Mile 40 Pod Ep 140 Ft Steven Puri - Unscripted Success: A Manifesto on Curiosity, Courage, & Change
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Welcome back to the Mile 40 Podcast! In this episode, host Bishoy Tadros sits down with Steven Puri, a dynamic entrepreneur whose journey spans from producing award-winning Hollywood blockbusters like "Independence Day" to launching innovative tech ventures aimed at helping people find fulfillment and focus in their lives.
Steven opens up about his unique upbringing as the son of immigrant parents, his early start in coding and journalism, and the lessons learned from both his greatest successes and toughest failures. With warmth and humor, he shares reflections on transforming setbacks into comebacks—including the power of storytelling, the importance of curiosity and listening, and what it means to align purpose with meaningful work.
Steven also reveals how his latest company, Sukha, is helping people reclaim their time and happiness in a world overflowing with distractions. Plus, listeners will get a glimpse into the personal side of Steven’s life, from his journey into fatherhood to meeting his wife on a yoga mat in New York City, and why he believes meeting people where they are is the true key to leadership and connection.
Whether you’re an aspiring leader, an entrepreneur, or just someone seeking inspiration for your own journey, this episode is packed with stories, life lessons, and the reminder that no matter the setback, the comeback is always within reach. Tune in for a conversation you won’t want to miss!
Steven is the Founder and CEO of The Sukha Company with the mission to help millions of people find their focus, achieve more and have a healthy work life.
Steven's career started as a newscaster/interviewer for the #1 youth news show in the DC/Baltimore market (on WTTG-TV) and then as a junior software engineer & Thomas J. Watson Scholar at IBM. After attending USC in Los Angeles, he began working in film production and produced computer-generated visual effects for 14 movies including Independence Day which won the Academy Award for Visual Effects.
Steven’s first tech company was Centropolis Effects that produced those CGI effects, and he eventually sold it to the German media conglomerate Das Werk when he was 28.
Steven then produced some indie films and eventually went studio-side to develop and produce live-action features as a VP of Development & Production at 20th Century Fox (running the Die Hard and Wolverine franchises) and an EVP at DreamWorks Pictures for Kurtzman-Orci Productions where he worked on Star Trek, Transformers and more.
After Fox, Steven returned to building tech companies and founded The Sukha Company - ‘sukha’ means ‘happiness from self-fulfillment’ in Sanskrit. The Sukha is a focus app that bundles all the tools necessary to have a focused experience and a healthy, productive workday.
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