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Hosted by Bryan Karas · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 38 episodes
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Any successful venture starts with great ideas, but it takes great marketing to make them stand out. In the Catching Fire Podcast, we delve into outstanding products and ideas that have gone to market and what it took to get there. Listen to conversations with inspiring startup founders and marketing leaders. Rethink your team’s approach to marketing in an increasingly crowded digital landscape. Learn how to make your ideas “catch fire.”
Bryan Karas hosts The Catching Fire Podcast, a business show with 38 episodes published.
In this engaging conversation, Bryan Karas speaks with John Gargiulo, founder of Airpost, about his journey from Airbnb to launching a successful AI video editing company. They discuss the evolution of video marketing, t
Waymo’s Ori Herschmann joins Bryan Karas to share his journey as a growth marketer behind some of the world’s most well-known brands. Ori unpacks what modern growth marketing really looks like by highlighting the role of
Your website gets traffic but your brand isn’t seeing revenue. SEO expert Eli Schwartz reveals why most SEO strategies fail at making money and shares the product-led approach that transformed companies like Zillow into
Here’s a fiery discussion with the final boss of marketing that you must face, Scott Robertson. Scott is a Fractional CMO who has over 30 years experience in marketing, and has gone on to start his own PR & marketing age
Before “PPC” was even a term, Fred Vallaeys was helping Google build it. Now, he is on a mission to help marketers make sense of the monster it’s become. Fred unpacks his journey from those early Google days to founding
Jessica Postiglione couldn't find a fiber supplement that actually worked. So she made one. This chat reveals how Bonny grew from personal frustration to thriving brand by tackling an uncomfortable topic with humor and b
If you still trust your blended CAC, you might be burning cash. In this episode of Catching Fire, Bryan Karas sits down with Austin Harrison, CEO of Northbeam—our Partner of the Month and a quiet force behind some of the
In this episode, Bryan sits down with serial entrepreneur Chris Tolles, co-founder of Transparency Analytics and advisor at Common Crawl, to talk about what really drives innovation, from the explosion of private credit
Karthik Kalyanaraman built his company on blockchain, only to see the market vanish beneath him. With the world moving on, the pressure was real. Sleepless nights, silence on Discord, and raw uncertainty forced him and h
What’s the difference between a $20 bottle of vodka and a $50 one? Nothing—except the story you’ve been told. In this episode, Bryan Karas sits down with award-winning creative director Christopher Donovan (Apple, Nike,
When referrals dry up and your calendar's still full, it’s time for a new kind of growth. In this episode of Catching Fire, fractional CMO and two-time CEO Maria Trysla shares her playbook for moving from founder-led to
Have you ever wondered how global brands like NASDAQ build massive followings online or what makes certain startups unforgettable? Join us for an insightful conversation on this week’s Catching Fire podcast, where we wel
Is your marketing still stuck in the Mad Men era? In this episode of Catching Fire, we sit down with Gary Stein, founding partner & Chief Strategy Officer at 61Hawk, to talk about how startup founders and growth marketer
Why do some startups win, while others stall? For Michael Rangel, Founder of Novo–the answer is clear: stay close to your customer and focus on real problems. In this episode of Catching Fire, Michael shares how he built
How do you take a small, mission-driven food brand and land deals with giants like Ben & Jerry’s, JetBlue, and DoubleTree? In this episode of Catching Fire, we sit down with Marlo Giudice, a powerhouse entrepreneur and V
On this episode of Catching Fire, we sit down with Jess Kamada - Managing Partner of Swizzle Ventures, who recently closed a $6.6 million fund focused on advancing women's health and wealth. With 15+ years in growth mark
In this raw and revealing conversation, discover how dark comedy became a powerful tool for a veteran's mental health, why authenticity trumps production value, and what it takes to build a community-driven business from
In this week’s episode, former Meta executive Sakshi Chadha pulls back the curtain on Silicon Valley's most controversial moments. From managing Facebook's 2020 election integrity team to witnessing the platform's dramat
What happens when you treat talent as partners, focus on creative agility, and refuse to cut corners in production? You get Blitz Creative. After transitioning from entertainment to branding, founder Jared Blitz built hi
Peter Jonas has had a fascinating journey through the tech world. A former executive at Facebook, Uber, and Compass, he went from launching Facebook’s mobile app install product to co-founding his own company, Thirdwave,
John Gargiulo
Co-founder and CEO · Airpost.ai
1 appearance on this show
Eli Schwartz
Growth Advisor & SEO Consultant
1 appearance on this show
Scott Robertson
past ARA president and lifelong automotive recycler · RobertsonComm
1 appearance on this show
Chris Tolles
Co-founder and CEO · Transparency Analytics
1 appearance on this show
Ori Herschmann
Waymo
1 appearance on this show
Austin Harrison
Northbeam
1 appearance on this show
Christopher Donovan
Apple
1 appearance on this show
Josh Machiz
Redpoint Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Gary Stein
61Hawk
1 appearance on this show
Michael Rangel
Novo
1 appearance on this show
Marlo Giudice
Partake Foods
1 appearance on this show
Jess Kamada
Swizzle Ventures
1 appearance on this show
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The Catching Fire Podcast is hosted by Bryan Karas. The show is categorised under business (marketing) and has published 38 episodes.
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