About this episode

Joshua Gould discusses the challenges and strategies of building a $100M global company.

What does it really take to build a company that scales across borders, industries, and even global crises? Joshua is the CEO of The Big Word, a global language services and technology company that has grown to over $100 million in revenue while serving governments, healthcare systems, and legal institutions worldwide. From launching a translation business in New York just before the financial crisis… to pivoting into government contracts during wartime… to navigating AI disruption and selling a majority stake of his company, Josh shares what it really looks like to build and scale an international business.

People in this episode

Host: Serena Holmes

Guest: Joshua Gould

Topics covered

• business growth
• scaling companies
• global markets
• entrepreneurship
• language services
• AI disruption

Keywords

• global company
• business scaling
• entrepreneurship
• language services
• AI disruption
• government contracts
• international business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Big Word

Places: New York

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