Podcast Episodes

Making Deals

Season 11 Episode 688

Dave and Shannon kick off Business Brain ep. 688 on World Sake Day by riffing on a San Diego beach rental and the power of being a customer of your competitors—and your own business. They share lesso…

Published on 1 month ago

FridAI - Compare and Reviews

Season 11 Episode 867

Episode 687 opens with sponsors Paka Apparel and Shopify, then dives into a practical compare-and-contrast of LLMs. Dave sticks with ChatGPT for history and workflow but says Claude is hands-down bes…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Creating a Community

Season 11 Episode 686

Episode 686 opens with sponsors Shopify and Paka Apparel, plus a quick birthday nod to Dave. Dave recaps a concert trip to Hampton, VA: a cool, round, indoor Hampton Coliseum with great sound, but a …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

FridAI - Teaching AI to Win

Season 11 Episode 685

Dave and Shannon open a playful Casual FridAI episode for Talk/Meow Like a Pirate Day, then pivot to an NFL pick’em story: Dave joins a family pool and has ChatGPT and Perplexity generate weekly pick…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Change and Time Blocking – Business Brain 684

Dave and Shannon open with a light riff on Monte Cristo sandwiches before diving into the theme of embracing change—seasonal shifts, life rhythms, and how entrepreneurs must adapt faster than most. S…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

FridAI - Mundane AI and Less Automation

Season 11 Episode 683

In this episode of Business Brain, Dave and Shannon introduce a new Casual Friday segment called “The Mund-AI,” where they explore seemingly mundane ways they’re using AI tools like ChatGPT in everyd…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

What do you want + The Pot of Gold Myth

Season 11 Episode 682

Dave and Shannon kick off episode 682 by reframing a core entrepreneurial question: not “define success,” but “what are you building toward?” They discuss lifestyle businesses without stigma, urging …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

FridAI - AI Guardrails

Season 11 Episode 681

Dave and Shannon kick off Casual Friday by troubleshooting a recent recording delay that turned out to be an AI video agent (Opus Clip beta) hammering CPU, noting browser quirks and local processing.…

Published on 2 months ago

Q&A with Dave and Shannon

Season 11 Episode 680

Dave and Shannon open episode 680 by diving into listener mail: Mike’s favorite interview question (“How many ways can you use a pencil?”) as a way to break candidates out of scripted answers and spa…

Published on 2 months ago

FridAI Leadership + AI SEO

Season 11 Episode 679

Dave and Shannon kick off this Casual Friday episode with some lighthearted banter about the difference between chop suey and chow mein before diving into a deeper conversation about AI’s role in lea…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago