What are your favorite business and startup podcasts?
I genuinely love listening to podcasts. It's one of the best ways I've found to stay on top of new trends, pick up strategies I wouldn't have discovered otherwise, and come across founders and operators I'd never stumble on through regular reading.
So I'm always on the lookout for new ones worth adding to the rotation.
Right now my two favorites are Lenny's Podcast and Greg Isenberg's show. Both go deep" not surface-level takes, but real conversations with real depth. The kind where you finish an episode and immediately want to apply something to what you're working on.
Lenny tends to go deep on product, growth, and what actually moves the needle for startups. Greg brings a sharp lens on trends, community, and the business of building in public. Both feel current in a way that a lot of podcasts don't.
So I'm curious:
Which business or startup podcasts are you listening to right now?
Any hidden gems that don't get enough attention?
And is there a specific episode that genuinely changed how you think about something?
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For those that enjoy learning about existing businesses themselves (rather than learning how to build one), I recommend the following:
- The Intrinsic Value Podcast
- We Study Billionaires
- Business Breakdowns
- Yet Another Value Podcast
- The Synposis
Has anyone heard of these podcasts? If so, which are your favorite ones?
@blakeskrable
Wow, 5 podcasts and not a single one is familiar to me. Lol
Which one would guide me the most. Something you’d say you personally like the most about a specific one of them?
Not really talked about enough :Builders by Pankaj Mishra .Very tactical conversation with operators building real products, often outside the usual Silicon Valley circle.
@conrad_foster Thank you very much, Conrad!
Yes, sometimes I feel like many people associate the word ‘startup’ only with Silicon Valley, and as a result, content about anything outside of Silicon Valley just doesn’t get made.
@moh_codokiai Yeah, I have that problem too. The ideas repeat way too often. That’s why I’m looking for hidden gems.
I love the Podcase by Raj Shamani he has really cool guests, the insights there are quite intensive!
@nayan_surya98 never heard of this! Will take a look!
Thank you Nayan!
I enjoy listening to the UpFlip Podcast (very interesting stories on smaller companies and successful founders) and Acquired (cool, detailed breakdowns on large companies that have already made it).
@rohan_108 never heard about the UpFlipPodcast! Seems really interesting!
Аctually, do you know any podcasts focused on buying and selling digital businesses? It would be really cool if there are ones specifically about startups that launched on Product Hunt and then sold their business thanks to the launch (I mean months later).
@byalexai Check out Empire Flippers too - good podcast on buying / selling online businesses.
I keep coming back to My First Million for idea generation and Acquired for deep startup/company breakdowns. Both consistently deliver practical insights and stories that make you rethink how great businesses are built 🚀
I used to listen to My First Million a lot. Then like all podcasts, it starts to make me feel that I have more than I need to know - I just need to spend more time building. haha.
Solid picks, but Acquired is on another level. The depth they go into on companies like Nvidia or LVMH is unmatched. If you haven't listened to it yet, you are leaving serious knowledge on the table.
Most business podcasts are just noise… but a few actually shift your mindset.
For me: My First Million & The Diary of a CEO
What’s one podcast that made you think differently about money, startups, or life?
For anyone building dev tools or AI products, these are the ones I keep coming back to:
Lenny's Podcast — best product/growth content. His interviews with founders who actually built things (not just raised money) are gold.
Latent Space — if you're in the AI/ML space, this is required listening. Deep technical conversations about what's actually working vs. what's hype.
The Changelog — open source and developer ecosystem. Great for understanding where the industry is heading.
Indie Hackers Podcast — real numbers, real struggles, real revenue. No vanity metrics.
The pattern I've noticed: the best podcasts for builders are the ones that focus on decisions and trade-offs, not just success stories. Learning why someone chose X over Y is way more useful than hearing "we grew to $1M ARR."