Episodes
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Rebuilding the Business of Architecture: Craft, Modularity and Construction Arbitrage with Albert Sawano
Entrepreneurs should begin with the work that genuinely excites them, because passion provides the energy to endure the difficult steps required for success.
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Growing an Amazon Business Through Storytelling, Customer Experience, and Giving Back with Mordy Kurtz
Ordinary products can become memorable when a company gives them characters, stories, strong visual branding, and content that shows how real customers use them.
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Building a Performance Pickleball Brand and Scaling Through Amazon with Kyle Goguen
Carbon’s product-market fit became obvious in its first year when the company could not keep its initial paddles in stock, customers were pre-ordering available inventory, and Garrett was shipping orders from his garage.
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From Kitchen Table to Global Community: How The Knitting Tree LA Built a Business Around Belonging with Annette Corsino-Blair & Bruce Blair
A business can grow from a founder’s informal gathering when it preserves the original experience of sharing, teaching, and making things together.
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The Boring Industry Robots Are Quietly Taking Over with Andrew Ashur
Andrew Ashur believes high agency can substitute for experience: entrepreneurs can identify a real problem and act on it even without a relevant background.
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Why Nearshoring Plus AI Is the Greatest Leverage Opportunity for Entrepreneurs in 2026 & Beyond with Brian Samson
Brian argues that great talent is abundant but poorly distributed, so entrepreneurs should not restrict hiring to the ZIP code where they live.
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How to Build Wealth Before AI Changes Your Career with Alex Smereczniak
Alex believes equity is greater than salary and would trade short-term income for the possibility of building long-term wealth through ownership.
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How to Build Trust and a Better Model in a Broken Industry with Gordon Newton
Successful leaders should reserve the right to be wrong, but they must not stay wrong; confidence enables a decision, while extreme ownership means changing course when the decision fails.
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How to Move Fast and Win in a 200-Year-Old Industry with Danny Polise
Danny argues that expertise is not a prerequisite for success; curiosity, action, and willingness to learn can let outsiders see opportunities that industry veterans overlook.
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How to Build Software Products with No Idea, No Money, and No Experience with David Cristello
Start by finding a painful, recurring problem rather than falling in love with a business idea; David recommends being skeptical of your own ideas until customer conversations validate them.
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Start A Lucrative Business with No Ideas, Money, or Experience with Dane Maxwell
Dane says success does not depend on a degree, title, money, experience, high IQ, or initial confidence; it depends on listening, asking questions, identifying real problems, and finding experts who can solve them.
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25 Years of Recycling the Unrecyclable: Turning Worm Matter Into a $43M Global Empire with Tom Szaky
Tom Szaky says entrepreneurs should treat failure like tuition: extract the lesson, adapt the approach, and avoid paying for the same mistake twice.
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What's Still Yours: The Entrepreneur's Real Advantage in the Age of AI with David Tyler
In the age of AI, producing more output is only the price of admission; the competitive advantage is judgment about which output, ideas, and actions are worth pursuing.
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Building Brands That Last: How Understanding Customer Psychology Creates Business Growth with Jim Cobb
Failure is the foundation of success because successful people must learn to cope with setbacks, put them in perspective, and persevere toward a larger vision.
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Why AI Transformation Starts With Organizational Design, Not Better Technology with Jon Licht
Entrepreneurs do not need to master AI; their stronger advantage is deep knowledge of real customers, real products, real services, and the industry they serve.
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How to Turn Your Home Purchase or Sale Into a Dream Vacation with Kipp Lassetter
Build a valuable, durable business with persistent value; treat an eventual exit as an opportunity rather than the primary goal.
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From Science to Success to Service: Why Business Impact Leads Naturally to Giving Back with Martha Faraday
Silence can be a strategic response: when someone only wants to argue, attack your expertise, or will never become a client or donor, continuing the exchange may waste energy without producing a useful result.
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Do What the Ultra-Wealthy Do to Build Wealth and Protect Your Family with Joseph Francis Lombardi
Lombardi argues that entrepreneurs should evaluate the tax and estate consequences of a financial strategy, not just the immediate deduction or apparent investment return.
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Coffee and Wellness with Kerry Sachs
Sachs believes entrepreneurs commonly underestimate the commitment required for success and should measure success by more than financial return.
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How Successful Business Owners Can Become Their Own Source of Financing with Mark Willis
Willis argues that financial success should be planned over three, four, or five generations rather than measured by how much money is available for the next Saturday night.
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