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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/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠ In this Notorious Mass Effect segment, Analytic Dreamz examines Dolly Parton's posthumous streaming surge after her Aug. 25, 2026 death at age 80. Luminate data shows she became the world's most-streamed artist Aug. 26 with 79.7 million on-demand audio streams. U.S. audio/video jumped from 1.2M to 46.3M in two days. “Jolene,” “9 to 5,” “Islands in the Stream” and “I Will Always Love You” led the rebound across Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube as fans rediscovered her catalog and Imagination Library legacy.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/exclusive-contentPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Carlos Feliciano regresa a Café en Mano para hablar claro sobre dinero, inversiones y la realidad económica que estamos viviendo en Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos.En este episodio hablamos de por qué Wall Street puede estar en máximos mientras muchas familias sienten que el dinero rinde menos, el impacto de la inteligencia artificial en la economía, Bitcoin, oro, S&P 500 y el error de creer que estás diversificado cuando realmente estás comprando las mismas compañías varias veces.También entramos en uno de los debates más controversiales: ¿es mejor comprar una casa o invertir ese dinero? Carlos explica cuándo puede tener sentido NO tener prisa por saldar una deuda con intereses bajos y qué deberías considerar antes de comprar una propiedad simplemente porque la sociedad te dice que “ya te toca”.Además, hablamos del riesgo de hacer negocios en Puerto Rico, cash flow, carros de $100,000+, la falsa idea de que “los verdaderos millonarios manejan carros viejos” y por qué nunca puedes saber cuánto dinero tiene una persona simplemente por cómo se ve.Y cerramos con algo que muchas veces se pierde hablando de finanzas: ahorrar e invertir es importante, pero la juventud también pasa una sola vez.Cita con CAF: https://calendly.com/cafinvestments/15min?month=2026-08⚠️ Este contenido es exclusivamente educativo y no constituye asesoría financiera. Toda inversión conlleva riesgo.☕ Café Dos CaminosCafé 100% puertorriqueño directamente de Juana Díaz.Suscríbete a Café en Mano Podcast para más conversaciones sobre finanzas, negocios, salud, cultura y Puerto Rico.00:00 Nissan Kicks 202600:30 Intro + Carlos Feliciano regresa a Café en Mano03:30 Llegar a 200K seguidores y el poder de la consistencia06:30 Marca personal, redes sociales y mantener credibilidad09:30 ¿En qué punto está el mercado ahora mismo?11:29 Inteligencia Artificial, Wall Street y la guerra EE.UU. vs. China15:00 “La economía está fuerte”… ¿pero por qué todo está más caro?17:30 Petróleo, oro y el indicador que casi nadie mira: el cobre21:00 ¿El S&P 500 realmente está diversificado?23:30 El error de comprar los mismos stocks en diferentes ETFs25:30 ¿El mercado siempre vuelve a subir?27:00 Oro y Bitcoin: cuidado con perseguir lo que está subiendo29:00 ¿Invertir en la bolsa o comprar una casa?30:56 ¿Deberías saldar rápido una deuda con interés bajo?34:00 ¿Por qué invertir mediante una LLC en Puerto Rico?36:13 Preguntas de la audiencia: Powerball, comprar casa e invertir38:00 ¿Son seguros los bonos de Estados Unidos?40:00 ¿Por qué hacer negocios en Puerto Rico es cada vez más difícil?42:00 Cash flow vs. revenue: el error de muchos empresarios42:57 ¿Los verdaderos millonarios manejan carros viejos?45:00 “No sabes cuánto dinero tiene nadie”49:31 ¿Tu vida realmente seguiría igual si te ganas millones?52:00 ¿Casa de $2M o $2M en inversiones?53:00 $50K invertidos vs. un carro de $150K54:00 Ahorrar TODO también puede convertirse en un problema55:00 La juventud pasa una sola vez + cierre

Fighter Pilot Leadership for the Modern World Boo Boucousis, former fighter pilot and CEO of Afterburner, helps leaders execute under pressure using cockpit-tested systems. Author of The Afterburner Advantage, impacting 2M+ leaders worldwide. Promoting: Christian “Boo” Boucousis Connect with Boo: LinkedIn · Instagram · YouTube · Website From your host The leaders you serve carry decisions they cannot fully talk through with anyone. When you work with someone like that, or carry one yourself, there is a five-minute story about where that kind of decision finally gets room to show its shape. Watch it at uwedockhorn.com/my-story. Pass it on to the leader who needs it. Never Too Early. Never Alone.

Most nonprofit executive directors lose their strategic thinking time every week for a reason that has nothing to do with discipline: it is the only block on the calendar with no one waiting on the other end of it. In this micro-episode, Brooke Richie-Babbage explains why strategy loses to everything else on a CEO's week — every competing commitment carries a consequence for missing it, and unstructured thinking time carries none — and lays out three moves that make the strategic function structural instead of willpower-dependent. She also reframes executive fatigue as data rather than a character flaw: when a design cannot absorb organizational pressure, the leader absorbs it instead.Episode DescriptionThe finance committee meets on the fourteenth. Multiple active grants have reporting windows that don't line up. A program officer already has a call on the books. Every one of those has a person on the other end, and that — not its importance — is what makes it happen. Then there's the two hours blocked to think about the next three years. Nobody is waiting for that. So when something else needs the slot, it takes the slot.In this micro-episode, Brooke Richie-Babbage makes the case that this is a scoring problem, not a time management problem, and not a discipline problem either. Strategy is the only function in most growing nonprofits with no structure holding it up. Payroll has a calendar. Grants have portals and deadlines. Governance has bylaws. Strategy has the CEO — and that's the entire infrastructure. Listeners walk away understanding why guarding the block harder has already failed, and what to build instead.Key Questions AnsweredWhy does my strategic thinking time always get canceled?Is it a discipline problem if I can't protect time to think?Why do nonprofit executive directors struggle to do long-range planning?How do I make strategic time stick without relying on willpower?What is a Design Deficit in a nonprofit organization?Why does executive director burnout keep getting treated as a personal failing?What should a nonprofit CEO focus on during a week when they're already depleted?Is it key-person dependency if the whole strategy function runs through me?What You'll LearnWhy strategic time loses on the calendar every week — and why the mechanism is a missing consequence, not weak prioritization or poor time management.The three moves that make the strategic function structural — attaching thinking to a deadline that already exists, requiring one small written output per block, and clarifying decision rights so escalations stop eating the hours.A subtraction protocol for depleted weeks — how to identify the two or three decisions that actually change the shape of the next quarter, and what to do with everything else.Key TakeawaysStrategic time doesn't need more protection. It needs a consequence. Every strategic question a CEO is carrying sits upstream of a decision someone will eventually be waiting on. The work isn't to manufacture urgency — it's to find the deadline that already exists on the governance calendar and attach the thinking to it.Strategy is the only function in a growing nonprofit with no scaffolding. Payroll has a calendar, grants have portals, governance has bylaws, programs have staff and workplans. Clarity — the direction-setting, the deciding — runs on one person's unprotected calendar. That's a Design Deficit, and at $1M–$5M it's the most expensive one.Depletion is a reading on the gauge, not a verdict on the leader. Systems absorb pressure or people do. When a CEO is the absorber, exhaustion is telling them what the organization isn't carrying yet — which makes it diagnostic information, not evidence of inadequacy.The hours come back through decision rights, not willpower. Thinking time gets eaten by escalation: a director who copies the CEO to be safe, a small reallocation waiting on approval, a board chair calling about something the ops manager owns. As long as everything has a legitimate claim on those two hours, protecting them won't hold.Grinding through is how a structural problem stays a personal one. Pushing harder works, briefly. It also spends the one asset the organization can't replace — the CEO's judgment — and buys the design flaw another quarter of invisibility.FAQsWhat is a Design Deficit in a nonprofit organization?A Design Deficit is the gap between how an organization is structured and what its current size actually requires. Brooke uses the term for nonprofits whose systems were built for a smaller version of themselves and were never rebuilt as the budget, staff, and funder base grew.Why do nonprofit executive directors keep canceling their strategic thinking time?Because strategic time is the only block on the calendar with no one waiting on the other end. Brooke argues this is a scoring problem, not a discipline problem: every competing commitment carries a consequence for missing it, and unstructured thinking time carries none.How can a nonprofit CEO protect strategic time without relying on willpower?Attach the thinking to a deadline that already exists on the governance calendar, require each session to produce one small written output, and give that output a named recipient. Brooke adds that the hours only hold once decision rights are clarified so escalations stop claiming them.What is key-person dependency in a nonprofit, and how does it apply to strategy?Key-person dependency exists when a critical organizational function runs entirely through one individual. Brooke points out that boards flag this immediately when it applies to revenue, but rarely notice when the entire strategic function of a $2M organization depends on the CEO having one uninterrupted Thursday.What should a nonprofit leader do during a week when they are already depleted?Subtract rather than add. Brooke recommends identifying the two or three decisions that would change the shape of the next quarter if made badly or not at all, keeping only those, and assigning everything else a decision rule, a delegate, or a stated delay.Is executive director burnout a personal problem or a structural one?Brooke treats depletion as data rather than a character report. When a design cannot absorb organizational pressure, the leader absorbs it instead. The useful question is not how to push harder but what the depletion reveals the organization is not yet carrying on its own.Step-by-Step: Three Moves That Make the Strategic Function Strutural1. Attach it to a deadline that already exists. Strategic time needs a consequence, and the governance calendar is already full of them — the finance committee in six weeks, the renewal decision in October, the director-level hire that has to happen before the fiscal year turns. The block stops being "Thursday, nine to eleven, think" and becomes "Thursday, nine to eleven, the two funding scenarios for the finance committee on the fourteenth." It's the same hours, but now canceling costs something.2. Require one small output. Open-ended thinking time is easy to cancel because when it's skipped, nothing is visibly missing. Give every block one deliverable and keep it small: three options and what each one costs, or one decision written down with the reasoning underneath it. Not a forty-page plan — a page. This also does a second job. Institutional memory that currently lives entirely in the CEO's head starts moving into the organization, one written decision at a time.3. Give it an owner and an audience — then fix decision rights. Put a person on the other end: a deputy expecting the memo Friday, a board chair who knows the scenario is coming, a peer expecting the question that's been circling for months. Then address what actually eats the block, which is escalation. What can a director decide without the CEO, up to what threshold, and who do they go to instead? The hours come back through decision rights, not through discipline.For weeks when the tank is already empty: don't add anything — subtract by what's meaningful. Ask which two or three decisions this week, if made wrong or not at all, change the shape of the next quarter. Those get the CEO. Everything else gets a decision rule, a delegation, or an honest delay, stated out loud so it stops sitting as an open loop. Then name what the depletion is revealing in one sentence — I'm still the only person who can close a six-figure gift; my directors bring me problems, not recommendations — and treat that sentence as the redesign brief.Want to work together? Apply for the Next Level Nonprofit Mastermind, a high-touch coaching and training accelerator for established organizations with $1M+ budgets that are ready to design for impact sustained at scale.  Budget under $1M? Join Elevate and get proven step-by-step playbooks + coaching support to build each of the core elements of your nonprofit's operating system - strategic clarity, a fundraising engine, a high-performance team, and an active and engaged board!   Connect with me!LinkedInInstagramYouTube

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Sahra S. Halpern.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Sahra S. Halpern.

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Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Dr. Shaan Patel. Founder and CEO of Prep Expert, a leading online test prep company. The conversation explores Patel’s journey from struggling test-taker to perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. He shares how his personal experience inspired a mission to help students unlock scholarship opportunities and academic success.

In this episode the hosts analyze a four-unit quick service restaurant franchise portfolio and debate whether buying an underperforming chicken/Mexican franchise platform is a smart acquisition or an expensive operational headache.Business Listing – https://go.franzy.com/resale/qsr-4-unit-southeast-01Welcome to Acquisitions Anonymous – the #1 podcast for small business M&A. Every week, we break down businesses for sale and talk about buying, operating, and growing them.Looking to build a professional website in minutes? Try Wix: https://wix.pxf.io/c/6898629/3115214/25616?trafcat=templateHubSpot is the backbone for how businesses scale without chaos. Try them out here: https://go.try-hubspot.com/OeG9VrSubscribe for more episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquisitionsAnonymousPodcast?sub_confirmation=1Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.acquanon.com/newsletterSponsors:Quiet Light BrokerageThinking about selling your e-commerce or SaaS business? Quiet Light Brokerage specializes in helping founders maximize value with experienced former operators—not just brokers—and offers a free, no-obligation business valuation. Learn more at: https://quietlight.comBedrock Quality of EarningsBefore buying a business, make sure the numbers are real. Bedrock provides buyer-focused Quality of Earnings reports using experienced financial professionals and AI-powered analysis to help uncover surprises before closing. Learn more at: https://bedrockqoe.comWhat happens when you find a franchise portfolio that's growing—but still underperforming its own brand averages? In this episode, the hosts evaluate a live four-unit quick service restaurant (QSR) portfolio consisting of chicken and Mexican food franchises in the Southeast.The business generates approximately $4.2M in trailing twelve-month revenue and $676K in adjusted EBITDA, but the opportunity isn't as straightforward as it appears. The hosts dig into franchise economics, average unit volumes (AUVs), dual-brand restaurant conversions, SBA financing, franchise transfer restrictions, and whether operational improvements can realistically unlock significant upside.The discussion goes well beyond valuation. The panel debates whether these restaurants are simply poorly operated, located in weak markets, or attached to an aging franchise brand that may never reach system averages. Along the way they explore AI drive-thru ordering, franchise legal structures, pricing flexibility, restaurant labor, and why experienced multi-unit operators may view this acquisition very differently than first-time buyers.Key Highlights:- Four-unit QSR portfolio with $4.2M revenue and $676K adjusted EBITDA- One dual-brand chicken/Mexican location could potentially be converted into a standalone Mexican concept with franchisor incentives- Discussion of AUV (Average Unit Volume), franchise due diligence, and identifying operational versus location issues- SBA financing considerations, including funding acquisition costs, working capital, and restaurant conversion expenses- Deep dive into AI ordering, pricing strategy, franchise economics, and why experienced operators often outperform first-time ownersSubscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Dr. Shaan Patel. Founder and CEO of Prep Expert, a leading online test prep company. The conversation explores Patel’s journey from struggling test-taker to perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. He shares how his personal experience inspired a mission to help students unlock scholarship opportunities and academic success.

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.A $3 billion founder's money advice: keep driving the Chevrolet. Here's why the richest guests all say the same five things.After 100+ episodes of Moneywise, the same five spending refusals kept showing up — from a $3B founder who's never sold a company, a guy who lost 95% of his net worth and won't buy his own socks, and Bryan Johnson, who spends $2M a year on his body and almost nothing on anything else. None of them read the research. There's 50 years of it, and they all landed in the same place anyway.This episode covers all five: first class, new cars, meaningless stuff, angel checks, and kids' comfort — plus the study behind each one (lottery winners, the MIT Celtics auction, the marshmallow test follow-up). Then Anne Mahlum, who sold SolidCore for nearly $100M and forces herself to spend $200K/month, tears the whole list apart. The episode ends with a 10-minute exercise using two questions that decide what stays on your card statement.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, "What the heck, let's make it public." If you are a founder, apply here: http://joinhampton.com/mwEpisodes Mentioned:How Rich Is 'Rich Enough' to Fly Private? — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZyTo6gppPw"I'm worth about $3 billion": What Happens When You DON'T Sell Your Business — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZM0K9eqzx0What It's Like to Lose 95% of Your Net Worth Overnight (the socks guy) — https://youtu.be/fW-F3MKwevIBryan Johnson: I Probably Won't Actually Live Forever — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icWHq_xjhacHow to Not Ruin Your Kids with Your Wealth ft. Dr. Becky — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1SmMA-nLkTimestamps:0:00 — Cold open: the $3B founder, the socks guy, and Bryan Johnson's $2M body budget0:28 — 100 episodes in, the same five patterns kept repeating — and 50 years of research explains them1:05 — Why guests reveal their real numbers on Moneywise1:50 — #1: First class. "I still fly coach unless it's international" — his "poor kid habit"2:27 — Hedonic adaptation, and the lottery winners who scored lower on enjoying breakfast3:52 — #2: New cars. The $3B founder's advice: don't buy the Ferrari, drive the Chevrolet4:14 — The Millionaire Next Door data (most popular millionaire car: Ford F-150), "big hat, no cattle"4:40 — The commute study: zero relationship between car value and happiness5:35 — #3: Stuff. The socks guy's filter: "Does this dollar come back to me or is it gone?"6:03 — Stanford brain scans: every purchase is want vs. hurt6:28 — The MIT Celtics auction — credit card bidders paid double7:26 — #4: Angel checks. Bryan Johnson writes none — half of deals lose money, 7% produce 75% of returns8:41 — Opportunity cost neglect and attention residue: every check is an open tab in your head10:15 — #5: Kids' comfort. Parents who could buy any seat, flying the family in coach on purpose11:06 — The marshmallow test follow-up wealthy parents actually care about12:11 — 70% of family money gone by generation two, 90% by generation three13:17 — The counterargument: Anne Mahlum ($115M, spends $200K/month) — "I hate when people don't spend on principle"14:19 — The 2023 rerun of the $75K happiness study, and buying back time15:55 — The 10-minute exercise: two questions to run against last month's card statement16:33 — If you run a $3M+ company: HamptonSponsors: Daily Body Coach - achieve your dream body with https://moneywise.dailybodycoach.comSubscribe to Moneywise: https://www.youtube.com/@themoneywisepodcastFollow Daniel on X: https://x.com/danielcberkListen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts: [search "Moneywise Hampton"]

The $8,000/Month Profit Leak Hiding in Plain Sight Every product-based business has a money mystery, and in this episode, I'm solving a big one. I recently sat down with a client whose business was generating over $2 million in annual revenue, yet she had almost nothing left in profit at the end of the year. When we dug into her numbers, we found a massive cash leak that was quietly draining $8,627.50 out of her business every single month. The culprit? Free shipping disguised as a customer perk. In this episode, I walk you through how we uncovered this hidden expense, how we used real data—not emotion—to make a tough call, and how fixing this single line item instantly transformed her bottom line. What We Cover in This Episode: The $8,000 Mystery: How a $2M+ business was bleeding cash despite strong sales. The High Cost of "Free": Why free shipping is often a hidden profit killer rather than a strategic perk. Overcoming the Fear of Losing Customers: Why the fear of changing a policy is often worse than the reality. Data Over Emotion: How side-by-side math made the decision to end free shipping completely obvious. Why You Don't Need More Advice: The difference between guessing your way to profit and using an operating system to build it on purpose. Key Takeaways: "Profit leaks rarely look dramatic. They look like a nice little thing you're doing for your customers, or a policy set up years ago that nobody has revisited. Cutting a cost isn't a gut decision—it's a data decision." — Ciara Stockeland Data removes the panic: When you analyze real numbers side-by-side (revenue gained vs. potential customer drop-off), the strategic choice makes itself. Revenue does not equal Health: Growing top-line sales without protecting your margin just creates the illusion of success. Focus on systems: Knowing your numbers is only step one; you need a financial operating system to consistently surface leaks and protect your cash flow. Resources & Next Steps: Stop guessing your way to profit and start building it on purpose! Work with Me: Learn more about the Inventory Genius Operating System and how we help product-based business owners uncover hidden cash. Subscribe & Review: If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and leave a review so other business owners can find hidden cash in their numbers too! Work with Me - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/work-with-meVisit the Bookstore - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/bookstoreSign Up for Free Weekly Tips and Trainings - https://www.ciarastockeland.com/subscribe

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Dr. Shaan Patel. Founder and CEO of Prep Expert, a leading online test prep company. The conversation explores Patel’s journey from struggling test-taker to perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. He shares how his personal experience inspired a mission to help students unlock scholarship opportunities and academic success.

Louis Vuitton & Porsche built a $2M car… Only two people will buy it, but *you* can own it.You've heard of FOMO, but what about FOMOOCH?... Fear of Missing Out On Chips.Interns graduated to dealmakers this summer… we got numbers to prove it.Plus, we're taking vacation for two weeks, but are teasing a new series right here next week.$POAHY $LVMUY $NVDAGrab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person OfferingSan Francisco 9/23: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0064AFB5F688BDBoston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhupSeattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-ticketsNEWSLETTER:https://tboypod.com/newsletter OUR 2ND SHOW:Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/NEW LISTENERSFill out our 2 minute survey: https://qualtricsxm88y5r986q.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp1FDYiJgt6lHy6GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Linkedin (Nick): https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/Linkedin (Jack): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today's top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Last Trade: BlackRock just cut the IBIT in-kind conversion minimum from $25M to $1M, and Jackson, Michael, and Brian ask whether the post-Cold Card rush out of self-custody and into the ETF is swapping one single point of failure for another. They break down the SEC and OCC moving on tokenized securities and a path for crypto firms to become banks as a Clarity Act plan B, Trump Media stacking real Bitcoin while divesting its other crypto, gold surging toward $4,500, and the wrench-attack reality that makes multi-institution custody matter.---

#740: Paula and Joe rarely butt heads — but a caller's side hustle, which pulled in $5,500 in a single day, sparked their most heated disagreement in months. This week's mailbag: a couple weighing an early retirement built on $1.2 million, a wedding-dress side hustle deciding whether to go all in, and a listener whose small stock investment turned into a $25,000 tax puzzle. In this episode, we discuss: How to build a bucket strategy so you can retire early and still stay aggressive with your portfolio The real markers that tell you it's time to go back to work — not just a number How one listener turned a marketplace side hustle into a $5,500 day When to leave a stable paycheck for a growing side business, and when to wait Why a popular plan to gift a winning stock to your kids usually backfires Whether it's worth paying taxes now to raise your stock's cost basis Where a single winning stock belongs — taxable, Roth, or a solo 401(k) Whether you're weighing an early exit from a stable career, deciding if your side hustle is ready to become your main hustle, or holding a stock that's grown far beyond what you expected, this episode will help you think through the tradeoffs before you act. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS Note: Timestamps may vary slightly depending on dynamic ad placements. (00:00) Why a winning stock can turn into a tax trap (02:23) A $1.2M portfolio and a plan to retire by 45 (07:45) Why an aggressive portfolio needs a cash cushion first (16:49) The real signal your plan isn't working (24:25) A side hustle that made $5,500 in one day (33:51) Quit now or wait — two strong arguments (39:51) The book that could save a new business (54:09) A $200 stock that grew into $25,000 (01:01:08) The tax rule that blocks gifting stock to your kids (01:12:59) A hidden tax that kicks in above $250,000 income

Frank Greeff joins James Smith fresh off a $180 million exit for a raw conversation about tax, talent and why the game never really ends. Frank breaks down the $6.2M tax bill from selling his last business, the proposed Australian capital gains changes that would have doubled it, and why, hand on heart, he isn't sure he'd have started his last company if those rules had existed first. Check out Kinso on YouTube : @KinsoAI Follow Frank Greeff on intagram : https://www.instagram.com/frankgreeff_/ Try Kinso: https://www.kinso.ai/

Why $2M to $5M Is Where Owners Lose the Most Cash with Brad Sugars   Find Rocky Lalvani @ www.ProfitComesFirst.com  or email him at rocky@profitcomesfirst.com Make more, work less video: https://youtu.be/   You just had your best revenue month ever. And somehow, this morning, you were still moving money between accounts to make sure payroll clears. If that describes your week, you're not bad at business, and you're not alone. You're standing in the exact stage almost every growing owner hits somewhere between two and five million in revenue, the stage where cash and profit are supposed to show up and instead go missing. In this episode, Rocky sits down again with Brad Sugars, founder of ActionCOACH, to break down why the instincts that built your first million become the thing that caps you at three or four. Brad has spent over 30 years building and coaching businesses through exactly this transition, and he lays out, in plain language, what actually has to change structurally, not personally, for growth to keep going.   In This Episode: Why cash and profit disappear specifically between $2M and $5M in revenue The five stages every business owner moves through: technician, operator, manager, leader, owner How to build the three managers that get a business from $1M to $10M What separates a documented process from a true operating system Why AI amplifies chaos in a business instead of fixing it The real percentage of businesses actually paying for AI tools versus just claiming to use them Why paid marketing gets a 90-day ceiling, not a 12-month one   Key Takeaways: The dead zone between $2M and $5M is a structural stage, not a personal failure. Build three managers: sales and marketing, finance and admin, operations. Score every manager on two things only: competency and productivity. A weak team score is a management score. AI cannot fix an undocumented process. If it isn't written down step by step, AI just moves the mess faster. Roughly 70 to 80% of businesses claim to use AI. Only about 3% are actually paying for it. Give every paid marketing effort a 90-day ceiling. Most of it shows signs of working inside 48 hours.   About Brad Sugars: nternationally known as one of the most influential entrepreneurs, Brad Sugars is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the #1 business coach in the world. Over the course of his 30-year career as an entrepreneur, Brad has become the CEO of 9+ companies and is the owner of the multimillion-dollar franchise ActionCOACH®. As a husband and father of five, Brad is equally as passionate about his family as he is about business. That's why, Brad is a strong advocate for building a business that works without you - so you can spend more time doing what really matters to you. Over the years of starting, scaling and selling many businesses, Brad has earned his fair share of scars. Being an entrepreneur is not an easy road. But if you can learn from those who have gone before you, it becomes a lot easier than going at it alone. That's why Brad has created 90 Days To Revolutionize Your Life – It's 30 minutes a day for 90 days, teaching you his 30 years experience on investing, business and life.   Links: Websites: actioncoach.com     bradsugars.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradsugars/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-%24100m-entrepreneur-podcast/id1660990356 Previous Ep 129 90 Days To Revolutionize Your Business with Brad Sugars: https://youtu.be/OV7jswZfKDE    Profit Blueprint Calculator I Profit Comes First: https://lp.profitcomesfirst.com/profitblueprintcalc-page   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@profitanswerman Sign up to be notified when the next cohort of the Profit First Experience Course is available! Free Copy of the Profit Blueprint Book: https://lp.profitcomesfirst.com/landing-page-page  Monthly Newsletter signup: https://lp.profitcomesfirst.com/newsletter-signup Relay Bank (affiliate link): https://relayfi.com/?referralcode=profitcomesfirst Profit Answer Man Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/profitanswerman/ My podcast about living a richer more meaningful life: http://richersoul.com/ Music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.       

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

This week it's NVIDIA Nemotron Ultra through Perplexity - my sub is running out soon. It made some pretty amazing mistakes and totally made up the references list at the end. I dunno, stick to making chips fellas cause this is a bit shit. Still, it's better than nothing. The clankers are still doing okay at the shownotes thing. Enjoy! --------SummaryMr. Insider and Hong Kong Jack open with the passing of Melbourne matriarch Kath Pettingill (91) and the grim, darkly comic history of the Pettingill–Allen clan — Dennis “Dr Death” Allen, the Stevenson Street fortress, and the Wall Street executions. They pivot to Victoria's suppression-order addiction (half the national total) and the Ralph Carr rape conviction that took 48 hours to un-suppress, then dissect IBAC's Operation Richmond into the UFU/CFA/FRV stitch-up — six years, no corruption findings, just “serious and concerning conduct.”Cross the border to NSW: ICAC's Operation Rosne is live, Jean‑Claude Perrottet is squirming in the box as Nassif's $2M bribe tapes play, and Jeremy Greenwood is ghosting from London. A detour through minority-government history (Gillard–Greens–Oakeshott–Windsor) segues into a housing-market stoush: banks forecasting −10%, the Budget saying +2%, and Tanya Plibersek claiming “best time ever for first‑home buyers.”The Cambridge sociologist Jason Arday unravels — non-verbal till 11, 600 miles in six days, 30 marathons in 35 days, a brain tumour, 7‑Up kid, £5.5M raised, AI‑written resignation letter — and the ABC's Four Corners hiring ex‑Mongol Mahmoud Fazal is flagged for next week. Fauci's diaries, RFK Jr.'s peptide purge, and COVID revisionism draw a furious rant. Ukraine's drone supremacy, PLA drone investment, and why NATO spending metrics miss the point.Sport: Trump's “club champ” grift, Geelong's secret concussion waiver (chaired by AFL Commission boss Craig Drummond), the wildcard-round tanking farce driven by betting partners, Tasmania signing Nigel Lappin, and Carlton's miraculous turnaround under Josh Fraser — Harry DeMattia, Jagga Smith, Wade Derksen, and a game plan now built on turnover footy. Matthew Stokes on club culture and troubled players. The Hundred's kid‑focused gimmickry, AFLW Ireland's skill explosion at North Sydney Oval, and a teaser on NRL/AFL media capture for next week.Timeline Time Segment0:25 Intro & Housekeeping – 7 Aug 2026, Hong Kong weather (“it's called summer”), Melbourne heat.1:18 Kath Pettingill & the Pettingill–Allen Dynasty – “Granny Evil” dies at 91; Dennis Allen (Mr Death), Peter Allen, Victor Pierce, Wall Street murders, Stevenson Street Richmond/Cremorne, Brian Murphy's $1,400/week payoff, chainsaws & 44‑gallon drums.7:03 Victoria's Suppression‑Order Addiction – >50% of national total; Ralph Carr (Dusty Martin's ex‑manager) convicted of raping employee; 48‑hour delay lifting suppression; “if you've got money you get away with it.”12:29 IBAC Operation Richmond (UFU/CFA/FRV) – Six‑year inquiry; “serious & concerning conduct” but no corrupt conduct; political fix for metropolitan/country fire boundary; “vanilla ICAC” vs NSW theatre; Dan Andrews' golf clubs.20:39 NSW ICAC Operation Rosne – Young Liberal operatives (Assaf, Ellis, Greenwood, Perrottet brothers); Jean Nassif ($2M bribe allegation, now in Lebanon), Michael O'Hara, Catholic Schools NSW (Dallas McInerney); targeting David Elliott & Building Commissioner David Chandler; Jean‑Claude Perrottet in the box, audio ambush.32:41 Minority Government & Coalitions of Convenience – Gillard–Greens–Oakeshott–Windsor “wedding ceremony”; Paul Kelly's verdict; “you don't need formal agreements”; Jim Cairns 1970s parallel; all the 2010 plotters now in gaming.40:52 Housing Market: Crash or Soft Landing? – Banks: −10% / $230B wiped; Budget: +2%; Tanya Plibersek's “best time ever” claim; negative equity, bank forbearance, 1990s commercial‑property playbook.46:30 Cambridge Professor Jason Arday: Fantasist or Fraud? – Youngest Black professor; didn't speak till 11, illiterate till 18, 600 miles/6 days, 30 marathons/35 days (last 9 with hairline fracture), 7‑Up claim, £5.5M raised (walked back), brain tumour during PhD; Cambridge defends, then folds; AI‑written resignation letter; Guardian pile‑on; “sociology standards are fuzzy.”51:23 ABC Four Corners & Mahmoud Fazal – Ex‑Mongols sergeant‑at‑arms hired; journalistic ethics vs “great life story”; teed up for next episode.56:34 Fauci, RFK Jr & COVID Revisionism – Fauci takes the Fifth; HHS servers now under Kennedy; “ICUs were empty” lie; double‑blind placebo ethics (Salk polio regret); FDA pulls six peptides off ban list with zero human data; “grifters at 4,000% markup”; healthcare workers threatened.1:04:05 Ukraine–Russia: Drone Wars & Asymmetric Shift – Ukrainians lead in AI‑guided, radar‑invisible drones; defender's advantage today ≠ tomorrow; PLA investing heavily; US big‑bureaucracy lag; Taiwan lesson — boots still needed.1:08:56 Golf: Trump's “Club Championship” – 80‑yo, 180‑yard drive, four‑handicap in prime; member confirms nudging, caddy collusion, card‑swapping; “four or five handicap? I'd never play again.”1:10:48 AFL: Geelong's Secret Concussion Deal – Undisclosed player, multiple concussions, waiver signed, cleared by board (chair Craig Drummond → AFL Commission chair); rival clubs furious; enforceability doubtful; “Geelong get umpired different.”1:14:41 Wildcard Round Tanking & Betting Partners – Greg Swan memo: “pick on merit or scrutiny”; Fremantle 2023 precedent; clubs 6–10 resting stars to keep week off; bookies complain → “don't bet that week.”1:17:13 Tasmania Devils: Nigel Lappin as Head of Development – “Best development coach in the comp”; development = sustained success (cf. Geelong under Lappin).1:18:45 Carlton's Blues Revival – Josh Fraser interim; Voss “coached like everyone was Michael Voss”; Fraser: “back yourselves”; turnover footy now elite (1st/2nd in every stat vs Brisbane); Harry DeMattia, Jagga Smith, Taylor Byrne; Wade Derksen's Darwin-to-rookie fairytale; Curnow→Sydney, Florent/Hayward win‑win; Jacob Weitering return looms.1:27:41 Matthew Stokes on Club Culture & Troubled Players – Ex‑Cat's own history; secrecy enables; consequences (pay cuts) needed; “don't let it fester inside the four walls.”1:29:25 Cricket: The Hundred (UK) – 100 balls, 5/10‑ball blocks, 20‑ball max per bowler; ECB: “engage 7–10 year olds”; dominates July/August; “poor man's T20,” wallpaper cricket; IPL money > Hundred money.1:34:21 AFLW: Ireland v Australia at North Sydney Oval – Sell‑out, Irish diaspora everywhere; skills unrecognisable from Year 1; Gaelic football base; “terrific spectacle.”1:36:09 NRL/AFL Media Capture Teaser – Gus Gould fined $20K for “game's stupid”; concussion denialism; AFL.com/ NRL.com in‑house content; “incestuous relationship” — deep dive next week.1:38:43 Wrap – Episode 167 recorded 7 Aug; thanks to Hong Kong Jack; see you next week.People & Entities MentionedCategory NamesCategory NamesMelbourne Underworld Kath Pettingill, Dennis Allen, Peter Allen, Victor Pierce, Vicki Pierce, Brian Murphy, Jack (Murphy's sidekick), Dennis “Dr Death” AllenVictorian Politics/Law Ralph Carr, IBAC, Operation Richmond, UFU, CFA, MFB, FRV, Dan Andrews, Craig Drummond (AFL Commission), Premier Ben CarrollNSW Politics/ICAC Jean‑Claude & Charles Perrottet, Robert Assaf, Christian Ellis, Jeremy Greenwood, Jean Nassif, Michael O'Hara, Dallas McInerney, Damien Tudehope, ICAC Operation RosneFederal/Historical Julia Gillard, Bob Brown, Adam Bandt, Wayne Swan, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott, Jim Cairns, Gough Whitlam, Kevin Rudd, Stephen ConroyHousing/Economy Tanya Plibersek, RBA, major banksAcademia/Media Jason Arday (Cambridge), The Guardian, Mahmoud Fazal (Four Corners), ABCCOVID/Health Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr, FDA, NIH, HHSGeopolitics/Defence Ukraine, Russia, PLA, Taiwan, NATO GDP metricsSport — Golf Donald TrumpAFL Geelong Cats, Craig Drummond, Greg Swan, Fremantle, Ross Lyon, Tasmania Devils, Nigel Lappin, Carlton, Michael Voss, Josh Fraser, Harry DeMattia, Jagga Smith, Taylor Byrne, Wade Derksen, Charlie Curnow, Ollie Florent, Jack Hayward, Jacob Weitering, Matthew StokesCricket ECB, The Hundred, Mitchell Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, IPLAFLW Ireland women's team, North Sydney OvalMedia Gus Gould, Phil Gould, AFL Media, NRL MediaLinks & References (for show notes)IBAC Operation Richmond Report — https://www.ibac.vic.gov.au/investigations/operation-richmondNSW ICAC Operation Rosne Hearings (live) — https://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/operation-rosneRalph Carr Conviction & Suppression Order Lift — The Age / Herald Sun (early Aug 2026)Cambridge / Jason Arday Coverage — The Guardian “Grotesque racism” piece; Times Higher Education investigationFDA Peptide Decision (6 peptides delisted) — Federal Register / FDA press release, late July 2026AFL Wildcard Round & Tanking Memo — AFL.com.au / The Age (Greg Swan memo leak)Tasmania Devils Announce Nigel Lappin — AFL.com.au / The Mercury (early Aug 2026)The Hundred 2026 Schedule & Rules — ECB / Sky SportsAFLW Ireland v Australia Highlights — Kayo / Fox Footy / AFLW YouTube

In this episode of Investor Connect, we welcome Dave Blivin, founder and managing director of Cottonwood Technology Fund, who shares how he invests at the intersection of science, capital, and commercialization to turn hard technologies into real companies. Dave explains Cottonwood's focus on early-stage deep tech across areas such as photonics, advanced materials, sensors, med tech, energy, robotics, and advanced manufacturing, with a regional emphasis on the US Southwest and an expansion into Northwest Europe through partners in the Netherlands. He outlines Cottonwood's approach of leading rounds, taking board seats, and writing larger early checks (often around $2M within $2–$4M pre-seed syndicates) to fund prototypes and recruit business leadership, while leveraging a strong corporate venture network for diligence and follow-on rounds. Dave also discusses how he evaluates patent-based innovation with little prior art, why people and fundraising matter as much as working technology, challenges with national lab commercialization, common deep tech pitching mistakes, insights on building ecosystems outside Silicon Valley, and why renewed demand for hard tech is rising alongside AI-driven infrastructure needs. Visit Cottonwood at www.cottonwood.vc/ Reach out to at www.linkedin.com/company/cottonwood-technology-fund/ and on x.com/cottonwoodvc ________________________________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: http://investorconnect.org Check out our other podcasts here: https://investorconnect.org/ For Investors check out: https://tencapital.group/investor-landing/ For Startups check out: https://tencapital.group/company-landing/ For eGuides check out: https:/_/tencapital.group/education/ For upcoming Events, check out https://tencapital.group/events/ For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group Please follow, share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of Bensound.

I've got so many friends right now in one of the most popular and lucrative spaces.....   They're making sick money.......   One friend does $2M a week in stem cell sales.    Another just sold his company for $50M.    Peptides.    Testosterone and Estrogen replacement therapy.    Why do I tell you this?    In the coming few months, I'm going to make a move in this space.    I've worked hard and built companies.    And I want to be around for a very long time to enjoy what I have.    If AI is going to replace us all and create a world of Universal Basic Income, we're going to need to be in the best health in our lives.     I may as well invest in that sector so I don't have to only rely on UBI.    I have another friend who sold his company at 55 and had a heart attack.    One of my first mentors told me the biggest regret he had was quitting working out.     He was never able to get back to it because he had let it go.    Remember, Health is Wealth.    You can still move and enjoy the mobility of the world if you start preparing today.    Get to work.    About the ReWire Podcast   The ReWire Podcast with Ryan Stewman – Dive into powerful insights as Ryan Stewman, the HardCore Closer, breaks down mental barriers and shares actionable steps to rewire your thoughts. Each episode is a fast-paced journey designed to reshape your mindset, align your actions, and guide you toward becoming the best version of yourself. Join in for a daily dose of real talk that empowers you to embrace change and unlock your full potential.    Learn how you can become a member of a powerful community consistently rewiring itself for success at https://www.jointheapex.com/   Rise Above 

This "boring" government website generates an average of $3.2 million in annual revenue for more than 56,000 small businesses — yet only 0.15% of the 36 million small businesses registered in the US ever win a federal prime contract. Instead of waiting for an RFP, I walk through a real, live sources sought notice step by step — an actual Air Force requirement — and show you how to write a response that can shape the solicitation in your favor. You'll see how SDVOSB set-asides, GSA MAS recommendations, NAICS size standards, and strategic requirement suggestions can legally eliminate your competition before the solicitation ever drops.0:00 This Boring Website Makes Small Businesses $3.2M a Year0:25 How Companies Use SAM Dot Gov to Generate Revenue0:57 Why Only 0.15% of Small Businesses Win Federal Contracts1:59 Registering Your Business in the SAM Database2:15 The #1 Mistake: Starting With the RFP2:30 The Sources Sought Strategy Explained2:54 Live Demo: How to Find Sources Sought Notices3:30 3,740 Open Sources Sought Right Now3:37 Real Example: Air Force Golf Cart Contract3:54 Sources Sought vs. Proposal (Why It's Easier to Write)4:21 The Language That Scares Companies5:15 Inside the GovClose Community6:22 Reading the Notice: Randolph AFB / Joint Base San Antonio6:46 The Contracting Officer on the Other Side7:19 SDVOSB Set-Asides: Your Unfair Advantage7:58 NAICS Codes & Small Business Size Standards Explained9:09 Filling Out the Questionnaire (What Most People Miss)9:58 Salient Characteristics: Meeting the Specs10:22 How to Shape Requirements & Eliminate Competitors11:37 Requesting a Set-Aside (and the Rule of Two)12:12 Recommending GSA MAS as the Contract Vehicle13:00 What to Do If You DON'T Have a GSA Schedule13:39 Highlighting Differentiators the Government Might Adopt14:42 How Requirements End Up in Solicitations15:02 Why Sources Sought Beat Waiting for the RFP15:50 Tell Us Your Industry (Comment Below)16:15 Learning to Sell to the Government––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––RESOURCES MENTIONED––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––GovClose Program Overview (free 20-minute training): https://www.govclose.com––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––ABOUT RICK HOWARD––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Rick Howard is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel and former DoD acquisitions officer who managed over $82 billion in federal contracts. He is the founder of GovClose and the DoD Contract Academy, with 400+ graduates working as government contract consultants, federal account executives, and business owners winning federal contracts.Rick Howard expresses his opinions as a former government contracting officer and presents public data on government contracts that he analyzes. GovClose makes no guarantees whatsoever about federal spending data or government contracts.Get the GovClose Certification: https://www.govclose.com/sales-certificationOur students learn the government contracting skills to :1. Start their own consulting business that can earn up to $400k as a "solopreneur" advising businesses that sell to the government.2. Land high paying sales executive jobs with companies in the public sector.3. Increase government contracting revenue for companies selling to the US government.Government contracting data changes constantly, and we make no claims of perfection when presenting data. All data can be looked at from different angles, and it is up to the viewer to do their own research, their own data analysis, and decide if government contracting is for them.Disclaimer: This video reflects Rick Howard's personal opinions and independent analysis of publicly available government data. It does not represent an official position, endorsement, or statement of the U.S. Air Force or the Department of Defense.

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Is it really possible to pay almost zero in taxes, legally? In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, I sit down with Bronson Hill, founder and CEO of Bronson Equity and author of Fire Yourself, to discuss how high earners legally reduce their taxes, the real estate professional designation, oil and gas investing, and why most CPAs never find these strategies. Episode highlights: How a couple cut a $2M tax bill to $125K after selling their business  The real estate professional designation — and how a spouse can qualify Why oil and gas drilling can deduct 80–90% against any income The difference between a CPA and a real tax strategist How to measure success beyond the next financial milestone Watch the full episode and ask yourself: how much of your income are you losing to taxes you could legally defer? Connect with Bronson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronson-hill-b4843910/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bronson.hill.37 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bronsondavidhill/ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/BronsonHill6 Website: https://bronsonequity.com Book: Fire Yourself: Replace Your Working Income with Passive Income in 3 Years or Less Book https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Yourself-Replace-Working-Passive/dp/B0CLFG4P83

On the Great Trials Podcast, hosts Steve Lowery and Yvonne Godfrey welcome California trial lawyer Ed Dudensing of the Dudensing Law Firm to discuss a Sacramento County verdict (March 2026) in an elder abuse/wrongful death case for 100-year-old Mildred Hernandez, brought by her daughter Teresa Ludlow and three sisters   CASE DETAILS: Mildred, a dementia patient at Greenhaven Estates Assisted Living Facility, allegedly suffered worsening wandering that was not documented or reported, and an alarm system was not working; she exited near her room, fell downstairs, and died of hypothermia after temperatures dropped to 38 degrees. The jury awarded $10.2M compensatory damages (including pre-death pain and suffering) and $100M punitive damages, allocated $92M to Colony Capital and $8M to Formation Capital. Dudensing explains long-term care corporatization, REIT/RIDEA structures, discovery strategies to trace control through layered LLCs, and proving notice, understaffing, and neglect. (READ MORE)   GUEST BIO: As the founder and lead counsel at Dudensing Law, Edward P. Dudensing specializes in representing plaintiffs in elder abuse cases, with a particular focus on neglect and abuse that takes place in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, acute hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice agencies. He is widely recognized as one of the nation's most successful and knowledgeable elder abuse attorneys. Based in California, Mr. Dudensing serves clients across the state, including Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, Central California, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego. His ability to navigate the intricacies of elder law and his relentless pursuit of justice have solidified his standing as a leader in the field. During his 23+ year career dedicated to compassionately representing victims of elder abuse and their families, Mr. Dudensing has successfully brought cases against some of California's largest assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and healthcare conglomerates, securing well over $250+ million in recoveries on behalf of his clients. (READ MORE)   CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTS: Ed Dudensing on LINKEDIN Ed Dudensing on FACEBOOK   LISTEN TO PREVIOUS EPISODES & MEET THE TEAM: Great Trials Podcast Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services  Harris Lowry Manton LLP - hlmlawfirm.com Production Team: Dee Daniels Media Podcast Production   Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2   FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Podcast Open 00:14 Small World Plane Story 02:26 Meet Trial Lawyer Ed 05:31 Case Overview and Verdict 06:54 How Mildred Died 10:13 Big Finance in Elder Care 14:34 Unmasking the Corporate Web 22:24 REIT RIDEA Defense Explained 25:31 Understaffing and Notice Evidence 28:04 Multiple Theories for the Jury 31:30 Missing Documentation Exposed 35:10 Finding Former Employees 35:57 Hunting Witness Statements 36:56 Damages For Centenarian 41:06 Humanizing The Plaintiff 45:24 Trial Strategy And Humility 50:30 Punitive Damages Breakdown 55:58 Jury Debrief And Verdict Form 57:43 Focus Groups And Alternatives 58:44 Corporate Veil Theater 01:03:31 Closing Lessons And Wrap Up    

Rafael launched a crypto insurance product in 47 states, backed by a real carrier. Everyone told him it was genius. Nobody needed it. He shut it down with $2M left in the bank, fired almost everyone, and rebuilt with two engineers on $20K a month. Notch just raised $30M.In this episode, Rafael breaks down how a POC he entered through the back door turned into a seven-figure contract, why "isn't everyone doing this?" is the feedback you actually want, and how to tell whether an enterprise deal makes you a real company or just their dev shop.Why You Should ListenWhy "that idea is genius" is a warning sign, not a compliment.How entering a POC last still made them the front runner.Why the enterprise deals that scale need zero customization.How to stop hiding your idea and go straight to your dream customers.Keywords startup podcast, startup podcast for founders, product market fit, finding pmf, Notch, Rafael Broshi, AI agents, insurance technology, customer experience automation, regulated industries, enterprise sales, POC strategy, pivoting a startup, on-prem deploymentChapters00:00:00 Intro00:02:00 The Moment of True Product Market Fit00:10:07 One Enterprise Deal or Ten00:15:24 A Genius Idea Nobody Needed00:24:33 Picking the Right Wave to Ride00:34:37 Down to $2M, Firing Almost Everyone00:41:48 Getting Enterprise to Take Your Call00:48:07 The POCs That Aren't Real POCsSend me a message to let me know what you think!

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Dr. Shaan Patel. Founder and CEO of Prep Expert, a leading online test prep company. The conversation explores Patel’s journey from struggling test-taker to perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. He shares how his personal experience inspired a mission to help students unlock scholarship opportunities and academic success.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Sahra S. Halpern.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Dr. Shaan Patel. Founder and CEO of Prep Expert, a leading online test prep company. The conversation explores Patel’s journey from struggling test-taker to perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. He shares how his personal experience inspired a mission to help students unlock scholarship opportunities and academic success.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Sahra S. Halpern.

Of all commercial real estate investors, only 3% are women – and when Beth Azor learned that stat, she decided to frickin' change it. In this episode, Erin sits down with the woman affectionately known as The Canvassing Queen®: founder and CEO of Azor Advisory Services, owner of three Florida shopping centers valued at over $75 million, and founder of the Women's Real Estate Investment Summit, where Erin has had the joy of speaking – and riding the famous four-hour bus tour of the town Beth practically owns. Beth's story starts with an $11,000-a-year nonprofit salary and a real estate license she'd had since age 18. It took a boss literally marching her to a bank to co-sign a $50,000 note – on the condition she invest 20% of every commission from then on – to turn a high-earning spender into an investor. Eight LP deals later, she went out on her own as a GP, and today she's the co-GP of a $32 million asset she waited thirteen years to buy. Yes, thirteen. That story alone (Mr. G, the quarterly "no," and the pivot to pure relationship-building) is worth the listen – and so is the one about crashing a utility company's remote HQ with cupcakes. Whether you've never heard the terms LP and GP or you're ready to raise capital for your first deal, Beth breaks the path down into steps any woman can start this week: pick an asset class, find an expert, invest passively first, and watch how it's done. Because as Beth's community proves – 68 women stood up at this year's summit having invested with someone in the room – you don't have to do it alone. Listen in as Erin and Beth discuss: The boss who called her "a freaking idiot" (with love), co-signed her first $50K investment, and made her bank 20% of every commission The stat that lit the fire: only 3% of commercial real estate investors are women – and most inherited it or signed on a husband's guarantee Why "we don't know any other women doing it" is the real barrier – and how the Women's Real Estate Investment Summit is dismantling it LP vs. GP, explained in plain English: preferred returns, refinances, and why LPs end up "playing with house money" Beth's starting playbook: pick your asset class, find an expert, LP first, and watch the GP How GPs raise capital – including the empty Wells Fargo bank deal where Beth raised $3.2M from 22 people in four days Beth's non-negotiable: never invest with a GP who has no skin in the game The 13-year Mr. G story: how persistence plus genuine relationship turned "no, click" into co-GP of a $32M asset The cupcake story: how a Friday-afternoon delivery did what eight men yelling couldn't Women Investor Wednesdays, the March 2027 summit, and how to get in the room About Affectionately known as The Canvassing Queen®, Beth Azor is the founder and CEO of Azor Advisory Services (AAS), a leading commercial real estate advisory and investment firm based in Davie, Florida. As its principal, Beth currently owns and manages three shopping centers in Florida valued at over $75M. She travels the U.S. consulting with, brokering deals for, and training associates in the commercial real estate industry, with clients including Phillips Edison & Co., Brixmor Properties, The Shopping Center Group, Urban Edge Development, DLC Management Group, and Bedrock. Beth is the author of Don't Say No for the Prospect (2019) and The Retail Leasing Playbook (2020), the founder of the Women's Real Estate Investment Summit – on a mission to get more women investing in real estate and growing their families' wealth – and co-founder of the South Florida Independent Retailer Awards®. Her newly created AI bot "Ask Beth" is a compilation of her 900 YouTube videos and 300 podcast episodes. A graduate of FSU, Beth is founder and past Chairwoman of the FSU Real Estate Foundation, past President of HOPE Outreach Center in Davie, and co-founder of 100+ Women Who Care in South Florida. She is a single mom to a superhero movie podcaster and an aspiring pro golfer – and she recently walked 250 miles of the Camino de Santiago across Spain. How to Connect With Beth Azor Website: https://www.bethazor.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethazor/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/azoradvisoryservices Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethazor/  Recommended Resources Women's Real Estate Investment Summit – March 3 – 5, 2027, registration opens September; only ~60 of 250 seats left: https://thewomeninvestmentsummit.com/  Women Investor Wednesday podcast – Beth interviews a woman investor every Wednesday (want to be a guest? She wants startup stories, even your first VRBO): https://www.bethazor.com/beths-podcasts/ Don't Say No for the Prospect by Beth Azor: https://www.bethazor.com/product/dont-say-no-for-the-prospect-how-1-went-from-a-sales-rookie-to-a-retail-leasing-rockstar/ The Retail Leasing Playbook by Beth Azor: https://www.amazon.com/Retail-Leasing-Playbook-Beth-Ratzan/dp/0578224208 "Ask Beth" AI bot – 900 videos and 300 podcast episodes' worth of answers: https://www.bethazor.com Happiness & Fulfillment Assessment: https://pursuingfreedom.com/happiness Pursuing Freedom Collective: https://pursuingfreedom.com/collective Get a copy of Pursuing Freedom on Amazon: https://amzn.to/46o7m7z Subscribe to the Pursuing Freedom podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for weekly inspiration and strategies.

This is for Ben Miller, founder of Fundrise, and the strongest angle is how Fundrise built a platform that opened private markets to everyday investors, reaching 2M+ investors and managing billions across real estate, credit, and venture/private tech. In this episode of The Jess Larsen Show on Innovation & Leadership, Jess sits down with Ben Miller, founder of Fundrise, for a deep conversation on private markets, real estate, venture investing, and what it really takes to build a platform that gives everyday investors access to opportunities once reserved for institutions. Ben shares the story behind Fundrise's mission to democratize private markets, how the company grew to more than 2 million investors, and why building this kind of business required far more than a clever fintech idea. From real estate and private credit to venture capital and AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, and Canva, Ben explains how Fundrise evolved into a multi-asset platform built for long-term access and scale. Jess and Ben also explore the painful reality behind compounding success. Ben talks about regulation, fundraising, public offerings, investor education, criticism, persistence, and why most people underestimate how much suffering and repetition it takes to build something that lasts. This is a sharp, honest conversation about democratizing investing, surviving the long game, finding opportunities across cycles, and building a private markets platform in a world being reshaped by AI, technology, and constant change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Mark Costes presents the 2026 Golden Rhino Award case studies, honoring two standout transformations: Dr. Blake Hamlin and Dr. Collin Myrick, both UT Houston grads who joined DSI feeling successful but stuck and isolated. He walks through their application letters and financial scorecards, showing how each more than tripled their practices in three years—Hamlin from $1.6M to $5.37M, and Myrick from $2.2M to nearly $10M—largely by clarifying their model and vision before scaling. The two then join Costes on stage to unpack how they did it. Hamlin credits a relentless focus on a few core KPIs (reappointment rate, answering every call) and a marketing breakthrough, scaling spend from $5,000 to $45,000-plus a month to multiply new patients while holding overhead steady. Myrick points to vision, mission, and core values as his foundation, plus finding his integrator, Darcy, which freed him to lead as a CEO and say yes to rapid multi-location expansion across his rural Florida hometown. EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.truedentalsuccess.com Dental Success Network Subscribe to The Dentalpreneur Podcast

In today's episode, Matt and Kolby break down Alex Hormozi's three big content bets, his CAA signing and reality-show push, and Jessi Jean's $297 "Yap on Camera Challenge" that reportedly made $1.2M in a single day — pulling out what's working, what's being left on the table, and what every media founder should take notes on.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:25 The $1.2M Launch in 72 Minutes07:34 Why Cohorts Are a Superior Business Model11:54 Inside the Hybrid Cohort Format17:15 Public Homework as a Viral Engine17:57 Do You Even Need a Community?20:22 Don't Sleep on Instagram24:43 How Jessie Could Scale to $1M/Month32:44 Hormozi's Content Bets: Show, Don't Tell36:14 Bet #2: Netflix-Level Production ("Scale or Fail")41:00 Bet #3: Live and Interactive Content43:24 Replicating It Without a Big Budget46:30 Legacy Media: CAA, Netflix, and Radio50:07 Distribution Is King

Cory was out for a family wedding, so Brady and Philip hosted from his handle. Also new: a weekly recap song in a different genre each week, covering everything from the previous weeks of the show. Daniel Batten on Cambridge's new number. Its updated assessment puts Bitcoin mining at 59.4% clean energy, against a global grid mix near 40%. Hydro is the largest single source. Full report expected later this year. Sweden's grid used Bitcoin mining 11,000 times last year to absorb excess wind. Batten's point: operators call it flexible load, flexible compute, or data centers. Anything but Bitcoin mining. Six Brazilian energy companies are doing the same with stranded generation. The best idea in the episode, and it's Batten's. A grid operator is incentivized to admit a problem, because saying so unlocks resources and doesn't destabilize the grid. A central banker never can, because the admission is itself the instability. Batten expects the West to adopt Bitcoin as an energy solution before a monetary one. In the global South the monetary problems are existential already: banking access, storing wealth safely, remittances that otherwise cost up to 20%. The Ethiopian dam. You cannot build half a dam, so it's sized for demand 20 years out. No transmission lines, no industry, no customer for the surplus. Miners paid roughly three cents per kilowatt hour and delivered over $100M in unexpected revenue. Callum Wheeler of Renew Blocks on Britain's curtailment bill. £1.5B last year paying wind farms to switch off and firing gas nearer London instead, forecast to reach £7B by 2030. A new "demand for constraints" market is meant to fix it. A near-blackout on June 23 reached the shadow energy secretary via control-room whistleblowers. Cause: unexpected air conditioning demand in Britain's fourth heat wave. Wheeler's pilot is mining co-located inside a Scottish Highlands hydro powerhouse, built for £2M and never switched on. Susie Violet Ward spent 13 months chasing a BBC correction on a headline claiming every Bitcoin payment uses a swimming pool of water. No correction, and the undisclosed source was a central banker. Brandolini's law: refuting costs ten times what inventing does. Closing round on first resources. Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker, including his family's story of carrying value out of Russia. Also the Bullish Case, Broken Money, swan.com/welcome with Natalie Brunell, and Mary Kay Fain's approach: ask someone to recall a time they couldn't use their own money.

Problems Scale Faster Than Revenue. Here Is the Fix with Nick Avaria   Find Rocky Lalvani @ www.ProfitComesFirst.com  or email him at rocky@profitcomesfirst.com Make more, work less video: https://youtu.be/   You hired people so you could step back. Instead, you are more in the weeds than before, the business feels harder to run than it did at half the size, and profit is somehow lower despite the growth. That is not a people problem. That is the missing middle, and it has a structure, a cost, and a fix. Nick Avaria has bought and sold seven agencies, all profitably. He has watched founders hit this wall time after time at $3M, $5M, even $8M. And in this episode, he breaks down exactly why growth makes things worse before they get better, and what to do about it in the right order.   In This Episode: Why treating profit as a leftover instead of a design choice is the most expensive mistake in the $2M to $10M range The founder's premium: why you close sales at 10 to 20% higher rates than any salesperson you hire, and why delegating sales too early destroys revenue The missing middle: why scaling without a management layer sends businesses backward from $12M to $6M and costs 12 to 18 months to recover The specific order to replace yourself in your own business (and why most founders get it backwards) Why marketing is the hardest function to hand off and what a 3 to 9-month handoff really looks like Why the best executives do not work for founders, and what it takes to become the kind of leader they will work for AI as a win-more button: why it amplifies great people and makes mediocre work worse at speed   Key Takeaways: Profit must be designed in at the start. It is never a leftover. Your close rate as the founder is 10 to 20% higher than any professional salesperson you hire. That gap has a dollar value. Problems scale faster than revenue. A structural flaw at $2M is more expensive at $4M and potentially catastrophic at $8M. The delegation order: admin first, delivery second, marketing third, sales fourth, leadership last. The best managers and executives will not work for you while you are still operating as a founder. That shift is on you.   About Nick Avaria: Nick is a serial agency entrepreneur who has scaled multiple companies to 7- and 8-figure success, buying and selling seven agencies along the way. With firsthand experience merging leadership teams and cultures, he now helps agency owners escape burnout and build highly profitable businesses that empower their teams and clients—without sacrificing their lives in the process. Still in the trenches as an agency owner himself, Nick brings real-world insights on scaling, leadership, founder burnout, and creating systems for sustainable growth.   Links: Website: http://www.agencyacquisitions.io    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickavaria/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick_avaria/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AgencyAcquisitions   Profit Blueprint Calculator I Profit Comes First: https://lp.profitcomesfirst.com/profitblueprintcalc-page   Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@profitanswerman Sign up to be notified when the next cohort of the Profit First Experience Course is available! Free Copy of the Profit Blueprint Book: https://lp.profitcomesfirst.com/landing-page-page  Monthly Newsletter signup: https://lp.profitcomesfirst.com/newsletter-signup Relay Bank (affiliate link): https://relayfi.com/?referralcode=profitcomesfirst Profit Answer Man Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/profitanswerman/ My podcast about living a richer more meaningful life: http://richersoul.com/ Music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.       

Ryan Fenn is a founder and entrepreneur who started with $500 repairing windshields, built $2M in course sales, then scaled a SaaS business to ~$1.2M MRR using systems, automation, and partnerships. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. Hustle can create momentum, but systems create sustainable growth and freedom. The businesses that scale are built on repeatable processes, not constant grinding. 2. Automation should only happen after you understand and master the process manually. Learn it first, then automate the redundant parts. 3. Revenue growth often comes from fixing small leaks in the customer journey. Faster response times, better follow-up, and stronger messaging can dramatically increase conversions. Check out Ryan's website and join his entrepreneur community. Learn how to generate leads from cold Facebook and Instagram traffic - Ryan Fenn Website Sponsors HighLevel - The ultimate all-in-one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies. Learn more at HighLevelFire.com. Nexus Install - Have a high-ticket offer? Nexus Install builds you a custom LinkedIn prospect booking system designed to generate more quality sales calls. Email JLD at John@EOFire.com to learn more.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Sahra S. Halpern.

Listen and subscribe to Money Making Conversations on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.moneymakingconversations.com/subscribe/ or wherever you listen to podcasts. New Money Making Conversations episodes drop daily. I want to alert you, so you don’t miss out on expert analysis and insider perspectives from my guests who provide tips that can help you uplift the community, improve your financial planning, motivation, or advice on how to be a successful entrepreneur. Keep winning! Money Making Conversations Master Class with Rushion McDonald is America's premier entrepreneurship, business leadership, financial literacy, and wealth-building podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, executives, founders, celebrities, and industry experts sharing actionable insights for professional and financial success. Business Podcast Entrepreneurship Small Business Business Growth Financial Literacy Wealth Building Black Entrepreneurs Minority Business Leadership Executive Leadership Business Funding Marketing Strategies Personal Development Startup Advice Sales Training CEO Interviews Founder Stories Professional Development Economic Empowerment Business Success Networking Brand Building Innovation How to start a business Small business funding Entrepreneur success stories Business leadership podcast Wealth building strategies Black entrepreneur podcast Minority business development Marketing for small businesses Business growth strategies Startup funding opportunities Executive leadership training Financial literacy education Success mindset podcast Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Dr. Shaan Patel. Founder and CEO of Prep Expert, a leading online test prep company. The conversation explores Patel’s journey from struggling test-taker to perfect SAT scorer, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. He shares how his personal experience inspired a mission to help students unlock scholarship opportunities and academic success.

Episode 437 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Nick LaRovere, CEO & Co-Founder of Pryzm. It seems obvious that selling to the U.S. federal government is complex, especially if you aren't one of the traditional defense prime contractors… but it doesn't have to be that way. Pryzm is out to help companies level the playing field. As I was preparing for this podcast, I learned about things like “J-Books” – the massive justification documents that outline the federal spending budget. While this budget information is public, these documents are notoriously long, dense, and difficult to navigate. This seems like a logical use case for AI. But while many AI tools attempt to simply wrap public data to write proposals, Pryzm goes far deeper. Founded by a team of Colby alumni with backgrounds at Palantir and Lockheed Martin, Pryzm has built an AI-powered command center. The platform unifies market intelligence, relationship insights, and real-time program awareness into a single, actionable view, making it the operating system for federal capture and acquisition. The company recently closed a $12.2M seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) through its American Dynamism fund, with participation from XYZ Venture Capital, Amplify.LA, and Forum Ventures. Armed with IL5 and FedRAMP High authorizations, Pryzm is actively modernizing the federal procurement industry. In this episode, we cover: 00:00 Introducing Nick LaRovere, CEO & Co-Founder of Pryzm 04:23 Advice for Building a Startup in the DefenceTech sector 08:55 Nick's Background, Early Influences, & Attending Colby 15:36 Getting his career started 20:06 Early Experiences, including Tesla and Palantir 26:48 Founding Prysm and Its Mission 33:42 Details on the Prysm Platform 36:50 Growth and Scaling of Prysm 40:47 Raising funding from Andreessen Horowitz 45:23 The Importance of Storytelling in Entrepreneurship 46:54 Future Growth and Hiring Plans 47:50 3 Essential Apps 50:25 Book / Podcast Recommendations for Entrepreneurs 52:28 Nick's Hobbies Outside of Work Podcast Sponsor: This podcast is brought to you by one of the strongest longtime supporters of the local startup ecosystem, Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank. With more than 1,500 bankers and relationship advisors and $44B in loans as of Q4 2025 – SVB delivers expert guidance, specialized products and a team that knows the innovation economy inside and out. Learn more at SVB.com.

Send us Fan MailGet vidIQ Boost for an exclusive price! https://vidiq.com/podcastWant a 1 on 1 coach? https://vidiq.ink/theboost1on1Join our Discord! https://www.vidiq.com/discordWatch the video: https://youtu.be/_kUOrWhNynwWe sit down with nine-time Evo World Champion Justin Wong to trace how arcade culture, early tournaments, and a global fighting game community shaped his life. We also dig into how he turns that competitive mindset into a sustainable YouTube and sponsor-driven creator business, including the $5,000 content gamble that paid for itself.• Growing up at Chinatown Fair and finding confidence through arcade community • Learning fighting games in the magazine era and why players guarded their “tech” • First tournament stories, travel logistics, and getting hooked on competing • What early Evo looked like before streaming, sponsors, and massive prize pools • Evo Moment 37, why it went viral years later, and how Justin reframes the loss • Twitch streaming as community, plus the tension between content and serious practice • Taking YouTube seriously in 2019, posting variety, and building a consistent schedule • Thumbnails and titles that earn clicks, plus investing in editors and designers • Making real money through sponsorships while reinvesting ad revenue into production • The IRL boss challenge idea that hit 2M views and validated experimentation • Creator advice on patience, differentiation, and not obsessing over the numbers Make sure you go check that out. feel free to hit that subscribe button. 

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Sentry https://sentry.io/twist Agree https://agree.com Northwest Registered Agent https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist   Today's show: French ex-martial artist Bilal Kharouni is building his longevity startup from Okinawa, one of the world's "blue zones." (These are regions with the most people living long, healthy lives.) In this TWiST taping from Founder University in Tokyo, Jason investigates why a $200K raise in Japan can out-build a $2M raise in San Francisco, and why the best moat for biological AI isn't the model; it's the data no one else has. Plus a tactical and practical discussion of product market fit, why Ekei killed a growing side business to maintain focus, Japan's fast-track for regenerative medicine, and hitting the upper limits for consumer longevity gadgets. Plus a live Q&A with Founder U attendees. Guest Bilal Kharouni on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilal-kharouni/ Ekei Labs: https://www.ekeilabs.com/ Relevant Links Okinawa Institute of Science and Tech (OIST): ****https://www.oist.jp/ Life Biosciences: https://www.lifebiosciences.com/ NewLimit: https://www.newlimit.com/ Centivax: https://www.centivax.com/ Medical Daily: "First Human Trial to Reverse Aging Gets FDA Clearance": https://www.medicaldaily.com/first-human-trial-reverse-aging-just-got-fda-clearance-what-epigenetic-reprogramming-actually-476076 Tim Friede snake venom article from Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/he-injected-himself-venom-decades-can-his-antibodies-help-snakebite-victims Micro1: https://www.micro1.ai/ Whoop: https://www.whoop.com/ Station F Paris startup campus: https://stationf.co/ Japan Times: "PM Takaichi sleeps only 2-4 hours a night": https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/politics/takaichi-sleep-overwork/ FDLI: "Japan's Regenerative Medicine Regulatory Pathways": https://www.fdli.org/2019/02/global-focus-japans-regenerative-medicine-regulatory-pathways-encouraging-innovation-and-patient-access/ FDA: "Right to Try": https://www.fda.gov/patients/learn-about-expanded-access-and-other-treatment-options/right-try STAT News: "Are Blue Zones Real?": https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/04/are-blue-zones-real-new-scrutiny-longevity-hot-spots/ Timestamps: 0:00 Founder University is back in Japan! 4:05 What Ekei Labs does 5:13 Why Japan is a longevity hub 8:52 The AI biological moat 10:05 Sentry - Your team should be focused on shipping features — not chasing down bugs. New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to https://sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST 15:58 Right to try and the ethics of experimental therapies 22:30 Agree.com - Stop chasing invoices and automate your entire contract-to-cash stack. Go to https://agree.com and tell them Jason sent you to get 50% off for life! 24:49 Japan's fast-track regenerative medicine law 26:03 Raising in Japan vs. the US 31:32 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist 40:44 Why Ekei killed a profitable service to focus 47:11 Have Blue Zones been debunked? 48:56 How socialization may extend lifespan 51:07 Founder Q&A: Booked vs. forecast revenue 55:42 Amazon's "bar raiser" framework 1:03:31 Social robots and loneliness 1:04:29 Jason on health and hustle culture   Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com Check out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.com Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcp   Follow Lon: X: https://x.com/lons   Follow Alex: X: https://x.com/alex LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm   Follow Jason: X: https://twitter.com/Jason LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis   Check out all our partner offers: https://partners.launch.co/   Great TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarland   Check out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanis   Follow TWiST: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups Substack: https://twistartups.substack.com

Up to this point, I've had everything I've ever wanted in life.     There's really not much I want or need now.    But I had to start with the beginning.    At first, I wanted money.    I wanted money because I thought and society and media told me I wanted money.    But as I got into everything, I learned really quickly, there are costs to money.    When I started making money, I bought a fancy car, a big house, and then the second year, I bought a watch.    I had already had everything I needed and wanted.    When I started making milions, I hired people thinking I wanted a really big company.    That came with its own set of headaches between more staff and more money.    Here's a little math for you:  When I made $20M with my company and had 50 employees, I took home around $2M.    When I had a company doing $3M, I took home a million.    Put that in perspective.    Almost the same money, but I didn't have my freedom.    For 2 years, I traveled and worked speaking on stages, working 18 hour days , and being away from my family................   Thanks be to God because that 2 year period set me up for life...............   After going through the cycles of what's possible, I've come to realize what I value most......   It's time with my children and my wife.    You see, money can be freedom, or not.    But it's up to you what you really want...........   It's not a one-size-fits-all lifestyle.....   Make a decision about what freedom means to you.....   I bet it has nothing to do with money....   If you're smart, you'll figure it out.   About the ReWire Podcast   The ReWire Podcast with Ryan Stewman – Dive into powerful insights as Ryan Stewman, the HardCore Closer, breaks down mental barriers and shares actionable steps to rewire your thoughts. Each episode is a fast-paced journey designed to reshape your mindset, align your actions, and guide you toward becoming the best version of yourself. Join in for a daily dose of real talk that empowers you to embrace change and unlock your full potential.    Learn how you can become a member of a powerful community consistently rewiring itself for success at https://www.jointheapex.com/   Rise Above

What if the most misunderstood role in business is also the one deciding whether your company scales?In this solo episode, Cameron Herold, founder of the COO Alliance and author of Second in Command, tackles the question every growth-minded CEO eventually faces: what exactly is a COO? Drawing on Bennett and Miles' research and his own years as second in command at 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Cameron explains why no two COOs on the planet have the same job, and why the search for a great one starts with the CEO's own strengths and gaps.He walks through the seven types of COO: Executor, Change Agent, Mentor, Other Half, Partner, Heir Apparent, and MVP, with stories from Shopify, Oracle, Dell, and Facebook, plus the common roles a COO plays as adult in the room, integrator, and moderator.Get this hire wrong, and the person meant to fix the chaos only adds to it. Listen now.Timestamped Highlights[00:00] – The question-asking habit that separates growing companies from stuck ones[00:52] – Why most CMOs are interchangeable, but no two COOs share the same job[01:40] – The only non-negotiable requirement for any COO[02:31] – The research that uncovered the seven main categories of COO[04:30] – When a change agent should come from outside the company[05:34] – Why changing a company's culture is like dealing with teenagers[07:30] – The mentor move that shaped Facebook's earliest years[08:30] – The marriage test every CEO-COO pairing has to pass[13:18] – The leadership meeting comment that earned Cameron the COO title[18:57] – The homeowner and contractor rule for splitting the what from the how[23:20] – Why the CEO, not the COO, should be the tiebreakerMentioned ResourcesRiding Shotgun: The Role of the COO by Nate Bennett and Stephen A. MilesSecond in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer by Nate Bennett and Stephen A. Miles (Harvard Business Review)Double Double by Cameron HeroldHigh Growth Handbook by Elad GilRocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark C. WintersTraction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino WickmanImportant LinksConnect with Cameron: Website | LinkedInExplore the COO Alliance - The World's Leading Community for Seconds in CommandGet Cameron's book: Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO BookClaim your FREE* copy: Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO BookTake his course: Invest In Your Leaders Online Course (Use promo code PODCAST10 before the end of the month for 10% off)Chat or video call with AI Cameron via Delphi*Valid only for CEOs or COO/Second in Command based in the US or Canada at companies wih $2M + revenue.The Second in Command Podcast is an original production hosted by Cameron Herold. Brought to you by COO Alliance. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.

Ready to transform your wholesaling side-hustle into a multi-million-dollar cash machine? In this powerhouse live masterclass, Brent Daniels lays his cards on the table, breaking down the exact four marketing channels that drove over $2,000,000 in top-line revenue for his business this year. With real estate heavyweight Jerry Norton riding shotgun, they deliver an absolute masterclass on dominating your local market with free Google My Business leads, maximizing your Pay-Per-Click ROI, and snagging high-intent seller leads for just $2.50 a pop. You are going to get the inside scoop on stacking the ultimate five-filter Gold List, leveraging GoHighLevel for bulletproof follow-ups, and crushing the toughest seller objections with zero hesitation.Be a part of the TTP training program now.---------Show notes:(0:00) Beginning of today's episode(2:27) Breaking down the raw math of Brent's $2M+ top-line marketing channels(8:49) Earning $93,000 in free revenue by optimizing Google My Business (GMB)(17:21) Jerry Norton's Gold List strategy and the 5 filters you must stack for motivated sellers(22:04) Buying bulk, overseas pre-qualified seller leads for just $2.50 a piece(26:46) Utilizing Rafael Cortez's Pulse CRM for automated dispositions(27:28) Partnering with Jerry Norton for nationwide dispositions (DispoWithJerry)(29:30) Defending your business against professional TCPA/DNC litigators(34:18) Why you must continually update your contracts to match state compliance laws(37:05) The ethical and legal necessity of using transactional funding for double closes(40:37) The brutal reality of pre-foreclosures and why you should stop targeting them(45:18) Alex Hormozi's framework for mastering the shame of rejection and boredom(54:03) The exact script to overcome the "Are you a wholesaler?" objection----------Resources:PropWireWarm Leads DailyPulse CRMGoHighLevelDispo With JerryTalkToPeopleWholesaler ContractsWholesaling LaunchTo speak with Brent or one of our other expert coaches call (281) 835-4201 or schedule your free discovery call here to learn about our mentorship programs and become part of the TribeGo to Wholesalingincgroup.com to become part of one of the fastest growing Facebook communities in the Wholesaling space. Get all of your burning Wholesaling questions answered, gain access to JV partnerships, and connect with other "success minded" Rhinos in the community.It's 100% free to join. The opportunities in this community  are endless, what are you waiting for?