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 • 50 episodes
Beyond the Case
Latest Episodes
From $2,000 to 800,000 Subscribers: Building a Values-Driven Media Giant - Lucas Ferrugem
What began as a $2,000 experiment at age 13 has grown into one of Brazil’s most influential independent platforms, bootstrapped to over $40M in cumulative revenue, 800,000+ paying subscribers, and 30M annual viewers. This conversation goes beyo...
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Episode 50
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24:03
From Control to Trust: The Real Shift Every Entrepreneur Must Make - Ankita Gupta
This conversation is a powerful reminder that entrepreneurs must consciously evolve from being hands-on operators to becoming true leaders. In the early stages, control feels necessary. Every decision, review, and execution flows through the fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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19:02
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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Season 1
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Episode 48
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29:19
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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Season 1
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Episode 47
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18:49
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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