Turning Pro Podcast

Turning Pro is a weekly in-person podcast featuring top founders and creators uncovering real-time lessons on personal and business growth — including their own ‘Turning Pro’ moments. Hosted by Ben Sharf.

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Co-Founder & CEO at Oh Norman!

London Glorfield

Co-Founder and CEO of Kickback

Founder & CEO at Creator X

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Co-CEO at Platter

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Ben is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Platter, a theme and app bundle that helps Shopify brands build more profitable storefronts. Platter has worked with 100+ household brands including Unilever, Bleacher Report and more.

LATEST EPISODES

Prince Ghosh

Founder’s Guide To Making High-Stakes Decisions

Andrew Case

How to Unlock Your Potential: Discipline, Intention, and Hard Work

Andy Cloyd

How to Raise Millions from a Former Investor Turned Founder

Anna Whiteman

Designing Your Physical Environment for Optimal Happiness

Kelsey Moreira

Quitting Alcohol, Getting Sober, and Selling $13,000,000 of Product

Matt Mullenax

Matt Mullenax - 3 AM Wake Up Calls and Unlocking Growth Through Discipline

Samir Shergill

Raising Millions to Build the Next Generation of DTC Banking

Jess Cervellon

The Argument for Trusting Your Intuition & Natural Instincts

Max Siegelman

Facing Your Fears, Engineered Virality, and Building Confidence

Sam Miller

Uncovering the Hidden Secrets of Founders & High-Performers

Tyler Swartz

How Endorphins Disrupted the Status Quo of Brand Building

Chaz Flexman

Chaz Flexman - The Future of Data-Driven Brands at Starday Foods

Sneh Parmar

Sneh Parmar - The Art of Delegation for High-Performing Founders

Tom Worcester

Tom Worcester - Why New York is the Center of Ambition

Steph Liu

Hidden Secrets of Lifestyle Design

Yacine Sibous

How to Unlock Your Financial Freedom

Ron Shah

Stress & Sacrifice Behind Obvi’s $40M Success

Tommy Clark

How to Build a $100M Social Content Engine in 2024

Zack Holland

How to Turn Failures Into $100M Startups

Natassia Miller

Natassia Miller

Reinventing the Future of Consumer Wellness

Ronak Trivedi

Reshaping a $250B Ecommerce Market

Seth Goldstein

The Incredible Rise of Masa Chips: 250,000 Bags In 12 Months

Zach Pogrob

Building the Brand of Obsession to 2M+ Followers

Jack Raines

Jack Raines - How to Build a 100K+ Audience Leveraging Content

Matt Smolin

Matt Smolin - Raising Millions to Build the Future of DTC Loyalty

Zach Hamed

Zach Hamed - Clay’s Million-Dollar Vision for the Future of Networks

Cael Schwartz

Cael Schwartz - Life Lessons from Barstool’s $550 Million Acquisition

David J. Sitt

David J. Sitt - Building the Next Billion-Dollar Fulfillment Brand

Drew Marconi

Drew Marconi - Navigating the Future of DTC Profit Optimization

Noah Tucker

Inside Social Snowball’s Insane Growth (2,000+ Brands)

John Coyle

Triple Whale’s $14 Billion Shopify Opportunity

Peter Kang

18+ Years of Agency Lessons Learned at Barrel

Jacklyn Dallas

Tactics to Scale YouTube to 200K+ Subscribers

Ryan & Kent

NeuroGum’s $10M Bet on the Future of Health

Michael Brandt

How a $6M Contract Unleashed a New Level of Biohacking

Emmett Shine

How to Build Successful Brands According to a Creative Genius

Eli Taylor-Lemire

Eli Taylor-Lemire

From Basement to Boardroom: Eli Taylor-Lemire on how POSH raised $31M

Michael True

From Predicting the Future to Raising $10M in Funding: Michael True’s Journey in AI

Jeff Truong

Jeff's $30M Venture Fund Journey: This is How He Does It

Ryan Lewendon

$4.8 Billion Sale: How Ryan Lewendon Closed the Coke Deal and What Happened Next

Nishal Kumar

No Days Wasted: How Nishal Kumar Turned $30K into a Wellness Empire

Alex Fine

How Sexologist Alexandra Fine Took $575k in Crowdfunding and Turned it into a Buzzing Dynasty

Caroline Danehy

Caroline Danehy

10 Years, 36 Million Bottles: How Fair Harbor Turned Ocean Trash into Swimwear Treasure

Jay Wright

The $1 Billion Community: Inside Jay Wright’s Ecom Revolution

Dan Freed

Dan Freed’s $13.5M Triumph: Turning ADHD Struggles into Nootropics Success

Andrew Rea

Andrew Rea’s Playbook: Going Viral, Launching New York Tech Week, & Founding Taxwire

Alex Malamatinas

Alex Malamatinas

How to Find the Next $1 Billion Brand – Insider Tips from Alex Malamatinas

Nick DiNatale

How a $50M Business Cut Shipping Costs by $250K Using ShipPlug

Brett Conti

Balancing YouTube Fame and Brewing a $1M Brand: Brett Conti on His Next Big Move

Michael De Santis

Michael De Santis

$150K to $550K: Doris Dev's Michael De Santis on New Product Prototyping Costs

Dan McCormick

$7 Million Raised, 30 Years of Stigma Broken: How Create’s Dan McCormick is Rebranding Creatine

Chris Meade

How Crossnet's Chris Meade Turned a $7k Gamble into the World’s First Four-Way Volleyball Game

Aaron Spivak

The $50M Exit: Aaron Spivak’s No-BS Lessons on Business, Life, and Crushing Success

Jordan Weitz

How a DM Sparked the Launch of Keychain: Startup Tips from Founder Jordan Weitz

Colm Mackin

Inside Act+Acre: How Colm Mackin and Helen Reavey Raised $2.5M and Grew a Scalp-Care Brand

Ellis Fried

From Founder to Investor: Ellis Fried on Everything from Pre-Seed to Series A Milestones & Misses

John Sampogna

What 13 Years of Agency Leadership Taught John Sampogna About Growth

Shlomit Malka

From Catwalk to Creative Tech: Shlomit Malka’s Transition from Model to CEO of Happ

Liv Schreiber

Liv Schreiber on Growing a 60,000+ Community: 'I Will Not Sleep Until I’ve Answered Everyone'

Cyrus Shirazi

Speed, Obsession, and $1.5M in Revenue: How Cyrus Shirazi Built Haven in Under a Year

Michael Chernow

Michael Chernow

How Michael Chernow Went From Rock Bottom to $4M in 12 Months

Samantha Coxe

How Samantha Coxe Raised $4M to Build Flaus

Matt Rosenfeld

How Matt Rosenfeld Grew CRUSH By Saying No

Brett Perlmutter

Brett Perlmutter

How Brett Perlmutter Built Bulletpitch to 100K+ Subscribers in 2 Years

Rohit Bhadange

How Rohit Bhadange Went From Wall Street to Founding Zamp and Simplifying Tax Compliance

Alex Ikonn

How Alex Ikonn Went from Fired Banker to Shopify Mogul to 2M+ Sales of The Five Minute Journal

Brett Harrison

How Brett Harrison Scaled Roomie to 175K+ Users With No Paid Ads

Patrick Cleary

How Patrick Cleary Left a $1B Unicorn to Build Paul Street into a Top Growth Agency

Nico Ferreyra

How Nico Ferreyra Left College, Crashed a Hacker House, and Built Default

Brian Von Ancken

Brian Von Ancken

How Brian Von Ancken Built a Thriving Wellness Growth Network—While Prioritizing Fatherhood

Taylor Brandt

The Secret to Raising Millions: Insider Tips from VC Taylor Brandt

Alex Song

How Alex Song Built Proxima and Raised $12M Solving DTC’s Biggest Problem

Jacob Catalano

How Jacob Catalano Went from Snapchat to Joining the AI Gold Rush

Ben Buaron

How Ben Buaron Bootstrapped Windmill Growth from Side Hustle to 7 Figures

Allie Egan

Allie Egan Reversed Her Autoimmune Diagnosis - Then Built Veracity to Help Others Do the Same

Max Crowley

Max Crowley on Uber’s Wild Early Days, Selling Bandit, and Betting on Himself Again

Bobby Shmurda

The Hustle Is Legal Now: Bobby Shmurda on Building Wealth Post-Prison

Jon Laster

From Comedy Cellar to Tech CEO: How Jon Laster Built Blapp from Scratch

Aaron Schwartz

Why Most Founders Get Go-to-Market Wrong — Aaron Schwartz on Building Orita from Scratch

Shirah Benarde

From Dorm Room to Shark Tank: NightCap’s Viral Rise with Shirah Benarde

Chris Hladczuk

Why He Works 12 Hours a Day — and Takes Every Saturday Off

Sydney Karmes-Wainer

Sydney Karmes-Wainer

Still Posting for Likes? She Built a Business by Ignoring the Rules

Chad Cohen

Burnt Out & Lost? This Is The ONLY Way To Rebuild Your Life In 2025

Tom Shea

He Hacked Offline Ads And Made Box Trucks Convert Like Clicks

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The Startup Founder’s Secret Weapon: Obsession

March 12, 2025

Navigating the Startup World: Insights from Michael True’s Journey in Tech

July 11, 2024

How Alex Malamatinas Identifies the Next $1 Billion Brand: Insights from the Turning Pro Podcast

September 25, 2024

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