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Fortune's Path Podcast

Fortune's Path Podcast

Tom Noser, Ted Noser 68 Episodes Sep 18, 2026

The Fortune's Path Podcast examines how virtue can play a role in business. It argues that by helping others get what they want, you can get more of what you want. The show is hosted by Tom Noser and Ted Noser. More information is available at fortunespath.com.

Episodes

Chris Barkley - How to Make it in Independent Film
Chris Barkley - How to Make it in Independent Film Sep 18, 2026 00:57:09 What does it actually take to break into show business? Chris Barkley has produced three feature films, reads scripts for The Black List, and votes on film of the year for the Producers Guild — which means he sits on the side of the table where the answer is usually no. Chris and host Tom Noser dig into why that no is almost never honest, what separates the one or two great scripts Chris has read
Greg Ceccarelli — Cut Twice, Measure Once
Greg Ceccarelli — Cut Twice, Measure Once Jun 4, 2026 01:04:24 Greg Ceccarelli is Chief Product Officer at Spec Story, an AI-first startup building tools to make AI coding easier and safer. Before Spec Story, Greg held product leadership roles at Pluralsight (CPO), GitHub, Dropbox, and Google, and earlier spent years as a consultant at Alixpartners and IBM. In this conversation, Greg and Tom cover: Moving fast vs. planning — Greg's "cut twice, measure once"
Oliver Dauert — Biodiversity for Business
Oliver Dauert — Biodiversity for Business Feb 23, 2026 00:56:46 Oliver Dauert is the founder of Wildya, a consultancy helping nature NGOs and nature businesses grow their impact by getting better at marketing, sales, and personal branding. A Berlin native who wanted to be an elephant seal at age five, Oliver studied business specifically to understand how to change the systems driving the biodiversity crisis. After two years of pivots — from eco-anxiety coachi
The Death of Seat-Based Pricing with Lee Bridges
The Death of Seat-Based Pricing with Lee Bridges Jan 16, 2026 00:51:22 Episode DescriptionAI is fundamentally changing how SaaS companies should think about pricing. When your software makes teams 70% more efficient, charging per seat means you're literally shrinking your own market. In this conversation, product management veteran Lee Bridges explains why seat-based pricing is a burning platform and what comes next.Lee, returning to the podcast after five years, rec
Kerry Cicero - How to Be a Good Leader When No One Told You How to Be a Good Leader
Kerry Cicero - How to Be a Good Leader When No One Told You How to Be a Good Leader Jun 30, 2025 00:57:56 [00:01:00] Kerry's journey from personal adversity to leadership expertise[00:04:00] The book's target audience: new managers and struggling leaders[00:08:00] Growing up with six brothers and two sisters across blended families[00:09:00] The pivotal moment: losing her mother at 16 and moving in with her father[00:12:00] Good bosses vs. bad bosses: more than just opposites[00:15:00] Leading with gr
Ashley Kent: Balancing Life and Business
Ashley Kent: Balancing Life and Business May 27, 2025 01:03:14 Ashley Kent - Founder & CEO of Clear Star Creative, a boutique marketing growth agency specializing in venture-backed health tech companiesKey Topics DiscussedBuilding a Sustainable Business and Life BalanceManaging a 15-employee company while raising two young children (ages 4 and 6)Finding joy in simple pleasures: working out, good food, and family timeThe reality of being a working mom in a sma
The Art of Business Leadership with Anderson Williams
The Art of Business Leadership with Anderson Williams Apr 24, 2025 00:57:10 In this episode of the Fortune's Path podcast, Tom Noser interviews Anderson Williams, Principal for Talent Development at Shore Capital Partners, a private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and industry executives to drive growth in micro-cap businesses. Anderson brings a unique perspective from his diverse background as a classroom teacher, entrepreneur, sculptor, painter, writer, and
David Ells — xAPI and How to create a tech standard
David Ells — xAPI and How to create a tech standard Aug 27, 2024 01:03:35 [00:00:00] - IntroductionTom: Setting up today's discussion points: establishing new standards in software, using tech for effective learning, and the possible conflict between educational system administrators and students.Guest: David Ells, Managing Director of Open LMS, an open-source learning management system provider.Overview of David's background in online learning with over 15 years of exp
JJ Rosen on Being In The Right Market at the Right Time
JJ Rosen on Being In The Right Market at the Right Time Aug 8, 2024 01:04:34 JJ: "My my dad was in the music business. He did this thing called mobile recording, where he had this 18 Wheeler truck, in the back of it was a recording studio. And so he would go around the country recording, you know, all kinds of live concerts and albums. And so by the time I got to maybe, I guess, seventh grade, my summers, I was a roadie. So I did that for my summers. And that was really fu
Eve Eden on Designing for Accessibility, Anticipating Technological Development and Designing for Product Led Growth
Eve Eden on Designing for Accessibility, Anticipating Technological Development and Designing for Product Led Growth Jul 23, 2024 01:02:12 "8% of the male population is colorblind, especially to red and green. And so think about the stock market and how that reads, or any kind of financial or big data company and their prevalent uses of green and red.  People see those colors in shades of yellows and beige. ...I think accessibility design is still up and coming.  I think user experience as an industry is still in its infancy... incor
Jake Levirne On How to Use AI and The Internet the Right Way, How It Affects Our Psyche and How to Use New Tools Ethically.
Jake Levirne On How to Use AI and The Internet the Right Way, How It Affects Our Psyche and How to Use New Tools Ethically. Jun 25, 2024 01:07:42 On the risk of AI programing leading to crummy software: "At the end of the day AI is just a tool, right? And so it's how we choose to use it that could have impacts there. If we allow AI usage to be an excuse to move quickly [when developing software], but sloppily, then yeah, we're going to build more and more software that is is tenuous and has the potential of falling over."On the idea of AI b
Beth Antony: Navigating a Better Way Through the College Application Process
Beth Antony: Navigating a Better Way Through the College Application Process May 20, 2024 01:01:20 Key Takeaways“Applying to college is a series of tasks where you need information, guidance, and you need support through your own discernment process. It doesn’t have to be terrible. It doesn’t have to be scary.”“I use the word discern a lot. And I do that intentionally to discern who they are. Because when you start a college as a freshman, you're not the same person you are when you finish as a

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