{"podcast":{"title":"21st Century Entrepreneurship","slug":"21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325","podcast_index_feed_id":6829325,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2328218.rss","website_url":"https://www.21ce.biz","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/96p5ua0suhv91bd2unl1ckkbnxi5?.jpg","author":"Martin Piskoric","episode_count":526,"summary":"The 21st Century Entrepreneurship Podcast is a 4 x Gold-Award weekly show that features interviews with cutting-edge leaders and successful entrepreneurs. We talk about the fundamentals of starting and growing a business, achieving and maintaining success, as well as the difficulties of entrepreneurship and its future. Subscribe to the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Podcast and never miss an episode, so you can stay on top of the curve and gain the knowledge you need to succeed in today's competitive landscape.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:19:25.375914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325"},"episode":{"title":"#512 Alec Broadfoot: When does a CEO need a #2 leader?","slug":"512-alec-broadfoot-when-does-a-ceo-need-a-2-leader","published_at":"2026-04-08T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/512-alec-broadfoot-when-does-a-ceo-need-a-2-leader","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2328218/episodes/18983511-512-alec-broadfoot-when-does-a-ceo-need-a-2-leader.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2328218/episodes/18983511-512-alec-broadfoot-when-does-a-ceo-need-a-2-leader.mp3","summary":"Alec Broadfoot is founder and CEO of VisionSpark and author of Hiring Your Right #2 Leader. We spoke about why most entrepreneurs fail to hire the right number two—and how to fix it using data instead of gut instinct. His turning point came after building a profitable company with great service but disastrous hiring results, where “we were actually firing about 7 out of 10 people.” Everything changed when he adopted structured assessments and flipped those results, proving that hiring isn’t i...","meta_description":"Alec Broadfoot is founder and CEO of VisionSpark and author of Hiring Your Right #2 Leader. We spoke about why most entrepreneurs fail to hire the right n…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1251,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/episodes/512-alec-broadfoot-when-does-a-ceo-need-a-2-leader/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/512-alec-broadfoot-when-does-a-ceo-need-a-2-leader.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}