ChiOdogwu
The podcast · On air since 2014
The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™
For people who build things.
I started the show in 2014 with one question for every guest: how did you actually build this? Hundreds of conversations later, founders, CEOs, investors and operators still tell me what broke, what they got wrong and how they kept going. These days a lot of those conversations turn to AI and what it's changing inside real companies.
Hosted by Chi Odogwu. An independent podcast.
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Learn from people who've actually built it.
The bets that worked. The ones that didn't. The decisions nobody understood at the time. And the lessons that only make sense afterward.
- 01How $400 became $200 millionPaul Oberschneider · 2016
- 02Selling $1 billion of private jets in a recessionStephanie Chung · 2017
- 03Why 75% of AI projects failJosh Huston, Quick AI Wins · 2025
- 04Leading a Fortune 500 company through tough timesWalt Rakowich, Fortune 500 CEO · 2021
- 05Losing $20 million, then starting againDamion Lupo · 2017
- 06Building East Africa's first and fastest-growing cosmetics companySuzie Wokabi · 2014
- 07What 7 years of failure teaches youVictor Asemota · 2014
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Every conversation since 2014.
172 conversations with founders, CEOs, investors and operators. Search by name, or pick a thread and pull it.
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Chi Odogwu
In 2014, I launched The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™. At first, it focused heavily on African entrepreneurship. Over time, the conversations widened. I spoke with founders, executives, investors, authors and operators about what it actually takes to build something durable.
The questions I asked on the podcast now drive my work at Business Insider, where I interview CEOs and founders for first-person profiles about how they work and live.
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