Shows
Alabama's Morning News with JTGary Kusin on 'Snow Plow Managers'2025-07-2106 min
West Michigan's Morning NewsSnow Plow ManagersWorkplace Expert and Author of bestselling book "Always Learning" - Gary Kusin joins us to discuss the dangers of a Snow Plow Manager.2025-07-2104 min
The Jeff Crilley ShowGary Kusin, Co-Founder of GameStop, Former CEO of Kinko's, & Author of "Always Learning" | The Jeff Crilley ShowMost of us would feel blessed if we could run one large company in our life, but the man who is sitting next to me has led three very large companies: GameStop, Kinkos, & Laura Mercier. He says failure is the best teacher. Gary Kusin is in the studio.2025-07-1520 min
CEO Spotlight"When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight" remembering Fred SmithGary Kusin, Former CEO, FedEx Kinko's; author, "Always Learning"2025-06-2609 min
The Matthews Mentality PodcastE51: GameStop Founder – Gary KusinIn this episode of the Matthews Mentality Podcast, host Kyle Matthews sits down with legendary entrepreneur and business leader Gary Kusin. Gary shares his inspiring journey from co-founding globally recognized brands like Babbage’s (which evolved into GameStop) and Laura Mercier Cosmetics to leading Kinko’s transformation and its eventual sale to FedEx. This discussion covers Gary's early life experiences, pivotal career decisions, the challenges and triumphs in the business world, and his unwavering commitment to giving back to underserved communities. Tune in to hear about his incredible professional arc, key lessons learned, and his insights on fostering a succ...2025-02-251h 23
The Deja Vu ShowHustle-Her Tip - Monday 1/27/25Deja is breaking don business tips from the successful CEO, Gary Kusin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2025-01-2701 min
Behind the ReviewLeadership Lessons from Gary Kusin's Entrepreneurial JourneyEmily sat down with Gary Kusin, a mentor, investor, entrepreneur, and author of "Always Learning." Gary shares his journey from co-founding GameStop to launching Laura Mercier Cosmetics and leading FedEx & Kinko's merger. Hear the lessons and strategies that helped him build global brands and turn around struggling businesses. If you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned business owner, Gary's insights on leadership, marketing, and innovation are sure to inspire and provide helpful guidance.More about the episodeTheme Music by Ali Schwartz and Meserole Sound2025-01-1653 min
Independence by Design™#413: From GameStop to Kinko's: Gary Kusin on Building, Scaling, and Creating Legacy BusinessesIn this episode of Independence by Design™, I sit down with Gary Kusin—an entrepreneur who built some of the most recognizable brands in the world, including GameStop and Kinko’s. Gary's incredible journey, from starting Babbage’s (which became GameStop) to leading Kinko’s to a billion-dollar sale to FedEx, is packed with lessons on scaling businesses, transitioning leadership, and maintaining company culture. Watch on YouTube
We explore Gary's principles of leadership, his approach to mentorship, and how he helped align operations with the ownership's goals to achieve long-term value creation. Gary dives into how he...2024-10-311h 09
Show Your Value with Lee BensonA Business Masterclass with Gary Kusin (GameStop co-founder)Gary Kusin is the co-founder of GameStop, the world’s largest video game retailer, and served as President and CEO of Kinko’s, where he led the company through significant growth and a major acquisition by FedEx. Gary’s career is marked by a deep understanding of how to drive alignment, foster intellectual curiosity, and harness the power of pattern recognition to create value. His strategic insights have helped him turn struggling operations into thriving businesses, and his leadership philosophy continues to inspire entrepreneurs and executives across various industries.Key Takeaways:- Power of Alignment: Gary s...2024-10-091h 02
Retail DisruptedMalls, Makeup and Meme Stocks with Gary KusinGary Kusin, co-founder of GameStop and Laura Mercier Cosmetics, joins Natalie on the podcast to discuss: GameStop’s origins: what inspired Gary and James McCurry to launch the world’s first video game store in the early 80s? Successes and missed opportunities: what would Gary have done differently? The pivot to makeup: Gary discusses how a conversation with former Macy’s Chairman Terry Lundgren sparked the idea for Laura Mercier. Continuous improvement versus continuous change. Customer centricity: why so many brands today fail to get this right. Kinko’s: Gary shares how, as Kinko’s CEO, he turned the loss-ma...2024-09-2345 min
Success Story with Scott D. ClaryGary Kusin - Founder of GameStop | When You Lose Everything➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory ➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ About The GuestGary Kusin is a pioneering American entrepreneur and business executive, best known as the co-founder of GameStop, a Fortune 500 company that revolutionized the video game retail industry. His journey began in cosmetics, founding Babbage's in 1984, which evolved into GameStop under his visionary leadership. Kusin's strategic acumen transformed GameStop from a single store into a global powerhouse with over 7,000 locations across 14 countries, reshaping how consumers access and exp...2024-08-261h 15
Travis Makes Money927: Gary Kusin | GameStop Stock Explained by Co-FounderGary Kusin is a mentor, investor, entrepreneur, and business advisor. He today advises an array of public and private companies, large and small, on strategy, management, and growth issues. In addition, Gary continues his full mentoring schedule and has mentored well over 500 individuals during his career. Mr. Kusin co-founded two companies, Babbage’s, operating as GameStop (NYSE: GME), and Laura Mercier Cosmetics, which are well-known global brands today. Gary spent 13 years as a senior advisor to the global private equity firm TPG, including a large amount of his time mentoring CEOs of TPG portfolio companies. He served from 2001-2006 as...2024-07-011h 33Travis Makes Money927: Gary Kusin | GameStop Stock Explained by Co-FounderGary Kusin is a mentor, investor, entrepreneur, and business advisor. He today advises an array of public and private companies, large and small, on strategy, management, and growth issues. In addition, Gary continues his full mentoring schedule and has mentored well over 500 individuals during his career. Mr. Kusin co-founded two companies, Babbage’s, operating as GameStop (NYSE: GME), and Laura Mercier Cosmetics, which are well-known global brands today. Gary spent 13 years as a senior advisor to the global private equity firm TPG, including a large amount of his time mentoring CEOs of TPG portfolio companies. He served from 2001-2006 as...2024-07-011h 28
The Small Business Radio Show#795 How Gary Kusin Created GameStopSegment 1 with Gary Kusin starting at 0:00.I remember when my kids were growing up, my youngest son Daniel visited Gamestop the day it opened up near our home. He said that now since we were so close to Gamestop, our home would be more valuable. I am not sure about that but certainly GameStop has had a big effect on the gaming industry and the stock market.Gary Kusin, co-founded two companies, Babbage’s, operating today as GameStop (NYSE: GME), and Laura Mercier Cosmetics. He served from 2001-2006 as President and Chief Executive Officer of...2024-06-2031 min
Liftoff with Keith NewmanGary KusinBack in the day #GameStop CEO Gary Kusin opened one of the first software only stores in a brick and mortar world. He brought his deep understanding of marketing and retailing with a slim background in software and took the plunge. Hundreds of millions in sales, hundreds of stores and hundreds of stories followed. We chat up everything from the good and bad at the helm of what would become the icon for a meme stock era along with his stories running an innovative cosmetics co and a turnaround of the iconic Kinko's brand only to sell to Fedex. Gar...2024-06-1141 min
MILMO ShowStrategies for Business Growth and Strategic ExitsA lot of blood, sweat, and tears go into building a business. As a founder, you’ll wear many hats to get things done. It can be challenging to find time and energy to be strategic about growing or innovating in your business. In this episode, Gary Kusin shares his decades of wisdom on successfully scaling businesses, managing pivotal moments with teams, building a valuable brand that could be acquired, and evaluating growth opportunities. Gary is a mentor, investor, entrepreneur, business advisor, and author of Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling Up from GameStop to Laura Merc...2024-05-2047 min
Main Street Business#500 $100M+ GameStop Founder Reveals His Story w/ Gary KusinIn this episode of the Main Street Business Podcast, host Mark J. Kohler welcomes entrepreneur and GameStop co-founder, Gary Kusin to share his insights and experience with other aspiring leaders. Gary maps out his journey to becoming an industry leader himself and empowers emerging entrepreneurs to think beyond predefined passions.Here's what you can look forward to:Mark delves into Gary’s impressive career trajectory and how it’s made an impact on the corporate world.The importance of applying an analytical approach to different ventures.How Gary transitioned to the CEO role at Kinko's to impl...2024-05-1730 min
The Action CatalystCLIP: Founding GameStop, First In The WorldGary Kusin, co-founder of GameStop, Laura Mercier Cosmetics, and former President and CEO of Kinko’s, tells the story of launching what would become GameStop, and how the catalyst for it's innovative business model was staring them in the face for so long.Hear Gary's full interview in Episode 457 of The Action Catalyst.2024-05-1604 min
Thirty Minute MentorsEpisode 227: GameStop Co-Founder Gary KusinGary Kusin is the co-founder of GameStop and Laura Mercier Cosmetics and was the CEO of Kinko’s. Gary led the turnaround of Kinko’s and its acquisition by and integration into FedEx. Gary joins Adam to share his journey and his best lessons and advice. Gary and Adam discuss a wide range of topics: leadership, entrepreneurship, building winning relationships, building winning teams and cultures, feedback, mentorship, and much more. 2024-05-1438 minThe Action CatalystAlways Learning, with Gary Kusin (Leadership, Improvement, Mentorship, Software)Gary Kusin, co-founder of GameStop, Laura Mercier Cosmetics, and former President and CEO of Kinko’s, unveils his new book Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling Up from GameStop to Laura Mercier and Beyond, and shares insights on alignment and accountability, respect, honesty, and integrity, continuous change, tackling toxicity, good reasons vs real reasons, only getting paid for the stuff you DON’T like, launching what would become GameStop, the delicate and sometimes dark nature of mentorship, the 4 most mission-critical things to look for when hiring, and not necessarily being driven to win, but refusing to lose.2024-05-0729 min
Leader's EdgeBurial Insurance to Short SqueezeA conversation with GameStop’s Co-founder
Video games, eccentric personalities and past presidential candidates have all made their way through Gary Kusin's career.
The entrepreneur and business mentor is the former CEO of FedEx Office and co-founded the company now known as GameStop. Kusin shares how he started the first large-scale video game retailer, why GameStop surged in the financial market during the meme stock craze of 2021, and how a summer internship at an insurance company changed his outlook on leadership and life. We spoke with Kusin ahead of the April 30 publication of his new book, Always Learning.2024-05-0130 min
Leader's EdgeBurial Insurance to Short SqueezeA conversation with GameStop’s Co-founder
Video games, eccentric personalities and past presidential candidates have all made their way through Gary Kusin's career.
The entrepreneur and business mentor is the former CEO of FedEx Office and co-founded the company now known as GameStop. Kusin shares how he started the first large-scale video game retailer, why GameStop surged in the financial market during the meme stock craze of 2021, and how a summer internship at an insurance company changed his outlook on leadership and life. We spoke with Kusin ahead of the April 30 publication of his new book, Always Learning.2024-05-0130 min
Startup of the Year Podcast#0121 - GameStop CEO, Author, and Entrepreneur Gary Kusin Discusses His New Book “Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling up from GameStop to Laura Mercier”On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, our host, entrepreneur, and investor, Frank Gruber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankgruber) is joined by Gary Kusin, Co-Founder of GameStop and Laura Mercier Cosmetics, former President and CEO of Kinkos, and author of his new book “Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling up from Gamestop to Laura Mercier.” Be sure to check out Kusin’s new book, “Always Learning: Lessons on Leveling up from Gamestop to Laura Mercier.” You can order it here: www.GaryKusin.com. We invite you all to join our commu...2024-04-3045 min
Let Me Know - Kiss Army Sweden PodcastDo You Love Me?En vanligt, ovanligt charmigt par i form av Raija & Janne Zetterblad. Här berättas historien bakom hur en KISS Kruise sätter extra mycket fart på kärleken mellan två KISS-nerds och hur man fortsätter att nörda tillsammans under många år.
Självklart har vi samtidigt avhandlat detta denna gång:
Kiss i Stockholm, Göteborg, Helsingfors och New York, Raija, Janne, Creaturesfest med Bruce Kulick, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss och Vinnie Vincent, Kan Vinnie spela gitarr? Johan Flygare, Meet & Greet, Johan Carlén, Kissnerds in Sweden, skivpuck, onboarding, chilitest, Kiss Alive, Sweet...2022-05-202h 11Let Me Know - Kiss Army Sweden PodcastDo You Love Me?En vanligt, ovanligt charmigt par i form av Raija & Janne Zetterblad. Här berättas historien bakom hur en KISS Kruise sätter extra mycket fart på kärleken mellan två KISS-nerds och hur man fortsätter att nörda tillsammans under många år.
Självklart har vi samtidigt avhandlat detta denna gång:
Kiss i Stockholm, Göteborg, Helsingfors och New York, Raija, Janne, Creaturesfest med Bruce Kulick, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss och Vinnie Vincent, Kan Vinnie spela gitarr? Johan Flygare, Meet & Greet, Johan Carlén, Kissnerds in Sweden, skivpuck, onboarding, chilitest, Kiss Alive, Sweet...2022-05-202h 11
The Business Essential PodcastExclusive Interview with CNBC Senior Tech Reporter Ari LevyOur guest, Ari Levy, is the Senior Tech Correspondent for CNBC and dives into numerous topics during this episode. We go through how he got to CNBC, tech ipo's, Gamestop, and his favorite memories covering Silicon Valley. We also have breaking news on the Roblox ipo which is set to debut in 2021. In addition, the link to read Ari's interview with the founder of Gamestop, Gary Kusin, is below:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/31/gamestop-craziness-hits-close-to-home-for-ben-kusin-co-founders-son.html
2021-02-1236 min
Me Retiro IndignadoEpisodio 3 - Temporada 2 - Lo que paso con Gamestop y el caso de Cami y la música indie cuicaNotas y más información:
Gamestop:
En Español:
https://www.fayerwayer.com/2021/01/robinhood-que-es-gamestop/
https://www.fayerwayer.com/2021/02/gamestop-quien-es-roaring-kitty/
https://www.tec.com.pe/gamestop-los-usuarios-de-reddit-estan-haciendo-donaciones-de-caridad-con-el-dinero-ganado/
https://www.tarreo.com/noticias/608114/CEO-de-Nasdaq-recomienda-detener-comercio-de-acciones-de-Gamestop-para-permitir-a-inversores-adaptarse-a-oleada-de-compras-de-Reddit
https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-55850982
En Inglés:
https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/democrats-in-congress-will-hold-at-least-2-hearings-about-wall-streets-practices-following-the-gamestop-short-squeeze/articleshow/80535033.cms
2021-02-031h 25
Retail Gets RealTreeHouse’s bold plan to dominate a $200 billion industryThe “do-it-for-me” segment of the home remodeling and renovation industry is worth over $200 billion annually — but it’s fragmented, with no one having the largest percentage of sales revenue between countless individual professionals and small companies. Gary Kusin, chairman and CEO of Treehouse, a sustainable home improvement company, is on a mission to transform the industry and emerge as the market leader. Learn more at www.nrf.com.2018-07-1619 min
CompuSchmooze PodcastCompuSchmooze June 2005: AIIM On Demand Conference Spotlights Digital DocumentsCompuSchmooze June 2005: AIIM On Demand Conference Spotlights Digital DocumentsBy Steven L. LubetkinCopyright © 2005 Steven L. Lubetkin. All rights reserved.WORD COUNT: 656
From May 17-19, more than 20,000 professionals involved in document creation, publishing, and distribution converged on the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia for the AIIM On Demand conference, one of the largest exhibits of technology devoted to printing, publishing, and document delivery.
Gutenberg would have been amazed at how far publishing has come.
The globalization of business is forcing companies to customize their materials for different markets, l...2005-06-2400 minCompuSchmooze PodcastCompuSchmooze Podcast #5: AIIM OnDemand ShowCompuSchmooze Podcast #5: AIIM OnDemand
Steve attended the AIIM OnDemand show in Philadelphia this week. It’s one of the largest shows devoted to the digital document management, printing, and publishing industry, and more than 20,000 people attended the show. This program offers a soundscape look at some of the technologies and trends being discussed at the AIIM OnDemand show.Podcast Show Notes
0:00 to 2:58: Steve describes some of the activity on the exhibition floor. Pasadena Paper has a business card drawing for a pallet of paper. Steve decides NOT to enter the drawing. Kodak demonstrates high-volume, hi...2005-05-2000 min
Step Inside Your Ears To A Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook.You're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan by Thomas J. Neff, James M. CitrinPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/157909to listen full audiobooks.
Title: You're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan
Author: Thomas J. Neff, James M. Citrin
Narrator: Eric Conger
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Release date: May 10, 2005
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Genres: HR & Admin
Publisher's Summary:
Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance. Tom Neff and...2005-05-105h 49
Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentYou're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan by James M. Citrin, Thomas J. NeffPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/157909 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan Author: James M. Citrin, Thomas J. Neff Narrator: Eric Conger Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 10, 2005 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance. Tom Neff...2005-05-1010 minDownload Incredible Full Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentYou're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan by James M. Citrin, Thomas J. NeffPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/157909to listen full audiobooks.
Title: You're in Charge--Now What?: The 8 Point Plan
Author: James M. Citrin, Thomas J. Neff
Narrator: Eric Conger
Format: Abridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Release date: May 10, 2005
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2
Genres: Career Development
Publisher's Summary:
Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance. Tom Neff and...2005-05-105h 49