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 and Adrian Alfieri.

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Co-Founder at Keychain

CEO at Act+Acre

Vice President at Vanterra Ventures

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Co-CEO at Platter

Ben Sharf on LinkedIn

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.

CEO at Verbatim

Adrian Alfieri on LinkedIn

Adrian is the Founder & CEO at Verbatim, a content agency that helps B2B software companies generate demand. Verbatim has scaled to 7-figures in ARR, 20+ FTEs, and a global client roster that includes enterprise companies like Slack and OpenStore.

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

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October 14, 2024

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

July 11, 2024

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