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It's an Emmajority Report Thursday On today's program: Trump suspends tariffs on imported beef from South America at a devastating cost to American ranchers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the plan to flood the markets with foreign beef was influenced by a Brazilian billionaire, Joesely Bautista. Bautista just happens to own a stake in JBS, one of the world's largest meatpacking companies and also just happened to have donated $5M to Trump's inauguration. Cattle producer Jim Hertzog speaks to Farm Journal to express his outrage over Trump policies punishing American farmers and ranchers. Donald Trump tries his best to promote Ken Paxton but cannot stop himself from repeatedly commenting on Ken Paxton's fashion choices and how bad he is in interviews. Seamus Malekafzali, journalist providing in-depth analysis of the Middle East and Global South at his self-titled Substack, joins for a conversation about the failing efforts to save Zionism. In the Fun Half: Brendan Sutton and Matt Binder join. Attorney General Todd Blanche joins Laura Ingraham to announce that the DOJ is going after schools providing "secret gender transitions", claiming this is a pandemic affecting children across the country. Maria Bartiromo has been abruptly fired from Fox Business as explained in a very terse press statement from FB. Jeanine Pirro is trying to be a MAHA influencer, posting a scary clip of her using a Smith Machine Joe Rogan sounds like a beauty pageant contestant as he asks his audience to imagine how much safer the world would be if no one was starving. James Talarico wishes the government would go after pedophiles in the way they go after brown men on their way to work at 6am. Jesse Watters fumbles through a racist segment about James Talarico and Jasmine Crockett. All that and more. To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Follow us on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AM Quickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase Check out today's sponsors: ONESKIN: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MAJORITY at https://www.oneskin.co/majority SUNSET LAKE CBD: Head to SunsetLakeCBD.com and use coupon code "Left Is Best" (all one word) for 20% off of your entire order. @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech On Instagram: @MrBryanVokey Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on YouTube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's YouTube channel: https://ww.youtube.com/Th3Discourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here: https:/www.youtube.com/@avaraiza

How would we turn a $5 million home service business into a $10 million company?In this episode of Owned and Operated, John Wilson and Jack Carr break down how they'd invest $1 million to double a profitable home service business.They cover where they'd invest first, finding the next high-ROI marketing channel, hiring salespeople ahead of demand, expanding the balance sheet, and building the capacity to scale.Could they reach a $10M run rate in just 12 months? This is the playbook they'd use.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In This Episode━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• How to grow a $5M home service business to $10M• Where they'd invest $1 million for growth• Finding your next high-ROI marketing channel• Why one marketing channel could double the business• Branding, radio, LSAs, and commercial sales• Hiring salespeople ahead of demand━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Connect━━━━━━━━━━━━━━John Wilsonhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbwilson1/Jack Carrhttps://x.com/thehvacjackOwned and Operatedhttps://www.ownedandoperated.com/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Sponsors━━━━━━━━━━━━━━YelpLooking for more qualified leads beyond Google? See how contractors are using Yelp to reach homeowners who are ready to book and diversify their lead generation. Learn more: https://business.yelp.com/campaign/ownedandoperated/Comfort ConnectTurn one installation into years of repeat business with Comfort Connect. Give homeowners flexible payment options, stay connected after the job, and create new recurring revenue opportunities. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4wGXqSXFieldPulseReady to ditch the whiteboard and spreadsheets? See how FieldPulse helps home service companies simplify scheduling, dispatching, invoicing, and more. Book a free demo: https://landing.fieldpulse.com/owned_and_operatedSend Us Mail!More Ways To Connect with O&OJohn's Podcast YouTube ChannelOwned and Operated Newsletter Bonus Videos From JohnLeave a ReviewJohn Wilson, CEO of Wilson CompaniesJack Carr, CEO of Rapid HVAC

What does it look like to spend 30 years growing inside an organization and ultimately step into the top seat? In this episode, Jon Meyer, President and CEO of Nolan Painting, shares the story of his path from the company's very first estimator to leading an $18.5M business through its next chapter. Jon opens up about the deliberate, years-long succession process Kevin Nolan built, what it's meant to inherit a company in strong shape, and how Nolan Painting is now formalizing that same intentionality through its newly formed Board of Directors. Whether you're thinking about your own exit, your leadership pipeline, or what long-term stability really looks like, this one's worth a listen.

Many of you founders working with niche ingredients out there might have struggled with this question: How do you build a new category when consumers don't yet understand the ingredient, retailers don't know where to place it, and nobody is walking into stores asking for it? In this episode of Brand Growth Heroes, I speak with Andrew Hunt, co-founder and CEO of Aduna Superfoods, about what category creation around niche ingredients really looks like for CPG founders. We talk about how he has built a business that is approaching £5M in annual revenue by bringing ingredients like baobab and moringa to the UK, to creating demand through education, sampling and relentless market development - until these ingredients are on the brink of becoming mainstream.What I found particularly interesting is how Aduna has evolved as the market around it has changed. The business started out highly ingredient-led and impact-led, but eventually hit a commercial ceiling. Around 2022, Andrew and the team shifted towards clearer consumer needs such as gut health and everyday wellness, while keeping the quality of the ingredients and their sourcing at the heart of the brand. Now, as wholefood supplements, gut health, UPF-free products and higher-quality functional ingredients all move further into the mainstream, Aduna is increasingly well positioned for what Andrew calls the next generation of superfoods.What You'll LearnHow Aduna created demand for ingredients consumers had never heard ofWhy getting a retail listing means very little if shoppers don't understand what your product is forHow intensive sampling helped take baobab from almost no rate of sale to a best-selling superfoodWhy Aduna moved from ingredient-first communication towards clearer consumer need statesWhat founders building new categories can learn about timing, market education and knowing when the consumer is finally readyKey Topics DiscussedBuilding a new category around unfamiliar ingredientsIntroducing baobab and moringa to the UK marketWhy Whole Foods initially rejected Aduna because “nobody comes in asking for baobab”Creating demand before there is established consumer awarenessThe role of sampling in category buildingGoing from around 10 units sold in three months to becoming a best-selling superfood in Whole Foods and Planet OrganicUsing early retail success to unlock Holland & BarrettWhy product education alone can become a commercial constraintAduna's strategic shift towards consumer needs such as gut health and radianceProtecting brand integrity while becoming more commercially focusedThe rise of wholefood powders and supplementsWhy ingredient quality matters as consumers become more knowledgeableAduna's “Superfood 2.0” thinking around bioactive compoundsHigh-flavanol cacao and the difference between commodity ingredients and higher-quality functional ingredientsBuilding a proprietary supply chain in Ghana and Burkina FasoWorking with more than 100 women's cooperativesAgroforestry, tree planting and community infrastructureThe relationship between Aduna's branded consumer business and its ingredient supply businessAmazon as a major growth channelAmazon UK growing around 50–60% year on yearThe scale of the Amazon US opportunityAduna's ambition to grow towards £15 million over the next four yearsBuilding long-term sustainable growth rather than chasing scale at the expense of qualityUseful linkshttps://www.instagram.com/adunasuperfoods/?hl=enLike this episode?PLEASE share the love by sharing this episode with another founder building a challenger brand, a colleague or a mate who loves brilliant non-alcoholic drinks, or anyone trying to work out how to build a sharper, more focused growth model.Don't forget to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to Brand Growth Heroes on your favourite podcast app, and even LEAVE A REVIEW - both of these actions make a MASSIVE difference to our mission to help more founders just like you.Join our communityInstagram (https://www.instagram.com/brandgrowthheroes)LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/brand-growth-heroes/?viewAsMember=true)Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@brandgrowthheroes)Find out more about the programmes and courses Fiona runs here (https://www.brandgrowthheroes.com/mini-mba-2026)Join the NextGen CPG WhatsApp group for founders leaning in to the value that a leadership approach to engaging with AI can unlock for businesses like yours.*** Thanks to Brand Growth Heroes' podcast sponsor — Joelson, the commercial law firm ***If you're a founder, you already know how much energy goes into building the perfect product, creating standout branding and connecting with consumers.But scaling a CPG business also brings legal complexities that can make or break your growth journey - from contracts and regulatory compliance to protecting your intellectual property.That's why we're proud to partner with Joelson, the leading commercial law firm specialising in helping founders of scaling consumer brands.Joelson works with brands like Little Moons, Trip, Eat Natural, Bear Graze and Pulsin, and advised the innocent founders on their landmark sale to Coca-Cola - and still work with them at JamJar Investments today!Joelson is offering a FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION to all BGH listeners - just request it here - we highly recommend you take them up on it!CreditsThanks to our Sound Engineer Gyp Buggane at Ballagroove.com and the entire BGH team.

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The inventor of DTG printing joins the show. Matt Rhome filed the original patent in 1996, sold the tech to Brother, and now runs Quality & Efficiency at Sticker Mule. He tells the full story — the garage prototype, the $1.5M machine that almost never shipped, why he sold his own patent, and where DTG is headed next.

Dustin Nielson, former Oilers netminder Joaquin Gage, and YouTube Trev share the airwaves for the very first time!   The boys jump straight into Dusty's Top 3 Biggest Storylines heading into the upcoming Edmonton Oilers season. What key narratives will define the campaign, and how do Gager and Trev view the road ahead? Next, the fellas break down the latest NHL headlines as Eeli Tolvanen inks a killer one-year, $1.5M deal with the New York Rangers. Did the Blueshirts land one of the best bargains of late summer, and what does it mean for middle-six scoring depth across the league? Then, the boys play general manager! Each host brings ONE Unrestricted Free Agent to the table they want the Oilers to invite to training camp on a PTO (Professional Tryout Agreement). Who is the best fit to come in and push for a roster spot on a team with Stanley Cup aspirations? Finally, Dusty dives into Zach Hyman's numbers for today's edition of The Numbers Game, presented by Play Alberta!   The Oil Stream is presented by Boston Pizza!

In this LoanOfficerPodcast.com episode, the host Chris Johnstone sits down with Arturo Aguilar, a Houston-based mortgage professional who went from closing just $4–$5 million in his first year to becoming a consistent $50M–$55M annual producer closing more than 200 loans per year. Arturo shares how he went all-in on the mortgage business, built a team that allowed him to scale, and developed long-term Realtor relationships that now generate approximately 90% of his business. He also reveals the systems he uses to meet more Realtors, create a referral-driven mortgage business, and stay personally involved with borrowers throughout the loan process. In this episode, you'll learn:       • How Arturo Aguilar scaled from a $4–$5M producer to a consistent $50M+ mortgage producer closing 200+ loans per year.       • How he built long-term Realtor relationships that now generate approximately 90% of his mortgage business.       • How loan officers can use team building, Zoom meetings, borrower relationships, and a strong referral process to scale without sacrificing client experience. Arturo also shares why building the right support team changed everything, how coaching helped him improve his business, and why he's now focused on expanding his audience through social media and new marketing strategies as he works toward his next major goal: $100 million in annual mortgage production. Whether you're a new loan officer trying to build your first referral relationships or an experienced mortgage professional looking to scale from a solo operation into a high-volume mortgage team, this episode is packed with practical strategies you can apply to your business. Listen to the full episode to discover how Arturo Aguilar built a $50M+ mortgage business through Realtor relationships, team building, systems, coaching, and consistent execution. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe to LoanOfficerPodcast.com and leave us a 5-star review. Your support helps us continue bringing you valuable conversations with top-producing loan officers who openly share the strategies behind their success.

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

In this episode, the team analyzes a $20.5 million wholesale aquarium livestock distributor, debating whether its unique logistics, proprietary operations, and recurring customer base justify one of the highest acquisition multiples ever featured on the show.Business Listing – https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/leading-aqua-culture-wholesale-distribution-co/2526116/Welcome 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 Brokerage specializes in helping entrepreneurs buy and sell businesses with experienced operators as brokers. They offer a free valuation clarity call to help owners understand what their business is worth and how to increase its value before selling. Learn more at https://quietlight.com/FRANZY - Thinking about buying a franchise instead of an independent business? FRANZY is a free platform built for acquisition-minded entrepreneurs who want to explore franchise ownership without broker bias. FRANZY matches you with franchise opportunities based on your capital, goals, and lifestyle—and includes free coaching from experienced franchise operators. If you're exploring ETA but want a structured, system-driven alternative, check out https://franzy.com/ This episode examines a fascinating California-based wholesale aquaculture distribution company generating approximately $20.2 million in annual revenue and $2.5 million in seller's discretionary earnings, listed for $20.5 million. The business specializes in distributing live aquarium fish, corals, and marine invertebrates to pet stores, with decades of proprietary operating procedures, specialized logistics, long-term supplier relationships, and meaningful regulatory barriers to entry.The discussion explores whether this is one of the rare businesses that may actually deserve a premium valuation. The conversation dives into the operational complexity of transporting live marine animals, why sticky wholesale relationships create a durable moat, and how proprietary production capabilities and specialized infrastructure separate the company from traditional distributors.The team also explores potential growth opportunities, including direct-to-consumer expansion, drop-shipping partnerships, market size, competitive positioning, inventory management, and whether this could be an exceptional search fund acquisition despite its unusually high asking multiple.Key Highlights:- Asking Price: $20.5M on $2.5M SDE (roughly 8x SDE)- Specialized live aquarium fish, coral, and marine livestock distribution business- Strong competitive moat built around logistics, proprietary operating processes, and supplier relationships- Potential DTC and drop-shipping opportunities could unlock additional growth- One of the most bullish premium-multiple businesses ever discussed on the podcastSubscribe 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

Small federal contractors who refuse to cut their bid price and instead build bonding capacity through the federal mentor protege program can grow from $3 million to $25 million without sacrificing profit margins. David Rambhajan shares how he capped his personal indemnification at $250,000 inside a mentor-protege agreement with a $1.5 billion company, protected his bonding and retained earnings, and used a six-month payroll runway to wait out competitors racing to the bottom on price. The result was $25 million to $35 million in revenue, built on work won at the right margin, not the cheapest bid. Host: Eric Coffie, GovCon Giants / Federal Help Center. CHAPTERS 00:00 Sponsor: Mendi Media 00:49 Welcome and intro 01:15 How David entered the federal mentor-protege program 01:47 The $250K indemnification negotiation 02:37 The sharpshooter framework for decisions 04:03 Growing from $3M to $25M 07:38 Why refusing to lower your bid is the strategy 09:21 Waiting out competitors with retained earnings 10:13 $10M at 5% or $5M at 10%: the margin question 10:53 Outro and community Market Intelligence gives you the federal opportunities, agency signals, recompete intel, and pursuit briefs that tell you not just what contracts exist, but which ones to chase and how to win them. Sign up for free Daily Alerts and get opportunities delivered to your inbox before the day starts.

Aaron Philo is QB1, Todd Golden gets paid, and game week is finally here. Dan, Nick de la Torre, and Jordan Scarlett break down Florida's quarterback decision, the secondary, the safeties, and special teams ahead of the Gators' season opener against FAU in The Swamp.WHAT WE GET INTO:- Aaron Philo named the starter — why it took this long, and what it means for the QB room- The chemistry question: Philo vs. the receivers he hasn't thrown to since spring- Where Philo stacks up in an SEC quarterback field that is thinner than people think- Buster Faulkner's offense: running it between the tackles and getting weapons in space- The Graham Mertz comp — and why "fine" might be exactly good enough- Florida's cornerback room: Ben Hanks, Cormani McClain, Dijon Johnson, Jovari Flowers- Star/nickel with Kaneil Clark, plus the safety room — Bryce Thornton, DJ Coleman, Cam Dooley, Alfonso Allen- The standard of the No. 1 jersey at Florida: Reggie Nelson, Janoris Jenkins, Keiwan Ratliff- Special teams: Patrick Durkin, Aussie punter Alec Clark, and why an elite holder matters- Punt and kick return battle — VB3, Jaylen Lloyd, Justin Williams- Running back logjam: Jadan Baugh's workload and Duke Clark's hamstring- Todd Golden's 6-year, $49.5M extension, the bonus structure, and the buyout language- Denzel Aberdeen's eligibility situation and where it stands- Dan Mullen's UNLV debut and the Gators still on that staff- Justin Gaethje speaking to the team, plus the best guest speakers of camp- Felipe Franks surviving in the NFL on special teams- The Daejon Love fraud story and a very unpopular take about it- A camp health report that's better than anyone expectedGame Day Eve drops Friday with our FAU predictions and season picks.SUPPORT THE SHOW / OUR PARTNERS:Brunt Insurance & Financial Services — free quotes on cars, RVs, motorcycles, boats and more, panhandle to the keys. Call Greg at 954-589-2204 or visit bruntinsurance.comDykes Burke & Lewis Law Group — the smart choice when your insurance company needs some tough love. Water, sinkhole, hurricane and flood damage claims. 727-258-0043 or dykesburkelaw.comGame Time Sidekicks — gametimesidekicks.com, promo code STADIUM15 for 15% offAlumni Hall — alumnihall.com or in Gainesville on Archer Road, the largest selection of Gators apparel in townCoastal Yacht SalesFlorida VictoriousSUBSCRIBE for weekly Florida Gators football and basketball coverage, recruiting news, and game previews. New episodes every week, plus Game Day Eve before every game.

Aaron Katz is the Co-Founder and CEO of ClickHouse, the real-time analytics database powering companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Tesla and Microsoft. ClickHouse just surpassed $350M in ARR and raised over $1B from investors including Dragoneer, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, 20VC and Benchmark. Previously, Aaron was CRO at Elastic, where he helped scale revenue from approximately $5M to $500M and led the company through its IPO. Before Elastic, he spent 12 years at Salesforce, working alongside Marc Benioff and helping transform it from a 200-person startup into a global software giant. AGENDA: 4:05 Are we in an AI bubble? 13:40 How does software change when agents—not humans—make buying decisions? 22:28 Will 90% of tokens flow through open models; can enterprises trust them? 31:09 Why did ClickHouse sponsor Fulham; and could sports teams become $20B assets? 35:49 When will ClickHouse hit $1B ARR?  38:31 Can startups still win elite talent from OpenAI? Biggest remote work mistake? 44:54 Is zero-to-$100M ARR now table stakes; or is durable growth what matters? 48:51 Is college still worth it;  which jobs will survive AI? 57:58 When will ClickHouse go public; and why not next year?  

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The cruel math of founding is that the exact qualities that took you from zero to a million are the ones keeping you from three — the speed, the omnipresence, the personally enforced standard, the whole business held in one head. In the final episode of the arc, Sheena explains why this has never been a behavior problem, and why two years of knowing about it has not changed anything: somewhere along the way the skill migrated inward and became an identity, and every operational reason you have given for not letting go is downstream of that identity fighting for its life. She names the grief that founders actually report when they hand off the work they were best at, and argues that it is a real loss inside a real win rather than a sign anything has gone wrong. Then she says the quiet part — that the fear is not of failing without you but of succeeding without you, and finding out the difference you made was smaller than it felt. The episode closes on the shift from one medium to another, from doing the work to building the people who do it, and the question underneath the entire arc: does what you built exist only through you, or does it exist?Key Topics CoveredThe cruel math: the traits that got you to a million are the ceiling that keeps you from threeWhy this is an identity question rather than a behavior or discipline problemHow a skill migrates inward and becomes "I'm the person who does X"The grief of handing off the work you were best at, and why nobody warns you about itThe quiet part: being more afraid it will succeed without you than fail without youChanging mediums — from the work itself to other people's capabilityWhy your old medium had a ceiling of one human being, and the new one compoundsKey TakeawaysYou did not develop bad habits; you developed excellent habits for a company of three and then kept them.Every operational reason you have given for not letting go is downstream of an identity fighting for its life.The failure story is the comfortable one, because it confirms you were necessary.A belief that lives only in your hands has an expiration date, and the date is whenever you get tired.Resources MentionedThe Strategic Discovery Audit — the diagnostic gateway to working with The DeVain CollectiveThe CEO Self-AssessmentBeyond Founder-Led newsletterConnect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramAbout Beyond Founder-LedBeyond Founder-Led is the podcast for mission-driven founders — primarily women scaling service-based businesses from $500K to $5M — who are ready to move beyond being the bottleneck in every decision. Hosted by Sheena Hunt, founder of The DeVain Collective, each episode delivers frameworks, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a business that grows without sacrificing the founder or the mission.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beautifullycomplicated-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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For a last chance opportunity to invest in our Catalina Island + Bodega Bay boutique hotels visit somerscapital.com/investRich Somers sits down with Evan Rugan to unpack how he accessed $1.5M in 0% business funding without relying on tax returns, and what most entrepreneurs get wrong about securing capital. Evan breaks down how entity structure, credit profile, and strategic timing can dramatically impact the funding options available to a business.They also explore what banks actually look for when deciding who to fund, why personal credit can carry more weight than income in the early stages, and how strong operators use borrowed capital to create leverage rather than cover mistakes. It's a practical look at how founders can approach funding with more flexibility, control, and long-term opportunity.If you're serious about funding, this is your next move.Inside the Let's Get Funded Inner Circle!You'll learn how real approvals happen, what lenders actually look at, and you'll receive a FREE LexisNexis report — all for $97.Connect with Rich on Instagram: @rich_somers

Tom Gozney hit rock bottom with addiction at 21 and spent nearly a year in a South African rehab facility. What saved him back home wasn't a business plan - it was a brick oven he dug into his garden, because cooking pizza for his friends was the only way he could socialise without alcohol at the centre of it. He noticed something: after a few weeks, people stopped bringing beer and started bringing toppings. That shift in behaviour became the entire thesis of the brand. Fifteen years later, Gozney is valued at over $100 million, did $8.5 million in the first four hours of its Dome launch, and forged the portable pizza oven category from scratch. In this interview, Tom breaks down why he redesigned a fully tooled product weeks before shipping after watching a Steve Jobs documentary, how a synchronised Instagram launch with 30 influencers generated 27,000 signups, and the imposter syndrome that made him underprice his own ovens for years. What you'll learn in this interview: • Why he says he's selling a shift in human behaviour, not hardware or pizza • How he got his first oven sale by leaflet-dropping a restaurant with genuinely terrible branding • The £5K loan from his mum that funded the first fibreglass mould and website • Why he scrapped a fully tooled steel design weeks before shipping - and retooled it in silicone in a month • The Richard Branson exchange that put an oven on Necker Island and fuelled the Rockbox launch • The synchronised 30-influencer Instagram drop that drove 27,000 signups before a single unit shipped • How the Dome launch did $8.5M in four hours, crashed the site, and triggered death threats over a pizza oven • Why going straight to big factories doesn't work before you've proven volume - and how middlemen killed his early margins • How he rebuilt his entire supply chain by recruiting a board and COO who'd done it in outdoor grilling • Why imposter syndrome made him underprice for years - and what finally gave him conviction to charge premium If you're building a physical product brand, wrestling with manufacturing and margins you don't yet understand, or scared to price for the value you've actually built, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about brand, product obsession, and building something bigger than yourself. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend with the code FOUNDR50. Just head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://your.omnisend.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get started. WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/operators⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ → Already have a store? Apply here → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-application⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/nathanchan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH TOM GOZNEY Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/tomgozney/ Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/gozney/ Website → https://www.gozney.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/2uyvzdt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/foundr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foundr.com/podcast⁠

Merger and acquisition activity within the MSP sector has accelerated, with data cited indicating a 73% year-over-year increase in transactions for 2026 compared to 2025. Jay McBain's reported statistics also highlight strong international momentum, particularly in EMEA, and a marked 800% rise in acquisitions specifically targeting managed security service providers (MSSPs). While the consolidated figures suggest heightened activity in large, visible deals, several participants noted that the true frequency of smaller, unreported transactions likely exceeds official tallies, underlining persistent underrepresentation in sector reporting. According to podcast contributors, small MSP deals often go untracked in industry data, despite anecdotal evidence that hundreds or thousands of such transactions occur annually. Larger deals, such as a $20 million transaction mentioned, receive public acknowledgment, but the majority of M&A activity is conducted without broad disclosure. The consolidation trend among larger entities—exemplified by Charter's $34 billion merger with Cox and ScanSource's $220 million acquisition of MicroAge—has resulted in fewer choices for business clients, though new regional providers are emerging as market gaps appear. Secondary discussions addressed operational and governance topics relevant to MSPs. The adoption and enforcement of AI acceptable use policies (AUPs) was emphasized as an accountability measure for clients whose employees are integrating AI tools into workflows. Additional topics included the stabilization of supply chain pricing by major vendors Dell and HPE, who have committed to 30-day price locks amidst recent volatility, and tactical sales advice regarding quote expiration to manage project timelines and risk exposure. For MSPs and IT leaders, these developments entail both opportunity and risk management considerations. M&A trends point to increased scrutiny and potential market concentration, emphasizing the need for transparency and due diligence in both dealmaking and vendor relationships. The recommended adoption of AI AUPs reflects heightened governance expectations, aiming to mitigate operational and reputational risks. Meanwhile, shifts in vendor pricing policies and resale practices invite closer review of contract terms to ensure financial stability and customer accountability. What if my clients resist change? Question of the Week: What is the best CRM for small MSPs? It depends on the size of the MSP and what you need the CRM to do. Popular options include Zoho, Pipedrive, HubSpot, and Campaign Monitor.Zoho: https://www.zoho.com/Pipedrive: https://www.pipedrive.com/HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/Campaign Monitor: https://www.campaignmonitor.com/ I, MSPs & Channel Trends: Is AI replacing the need for MSPs? Discuss M&A activity, AI acceptable-use policies, and supply-chain challenges.M&A Trends: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaymcbain_ma-activity-across-managed-services-is-accelerating-share-7490450073336799232-SHiL/ ScanSource to Acquire MicroAge: $220.5M acquisition expands cloud, cybersecurity, data center, and AI services.https://www.scansource.com/about/press-releases/2026/scansource-to-acquire-microage Charter Completes Cox Merger: The $34.5B deal creates a cable and broadband giant serving roughly 37 million customers.https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/charter-completes-cox-merger-creating-cable-giant-7531516/ Dell Matches HPE's 30-Day Price Quote Validity: The change gives partners more pricing stability amid rising memory costs.https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/2026/hpe-extends-price-quote-validity-to-30-days-partners-cheer-new-pricing-stability Tales from the Field: How do you handle a customer dispute over a $100 item when they threaten legal action? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Katie Hannah printed out the rejection email and brought it to the interview. "After careful consideration, our board of reviewers has determined that your application does not make the case for membership at this time."Most fundraisers file that away and move on. The Director of Development at Momentum Leaders sent one open-ended question instead — and it turned into a $223,000 yes for a leadership nonprofit in Birmingham, Alabama.

The 8(a) program lets the government award sole source contracts, and a business without its own 8(a) certification can still reach that work by teaming with a certified firm that brings the bonding and past performance. Eric Coffie breaks down how to find 8(a) companies on SAM.gov, call them directly to propose teaming, and structure the arrangement around real awards, including a $4.5 million sole source IDIQ run over five years and an $800,000 annual maintenance contract. What you'll learn in this episode: How a non-8(a) business partners with a certified 8(a) firm to reach sole source contracts Why you can qualify using the larger partner's past performance and bonding instead of your own The exact way to find 8(a) firms without contracts and call them to propose teaming How 8(a) sole source IDIQs work, including a real $4.5M five-year award and its task orders The work-share rule an 8(a) firm has to meet on any contract it is awarded Chapters: 0:00 - How teaming into 8(a) sole source contracts works 1:00 - Why past performance comes from your partner, not you 1:40 - Finding 8(a) firms without contracts to call directly 3:30 - What the 8(a) partner has to actually do on the work 6:00 - Task orders, recompetes, and December spend on 8(a) IDIQs 7:50 - A real $4.5M sole source IDIQ and an $800K maintenance award 8:50 - Matching partners on bonding, FTEs, and certifications Mindy gives you the federal opportunities, agency signals, recompete intel, and pursuit briefs that tell you not just what contracts exist, but which ones to chase and how to win them. Sign up for free Daily Alerts and get opportunities delivered to your inbox before the day starts.

First, the guys unpack a bizarre $9.5M methamphetamine seizure hidden inside a Texas detergent load, discuss the sudden departure of Chris Spear from the ATA, state legal victories protecting CDL driver data, and the growing legal heat surrounding broker liability with J.B. Hunt facing summary judgment battles. Then, two expert guest segments tackle the industry's biggest modern challenges: BuyWander Co-Founder Brock Kowalchuk joins the show to discuss how billions of dollars in returned retail inventory can be saved from landfills using scalable auction technology. Megan Gabriel & Veronica Van Loon from Changemakers detail what brokers and logistics companies MUST do in the first 48 hours of a major legal or public relations crisis. ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ ⁠Visit our sponsor - GNOSIS FREIGHT⁠ ⁠Subscribe to the WTT newsletter⁠ ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠More FreightWaves Podcasts⁠ #WHATTHETRUCK #FreightNews #supplychain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, the guys unpack a bizarre $9.5M methamphetamine seizure hidden inside a Texas detergent load, discuss the sudden departure of Chris Spear from the ATA, state legal victories protecting CDL driver data, and the growing legal heat surrounding broker liability with J.B. Hunt facing summary judgment battles. Then, two expert guest segments tackle the industry's biggest modern challenges: BuyWander Co-Founder Brock Kowalchuk joins the show to discuss how billions of dollars in returned retail inventory can be saved from landfills using scalable auction technology. Megan Gabriel & Veronica Van Loon from Changemakers detail what brokers and logistics companies MUST do in the first 48 hours of a major legal or public relations crisis. Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor - GNOSIS FREIGHT Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts #WHATTHETRUCK #FreightNews #supplychain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Send me a text"The finale. Six episodes studying the brands winning right now, all pointed at the only question that matters for your business. What's coming next, and how do you get in front of it. I make five real predictions. Generic education dies while owned education becomes a moat. Personalization jumps from the three-minute quiz to your actual bloodwork, and whoever scales that builds the next giant. Discovery moves to AI recommendation, which makes generic brands invisible and specific brands unmissable. The four forces stay exactly the same while the terrain transforms completely, so the winners build desire, hope, trust, and belief on brand new ground. And a counter-wave of radical human simplicity rises against all the tech, proving both edges win and only the middle dies. Every arrow points the same way. Get specific, get defensible, own something, and pick an edge before the next wave decides for you.Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/groupIf you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.comClick here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.Discover what really works in funnel marketingNeed help increasing sales on your own? Click hereStuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click HereCase Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand

Every overrule is a withdrawal from an account your team is keeping, and most founders have never noticed they were spending. In this episode, Sheena describes the two failure modes — the founder who overrules everything and trains her team to stop finishing work, and the founder who overrules nothing and stores eight months of silent objection until it arrives all at once — and argues that the real failure underneath both is that the line has never been named. She offers the test: when you feel the urge to step in, ask whether this is a preference, a standard, or a landmine. Preferences you swallow, standards you enforce but only the ones you actually wrote down, and landmines you step on without apology, with a clean test for telling a landmine from an ordinary mistake. The episode covers the tongue-biting tax and why paying it is sometimes the whole job, the calibration conversation that transfers your thinking without revoking the decision, and the technique that lets you overrule without stealing the decision back forever.Key Topics CoveredThe two failure modes: overruling everything, and overruling nothingWhy the doom loop of unfinished work is rational on both sidesThe silent evaluation problem, and why stored objection blindsides good peopleThe test: preference, standard, or landmineWhy a standard you never wrote down lands as an arbitrary overruleThe one-week test for telling a landmine from an ordinary mistakeThe tongue-biting tax, and the calibration conversation that comes laterNaming an overrule as an exception so the authority stays where you put itKey TakeawaysMost of what you want to overrule is preference, and overruling a preference spends trust and buys nothing.A standard your team never heard about is a preference with a promotion.If it can be fixed in a week, it is a mistake and mistakes are the tuition for judgment.An unnamed overrule revokes everything; a named overrule revokes one thing and confirms the rest.Resources MentionedThe Strategic Discovery Audit — the diagnostic gateway to working with The DeVain CollectiveThe CEO Self-AssessmentBeyond Founder-Led newsletterConnect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramAbout Beyond Founder-LedBeyond Founder-Led is the podcast for mission-driven founders — primarily women scaling service-based businesses from $500K to $5M — who are ready to move beyond being the bottleneck in every decision. Hosted by Sheena Hunt, founder of The DeVain Collective, each episode delivers frameworks, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a business that grows without sacrificing the founder or the mission.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beautifullycomplicated-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the Bug Bux Podcast, Allan Draper hands the mic to Mat Rogers, partner at Lizard Marketing, for a "Would You Rather" showdown covering sales, marketing, operations, hiring, growth, and even selling the company. It's a rapid-fire look at how two pest control leaders actually think under pressure.In this episode you'll learn:• Whether Allan would take unlimited leads at a 20% close rate beats half the leads at 80%• Why not all callbacks are bad• Why hiring for attitude beats hiring for experience every time• The tradeoff between $5M at high margins vs. $20M at thin margins• How referrals build stickier, longer-retained customers than reviews alone• Whether they'd sell their company for a life-changing payout — or keep buildingIf you've ever wondered how top operators think through the tough calls, this one's a fun, honest look behind the curtain.

In this episode, Jeff Glover sits down with Miami brokerage owner and real estate leader Henry Quintero, recorded LIVE at the 2025 Glover U Live Unreal Retreat in Traverse City, Michigan. With 12 years of experience in real estate and 8 years in a leadership and recruiting role, Henry has built a reputation for attracting, recruiting, and developing top-producing real estate agents. He currently owns a Miami, Florida brokerage with 269 agents, and his team generated an incredible $800 million in sales volume in 2025. Henry shares the strategies and leadership principles behind that growth, including how he recruited 275 agents in his most successful year—with 62 of those agents producing more than $5 million in volume. In this conversation, Henry and Jeff Glover dive into the importance of accountability in real estate, how Henry gets agents excited about accountability, the role coaching has played in his development as a leader, and the lessons he has learned from working with successful agents, teams, and brokerages. Henry also breaks down his strategy for attracting and recruiting top producers, the key characteristics that separate agents who struggle from those who thrive, and the #1 focus area he sees consistently among the most successful real estate teams and brokerages. Whether you're a real estate broker, team leader, brokerage owner, recruiter, or agent looking to build a high-performance business, this interview is packed with actionable insights on recruiting, leadership, accountability, coaching, and growing a successful real estate organization.

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

Andrew and Amelia just took a Central Park West apartment to market that hadn't been touched in 55 years. Everyone expected it to sell way below ask, and they got multiple offers OVER ask, on a place needing over a million dollars in work. Their read: this is a brand new thing that's happening. Six months ago, estate-condition apartments sat. Right now, if you have the right address and light, they're going to multiple bids. "The market is not the market. It's the Upper West Side. It's the Upper East Side. It's Tribeca. It's West Village, where you almost can't overprice too much because there's no inventory at any point in time." Noah Rosenblatt and John Walkup sit down with Andrew Phillips and Amelia Gewirtz, top-producing team at Brown Harris Stevens with over $1 billion in career sales, top 1.5% of all brokers nationally, and the team that sold out 155 West 68th, the fastest-selling new development building in NYC at 200 units in 18 months. What you'll learn: Estate condition just flipped in NYC. Six months ago they sat. Today they're getting multiple offers over ask, even needing $1M+ in work. Andrew and Amelia's read on why, and what makes an estate apartment sellable right now. Parents are buying apartments for their kids. "You can't live in your stock portfolio." Rentals are so high that parents are buying instead. Real segment of the market right now. The pied-à-terre effect they're actually seeing. Buyers walking in for $5M three-beds and downsizing to studios, one-beds, and two-beds to duck the tax. Not fewer buyers, just smaller purchases. The Walmart staging hack. $200 couches, $75 coffee tables, glass tables, modern chairs. Direct Walmart and Amazon links to sellers. No rental time limits. Buyers have literally asked to buy the coffee tables. Plus the inflatable-bed-with-headboard trick for empty bedrooms. The staging move most sellers miss. Get rid of your curtains if you're not staying. Post-COVID buyers care about light and views above almost everything else. The market is not the market. West Village has zero inventory at any point in time and you almost can't overprice. Upper East is different. Tribeca is different. If your read isn't neighborhood-specific, it isn't a read. How to actually challenge an appraisal. Amelia's won these. Her method: document the exact "view break" floor with photos of the floors above and below. Actionable if you've ever felt cheated by an appraisal. How they win listings. Andrew checks every dinner-party attendee's address and last building sale beforehand. Ten minutes of prep looks like ten years of expertise. Amelia's first $6M all-cash sale. A referral from a poor musician who worked for a rich person. "Even the hotdog man knows people." A rethink of what "sphere of influence" actually means. The song hack. Amelia wrote a song for a Greenpoint wreck at 146.5 Java. 17 offers. The winning bidder's kids sang it back in their offer email. For independent pricing intelligence on a specific NYC deal, UrbanDigs Advisor gives you the read with no broker incentives in the way. Visit urbandigs.co. For live Manhattan and Brooklyn dashboards, visit urbandigs.com. Subscribe so you never miss a Talking Manhattan or a Macro Monday. #NYCRealEstate #TalkingManhattan #ManhattanRealEstate #UrbanDigs #NYCBroker #BrownHarrisStevens #AndrewPhillips #AmeliaGewirtz

Work With Me To Scale Your Business: https://go.scalingwithsystems.com/AlexTemiz ———————————— Be On The Next Constraint Call: https://www.scalingwsystems.com/constraint-call-application ———————————— Watch Me Fix $1M+ Businesses Live: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF-fSrHojCgG8V5-7AKVrKgcbtsd-BXti&si=kEOVnNFnLhhhDbYA ———————————— Join Our Team: https://www.scalingwithsystems.com/careers ———————————— In this episode of the Constraint Call, Ravi helps a founder of a $5M+ automotive content agency identify why he's still trapped in day-to-day operations and redesign the company around clear ownership, delegation, and CEO-level KPIs.

What can kill a $10.5 million acquisition, and how can an experienced buyer spot a bad deal in the first 10 minutes? Neil Twa has reviewed 500+ businesses and learned that the biggest red flags often show up before serious due diligence even begins. Messy financials. AI-generated business plans. Numbers that collapse when checked against the actual bank, Stripe, and PayPal data. And sometimes, even when everything looks right, the deal still falls apart. In this episode, Jaryd sits down with Neil to unpack the deal that looked so good the seller decided not to sell, the business deal that ghosted him after six months of due diligence, and the $10.5M acquisition that came with SBA financing, retail complexity, and a partner trying to sabotage the transaction. Neil also reveals why his team changes almost nothing during the first 30 days after an acquisition, how they operate 30 brands with AI-powered systems, and why reputation can be worth more than any single deal. If you're buying online businesses, this is a masterclass in spotting problems early, surviving the surprises you can't see coming, and knowing when to walk away.

Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/If you're new here, I'm Mike, founder of Painter Growth. We coach painting contractors on how to build a real business, not just run jobs. We've worked with over 1,500 contractors, from $300K solo guys to $5M teams, and our coaches are all painting business owners who built seven-figure companies themselves.Quick version of how I got here. In my early 20s I was running my own painting business and it was a mess. Underbid jobs, painters showing up stoned, spilled paint on driveways, wrong colors on a house, I even fell off a ladder. Ended the year with a $20K tax bill I couldn't pay.Almost quit. Didn't. Got obsessed with systems and sales instead, hired a coach, and hit $200K a month before I turned 24.Then I moved cities for my now-wife, shut the painting business down, and spent five years helping grow a SaaS company to almost $10M a year. That's where I learned the online business side of things.During COVID those two worlds smashed together and Painter Growth was born. Launched in Oct 2021 with $10 a day in Facebook ads and no clients. Signed 10 clients by the end of that year, 8 of them got huge results, and that was all the proof I needed.Since then we've brought on my partner Jesse, built a team of almost 50, became an official Sherwin-Williams coaching partner, and got named PCA 2026 Partner of the Year.You don't have to be a great painter to build a great painting business. You have to be a great business owner who hires great painters. That's the switch we help people make.Right now I'm heads down on AI, building tools inside Painter Growth like a bookkeeping assistant and a proposal generator. Contractors who get ahead of this are going to win big.Still figuring it out, still building, right alongside 1,500 contractors doing the same thing.Never quit,MikeGet a FREE Painting Business Growth Session. In 30 minutes, we'll build you a custom plan to grow → https://learn.paintergrowth.comPainter Growth content is for educational purposes only. Results vary. Individual outcomes depend on the effort, situation, and decisions of each business owner.

At the lake, Johnny Mac jokes about the “non-controversy controversy” around clean comedian Nate Bargatze after The Daily Beast repeatedly called him “MAGA comedian Nate Bargatze,” a label now echoed by mainstream Parade Magazine, which cites his reported $77.5M 2025 earnings and backlash over photos of him attending President Donald Trump's White House UFC Freedom 250 fight, including criticism from W. Kamau Bell and mixed fan reactions. The episode also corrects a viral claim that Shane Gillis drank Dos Equis at the event, saying TMZ reports he was drinking Bud Light and the Dos Equis belonged to someone nearby. Finally, it notes Ricky Gervais told Saga Magazine he may eventually marry longtime partner Jane Fallon primarily to reduce taxes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news-with-johnny-mac--4522158/support.Today's DCN is brought to you by MyBookie use promo code DCN!Daily Comedy News is hosted by Johnny Mac and releases every weekday. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite app. Part of the Caloroga Shark Media network. For transcripts and show notes visit www.dailycomedynews.comDaily Comedy News with Johnny Mac is a daily podcast covering comedians, stand-up comedy, late night television, and the comedy industry. New episodes every morning. Follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.  Contact John at John@thesharkdeck dot com For Uninterrupted Listening, use the Apple Podcast App and click the banner that says Uninterrupted Listening.  $4.99/month John's Substack about media is free. 

Nurses Tripled AI Use Without You, 170K New Grads Can't Fix 40% Turnover & CHROs Think They've WonAugust 17th, 2026. All three: Bo Brabo, Luke Carignan, and ASHHRA Executive Director Jeremy Sadlier — plus a first for the Monday News Drop: a special field correspondent. Three stories, one thread: is your workforce moving faster than your strategy?

Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it. Supreme Court turns down Trump’s last-ditch bid to overturn $5M verdict in E. Jean Carroll suit. Appeals court sides with Trump over subpoena of WA gender-affirming care provider // Seattle’s new buzz is beverages with benefits. Angela might have a Matcha dependency // Two Seattle farmers’ markets ranked in top 5 out of 1,500 U.S. markets

Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it. Supreme Court turns down Trump’s last-ditch bid to overturn $5M verdict in E. Jean Carroll suit. Appeals court sides with Trump over subpoena of WA gender-affirming care provider // What do students lose when they stop writing? // Maya Russell, Angela’s daughter, sang the National Anthem at the Seattle Storm game last night!

Naveen Jain is a billionaire serial entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the founder and CEO of the health technology company Viome Life Sciences. He focuses on "moonshot" ventures designed to solve humanity's greatest challenges, such as reversing chronic diseases, eliminating illness, and establishing a multi-planetary human presence.     Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show - Become an Ultra-Performer. Now 3X week M / W / F   Are you an Entrepreneur, Founder, or CEO? Revenues $250K to $5M? Sign up for your Breakout Session...get custom steps to build a fast-growing, highly profitable business that makes an impact.     BREAKOUT SESSION - Book it Now     Join Host JV Crum III, with 2 exits and over 75M revenues in his companies, he is the Ultra-Performer Advisor for Founders, Entrepreneurs and CEOs ready to achieve at your the top 1%.     SUBSCRIBE to Conscious Millionaire Show     Season 12 of the award-winning Conscious Millionaire Show. The World's #1 Ultra-Performance podcast. Millions of Listeners. 190 countries -- Inc Magazine "Top 13 Business Podcasts" with 12 seasons and 3,200+ episodes.

Joe Fontana spent a decade chasing a punk rock music career and another six years trapped in a soul-crushing corporate job that caused his leg hair to fall out from stress. Broke and with a baby on the way, he packed up his life, moved into his in-laws' basement, and took the ultimate leap of faith.He borrowed $21,000 from his mother's savings, scrapped his original restaurant idea, and launched Fry the Coop. Today, that single chicken sandwich shop has exploded into a fast-casual powerhouse with 11 locations, over 200 employees, and $15 million in annual revenue.In this episode of the UpFlip Podcast, Joe sits down with Ryan Atkinson to break down the exact roadmap he used to scale from an empty cash register to an eight-figure empire. He reveals why hiring a publicist was the ultimate cheat code to hitting his first million, how treating customer service like "vanilla ice cream" scaled him to $5M, and the painful $12,000 accounting mistake that taught him why you must watch your financials like a hawk.Whether you want to open a restaurant or scale a local brick-and-mortar, Joe drops the unvarnished truth on what it takes to survive and thrive.

"Send me a text"Most supplement brands borrow their trust. A doctor on the site, someone else's ingredient study, the same certifications every competitor has. Needed didn't borrow. They ran their own clinical study, on their own product, to prove their own claim. And they used it to win the hardest buyer in the entire industry, the pregnant woman.That's Needed, as in the word. Find them at thisisneeded.com.In this episode:Why borrowed trust is fragile, and owned trust is the real moatHow Needed attacked the belief that standard prenatals are good enoughWhy a bold claim to a skeptical buyer is dangerous unless your proof is bulletproofThe honest risk of running a study on your own productHow to manufacture your own trust even without a clinical-trial budgetBecause supplements are an act of faith. And in the one category where proof matters most, the brand that owns its proof steps outside the scrum entirely.Learn more about The Supplement Business Accelerator Group at https://creativethirst.com/groupIf you're interested in working with me and my team to improve your supplement business. You can learn more at my website https://creativethirst.comClick here to grab your copy of the Health Supplement Ad Swipe Guide.Discover what really works in funnel marketingNeed help increasing sales on your own? Click hereStuck at $1 - $5M in revenue? Click HereCase Study on how Creative Thirst added over $200,000 for one supplement brand

Responsibility without authority is blame with extra steps, and it is the most common structural injury in a founder-led business. In this episode, Sheena separates stated authority from revealed authority — what your team learns from what actually happened the last time someone decided something you disagreed with — and offers the cost test that exposes the difference. She walks the three fake transfers founders make in good faith (the title, the language of ownership, the ownership speech), and then gets specific about what a real transfer looks like: named decisions with numbers and edges attached, rather than a domain and a hope. The episode works through the two hardest cases, the spending limit and the authority to fire a client, translates the same wiring into product terms, and closes on the part most founders skip — that real authority means you might be overruled inside your own company, and that the discomfort you feel handing it over is the only reliable proof it left your hands.Key Topics CoveredWhy responsibility without authority is blame with extra stepsThe cost test: if it did not make you nervous, you handed over choresThe three fake transfers — the title, the language of ownership, the ownership speechStated authority versus revealed authority, and which one your team actually believesNaming decisions with numbers and edges instead of handing over a domainThe spending limit as the fastest diagnostic, and why an unraised number is a fossilWhether anyone on your team can fire a client, and what it costs when they cannotKey TakeawaysReal power leaves a mark on the way out; if giving it away cost you nothing, nothing moved.Your revealed policy is whatever happened the last time someone decided against your preference.An authority limit set three years ago at a different revenue is centralization disguised as delegation.Real authority means you might be overruled in your own company, and a rare named exception is what keeps that healthy.Resources MentionedThe Strategic Discovery Audit — the diagnostic gateway to working with The DeVain CollectiveThe CEO Self-AssessmentBeyond Founder-Led newsletterConnect with The DeVain Collective:LinkedInInstagramWebsite: thedevaincollective.comConnect with Sheena:LinkedInInstagramAbout Beyond Founder-LedBeyond Founder-Led is the podcast for mission-driven founders — primarily women scaling service-based businesses from $500K to $5M — who are ready to move beyond being the bottleneck in every decision. Hosted by Sheena Hunt, founder of The DeVain Collective, each episode delivers frameworks, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a business that grows without sacrificing the founder or the mission.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/beautifullycomplicated-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Breton's path into real estate investing began with a simple duplex purchase in 2012 after more than 25 years in a demanding career. He started by buying small properties close to home, gradually building a portfolio and attracting friends and family who wanted to invest alongside him. That progression eventually led him to larger, out-of-state multifamily properties, including his first 106-unit deal in San Antonio after joining the Warrior program in 2017.    Here's some of the topics we covered:   Steve's journey from a demanding corporate career to real estate investing Growing from his first Boston duplex to his first 106-unit multifamily deal Scaling to 3,500 units and replacing his W-2 income with real estate Why saying no and conservative underwriting became his biggest superpower The current multifamily market, rising expenses, oversupply, and coming opportunities His $30M Indianapolis development with a $9.5M city grant Why he shifted toward preferred and hybrid equity and what new investors should do first   If you'd like to apply to the warrior program and do deals with other rockstars in this business: Text crush to 72345 and we'll be speaking soon.   For more about Rod and his real estate investing journey go to www.rodkhleif.com  

He moved to Hollywood with $43 and a dream. Watched his dad pour brilliant ideas into businesses that made other people rich. Decided the only thing scarier than risking everything was never finding out what he was capable of. Twenty-five years and 51 countries later, Caleb Gilbert protects the world's most elite. And everything he's learned doing it maps directly into how you're building your business right now. Caleb Gilbert is the founder of White Glove Protection Group and a global expert in executive protection. In this conversation, he and George translate the frameworks used to protect A-list celebrities and Fortune 200 companies into a masterclass on entrepreneurship, covering risk, trust, vision, proactive vs. reactive posture, and what it really means to be all in. What You'll Learn In This Episode: How executive protection frameworks apply directly to building a business Why your relevance is entirely based on the perceived value of your consumer The difference between being energetically all in vs. financially all in Why Caleb turned down $1.5M in business to protect his vision and how it led to 4,000% growth How to build a proactive business posture instead of a reactive one The one question that revealed imposter syndrome was costing him clients Why grit, not tactics, is the most transferable skill from protection to entrepreneurship Key Takeaways: ✔️Your relevance is based on the perceived value of your consumer, not what you think they need. Flip the script. ✔️Being energetically all in and being financially all in are not the same thing. The people around you will tell you when you're truly all in, they'll tell you you're overdoing it. ✔️Zero revenue for two years. Turned down $1.5M. Then 4,000% growth. Knowing your vision and protecting it is a competitive strategy. ✔️Proactive posture beats reactive posture every time, in protection and in business. Stop waiting for the threat. Get ahead of it. ✔️The biggest threat your business faces is distraction. Not competition. Not market conditions. Distraction. ✔️Nobody else has your brain, your context, your background. The moment Caleb stopped trying to be a Navy SEAL and started leading with his actual edge, everything changed. ✔️Don't let money be your north star. If vision, strategy, and execution align with what the market needs, the money follows. ✔️Reinvest like you're still building. A $1.50 lawn mower became a business, because every dollar went back in. Timestamps & Highlights: [00:00] — $43, a dream, and the mindset that made it work [01:26] — Welcome: 25 years, 51 countries, and the White Glove difference [03:16] — Montana grit: why hard things inspire instead of dissuade [06:28] — Environment that demands vs. inspires and what that means for your team [07:33] — Starting at age 11: Nike socks, lawn mowers, and learning risk vs. reward early [11:03] — How to mitigate risk without impeding what makes your business great [13:07] — "Your relevance is based on the perceived value of your consumer" [18:00] — The onboarding parallel: walking clients through what they've never experienced [21:00] — Client number one, staying in vision, and zero revenue for two years [24:17] — Energetically all in vs. financially all in, how to tell the difference [28:34] — The 2020 gut check: when a CEO told Caleb not to chase money [35:00] — Ego in the protection industry and how Caleb navigated it [43:00] — Imposter syndrome, 86% prior military, and the moment he found his edge [50:00] — Proactive vs. reactive posture in business and protection [55:00] — Reinvesting like you're still building: the $1.50 lawn mower origin story [59:43] — Caleb's closing wisdom: be proactive, know your strengths, hit refresh Connect with Caleb Gilbert:  Founder and President of White Glove Protection Group, with 25 years of executive protection experience across 51 countries. He holds a Master's in Global Security Studies from Johns Hopkins and has trained at Stanford and ESI. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the ASIS Executive Protection Community and Treasurer of the IPSB Board. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/epcaleb Instagram: instagram.com/w.g.p.group.inc YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCepN8VJqAXFahvbtfHxdcoQ Website: whitegloveprotection.com Your Challenge This Week: What's the one thing from this episode you can apply tomorrow: grit, proactive posture, protecting your vision, or leaning into your actual edge? Let George know. And if you have a security question for Caleb, he genuinely welcomes the conversation. Follow George: @itsgeorgebryant Work with George: The Alliance — Community for entrepreneurs building with vision, grit, and integrity. 1:1 Coaching — Limited spots. Apply at mindofgeorge.com/coaching-consulting/ Live Retreats — In-person experiences for entrepreneurs ready to stop reacting and start leading.

  Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show - Become an Ultra-Performer. Now 3X week M / W / F   Are you an Entrepreneur, Founder, or CEO? Revenues $250K to $5M? Sign up for your Breakout Session...get custom steps to build a fast-growing, highly profitable business that makes an impact.     BREAKOUT SESSION - Book it Now     Join Host JV Crum III, with 2 exits and over 75M revenues in his companies, he is the Ultra-Performer Advisor for Founders, Entrepreneurs and CEOs ready to achieve at your the top 1%.     SUBSCRIBE to Conscious Millionaire Show     Season 12 of the award-winning Conscious Millionaire Show. The World's #1 Ultra-Performance podcast. Millions of Listeners. 190 countries -- Inc Magazine "Top 13 Business Podcasts" with 12 seasons and 3,200+ episodes.

Links & Mentions: Consult booking link: www.dryazdancoaching.com/consult Email me: DrDYazdan@gmail.com Make more money video: www.dryazdancoaching.com/MDM Follow me for more tips: (@DrYazdan) www.instagram.com/dryazdan and (@DrYazdanCoaching) www.Instagram.com/dryazdancoaching Most dentists believe growth comes from doing more. More marketing. More patients. More procedures. More hours. More hustle. And in the beginning? That's true. But what happens when hustle stops working? In today's episode, Dr. Desiree Yazdan breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions in dentistry: the belief that the same strategies that get you to $1 million will get you to $3 million or $4 million. The reality is that many practice owners can hustle their way to a million dollars. Some can even hustle their way to $1.5 million or beyond. But eventually, hard work becomes the ceiling. The difference between a six-figure practice and a multiple seven-figure practice isn't talent, intelligence, clinical skill, or work ethic. It's leverage. If you've ever felt stuck at the same revenue year after year, overwhelmed by constant problem-solving, or like your practice can't function without you, this episode will challenge the way you think about growth, leadership, and scaling your business. In This Episode, You'll Learn: • Why hustle is necessary in the early stages of practice ownership • The hidden reason many dentists get stuck around the $1M–$1.5M mark • How the very habits that helped you grow can eventually hold you back • Why many practice owners unknowingly become the bottleneck in their business • The "Million Dollar Trap" and how it keeps practices from scaling • What Dr. Yazdan calls "Hero Syndrome" and why dentists are especially vulnerable to it • The most expensive sentence a practice owner can say: "It's easier if I do it myself" • How constantly solving problems for your team creates dependency instead of leadership • Why more CE, more clinical skills, and more expertise aren't always the answer to growth • The mindset shift that separates million-dollar owners from multi-million-dollar owners • Why leverage—not effort—is the key to sustainable scaling • The role systems, accountability, and leadership play in creating a practice that grows without relying on the owner • Why control can become one of the biggest obstacles to growth • How learning to trust your team can unlock the next level of success • The simple question that reveals where your practice is overly dependent on you Ready to Take It to the Next Level? If you're ready to increase revenue while working less—and build a practice that actually feels in control—apply for SMDP:

67% of Americans say they want to own a business. Only 6% ever do it, and the gap is almost never a lack of money. Alex Smereczniak has data on thousands of franchises, and he breaks down the path that lets you start a business on step three instead of step one. 

Peter Sandeen is a marketing strategist known as the "marketer's marketer," working primarily with marketing companies to help them gain clarity on their positioning and competitive edge. He is recognized for helping clients identify what truly drives results in their marketing and for a strong track record of improving profitability year after year.     Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show - Become an Ultra-Performer. Now 3X week M / W / F   Are you an Entrepreneur, Founder, or CEO? Revenues $250K to $5M? Sign up for your Breakout Session...get custom steps to build a fast-growing, highly profitable business that makes an impact.     BREAKOUT SESSION - Book it Now     Join Host JV Crum III, with 2 exits and over 75M revenues in his companies, he is the Ultra-Performer Advisor for Founders, Entrepreneurs and CEOs ready to achieve at your the top 1%.     SUBSCRIBE to Conscious Millionaire Show     Season 12 of the award-winning Conscious Millionaire Show. The World's #1 Ultra-Performance podcast. Millions of Listeners. 190 countries -- Inc Magazine "Top 13 Business Podcasts" with 12 seasons and 3,200+ episodes.

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/

Is your marketing team running campaigns blindly? Grab your copy of our FREE nCAC calculator to guide them with the metrics that matter: https://www.tiereleven.com/ncac Are you scaling your ad spend without knowing your true customer acquisition cost? If you don't understand your numbers, every additional dollar you put into traffic could be a gamble, even if your campaigns look profitable inside the platforms.I sat down with Kobi Topaz, Head of Tech at Tier 11, to break down how we helped an automotive parts brand uncover the data they needed to scale. We explored why platform-reported ROAS can be misleading and how Data Suite creates a reliable source of truth.See how better analytics, smarter campaign restructuring, and deeper SKU-level insights helped this brand grow from roughly $5.5M in revenue to a $12M trailing twelve-month business. If you're managing paid media and trying to scale profitably, this episode will help you focus on the metrics that actually drive growth.In This Episode:- Why knowing your nCAC is critical before increasing ad spend- Why platform-reported ROAS can hide the real performance picture- How Data Suite creates a reliable source of truth across channels- The role of first-click attribution and multi-touch analysis in growth- Analyzing SKUs to uncover your most profitable products- Why Google Ads optimization starts with business economics- How creative performance analysis can accelerate testing decisions- Using AI-powered tools to automate repetitive marketing analysisMentioned in the Episode: The 5-Step Formula to Calculate nCAC: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsQ90CAO8wGS1TSz-MI0ghv9OThhp_Jy4&si=N6uztGCaZwrkgMGN Previous Episodes with Kobi Topaz: https://perpetualtraffic.com/?s=kobi Tier 11's Data Suite: https://www.tiereleven.com/what-we-do/data-suitePartner With Tier 11 Marketing Experts: https://www.tiereleven.com/apply Listen to This Episode on Your Favorite Podcast Channel:Follow and listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic/id1022441491 Follow and listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/59lhtIWHw1XXsRmT5HBAuK Subscribe and watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@perpetual_traffic?sub_confirmation=1We Appreciate Your Support!Visit our website: https://perpetualtraffic.com/ Connect with Kobi Topaz:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kobi-topaz-85547a130/ Connect with Ralph Burns: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphburns Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ralphhburns/ Hire Tier11 - https://www.tiereleven.com/apply-now Mentioned in this episode:https://perpetualtraffic.com/advertise-with-us/https://perpetualtraffic.com/advertise-with-us/https://perpetualtraffic.com/advertise-with-us/