Having the right podcasts in your pocket at the right time is like having a world-class mentor on demand for your business.
You can find a podcast on just about any topic related to what you’re going through. It’s pretty amazing to think you can listen to some of the smartest people in business coach you through almost anything (for FREE) while you’re eating breakfast.
I started this list 4 years ago as a way to organize my favorite small business and entrepreneur podcasts in one place and it quickly became one of my most popular posts.
Since then, many of the podcasts have come and gone so it was time for an update. I’ve refreshed the list by deleting podcasts that are no longer running or relevant and added several new ones to the list. But this year, there were too many new excellent podcasts that I couldn’t keep it at just 50 so I present the 57 best podcasts of 2018!
Start listening and enjoy!
PS. These aren’t in any particular order.
Noah Kagan Presents
Interviews, challenges, case studies oh my. Hear unasked questions to people you may or may not have heard of. Exploring how to grow a business with Tim Ferriss, how Tom Bilyeu gets to work at 3am, the best ways to manage your personal finance and other inflection points that changed the lives of interesting people. Noah Kagan Presents on iTunes Website: okdork.com/podcast
5 Minute Marketing Shortcuts
Get the marketing shortcuts you need to jump-start your online business. Brian Moran, a marketing expert and the co-founder at SamCart, shares his daily insights from growing and running a multi-million dollar software startup, so that you can apply them in your own business. Brian’s marketing tips are edited down into 5 minute bite-sized chunks so you can spend you time implementing them instead of listening to podcasts all day long.
5 Minute Marketing Shortcuts on iTunes
Website: 5minutemarketing.com
The Three Month Vacation
Sean D’Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he’d always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn’t control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of “outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?” Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he’s taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn’t about the easy life. It’s not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance.
The Three Month Vacation on iTunes
Website: psychotactics.com
Work In Progress By Slack
Behind every working human, there’s a story. Work in Progress is a new show about the meaning and identity we find in work. Each week, hear stories of personal ambition and debilitating insecurities, great successes and abject failures, the plans we make and the luck that…happens. Hosted by Dan Misener, produced by Slack.
Work In Progress By Slack on iTunes
Website: slack.com/podcast
Process Breakdown Podcast
Business owners discuss how they systemize and scale their business by building amazing processes. Brought to you by the guys at SweetProcess.
Process Breakdown Podcast on iTunes
Website: sweetprocess.com/blog
Bootstrapped Web
Bootstrapped Web is for entrepreneurs bootstrapping their startups, who believe that the best way to get to where we’re going is to learn by doing. Conversations, case studies, and interviews with entrepreneurs who are building profitable businesses online.
Bootstrapped Web on iTunes
Website: bootstrappedweb.com
Interviews Of Agency Owners
Have you ever asked yourself: How can I start, grow & scale my agency? How can I generate more leads? How can I find time to do to work on the business and not in the business? What systems do I need in place or, how do I position to sell my agency… You’re in the RIGHT place! I have 12+ years running a successful digital agency that built websites for clients like Lotus Cars and Legal Zoom, until I sold my agency a couple years ago. The Smart Agency Master Class is for marketing, digital, web professionals, and creative agency business owners and entrepreneurs who want to discover how to take their business to the next level.
Interviews Of Agency Owners on iTunes
Website: jasonswenk.com
How I Built This By NPR
How I Built This is a podcast about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. Each episode is a narrative journey marked by triumphs, failures, serendipity and insight — told by the founders of some of the world’s best known companies and brands. If you’ve ever built something from nothing, something you really care about — or even just dream about it.
How I Built This By NPR on iTunes
Website: npr.org/podcasts
Marketing In Your Car By Russell Brunson
Welcome to Russell Brunson’s “Marketing In Your Car” podcast. Each day he shares the ups and down of building his multi-million dollar per month SAAS startup ClickFunnels.com. In less than 10 minutes per day, you can hear stories of what’s happening in the trenches and how you can apply it to your company. Learn marketing and sales funnels, traffic and conversion from the world’s # 1 funnel hacker.
Marketing In Your Car By Russell Brunson on iTunes
Website: marketinginyourcar.com/free-mp3-player
Side Hustle School
A daily show for everyone who works a regular job and wants to start an income-earning project on the side. In each episode, listeners will hear a different story of someone who’s started a side hustle—along with what went well, how that person overcame challenges, and what happened as a result. The show is written and hosted by Chris Guillebeau, the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, The Happiness of Pursuit, and other books.
Side Hustle School on iTunes
Website: sidehustleschool.com
Inbound Marketing Today
Discover how to use inbound marketing to drive more traffic to your website, convert traffic into leads, and nurture those leads into delighted customers. Each week in the Inbound Marketing Today podcast, we’ll discuss best practices of marketing your business online. We’ll interview leading industry experts. And we’ll take time to answer our listeners’ questions.
Inbound Marketing Today on iTunes
Website: inboundmarketingtoday.com
Building A Story Brand
If you’re frustrated because you struggle to get the word out about your product or service, the Building a Story Brand Podcast will help. Fans of the podcast are ecstatic about the fun and entertaining way Donald Miller brings you practical advice about clarifying your message and growing your business. Don and the StoryBrand team are the world’s leading experts in harnessing the 2,000 year-old proven power of story formulas to get people talking about your brand. Get your message out, grow your company, stand out in the marketplace, and have a blast doing it!
Building A Story Brand on iTunes
Website: buildingastorybrand.com
The Writer Files
Kelton Reid studies the habits, habitats, and brains of a wide spectrum of renowned writers to learn their secrets of productivity and creativity.
The Writer Files on iTunes
Website: rainmaker.fm
The McMethod email marketing podcast
The Autoresponder Guy
The McMethod email marketing podcast on iTunes
Website: themcmethod.com
Read To Lead
If you believe as I do, that intentional and consistent reading is key to success in business and in life, then this is your podcast. My goal each week is to bring you key thoughts and insights from my conversations with those I consider to be among today’s brightest minds: our generation’s non-fiction authors. We discuss their latest book, as well as their unique perspectives on Leadership, Business, Personal Development, Marketing, Career and Entrepreneurship. If you love reading, or desire to do more of it, then consider this podcast your audio Cliff’s Notes. The Read to Lead Podcast is a three-time Best Business Podcast nominee.
Read To Lead on iTunes
Website: readtoleadpodcast.com
Call to Action – Unbounce
Call to Action is a show about remarkable online marketing success stories and how you can apply the lessons to your own marketing campaigns. You can expect candid interviews with digital marketing professionals and thought leaders featured on the Unbounce blog, actionable tips, actionable tips for improving your conversion rates and exclusive offers for marketing optimization tools, events and resources.
Call to Action on iTunes
Website: unbounce.com/call-to-action-podcast/
Traction: How Startups Start – NextView Ventures, Hosted by Jay Acunzo
From early-stage VC NextView Ventures, Traction is a show about all the creative, clever, unusual, and downright brilliant ways entrepreneurs scrap their way to early results. These are stories you don’t often hear despite being crucial to every startup. Founders, startup execs, media members, and investors are interviewed, with a unique spin and sound.
Traction on iTunes
Website: nextview.libsyn.com/podcast
The Rocketship Podcast – Rocketship.fm
Get actionable advice and incredible insights from the business leaders of today and tomorrow. From growth-hacking to sales, customer service to company culture, Rocketship.fm delivers it all every Tuesday and Thursday each week.
The Rocketship Podcast on iTunes
Website: rocketship.fm
Hack The Entrepreneur – Jon Nastor
Hack The Entrepreneur reveals the fears, habits, and inner-battles behind big name entrepreneurs and those on the path to success. It is a show created for you the entrepreneur, small business owner, or startup founder. ‘Entrepreneur hacking’ can be any trick, shortcut, skill, or method that allows anyone to crush it in business and in life. In other words, it is anything that solves a problem entrepreneurs have in an inspired, ingenious way.
Hack the Entrepreneur on iTunes
Website: hacktheentrepreneur.com/
Perpetual Traffic – Digital Marketer
Perpetual Traffic is a weekly podcast produced by DigitalMarketer and hosted by Keith Krance, Ralph Burns (Dominate Web Media), & Molly Pittman (Digital Marketer). The trio shares cutting edge strategies on acquiring leads and sales for your business through paid traffic.
Perpetual Traffic on iTunes Website: www.digitalmarketer.com/podcast/
The Tim Ferriss Show – Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek. In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
The Tim Ferriss Show on iTunes
Website: fourhourworkweek.com/podcast
Stuff You Should Know – HowStuffWorks.com
Stuff You Should Know isn’t directly related to business, but it’s great for stretching the way you think. How do landfills work? How do mosquitos work? Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the Stuff You Should Know about everything from genes to the Galapagos in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
Stuff You Should Know on iTunes
Website: www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts
Catalyst Podcast – Catalyst
The Catalyst Podcast brings together change makers from across the globe to provide practical leadership and cultural insights through in-depth interviews with leaders, speakers, and authors.
Catalyst Podcast on iTunes Website: catalyst.libsyn.com
Nerdist – Chris Hardwick
In Chris’ words, “This podcast is basically just me talking about stuff and things with my two nerdy friends Jonah Ray and Matt Mira, and usually someone more famous than all of us.”
The Nerdist on iTunes
Website: nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel
StartupCamp – Dale Partridge
Dale Partridge is a serial entrepreneur and founder of StartupCamp.com and Sevenly.org. Described as “a mind who understands the art of starting”, each week Partridge interviews a new high performance starter teaching startups, entrepreneurs, and everyday dreamers how to form strong ideas, launch lucrative ventures, position their brand, love their people, and develop business models that offer freedom to their founders.
StartupCamp on iTunes
Website: startupcamp.com/podcast
SuperFast Business – James Schramko
James Schramko gives great tips covering related topics such as websites, traffic and reviews that contain the essential elements required for success online.
Superfast Business on iTunes Website: www.superfastbusiness.com
The Tropical MBA – Dan Andrews & Ian Schoen
The Tropical MBA Podcast aims to show you the inside story of the people who are building “micro-multinational” businesses while they travel the world. They cover entrepreneurship, travel, internationalization, and personal freedom.
The Tropical MBA on iTunes
Website: www.tropicalmba.com
The Ultimate Entrepreneur – Jay Abraham
Jay Abraham talks with some of the biggest names in business like Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins and Ramit Sethi about everything related to growing a successful business.
Website: abraham.com
The School of Greatness – Lewis Howes
The goal of the School of Greatness is to share inspiring stories from the most brilliant business minds, world class athletes and influential celebrities on the planet; to help you find out what makes great people great
The School of Greatness on iTunes Website: lewishowes.com
Smart Passive Income Podcast – Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn from The Smart Passive Income Blog reveals all of his online business and blogging strategies, income sources and killer marketing tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve with your online business or blog. One of my favorites! The Smart Passive Income on iTunes Website: www.smartpassiveincome.com
Internet Business Mastery – Jeremy Frandsen & Jason Van Orden
Internet Business Mastery teaches you how to use Web 2.0 strategies combined with classic internet marketing principles to build passive income streams and brand yourself as an expert.
Internet Business Mastery on iTunes Website: internetbusinessmastery.com
AskPat – Pat Flynn
AskPat is a brand new, DAILY podcast. Each episode features an actual question submitted from the audience on topics like about online business, entrepreneurship, internet marketing, audience building, passive income, blogging, list building, virtual assistants, startups, search engine optimization, email marketing and so much more. #askpat
AskPat on iTunes
Website: www.smartpassiveincome.com
Online Marketing Made Easy – Amy Porterfield
Amy Porterfield shows you exactly how to monetize your online marketing and blogging efforts using her own tested, ACTIONABLE lead generation strategies — so you can successfully launch and promote a new program, grow your email list, get more leads, build your authority, turn your customers into raving advocates OR simply find the time (and mindset!) to rock your social media and content marketing.
Online Marketing Made Easy on iTunes
Website: amyporterfield.com
Entrepreneur on Fire – John Lee Dumas
EntrepreneurOnFire is a podcast created for the Entrepreneur, Wantrepreneur, or Small Business Owner. If you are looking for inspiration and motivation during your daily commute, workout, or “me” time, John Lee Dumas delivers 7-days a week. Each episode brings you a successful Entrepreneur who shares their journey: Their failures, AH-HA moments, successes, and much more.
Entrepreneur on Fire on iTunes
Website: www.entrepreneuronfire.com
Mixergy – Andrew Warner
Mixergy.com “Learn From Proven Entrepreneurs”. In over 850 interviews Andrew Warner asks the uncomfortable questions, digging deep into the success, failures and minds of todays most successful business founders and thought leaders. The doers and thinkers whose ideas and stories are so powerful that just hearing them will change you. Mixergy on iTunes
Website: Mixergy
I Love Marketing – Joe Polish and Dean Jackson
Dean Jackson and Joe Polish talk about new marketing ideas, direct mail ideas, lead generation, lead conversion, getting referrals, stick strategies, email marketing, psychology, books, people and even productivity.
I love marketing on iTunes Website: ilovemarketing.com
HBR IdeaCast – Harvard Business Review
The HBR IdeaCast, from the publishers of Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Press, and hbr.org, features breakthrough ideas and commentary from the leading thinkers in business and management.
HBR IdeaCast on iTunes
Website: hbr.org
TED Talks (VIDEO)
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. On this feed, you’ll find TEDTalks video to inspire, intrigue and stir the imagination from some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers, speaking from the stage at TED conferences, TEDx events and partner events around the world.
TED Talks on iTunes
Website: ted.com/talks
In the Loop with Andy Andrews – Andy Andrews
See how easily your life can be changed. In the Loop with Andy Andrews will expose you to the powerful yet simple principles that, once applied, will change your life forever. Hosted by New York Times bestselling author and in-demand corporate speaker Andy Andrews, this podcast will expose you to the things Andy has been doing in his own life for years that have allowed him to achieve his desired results both professionally and personally.
In the Loop with Andy Andrews on iTunes
Website: www.andyandrews.com
This is Your Life – Michael Hyatt
This Is Your Life with Michael Hyatt is a weekly podcast dedicated to intentional leadership. The goal is to help you live with more passion, work with greater focus, and lead with extraordinary influence.
This is Your Life with Michael Hyatt on iTunes Website: michaelhyatt.com
Six Pixels of Separation – Mitch Joel
Six Pixels of Separation – The Twist Image Blog is marketing and communications insights from the edge. If blogs, podcasts, viral marketing, consumer generated content, search engine marketing and anything related to digital marketing or interactive marketing are on your radar, this Montreal based business blog is for you.
Six Pixels of Separation on iTunes
Website: www.twistimage.com
Starting from Nothing (The Foundation) – Andy Drish
How do you start a business when you have no money? No experience? No credibility? Or even no idea? This podcast will show you how. Every week successful entrepreneurs share the strategies of how they built their businesses entirely from scratch. No silver spoons. No magic bullets. No monkey business. Just hustling and using strategies that work. And the best part? For each episode we create a custom Action Guide so you know EXACTLY what action steps to take when you’re done listening.
Starting from Nothing (The Foundation) on iTunes
Website: The Foundation
48 Days Podcast – Dan Miller
Join Dan Miller every week for the “48 Days To The Work You Love” Internet Radio Show. Dan is the nation’s leading authority on work, career and business start-up. This Show consistently sits in the top 50 under the Business category in iTunes, and is often at #1 under Careers.
48 Days Podcast on iTunes Website: www.48days.com
Marketing Smarts – Marketing Profs
This weekly podcast features in-depth interviews with smart marketers from all walks of life. Hosted by MarketingProfs, this 30-minute, weekly podcast delivers actionable insights and real advice to help you market smarter.
Marketing Smarts on iTunes Website: www.marketingprofs.com
Inspiring Words of Encouragement – Zig Ziglar
Inspiring Words of Encouragement on iTunes Website: zigziglar.libsyn.com
Get-It-Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More – Stever Robbins
Want to work smarter, not harder? Here’s how to do it. Join Stever Robbins, author of “Get-It-Done Guy’s 9 Steps to Work Less and Do More,” each week as he provides inventive productivity and organization tips to transform even the most overwhelmed person into an overachiever.
Get it Done Guy on iTunes Website: www.quickanddirtytips.com
The EntreLeadership Podcast – Dave Ramsey, Hosted by Chris Hogan
Lessons from Dave Ramsey on business, team building and leadership. Hosted by Chris Hogan. Each episode features teaching from Dave along with guest interviews with some of today’s top leaders, such as Tony Hsieh, Simon Sinek and Dan Cathy.
The EntreLeadership Podcast on iTunes Website: www.daveramsey.com
Social Pros Podcast – Jay Baer
Social Pros shines the spotlight on social media practitioners, people doing the real work for real companies. Each episode includes an insight from a leading social media strategist, the Social Media Stat of the Week, discussed and ratified or debunked by Jay Baer and Jeff Rohrs of ExactTarget.
Social Pros Podcast on iTunes Website: www.convinceandconvert.com
Good Life Project – Jonathan Fields
Don’t just build a living, build a life! Weekly interviews feature in-depth conversations with purpose-led entrepreneurs and movement-founders, visionary artists and thought-leaders. Each episode explores the inspiring journey of a single guest, getting-real and diving deep into their personal quest, challenges, revelations and experiences.
Good Life Project Podcast on iTunes
Website: www.goodlifeproject.com
The Accidental Creative – AccidentalCreative.com (Todd Henry)
For those of us who work with our minds, or “create” everyday, the pressure continues to mount to produce better work, faster. We live in a create-on-demand world. The Accidental Creative podcast addresses how to thrive in the create-on-demand world by instilling practical, everyday practices that help you stay prolific, brilliant and healthy in your life and work.
The Accidental Creative on iTunes
Website: www.accidentalcreative.com
Copyblogger FM – Copyblogger
Copyblogger FM is a weekly, short-form broadcast hosted by Sonia Simone. Each week, she and a cast of rotating experts analyze the week in content marketing, copywriting, email marketing, conversion optimization, mindset, and much more.
Copyblogger FM on iTunes Website: www.copyblogger.com
The Influencer Economy – Ryan Williams
The Influencer Economy features conversations with passionate, inspiring and creative people who have launched their careers off content, social media, and digital platforms. Ryan chats with people who are experts in YouTube, Kickstarter, Twitter, and social media platforms.
The Influencer Economy on iTunes Website: influencereconomy.com
Marketing Over Coffee – John Wall & Christopher Penn
Marketing over coffee is a weekly discussion of what’s new in marketing with John Wall and Christopher Penn.
Marketing Over Coffee on iTunes Website: marketingovercoffee
Entrepreneurs Journey Podcast – Yaro Starak
Revealing interviews with online entrepreneurs, bloggers, information marketers and founders of technology startups hosted by Yaro.
Website: www.entrepreneurs-journey.com
Duct Tape Marketing Podcast – John Jantsch
Interviews with authors, experts and thought leaders sharing business marketing tips, tactics and resources hosted by one America’s leading small business marketing experts – John Jantsch.
Duct Tape Marketing on iTunes Website: www.ducttapemarketing.com
Eventual Millionaire – Jaime Tardy
Real Talk with Real Millionaires. Join business coach Jaime Tardy as she interviews millionaire entrepreneurs to learn their failures, advice, tips and stories.
Eventual Millionaire on iTunes Website: eventualmillionaire.com
Business Growth Podcast
Join Spencer each week for insights from successful startups and their founders to find out what they did right, and what they did wrong.
Business Growth Podcast on iTunes Website: businessgrowthpodcast.com
Am I missing your favorite entrepreneur podcasts? Let me know in the comments!
