The Startup CEO Show

The Startup CEO Show hosted by coach and advisor Mark MacLeod, brings you veteran CEOs each week who have collectively had had billion dollar valuations, 9 figure exits, and millions in revenue each week.Subscribe to join the leading podcast produced exclusively for the CEOs of high-growth startups and the VCs who back them.This podcast offers concise, yet deep dives into specific themes within each episode, focusing on providing actionable insights for busy leaders. The format includes interviews with CEOs of VC and PE-backed tech companies, their investors, and other key industry figures, ensuring a rich and relevant listening experience for those looking to learn in short, impactful sessions.About Mark MacLeodSince 1999, I have sat at the right-hand side of the leaders of high growth technology companies as either a CFO, VC or deal maker. I served as CFO for software companies including Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) and Freshbooks. As a CFO I experienced outright failures, wildly profita

The Startup CEO Show is a business podcast hosted by Mark MacLeod, with 87 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Mark MacLeod hosts The Startup CEO Show, a business show with 87 episodes published.

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  Episode #86

  Jerry Colonna on the Founder’s Honest Journey

  Feb 16, 202652 minS0

  <p>Join a community of ambitious CEOs who are looking to build market-leading companies without sacrificing health and happiness. Check out: https://limitless.ceo </p><p>What if the fastest way to scale your startup is to stop pretending you’re “crushing it”? In this episode of The Startup CEO Show, I sit down with Jerry Colonna, legendary CEO coach, former VC, and author of Reboot, for a raw conversation about the founder’s inner journey: the anxiety, the bravado, the “should,” and the quiet suffering that often hides behind high growth. Jerry challenges the startup ecosystem’s obsession with spinning a sto...

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  Episode #85

  Why Founder Energy Is the Ultimate Growth Lever

  Feb 2, 202645 minS0

  <p>Want to unlock your limits as CEO? Come join us: https://limitless.ceo/ </p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Justin Mares, co-founder of TrueMed and Founder Health, to unpack a topic most founders ignore until it’s too late: your health is part of your business model. Justin shares how he built companies around prevention instead of reaction and why founder energy, clarity, and resilience directly compound into better decisions, stronger leadership, and long-term business growth. We talk about the hidden costs of burnout, why traditional healthcare fails entrepreneurs, and how treating health like infrastructure changed th...

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  Episode #84

  1600 People, Virtual First: Scaling Without Chaos

  Jan 19, 202649 minS0

  <p>Join a community of ambitious CEOs who are looking to build market-leading companies without sacrificing health and happiness. </p><p>Check out: https://limitless.ceo</p><p> What no one tells you about scaling is that the “big milestones” usually aren’t revenue numbers; they’re philosophy shifts, focus decisions, and how you build a company that can outgrow its founders. In this episode of The Startup CEO Show, I sit down with Vitaly (StackAdapt) to unpack how StackAdapt scaled to 1,600 people, crossed $500M+ in revenue, and stayed Virtual-First without letting culture collapse into chaos. We talk about what changed...

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  Episode #83

  300 Coffees, 12 Years, One Big Exit

  Jan 5, 20261h 4mS0

  <p>Join a community of ambitious CEOs who are looking to build market-leading companies without sacrificing health and happiness.Check out: https://limitless.ceo</p><p>What does it really take for a finance guy to become a startup founder and build all the way to a meaningful exit?In this episode of the Start Up CEO Show, I sit down with Blair Livingston, founder of Street Context, to unpack the real story behind building a vertical SaaS business inside one of the hardest enterprise markets on earth: capital markets. Blair shares how 300 coffees and relentless hustle opened doors early...

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  Episode #82

  Why Creativity + Data Is the New CEO Superpower

  Dec 15, 202556 minS0

  <p>Join a community of ambitious CEOs who are looking to build market-leading companies without sacrificing health and happiness.</p><p>Check out: https://limitless.ceo</p><p>What happens when your “software startup” accidentally turns into an agency, and that mistake becomes the fuel for your next breakout company? In this episode, I sit down with Reza, founder of Motion, to unpack one of the most honest startup journeys you’ll hear: pivots under pressure, brutal clarity moments, and the insight that reshaped modern growth marketing.</p><p>We talk about how Shoelace went from a struggling SaaS product to a p...

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