Ben Weiss
Legends N Leaders
Our goal is to breakdown how legends and leaders achieved their success so you can become the greatest version of yourself! The path of each individual will be discussed highlighting the steps taken towards their achievement. We desire to simplify success, making it relatable, for you to take one step forward towards achievement.
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Ben Weiss
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Latest episode
Jul 3, 2026
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Episodes
Shane Chen, inventor of the hoverboard, on creating the first 2 wheeled car that can really work! 11.11.2023 29:25
Shane Chen is one of the greatest inventors in the world, holding 76 patents, and being responsible for major changes in mobility such as the hoverboard, Solowheel, Lunicycle, and more. His vision has shaped the mobility market providing a new wave of products focusing on self balancing. He is now launching a car that has only two wheels yet can self balance, called SHANE! This car can enable more...
Steven Levy, Editor-At-Large of Wired, on how he rediscovered Einstein's brain & found Apple early! 03.11.2023 28:42
Steven Levy has covered some of the most important events in history including tracking down and rediscovering Einstein's brain to providing a review of one of the first iPhones. His writings at Wired.com are focused on disruption and his books including In the Plex are done with such extensive detail to provide the reader the most expertise possible on a subject breaking down how companies li...
Marc D'Amelio, on why create their own Popcorn and make a footwear brand! 03.11.2023 26:40
Marc D'Amelio has transformed the world of social media by launching D'Amelio Brands, an entity that enables him to create many products associated with his family's marketing. He has taken on brave initiatives like launching their own footwear brand, which is having success, and just announced the release of Be Happy Snacks Popcorn! Marc shares how Be Happy Snacks came to life and wha...
Maxine Clark, Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, on why building the product in store was disruptive! 31.10.2023 26:52
Maxine Clark created an entire new class of product, one that the consumer gets to fully customize in store then hug after. She shares how a young child inspired her to make the idea a reality and how she scaled up the business experience. Maxine explains why she thought Bears are the best stuffed animal to create the brand around and more. Hope you enjoy!
Rich Antoniello, Founder of Complex, on why shaping culture is so important and how to define it! 20.10.2023 27:58
Rich has shaped the sneaker culture of today by bundling the best of what we all love in Complex and being early to produce high quality network like content for YouTube. He founded Complex and lead the company as CEO, having sold it twice. Rich shares the important of not only covering the news, but how to make trends and understand how to use your influence best. Hope you enjoy!
Jake Wood on creating a leading nonprofit for disaster response and how to democratize philanthropy! 13.10.2023 25:55
Jake Wood founded Team Rubicon which is considered one of the most successful nonprofits in America with over 100,000 volunteers and has raised close to $300M. His organizational efficiency in disaster response has enabled around 1,000 disasters and humanitarian crises to be be throughly addressed. Jake served four years in a Marine Corps scout-sniper unit, leading marines to combat in Iraq and Af...
Adam Cheyer on why he invented Siri and how Steve Jobs came to buy it! 07.10.2023 40:28
Adam is one of the most accomplished inventors having conceived the idea for Siri 10+ years before the iPhone existed as he thought a voice assistant was the best way to interact with software. He took advantage of the new iPhone changes, ideal timing, and integrated the voice assistant we all know and love. Adam is also a founding partner of the Change.org petition website, which has aided in fun...
Andy Mooney, CEO of Fender, on disrupting music through digital products and social media! 30.09.2023 29:35
Andy Mooney is an incredibly talented leader having lead to the invention of limited edition sneakers as CMO at Nike by applying the concept from the Porsche car, to seeing a Disney on Ice show and creating the consumer friendly princess dresses lines, and more. He became CEO of Fender and quickly focused on analyzing its true customer base, which was shocking, and has set the course of the compan...
Niccolo De Masi on creating hit game Kim Kardashian Hollywood and taking Quantum Computing public! 23.09.2023 26:43
Niccolo revolutionized gaming forever with the creation of Kim Kardashian Hollywood, a game that mirrored Kim's real life. He has also taken the first Quantum Computing company public on the stock marketing raising over $600M, IONQ. Niccolo has helped scale many fan favorite games like Deer Hunter, Gordon Ramsey Dash, and more as CEO of Glu Mobile, in which he transformed the company. Niccolo...
David Meltzer on the journey to CEO of the largest sports agency in the world, SSE! 16.09.2023 17:42
David became a millionaire in his 20s then lost it all in his 30s and learned where his purpose and happiness is derived from. He completely changed his life around and earned over $100M after, achieving wealth, but also a new mindset. David shares how he lead the world's largest sports agency, which the film Jerry Maguire is based on, and figured out how to achieve his dream! Hope you enjoy.
Ben Mand, CEO of Harmless Harvest, on making organic the tastiest and best option always! 08.09.2023 35:25
Ben Mand shares his humble origins growing up on a farm witnessing the impact of what quality of food can have to embarking on a way to innovative in the food space via business leadership. He became the CEO of Harmless Harvest and quickly optimized their coconut efficiency, by utilizing more of the meat, and expanded the product lines too. Ben has helped the popularity of organic baby food and ta...
Jenny Just, Co-Founder of PEAK6, on how she became one most successful women in the world? 01.09.2023 34:57
Jenny Just is an extraordinary entrepreneur having pioneered a cutting edge proprietary options firm, from being one of the only women in the trading sector. Jenny Just has been involved in 15 companies including an ownership of popular esports team Evil Geniuses, demonstrating elite skills in turning around or building ventures. Her story is one of American excellence and she continues to inspire...
Robert Brunner, Chief Designer of Beats by Dre, on creating the Studio, Kindle, Square Stand... 11.08.2023 28:06
Robert Brunner, is one of the greatest designers around who leads the world class team at Ammunition. They are responsible for helping design world changing products like the Beats headphones, Square Stand (cash register for small businesses), Kindle, the fun Lyft Amp, and many more. He breaks down the journey to becoming Chief Designer of Beats, what went into the design process of the Studio hea...
Joe Foster, Creator of Reebok, on building a #1 shoe brand and finding your own whitespace! 04.08.2023 36:43
Joe is one of the greatest innovators ever in the footwear space, he pioneered aerobic women's yoga shoes, created staples of fashion like the Classic and Club C models, and lead the company to become the best selling athletic brand globally at a point. Joe shares how out of necessity he with his brother Jeff created Reebok and how they found their own whitespace to make a mark in the industry...
Mahbod Moghadam, Co-Founder of Genius, on making Hiphop globally relevant! 29.07.2023 22:36
Mahbod is a culture tech entrepreneur that shares how he and the team built the Genius we love today up in 24 hours in a basic form. He talks about how they got their first users through comedic social media posts and why the timing of Hiphop's entrance into popular culture was important to creating it. Hope you enjoy!
Daniel Lee, GM of NCS, on pioneering a no copyright 30M+ subscriber music label on YouTube! 21.07.2023 28:59
Daniel Lee is the talented General Manager of record label NoCopyrightSounds, popular on YouTube for releasing music that is used in streaming, content creators, and on the radio. Billy, Daniel, and the team pioneered a whole new way to release and create virality around music that has lead to a shift in the industry and increased NCS's popularity globally. They have helped develop star artist...
R'Bonney Gabriel, on the steps she took to become Miss Universe! 15.07.2023 28:00
R'Bonney Gabriel breaks down the disciplined routine that lead her winning Miss Universe. She shares how being open minded and listening to her hair stylist lead to her trying our the pageant, how she creates unique outfits, to her fitness routine. R'Bonney uses the Miss Universe platform to push sustainability and she channels this love through her own fashion brand. Hope you enjoy!
Chris Barton, Creator of Shazam, on inventing the best music recognition app without an app store! 05.07.2023 25:31
Chris had to figure out how to create Shazam when the iPhone didn't exist and no one thought it was possible. He shares the journey of finding the right sound expert to create the algorithm we all know and love for basically $1,000 or so in expenses, to facilitating Apple with $300M in revenue via iTunes purchases through Shazam, and finally the acquisition of the company by Apple! Chris also...
Bastiaan Beerens, Co-Founder of WeTransfer, on how they disrupted file transferring for creatives! 27.06.2023 29:00
Bas shares how a simple download via a link instead of a courier while he was working for Nike became into a 100 million plus user company, WeTransfer! He has fascinating insights into how the full page art themed ads originated, how they grew in the music industry, and the thought processes behind the simplicity of file transferring. Bas is an incredible talent, having done design campaigns for w...
Ronald Wayne, Co-Founder of Apple, has a solution to inflation! 16.06.2023 26:12
Ronald Wayne is a Co-Founder of Apple alongside Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and helped form the company while innovating on design that is used in every computer today! He is the author of multiple books including his newest that engulfs you in knowledge from one who has been tracking inflation since it started in 1944, called Counterfeit Trust. Ronald shares unique insights into how he ideated t...
Susan Bennett, voice of Siri, on how she became your favorite AI! 16.06.2023 27:13
Susan Bennett shares how she became a voice actor because she was needed when someone was missing to being picked for the voice of Siri on the iPhone 4s. You may recognize her voice at Delta airports nationwide and her voice helped ATMs gain traction for banks. Her voice has helped Siri become the popular AI assistant it is and she even answers a couple questions as Siri in this episode! Hope you...
How DeLorean is creating a luxury electric sports car of the future! 29.05.2023 29:24
This is how automotive pioneer, Joost de Vries, worked his way up from fixing vehicles to leading the future of the iconic DeLorean car brand into the electronic vehicle space! He shares a special time travel effect that happens in the new vehicle at 88 miles per hour like in the Back to the Future movie series, which product categories upcoming vehicles may be in, why bring the DeLorean car back...
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