The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner
Hosted by Adam Posner, where he interviews top experts, entrepreneurs and thought leaders from the world of Entrepreneurship, Talent Acquisition, Personal Growth and other world-class amazing humans on their insights into their own career journeys and personal growth.
The goal of #thePOZcast is to showcase amazing humans who share their stories to inspire you to harness your inner tenacity to drive your life and career forward.
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From Founding TaskRabbit to Venture Capital: Leah Solivan's Journey
This week's guest is Leah Solivan — entrepreneur, investor, and one of the pioneers of the modern gig economy. Leah founded TaskRabbit in 2008, scaling it into a global marketplace operating in more than 40 cities before its acquisition by IKEA in 2017. Since then, she’s become a leading voice in venture capital as Managing Director of Precedent.vc and General Partner at Fuel Capital, backing more than 150 companies across consumer tech, marketplaces, retail, and AI. A former IBM software en
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BEST OF: Jay Williams: Building a Brand with Soul: The Freebird Story
First Aired: 11/06/25 My guest on episode 474 of #thePOZcast is Jay Williams, the Founder—and as he proudly calls himself, the “Big Bird”—behind Free Bird Southern Spring Water. After a 25-year run in real estate, where he developed over a billion dollars’ worth of housing projects, Jay traded boardrooms for bottling lines. With zero industry connections but a whole lot of hustle, he built Free Bird from the ground up to deliver one simple promise: real water, for real people. Sourced fr
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BEST OF: Tom Conrad's Journey: Innovating from Apple to Pandora, Snapchat and Beyond
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From Founding TaskRabbit to Venture Capital: Leah Solivan's Journey
This week's guest is Leah Solivan — entrepreneur, investor, and one of the pioneers of the modern gig economy. Leah founded TaskRabbit in 2008, scaling it into a global marketplace operating in more than 40 cities before its acquisition by IKEA in 2017. Since then, she’s become a leading voice in venture capital as Managing Director of Precedent.vc and General Partner at Fuel Capital, backing more than 150 companies across consumer tech, marketplaces, retail, and AI. A former IBM software en
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