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235: Danny Chazonoff: "Diversify Or Disappear: Payments Lessons From Sudden Regulation"
Episode 235
Danny Chazonoff, an OG of online payments, breaks down why “Pay Now” is really a high-stakes, multi-handshake system. From early online gambling and …
1 month ago
234: Colby Wegter: "Can You Build An Audience While Disliking Social Media?"
Episode 234
Colby Wegter shares how he grew audience and trust without “performing,” why he thinks the customer must lead marketing, and how he rebuilt his life …
1 month, 1 week ago
233: "The Handoff Bottleneck Nobody Solves With More AI" ft. Justin Coats & Rebecca Maloney
Episode 233
Justin Coats joins Erik for another take of their weekly issue of the AI Questions section. This time, joined as well by Rebecca Maloney, Director of…
1 month, 1 week ago
232: "Analog Path To Promotion: How Women Are Reclaiming Life Without Losing Momentum" ft. Alli Murphy
Episode 232
Erik and Alli Murphy reunite after a month-long hiatus and dig into why high-performing women (and increasingly everyone) are moving toward “analog” …
1 month, 1 week ago
231: "A Good Question Will Always Beat a Good Measurement Tool" (Reflections On Logan Yonavjak)
Episode 231
🧠 Erik’s Take
Erik treated this as a short, high-signal recap of his deeper conversation with Logan Yonavjak, but the “takeaway” that kept reappearing…
1 month, 1 week ago
230: Logan Yonavjak: "What If Leadership Readiness Could Be Measured Instead Of Guessed?"
Episode 230
Logan Yonavjak and Erik unpack why leadership “readiness” has been so hard to assess, and how Readiness Engine connects leadership traits like capaci…
1 month, 1 week ago
230: Shawn Busse: "Are You Overpaying For Marketing While Creativity Withers?"
Episode 230
Shawn Busse, founder of Kinesis, explains how his studio arts background shaped his approach to innovation, marketing, and business resilience. We co…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
229: "Where Is The Line Between Guiding AI And Outsourcing Your Voice?" ft. Justin Coats
Episode 229
Erik and Justin unpack why the “AI wrote it” controversy hit so hard, and what “human-in-the-loop” should realistically mean going forward. They land…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
228: "Why Not Me? The Permission That Turns Dreams Into A Plan" (Reflections On Vincent Van der Broeck)
Episode 228
🧠 Erik’s Take
This short review episode stayed with Erik because Vincent holds two truths that usually get treated as opposites. Vincent is relentless…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
227: Vincent Van den Broeck: "The 1% Survival Mindset That Rebuilt Everything"
Episode 227
Vincent Van den Broeck, founder of the UID Club and author of Everything Feels Impossible Until It’s Done, shares how hospitality sparked his creativ…
1 month, 3 weeks ago