Omar Akhtar - Run Towards the Vegetables

Rising - Conversations with Leaders On Their Way Up

Omar is the Founder and Principal Analyst of Benchmarker, where he has spent the last decade publishing research and advising companies on marketing excellence. Previously, he was the head of research at Altimeter, a Prophet Company, and an Associate Partner at Prophet, advising Fortune 500 companies on improving their marketing and content strategies. He is also the co-author of the best-selling book Winning Through Platforms - How To Succeed When Everyone Has One. In this episode, our guests and hosts talk about A.I. benefits and costs, moving from brand-name to start-up, rising through expertise, and more.

7:30 - Moving from name-brand to startup
9:00 - Factoring in risks
10:20 - Journalist to Analyst
14:40 - Talking to the software
16:30 - Rising through expertise
19:25 - A.I. benefits—and costs
20:35 - Becoming a consultant
23:20 - What good looks like quantitatively
25:30 - Deciding to be an entrepreneur
29:55 - Josh’s advice
30:25 - Thank you notes: Mina Kimes
31:17 - Top Pick

Links Mentioned

Writing Without Bullshit by Josh Burnoff
Canva
AccuWeather
Remarkable

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⁠⁠Josh Boaz⁠⁠⁠ (host)

⁠⁠⁠Mat Zucker⁠⁠⁠ (host)

Omar Akhtar (guest)