Listening to entrepreneur interview podcasts is an excellent way for new and experienced founders, creators and business owners to pick up valuable knowledge and hear inspiring stories from others on their own entrepreneurial journey.
At the same time, appearing on entrepreneur podcasts is a quick way for business leaders to share their expertise with aspiring entrepreneurs. Finally, appearing on podcasts for entrepreneurs is an excellent way to showcase your story and gain exposure for your own business or podcast.
We've found 19 fascinating examples of entrepreneur podcasts for you to listen to, learn from or contact as a potential guest. Take a look below and then check out our podcast guesting video tutorial.
1. Behind the Review
Business owners need positive reviews, and customers want a positive experience.
Yelp's Small Business Expert, Emily Washcovick, digs into the stories behind some of the best and worst reviews, giving listeners behind-the-scenes insights into what was really going on. We learn what led to the review, how the business founders created the customer experience and hear real-life lessons and business advice that owners in any industry could use to gather five-star reviews.
Rephonic Insight: Active or not?
Our essential information panel shows a green ✔ if a podcast is active (published within the last 45 days) and a red x if inactive. Inactive could mean the podcast is no longer being recorded, but it could also mean it's seasonal and will return for the next season.
This is vital info when you want to appear on entrepreneur podcasts because there's no point in pitching inactive shows. So, we also provide Active as a search filter on our home page.
2. Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
Hala Tala is the founder and CEO of YAP Media and "an expert on networking, marketing, social media, personal branding, side hustles, entrepreneurship and podcasting."
In the YAP podcast, Hala interviews entrepreneurial thought leaders and turns their inspiring stories into practical advice. Guests like Joey Zwillinger (AllBirds) and Jaspreet Singh (a serial entrepreneur) discuss their successes and failures on everything from enhancing productivity to the art of side hustles and more!
Rephonic Insight: Get the essentials
Each podcast's essential info panel shows how many episodes there are and whether the show features guests and interviews.
The episode data gives you an idea of the podcast's longevity, i.e., is it well established (as YAP is) or a new podcast with only a few episodes under its belt?
Likewise, you need to know whether a podcast accepts guests or not. Again, it's possibly not worth pitching a host who only records solo episodes. Alternatively, you could craft a persuasive pitch explaining why they should change their format and feature you as a special guest.
3. The Kara Goldin Show
Kara Goldin became a successful entrepreneur when she founded a company to make Hint® unsweetened, flavored water after using it to conquer her 10-cans-a-day diet-soda habit.
On this show, Kara interviews entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and change-makers to gain valuable insights into achieving success in business and life. Guests share wisdom, stories and thoughts to challenge and inspire budding entrepreneurs everywhere.
Rephonic Insight: Are listener numbers growing, stable or declining?
You also want to consider listener numbers when deciding whether to pitch a podcast as a guest or sponsor and view the numbers in terms of how long the podcast has been on air (in this case, six years) and how many episodes there are (480+).
Click on the blue graph symbol to see that we've done the calculations for you.
The graph demonstrates how this business podcast rose in listener numbers over the past year. Note how it grew steadily from 70,000 in 2022 and then increased rapidly in the latter half of 2023.
4. The Side Hustle Show - Nick Loper
Nick Loper says he's learned a lot about side hustles, what works and what doesn't, by building multiple businesses and income streams. Interviewing hundreds of successful entrepreneurs on this 570+ episode podcast has probably helped, too.
"For me," says Nick, "hustle" is about taking back control of your own effort and your own financial health and well-being." So, the Side Hustle Show delivers "new business ideas, side hustle opportunities, and high-value content to help you make extra money and make the most of your time."
Rephonic Insight: Does the audience care?
Another question on the minds of potential guests and sponsors is how engaged is the podcast audience. We answer this question by rating each podcast with an engagement score (1 - 100) based on the growth in new listener reviews and ratings over the past 180 days.
In this case, the green 77 shows that listeners are interested in the content and want to comment on and rate the show.
5. The UnNoticed Entrepreneur
Jim James, an entrepreneur at heart, is a master at showcasing the stories of fellow business owners. With more than 800 episodes to his name, he knows how to ask the right questions and uncover valuable insights into business or marketing.
Jim's expertise extends beyond the microphone. He's transformed his conversations into two volumes of anthologies and has even developed a course on podcast guesting to help entrepreneurs maximize their exposure.
Rephonic Insight: Does the podcast have a website?
Podcast guests typically visit a show's website to gain a deeper insight into the brand they may collaborate with. The UnNoticed Entrepreneur's website is jam-packed with useful resources, including app recommendations, a blog, links to Jim's books, and his course.
6. Entrepreneur Stories 4 Inspiration
Want to hear successful entrepreneurs tell it like it is? Entrepreneur Stories 4 Inspiration has 260+ episodes from entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and walks of life. In each podcast episode, they share successes and failures and give actionable tips about building businesses and overcoming challenges.
Rephonic Insight: What do listeners think?
Want to read the reviews for yourself? Scroll down to the Feedback panel on Rephonic and click the blue links.
7. Own Your Future - Dean Graziosi
Dean Graziosi is a multiple New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, and educator who has been passionate about self-education for 25+ years.
In this podcast, he provides practical insights and strategies to help his listeners thrive in today's economy in interviews with some of our era's most successful thought leaders. "Our goal is to empower our listeners to take control of their time, finances, and future, so they can fulfill their potential and become the person they were meant to be."
Rephonic Insight: Do the podcast's values, tone and style fit your brand?
Always listen to a few episodes before reaching out to a podcast host. We remove the hassle of searching on a podcast app or finding it online.
Use the Listen button right up top to get easy access to the episode catalog right on our website.
8. Habits and Hustle - Jennifer Cohen
Jennifer Cohen is a best-selling author, educator and international speaker focusing on driving positive behavior changes by building healthy habits.
In Habits and Hustle, she interviews thought leaders, entrepreneurs and other extraordinary people who share insights and stories about the habits and rituals that have contributed to their success.
Rephonic Insight: Let's find out more about the audience
Another way to research the audience is by tapping into the other podcasts they subscribe to and building a picture of the content and style they like. Does it match your brand to a tee? That's another indication that the initial podcast is worth considering.
9. Startup Stories - Mixergy
Andrew Warner believes that no one person has all the answers, so he created Mixergy in the mid-2000s to help ambitious business people learn from a mix of experienced mentors through interviews and courses.
In Startup Stories, Andrew interviews online entrepreneurs, founders and other successful people to learn their behind-the-scenes stories, business tips and thoughts on creating success.
Rephonic Insight: Find even more podcasts
You may also want to contact other entrepreneur podcasts to discuss being a guest or sponsor of their show. That's when our Related Podcasts 3D graph comes in handy.
Here, you can see icons of all the podcasts related to Startup Stories. Bringing up the graph in Rephonic lets you click on any icon to see its essential details and get a link to its full info page.
10. First Class Founders
Yong-Soo is a serial entrepreneur who built a business from $0 to $20m in over eight years.
In First Class Founders, Yong-Soo is focused on helping founders & creators build an audience, create irresistible product offers, and grow their business sustainably. To do this, he interviews other pioneering online entrepreneurs and gathers their tactical tips & strategies for building successful companies.
Rephonic Insight: Collect podcasts in a list
You might find dozens of possibilities when searching for podcasts to contact. That's when it's time to use our Lists feature.
Here, you can see that I've created a list (Entrepreneur Podcasts) and added First Class Founders. I then tapped +Add More Podcasts (not shown) to bring up a search bar. Now, it's easy to search and add likely entrepreneur podcasts when they appear.
11. Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas is the author of 'The Common Path to Uncommon Success: your 17-step Roadmap to Financial Freedom and Fulfilment!' and the founder of Entrepreneurs on Fire, a podcast and media empire with over one million monthly listeners.
In Entrepreneurs on Fire, John and his guests deliver valuable knowledge, inspiration and strategies to inspire listeners' entrepreneurial journeys.
Rephonic Insight: Record activity in your list
One significant advantage of making a list on Rephonic is the ability to track where you're at.
When you first add a podcast, it is labeled as a Prospect. Relabel it as you go through the pitch process. You can add more podcasts anytime and sort your list according to the labels. (E.g., tap Pitched (top left), and you'll see all the podcasts in the list you've already contacted.)
12. The Foundr Podcast - Nathan Chan
Nathan Chan knew nothing about startups, marketing or business strategy when he worked in a hated 9-5 job. So, when he launched Foundr Magazine, he sought out the most successful entrepreneurs to ask 'all the questions every founder needs to know.'
In this weekly podcast, Nathan asks well-known entrepreneurs (and some you've probably never heard of) about how they started, lessons learned and their best business strategies to help other aspiring entrepreneurs along their way.
Rephonic Insight: What do the charts say?
Rephonic lists each podcast's category rankings as they appear in the Apple Podcasts and Spotify charts. This information can help flesh out your understanding of the podcast's audience.
The Foundr podcast is well up the Apple charts in the Business and Marketing categories in the UK and Australia. When this article was written, the podcast was also #15 in Sweden, #22 in Singapore and #25 in Mexico.
13. Making It: How to Be a Successful Online Entrepreneur
What exactly is business success?
The team at Mirasee FM has spent 2+ years asking a diverse group of accomplished online entrepreneurs what success means to them. Each person provides tips for running online businesses and shares important life lessons they've discovered on their entrepreneurial journey.
Rephonic Insight: Can you afford to sponsor a podcast for entrepreneurs?
Rephonic recently added a new feature: Sponsorship estimates. Of course, you'd need to contact the publisher to check the actual rates. However, this is our best guess based on the typical CPM (cost per thousand listens) figures - typically between $18 and $25 - for podcast ads times the estimated number of listeners per episode.
So, the equations for Making It, with an estimated 19K listeners per episode, are $18 x 19 = $342 and $25 x 19 = $475.
14. CRAFTed Entrepreneur - Cayla Craft
Cayla Craft is the creator and founder of Mommy Millionaire, a media company that teaches wealth and business consciousness to women, mainly focusing on young mothers.
In her podcast, Cayla offers Christian-based business and life advice and strategies from her own experiences and interviews experts across many topics.
Rephonic Insight: Where do they hang out on social media?
When searching for good-fit podcasts, it can also help to check out their social media. We supply links to social accounts and numbers of followers.
It can help to know if they work in the same social spaces as your brand. For example, Cayla Craft seems to work primarily with visual social media (i.e., Instagram and Pinterest, but her podcast followers overwhelmingly come from Instagram.
15. Entrepreneur Network Podcast
Entrepreneur is a magazine and website that covers business, entrepreneurship, leadership and startup news stories.
This podcast features lively discussions between Entrepreneur Media's journalists, business leaders, and other intriguing people as they uncover the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Rephonic Insight: Apps and listeners
You might want to know where a podcast's listeners are concentrated. Apple Podcasts and Spotify don't reveal listener numbers, but other podcast apps do. In this case, listeners to Entrepreneur are spread across various apps. This section on the Rephonic website also includes links to most of the apps.
16. The RV Entrepreneur
Ever dreamt of living, working and exploring the world in an RV? The RV Entrepreneur podcast contains practical advice and valuable insights on ways to succeed in business while living a nomadic lifestyle.
Rephonic Insight: Podcast contacts
You don't need to search the internet when you want to contact a host or producer because we have all the email addresses and social contacts in one handy place.
17. Female Startup Club - Doone Roisin
Female Startup Club is an Australian podcast with a private community and newsletter for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs.
The podcast covers the knowledge, tips and strategies of some of the world's most successful women entrepreneurs. The interviews often come in two parts: Part One features their story, while in Part Two, the entrepreneur answers six quick questions.
Rephonic Insight: Pitching Podcasts
Striking the right note is critical when pitching to be a podcast guest (or sponsor). Knowing what to write can be tricky, so we wrote an ultimate guide to pitching podcasts and created templates to take some of the thinking off your plate.
To access the templates, add the podcast to a list, then tap the blue Pitch Icon at the far right and follow the prompts.
18. Deal Makers - Alejandro Cremades
Alejandro Cremades is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and cofounder of investment banking and financial consulting firm Panthera Advisors.
In Deal Makers, Alejandro interviews entrepreneurs with successful startups on how they succeeded in raising capital or getting their company acquired.
Rephonic Insight: Use a template or write your own
Our five templates cover the most common reasons why you might want to send a pitch to a podcast host or producer, but we also have a "write your own email" feature. That lets you create an email template and save it to your Rephonic account to use again and again.
19. Smart Passive Income - Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn is a seasoned entrepreneur, author, and founder of SPI Media, including the Smart Passive Income blog, several podcasts, an online community, and many business and education courses.
The Smart Passive Income podcast covers many aspects of entrepreneurial life with a mix of solo episodes and fascinating interviews with successful entrepreneurs and business owners.
Rephonic Insight: Use our helpful blog insights
As well as giving listeners insights into many aspects of successful businesses and entrepreneurs, the Smart Passive Income Podcast is an excellent example of a podcast open to income through accepting sponsorships.
Sponsoring or advertising on podcasts is a growing trend, and our Rephonic blog is a mine of information on how to advertise on podcasts. Discover how to write ads that convert, how much podcast ads cost and listen to some of the best podcast ads around.
20. I Want to Know - Josh Spector
Josh Spector is a creative entrepreneur and successful business coach who writes the "For The Interested" newsletter.
I Want To Know is an entrepreneur interview podcast with a difference. I Want To Know episodes feature three-question coaching calls with aspiring entrepreneurs and creators who need help overcoming their current business challenges (apply here.) A few episodes 'flip the script' when Josh invites an expert onto the show and poses his own three questions.
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Final Thoughts
You might want to reach out to an entrepreneur podcast for many reasons. But if you're searching as a potential guest or sponsor or as a podcaster seeking cross-promotion opportunities, Rephonic can help.
As these examples and images from our paid version show, Rephonic puts data, episode links, contact info and more right at your fingertips.
