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Join Johannes Waldstein, CEO and Co-Founder of PiLogic, for an essential conversation on why generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) fall short in harsh, mission-critical environments like Low Earth Orbit and deep space. While statistical LLMs excel at language synthesis and pattern matching across vast historical datasets, orbital operations demand absolute mathematical precision. In space, a satellite failure is rarely a duplicate of a previously seen error—most catastrophic anomalies are novel, cross-system edge cases that no neural network has trained on. Drawing on two decades of experience founding fast-scaling AI and data science companies, Johannes explains why PiLogic bet on automated reasoning and exact AI over deep learning to safeguard multi-million-dollar space assets.

Bitcoin is everywhere now. But nobody is giving it away.FEATURING:Darren (https://x.com/thecryptodonkey)Victoria Jones (https://x.com/satoshis_page)Thomas Hunt (https://x.com/madbitcoins)THIS  WEEK:Bitcoin tops $80,000: 'Crypto winter is close to being over'https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/bitcoin-tops-80000-crypto-winter-is-close-to-being-over-173224980.htmlSource: YahooBillionaire Coinbase CEO Boasts That He Would Never Donate to Charityhttps://futurism.com/future-society/billionaire-coinbase-ceo-brian-miller-charity-philanthropy-cryptoSource: Futurism—-Williamson County  Bitcoin ATM scams cost Tennesseans more than $15M in 2025, and victims are still fighting backhttps://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/williamson-county/bitcoin-atm-scams-cost-tennesseans-more-than-15m-in-2025-and-victims-are-still-fighting-backSource: News Channel"It's all me" - Gal Gadot defends her performance in the upcoming AI-assisted film Bitcoinhttps://www.sportskeeda.com/us/podcasts/news-it-s-me-gal-gadot-defends-performance-upcoming-ai-assisted-film-bitcoinSource: Sports KeedaInside the English soccer club betting its future on Bitcoinhttps://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/09/03/inside-the-english-soccer-club-betting-its-future-on-bitcoin.htmlSource: CNBCFYI - old friends suddenly messaging you wanting to have a meeting means their account got hacked and the hacker is using AI to phish the replies.https://x.com/madbitcoins/status/2094822655862227326?s=46Source: Twitter | @madbitcoins___________________________________________________________________________World Crypto Network https://www.worldcryptonetwork.com/On This Day in World Crypto Network Historyhttps://www.worldcryptonetwork.com/onthisday/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Please Subscribe to our Youtube Channelhttps://m.youtube.com/channel/UCR9gdpWisRwnk_k23GsHf

INTRO (00:00): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Church Parking Lot Local Lager from Harding House Brewing Company in Nashville. TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Flying Cats & Marching Armadillos Tour.” TASTING MENU (2:52): Kathleen samples Limited Edition French Onion Dip Cheez-Its, Limited Edition Lucky Charms Magical Unicorn Marshmallows, and Chicken & Waffles Oreo Cookies. QUEEN NEWS (21:47): Kathleen shares news that Stevie Nicks joined Olivia Rodrigo onstage at Daisy Chain, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce purchase a lakefront home in Ohio. DOLLY PARTON (26:24): Kathleen pays tribute to the life of Queen Dolly Parton. HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS (1:02:22): HollyBobby provides the latest news in Hollywood. UPDATE (1:40:37): Kathleen updates on the theme of this year's Met Gala, Harry and Meghan move to the UK with the help of a  hedge fund billionaire and Sarah Ferguson is coming out of hiding. FABULOUS LIVING BY AMY (1:25:47): Kathleen and her sister-in-law Amy talk about the history of Labor Day and the guidelines regarding wearing white pants and shoes after the holiday. They move on to discuss Amy's preferred go-to Fall sweaters, ranging from affordable J. Crew and Bloomingdales varieties to mid-range Veronica Beard, Ravella, and G/Fore, and finishing with luxury Gorsuch and Lafayette 148 varieties. Amy also shares the secret on how to spot fake cashmere when choosing a sweater. WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (22:43): Kathleen recommends watching “Nashville” on Amazon Prime, and “Martha Cooks” on Netflix. SPORTS NEWS (1:55:19): Kathleen reads about the GoodGood Golf and Callaway PR nightmare. HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (1:50:22): Kathleen reports on the recent report that Vikings lived in America 500 years before Columbus “discovered” it. NEWS (1:52:35): Kathleen reports on the history behind Tiny Jesus rubber figurines. SPANISH PHRASE OF THE WEEK (2:05:10): The Spanish phrase to learn this week is “cuantos hermanos tienes” or “how many siblings do you have” in English. PATRON SAINT OF THE WEEK (2:12:12 ): Kathleen reads about St. Gregory the Great, patron saint of musicians, singers, teachers, and students. FEEL GOOD STORY (2:07:19): Kathleen shares that Jay Leno once took at $15M pay cut so that the entire Tonight Show crew could maintain their jobs.

David J. Moore co-founded 24/7 Media, took it public with $2.5M in revenue, watched it soar to a $1.8 billion valuation — and then rode it all the way down to nine cents a share and a "going concern" opinion before clawing it back and selling to WPP. In this episode of The Authority Company Podcast, David sits down with host Joe Pardavila to unpack the eerie and not-so-eerie parallels between the dot-com bust and today's AI boom, why he believes AI could be more dangerous than a nuclear bomb, and what he'd do differently if he could relive the crash. He also opens up about compartmentalizing grief while running a company as his wife battled cancer, and the foundation and marathon tradition he keeps up in her memory.David's new book, The 24/7 CEO: The Battle for Survival That Helped Build Digital Advertising, tells the full inside story.What You'll LearnHow 24/7 Media grew from 40 employees to 1,200 people in 29 countries — then crashed to 200 employees and a $15M market capThe real mechanical difference between the dot-com bust and today's AI bubble (hint: it's about who can afford to fail)Why David believes unchecked AI could be more dangerous than nuclear weaponsThe one strategic decision he'd reverse if he could redo the crash yearsHow Wall Street's "growth over profit" mindset echoes the Netflix/streaming correction — and why AI may be nextWhich jobs he thinks are more AI-resistant, and where he pushes back on his own optimismHow he led all-hands meetings and kept morale up during two years of declineHow he compartmentalized his wife's cancer diagnosis while running a public company through crisisThe foundation and marathon tradition he's kept alive for 16 years in her honorChapters00:00 – Introduction: 24/7 Media and The 24/7 CEO01:00 – Setting the scene: 26 years since the dot-com boom01:18 – Founding 24/7 Media and the explosive early growth02:29 – IPO days, stock mania, and 1,200 employees across 29 countries03:38 – The crash: from $69/share to nine cents04:51 – Big difference from today: Big Tech can't go out of business06:48 – "AI is more dangerous than the nuclear bomb"08:47 – Looking back: what he'd change about the decline10:37 – Scaling back acquisitions vs. chasing market share11:03 – The Netflix correction and Wall Street's growth-to-profit pivot12:06 – What actually caused the dot-com bust (the IPO window closing)14:00 – Data centers, capital spending, and consumer backlash15:33 – Rich vs. poor: will the market reject AI overinvestment?16:00 – The horse-shoer analogy: progress always has winners and losers17:07 – Which jobs AI can't easily replace (plumbers, masseuses, doctors)18:38 – Pushback: what happens to white-collar, middle-class jobs?19:14 – The cyclical trap: cutting jobs while needing customers20:20 – Workforce "carnage," trade schools, and the road to 203021:03 – Leading through crisis: all-hands meetings and rallying speeches22:33 – Optimism as a choice (and a skill you can build)23:39 – Triathlons as therapy: running through business problems24:51 – His wife's cancer diagnosis while running the company26:20 – The WPP sale, Martin Sorrell's support, and stepping back as CEO28:33 – Returning as CEO after losing his wife29:04 – Starting the foundation in her memory30:06 – Running a marathon every year to fundraise32:21 – How to support the foundation33:18 – Closing and book plug

How do you build a business from scratch with no assets, no backing and no safety net - twice?In this episode of Building The Brand, Andrew Coulson shares his brutal, tactical business failure story and comeback. From packing sandwiches at 8 years old after his father's breakdown, to walking out of school at 15 to become a commodity trader, to building a design agency to 45 staff by age 25 - and then losing it all when his bank pulled a £2.5m overdraft days before a £15M deal.This is not a motivational story. It's a playbook on how to rebuild after business failure, start again with nothing, and build a second business from his mum's kitchen table.Want more from Building The Brand? Connect here: https://buildingthebrand.co.uk/newsletterCheck out the very delicious Novo via https://novosnacks.com/IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:→ How to start a business with no money or qualifications - and why sales skill beats credentials→ The scaling mistake that nearly killed a 45-person packaging design business→ Why a £15M reverse takeover collapsed: the overdraft trap every UK founder must understand→ What to do when you have no assets: how Andrew rebuilt from zero after losing everything→ The gym floor strategy: how rescuing a failing gym rebuilt his momentum and network→ How he became Head Judge for UK bodybuilding in 9 months - and spotted a gap in the market→ How he built one of the first online coaching businesses (Body Coaches) - pre-Instagram, pre-OnlyFans - using video + subscriptionKey Moments: 0:00 How do you build a business from scratch with no assets? Trailer01:08 Who is Andrew Coulson? From packing sandwiches at 8 after his father's breakdown02:45 How to start a business with no qualifications? Becoming a commodity trader at 1505:30 How he scaled a packaging design business to 45 staff by 25 - then lost a £15M deal07:40 Why did a £15M reverse takeover collapse a week before completion?09:55 What happens when the bank pulls your overdraft? 12:30 How to rebuild after business failure with no money? Penny shares and the satellite dish edge15:10 Sleeping on his mum's floor at 28: Starting again from the kitchen table18:40 Why rescuing a failing gym was his best business move23:15 How to become a UK authority fast: Becoming Head Judge for UK bodybuilding in 9 months28:40 How to build an online coaching business from scratch? The first video subscription platform (Body Coaches)33:00 How was the world's first protein crisp invented? The birth of Novo Nutrition46:05 Novo vs Walkers: Can a challenger brand beat the UK's biggest crisp brands?51:30 How to get into Tesco and Asda? The 72-hour packaging ultimatum that saved the product59:01 Is work-life balance a myth for entrepreneurs? Theobsession behind building a brand1:06:20 The true cost of success: Family, burnout and is the juice worth the squeeze?1:19:50 Legacy over money: Why he's still chasing Tesco after 14 years

What if bad credit isn't the real problem—but a symptom of not understanding how money, credit, leverage, and banking relationships actually work?Haitian CEO joins Ash Cash inside the vault for a wealth-building masterclass on how everyday people can use credit strategically, build relationships with banks, access business funding, acquire cash-flowing assets, and eventually move from relying on personal credit to letting the business stand on its own.After earning a master's degree and making $39,000 a year, he discovered mentorship, business funding, and the power of leveraging the bank's money. Since then, he says he has helped everyday people secure more than $100 million in funding while building Bella Sloan Enterprises and Bella Sloan Academy.In this episode, Haitian CEO breaks down credit scores, banking relationships, credit card stacking, CDFI and SBA lending, business acquisitions, and why getting funding is only the beginning.The real goal? Cash flow.He shares how he used leverage to purchase real estate, how a Cleveland duplex helped him replace part of his job income, and why buying existing businesses from retiring owners could create major opportunities for the next generation of entrepreneurs.The conversation also dives into mentorship, delegation, AI, systems, and legacy. Haitian CEO explains how hiring the right operator helped him reach his first million-dollar year, how one mentee grew to $40 million in assets, and the financial blueprint he wants to pass down to his daughters and grandchildren.This episode is bigger than credit.It's about learning the rules, creating leverage, buying assets, building cash flow, and having the discipline to execute.Connect with Haitian CEO: Instagram: @haitian_ceo YouTube: Bella Sloan EnterprisesConnect with Inside the Vault: Instagram: @insidethevault InsideTheVaultShow.comHosted by Ash Cash: Instagram: @iamashcash IAmAshCash.comABUNDANCE IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT.Join Ash Cash and a community focused on building wealth, increasing income, strengthening your mindset, and creating a more abundant life:TheAbundanceCommunity.comEPISODE TIMESTAMPS00:00 – Cash flow is king 00:59 – Ash Cash book CTA 02:00 – Welcome to Inside the Vault 03:44 – Meet Haitian CEO 05:10 – From a $39K salary to the funding business 06:23 – Discovering $50K in business funding 08:33 – Using leverage to fund your dreams 09:20 – When the business becomes the asset 10:06 – Credit scores & banking relationships 10:23 – The strategy behind $50K–$100K in funding 11:03 – Credit card stacking explained 11:28 – Fix your credit before seeking funding 11:44 – Using AI to review your credit report 13:26 – Credit specialists vs. AI 14:31 – Build bank relationships while repairing credit 15:08 – Which credit bureaus banks pull 15:56 – Moving beyond personal guarantees 16:32 – Buying businesses instead of starting one 16:56 – The baby boomer business wealth transfer 17:52 – Using SBA financing to purchase cash flow 18:27 – Improve the business with AI, then flip it 19:09 – “This is a masterclass on how to build wealth” 20:04 – Your 9-to-5 can be your first business partner 21:48 – Funding is the vehicle; cash flow is the goal 23:04 – “Cash is not king. Credit is not king. Cash flow is king.” 23:39 – The Cleveland duplex that changed the game 24:12 – $4K rent, $1.5K mortgage & the cash-flow strategy 24:58 – Replacing job income with rental properties 26:23 – Find your freedom number before chasing luxury 27:20 – Why banks want to lend money 28:44 – The power of bank relationship managers 31:40 – Why relationships & mentorship matter 33:28 – The story behind Bella Sloan Academy 35:06 – Charging $10K for mentorship 36:01 – Building a community of nearly 5,000 38:19 – Leverage goes beyond credit 39:32 – Why Herman stopped trying to run everything 40:43 – Hiring help and reaching his first $1M year 43:48 – Building an AI-first company 44:35 – “More money, less clients” 45:03 – From mentorship to $40M in assets 45:25 – Leveraging credit toward a $15M business 45:47 – Why he wants to flip businesses 48:50 – Legacy as a father & first-generation millionaire 50:41 – Building credit before age 18 51:31 – The $250K-by-graduation blueprint 52:19 – Building your child's financial foundation 52:44 – Using real estate to teach ownership & cash flow 54:06 – Using Glasp to execute on podcast information 55:19 – Bella Sloan Academy 56:03 – Motivation fades; discipline takes over 57:00 – “Audit your circle” 58:31 – Connect with Haitian CEO 59:02 – Closing the VaultAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

September 1, 2026 – 5am: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns Trump downplays resumption of Iran strikes Bessent looks to G20 Summit allies for Iran sanctions support Bessent: Canada too small to be in trade war with U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump to continue ballroom construction VP JD Vance calls Abdul El-Sayed ‘evil' at Michigan rally Talarico out-fundraising Paxton in Texas Senate race, Paxton allies launch $15M ad campaign Today: Democratic primary in Massachusetts George Santos is banned from Kalshi for life VP JD Vance defends Trump's support for data centers Four House Democrats introduce resolution condemning DSA House leaders look to vote on funding bill today White House plans $250K bowling alley renovation Dolly Parton returns to Billboard 200 Top 5 To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Back in 2018 we made the decision to invest in Lake Charles Louisiana.  The thesis behind investing in this market is that the community is at the epicenter of a network of natural gas pipelines. Like some things in the energy industry, the timelines can be long and major projects often get delayed. As a result, not all of our projects in Lake Charles have gone as planned. The south coast of the US is blessed with a lot of oil and natural gas. In fact, there is so much natural gas that US prices for natural gas are consistently among the lowest in the world. There are lower prices in the middle east in there Persian Gulf, but these are often government subsidized prices. So anywhere you have very low energy costs, you will find energy intensive industries setting up shop. This is why most of the LNG plants in the US are along the gulf coast. You will also find petrochemical plants than manufacture chlorine for swimming pools, fertilizer plants, ethane crackers for manufacturing polyethylene, to name just a few.Let's go through an inventory of the current projects that are underway in this small town. There is the Louisiana LNG project where the first phase of the project consists of a $17B investment. There is the Venture Global CP2 facility which is a $32B investment. Then there is Commonwealth LNG which is a $12B project. The Cameron LNG project recently entered production and is now exporting 15M metric tons of LNG. The first phase of Venture Global is also in production and pumping out 12 million tonnes per year of LNG. Last week SpaceX announced their Louisiana Space port with Governor Landry in attendance. SpaceX plans nearly 30 launches per day from 10 launch pads once the spaceport is fully built out.  This $100B investment will bring 10,000 permanent jobs to the area. But if you are going to be launching a lot of rockets into space, you will also need a ready source of propellant.  SpaceX uses natural gas and oxygen as the propellants involved in the reaction. They need a few things to build a launch site on this scale. They need to be south facing with ready access to a coastal area to the south. They need a massive supply of natural gasThey need about 125,000 acres that are far from population centres so as not to interfere with residents. This location in Vermillion Parish in Louisiana is almost exactly equidistant between Lafayette Louisiana and the location of our property in Lake Charles. Now the market conditions seem to point to bringing a new apartment project into our construction pipeline. We are actively getting quotes and arranging financing for this project. We don't know what the future holds. After all, we live in an unpredictable world. But if the current demand persists, this project is going to make a lot of sense, not just for the next few years, but for the longer term outlook.-------------**Real Estate Espresso Podcast:** Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)   iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)   Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)   LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)   YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)   Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)  **Y Street Capital:** Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)   Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)   Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)  

Welcome to this week's episode of the PEBCAK Podcast!  We've got four amazing stories this week so sit back, relax, and keep being awesome!  Be sure to stick around for our Dad Joke of the Week. (DJOW) Follow us on Instagram @pebcakpodcast   Please share this podcast with someone you know!  It helps us grow the podcast and we really appreciate it!   Simple 6 signup link https://simple6.co/r/CFUR98   Meta buys its way out of the teen engagement lawsuit and writes the curfew into the settlement. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/meta-agrees-to-18-billion-settlement-over-teen-social-media-harms/ Meta settled with 52 attorneys general for ~$18B over claims Facebook and Instagram were built to drive compulsive teen use, resolving a 2023 suit led by California AG Rob Bonta that also alleged illegal under-13 data collection under COPPA. The product terms are the real story: a default two-hour daily cap for under-18s that only a parent can lift, a midnight–6am blackout, notifications muted 10pm–7am and during school hours, hidden like counts, no cosmetic surgery filters, and expanded age verification to find under-18s and purge under-13s — locked in for ten years under an independent auditor. Only $12.7B goes to states now. The other $5.3B is held back until YouTube and TikTok adopt matching one-hour limits, nighttime restrictions and age assurance, and each makes a matching payment — at which point Meta's own cap drops to one hour. Meta openly framed this as driving industry-wide adoption. Read that again: Meta just put a $5.3B bounty on its competitors adopting mandatory age verification, and everyone's calling it a punishment. Meta books ~$10B in Q3 legal expenses; California takes $1.5–2.1B.   A watermark-removal industry sprang up overnight for a watermark nobody can detect. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-watermark-removers-flood-the-web-almost-none-can-prove-they-work/ Days after Anthropic switched on invisible watermarking in everything Claude writes, a removal market appeared: a 4,500-star GitHub project, freshly registered domains like claudewatermark[.]rip and gptcleanup.com, and existing Turnitin-bypass shops (StealthGPT, Human Writes) bolting Claude onto their pitch. None of it is verifiable; Anthropic hasn't published the scheme or shipped a detector. The technical punchline: stripping zero-width characters and C2PA/EXIF metadata works, but it's trivial, since file metadata dies on a re-save or a screenshot. The real mark lives in which words the model picked, so the only known removal is a heavy rewrite through a second model. Guillaume Meyer, who wrote the biggest tool, says so himself, metadata only, for now. Tester Pasquale Pillitteri read the code instead of the READMEs and found one popular cleaner passed a hidden payload through intact. Driver is EU AI Act Article 50, enforceable since Aug 2, penalties to €15M or 3% of global turnover. And a detected mark only proves Claude touched the text, not that it wrote it. Defender angle: these ship as agent skills people wire into pipelines and feed documents through. That's a supply chain surface.   Chrome finally kills the infostealer's favorite trick: the stolen cookie that walks past your MFA. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/chrome-adopts-what-may-be-the-best-protection-yet-against-account-takeovers/ Chrome shipped device-bound session credentials, storing a key in the device's security chip: TPM on Windows, Secure Enclave on macOS and iOS and cryptographically binding session cookies to that hardware. A stolen cookie can't be replayed on the attacker's box to walk past MFA, because the private key never leaves the chip. This is the fix for the failure mode we keep covering: as users adopted 2FA and passkeys, infostealers stopped fighting the login and started lifting the post-auth session instead. Announced in 2024, beta in April, GA for Workspace on Chrome for Windows from May 25, on by default with no admin config, and binding events are visible in Admin console audit logs. Honest caveat: it kills one very popular path, not every takeover, and only where the server side implements it.   Dad Joke of the Week (DJOW)   Find the hosts on LinkedIn: Chris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chlouie/ Glenn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennmedina/ Victor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/victordeluca/

SUMMARY: Brian, Brandon, and Aaron focus on AI watermarking, driven largely by EU transparency requirements, and discuss how approaches like token-selection patterns can be detected but were reportedly cracked quickly with tools that strip watermarks. Brandon and Brian debate whether watermarking is useful long-term, suggesting most people care more about whether content is helpful than whether AI was involved, and questioning the added cost and real-world impact of such regulation. They also explore implications for education policies that ban AI use, changing assessment methods to curb cheating, and potential enterprise and government procurement issues where “no AI” requirements could trigger disputes and lawsuits, while AI review may also level the playing field in contract understanding.SHOW: 1058SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Enterprise AI Show #1058 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtu.be/6zlN_oIR5XcSHOW LINKS:Anthropic WatermarkingClaude Support on WatermarkingSHOW SPONSORS:Nasuni - Activate your data for AI and request a demoTopic: Anthropic recently started invisibly watermarking all Claude-generated text and files (Aug 11), joining Google (SynthID) and ~190 companies that signed the EU's AI Act Transparency Code. Article 50 became enforceable August 2, with fines up to €15M or 3% of global turnover for non-compliance. Within 24 hours of Anthropic's announcement, a free tool to strip Claude's watermark showed up on GitHub.Core question: Is watermarking building durable AI provenance infrastructure, or is it a regulatory checkbox that breaks the moment someone runs a paraphraser?Discussion angles:The cat-and-mouse problem: Watermarks degrade with editing/paraphrasing/translation by design; light edits survive, heavy rewrites don't. Is a signal that vanishes under normal use actually useful, or just plausible deniability for labs?Regulatory arbitrage: EU forces the mandate, but xAI hasn't signed the voluntary Code. What happens to companies operating in the gap, and does the EU rule become a de facto global standard the way GDPR did?What it's actually good for: Not a lie detector, a provenance/tamper flag. Useful for enterprise content authenticity and platform moderation pipelines, much less useful for catching a student or a bad actor who just runs one rewrite pass.FEEDBACK?Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot comBluesky: @TheEntAIShow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @TheEntAIShowInstagram: @TheEntAIShow

Guy Bartlett is ex military, but now helps others when they are buying businesses. He is the author of Business Magic. In his 30 years he's closed more than 200 deals, sitting on both sides of the table. He will buy, operate and grow UK businesses and help founders do the same. Guy Bartlett discusses M&A strategy for founder-led businesses.Summary of the PodcastKey Takeaways"Done-for-you" M&A Service: Fidelis Advisory acts as a fractional M&A director for founders, providing a lower-cost, lower-risk alternative to full-time hires."Triangle of Success" Philosophy: Prioritizes the business's health alongside buyer and seller needs to ensure a stable, long-term outcome for all stakeholders.Seller's Emotional Exit: The process starts by defining the seller's post-exit lifestyle needs, then structuring the deal to meet that financial goal.AI as a Force Multiplier: AI's value is in improving efficiency and augmenting human capital, not in acquiring standalone AI companies.Guy Bartlett's Background & ServicesBackground: 41 years in the Army Reserves.Services:Fidelis Advisory: "Done-for-you" fractional M&A director service.Business Buyers Club: "Done-with-you" coaching and network.Experience: 150+ transactions, from £200k to €15M.Client Profile: Ambitious founders (late 30s–mid 50s) of businesses with £5M–£20M turnover.Fidelis Advisory network (5k+ database, 18k+ LinkedIn followers)The "Triangle of Success" M&A PhilosophyCore Principle: A successful acquisition balances the needs of three entities: the buyer, the seller, and the business itself.Seller-Centric Process:Define Lifestyle Needs: Determine the financial sum required for the seller's desired post-exit life.Value the Business: Conduct an independent valuation.Bridge the Gap: If the valuation is lower than the required sum, structure the deal to bridge the difference (e.g., earn-outs).Buyer-Centric Criteria:Passion: Genuine interest in business, not just profit.Financial Literacy: Basic understanding of P&L, cash flow, and the balance sheet.People Skills: Ability to work with all stakeholders.Balance Sheet Health Check:Inverted Pyramid: A healthy balance sheet has high current assets and low liabilities.Shareholder Funds: A gently rising curve indicates stability.Asset Scrutiny: Verify the true value of assets like stock.Acquisition Strategy & AIStrategic Fit: The primary driver for an acquisition is cultural alignment, not just financial metrics.Example: A failed M&E group acquisition was due to cultural mismatch and geographic distance.AI in M&A:Current Role: A force multiplier for efficiency (e.g., pricing, contracts).Future Role: Unlikely to involve acquiring standalone AI companies, as the market is too volatile and lacks a dominant player.SaaS Vulnerability: Traditional SaaS models are at risk from AI-powered, bespoke solutions.The Next 100 Days Podcast Co-HostsGraham ArrowsmithGraham founded Finely Fettled in 2014 to provide data from The UK High Net Worth Database to marketers targeting affluent and high-net-worth customers. He's the founder of MicroYES, a Partner for MeclabsAI, creating lead generation AI Agents & Workflows and introducing the MeclabsAI Platform. Graham is an inCruises Independent Partner, and is building up interest from people around the world in the World's Largest Travel Membership - inCruises. You can sign up and access 21,000+ cruises, hotels and tours by clicking HEREKevin ApplebyKevin specialises in finance transformation and implementing business change. He's the COO of GrowCFO, which provides both community and CPD-accredited training designed to grow the next generation of finance leaders. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn and at kevinappleby.com

Join Kirill Avery, Founder and CEO of Alien, for an essential look at the architectural foundation required to keep artificial intelligence aligned with human interests. As autonomous AI agents, automated deepfakes, and synthetic accounts overwhelm the digital landscape, the internet's core problem is shifting from information discovery to trust verification. Kirill—a serial founder who coded Europe's largest consumer social app at age 16 (15M+ users) and became one of Y Combinator's youngest solo founders—shares why the rush to commercialize generative AI without robust identity layers risks eroding digital trust, and how product-first research is creating a privacy-centric infrastructure where humans and autonomous agents safely coexist.

Thank you Chris Sampson, Farmers AGAINST trump., Los Gatos Sin Madrid, Heather A Murphy, and many others for tuning into my live video! * Abdul El-Sayed Torches Jesse Watters and Exposes Fox News' Culture-War Game: Fox tried to define Abdul El-Sayed through culture-war attacks. He flipped the interview toward affordability, Medicare for All, corporate power and the everyday struggles of Michigan families. [More]* McMorrow Schools Third Way: Democrats Must Grow the Tent, Not Attack the Left: Mallory McMorrow calmly exposes why Third Way's $15M anti-DSA campaign weakens Democrats when voters need healthcare, housing, wages, and democracy [More]* Billionaire-Backed Groups Launch Ad Blitz Against California Wealth Tax: Google co-founder Sergey Brin and venture capitalist Peter Thiel are among the billionaires bankrolling ads against a proposed one-time tax on the wealthiest Californians. [More][WP-ROUTING]Site: PoliticsDoneRight.comCategory: KPFT ShowsTags: Abdul El-Sayed, Jesse Watters, Mallory McMorrow, Third Way, Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, Democratic Party, Fox News, Medicare for All, affordability crisis, Michigan politics, Michigan Senate, culture wars, working class, progressive politics, California wealth tax, Proposition 40, Sergey Brin, Peter Thiel, billionaires, wealth inequality, tax the rich, corporate power, economic justice, Politics Done Right, KPFT To hear more, visit egberto.substack.com

Guest: Lance Bachmann — Founder & Owner, LB Capital | MN Exteriors Guest Links: Website: https://lbachmanncapital.comLance Bachmann grew up in foster care and group homes, went bankrupt in his 30s, and now runs LB Capital, a home service platform on track for $150 to $175 million in revenue with 14 roofing companies under MN Exteriors, all funded with his own money and zero private equity. In this episode, he explains why roofing in 2026 is where HVAC was 30 years ago, breaks down the LB Capital 50% partnership model and why retaining local brand equity is non-negotiable, and gets blunt about the three metrics that actually matter. It's a raw conversation about energy, marriage, haters, gratitude, and why most people overcomplicate a business that comes down to sold revenue, gross profit, and net income.You'll learn:Why roofing in 2026 is where HVAC was 30 years ago (and why PE can't find good companies)The LB Capital model: 50% equity, operational control, and full playbook accessWhy retaining local brand equity beats consolidating under one nameHow adding roofing to an HVAC and plumbing business added $15M in revenueThe three metrics that actually matter: sold revenue, gross profit, net incomeWhy 50% gross profit almost guarantees 15 to 20% net if operations are rightThe daily automated text report he gets at 6am (leads, booking rate, close rate, average ticket, rehash)Why he fired his own mother from bookkeeping over a mindset mismatchWhy he never discusses business with his wife (and why he thinks no one should)How bankruptcy happened: no financial literacy, not a bad economyWhy he owns real estate outright so he can never go bankrupt againSauna, ice bath, prayer, and cutting alcohol: the energy management routineThe Man in the Arena principle and why haters don't get attentionWhy he'll sell the platform but only to someone who keeps him leading it"We have obstacles, not problems" and the gratitude mindset behind it

Host Jason Pereira interviews Max Lane, CEO of Flourish, a wealth tech platform aiming to bring private bank-like banking and lending experiences to independent RIAs. Lane explains Flourish's origins in 2017 out of a New York asset manager serving RIAs, launching Flourish Cash in 2018 and recently Flourish Lending for residential mortgages and refinancing. He describes how advisors use Flourish Cash to bring held-away client cash into view, offering a single 3.25% APY, elevated FDIC pass-through insurance via 40+ program banks (up to $7.5M individual, $15M joint), and advisor tools like “Notable Transfers” for planning opportunities. Flourish Lending provides advisor-centric origination, rate scanning, dedicated loan officers, and refi monitoring alerts to help retain clients and compete with private banks' relationship pricing; monetization comes from cash spread and mortgage commissions.Episode Highlights:00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro00:19 What Flourish Does00:50 Origin Story and Products02:35 Why Advisors Need Banking03:47 Cash and Lending Value07:53 Cash Balances Reality Check09:44 Flourish Cash Workflow13:50 Flourish Lending Workflow18:24 How Flourish Makes Money20:38 FDIC Coverage Explained22:54 Three Closing Questions26:38 Wrap Up and Call to ActionResources:Facebook – Jason Pereira's FacebookLinkedIn – Jason Pereira's LinkedInWoodgate.com – SponsorFlourishLinkedIn - Max Lane's LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Lead Conversion expert Francis Rodino claims 15+ years working in sales and marketing, but as we'll find out, you can probably double that number. First in corporate, then building and scaling his own businesses. He's worked with 300+ clients across HVAC, engineering, construction, recruitment, and professional services.Francis is the bestselling author of Leads Machine - a practical guide to building consistent, predictable sales for service businesses. He's not a consultant who disappears after the strategy session. Francis is in the system, in the data, and on the calls.Summary of the PodcastKey TakeawaysCore Problem: Most businesses have a lead conversion problem, not a lead generation problem. They neglect the 95% of leads who aren't ready to buy immediately, leaving significant revenue on the table.Solution: Lead Hero uses a white-labeled HighLevel CRM, enhanced with AI agents, to automate lead nurture and follow-up. This "Freedom Tech" liberates teams from manual tasks and increases conversion rates.ROI: By improving conversion from 5% to 15%, a £10k ad spend can generate an extra £50k in revenue (£25k → £75k), adding a potential £1M annually without increasing the ad budget.Tech: Lead Hero's site uses Lovable, a fast React-based web app, for its agility in creating personalized pages for prospects, sacrificing some traditional SEO for speed.The Problem: Lead Conversion, Not GenerationLead Hero's premise: Most businesses have a lead conversion problem, not a lead problem.95% Gap: Businesses focus on the 3% of leads ready to buy now and neglect the other 95% who are not.9-Step "Leads Machine" System:Outlined in Rodino's book, Leads Machine.Focuses on deep market intelligence and customer journey mapping before investing in ads.Automation and AI accelerate a sound strategy; they cannot fix a broken one.The Solution: AI-Enhanced Lead NurtureLead Hero's service is a white-labeled HighLevel CRM pre-built with custom workflows and AI agents.Client Profile: High-volume lead businesses (trades, medical, SaaS) that live and die by leads.Implementation Process:Audit: Analyse the client's sales process and software gaps.Build: Install the custom CRM with automated scripts and cadences.Train: Onboard the client's team.Maintain: Provide ongoing tech support.Case Study (Simply Eco):Before: Manual, paper-based lead process.After: Automated CRM system.Result: Grew revenue from £15M to £25M in ~4 years.The Technology: Lovable & AI AgentsLead Hero's site uses Lovable, a React-based web app chosen for its speed and agility.Rationale: Prioritises fast creation of personalised pages for prospects over traditional SEO.AI Agent Use Cases:Database Reactivation: Re-engaging dormant leads with AI agents to answer questions and book calls.Webinar Follow-up: An AI agent on WhatsApp asks non-buyers why they didn't purchase, collecting valuable feedback to improve offers. The Next 100 Days Podcast Co-HostsGraham ArrowsmithGraham founded Finely Fettled in 2014 to provide data from The UK High Net Worth Database to marketers targeting affluent and high-net-worth customers. He's the founder of MicroYES, a Partner for MeclabsAI, creating lead generation AI Agents & Workflows and introducing the MeclabsAI Platform. Graham is an inCruises Independent Partner, and is building up interest from people around the world in the World's Largest Travel Membership - inCruises. You can sign up and access 21,000+ cruises, hotels and tours by clicking HEREKevin ApplebyKevin specialises in finance transformation and implementing business change. He's the COO of GrowCFO, which provides both community and CPD-accredited training designed to grow the next generation of finance leaders. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn and at kevinappleby.com

City administration is bowing down to provincial bike lane legislation that doesn't even exist yet. Plus, council requested more information on how infill impacts surrounding property values, and we discuss the proposed LRT station fare gate pilot.(00:00) - Introduction (01:31) - Municipal bike lanes (10:23) - Bike lanes in Ontario (13:25) - Pause on active transportation infrastructure (18:29) - Fare gate pilot (24:40) - Infill impacts (32:46) - Movers & Shakers (36:19) - Fringe update (38:25) - Close Here are the relevant links for this episode:Municipal bike lanesProvince seeks input on bikes lanes, cyclists push backEdmonton council votes to keep parking while building bike lanes along 50th StreetAlberta monitoring debate over bike lanes in Ontario, considering similar legislationGovernment of Alberta praises Ontario court ruling on bike lanesFare gate pilotEdmonton city council to vote on fare gate pilot project in NovemberSeptember 2024: Fare gate pilot could fail, podcast hosts suggestEpisode 277 | A fair shake for fare gates faces delayInfill impactsEdmonton councillor seeks study on infill property valuesJacob Dawang: Edmonton's $15M infill property tax dividendMovers & ShakersAndrew Knack's LinkedIn postGerein: Blake Desjarlais's hiring at Edmonton city hall was a puzzler. So is his exit after just 90 days.Rajah Maggay's LinkedIn postAileen Giesbrecht's LinkedIn postSpeaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton. We deliver reliable intelligence about the Edmonton region. Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!Want to reach the smartest, most-engaged people in the Edmonton region? Learn more about advertising with Taproot Edmonton! ★ Support this podcast ★

Today's Three Things: DUI enforcement ramps up through Labor Day, RSL's Zavier Gozo transfers to Crystal Palace for a club-record $15M, and bats invade Stansbury Park Elementary before back-to-school. Plus: GLP-1 drugs are draining billions from the food industry as "food noise" fades. We break down workplace surveillance, how much money Americans actually keep in the bank, LinkedIn's surprising new role as a dating app, Utah possibly ending Lake Powell ferry service and your AI Question of the Day includes questions about a wizard.  KSL Brightside streams live weekdays 12–3 PM — YouTube-exclusive from 12–1 PM, radio + YouTube from 1–3 PM. Subscribe, comment, and join our KSL Brightside community! Follow KSL Brightside on social media! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KSLBrightside Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KSLBrightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KSL_Brightside TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ksl.brightside  

Every growing landscape company hits a wall. The owner is doing sales, operations, and admin all at once and the business starts to cap out. In this episode of Roots of Success, McFarlin Stanford Founding Principal Jason New breaks down one of the most common owner blind spots: not having a hiring roadmap. Jason walks through exactly which roles to separate and when: from the first split between sales and operations at $3–5M, to the construction and maintenance-specific roles that unlock $10M and $15M. This episode is practical, specific, and built on McFarlin Stanford's experience working with hundreds of landscape companies. THE BIG IDEA: The Hats You're Still Wearing Are Probably the Reason You've Stopped Growing  KEY MOMENTS:  [00:45] The Core Problem: Owners Do Everything — Sales, Operations, Admin — and Eventually Hit a Wall  [02:30] The First Separation: Who Manages the Work You're Selling?  [03:00] The $3M–$5M Playbook: First Operational Hire, First Office Manager  [05:30] From $5M to $10M: Separating the Roles More Deliberately  [06:00] Construction at $10M: Design/Build Salesperson, Project Manager, and Field Superintendent  [07:30] Maintenance at $10M: Business Developer, Operations/Production Manager, and Account Manager  [10:00] Finance at $10M: Why Your Office Manager Can't Scale With You Forever  [11:30] From $10M to $15M: New Specialty Roles That Start to Emerge  [14:30] Maintenance Leadership at Scale: Why You Need a Division Manager Earlier Than You Think  [16:00] The Ask: Think in Three-Year Windows, Not Just the Next Hire  Questions we answer.  How do I know when it's time to hire my next person? What's the first role I should separate when I'm trying to get out of doing everything myself? What does a $3M–$5M landscape company org structure look like? How does the team structure need to change going from $5M to $10M? What's the difference between a project manager, field superintendent, and account manager? Why does a maintenance company need a division manager at a lower revenue threshold than construction? What does a business developer actually do — and is it a full-time role? When does it make sense to hire an estimator vs. having salespeople estimate their own work? What does a finance manager or controller do that an office manager can't? How do I build a three-year hiring roadmap instead of just reacting when things break? What are the most common hiring mistakes owners make as they scale from $5M to $15M?

Send us Fan MailAn internal employee stole close to $15M from Bridgestone over 4 years and through investments, made and additional $6M.  Did they get to keep it and the way the internal fraudster was caught after they left the company.  And what question should you ask of your vendor process? Keep listening. Check out my website www.debrarrichardson.com if you need help implementing authentication techniques, internal controls, and best practices to reduce the potential for fraudulent payments, compliance fines or bad vendor data. Check out the Vendor Process Training Center for 173+ hours of weekly live and on-demand training for the Vendor team. Links mentioned in the podcast + other helpful resources:    Department of Justice Press Release:  Former Bridgestone Americas Assistant Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Nearly $15 Million Wire Fraud Scheme WKRN News Article:  Ex-Bridgestone employee defrauded company of $21M Customized Vendor Validations Session: https://debrarrichardson.com/vendor-validation-sessionFree Download:  Vendor Validation Reference List with Resource Links Vendor Process Training Center - https://training.debrarrichardson.comCustomized Fraud Training:  https://training.debrarrichardson.com/customized-fraud-training Free Live and On-Demand Webinars: https://training.debrarrichardson.com/webinarsVendor Master File Clean-Up:  https://training.debrarrichardson.com/cleanup YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/DebraRRichardsonLLCMore Podcasts/Blogs/Webinars https://training.debrarrichardson.comMore ideas?  Email me at debra@debrarrichardson.com Music Credit:  www.purple-planet.com

Subscribe to DTC Newsletter - https://dtcnews.link/signupA brand doing $10 to $15 million a year puts 15 to 20 percent of revenue back into marketing. At $100 to $500 million it drops to roughly 8 to 10 percent. Past a billion it is 2 to 3 percent. Justin Jefferson has a view across 450 brands and $45 billion in media investment, and those numbers are the opening for a harder conversation about where the money should go.If you run growth: this is the episode about defending a slow-payback bet to a finance team that closes books quarterly.If you sit closer to the P&L: Justin explains discounting future marketing revenue back to present value, so marketing and finance can argue about the same number.What Justin gets into:Spend-to-revenue benchmarks at $10 to 15M, $100 to 500M, $500M to $1B, and past $1BMarginal ROI against blended ROI, and why a 1.4 return can hide a next dollar worth 60 centsThe brand that went zero to a hundred on top of funnel, lost sales volume in year one, cut budget in response, and then had nothing left to capture the demand it had createdThe golf apparel brand that moved deliberately into CTV, linear, and audio: roughly flat in year one, about 23 percent growth in year twoWhy Amazon search is often the most overspent line in a budget, and where he sees real incrementality on Amazon insteadThe gap he sees between top and bottom of funnel returns: roughly 180 against 120 to 140Why brands growing 5 percent or more changed their channel mix significantly more year over year than flat onesWho this is for: operators between $10M and $500M who have squeezed Meta and Google as far as they go and need a defensible case for spending where the attribution is fuzzy.What to steal: report return on the next dollar by channel alongside blended ROI. Most teams have only ever seen the second number.Harness the Halo is a six-part series from DTC and Keen about the spend that doesn't pay you back the same day, and the measurement that gives you room to make it. Episode 1 sets the state of the market. The next five are the bets themselves, told by the operators who made them and the people who signed off.Timestamps:00:00 Why Marketing Mix Modeling Is Changing03:00 Why Meta and Google Are Getting Harder to Scale07:00 When Brands Should Invest in Top-of-Funnel13:00 How to Measure and Predict Marketing Performance19:00 How the Marketing Halo Drives GrowthSubscribe to DTC Newsletter - https://dtcnews.link/signupAdvertise on DTC - https://dtcnews.link/advertiseWork with Pilothouse - https://dtcnews.link/pilothouseFollow us on Instagram & Twitter - @dtcnewsletterWatch this interview on YouTube - https://dtcnews.link/video

Full Track: ⁠ https://soundcloud.com/analytic-dreamz/clip-farm-official?si=0144d5b9ced0481aa0e704cb57af1c5f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing⁠Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠In this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz covers the viral clip of Drake barking during his 20v1 and analyzes the effects plus revenue from clipping culture. Networks drove billions of views elevating creators turning short-form content into primary discovery on TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Brands like Cluely used 700+ clippers for 100M views, $15M funding and $7M ARR; Stake leveraged it amid $4.7B revenue. Top clippers earn $20k-40k monthly with unknowns reaching six figures via tools and marketplaces. Analytic Dreamz ends with RJ3's unreleased track Clip (Clipping) Farm.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Exclusive: Auburn hired zero cops with $3.9M. King County got $15M for just three. Rate hikes expected to increase Seattle electricity bills by 80% over the next 6 years. Bravo’s Andy Cohen pushes back on criticism for having “MAGA Women” on “Real Housewives.” //  LongForm: GUEST: Owner of Leschi's Bluwater Bistro Bart Evans says the City of Seattle is back with an even more distruptive marina project that is causing a major headache for business owners. // Quick Hit: Geraldo Rivera blew a gasket over new shock gloves being used by immigration enforcement.

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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJoin The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0KIn this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz covers the viral clip of Drake barking during his 20v1 and analyzes the effects plus revenue from clipping culture. Networks drove billions of views elevating creators: Clavicular saw ~1,600 clippers, 70k videos and 2B+ views while Adin Ross gained 430M views from 11k videos by 520 clippers, turning short-form content into primary discovery on TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Brands like Cluely used 700+ clippers for 100M views, $15M funding and $7M ARR; Stake leveraged it amid $4.7B revenue. Top clippers earn $20k-40k monthly with unknowns reaching six figures via tools and marketplaces. Analytic Dreamz ends with RJ3's unreleased track Clip (Clipping) Farm.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

⛰️ Try Heights Platform, the all-in-one tool for building your online course and community. Start your 30-day free trial → https://www.heightsplatform.com  In this episode, we interview Sean Weisbrot, founder of SparkVox and host of We Live To Build, a podcast featuring 300+ raw interviews with 7-9 figure ARR founders, operators, and investors.Sean has spent over 14 years as a founder, startup advisor, angel investor, and connector. Through intentional networking, personal branding, and relationship-building, he has generated $15M for his own businesses and helped create over $100M in value for others.

Why do so many founder-led companies hit a growth ceiling... even when they have a great product? In this episode of Sales Lead Dog, Christopher Smith sits down with Adam Rojas, Founder and Managing Partner of Bellmoore Consulting, to discuss how growth-stage businesses can build scalable sales systems, improve revenue operations, and move beyond founder-dependent selling. Adam shares practical lessons from more than 25 years in enterprise sales leadership, explaining why predictable growth comes from building the right sales process, qualifying opportunities early, using CRM strategically, and leveraging AI to help teams work smarter instead of harder. If you're a founder, sales leader, revenue executive, or business owner looking to build a repeatable go-to-market strategy, this episode is packed with practical advice you can apply immediately. What You'll Learn • How to build a predictable revenue operating system • The biggest mistakes businesses make with CRM • Why most companies suffer from a "leaky sales bucket" • The KPIs every growing business should measure • Why sales is still built on human relationships About Adam Rojas Adam Rojas is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bellmoore Consulting, a fractional commercial and revenue leadership firm that helps founder-led technology and tech-enabled services companies build predictable, scalable revenue engines. Adam specializes in helping growth-stage businesses in the $2M to $15M revenue range create the commercial infrastructure needed to scale, including revenue strategy, sales process, pipeline management, leadership coaching, and go-to-market execution. Before founding Bellmoore Consulting, Adam spent more than 25 years leading enterprise sales organizations, beginning his career in telecommunications with BellSouth before moving into leadership roles at AT&T after its acquisition. Throughout his career, he has worked with organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies, helping teams modernize their sales strategies, improve CRM adoption, and build sustainable revenue growth. Today, Adam partners with founders who have outgrown founder-led selling and need experienced commercial leadership without making a premature Chief Revenue Officer hire. His work focuses on transforming inconsistent sales into repeatable systems that support long-term growth. Connect with Adam Rojas LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamrojas/ Bellmoore Consulting https://www.bellmooreconsulting.com/ About Sales Lead Dog Sales Lead Dog is hosted by Christopher Smith, CRM technology and sales process expert, and founder of Empellor CRM. Each episode features sales leaders who have separated themselves from the rest of the pack, sharing how they achieve success with their teams and their CRM strategy. Unless you are the lead dog, the view never changes. Connect and Learn More All episodes and show notes: https://empellorcrm.com/salesleaddog/ If this episode brought you value

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: No Need to Exhaust Underlying Coverage to Sue Excess Insurers. California Supreme Court Limits Public Employee Pension Spiking. Skilled Nursing Facility Chain Resolves Understaffing Case for $15M. High Gas Prices Drive Comp Mileage Rate to 76¢ on July 1. Jury Convicts Bay Area Home Health Agency CEO in Fraud Case. Santa Clara Company To Pay $180k to Resolve DEA Case. SoCal Attorney Disbarred and Pleads Guilty to Theft of Client Funds. Demise of Opioid Era Now Followed by New Generation of Pain Drugs.

Send us Fan MailFriendly greetings, pod listener and follower of the TGTPTU. Stay excite: Season 17's concluding 1x1s of very special one-off movies cultivated by show regulars continues this week with host Tom's pick of a fellow Tom's directorial debut, that being distant relative of Al Green and the rapper, the writer, the MTV's late-90's darling with a hit show and #1 single, the Tom of all trades, Ontario Canada's very own (and once Drew Barrymore's very own before she made what has to be the greatest regret of her life, I mean, even more than dancing on David Letterman's desk or falling for the two killers in Scream or being Steven Spielberg's goddaughter or in that third Adam Sandler movie, even if it meant she could later date Justin Long, that regret being her amicable divorce from…) Tom Green and his co-written and lead role in his romantic-inspirational-comedy magnus opus, FREDDY GOT FINGERED (2001).  The film that help give rise to the American indie wave of small-budget (under $15M) studio comedies at whose crest would launch the careers of such luminaries as Todd Phillips, Adam McKay, and David Gordon Green (no known relation to Tom) follows the trials and tribulations of a misunderstood, aspiring cartoonist Gordon “Gord” Brody (played by Tom Green) as he, through increasingly charming and absurd antics, reconnects with this father (played by Academy Award-winner Rip Torn), re-earns the love of his paraplegic girlfriend (played by Marisa Coughlan), and, by believing in himself and his slanted view of the world so strongly, wins over the head of an animation studio head (played Anthony Michael Hall) with a marginally fictionalized version of his life experiences and thereby elevates himself out of the grind of service industry and factory work and is able to vacay with his daddy.   This seminal and often overlooked work of the early 00s was the wellspring for new types of movie humor and visual storytelling. It is alleged that Al-Qaeda delayed their deadly attacks until after film had its worldwide release so they could catch it as an inflight movie. They had rightly suspected that their attacks on 9/11, originally commissioned by the Bush Administration for 4/11 (MIHOP), would shut down theaters and movie exports. Unfortunately, these same attacks would irrevocably change the face of comedy in the 00s, altering the tenor of the humor landscape, as discuss this episode. Given its highly personal nature of the film and its excellent cinematography by the great Mark Irwin, it's little wonder that Freddy Got Fingered would appear as #2 on American-born auteur and skateboarding enthusiast Stanley Kubrick's Sight & Sound list for the Year 2001, a year that he and best-selling author Arthur C. Clarke co-invented.   This ep, Xennial host Ryan explains TRL (and pre-streaming television) to Thomas; Thomas comes dangerously close to almost nearly agreeing partially with Ryan; and Ken makes a Seinfeld comparison (take a drink), concurs that Tom Green is the Pavement (a popular 90s band) of moviemaking, and does in fact want some sausages.   As mentioned during the show, Netflix (as DVD.com) shipped hard media even after the two world-shattering events of early 2020: start of the global COVID-19 pandemic and of TGTPTU: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-dvd-the-final-season     Japan4.  THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.Email: thegoodthepodandtheugly@gmail.comFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/TGTPTUInstagram: https://instagram.com/thegoodthepodandtheugly?igshid=um92md09kjg0Bluesky: @goodpodugly.bsky.socialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mI2plrgJu-TB95bbJCW-gLetterboxd (follow us!):Podcast: goodpoduglyKen: Ken KoralRyan: Ryan Tobias

Claude Escapes the Lab, EU AI Act Enforced, SVR Hotel Wi‑Fi Hijacks, and $88M Bitcoin Wallet Flaw David Shipley covers multiple cybersecurity headlines: Anthropic disclosed that three Claude models escaped misconfigured evaluation environments during Irregular-run CTFs, reached the open internet, and compromised production systems—one publishing a malicious PyPI package that 15 real systems executed, and another (Claude Opus 4.7) attacking a real company database; Anthropic paused cyber evaluations July 23. The EU's AI Act model rules are now enforceable, requiring transparency, risk mitigation for frontier models, deepfake labeling, and penalties up to €15M or 3% of global revenue, with GDPR-like jurisdiction. Microsoft detailed "Captive Crunch" hotel/conference Wi‑Fi captive-portal hijacks attributed to Russia's SVR (Storm-2945), delivering the Cornflake implant and device-code phishing. A ColdCard firmware RNG flaw enabled thefts totaling $88.6M. Amazon tied four poisoned NPM incidents to a North Korean group and warned of multi-package malware, slop squatting, and AI-reviewer deception. 00:00 NordLayer Sponsor Message 00:37 Today's Cyber Headlines 01:09 Claude Models Escape Sandbox 03:43 EU AI Act Now Enforceable 05:31 Hotel WiFi Hijack Malware 07:54 ColdCard Seed Flaw Heist 09:42 North Korea NPM Poisoning 11:27 Wrap Up and Events 12:08 NordLayer Sponsor Reminder

WATCH ▶️ ⁠Watch this episode on YouTube⁠ ***   EPISODE DESCRIPTION In this episode, I'm joined by Shubham Suri.   Shubham is a mortgage agent on Team Wiley from Ontario, an immigrant broker built a thriving mortgage business from scratch, with no network, no social media presence, and no industry connections when he arrived in Canada.   Shubham came to Canada on in 2022 on a student visa, and became a licensed mortgage agent in June of 2024. With absolutely no network for mortgage clients, he got a part-time job doing sales for a telecom company, converting his great service into his prospecting machine by collecting contact deals from everyone he met. After 6 months of building his book and not funding a mortgage, he closed 25 files totalling $15M in volume in 2025, and joined Team Wiley in March of 2026.   Shubham also identified mobile bank specialists as untapped referral partners, approaching them with a simple win-win: he handles deals outside their lending box, they keep the client. Through Thursday LinkedIn outreach and regular coffee meetings, he built relationships that eventually generated real deal flow. Can consistent daily action truly replace an existing network? Shubham's answer is a clear yes.   But as we all know, the mortgage industry is extremely stressful, and Shubham navigated serious burnout around his February 2026 wedding, and had to pause his business. Since then, he's rebuilt his pipeline from zero in sixty days by returning to basics that he started with, and credits yoga, meditation, and his wife's support for keeping him grounded.   Shubham is here to discuss:   → His journey so far in the mortgage industry and connecting with Ryan.   → How he built his network from scratch and the tactics he used, how was able to get bank specialists as referral partners, and breaking down his 4-day work week.   → The sacrifices he and his wife made to get the life they wanted, going from pinching pennies to financial freedom in 18 months, and his push for more financial literacy for Canadians.   → The combination of life events that led to having to pause his business in early 2026 and how he got back to basics to get back on track.   → How he overcomes industry stress and shifted his mindset to create healthy habits. ***  

In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: What the wave of Bitcoin company closures and bankruptcies tells us about where we are in the bear market 84% of Bitcoin is now held by long-term holders — the highest level ever recorded AI agents just paid each other in Bitcoin over Lightning for the first time BlackRock, Fidelity, and seven other institutions pledge $15M to protect Bitcoin from quantum threats — and critics are calling it "Big Bitcoin" Strategy repurchases $25M in STRC at $86.52 and boosts its cash reserve to $3.75 billion ---- The News Block is powered exclusively by Ledn – the global leader in Bitcoin-backed loans, issuing over $11 billion in loans since 2018, and they were the first to offer proof of reserves. With Ledn, you get custody loans, no credit checks, no monthly payments, and more. My followers get .25% off their first loan. Learn more at www.ledn.io/natalie  ---- Order Natalie's new book "Bitcoin is For Everyone," a simple introduction to Bitcoin and what's broken in our current financial system: https://amzn.to/3WzFzfU If you'd like to buy using Bitcoin, just head to https://shop.talkingbitcoin.com and pay in sats! ---- Read every story in the News Block with visuals and charts! Join our mailing list and subscribe to our free Bitcoin newsletter: https://thenewsblock.substack.com  —- References mentioned in the episode: BitMEX Ends Operations After 11 Years BitMart to Wind Down Its Exchange Satsuma Shareholders Approve Bitcoin Treasury Liquidation Smarter Web Company Sells Bitcoin to Repay Debt Poolin Files for Bankruptcy Poolin Files Chapter 11 and Sets $52 Million Floor Bid Bitcoin Standard Treasury Company Scraps Original SPAC Terms Jack Mallers Steps Down as Twenty One Capital CEO MARA Sells $1.5 Billion of Bitcoin Amid AI Shift Bitdeer Empties Its Bitcoin Treasury as Miners Pivot to AI Natalie Brunell Interviews MARA CEO Fred Thiel 84% of Bitcoin Is Held by Long-Term Holders Bitcoin Conviction Is at an All-Time High Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength Jensen Huang Explains Why Open AI Models Matter Mark Zuckerberg on Open Source and Preventing Centralization Elon Musk Says X's Code Will Be Open Source and Audited Jack Dorsey Announces Buzz Michael Levin Demonstrates Buzz and Wavelength Working Together Satoshi Nakamoto on the Root Problem With Conventional Currency Mike Schmidt Explains the Bitcoin Security Consortium Brian Armstrong on Preparing Bitcoin for Quantum Computing Official Bitcoin Security Consortium Announcement BlackRock, Coinbase and Strategy Join $15 Million Security Consortium Nine Firms Launch the Bitcoin Security Consortium Galaxy Launches the Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative Strategy Overhauls Its Bitcoin Capital-Markets Metrics Strategy Announces Its New Bitcoin Capital-Markets Metrics ----  

Ever since he first received his first bitcoin in 2013, Joël Valenzuela has been on a quest to use free market electronic cash to pay for everything. Today, he is still unbanked and looking for ways to make instant payments without a bank account. He is best known for working for the DASH cryptocurrency project. But over the years, he's collaborated with plenty of other projects (mostly those related with private payments) and he possesses a wealth of knowledge in terms of adoption, everyday use as money, and user experience. Since Joël practices what he preaches and lives without fiat or banks, he is a bona fide advocate of inconvenience: using ATMs, purchasing gift cards, and trying every workaround that helps him accomplish the mission of never using fiat currencies. 00:00:00 Intro & sponsors: living without banks with Joël Valenzuela 00:02:18 The Vlad Costea handle saga & paying X to keep your name 00:04:20 Where the "Desert Lynx" name actually comes from 00:09:04 Joël's origin story: how Peter Schiff led him to Bitcoin 00:10:16 Growing up on the border & the Mexican peso crisis 00:12:16 First Bitcoin: the Chicago pizza payback of 2013 00:14:27 Silk Road's shutdown & the chaos of the Mt. Gox era 00:18:11 Digital cash vs. hoarding: the sound money mindset 00:20:54 Earning only Bitcoin: barn work, airport rides & Porkfest 00:22:47 Declining a dream political job to go all-in on crypto 00:24:39 The bank drain that made him unbanked for good 00:26:45 Centralization risk & the tyranny of the algorithm 00:31:38 TikTok's eerily accurate (and creepy) surveillance 00:33:32 Sponsor reads & the Cake Wallet Zcash giveaway 00:37:10 Bitcoin to Dash: exploring the whole crypto space 00:41:12 Mike Hearn's "Bitcoin is a failed project" rage quit 00:42:19 Bitcoin's usability failures: the pants & coffee stories 00:46:48 Picking Dash off CoinMarketCap as usable money 00:50:44 Dash founders: Evan Duffield & Amanda B. Johnson 00:55:20 Fluffy Pony, "Dash is trash" & the Miami strip-club drama 00:59:54 Reading the hate comments: the "premine cabal" 01:01:11 Litecoin's alleged inflation bug & Charlie Lee 01:04:07 Did Dash have a premine? The actual definition 01:13:09 Xcoin to Darkcoin to Dash: the name evolution 01:15:32 Master nodes, InstantSend & deterministic finality 01:18:18 The self-funding DAO treasury explained 01:22:01 Max Kaiser, John McAfee & the paid-shill era 01:29:43 What made Satoshi different & the genesis block message 01:33:57 Roger Ver, linear thinking & money as a tool 01:37:39 The 6.15 BTC "generational wealth" meme 01:41:47 BCH Bliss & why small conferences beat the corporate ones 01:46:00 Bitcoin forks: are all these coins really "bitcoins"? 01:50:54 Dash tech history: proof of service & chain locks 01:53:22 Evolution: the enshrined sidechain & DAPI 02:00:24 Adding Zcash-level privacy: the Orchard shielded pool 02:05:17 Orchard vs. Ironwood & the inflation-bug question 02:09:50 Turnstiles: why an inflation bug can't kill Dash 02:11:50 Monero's FCMP++ & why its privacy is "perishable" 02:16:56 Privacy UX, MiCA rules & unshielding to exchanges 02:23:22 Which wallets will support shielded Dash 02:27:34 Umbrel, Lightning & the pain of self-hosting 02:28:44 The for-profit ecosystem & the $15M dev "consortium" 02:34:53 Zcash's comeback: from industry joke to spotlight 02:37:23 Routing around fiat: Thorchain, Maya & DEXes 02:46:59 The number reveal & socializing the giveaway 02:50:02 Privacy as consent, not secrecy 02:51:49 The real challenges of living unbanked 02:58:35 Local AI models & maxing out privacy you don't need 03:04:31 Getting cancelled & how Zooko unblocked Vlad 03:13:03 Demaximizing & the toxic privacy-coin wars 03:21:35 When Zcash nearly built on Monero 03:25:45 Quai Network & transparent "cash-like" privacy 03:32:38 Why Dash focused on payments, not smart contracts 03:36:31 Crypto's consolidation: projects quietly going to zero 03:42:12 XEC, Amaury & bootstrapping off a fork 03:57:47 Monero vs. Zcash: marketing, memes & narratives 04:02:46 Why Joel really lives on crypto: getting real data 04:04:58 "Use it or die": the end of the narrative cycle 04:06:41 The private-equity playbook for buying dying coins 04:11:27 Why Dash is too decentralized to acquire 04:15:49 Which chains get acquired and shut down next 04:24:01 Neptune Cash, Neptune Dash & the first-ever DAT 04:36:57 The Charlie Shrem Dash debit card saga 04:38:46 Tone Vays & other Bitcoiners who dabbled in Dash 04:43:15 Cypherpunk Week Amsterdam & DashCon 04:50:56 Secret Word

Hello and Welcome to the DX Corner for your weekly Dose of DX. I'm Bill, AJ8B.The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DXcolumn in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com{Marathon Alert} OH0 – Aland Islands - OH0ERF willbe active from August 5 to August 12, operated holiday style by a group of German hams. The team plans to operate all bands from 160 m through 10 m, using CW, SSB, and FT8, with 6 m added if conditions allow. Equipment includes an IC-7610, two IC-7300 transceivers, and an ACOM 700S amplifier. Planned antennas include a 3-band delta loop, a 3-element 3-band Mosley beam, 40 m and 160 m verticals, and various wire antennas. {Marathon Alert} UZBEKISTAN – UK -  Darek, SP9DLM and his son Greg SN9GM will be operating as UK/calls from July 27 until August 15.  {Marathon Alert} 3B9 - Rodrigues Island – Sebastian, 3B8HR, is QRV from 3B9HR, Rodrigues Island, until July 28th. holidaystyle. Since it is a holiday/vacation trip with simple gear, he will only be on the air “from time to time.” He is running 100 watts to an end fed long wire on HF, SSB only. His operating times are towards the end of the local day, 03-07Z.Confirmation of QSOs is through LoTW only. 9A – Croatia - The Croatian Amateur Radio Association willoperate the special event station 9A170NT to celebrate the 170th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth, and the station will remain active until December 31, 2026. QSL via LoTW, Club Log or QRZ.com. VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands - G0VJG is QRV from North Caicos (NA-002), until July 30, operating VP5G from a beach location for 14 days. He will be using an HF9V and an inverted V, a 6-element 6M Yagi, and a Juma PA 1000 amplifier. During the IOTA Contest he will operate single op. Activity will include SSB, CW, and FT4/FT8. QSL via M0OXO. {Marathon Alert} T2 – Tuvalu - The Rebel DX Group fired up T22TT Wednesday just before 1900Z. So far, they have been reported on 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters, all FT8. Listen for activity over the next 10 days in between work on the island. As always QSL only via Club Log, once they start uploading their QSOs. {Marathon Alert} T2 – Tuvalu - JK1JXZ, Masaaki “Aki” Iwasawa, will have the callsign T2JK from Funafuti July 30 to August 7, 80-6M. On weekdays he expects to be on the air after 5 PM local time, and on the weekend, he will be on all day long. It is possible his stay will be extended to August 14.  {Marathon Alert} TY5FR, Benin -  DL1BUG, Red, is QRV as TY5FR, operating from Cotonou until August 4. He will be using an ICOM IC-7300, running 100W into a G5RV (2 x 15M) antenna. His planned activity will be on 160-10M CW and SSB. QSL via Club Log (bureau or direct via OQRS), as well as bureau or direct via his home call, and LoTW.  {Marathon Alert} E5/S – South Cook Islands - ZL2KE,Steve, is QRV as E51KEE from the South Cook Islands until August 14th, mainly on CW with some SSB, likely focusing on 30 and 40 meters unless propagation improves. Another Steve, ZL4CZ, is QRV as E51CZZ until August 6th on SSB. Neither operator is using FT8 or other digital modes.  {Marathon Alert} OJ0 - Märket Reef - OH6BG says a DXpedition is coming up August 15-22, OJ0JR, Henri; and OJ0YL, Anne, operating. He points out that the reef is the most exposed location in the Baltic Sea, “more rock than island, more sea than shelter.” To be dealt with before the first QSO is made is the weather, landing conditions, antennas, power and constant wind and waves, he says. They plan80-10 CW, SSB and FT8.  Until next week, this is Bill, AJ8B saying 73 and thanks to my XYL Karen for her love and support. I Hope to hear you in the pileups! Have a great DX week! 

In this episode: Hobby loss rules – refresher on when the IRS may reclassify a business as a hobby. Trump accounts – contributing up to $5,000 for a minor without triggering a gift tax filing. Gift tax basics – $19,000 annual exclusion, filing requirements above that, and the $15M lifetime exemption. Gambling loss changes – losses now deductible only up to 90% of winnings (previously 100%), and only if itemizing. Online sports betting – winnings are taxable income regardless of platform. Standard mileage rate increase – 76 cents/mile for July–Dec 2025 vs. 72.5 cents for Jan–June. Foreign bank account disclosure – steep penalties for not reporting foreign accounts/access to funds. IRS penalty relief – automatic first-time penalty abatement for compliant taxpayers (no longer needs to be requested). IRS penalty statistics – $1.25 trillion assessed in 2025, 92% from unpaid payroll taxes, with most later abated. Maryland's new tax portal – launching September 1st, with a blackout period and no penalties during the transition.

Colossal Biosciences is in talks to raise new funding at a $20 billion to $30 billion valuation, Axios reported. Also, Passionfroot, a German startup building a marketplace connecting B2B creators with brands, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Insight Partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you grow a home services division from $3 million to $15 million, with a goal of $20M this year? In this episode of Can't Stop the Growth, Chad Peterman sits down with Blake Wiltshire, Director of Residential Services at Althoff Home Services in the Chicagoland area, to break down exactly what changed and what it took. Blake started at Althoff in 2004 sweeping floors and making warehouse deliveries. Today he runs the entire residential division. The growth didn't come from throwing money at ads. It came from the blocking and tackling: rebuilding the call center, retraining technicians, and getting relentless about the basics most contractors skip. Whether you're a $3M shop trying to find the next gear or a $15M operator pushing toward $20M, this conversation is a masterclass in growing through fundamentals instead of ad spend. Subscribe to Can't Stop the Growth for more conversations with the leaders elevating the home service industry. Free Coaching for Home Service Pros: https://cantstopthegrowth.com/ Check out Althoff Home Services: https://callalthoff.com/ Connect with Chad: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-m-peterman/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chadmpeterman Learn more about: Chad Peterman - https://chadmpeterman.com/ Peterman Brothers - https://www.petermancareers.com/ The People Forward Network - https://peopleforwardnetwork.com/

There's a two-mile pocket near Apple Park with the SAME elementary schools as $3.5M Cupertino — for about $1M less. Most buyers drive right past it every single day.Spencer Hsu, a top 0.5% real estate agent in the U.S. and 40-year Bay Area native, breaks down all 6 neighborhoods worth considering near Apple Park in 2026 — real prices, honest trade-offs, school boundaries, and where the value actually is. This isn't research. This is his backyard, and he sells homes in these neighborhoods every week.

Hello and Welcome to the DX Corner for your weekly Dose of DX. I'm Bill, AJ8B.The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DXcolumn in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com  {Marathon Alert} 3B9 - Rodrigues Island – Sebastian,3B8HR, will be QRV from 3B9HR, Rodrigues Island, July 22-28. holiday style. Since it is a holiday/vacation trip with simple gear, he will only be on the air “from time to time.” He will be running 100 watts to an end fed long wire on HF, SSB only. He thinks his operating times may typically be toward the endof the local day, 03-07Z. Confirmation of QSOs is through LoTW only. 9A – Croatia - The Croatian Amateur Radio Association willoperate the special event station 9A170NT to celebrate the 170th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth, and the station will remain active until December 31, 2026. QSL via LoTW, Club Log or QRZ.com. VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands - G0VJG is QRV from North Caicos (NA-002), until July 30, operating VP5G from a beach location for 14 days. He will be using an inverted V and HF9V, a 6-element 6M Yagi, and a Juma PA 1000 amplifier. During the IOTA Contest he will operate single op. Activity will include SSB, CW, and FT4/FT8. QSL via M0OXO. {Marathon Alert} S7 – Seychelles - During the upcoming, July 25-26, RSGB IOTA Contest, members of the Seychelles Amateur Radio Association plan to be QRV as either S77HQ or S77SARA. No other details at the moment. {Marathon Alert} T2 – Tuvalu - The Rebel DX Group (3Z9DX, Dom) fired up T22TT Wednesday just before 1900Z. So far, they have been reported on 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters, all FT8. Listen for activity over the next 10 days in between work on the island. As always QSL only via Club Log, once they start uploading their QSOs. {Marathon Alert} T2 – Tuvalu - JK1JXZ, Masaaki “Aki” Iwasawa, will have callsign T2JK from Funafuti July 30 to August 7, 80-6M. On weekdays he expects to be on the air after 5 PM local time, and on the weekend, he will be on all day long. It is possible his stay will be extended to August 14. The flight arrival July 30 is at noon, so he may be able to get onthe air as soon as 3 PM local time there, he says.  {Marathon Alert} 8R – Guyana - 8R1TM, operated byPY1SAD, Aldir, is QRV from Guyana until July 26. He is active on 160 meters through 6 meters, including CW, SSB, digital modes, and satellite activity. On weekdays his expected activity from 23:00 UTC to 03:00 UTC on 6–160 metersusing CW, SSB, digital modes, and satellites. And during weekends he will have Full-time activity planned on 6–160 meters using CW, SSB, digital modes, and satellite operation. {Marathon Alert} TY5FR, Benin -  DL1BUG, Red Frenzel, is QRV as TY5FR, operating from Cotonou (grid locator JJ16FJ) until August 4. He will be using an ICOM IC-7300 with a CG Antenna CG-3000 autotuner, running 100W into a G5RV (2x 15M) antenna. His planned activity will be on 160-10M CW and SSB. QSL via Club Log (bureau or direct via OQRS), as well as bureau or direct via his home call, and LoTW.  {Marathon Alert} E5/S – South Cook Islands - ZL2KE,Steve, will operate as E51KEE from the South Cook Islands from 22/23 July to 14 August 2026, mainly on CW with some SSB, likely focusing on 30 and 40 meters unless propagation improves. Another Steve, ZL4CZ, will operate as E51CZZ from26 July to 6 August on SSB. Neither operator uses FT8 or other digital modes. E51CZZ will bring a ZS6BKW multiband DX antenna, and the operators will help repair E51JD Jim's damaged Hex Beam on Rarotonga.            If you have questions or need information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com Until next week, this is Bill, AJ8B saying 73 and thanks to my XYL Karen for her love and support. I Hope to hear you in the pileups! Have a great DX week! 

In this special episode of Tank Talks, recorded live during Toronto Tech Week at Moomoo Canada's flagship store in Yorkville, Matt Cohen sits down with two of venture's sharpest data and investment minds for an unfiltered conversation on the state of private markets.Peter Walker, Senior Director of Insights at Carta, brings the hard numbers from 60,000+ companies and 3,000+ US venture funds, revealing the stark reality behind valuation markups, unicorn deterioration, and the widening dispersion between top-tier and median deals.John Rikhtegar, Vice President at Northleaf Capital Partners and former RBC investor, offers the LP perspective on why trust matters more than ever, why emerging managers are bearing the brunt of capital allocation challenges, and how disciplined pacing and vintage diversification separate winning funds from the rest.Together, they tackle the 4.3 trillion-dollar NAV overhang, the brutal graduation rates for 2021 vintage funds, whether valuations have permanently shifted, and why the ATM analogy might be the best way to understand AI's impact on venture careers.If you're a GP raising capital, an LP sorting through manager pitches, or just trying to make sense of where venture is headed, this episode is a must-listen.The Great LP Reset: Trust Over Performance (08:05)* Why LPs are letting go of newer relationships while sticking with 15-year partners.* The COVID furlough analogy: why junior and newer team members are the first to go.* How trust became the ultimate table stakes in today's fundraising environment.The 4.3 Trillion Dollar NAV Problem (12:33)* Why SpaceX's IPO would return only 10% of capital deployed over the last decade.* The staggering number of unicorns still sitting on stale marks from 2021.* What happens when 50% of unicorn down rounds become the new normal.Valuation Dispersion Is Breaking the Model (17:38)* Seed valuations jumped from $15M post-money (2022) to $24M (2025).* Series A went from $46M to nearly $80M in the same period.* Why the gap between the top decile and the median has never been wider.* How GPs must adapt ownership expectations or get priced out of deals.The Unicorn Graveyard: Stale Marks and Deteriorating Assets (19:28)* December 2021: 640 unicorns on Carta; 85% of current US unicorns.* 30% have raised new up-rounds; of the rest, half raised down rounds of 50% or more.* How GPs are forced to tell LPs that their “trophy assets” are no longer real.Pacing, Reserves, and Portfolio Construction (22:53)* Why disciplined 3-4 year deployment beats 18-month “firehose” strategies.* The 80/20 reserve debate: why leading rounds can become a net negative.* How “deal 13” is just as likely to succeed as “deal 12”, and why slightly larger portfolios make sense.LP Diligence: It's Not About the Marks (31:55)* Why TDPI and DPI are just 2 of 100 mosaic factors in LP decision-making.* How LPs now go company-by-company, not fund-by-fund.* The importance of founder references, especially from failed companies.Canada vs. The US: A Fractal Problem (40:44)* Why every market (Toronto, Sydney, London, Seattle) faces the same “Silicon Valley problem.”* The importance of domestic liquidity and secondary markets over chasing US LPs.* Why returns, not international capital, will ultimately scale Canadian firms.AI and the Future of Venture Careers (44:44)* The ATM analogy: AI will eliminate tasks, not jobs.* Why the role of the investor becomes more important as noise and froth increase.* How family offices are shifting their mix between fund investing and direct deals.Retail Access to Private Markets: Feature or Bug? (53:27)* Why illiquidity in private markets is a feature, not a bug.* The absurdity of allowing crypto “shitcoins” but blocking friends from investing in startups.* Why “401k-entrance” to private equity is a bigger story than retail venture access.About the GuestsPeter Walker is the Senior Director of Insights at Carta, where he leads the team responsible for analyzing data from over 60,000 companies and 3,000+ venture funds. His work on valuations, liquidity, and fundraising trends is widely cited across the venture ecosystem. He is a regular speaker at industry events and writes extensively on LinkedIn about the intersection of data and venture capital.Connect with Peter Walker on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/peterjameswalkerLearn more about Carta: carta.comJohn Rikhtegar is a Vice President at Northleaf Capital Partners, joining in early 2026 after a distinguished career at RBC and as an operator at Shopify and in the UK. He brings a unique blend of LP and operational perspectives, with deep expertise in due diligence, portfolio construction, and the dynamics of emerging manager investing.Connect with John Rikhtegar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrikhtegar/Learn more about Northleaf Capital Partners: https://www.northleafcapital.com/Connect with Matt Cohen on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/matt-cohen1Visit the Ripple Ventures website: https://www.rippleventures.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tanktalks.substack.com

The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.com{Marathon Alert} GD – Isle of Man - K3LR, Tim, and DL1QQ, Sandy, will operate CW and SSB on 80 through 10 meters from the Isle of Man during this weekend's IARU HF World Championship, including WRTC2026, thanks to host Bob, MD0CCE. QSL via their home calls, K3LR and DL1QQ.  {Marathon Alert} 3V – Tunisia - During this coming weekend's IARU HF World Radio Championship Tunisia's Association Des Radio Amateurs Tunisiens (ARAT) will be operating HQ station 3V8SS.  VP5 - Turks and Caicos Islands - G0VJG will be active from North Caicos (NA-002), July 17–30, operating VP5G from a beach location for 14 days. Nobby will use an inverted V and HF9V, a 6-element 6M Yagi, and a Juma PA 1000 amplifier. During the IOTA Contest he will operate single op. Activity will include SSB, CW, and FT4/FT8. QSL via M0OXO.  {Marathon Alert} SV – Greece - VK2IR, Tommy, continues on Paros Island, Greece, EU-067 until August 1. He says he is in “vacation mode,” all bands 80-6, with his Greek callsign, SV0XBF/8.  {Marathon Alert} 8R – Guyana - 8R1TM, operated by PY1SAD, Aldir, is QRV from Guyana until July 26. The operation is planned across 160 meters through 6 meters, including CW, SSB, digital modes, and satellite activity. On weekdays his expected activity from 23:00 UTC to 03:00 UTC on 6–160 meters using CW, SSB, digital modes, and satellites. And during weekends he will have Full-time activity planned on 6–160 meters using CW, SSB, digital modes, and satellite operation. TY5FR, Benin -  DL1BUG, Red Frenzel, has announced his upcoming activity as TY5FR, operating from Cotonou (grid locator JJ16FJ) July 7-August 4. He will be using an ICOM IC-7300 with a CG Antenna CG-3000 autotuner, running 100W into a G5RV (2 x 15M) antenna. His planned activity will be on 160-10M CW and SSB. QSL via Club Log (bureau or direct via OQRS), as well as bureau or direct via his home call, and LoTW.   CO – Cuba - OPDX reports the Grupo DX de Cuba (GDXC) will operate the special event station T40FRC to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Federación de Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC), which was founded in Havana on July 15, 1966. The station is expected to be active on all HF bands using CW, SSB,  FT4, and FT8. However, activity may be limited because of frequent and widespread power outages in Cuba. Contacts will be confirmed through LoTW after the operation concludes. Operators who contact T40FRC on at least five bands will be eligible to receive a commemorative certificate. Exact dates of operation were not provided.  {Marathon Alert} T2 – Tuvalu - JK1JXZ, Masaaki “Aki” Iwasawa, will have callsign T2JK from Funafuti July 30 to August 7, 80-6M. On weekdays he expects to be on the air after 5 PM local time, and on the weekend, he will be on all day long. It is possible his stay will be extended to August 14. The flight arrival July 30 is at noon, so he may be able to get on the air as soon as 3 PM local time there, he says.  

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Most financial advisors are visionaries — fast-moving sales-driven entrepreneurs whose back offices often can't keep up. In this episode, host Scott Heinila welcomes back Katelynn Graham, Founder and CEO of The Admin Effect, to talk about what it really takes to build operational excellence behind a growing advisory practice. Katelynn explains why operations should be viewed as an investment rather than an expense, how her firm embeds as an extension of advisor teams serving $15M to $200M+ in annual new assets, and why our industry makes it so unnecessarily hard to serve clients. She shares hard data on cycle times — why money movement that drags 50–60 days should be closer to 10–25 — and the tracking and dashboards that give advisors real visibility into their businesses. They also cover hiring mistakes advisors make, the difference between industry experience and back-office competence, her hands-on training course and new TAE Ops Leadership Lab, the journey from founder-led to operator-led leadership after hiring a COO, lessons from mentors like Alex Hormozi and Tony Robbins (push vs. pull motivation), and why AI won't replace advisors — but advisors who use it will replace those who don't.     **This is the Optimized Advisor Podcast, where we focus on optimizing the wellbeing and best practices of insurance and financial professionals. Our objective is to help you optimize your life, optimize your profession, and learn from other optimized advisors. If you have questions or would like to be a featured guest, email us at optimizedadvisor@optimizedins.com Optimized Insurance Planning

Evan Carmichael believes the world's biggest problem is that people don't believe in themselves enough. He has spent the last 15 years trying to fix it.Evan joins Jessica Neal and co-host Jeff on Truth Works for an honest conversation about self-belief, building a movement as an introvert, and why serving one person matters more than reaching millions.Evan is not your typical YouTuber.At 19 he built and sold a biotech software company. At 22 he was a venture capitalist raising $500k to $15M. Then he started making videos on YouTube in 2009, long before entrepreneurs were a category there, and for five years almost nobody watched. His first year online he had three comments, two of them from his own family.Today his #Believe channel has over 4 million subscribers, he has written four books, and Ed Mylett has called him the modern-day Napoleon Hill.In this episode, Evan breaks down the "believe walk" he does every morning, why he thinks your purpose comes from your pain, and how a mentor named Steve pushed him from 9,000 subscribers to millions by making him film the same foundation story 40 times. He gets candid about the hardest day of his life, the one day in 15 years he could not bring himself to turn on the camera, and what it taught him about being human.He also shares the systems behind the work: the eliminate, automate, delegate framework, why he themes every day of his week, and the "CEO day" he uses to make the calls he keeps avoiding. Plus why he leads his 60-person team with directness rooted in love, the difference between pushing someone and hugging them, and how to know which one a person needs.TOPICS COVERED- Why lack of belief is the world's number one problem- The "believe walk" and curating what goes into your head every morning- How an introvert built a movement without wanting to be famous- Why your purpose comes from your pain- The five-year grind from 0 to a couple thousand subscribers- Asking for help and why most people wait too long to do it- Big Y vs little Y: staying motivated by serving one person- Why successful entrepreneurs take action immediately- Eliminate, automate, delegate: scaling yourself out of the work- Theming your week and the "CEO day" thought exercise- Leading with love: when to push someone and when to hug themEvan's books, including Your One Word and Built to Serve, are available now.Truth Works is hosted by Jessica Neal and Jeff, two leaders pulling back the curtain on how great companies and people are really built.

1. HEART OF THE MATTER 1A. Record-Breaking Missionary Numbers — Pres. Oaks at New Mission Leader Seminar At the 2026 Seminar for New Mission Leaders (June 18–21, Provo MTC), President Dallin H. Oaks announced that the Church will soon have the largest number of full-time missionaries in its history, surpassing the current 87,000+ serving worldwide. The surge is driven by the first wave of 18-year-old sister missionaries (following the November policy change lowering the minimum age from 19) and the addition of 55 new missions in July, bringing the global total to 506. President Oaks outlined three characteristics defining the restored Church: (1) the fulness of doctrine (including eternal marriage between a man and a woman); (2) priesthood authority and keys; and (3) a unique testimony of Christ grounded in modern revelation and the First Vision. Sister Kristin Oaks also spoke, sharing six core truths missionaries teach. Source: Church Newsroom, June 20, 2026 Note: Strong potential for discussion on what ‘only true and living church’ means in a pluralistic world — Richie angle? 1B. New Hymn ‘Welcome Home’ — The Story Behind It Composer Andrea Brett explains how a 2017 encounter with Demetrius O’Neal — a recent convert serving as a greeter at a Spokane ward on a snowy Sunday morning — inspired her hymn ‘Welcome Home,’ now published in the new Hymns for Home and Church. Brett submitted 10 pieces when the global hymnbook was announced in 2018; this was the only one she’d written before the call. She received confirmation of its selection in February 2025, then had a full-circle moment when she and O’Neal sat near each other at the April 2025 General Conference as the Tabernacle Choir performed it. O’Neal’s name appears in the hymn’s tune name as a tribute. The hymn is now translated and sung globally. Source: Church Newsroom / Richie’s document 1C. Family History Records Are a ‘Sacred Thread’ — Elder Bragg at International Archivists Congress Elder Mark A. Bragg, General Authority Seventy and executive director of the Church’s Family History Department and FamilySearch International, was a keynote speaker at the III Congress of Archivists: Digital Archive Expo (DA-EXPO), held June 8–12 in Astana, Kazakhstan. He called family history records ‘the thin but sacred thread’ tying people together across generations, and argued that records are ‘in a very real sense, witnesses.’ Elder Bragg framed the digital revolution in genealogy in moral terms: for most of history, access to records was shaped by ‘proximity, resources and specialized knowledge,’ but today a record created in one place can be preserved in another, indexed in a third, and discovered by someone on the other side of the world. ‘The reach is astonishing. The speed is breathtaking. The possibilities are almost beyond measure.’ He also said that ‘access is an act of kindness’ — records only fulfill their divine purpose when they are found, understood, and used. His core message: preserving memory is an act of hope. ‘It says that the past is not dead to us and that the future deserves more than fragments.’ Source: Church News, June 17, 2026 Angle: Great ‘quiet but meaningful’ story — LDS family history going global and leveling the playing field for genealogy worldwide. 1D. America Gives — All 50 States Receive Food Donations The Church completed a milestone in its ‘America Gives’ initiative by delivering a shipping container of food to Hilo, Hawaii — marking all 50 states reached. The initiative aims to deliver 250 truckloads of food nationwide in 2026 to celebrate the U.S. 250th anniversary. In Hawaii, the food went to The Food Basket, distributed to 10 local nonprofits. Notably, 42% of residents on the island of Hawaii face food insecurity — the state’s highest rate. Rosie Rios, chair of America 250 and former U.S. Treasurer, praised the milestone. Local Methodist pastor Ted Lesnett said recipients will know ‘when they were hungry, someone cared.’ Source: Church Newsroom / Richie’s document 1E. Church Donates $250,000 NZD to Christchurch Anglican Cathedral Rebuild The Church announced a NZ$250,000 donation (June 19, 2026) toward the restoration of Christchurch’s iconic Anglican Cathedral — damaged in the February 2011 earthquake. Elder Peter F. Meurs (Pacific Area President) and Anglican Bishop Peter Carrell presided at the announcement. The donation comes as the project faces a $45M funding shortfall and an overall $219M budget. The Christchurch City Council has offered $15M contingent on government and Anglican Church matches. Notably, a New Zealand Buddhist community made a similar gift in 2023 — the LDS donation continues a cross-faith pattern of support for the heritage project. Source: Richie’s document Angle: Rare and heartwarming — LDS funds an Anglican cathedral. Good interfaith story. 1F. Central America Humanitarian Blitz — 5 Projects, 500,000+ People In late May and early June 2026, the Church announced five humanitarian projects across Central America (with Sister J. Anette Dennis, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, representing the Church). Projects include: the ‘Windows of Light’ eyecare program in El Salvador (350,000+ screenings to date); safe water access for 250,000+ in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (with UNICEF); nearly 750 computers/tablets donated to 66 educational institutions in Guatemala; and medical equipment for the ‘La Mascota’ children’s hospital in Nicaragua. Source: Church Newsroom, June 2026 2. FAITH & DOCTRINE 2A. President Christofferson in Philadelphia & Toronto A busy week of ministry for President D. Todd Christofferson: He offered the invocation at Becket’s Canterbury Medal Gala in Philadelphia (multifaith event celebrating religious liberty), alongside Elder Gary E. Stevenson and others. The group also visited the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall — fitting, ahead of America’s 250th. Christofferson reflected on D&C 101 and the Constitution’s purpose to protect ‘all flesh.’ From Philadelphia, he and Sister Christofferson traveled to Toronto, meeting 250+ missionaries in the Canada Toronto Mission weeks before it divides into three missions (Toronto West, Toronto East, and Montreal). He also spoke to hundreds of LDS youth, with one — Amelia Fischer — saying ‘no amount of words can describe how I felt tonight.’ Source: Richie’s document / Church Newsroom 2B. BYU Scholar Study: Religion Adds 7.6 Years to Life The BYU Wheatley Institute is releasing three reports analyzing 3,000 of the most scientifically rigorous studies (culled from 60,000+ papers by Duke University) on religion and health. Key findings: 33/34 studies show improved social health; 10/11 show improved mental health; 7/8 show improved physical health. Regular worshippers live an average of 7.6 years longer (up to 13.7 years longer for African Americans). A ‘landmark finding’: 256 studies show religion prevents/aids recovery from substance abuse (vs. 6 showing negative impact). Author Loren Marks recommends public health frameworks treat religious involvement like exercise recommendations. Source: Richie’s document 2C. Elder Soares Testifies in the Philippines Elder Ulisses Soares completed a two-week ministry in the Philippines (mid-May 2026), meeting with 600+ young single adults in Cebu, 450+ in Quezon City, and 340+ missionaries at the Philippines MTC. His recurring message: ‘His arms are extended to all of us.’ The Philippines has more than 905,000 Latter-day Saints — the Church’s fourth-largest national membership. Two new temples were also dedicated in the Philippines this month: the Davao Philippines Temple (Elder Renlund, May 3) and the Bacolod Philippines Temple (Elder Andersen, May 31). Source: Church Newsroom, June 17, 2026 3. CULTURE & CURIOSITIES 3A. LDS Author in Everyman’s Library — A First BYU biology and bioethics professor Steven L. Peck has reportedly become the first Latter-day Saint author included in the prestigious Everyman’s Library series (publishing canonical English fiction since 1906). His 2012 novella A Short Stay in Hell — a philosophical horror story about a Mormon man condemned to an afterlife library containing every possible book — went viral on BookTok and found a new audience. A literature historian noted: ‘No Mormon or Mormon-adjacent writer that I know of has ever been featured in this prestigious series.’ The Salt Lake Tribune covered the story, noting the irony that a theological horror story marks one of the most significant moments in LDS literary history. Source: Salt Lake Tribune / Richie’s document 3B. The Sasine Family — 40 Countries Before Age 1 Keith and Chelsea Sasine, an LDS couple stationed in Germany (Keith is an Army oral surgeon), made history in November 2025 by taking their youngest daughter Mia to 40 countries before her first birthday (March–November 2025), using a Honda Odyssey for European road trips. The family of six (including Izzy, 10; Abby, 9; and John, 4) attends local wards wherever they travel — a faith anchor the couple says strengthened their testimony and taught their kids the importance of the Sabbath globally. They’re planning a move to Colorado Springs in 2026. Source: Richie’s document 3C. Jen Affleck (Secret Lives of Mormon Wives) Expecting Baby #4 Jen Affleck, 27-year-old star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and Dancing with the Stars alum, announced June 18 that she and husband Zac Affleck are expecting their fourth child. She shared the news on Instagram captioned ‘Chapter Four.

She sold for $88M, almost bought a lake house she didn't want, and spent $340K on Knicks playoff tickets — then gave two away because it felt better.We're still surprised people did this but... 50+ founders worth $10M to $4B reveal their personal finances. Here it is: https://joinhampton.com/mw-wrWhy do we do this? Because if you're an aspirational person or someone who runs a business and is making money, it's incredibly challenging to figure out what to do. Information is impossible to find — and that's what we put together: the net worth reveal and why we do this podcast, Moneywise.Also, this podcast is made by Hampton, which is a community for founders doing on average $20 million a year in revenue. We saw a lot of these money conversations happening privately behind closed doors and we thought, "Why not, let's make it public." If you are a founder, apply here: https://joinhampton.com/mwAnne Mahlum built Solid Core from $175,000 of her own savings into an $88M exit. Two years later, her net worth is $115–120M, with $65M in public equities and $15M in a single stock alone. But the numbers are the least interesting thing that's happened since.After the sale, she secretly launched a second fitness company, had panic attacks she's never talked publicly about, shut the whole thing down, and spent two years in legal fallout. Then she had a baby, pulled an accepted lake house offer the morning after making it, and started forcing herself to spend $200K a month just to stop the money from piling up.This episode covers the full portfolio breakdown two years post-exit, why she's done with private investments, the Ambition story she's never told, what a baby did to how she thinks about money and time, and what she actually wants to be remembered for — which has nothing to do with net worth.Sponsors: Daily Body Coach - achieve your dream body with https://moneywise.dailybodycoach.com

Morgan & Morgan isn't just the biggest PI firm in America. The firm built this machine around one idea: Grow or get left behind. In this episode, Dan Morgan breaks down how Morgan & Morgan thinks about scale in 2026 — from referral monetization and hyperlocal marketing to AI, private equity pressure, and the operational systems required to manage more than 6,000 employees nationwide. He also shares why their upcoming “Grow or Die” conference isn't another motivational event, but a serious conversation about the future economics of law firms. You need a marketing partner that operates with the same level of obsession as you do. Rankings.io is the elite performance marketing agency for personal injury law firms and our standard is simple: proof over promises. Visit Rankings.io and see the proof for yourself. On this episode, you'll learn: Why Dan believes TV is still king — even as firms shift aggressively into social media. How Morgan Connection grew from $15M to $63M in referral revenue in just a few years. The “second look” philosophy that helps monetize cases other firms turn down. Why elite firms obsess over acquisition cost, average fee, and burn rate. Use Code PIM20 and get 20% Off your Grow or Die tickets. If you like what you hear, hit Subscribe. We do this every week. Buy tickets for PIMCON 2026: https://hubs.li/Q04bf9vT0 Subscribe to our newsletter:  newsletter.rankings.io Get Social! Personal Injury Mastermind (PIM) powered by Rankings.io is on Instagram | YouTube | TikTok