16 Business Podcasts Actually Worth Listening To

The Freedom Lifestyle podcast series captures the movement towards freedom in life and in work. The host interviews entrepreneurial women and freelancers who've found their version of the freedom lifestyle and explore how they got, along with the impact its had.

Contributors: Sam Laliberte from Freedom Lifestyle

Customer Success, while still considered a niche by some, is one of the fastest growing categories in the B2B world and will soon become a mainstream practice. Top research and analyst firms, including HBR, Forrester, McKinsey and Gartner have recognized and endorsed it as a revenue-generating business discipline. The Customer Success Podcast aims to uncover the stories, perspectives, and best practices around the leading Customer Success programs. The podcast is hosted by Allison Pickens, Chief Customer Officer at Gainsight, where she talks with industry experts from Fortune 500 brands and public companies to share how they run Customer Success in their organizations. 

Contributors: Brian Brannon from Gainsight

The podcast is different from a lot of other business podcasts because it's run by two full time software developers who run their own consultancy. We get into the nitty gritty of running a software business and how we work with clients, what works well, what doesn't work well, etc. A lot of other podcasts out there are great, but we really look at our business from the perspective of software developers. 

Contributors: Vikram Ramakrishnan from QuantLayer

This podcast is for Women Entrepreneurs, Momprenuers and women Leaders. The topics on the show caters to helping Women get online, get seen and get paid.

Contributors: Sharlrita Deloatch from SJD Enterprises LLC 

I am a regular listener of the NPR podcast, “How I Built This with Guy Raz.” The podcast profiles successful entrepreneurs to understand how they started their business, what challenges they faced, and how they overcame them. It provides a great source of inspiration for non-traditional ways to drive growth -- the common thread is that the entrepreneurs used unique and non-traditional ways to launch their companies and gain traction in the market. They were often forced to do it because they had limited resources, but it's a good reminder that you don't always need to spend a lot of money to get results. 

Contributors: Ellen Perelman from GoodHire

This one is a bit more niche. The host, Philip Morgan has developed particular expertise in how a business can start to specialize, i.e. go from being a generalist (e.g. a full-service digital agency) to being a specialist in a particular field (e.g. building sales funnels for dentists). Doing this kind of specialization can massively increase revenue and make it easier for other businesses to identify good referrals for you, but there are some issues particularly around the fear of turning away business. If you have any interest in this I highly recommend this podcast to you. It's particularly useful to those who run a B2B business like consulting or another type of professional service business.

Contributors: Alastair McDermott from WebsiteDoctor

We go behind the curtain in the lives of high profile leaders. We discuss concrete advice and robust strategies for success in business and career, while integrating it all with family life. The guests represent a great diversity of backgrounds and industries. Guests to date have included the CFO of Square (who was recently named to the Wal-Mart board), the Executive Producer & Showrunner for Marvel's Luke Cage, the Head of Brand for the Walt Disney Company, the former Chief Content Officer for Deloitte, the COO of Habitat for Humanity, the founder and CEO of the largest marketplace for career information for women, and the Founder of the #1 Parenting Channel on Youtube, just to name a few. We've interviewed NYT best-selling authors, CEO’s of many companies and organizations, and senior executives from Google, Facebook, the Boston Consulting Group, McCormick & Company (Head of strategy who was recently named to the Energizer board), and Dropbox. The podcast also highlights entrepreneurs and interviews have included 7 figure business creators, Silicon Valley start-ups that have raised tens of millions of dollars as well as teaching episodes on topics of interest to business leaders and entrepreneurs. 

Contributors: Julie Finn from The Working Mother’s Mentor

Podcasts are a fantastic source of content, and there hundreds of great business podcasts available today. One particular podcast that I recommend to all business owners and entrepreneurs is GaryVee's Audio Experience. Whilst much of the content will be designed as a motivational and inspirational resource, there is endless nuggets of actionable business and marketing tips throughout. As well as being a great source of short, digestible content, Gary also regularly interviews high-profile CEOs which are an awesome insight into what it takes to become the best in business. 

Contributors: Jason Scott Organisation: Archway Cards

I'm a big fan of The Paid Search Podcast. It's a podcast about Pay Per Click (PPC) Search Engine Marketing, specifically Google AdWords. What makes it stand out for me is the dynamic between the two hosts, Chris Schaeffer & Jason Rothman. They are true experts in their field, but they are relaxed and have a great sense of humour. They make learning about a pretty bland topic a great experience. I recommend anyone interested in running PPC campaigns check this one out.

Contributors: Alastair McDermott from WebsiteDoctor

Up My Influence has launched a podcast series entitled the Thoughtful Entrepreneur. These podcasts engage small business owners and entrepreneurs in a variety of topics to provide other aspiring entrepreneurs with a variety of insight with regard to opportunities, challenges and the mindset needed to successfully grow their business and visibility. One of the episodes that was particularly valuable was Episode 006 of the Thoughtful Entrepreneur. The individual interviewed in this podcast was not a traditional small business owner or entrepreneur, rather he is a consultant that works almost exclusively with small business and healthcare practices. Michael Roub had a number of insightful points from an outsiders perspective related to business owner experiences and challenges. He was able to relate learnings from both successful and underperforming businesses and their owners to benefit listeners.

Contributors: Michael Roub from Inflection 360

While a few podcasts have episodes with someone talking about behavioral economics, this is the first podcast dedicated to the practical applications of behavioral economics for business and helping people in companies of all types and sizes to understand the psychology of why people buy. With a 5-star rating on iTunes, reviews say this podcast is A smart, down to earth approach to business and the application of the principles of behavioral economics. with great content and their favorite new podcast and If you are a small business owner or are involved in marketing your company's products and services you can't afford to miss a single episode. 

Contributors: Melina Palmer from The Brainy Business

This show is much different from other business podcasts that I listen to, because the host of the show is a relatively young entrepreneur, and he mainly looks to educate millennials on business, marketing while sharing his personal wins/losses in business. The host also invites other entrepreneurs on the show to add value to the audience. This podcast is a must-have for all young entrepreneurs!

Contributors: Christian Oquendo from Unstung Media

Especially their more recent episodes, which are short and sweet. Each episode is one bite-sized topic that they comprehensively explain in 5 to 12 minutes. Jerusalem Hub is a multimedia company based out of Jerusalem and is dedicated to promoting the burgeoning businesses within the city, as well as cover tech and business current events. 

Contributors: Nate Masterson from Maple Holistics 

Tim Ferriss changed the world by teaching people how to delegate themselves into a class of people he dubs the new rich. Tim Ferriss has a long-form podcast that interviews the biggest names today. Such names include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Malcolm Gladwell, and Tony Robbins. 

Contributors: Nate Masterson from Maple Holistics 

In today’s business world there’s nothing more valuable than good content. Content champion is all about getting your content out there, using solid strategies, and competing with the big dogs. If you want to boost your business with good content then give Content Champion a listen. 

Contributors: Nate Masterson from Maple Holistics 

The Workationing Podcast follows along as my co-host Kelly and I decide to take our work-from-home jobs on the road and become full-time digital nomads. In the first year of the podcast (we're now on year two), we lived in 14 countries and knocked out over a dozen items off of our bucket lists. 

Contributors: Kari DePhillips from Workationing