Beyond the Case
A podcast where global leaders from the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management (OPM) community join in a personal capacity and share the real decisions, failures, and mental models behind building enduring companies.
This podcast is independent and not affiliated with Harvard Business School.
Podcasting since 2025 • 48 episodes
Beyond the Case
Latest Episodes
Thinking in Decades, Not Quarters: Lessons from a Multi-Generational Owner - Antonio Liberal
Third-generation entrepreneurship isn’t about inheriting a business. It’s about inheriting a promise and upgrading it for the next era. In this episode, Portuguese pharmacist and
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Episode 48
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Scaling Through Adjacencies, Not Distractions - Abhijit Vaish
Build adjacencies before you chase scale.Enduring companies don’t grow by random diversification. They expand by moving one thoughtful step outward from their core DNA, solving the next customer pain that naturally sits beside wha...
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Episode 47
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Sold to OpenAI: The Patience, People, and Principles Behind the Exit - Tomasz Kulakowski
He sold his company to OpenAI last month and the story behind it is a masterclass in patient entrepreneurship, long-term bets, and knowing when to start.Tomasz Kulakowski didn’t start his entrepreneurial journey fresh out of college. He ...
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Episode 46
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Harvard OPM and Indian VCs with Vinay Pasricha
Vinay Pasricha shares his unfiltered and potentially controversial observations from 25 years as a serial entrepreneur in India. He ran an education training company that scaled to 200,000 students across 40 cities before winding it down. Five ...
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Episode 45
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Nothing Is Impossible When Discipline Is a Lifestyle: Ironman Lessons - Mohamed Mahlab
Elite endurance fitness demands structure, early mornings, repetition, and the ability to keep going when your brain wants to stop. Mohamed Mahlab uses that same “choose the hard thing” mindset to challenge himself as a leader: he sets public c...
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Episode 44
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