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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 176 episodes
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The Traction Podcast provides founders with the tools to optimize their mind, body, and business for peak performance.
Unknown Host hosts Traction Podcast, a business show with 176 episodes published.
Kenny Santucci became famous competing under pressure on MTV’s The Challenge . But the most important competition of his life began years earlier. As an overweight, self-conscious teenager, Kenny discovered wrestling and
Andy Johns helped build some of the most important growth engines in Silicon Valley. Facebook. Twitter. Quora. Wealthfront. He worked across nine billion-dollar companies, became one of the most respected growth leaders
What if the future of human performance is not another supplement, another wearable, or another biohack, but a better relationship with your own data? Dr. Steven Muskal has spent more than four decades at the edge of AI,
Dr. Tom Elliott has spent more than four decades at the forefront of diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic health. He is the founder and medical director of BC Diabetes, an associate professor at UBC, and has been invol
Julia Klim is redefining what it means to live and perform well in a high-pressure world. As former Head of Strategic Partnerships at Equinox Group, she helped transform the brand from a luxury gym into a full-spectrum h
Caroline Mundell has been competing at the highest levels of Olympic weightlifting while running two gyms and raising three kids. She is a 7x Provincial Masters Olympic Lifting Champion, 2x National Champion, Bronze meda
Mark MacLeod, founder of Limitless.CEO, has sat with some of the most consequential founders in tech. As Ex-CFO of Shopify and FreshBooks, GP at Real Ventures, Canada's largest seed fund, and founder of a leading SaaS in
Peter Danenberg has spent his career at the edge of what humans and machines can do. As a senior software engineer at Google DeepMind, he leads development on Gemini. Before tech, he co-founded CrossFit Crown City, scali
Jim Donnelly knows how to build health empires. As the founder and former CEO of Restore Hyper Wellness, he scaled a cryotherapy and wellness franchise to hundreds of locations before stepping away. Then life forced him
Jason Syversen has spent more than 25 years operating at the highest levels of cybersecurity, venture capital, and applied technology. As a Program Manager at DARPA, he managed a $100M cybersecurity portfolio focused on
Silicon Valley legend Ed Baker, CPO at WHOOP and ex growth chief at FB and Uber, is our guest on this episode of Traction. Ed helped Facebook cross one billion monthly active users, joining after scaling and selling his
What if the reason most high-performance careers end early isn’t effort, but how performance is managed over time? In this episode, Dr. Wayne Diesel, elite sports physiologist and long-time performance leader across the
What if you could extend your healthspan, sharpen your focus, and increase your stress resilience by decoding your DNA? In this powerhouse episode, Dr. Matt Dawson, ER physician and early longevity pioneer turned health
Building a startup rewards intensity, not longevity. In this episode of Traction, Alex Bruyn joins Lloyed Lobo to challenge the founder playbook. Drawing from repeated burnout and serious health failures, Lloyed argues t
Most startup stories focus on the win. Very few talk about what it costs to get there. In this episode, Lloyed Lobo sits down with Alex Bruyn, co-founder of Karak Creative, for a candid conversation about the realities f
The talent market has shifted in ways that make hiring harder for early-stage teams. In this episode, Melissa Kwan and Lloyed Lobo talk about why salaries jumped, why interviews often look better than the work that follo
Fake it till you make it is a phrase founders hear early and often. Ambition can drift past honesty faster than most founders realize. This episode looks at how pitching and fundraising expectations shape the stories fou
Building a startup together tests everything you believe about trust. In this episode, serial entrepreneur Lloyed Lobo and Melissa Kwan, CEO at eWebinar, unpack the cofounder confessions founders whisper but rarely admit
Building a startup is like jumping off a plane and assembling the parachute mid-air. In this episode, serial entrepreneur Lloyed Lobo and Melissa Kwan, CEO at eWebinar, break down the reality of scaling: the discipline c
Most founders don’t need venture capital — they just need the truth about their options. In this episode, Greg Head, Founder of Practical Founders and Gregslist, shares why most founders don’t need to follow the venture
Tom Elliott
corporate event host, comedy magician, and public speaking coach · The Twilight Zone Podcast
1 appearance on this show
Jim Donnelly
CEO and co-founder · Restore Hyper Wellness
1 appearance on this show
Jason Syversen
Founder · Sportsvisio
1 appearance on this show
Lloyed Lobo
Author "From Grassroots to Greatness" · Boast.ai
3 appearances on this show
Matt Dawson
ER physician and longevity pioneer turned health tech founder · London Police Service
1 appearance on this show
Melissa Kwan
co-founder and CEO · eWebinar
3 appearances on this show
Dr. Tom Elliott
BC Diabetes
1 appearance on this show
Julia Klim
Equinox Group
1 appearance on this show
Peter Danenberg
Google DeepMind
1 appearance on this show
Ed Baker
WHOOP
1 appearance on this show
Alex Bruyn
Karak Creative
1 appearance on this show
Greg Head
Practical Founders
1 appearance on this show
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