Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchManagement vs. Leadership: The Truth About Scaling
Season 1 Episode 137
Scaling a business from $1 million to $10 million is where most founders hit a wall that feels impossible to climb. The "missing middle" is a profit-…
5 hours ago
Marketing Or Die: Why Specialized AI Wins
Season 1 Episode 136
Revenue decline is rarely a mystery; it’s usually the result of silent marketing and a refusal to adapt. Many business owners watch their numbers dro…
1 week ago
Debt as Leverage: Scaling Without Running Dry
Season 1 Episode 135
Running a business is statistically a bad idea, yet entrepreneurs dive in anyway because of a necessary, often dangerous level of optimism. This opti…
2 weeks ago
Earned Media: Why Relationships Aren't Strategy with Ronica Cleary
Episode 134
Most people buy PR the wrong way: they ask “who do you know?” and hope connections turn into coverage. We sit down with Ronica Cleary, founder of Cle…
3 weeks ago
Wagyu Wealth: Cracking the Vertical Integration Code
Episode 133
A lot of business advice sounds clean on paper until you’ve lived through thin margins, messy partnerships, and the daily grind of managing people. M…
4 weeks ago
Community Rounds: Beyond Traditional Crowdfunding
Season 1 Episode 132
Most founders try to raise money by pitching people who don’t understand their market, don’t share their mission, and still want control. We sit down…
1 month ago
Economic Engagement: Beyond Open-Book Management Basics with Bill Fotsch
Episode 131
Big companies can hide behind layers of reports and still survive. Small businesses don’t get that luxury, so we brought on Bill Fotsch to talk about…
1 month, 1 week ago
Sell Through Trust: Building Real Relationships
Episode 130
Sales is the part of business most people want to outsource first, and it’s also the part you can’t afford to ignore. We get real about why founders …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Fighting the Slop: How to Win the War Against AI Garbage
Season 1 Episode 129
Most small businesses think growth comes from squeezing margins. We’ve learned the opposite can be true: lower prices, ship more, and let volume crea…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chicken in the Box: Why Your Business Model is Broken with James Hatfield
Season 1 Episode 128
Speed decides who wins. That’s the hard truth we unpack with James Hatfield, the blue-collar builder turned Chief Revenue Officer at LiveSwitch, a vi…
2 months ago