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24 alternatives to Fail Better Podcast

Learning to succeed from CEOs/PMs on their biggest mistakes

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fail Better Podcast launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Reboot podcast▲205
CEO's discuss psychological challenges w/ Jerry Colonna
2015 · reboot.io · its alternatives →
2
HackToStart▲82
A podcast on interesting people & how they achieve success
2015 · hacktostart.com · its alternatives →
3
Will's Personal Development Podcast - How To Compete With People Who Are Better Than You (Or More Talented)▲61
The easy secret success levers no one uses
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
4
Prehype Podcast▲107
Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
The Art of the Fail▲132
An unfiltered podcast focused on failure
2018 · theaotf.com · its alternatives →
6
Food Startups Podcast - The Unscalable Dirty Work for Success w/ Charlie Guo▲54
Unscalable tips from a Y-Combinator burnout
2016 · foodstartupspodcast.com · its alternatives →
7
Planet Money▲153
A podcast covering the global economy
2014 · its alternatives →
8
Exponent - The Amazon of Podcasts▲74
Ben and James discuss the costs of success
2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
9
Tech In Boston Podcast▲73
Learnings from people building companies in Boston
2014 · its alternatives →
10
This is Product Management▲59
The podcast for product managers.
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Tim Ferriss Show - How to Avoid the Busy Trap▲84
And other misuses of your time
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
12
Full Stack Radio▲128
A podcast for devs interested in building great products.
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →
13
Zen Founder▲131
A weekly podcast about staying sane while starting up
2015 · zenfounder.com · its alternatives →
14
Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65
Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.
2016 · tim.blog · its alternatives →
15
Hatching – Launching A New Company!▲71
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
16
Founder's Journey Podcast▲108
A weekly podcast about building a startup from the ground up
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
Awesome Office - #SPKup Episode 2▲61
The top mistakes early stage entrepreneurs make
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
18
Call to Action Podcast▲82
Podcast by Unbounce
2015 · its alternatives →
19
Hello Tech Pros: Announcing the IMDB of Podcasting▲54
Matthew Rehm from PodXRef on Entrepreneurship
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
20
Podcatch▲81
A good podcast listen, now.
2015 · dave.podcatch.com · its alternatives →
21
Customer Success Radio▲80
A podcast about all things Customer Success
2015 · frontleaf.com · its alternatives →
22
The Chase Jarvis Show - Tim Ferriss▲92
Creativity, habits, and rigging the game
2016 · chasejarvis.com · its alternatives →
23
Plant Trainers Podcast - Keys To Optimal Performance - PTP005▲54
Looking to improve your performance...check it out!
2016 · delivery-edge.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
24
Data Skeptic Podcast▲64
Data/Stats/ML podcast with a great Mini series
2015 · dataskeptic.com · its alternatives →

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