Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Hosted by Ilana Golan · Ilana Golan
4.8from 287 ratings
- 225
- Episodes
- 168
- Transcribed
- 287
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 543K
- YouTube views
About Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Leap Academy with Ilana Golan is a podcast for ambitious professionals who know they're capable of more and want their next move to be bigger, whether that's a C-suite role, a board seat, an advisory role or a portfolio career. Every week, Ilana talks with founders, CEOs and executives about the leap that changed their career, what pushed them to make it and how they made it work. Guests have included Shopify President Harley Finkelstein, Peloton co-founder Tom Cortese, Richard Branson and Gary Vaynerchuk. Ilana is a tech executive, entrepreneur, board director and investor in more than 100 companies, and she won Startup of the Year in 2023. She asks her guests about moves she has made herself. New episodes every Tuesday.
- Publisher
- Ilana Golan
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Aug 2023
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
168 of 225 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026
The Emotional Story of Carleigh Bodrug’s EXPLOSIVE PlantYou Success | Leap Academy with Ilana Golan - Ep. 173
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Shopify President: The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship Has Arrived | Harley Finkelstein | E53
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Neil Patel: From Crushing Failures to Building a Global Marketing Empire | EP62
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Shopify President: The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship Has Arrived | Harley Finkelstein | E53
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This idea that when you begin to work with someone for the very first time, you start at a 50% trust battery. And over time, with consistency and them doing what they say they're going to do and you doing what you say you're going to do, the trust battery goes up and eventually gets to 100%. And when it gets to 100%, that's when you're cruising. That's when you can really jive with someone. You can work so well together because you can rely on them. And that's really important. And then the flip side is, eventually, if it doesn't go well, the trust battery gets lower and lower and lower. And like an old cell phone that hasn't been charged in two years, eventually it could never be recharged. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
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- Carleigh Bodrug
- Harley Finkelstein
- Neil Patel
- Mike Fisher
- Tom Cortese
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 542,853
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 276 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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