The Disruptive Entrepreneur


The Disruptive Entrepreneur is an interview-style audio podcast focusing on business and entrepreneurship, hosted by Rob Moore. Free weekly episodes of the podcast feature guests from the worlds of business, literature, entertainment, sports, media and culture.

Format

The Disruptive Entrepreneur is primarily an interview-style dialogue between host Rob Moore and a guest. The interview episodes conclude with a question segment, in which the host asks the guest "What does the word disruptive mean to you?" The podcast also features "Rob's Rant" and "Caffeine Cast" short episodes. Content is uncensored and there are no advertisements.

Episodes

The podcast is available on iTunes., there are more than 290 episodes of the show, averaging 10 to 110 minutes in length. There are usually two video and audio episodes per week including interviews with MBEs, celebrities, athletes, and business experts.

Guests

In the 52nd episode, published July 2016, Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, expressed his views on current and future technology trends, including VR and artificial intelligence. The special 250th episode in April 2018 featured unedited interview with the infamous conspiracy theorist David Icke. Other notable guests include the following:

List of notable guests

EpisodeRelease DateGuest
#16March 21, 2016Gerald Ratner
#20April 4, 2016Kabir Sehgal
#22April 11, 2016Jo Fairley
#30May 9, 2016John Frederick Demartini
#54August 1, 2016Frank Bruno, MBE
#56August 8, 2016Shaa Wasmund, MBE
#74October 9, 2016Beth Tweddle, MBE
#86November 14, 2016Steve Davis, OBE
#102January 9, 2017Kevin Clifton
#112February 6, 2017Dorian Yates
#115February 13, 2017Richard Reed, CBE
#122March 6, 2017Tony Buzan
#125March 13, 2017Simon Weston, CBE
#129March 26, 2017Sahar Hashemi, OBE
#131April 2, 2017Darren Stanton
#140April 30, 2017Quentin Willson
#145May 14, 2017Daley Thompson, CBE
#174August 13, 2017Steve Shirley, DBE
#187September 24, 2017Terry Waite, CBE
#207November 20, 2017John Barnes, MBE
#210November 27, 2017Charles Uzzell-Edwards
#241March 5, 2018Seth Godin
#256April 23, 2018Matthew Syed
#258April 29, 2018Jake Wood
#261May 6, 2018Douglas Urbanski
#268May 27, 2018John McAfee
#270June 3, 2018Nicole Arbour

Reception

The podcast has become one of the most popular in the UK business category. In February 2016, eight days after its launch, it entered list of Top 100 podcasts on British iTunes. In 2016, Australian airline Qantas included The Disruptive Entrepreneur podcast, hosted by Omny Studio, as part of its on-demand in-flight entertainment system.