# The “Cognitive Hunger” That Shapes Successful CEOs with Peter Cohan Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-kitbag-1282405/the-cognitive-hunger-that-shapes-successful-ceos-with-peter-cohan Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-kitbag-1282405/the-cognitive-hunger-that-shapes-successful-ceos-with-peter-cohan.md Podcast: [The Leader's Kitbag](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-kitbag-1282405) Published: 2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.ben-morton.com Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/14bce94e-5a7d-4e4c-a928-a2d662712e12.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leader-s-kitbag-1282405/episodes/the-cognitive-hunger-that-shapes-successful-ceos-with-peter-cohan Duration seconds: 241 ## Resource In these ‘SHORTS’ episodes of my podcast, I select my favourite moments from previous episodes. This one comes from episode 183, with Peter Cohan, author of Scaling Your Startup , lecturer at Babson College and advisor to hundreds of early-stage and high-growth companies.     Only 0.4% of all founders continue running their companies three years post-IPO – in this clip, Peter unpacks how “cognitive hunger” sets them apart from the other 99.6%.     Once you’ve listened to the ‘SHORT’, why not click the link below and tune in to the full episode?     Enjoyed The Short?     Listen to the full episode here. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leader-s-kitbag-1282405/episodes/the-cognitive-hunger-that-shapes-successful-ceos-with-peter-cohan/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leader-s-kitbag-1282405/the-cognitive-hunger-that-shapes-successful-ceos-with-peter-cohan.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.