The Profit or Pivot Podcast
The Profit or Pivot Podcast
Podcast Description
Every entrepreneurial journey will result in either profit or pivot. In this podcast, I sit down with top-tier founders, VCs, & innovators to uncover the critical decisions that fueled their massive success.
We dive deep into their journeys, exploring practical strategies you can apply. Each episode delivers actionable advice & inspiring stories designed to motivate & empower you on your own path. My mission? To decode the art of successful decision-making better than anyone in the world.
Rated the #1 podcast in the world (by my mom).
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Content Themes
Explores themes of entrepreneurship, marketing strategies, venture capital, and the intricacies of startup ecosystems, with episodes featuring insights on scaling startups, personal transformations, and the dynamics of different markets. Notable episodes include 'From $0 to $10M: Marketing Lessons Every Startup Founder Needs' and 'How to Effectively Use Social Media to Build Your Business.'
Every entrepreneurial journey will result in either profit or pivot. In this podcast, I sit down with top-tier founders, VCs, & innovators to uncover the critical decisions that fueled their massive success.
We dive deep into their journeys, exploring practical strategies you can apply. Each episode delivers actionable advice & inspiring stories designed to motivate & empower you on your own path. My mission? To decode the art of successful decision-making better than anyone in the world.
Rated the #1 podcast in the world (by my mom).
Ever wondered how the Russian oligarchs were made? This episode gives you a glimpse into that world… through someone who lived it, built through it, and survived it.
In this episode of The Profit or Pivot Podcast, Matan speaks with Marat Ressin, an entrepreneur who built and bought over 30 businesses after the fall of the Soviet Union, escaped the rising control of the KGB to Canada, and went on to build the #1 ranked university-linked business accelerator in the world.
Marat shares his unbelievable journey:
- Becoming the 22-year-old director of a government venture before the USSR collapse
- Buying Soviet factories about to go bankrupt and turning them into profitable businesses
- Facing pressure from the KGB to sell his companies and become one of their men
- Building major real estate and business turnaround projects in Canada
- Creating the York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI) and training 2,000+ entrepreneurs
- His core lessons on communication, raising money, problem-driven business creation, and AI
This is one of the most insightful, candid, and inspiring founder stories you’ll hear.
About Marat Ressin
Marat is the founder of the York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI), a globally top-ranked university-linked accelerator, professor, turnaround specialist, real estate developer, and serial entrepreneur with 30+ business acquisitions across multiple industries.
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