
Jar of Genius
Russ Perry + Jeremy Finlay
Welcome to the Jar of Genius Podcast!
Hosted by Russ Perry and Jeremy Finlay, this podcast helps entrepreneurs unlock their creative genius to achieve breakthroughs in business and life. Creativity isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something you forge. In every episode, Russ and Jeremy share pragmatic, experience-backed insights to help you grow both professionally and personally. Tune in on the 1st and 15th of every month for actionable strategies to fuel your creative adventures.
About Russ Perry
Russ Perry is a visionary entrepreneur, business strategist, and the founder of Design Pickle, a subscription-based creative services platform that’s transformed how businesses access graphic design. With innovation, resilience, and a commitment to excellence, Russ has scaled Design Pickle into one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., serving thousands of businesses globally.
As a speaker and author, Russ inspires audiences with his journey of entrepreneurial perseverance and insights into creative industry trends. His leadership philosophy—rooted in authenticity, clarity, and accountability—encourages others to embrace bold decisions and turn challenges into opportunities. Russ continues to motivate a new generation of leaders to create lasting impact through purposeful action.
•Instagram: @russperry
•Website: www.russperry.co
•Learn more about Design Pickle: www.designpickle.com
About Jeremy Finlay
Jeremy Finlay is an award-winning director, Forbes contributor, tech founder, and Emmy-nominated singer who has generated over $100M in sales for his clients. As the founder of Salesumentary, Jeremy uses storytelling and sales psychology to help brands connect authentically. His “sales documentaries” have attracted high-profile clients like Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, Matthew McConaughey, and Mike Tyson, elevating their brands through cinematic narratives that drive engagement and trust.
Jeremy’s expertise spans arts, technology, and business strategy, making him a trusted leader in the entrepreneurial world. Through Forbes and beyond, he shares innovative insights on scaling businesses, authentic marketing, and achieving success. His diverse achievements reflect his dedication to building genuine connections and empowering others to reach their highest potential.
Jeremy’s latest venture, Quantiem, is a personal performance app for entrepreneurs, CEOs, and high achievers. It offers tools for focus, meditation, therapy, and more through premium video and audio content, helping users improve business, relationships, and overall well-being.
•Instagram: @jeremyfinlay
•Discover Quantiem: www.quantiem.com
All episodes
Best episodes
Seasons
Top 10 Jar of Genius Episodes
Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Jar of Genius episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Jar of Genius for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Jar of Genius episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

CreaTech Episode 5 | (Ft. Rob Morris, Design Pickle)
Jar of Genius
09/08/23 • 31 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology!
Today's guest is none other than Design Pickle's very own VP of Creative Operations, Rob Morris! Rob has an extensive career that ranges from his time in the US Army as a Troop Fire Support Officer to companies like Sears Holdings Corporation, to Crate and Barrel, and eventually to Design Pickle itself!
Listen in as Rob and Russ go over over topics like managing in-house creative teams to creative tools that revolutionizing the creative operations industry!
To follow Rob, connect with him on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertmor...
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/
Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/designpickle Twitter at https://twitter.com/designpickle and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/designpickle/

CreaTech Episode 6 | (Ft. Erik Mansur, Ziflow)
Jar of Genius
09/22/23 • 39 min
Russ's Links:
Russ's Instagram: www.instagram.com/russperry
Russ's Newsletter: https://russperry.substack.com/
Use Design Pickle, The #1 Subscription Based Design Service: www.designpickle.com
Jeremy's Links:
Jeremy's Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeremyfinlay
Get Quantiem, The #1 App For Entrepreneurs: https://www.quantiem.com/

CreaTech Episode 1 | (Ft. Karen Hite, Hite Digital)
Jar of Genius
07/14/23 • 40 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology!
Today's guest is the Co-Founder of Hite Digital; an Experienced Salesforce Administrator with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in systems such as High Level, Hubspot, Ontraport, Vanilla Soft, and more!
Feel free to follow Karen Hite:
Mastering the Sale
Mastermind
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/
Also, in need of creative services? Design Pickle is YOUR creative easy button! Design Pickle is an on-demand creative services platform, enabling thousands of businesses around the world to scale their creative content.
Powered by a global subscription workforce and custom-built technology, Design Pickle offers graphic design, custom illustrations, presentation design, and motion graphic services at a flat rate.
To learn more about what you can create with Design Pickle, visit www.designpickle.com.

CreaTech Episode 4 | (Ft. Luke Miler, DCNY)
Jar of Genius
08/25/23 • 38 min
Russ's Links:
Russ's Instagram: www.instagram.com/russperry
Russ's Newsletter: https://russperry.substack.com/
Use Design Pickle, The #1 Subscription Based Design Service: www.designpickle.com
Jeremy's Links:
Jeremy's Instagram: www.instagram.com/jeremyfinlay
Get Quantiem, The #1 App For Entrepreneurs: https://www.quantiem.com/

CreaTech Episode 4 | (Ft. Luke Miler, DCNY)
Jar of Genius
08/25/23 • 38 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology!!
Today's guest is none other than the Founder of DCNY himself, Luke Miler!
Luke has an extensive career of founding companies like DCNY, Daillly; and co-founding companies like Vivio World and Capricom Interactive! Luke brings well over twenty years of experience to the table in regards to entrepreneurship, business, and overcoming creativity blocks with the use of developing technology!
Feel free to follow Luke on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukemiler/
Also, are you in need of better software development for your business? Check out DCNY to do software development in a better way: https://www.dcny.co/
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/

01/05/24 • 34 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology!
Today's guest is Dan Martell, Founder & CEO of SaaS Academy, the largest SaaS coaching program in the world. Aside from being a successful serial Entrepreneur, Dan is also an Investor, Coach and Author of the best selling book, Buy Back Your Time.
In this episode, Dan spills the tea (er, pickle juice) on how the landscape for SaaS businesses like Design Pickle is changing, sharing his theories for how the size and makeup of today's SaaS businesses have evolved (and why), to the tools and creative thinking that have helped them scale and thrive in a apocalyptic (read: COVID) world.
To follow Dan Martell, connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmartell/
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/
You can also listen to CreaTech on any Podcast listening platform:
Buzzsprout: https://createch.buzzsprout.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ygoESglOfuWX75iQHHuKb
Google Podcast:
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8yMTcyMzk3LnJzcw==
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/createch/id1696311257?uo=4
We can also be found on Amazon Music, Castro, Overcast, and Castbox!

07/07/23 • 2 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology. If you leverage, make, or sell creativity or technology, you won’t want to miss this monthly deep dive full of unfettered opinions from pros and spicy data-backed trends!
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/
Also, in need of creative services? Design Pickle is YOUR creative easy button! Design Pickle is an on-demand creative services platform, enabling thousands of businesses around the world to scale their creative content.
Powered by a global subscription workforce and custom-built technology, Design Pickle offers graphic design, custom illustrations, presentation design, and motion graphic services at a flat rate.
To learn more about what you can create with Design Pickle, visit www.designpickle.com.
Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/designpickle Twitter at https://twitter.com/designpickle and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/designpickle/

07/28/23 • 39 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology. If you leverage, make, or sell creativity or technology, you won’t want to miss this monthly deep dive full of unfettered opinions from pros and spicy data-backed trends!
Today's guest is none other than the President of Content at Scale herself, Julia McCoy! She is the author of 8 books, and also known as the "Content Hacker" and the "Content Queen" by ChatGPT!
Feel free to follow Julia McCoy:
Content Hacker
Free Training Course
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/
Also, in need of creative services? Design Pickle is YOUR creative easy button! Design Pickle is an on-demand creative services platform, enabling thousands of businesses around the world to scale their creative content.
Powered by a global subscription workforce and custom-built technology, Design Pickle offers graphic design, custom illustrations, presentation design, and motion graphic services at a flat rate.
To learn more about what you can create with Design Pickle, visit www.designpickle.com.

CreaTech Episode 8 | (Ft. Ryan Narod, MutinyHQ)
Jar of Genius
11/17/23 • 36 min
Powered by Design Pickle, hosted by Russ Perry, this exciting, nerdy podcast shines a spotlight on the intersection of creativity and technology!
Today's guest is Ryan Narod, Head of Marketing for MutinyHQ! As users of Mutiny's platform, Design Pickle's marketing team knows first-hand how powerful a conversion optimization tool like this can be. MutinyHQ leverages technology and creativity to create personalized web experiences.
Listen in as Ryan and Russ talk about the vast possibilities of leveraging data (technology) with personalized experiences (creative design) in our ever-evolving landscape.
To follow Ryan, connect with him on LinkedIN: / ryannarod
For more information on upcoming episodes, show notes and future guests, follow us at: https://designpickle.com/createch/
You can also listen to CreaTech on any Podcast listening platform:
Buzzsprout: https://createch.buzzsprout.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ygoESg...
Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
We can also be found on Amazon Music, Castro, Overcast, and Castbox!
Show more best episodes

Show more best episodes
FAQ
How many episodes does Jar of Genius have?
Jar of Genius currently has 43 episodes available.
What topics does Jar of Genius cover?
The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Podcasts, Business Growth, Arts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Jar of Genius?
The episode title 'CreaTech Episode 1 | (Ft. Karen Hite, Hite Digital)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Jar of Genius?
The average episode length on Jar of Genius is 32 minutes.
How often are episodes of Jar of Genius released?
Episodes of Jar of Genius are typically released every 13 days, 20 hours.
When was the first episode of Jar of Genius?
The first episode of Jar of Genius was released on Jul 7, 2023.
Show more FAQ

Show more FAQ