Business and Boardrooms

Ep 3 — Podcasts Are Television Now

Fri, 2 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Disney+ and Hulu just signed six iHeart podcasts, starting with the Jonas Brothers this Thursday, timed to a Camp Rock premiere — and if you still think of a podcast as an audio file in an open RSS feed, the

Ep 2 — Right Down The Strike Zone

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

July inflation landed at 3.4 per cent this morning and one of America's best-known economists called the report benign — while energy prices are up nearly fifteen per cent in a year and the average pay packet has now

Ep 4 — Three Million Square Feet

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Hadrian just raised one point three seven billion dollars at a seven point eight seven billion valuation to build highly automated defence factories — part of a single week in which five startups raised over

Ep 5 — One Year To Exit

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

OpenAI bought a slide-deck startup that is barely a year old, folded the team into ChatGPT, and disclosed no price — and inside that tiny, quiet deal is the whole uncomfortable truth about building a company on top of

Ep 1 — The Empty Chair At Bombay House

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The chairman of India's most consequential business house resigned this morning, six days before the annual general meeting, after six months of deadlock over his own reappointment — and the real story is not the man

Ep 3 — The Skip Button

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Spotify is testing a button that lets listeners skip podcast advertisements — but only the ones Spotify did not sell — and that single design decision quietly reprices every independent show on the

Ep 1 — The Comeback Hire

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Cracker Barrel hands the keys to a sixty-nine-year-old retired chief executive today — and the boards of America are quietly doing the same thing everywhere, which tells you something uncomfortable about the

Ep 2 — Two Economies One Country

Wed, 9 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

America shed twenty-three thousand jobs in July when forecasters expected to add eighty-three thousand — and the stock market rose, because corporate profits are having the best quarter since 2021, and

Ep 5 — The Activist Rings The Doorbell

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Starboard Value took a stake worth hundreds of millions in Shake Shack and the shares jumped about nine per cent before a single demand was made — and the fact that it arrived after a good quarter, not a bad one,

Ep 4 — A Billion For A Production Line

Wed, 2 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Sequoia led a one billion dollar round into a nuclear reactor startup at a six billion dollar valuation, and attached a two hundred million dollar credit facility — and the debt is the more interesting half of

Ep 5 — Sell The Company

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Activists have almost stopped fighting proxy battles and started demanding something far more final — that boards sell the whole business — and the votes that used to settle these fights are being replaced by

Ep 2 — The Average Company Had A Good July

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

The S&P 500 fell in July for the first time since 2014 — while most of the companies inside it went up, which means the number everyone quoted last week described almost nobody's business.

Ep 1 — The Chairman Takes The Wheel

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

On Friday, Copart's chief executive walked out of the building and the executive chairman walked back into the job — and if your company has a founder-figure sitting above the CEO, this is the episode you cannot

Ep 3 — Eighty Two Million And The Man Who Wont Sell

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Forbes says the top podcaster earned eighty-two million dollars last year and a two-year-old tech show earned seventy — but the most valuable business lesson of the week belongs to the operator who says he will

Ep 4 — When The Customer Writes The Cheque

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Nvidia has reportedly put five billion dollars into an AI lab with no product and no revenue — and the main thing that lab will do with the money is buy Nvidia chips.

Ep 5 — The Activist Rings The Doorbell

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:47:13 +0000

Ep 4 — A Billion For A Production Line

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:42:27 +0000

Ep 5 — Sell The Company

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:41:03 +0000

Ep 5 — Punished for Winning

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:57:09 +0000

Barclays grew quarterly profit by nearly a third and raised its full-year guidance — and the market cut the shares by seven per cent anyway, because investors have stopped applauding growth stories and

Ep 4 — The Going Rate for a Book

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:52:23 +0000

The $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement, the six authors who turned it down, and the week the market started putting a price on the written word.

Ep 2 — The Restraint Premium

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:48:01 +0000

Apple just touched five trillion dollars by spending less on AI than anyone else at the table — and the market's sudden crush on restraint is a lesson, a trap, and a seventy-two-hour test all at once.

Ep 1 — Turnaround Interrupted

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:43:30 +0000

Cracker Barrel's turnaround was finally working — so why did the CEO who built it just hand over the keys, and why might the board be right? Here is a corporate announcement so unremarkable that you could read the

Ep 3 — Negotiating in Public

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:39:01 +0000

PayPal turned down $53.4 billion, then two weeks later posted an earnings beat and raised its guidance — this is what a negotiation looks like when it happens in public.

Ep 5 — The Everything Week

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:34:09 +0000

The Fed will almost certainly do nothing on Wednesday — while a third of the S&P 500 reports, GDP and inflation data land, and markets price an 82 per cent chance of a September hike. The quietest headline of the

Ep 4 — The Cathedral Bet

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:29:45 +0000

Four former DOGE staffers raised $160 million at a $1.4 billion valuation for a weeks-old AI military cyber startup — and the deal is a masterclass in what venture capital is actually pricing in 2026.

Ep 1 — The Quiet Handoff

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:25:11 +0000

Jackson Financial just announced the most boring CEO succession of the year — and in a market still hungover from record executive churn, boring is exactly what winning looks like.

The Next Chapter

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Where PODGO Is Headed --- And an Invitation to Build the Future of Independent Media Together

Independent vs. Traditional Media

Fri, 5 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Why the Power Is Shifting --- And Why Traditional Media Can't Stop It

Scaling a Creator Network

Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The Flywheel, the Operational Reality, and the Decisions That Define Growth

The Advertiser Perspective

Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

What Brands Actually Want from Podcast Advertising --- And Why Most Creators Aren't Giving It to Them

Publish Once, Distribute Everywhere

Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The Distribution Problem Nobody Talks About --- And Why It's Costing Creators Millions

What I'd Tell My Day-One Self

Fri, 22 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Lessons, Mistakes, and Hard-Won Wisdom from Building PODGO

The Video Convergence

Wed, 20 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Why Podcasting Became a Visual Medium --- And What That Means for Independent Creators

Lessons from the Investment World

Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

What Evaluating Hundreds of Companies Taught Me About Building One

AI and the Future of Content Creation

Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Why AI Is the Great Equalizer for Independent Creators --- If the Tools Are Built Right

The Revenue Stack

Fri, 8 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000

How Independent Creators Actually Make Money --- And Why Most Are Leaving It on the Table

From Wall Street to Independent Media

Fri, 1 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

PODGO CEO Tristan Capes-Davis shares why he walked away from high-stakes finance and front-row seats to transformative AI investments to solve podcasting's billion-dollar infrastructure problem. A story about seeing opportunity where others see complexity.

The Independent Media Revolution

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

PODGO founder Tristan reveals why podcast creators are drowning in a maze of disconnected tools and how three massive industry shifts are making this infrastructure crisis even worse for independent media.

Building a Creator-First Company Culture

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

PODGO founder Tristan shares how aligning company incentives with creator success shapes every business decision. Learn about building trust through data-driven leadership and putting creators genuinely first.

The Revenue Stack Independent Creators Need

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Why most podcasters capture only a fraction of their content's worth and how building multiple revenue streams that work together creates sustainable creator businesses.

AI Revolution for Independent Podcast Creators

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming the economics of podcast production, giving independent creators the same tools as big media companies. Learn practical ways AI can eliminate hours of editing, transcription, and social media work.

Investment World Lessons That Built PODGO

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Tristan reveals how his private equity background shaped PODGO's strategy, from building unbreachable moats to designing bulletproof unit economics. Learn the investor mindset that transforms startups from stories into sustainable businesses.

The Video Convergence Changes Everything for Podcasters

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

How the shift from audio-only to video-first podcasting is fundamentally transforming production, distribution, and monetization for independent creators. The structural changes most podcasters are underestimating.

Day One Lessons From Building PODGO

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:21:06 +0000

Tristan shares the unfiltered, hard-learned lessons from building his startup - from the critical importance of early hires to overcoming perfectionism paralysis. Real founder advice, not the polished LinkedIn version.

Building PODGO Creator First Leadership Philosophy

Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:01:39 +0000

Tristan shares how PODGO's revenue-sharing model creates true creator-first alignment and reveals how his background in finance, VMI, and startups shaped his data-driven yet people-first leadership approach.

Why Podcast Infrastructure Is Broken

Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:57:01 +0000

PODGO founder Tristan breaks down why podcast creators are drowning in disconnected tools and fragmented workflows, and how three major industry shifts are making the infrastructure crisis worse than ever.

From Wall Street to Podcast Infrastructure Revolution

Mon, 6 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Former private equity investor Tristan Capes-Davis reveals why he left high-stakes finance to solve the billion-dollar infrastructure problem plaguing independent podcast creators. He breaks down the structural issues keeping most podcasters from earning sustainable income and his vision for transforming the industry.

The Broken Infrastructure Killing Independent Podcasters

Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:13:22 +0000

PODGO's CEO reveals the massive structural problem destroying 90% of podcasters' chances at sustainable income, and why the next decade presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity in the creator economy.