Two Podcasts That Ask Essential Questions About Creativity, Passion, and Success

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Why Authors Write features conversations with best-selling authors to discover what propelled them from inspiration to publication. Each episode explores the powerful, emotional moments that shape the books we want to read.

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The 100X Entrepreneur asks founders who achieve extreme business growth to reflect on the foundations and the impact of their outsized success. We zero in on problems they set out to solve, the lessons they learned, and the passion that inspires them to keep on climbing higher.

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Books at the Cutting Edge of Social, Business, and Digital Transformation

From The 100X Entrepreneur: Stories of Extreme Growth, to Starting Up Smarter, Managing for Social Impact, and Smart Products, Smarter Services (the Internet of Things) — all the way back to my trailblazing international best-seller Doing Business on the Internet in 1993 — my research and writing explores the tectonic forces driving profound shifts– before most people realize the ground is already shaking under their feet.

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What Do Entrepreneurs and Best-Selling Authors Have in Common?

More Than You Might Imagine

Mary J. Cronin

I’m Mary J. Cronin, entrepreneur, author, creator, researcher, and growth catalyst. My life work centers on the foundations of organizational and creative success. As a Boston College research professor, I’ve spent years studying founders who scale their startups at extraordinary speed—often by seeing opportunity, risk, and execution differently than their peers. During my decade in The Boston Authors Club, I’ve interviewed writers of extraordinary, award-winning books to find out how they translate inner vision into words that move millions of readers.

Here’s what I’ve discovered:

  • Every high-growth business starts with a creative founder asking WHY

  • Authors of powerful best sellers all have fascinating book catalyst backstories

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