and transform it from generic to compelling by: - Identifying prope…

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Tech, Talent, Tariffs, and Taxes 1:05:51

4M ago1:05:51

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FP&A Today goes on the road!. Our host city is Boston and the historic Harvard Club with an audience of Boston CFOs and FP&A leaders. Our first live recording sees an all-star panel of Jack McCullough, CFO Leadership Council, Michael Bayer, CFO of Wasabi Technologies, Cathy Yang, CFO Trexon. By way of background, Jerome Powell, the chair of the Fed…

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Coolest Thing Made In Kentucky Spotlight: WaterStep | WoW Cart 17:40

4M ago17:40

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🌊💧 Built in the Bluegrass is back with another Spotlight, featuring WaterStep and its life-changing WoW Cart – a participant in the Coolest Thing Made in Kentucky Tournament! 🏆 The WoW Cart (Water on Wheels) is revolutionizing access to clean water, bringing safe drinking water and sanitation to communities in need around the world. In this spotlig…

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Pitch Perfect Board Presentations – CFO Shannon Nash 48:33

4M ago48:33

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Shannon Nash is a chief financial officer, board director, investor, attorney, filmmaker, and CPA. She sits on the boards of Net Scout systems, Lazy Dog restaurants, and Sofi Bank, and most recently was CFO at Wing, the Alphabet-owned drone delivery company, and one of the hottest companies in the US. Here, she reveals the secrets FP&A professional…

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BenchPress Live Panel: Powering Growth Through People and Purpose (Special Episode) 42:30

4M ago42:30

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In this special edition of The Beautiful Business Podcast, we bring you exclusive insights from BenchPress Live 2025, hosted by The Wow Company at London's iconic Banking Hall. This episode merges the highly anticipated release of Wow's annual BenchPress report with an engaging panel discussion focused on building people-centred businesses. Join yo…

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