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Hello and Welcome to this Week in DX for your weekly Dose of DX. I'm Bill, AJ8B.The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comGM – Scotland For those looking for Shetlands, a separate country for the DX Marathon and the CQ World Wide DX Contest, make sure you add GM7AFE to your logging software and HamAlert. For DXCC this counts as Scotland and for IOTA it counts for EU-012.KH8WW, American Samoa - The KH8WW DXpedition is QRV from Aunu`u Island, the same location as K8K, until September 24th with operators YL2GM, Yuris and EA5EL, Eugene. Antennas will include a Spiderbeam, verticals for 160/80M and 40M, a DX Commander, and an inverted vee for 60M, covering bands from 160-10 meters on CW, SSB, FT8, and RTTY.KH0 – Mariana Islands - JA6CNL, Tony, is QRV as KH0N from Saipan until September 15. He'll use FT8, FT4, and FT2 with a vertical antenna and IC7300 radio.There is a second DXpedition to Franz Jozef Land - The RI1FJZ expedition team has departed Murmansk aboard the yacht “Apostle Andrew” and is now sailing toward Franz Josef Land as part of the continuing “Legends of the Arctic” project. The vessel has already left Murmansk, with reports of early aurora activity and radio operation from the ship and RW6MD/MM has been reported QRV on 21 MHz FT8.Yesterday they worked out an internet issue on FJL, so they will be ableto upload logs from there daily, to Club Log and LoTW, prioritizing donors, sponsors and OQRS requests. S7 – Seychelles - S79/DL2SBY, Kasimir, is QRV from Mahe, until September 21.He is using CW, SSB and FT8 MSHV on HF with verticals and an inverted V, plus a 5-element Yagi on 6. QSL direct to his home QTH or use LoTW and Club Log OQRS.A9 – Bahrain - G3VCQ, Colin, plans to be active as A9/G3VCQ from the outskirts of Bahrain, between September 19 and 26. Operation will be holiday- style, single operator, while travelling with his XYL and family. Bands planned include 160m and 6m, depending on time of day, night-time conditions, and propagation. Colin expects 160m to be mainly FT or CW only. He hopes to be QRV using CW, SSB, FT8, FT4, and FT2. 5W – Samoa - All systems are go for a 5W0AF operation with two ops leaving Poland September 16. A 2-1/2 day buffer in New Zealand is part of the plan, toconfirm gear has made it through. On-air from Samoa is set for September21, on the bands until October 12. It is SSB only.KH0 – Mariana Islands - JR1FKR, Chusuke, will operate as KH0/JR1FKR from Saipan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands from September 25–28. The operation will be holiday-style and is planned for the 6m through 40m bands, using SSB, FT8, and RTTY modes.If you have questions or need information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comUntil next week, this is Bill, AJ8B saying 73 and thanks to my XYL Karen for her love and support. I Hope to hear you in the pileups! Have a great DX week!
A hide-and-seek game where you paint yourself to blend into the map, made by two people in two months, just made $60 million. That's the winner of this quarter's Steam Scanner — and it's the one idea on the list mobile genuinely can't clone.The closing caveat matters: it's survivorship bias — 20K+ games hit Steam a year — and Steam's discovery means a Mecha Chameleon never gets brute-forced by three Voodoo clones in a month. That's the whole difference between the two platforms.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 The Steam Scanner is back — Q2, smallest to biggest04:20 Taskbar Hero — an idle RPG in your taskbar (and the widget hint)08:00 Supermarket Chaos & Oaken Tower — the tidy-up trend and an idle PvP tower12:00 Idle gacha, Solarpunk & the evolve-into-a-crab roguelite18:20 Librarian & Rome's Dead — high-budget cleaning and Roman survivor-slop22:10 Vampire Crawlers, Paralives & the co-op casino-debt game27:20 The winner — Mecha Chameleon, $60M by two people35:30 Survivorship bias and why Steam can't be brute-forcedThis episode is brought to you by Kinoa — the AI operating system for mobile game operations: flows, live segments, in-app messages, push notifications, and A/B testing in one place, run by the operators who own the numbers. Carry1st saw +43% ARPDAU; PlayStudios saw +31% revenue on Tetris Block Party. Learn more at Kinoa.http://www.kinoa.ai?utm_source=MatejPodcast&utm_medium=Link&utm_campaign=Matej+Podcast&utm_id=100--------------------------------------PVX Partners offers non-dilutive funding for game developers.Go to: https://pvxpartners.com/They can help you access the most effective form of growth capital once you have the metrics to back it.- Scale fast- Keep your shares- Drawdown only as needed- Have PvX take downside risk alongside you+ Work with a team entirely made up of ex-gaming operators and investors---------------------------------------For an ever-growing number of game developers, this means that now is the perfect time to invest in monetizing direct-to-consumer at scale.Our sponsor FastSpring:Has delivered D2C at scale for over 20 yearsThey power top mobile publishers around the worldLaunch a new webstore, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a redundant D2C vendor at fastspring.gg.---------------------------------------This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let's not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej LancaricJoin our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-3bckldvr8-8PXvzciMWdheOzED9hq0SA---------------------------------------Matej LancaricUser Acquisition & Creatives Consultanthttps://lancaric.meFelix BrabergAd monetization consultanthttps://www.felixbraberg.comJakub RemiarGame design consultanthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar---------------------------------------Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it!Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple!Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me---------------------------------------If you are interested in getting UA tips every week on Monday, visit lancaric.substack.com & sign up for the Brutally Honest newsletter by Matej LancaricDo you have UA questions nobody can answer? Ask Matej AI - the First UA AI in the gaming industry! https://lancaric.me/matej-ai
The following DX information comes from Bernie, W3UR, editor of the DailyDX, the WeeklyDX, and the How's DX column in QST. If you would like a free 2-week trial of the DailyDX, your only source of real-time DX information, just drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comKH8WW, American Samoa - From September 10–24, the KH8WW DXpedition will operate from Aunu`u Island, the same location as K8K, with operators YL2GM, Yuris Petersons and EA5EL, Eugene Mosiychuk. Antennas will include a Spiderbeam, verticals for 160/80M and 40M, a DX Commander, and an inverted vee for 60M, covering bands from 160-10 meters on CW, SSB, FT8, and RTTY. KH0 – Mariana Islands - JA6CNL, Tony, will operate as KH0N from Saipan from September 10–15. He'll use FT8, FT4, and FT2 with a vertical antenna and IC7300 radio.HK0/A – San Andres and Providencia - PY8WW, Renato, will operate as HK0/PY8WW from San Andres Island from September 3–7. This is a holiday operation, not a full-time DXpedition, so activity will happen only during Renato's free time with no fixed schedule. He plans to operate on 6m through 20m using SSB, CW, and digital modes. The station will be a lightweight portable setup with a small vertical antenna near the beach, taking advantage of the Caribbean Sea location for propagation. Logs will be uploaded to LoTW daily, when possible, with activity also available through Club Log Live Stream. RI1FJ – Franz Jozef Land - Franz Josef Land DXpedition leader R7AL, Vasily, reports that the expedition schedule has changed, and the team expects to stay active for about another week. Conditions are difficult due to very strong winds and distorted signals, especially on the 12-meter band where many stations are operating at similar signal strengths. The team has nine amplifiers available, ranging from 500 watts to 2 kW, but power-supply limits mean they cannot run them continuously or at every operating position.9M – West & East Malaysia - Special callsigns will be on for Malaysia Day, September 16. But the calls may be on the air anytime between August 22 and September 30.Z3 – North Macedonia - Z335MK will be QRV until September 15 to celebrate the first 35 years of the Republic of North Macedonia. Club members of the Z37RSM group will run this one.A9 – Bahrain - G3VCQ, Colin, plans to be active as A9/G3VCQ from the outskirts of Bahrain Croatia, between September 19 and 26. Operation will be holiday- style, single operator, while travelling with his XYL and family. Bands planned include 160m and 6m, depending on time of day, night-time conditions, and propagation. Colin expects 160m to be mainly FT or CW only. Colin hopes to be QRV using CW, SSB, FT8, FT4, and FT2. 5W – Samoa - SP5AEQ, Jacek, will begin operating as 5W0AF on September 21 from a location near Apia. The operation will cover the 10–40 meter bands using SSB only, with a possible attempt on 80 meters during the final days of his three-week stay. QSL requests should be sent via SP7DQR, and logs will be available online with uploads planned at least once per day. OQRS will also be available, with bureau and LoTW free; LoTW uploads are expected a few weeks after the trip concludes.KH0 – Mariana Islands - JR1FKR, Chusuke, will operate as KH0/JR1FKR from Saipan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands from September 25–28. The operation will be holiday-style and is planned for the 6m through 40m bands, using SSB, FT8, and RTTY modes.Until next week, this is Bill, AJ8B saying 73 and thanks to my XYL Karen for her love and support. I Hope to hear you in the pileups! Have a great DX week!
What does it take to go from $300K in student debt as a Harvard-trained cardiac electrophysiologist to raising $3.5M and partnering in over $60M of real estate assets in just two years? In this episode, Dr. Yasser Rodriguez, founder of Cardea Real Estate Investments, breaks down exactly how he built a fund-to-funds business while working full-time as a physician. He walks through why he chose the fund-to-funds model over syndicating directly — pointing to co-learning with experienced sponsors, reduced pressure, liability reduction as an LP, and time leverage as a busy professional — and shares the details of a med tech surgical blade opportunity with a 21-deal, 100%-success-rate track record that also offers investors tax-free qualified small business shares. Dr. Rodriguez also opens up about his own raising psychology transformation: after adopting the Hero Alliance approach, he went from raising $1.1M over a month and a half to raising $1.3M in just 18 hours, and reveals how a single YouTube video brought in $1M in soft commits within two hours of launch. If you want to understand how a physician with zero real estate background used smart partnerships and sharpened investor psychology to scale into eight figures of assets in under two years, this conversation is packed with the exact strategies to do it.5 Key Takeaways:Dr. Rodriguez raised $3.5M and partnered in $60M+ of assets across multifamily, med tech, and short-term/long-term rentals in just two years — starting with $300K in student debt and no real estate background.He favors the fund-to-funds model over direct syndication because it offers co-learning alongside experienced sponsors, reduced pressure, liability reduction as an LP, and time leverage for a full-time physician.One standout opportunity he's raised for is a med tech surgical blade deal with a 21-deal, 100% success track record, which also offers investors tax-free qualified small business shares.After adopting the Hero Alliance's raising psychology, his results transformed dramatically — going from raising $1.1M over 1.5 months to raising $1.3M in just 18 hours.A single YouTube video generated $1M in soft commits within two hours of launch, showing the power of content combined with techniques like the "three-minute miracle" investor touch-point and scarcity-based "layup allotment" psychology.About Tim MaiTim Mai is a real estate investor, fund manager, mentor, and founder of HERO Mastermind for REI coaches.He has helped many real estate investors and coaches become millionaires. Tim continues to help busy professionals earn income and build wealth through passive investing.He is also a creative marketer and promoter with incredible knowledge and experience, which he freely shares. He has lifted himself from the aftermath of war, achieving technical expertise in computers, followed by investment success in real estate, management skills, and a lofty position among real estate educators and internet marketers.Tim is an industry leader who has acquired and exited well over $50 million worth of real estate and is currently an investor in over 2700 units of multifamily apartments.Connect with TimWebsite: Capital Raising PartyFacebook: Tim Mai | Capital Raising Nation Instagram: @timmaicomTwitter: @timmaiLinkedIn: Tim MaiYouTube: Tim Mai
One of my favorite things about running a membership is that I have the opportunity to give apparel brand founders direct access to experienced industry professionals who can help them navigate the challenges of launching, growing, and scaling a business. In this episode, I'm giving you an inside look at what happens during an Apparel Founders Board office hours meeting. I'm sharing a real preview of the conversations, questions, and resources that help our members make smarter decisions and navigate the many challenges that come with building and growing an apparel brand.
Pop-ups can do a lot more than collect an email. In this episode, Sean from Alia breaks down how smarter timing, personalization, and offers can help brands get more leads without simply giving away bigger discounts. We get into why Alia became so focused on one thing, how a simple positioning change helped the company take off, and what happens when you treat every pop-up like a one-to-one experience. Then we get tactical: smart triggers, repeated exposure, A/B testing, mystery discounts, and other ways to give people a reason to opt in. Timestamps 00:00 Sean's $60M exit and what changed 02:00 How Alia got started 04:00 Finding a business inside a college project 06:00 The entrepreneurship class that gave him a C- 07:00 Why owning the work changed everything 09:00 A year with almost zero traction 10:00 The positioning pivot to "pop-ups" 12:00 Building one-to-one pop-up experiences 14:00 How positioning created clarity 15:00 What changed after the acquisition 17:00 The future of smarter pop-ups 23:00 The mystery discount tactic
In this episode of Elton Reads A Book A Week, we crack the Beale Ciphers—a mystery that has obsessed treasure hunters and elite codebreakers for over 140 years. In 1822, a charismatic adventurer named Thomas Jefferson Beale left a locked iron box with Lynchburg innkeeper Robert Morriss before vanishing into the frontier. Decades later, the box yielded three sheets of dense, numerical codes. One cipher was cracked, revealing a $60 million hoard of gold, silver, and jewels buried in Bedford County, Virginia. But as we explore in this deep-dive, Cipher No. 2's success was merely the irresistible hook to a trap. We dissect the historical narrative, masonic allegories, mathematical proofs, and forensic linguistics that expose the legend as a brilliant, lucrative 19th-century hoax.GET THE BOOK FROM AMAZON HERE!FROM AN INDIE BOOK STORE HERE!BECOME AN Elton Reads A Book A Week CONTRIBUTOR HERE:Elton Reads A Book A Week PatreonBuy Me A Coffee!SOCIAL MEDIA! This is the LINK TREE!Join the Discord server!EMAIL: eltonreadsabookaweek@gmail.comThe following section is reserved for the people, places, things, and more that Elton probably offended in this episode--THE APOLOGIES SECTION: Elton would like to apologize to the following people, places and things: Honest people, cheese, cryptographers, Jean Pival, Virginia, every person, place and thing that I mispronounced. Also,...f**k racists.A special thanks to Diedrich Bader and Jenna Fischer for their inspiration.Podcast Series: Elton Reads A Book A WeekEpisode Title: The Beale Ciphers: Genius or Clickbait?Episode Format: Solo Host / Deep-Dive Audio EssayEstimated Duration: 35 MinutesCold Open: The box arrives in 1822. The inventory ($60M gold/silver/jewels) promises wealth, but the mystery deepens when Beale never returns to claim his prize.Act I: Anatomy of a Frontier Adventure: Contextualizing the 1817–1822 landscape (Erie Canal/Cholera). The legend of thirty gentlemen mining in Colorado, and their secret, two-part burial of four tons of bullion in Bedford County, Virginia.Act II: The 1885 Pamphlet: Examining the 23-page booklet sold by James B. Ward for 50 cents during a post-war economic depression. We identify strong Masonic allegories (subterranean vaults, sacred numbers) that mirror lodge rituals, suggesting the story functions as an allegory rather than historical fact.Act III: Cryptographic Anatomy: How Cipher No. 2 was decoded using a strangely modified transcript of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. We highlight the "smoking gun" transcription errors and forced deletions (like dropping entire phrases) that indicate the cipher was reverse-engineered rather than naturally encrypted.Act IV: The Heavyweights: Why military codebreakers like William F. Friedman failed. Evidence includes the 1-in-a-trillion probability of alphabetical sequences found by Jim Gillogly's supercomputer analysis of Cipher No. 1, and the failure of Ciphers 1 and 3 to meet Benford's Law—proving they lack the natural distribution of real data and were likely fabricated by a human.Act V: Linguistics & Anachronisms: Dr. Jean Pival's 1982 stylometric analysis confirms Beale and Ward share identical linguistic signatures (e.g., misuse of "myself"). Historical anachronisms—words like "stampeding" (unknown in 1822) and conflicting land records for the Washington Hotel—prove the narrative is a fabrication.Act VI: A Century of Madness: The destructive legacy of searching for the gold, including Clayton Hart's 1898 dynamite excavations and Mel Fisher's 1989 ground-penetrating radar searches in Montvale.Outro: The psychological genius of the hoax. By providing one working cipher (Cipher No. 2) as an undeniable proof-of-concept, the author created the perfect trap to sell pamphlets to a public hungry for wealth and mystery.
What if the biggest barrier to data center approvals isn't policy, permits, or power, but storytelling?In this episode of KP Unpacked, KP Reddy and Nick cover a lot of ground: why AEC firms are terrible at the billable hour compared to lawyers, why 18-year average tenure is a sign of mediocrity not culture, why AI is going to expose the standby workforce faster than anyone expects, and why architects have been handed a billion-dollar opportunity in the data center wars that nobody's talking about.The Walmart analogy says it all. When Walmart was expanding everywhere, communities hated it. Not because groceries were expensive. Because they were worried about their friends on Main Street. Data centers are in the same moment right now. Half the opposition has genuine concerns. The other half is just mad and has been told to be mad. Either way, the technocrats showing up in Mercedes S-classes are not the right messengers. Architects are. They understand community engagement, storytelling, negotiation of experience versus money, and why a watercolor rendering sells better than a photorealistic one that's technically accurate but makes everyone uncomfortable.Key questions answered:Why do AEC professionals work unpaid overtime while lawyers never question their billable hour?What firm pays engineers overtime for billable hours, and how does it make better project managers?Why is an 18-year average employee tenure a sign of mediocrity, not culture strength?What does "debugging the human endpoint" mean for remote workers?Why will AI expose the standby workforce faster than anyone expects?Why are data center projects getting put on pause and what does that mean for AEC firms that ramped up?What does the Walmart community opposition playbook teach us about data center pushback?Why are architects better positioned than engineers or technocrats to sell data centers to communities?Why does a watercolor rendering sell better than a photorealistic one in community meetings?What would happen if Kevin Durant's $250K Hugging Face investment returned $60M?Why do pro athletes listen to investor calls while working out instead of music?How does KP think about meritocracy versus tenure in a world where Claude can audit your calendar?If you're an architect watching engineers dominate the data center boom, an AEC firm trying to figure out where community engagement fits in your service offering, or a project manager whose best people work nights and weekends for free, this episode will make you rethink where the real opportunity is and who actually belongs in the room.Listen now.
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Starting an apparel brand is a big investment, and taking the time to validate your idea before jumping into product development can save you time, money, and frustration down the road. As the launch of my book The Business of Apparel is right around the corner, I want to be sure you have a solid foundation for your brand before reading about how to start your business. I'm walking through the essential research I recommend doing before launching an apparel brand. I explain why researching your idea, understanding your potential customers, and creating a business plan can help you enter the apparel industry with a stronger foundation and a clearer path forward.
In this LoanOfficerPodcast.com episode, the host Chris Johnstone sits down with top-producing mortgage broker Elie Ibrahim to uncover how he rapidly scaled his mortgage business from $60 million to $140 million in annual loan volume in just three years. Elie shares the mindset, marketing strategies, AI adoption, and relationship-building tactics that have fueled his incredible growth—and why his next goal is reaching $200 million in annual production. In this episode, you'll learn: • How Elie Ibrahim grew from $60M to $140M in mortgage volume by combining Realtor relationships, branding, and consistent marketing. • Why AI referrals, Google reviews, social media, and personal branding are becoming essential for loan officers who want to generate more qualified mortgage leads. • The systems, team structure, and growth mindset Elie uses to scale his mortgage business while delivering an exceptional client experience. Whether you're a new loan officer looking to build your pipeline or an experienced mortgage professional aiming to increase production, generate more referrals, and grow your brand, this episode is packed with actionable strategies you can start using today. Listen now to discover how Elie Ibrahim built one of Canada's fastest-growing mortgage businesses through consistent execution, modern marketing, and a relentless focus on serving clients. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to LoanOfficerPodcast.com and leave us a 5-star review. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with the mortgage industry's top producers, marketers, and business leaders.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday can be some of the most profitable days of the year for your apparel brand, but success doesn't happen by accident. The brands that see the biggest results are the ones that start planning months in advance with a clear marketing strategy. I will walk you through how to create a successful Black Friday Cyber Monday strategy that attracts new customers, increases repeat purchases, and protects your profit margins. I'll share how to plan your product launches, discounts, marketing campaigns, customer service, and post-purchase follow-up while using key performance metrics to measure your success and improve future promotions.
Building an apparel brand can feel like an uphill battle, especially when you're competing against industry giants with resources, data, and strategies you don't have access to. While many founders assume they're simply missing a piece of the puzzle, the reality is that the apparel industry is far more competitive than most entrepreneurs realize, and understanding how it really works can change everything. In this episode, I pull back the curtain on an eye-opening experience from my corporate career that completely changed the way I view the apparel industry. I share what happened during a leadership meeting at one of the world's biggest apparel companies, why emerging brands were seen as a threat despite holding only a tiny fraction of the market, and how that experience inspired me to dedicate my career to helping independent apparel founders succeed with the insider knowledge they've never been given.
Peter Zaitzeff has done nearly $5 billion in NYC sales, over 1,000 transactions, more than $300 million in the last year alone. He watches the Olshan Report every week like a bible. And here's the math he's running: Manhattan has roughly 4,000 units of inventory right now. The pipeline through the end of 2027 delivers only about 1,900 more. The market absorbs 600 per quarter. Do the math, and he's saying: zero inventory by 2027. "It's not drinks and gifts. It's showing up with the weekly report for 10 years. Then they let you sell the $60 million apartment." Noah Rosenblatt and John Walkup sit down with Peter Zaitzeff, top-producing broker at Serhant. In 25 minutes he walks through the state of the NYC luxury market (30+ contracts a week for 12 straight months, most consistent he's ever seen), the specific building feature driving the fastest sellouts at the highest prices, the origin story that took him from unpaid intern to selling with Ryan Serhant and Steve Witkoff, and the discipline he uses to keep operating at that level day after day. What you'll learn: The state of the luxury market. 30+ contracts a week for 12 straight months at $4M+. COVID low: 1-2 a week. Post-COVID peak: 45-55. Peter's read: this is the most consistent luxury market he's seen in 15 years. The inventory math. About 4,000 units on market today. About 1,900 new dev in the pipeline through 2027. Market absorbs 600 per quarter. Zero inventory by 2027. Smart money is buying now. The porte cochere theory. The single biggest driver of new-development sell-through velocity. 150 Charles sold out in 3 months. Greenwich Lane took years. Same buyers, same market. The difference was the porte cochere. Peter has the receipts. The post-COVID amenity shift. Cold plunge, steam, infrared sauna, gyms. Health-and-wellness amenities are now materially moving the needle on sell-out velocity. How to actually win the developer. Not drinks. Not gifts. Ten years of weekly analytics emails. Peter's $60M downtown record came after nearly a decade of proving himself with rentals and smaller sales for that same client. The offering-plan hack that launched his career. As an unpaid intern, Peter memorized the 150 Charles offering plan front to back: 91 units, 80 unique floor plans, every square footage and view angle. That was how he earned a seat on showings with Leonard Steinberg and Rafael De Niro. The advice that separates a top broker from a great one. "You have to know more than I know. That's where you create value." If you're building a career or a team, this is the frame. The running-as-endurance metaphor. Peter is an ultra-marathoner. His take on being a broker: "We're running a marathon every day and we don't know where the 23rd mile is." Get up. Do the three minutes. The next 30 follow. 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 the 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 #PeterZaitzeff #Serhant #LuxuryRealEstate
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Leaving the security of a steady paycheck to build your own apparel business is one of the biggest decisions you'll ever make. The uncertainty of replacing your income, finding clients, and giving up traditional benefits can feel overwhelming, but the freedom, flexibility, and opportunity to build a business on your own terms can make it one of the most rewarding decisions you'll ever make. In this episode, I sit down with two former colleagues and friends, Sarah White and Kayla Clarot, to talk about our journeys from the corporate apparel world into running our own businesses. We share the lessons we learned working in a high-pressure environment, how those experiences shaped our leadership styles, and why creating businesses rooted in collaboration, flexibility, and kindness has become our mission.
#1019 A 20-year-old flipping burgers at McDonald's decided one random day to build a business from scratch — and by month five, he had over 100,000 social media followers and was turning away customers! In part 1 of this 2-part episode, Bryan Lopez of WashMaxxing shares how he launched his trash bin cleaning business in Houston with just a $150 secondhand pressure washer, no capital, and a door-knocking strategy built on offering free cleanings to prove demand and collect content. He breaks down how he priced his services to avoid looking "cheap," the simple cleaning process that takes as little as 15 minutes per bin, and the social media playbook — consistent short-form posting across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook — that helped him rack up 60,000 followers and 60 million views in his very first month. If you've ever wanted to start a business but didn't know where to begin, this episode is the blueprint! What we discuss with Bryan: + Started with $150 secondhand pressure washer + No capital, no experience — just went all in + Free cleanings first to test demand + Filmed content while working for free + 60K followers, 60M views in month one + Priced at $35 for two bins, not the cheapest + 15-minute average cleaning process + Now earns $700–900 on a full day + 99% of customers come from website/social media + Serves a 15-mile radius around Houston Thank you, Bryan! Check out WashMaxxing at WashMaxxing.com. Follow Bryan on Instagram, here and here. To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to MillionaireUniversity.com/training. To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kesava Dinakaran is the CEO and Co-Founder of Luminai, an AI platform that moves manual administrative work at large health systems over to agents. Luminai has raised $60M to date and works with health systems including Cleveland Clinic. Kesava spent seven years of his childhood solving Rubik's Cubes eight hours a day, broke the world record for most cubes solved in one hour, then cycled from Turkey to China having never ridden a bike before. He skipped college entirely. In this episode of DGTL Voices, he tells Ed how a family health event in 2023 turned a general interest in automation into a specific obsession with healthcare, why he thinks the point solution era created more admin work than it removed, and what happens when a health system stops treating its fax volume as somebody's full-time job. He also makes a case most CEOs would not make out loud: that vulnerability is an operating requirement, not a personality trait. https://bio.marxadvisory.com/
Stepping into the role of CEO requires more than designing great products. It means shifting your mindset from working in your apparel brand to leading and growing it. Learning to delegate, trust your team, and focus on the bigger picture is what creates the foundation for long-term success. As I work to better understand the financial data behind my own business, build stronger leadership skills, and expand my team, I'm pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to transition from product designer to business owner. I explain why hiring before you feel ready, investing in expert guidance, and creating systems that empower your team can help you break through the growth ceiling that many apparel founders face.
Bringing investors into your apparel brand might seem like the fastest path to growth, but the wrong investment, or the wrong strategy, can put everything you've built at risk. In this episode we're breaking down why many apparel founders make costly mistakes after raising capital and explain how to use investment dollars strategically to build a stronger, more profitable business. We discuss why investing in education, hiring the right team, and testing products before scaling leads to better long-term results, while also exploring the dangers of chasing rapid growth and partnering with investors whose values don't align with your brand.
Tim Parker is back from Philadelphia and the crew — Grant, Tim and David Bloom — has a night full of receipts. The Miami Heat accidentally published, then scrambled to delete, a scheduled video dated July 27 — and Grant, who lives inside YouTube Studio, explains exactly how a slip like that happens and why this one doesn't look like an accident. Is that LeBron's date? Tim reads the tea leaves the only way that's ever made sense: through the family — Zhuri's volleyball life in LA, Savannah's history with Miami, and why Golden State is a 45-minute flight that keeps everyone happy. Plus the Markieff Morris "sources" tweet that had the panel asking: per WHO? Before all that, Tim files a report from Philly: Schwarber one homer short at the Derby, the All-Star Game leading the local news, and a Phillies team that fell apart on the little things against a Dodgers club that never misses them — including the JT Realmuto baserunning decision nobody can explain. The guys make the case for Max Muncy's No. 13 in the rafters, debate Kyle Tucker as a $60M "add-on," and Tim shares a story from Dodger Stadium that confirms the worst-kept secret in baseball: the Phantom IL is real. The post-show goes NFL: Tim (a lifelong Eagles fan) says his own team isn't built to hang with the Rams, declares this the Year of Jalen Hurts, and drops a hot take — the defending-champion Seahawks miss the playoffs entirely. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
She oversaw the burning of L.A.'s Westside last year. In April, Mayor Karen Bass turned to the city's schools, backing the teacher union's demand for the budget-busting pay hike that led to the announcement this week that the district is nearing bankruptcy. Bonus! We remember the 1973 premiere of American Graffiti, George Lucas's love letter to California's Central Valley. Music by Metalachi. Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.org Follow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes: Housing Affordability and Housing Demand PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment Governor Newsom announces $20 million in grant funding matched by Google to support local journalism across the state State workers have returned to offices. What's next in the fight for telework? LAUSD deadline looms to make painful cuts after county says board actions ‘erode confidence' RFC 441: Strike or not, Los Angeles Unified is on an unsustainable trajectory RFC 441: The price of LAUSD union peace will be $1.2 billion a year. Next up is paying for it RFC 441: LAUSD deal reached: Mayor Bass steps in to avoid LAUSD strike Alameda County supervisors unanimously approve policy-driven reparations plan for Black residents Alameda County Identifies $55M in Budget Reductions, but Major Gap Remains As World Cup fans pour into LAX, long-awaited people mover train struggles with delays People Mover lawsuit LA blew $60M on homeless ‘fix' — it housed just three units Katie Porter says she's done with politics after failed governor bid as she teases next chapter This week's advertising sponsor: California Center for Nonprofit Law NPOlawyers.com boardtrainingprinciples.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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.He got his first $5M check and expected to feel superhuman. The next day was one of the most disappointing of his life.Jesse Pujji walked away from a Goldman Sachs job where he made $500K at 25 — with a boss making $3M and a group head making $20M — to bootstrap an ad agency on $33K per partner and a stack of Amex cards. Ampush cracked the Facebook arbitrage before almost anyone: $100K in monthly revenue in June 2010 became $2M a month with $600K in EBITDA fourteen months later. He scaled it to half a billion in annual ad spend and 250 employees without raising a dollar, turned down $25M at 27, sold 20% to Red Ventures in 2015, and sold the whole thing to New Mountain Capital in 2022 for somewhere between $40M and $60M on a 35% stake. He never got the nine-figure number he made up in his head, and he says chasing it was the mistake.This episode gets into the exact allocation of a post-exit portfolio, why Jesse refuses to let his advisors put illiquid startup equity on his balance sheet, what $500K a year of "normal" spending actually buys, and why he asked his financial advisor how people possibly spend more than that. He's honest about the gap between the money he expected to change him and the money that didn't. And we spend real time on the part most founders avoid: three kids who never saw him grind, a Greenlight allowance split into thirds, a $63 JCPenney paycheck at 16 that taught him more than any of it, and the question of whether to leave them anything at all.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/mwTimestamps:00:00 — Jesse's origin story: immigrant household in St. Louis, a snow shoveling business in middle school, and $33K each plus Amex cards to start Ampush02:00 — The Facebook arbitrage that changed everything: $100K/month in June 2010 to $2M in revenue and $600K in EBITDA fourteen months later02:49 — "Sandbox entrepreneurship" — Facebook cold-calls them: "Who the hell are you guys? You're one of our top 100 advertisers"04:24 — Why he left Goldman at 25 making $500K: "I would rather make half of my future expected earnings and do something I feel excited about"06:18 — The $25M offer two years in, why they said no, and the $3M dividend they took instead — $1M each, which bought his SF house07:30 — The made-up number that wrecked them: hoping for $150M, getting $60–75M offers, and turning down $190M in Marin stock09:24 — The Red Ventures deal and $5M after tax: "I thought I would get wings or superhuman strength... nothing changed"11:16 — 2022: selling to New Mountain and walking away without going with the deal13:12 — The exit number, on the record: a $40–60M range on a stake "a little bit more than a third"16:04 — The Zone of Genius framework, and why being a CEO sat in his zone of excellence — good at it, drained by it17:52 — Gateway X by the numbers19:06 — Whether the scarcity ever goes away: "nine days out of ten" became "one day out of ten," and the coach question he couldn't answer20:16 — The Deer Valley condo, and finally understanding why people buy vacation homes21:08 — Full portfolio breakdown and why he tells his advisors to mark his startup equity at zero23:24 — Annual spend 26:52 — The schedule that makes it work: Tuesdays and Thursdays he misses bedtime, Monday/Wednesday/Friday he doesn't, and he deletes Slack on vacation28:16 — The thing that keeps him up: "They've gotten all the fruits of the grind without actually observing the grind"29:23 — Greenlight, allowance equal to their age, and splitting it into thirds — spend, save, give30:19 — Running a Starbucks P&L with his 9-year-old daughter in the store32:30 — The four-bucket framework: spend it, give it to the government, give it to charity, or give it to your kids34:44 — A Schnucks family board member on generational wealth: "Money doesn't ruin kids. Lack of values does."35:36 — What Jesse wants said at his funeralSponsors: 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"]
Many apparel founders believe growing revenue is the key to building a successful brand, but revenue alone won't keep your business alive. Without healthy profit margins, even brands generating millions of dollars in sales can struggle with cash flow, inventory purchases, hiring, and long-term growth. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel explains why profitability, not revenue, is the most important metric every apparel founder should be tracking. She shares real examples of brands that looked successful on paper but ultimately failed because they ignored their margins, along with practical guidance for calculating profitability, understanding company-wide weighted margins, and making smarter inventory and pricing decisions. Rachel also discusses how experienced mentorship and the right financial systems can help founders avoid expensive mistakes and build brands that are positioned for sustainable, long-term success.
This Week In Startups is made possible by: MongoDB - MongoDB.com/ai Rippling - Rippling.ai/twist Agree.com - agree.com Today's show: Hustle Fund's Eric Bahn and Chapter One's Jeff Morris Jr. join our venture capital roundtable directly following the news breaking that Stripe wants to buy PayPal. The possible transaction highlights how little interest today's leading startups have in going public any time soon. With host Alex Wilhelm, Bahn and Morris dug into when startups should burn the boats à la Fin, physical AI as the next frontier, the power of Silicon Valley groupthink, and how startups are approaching the first days of widespread, company-specific AI evals! Guest links: Eric Bahn https://x.com/ericbahn Hustle Fund https://www.hustlefund.vc Jeff Morris Jr. https://x.com/jmj Chapter One https://chapterone.com Show links: Stripe wants to buy PayPal https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/stripe-advent-offer-buy-paypal-more-than-53-billion-sources-say-2026-07-15/ Flex https://www.flex.one/ Webflow https://webflow.com/ Oak https://www.oak.id/ Fin selling to Salesforce https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2026/06/15/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-fin/ Erebor https://erebor.bank/ "Competition is for losers" https://www.wsj.com/articles/peter-thiel-competition-is-for-losers-1410535536 Chapter One piece on the value of software https://jamesin.substack.com/p/some-areas-weve-been-investing-in Timestamps: 0:00 Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund) & Jeff Morris Jr. (Chapter One) join the show! 1:35 Stripe's reported $53B offer for PayPal 6:29 Why founders don't want to go public 10:08 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! 15:16 When is it time to burn the boats? 20:12 MongoDB - AI-assisted and agentic coding is helping you build faster than ever. Start building at https://MongoDB.com/ai 21:16 Does VC need an AI revolution? 30:50 Rippling - Thanks to our partners at Rippling! Head to https://Rippling.ai/twist and get the only AI built to give you full visibility across your startup and take complex actions across your entire business. 32:36 Custom evals, open source models, and avoiding vendor lock-in 36:37 Physical AI and robotics as the next frontier 37:42 Oak's $60M seed and startup clusters chasing agent infrastructure 40:43 Escaping the Silicon Valley "think tank" 48:28 Consumer AI's missing wave 1:00:18 AI regulation and how to get it right 1:12:01 Where to find our guests and wrap-up! 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
For years, we've been searching for a better way to help Apparel Ffounders bridge the gap between learning industry concepts and actually applying them inside their businesses. That's exactly why we're launching Boardroom Notes, a brand-new weekly Substack newsletter designed to help founders take the lessons from the Business of Apparel podcast and turn them into practical action. In addition to Boardroom Notes, you can also subscribe to In the Margins with Rachel Erickson, a behind-the-scenes newsletter documenting the journey of writing and releasing my first book, The Business of Apparel. Whether you're trying to improve your margins, make smarter business decisions, or get an inside look at the ideas shaping my upcoming book, you'll want to join us over on Substack at https://businessofapparel.substack.com
When apparel founders fail to create a profitable business, it's not because they lack talent or great product ideas. They struggle because they're forced to navigate a highly technical industry through expensive trial and error, often making costly mistakes that could have been avoided with the right guidance. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel shares the common challenges she's seeing apparel founders face and explains why learning the industry as you go can put your business at risk. Through real client stories, she breaks down how poor product development processes, weak financial planning, inaccurate pricing, and unclear production documentation can quickly lead to cash flow problems, wasted inventory, and even business closure. Rachel also explains why building strong operational systems early, tracking profitability instead of just revenue, and seeking expert support can dramatically reduce risk and help founders build profitable, sustainable brands.
In this episode of The Jason Drees Show, Jason sits down with client Alex Cartwright to unpack the mindset behind going from $0 to $60M in AUM in 24 months. Alex went from being a professor of economics to building Hotel Shift, raising roughly $20M in equity, and leading major hotel-to-apartment conversion projects. But this conversation is not just about business or real estate. It's about identity. Jason and Alex talk about leaving the safe path, killing people-pleasing, staying calm under pressure, raising money, trusting bigger opportunities, and learning how to grow into success before your old self-image is ready for it. This is a real conversation about pressure, leadership, money, emotional control, and the frame required to play a bigger game.
Building a successful apparel brand takes more than creating great products. The strongest brands are built around a clear purpose, a committed community, and a culture that inspires people to keep growing. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel sits down with Jason Daniel, founder of globally recognized activewear brand LSKD, to discuss his entrepreneurial journey from selling T-shirts at motocross events to leading a company with hundreds of employees and a worldwide customer base. Jason shares the story behind LSKD's "1% Better Every Day" philosophy, how discovering a deeper purpose transformed the trajectory of his business, and why community, culture, and continuous improvement have become the foundation of the brand's success. He also offers practical advice for founders looking to define their values, build stronger teams, and create brands that stand for something bigger than the products they sell.
On this episode of Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast, Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) and Mike Kravchenko (Watch on YouTube) are back after a three-month hiatus — with stories spanning college sports' future, an expanding NBA gambling probe, an NFL kidnapping case, and one of the biggest sports-media stories in years.After catching up on the time away — and a plan to bring back long-form guest interviews — Dan and Mike open with the Brendan Sorsby saga, the most consequential college-sports story of the offseason. They trace the whole arc: Sorsby's roughly $90,000 in bets (including on his own Indiana team), the NCAA's permanent ineligibility ruling, Jeffrey Kessler's state-court injunction in Lubbock, the Big 12's federal suit to preserve its right to punish Texas Tech, and the NFL's decision not to hold a supplemental draft at all — leaving Sorsby out of football for 2026 on every front. Dan explains why this was nearly a "watershed moment" for state-versus-federal court chaos, and the "home court advantage" problem of athletes shopping NCAA disputes to friendly local judges.From there, the duo zooms out to the bigger college-sports picture: the NCAA's new age-based eligibility model, adopted June 23 — five seasons in five years, with the clock starting at enrollment or the year after an athlete turns 19. Dan and Mike break down the wave of challenges already filed (including Campbell v. NCAA and 50-plus basketball players from the 2022 class), and how the Protect College Sports Act and a Trump executive order fit into a five-year NIL era that still has no federal law.Dan and Mike then turn to the gambling and pro-sports bucket, with Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, charged in Florida with armed robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy.Followed by Malik Beasley, indicted in the Eastern District of New York on four counts alongside Ed Davis. Dan and Mike get into the point-shaving theory, the unsealed text messages, why a $60M-career player joining Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups makes this so alarming, and how this is now a federal case the NBA can't sweep away.The episode closes with the Dianna Russini story. With The Athletic's investigation looming and a new New York Times piece reigniting it, Dan walks through the Mike Vrabel reporting, the dual denials, and the defamation lawsuit that — tellingly — neither party ever filed. Dan and Mike turn it into a broader ethics conversation about honesty, owning mistakes, and what it means that Russini referred to herself as a "former journalist." Plus, in "What to Watch For," Mike flags the MLBPA's proposed prop-bet ban as the most important betting story of the back half of the year — and Dan shares a (very on-brand) World Cup story from the home front.Let us know your thoughts!***Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team.As always, this episode is sponsored by Themis Bar Review: https://www.themisbarsocial.com/conductdetrimental Host: Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) Featuring: Mike Kravchenko (Watch on YouTube)Produced by: Mike Kravchenko (Watch on YouTube)Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Website | Email
On this episode of Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast, Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) and Mike Kravchenko (Watch on YouTube) are back after a three-month hiatus — with stories spanning college sports' future, an expanding NBA gambling probe, an NFL kidnapping case, and one of the biggest sports-media stories in years.After catching up on the time away — and a plan to bring back long-form guest interviews — Dan and Mike open with the Brendan Sorsby saga, the most consequential college-sports story of the offseason. They trace the whole arc: Sorsby's roughly $90,000 in bets (including on his own Indiana team), the NCAA's permanent ineligibility ruling, Jeffrey Kessler's state-court injunction in Lubbock, the Big 12's federal suit to preserve its right to punish Texas Tech, and the NFL's decision not to hold a supplemental draft at all — leaving Sorsby out of football for 2026 on every front. Dan explains why this was nearly a "watershed moment" for state-versus-federal court chaos, and the "home court advantage" problem of athletes shopping NCAA disputes to friendly local judges.From there, the duo zooms out to the bigger college-sports picture: the NCAA's new age-based eligibility model, adopted June 23 — five seasons in five years, with the clock starting at enrollment or the year after an athlete turns 19. Dan and Mike break down the wave of challenges already filed (including Campbell v. NCAA and 50-plus basketball players from the 2022 class), and how the Protect College Sports Act and a Trump executive order fit into a five-year NIL era that still has no federal law.Dan and Mike then turn to the gambling and pro-sports bucket, with Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold, charged in Florida with armed robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy.Followed by Malik Beasley, indicted in the Eastern District of New York on four counts alongside Ed Davis. Dan and Mike get into the point-shaving theory, the unsealed text messages, why a $60M-career player joining Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups makes this so alarming, and how this is now a federal case the NBA can't sweep away.The episode closes with the Dianna Russini story. With The Athletic's investigation looming and a new New York Times piece reigniting it, Dan walks through the Mike Vrabel reporting, the dual denials, and the defamation lawsuit that — tellingly — neither party ever filed. Dan and Mike turn it into a broader ethics conversation about honesty, owning mistakes, and what it means that Russini referred to herself as a "former journalist." Plus, in "What to Watch For," Mike flags the MLBPA's proposed prop-bet ban as the most important betting story of the back half of the year — and Dan shares a (very on-brand) World Cup story from the home front.Let us know your thoughts!***Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ConductDetrimental.com. Let us know if you want to join the team.As always, this episode is sponsored by Themis Bar Review: https://www.themisbarsocial.com/conductdetrimental Host: Dan Lust (@SportsLawLust) Featuring: Mike Kravchenko (Watch on YouTube)Produced by: Mike Kravchenko (Watch on YouTube)Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Website | Email
If you're feeling exhausted as the CEO of your apparel brand, it doesn't necessarily mean you're working too hard. It may be a sign that you've become the bottleneck preventing your company from growing. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel shares why every founder eventually reaches a point where they need to stop doing everything themselves and start building a team that supports long-term growth. Drawing from her own entrepreneurial journey, she explains the importance of hiring before you feel desperate, delegating strategically, and creating systems that allow your business, and your people, to thrive. She also gives a behind-the-scenes look at the concepts covered in the Scalable Team Blueprint masterclass and discusses how leadership, mentorship, and organizational planning all work together to build a stronger company.
Why did global VCs invest $60M into India's most operationally heavy marketplace problem?The early bet was undoubtedly on the founder, Anjali Sardana.A 23 year old biology graduate from Georgetown University who is today the solo founder of Pronto. The company founded on 2nd April 2024 is at a $200 Million valuation, just a year later and they are growing at god-speed. What began in a single hub in Sector 56, Gurgaon is today 22,000 bookings a day, 5,000+ professionals, and operations across India's biggest cities.But Pronto was never just about convenience. It was built on a belief that India's home services market is broken not just for customers, but even more so for workers. No income stability. No safety net. No formal identity in the system. Not many individual investors write a $20M cheque. Lachy Groom did, alongside General Catalyst and Gladebrook. One year in, Pronto's growth explains the conviction. This episode is the story of the chaos, the urgency and the belief behind one of India's fastest moving startups.00:00 — Trailer01:32 — What is Pronto?03:16 — Hiring the first 30 pros in a single day06:13 — Delivering uniforms in 48 hours08:02 — Hustling to make the first payroll09:23 — The first home office11:28 — Why the customer app is only a nice-to-have17:18 — How pros are trained21:11 — How Gurgaon, Mumbai & Bangalore behave differently29:17 — TAM expands based on ease of access34:58 — Mission is bringing dignity to formal labour42:27 — Pronto's 30-year vision42:48 — How US investors see Indian startups44:37 — How a ₹400 headhunter brought the first hire47:05 — Final round interview for Pronto's chief of staff49:29 — How Anjali hires missionaries54:31 — One thing Anjali would always do as founder58:29 — One thing she's most proud of59:29 — One value Pronto would never compromise on1:01:44 — A company with urgency as core value1:03:55 — What needs to change in India for Pronto to succeed?1:05:18 — How to build a win-win-win business1:07:40 — Why was this problem not solved yet?1:09:02 — If Pronto fails, what would be the reason?1:10:05 — How Anjali spends a day as a solo founder1:15:30 — One lesson learned the hard way-------------India's talent has built the world's tech—now it's time to lead it.This mission goes beyond startups. It's about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India.What is Neon Fund?We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that's done it before.Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we're doing it all at Neon.-------------Check us out on:Website: https://neon.fund/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neon-fund/X: https://x.com/TheNeonShowwConnect with Nansi on:LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/nansi-mishraX: https://x.com/nansi_mishra-------------This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice.Send us Fan Mail
Steve Harward built a $110 MILLION company from nothing and the secret had nothing to do with hustle. How do you go from zero to nine figures across three brands and 400 employees? Steve Harward, founder and CEO of Prime Corporate Services, did exactly that. And in this episode he reveals the counterintuitive philosophy behind it: radical generosity, deep listening, and the willingness to let go. Steve gets beautifully real about the moment he finally stepped away from running support emails and doing payroll at $22 million in revenue, and what happened to the business when he did. We go deep on how giving without expectation has generated some of his biggest partnerships, and why listening for what he calls the "heart spark moment" in every conversation changed everything. This one moved me to tears. I think it will move you too. In this episode: • The pivotal decision that took Prime from $20M to $60M and beyond • Why Steve spends $1 million a year on gifts (and why his CFO hates it) • How to turn simple connections into high-value strategic partnerships • The review strategy that generated 8,000 five-star reviews and why it matters • Leadership lessons from managing 400 employees with heart • Why you're one conversation away from your next big breakthrough If this inspired you and you're hitting a ceiling in your growth, and you're truly ready to scale your seven-figure company: Click here: www.MyScaleSession.com to book a one-on-one Deep Dive Scale Session with a CEO Strategist on Allison's team at Pinnacle Global Network. We've helped over 150,000 CEOs scale their companies and build more freedom in their lives. If this conversation lit something up in you, subscribe so you never miss an episode. Pinnacle Global Network is a Woman-Owned Strategic Advisory and CEO Mentorship Organization helping founders with over $1 million in revenue scale at pace while building a more freedom-filled life. Every member is matched with a 1:1 CEO mentor who has already built a multi-million-dollar company, guides them step by step through the proprietary SCALEit Method®, and welcomes them into a powerful community of driven founders who become their pillars of support along the way. Founded in 2009, this method has helped CEOs turn burnt-out, stuck founders into the visionary leaders of thriving, team-managed companies. What members gain: A 1:1 CEO Mentor who has built at least one 7-9-figure company and provides personalized, year-round guidance tailored to your business and goals A dedicated mentorship team so when you need a fresh perspective or a specialist, your mentor brings in the right expert for the challenge at hand The proven SCALEit Method®, a step-by-step scaling framework built on five pillars: Strategic Vision, Cash Flow, Alliance of the Team, Leadership, and Execution Strategic Vision and Cash Flow mastery to set a Big Picture Vision and build the marketing, sales, and cash flow systems that fuel sustainable growth Alliance of the Team and Leadership development to build a team-managed company that runs without you, led by your strongest self Execution systems that hand the daily grind to your team, giving you back your time, freedom, and headspace
Erin and Alyssa round up the latest news from JD Vance's embarrassing book tour, Bari Weiss's next fail-upwards, and the future of the USPS's independence. Then Megan Gailey (Sports Bitches) joins to talk sports news from the UFC to the Knicks and the rise of heteropessimism. They wrap up with a petty conversation about nun podcasts, takeout orders, and Disclosure Day.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.Alyssa's rec: Dominican Sisters Open MicJD Vance went on television to plug a faith memoir. ‘The View' had other plans (AP News 7/16)Vance's new book puts his Catholic faith at the center of his story — and his political future (CNN 6/15)Postal Service Seeks to Block Mail Ballots in States Resisting Trump Demands (NYT 6/11)CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report (NY Post 6/9)$60M and 7 federal agencies required to stage Trump's UFC fight at White House (AP News 6/10)Trump's UFC Fight Ended With a Slur About Michelle Obama (The Cut 6/15)The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine (Wired 4/17)How Algeria won over a Kansas town – and became the World Cup's unlikeliest love affair (The Guardian 6/16)Which World Cup teams, players and officials were denied US visas, entry? (Al Jazeera 6/11)
Managing employees well starts long before difficult conversations ever happen. In fact, the systems you put in place from day one can determine whether your team grows together or struggles with disengagement and poor performance. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel explains why great leadership and effective employee management go hand in hand with preparing for the possibility of letting someone go. She shares how to set clear expectations and implement performance improvement plans that protect both your team culture and your business. Rachel also discusses how underperforming employees can impact morale and why retaining A-players sometimes requires making tough decisions.
Seven years after Slow wrote its first check, Sam sits down with Teamshares CEO Mike Brown as the company prepares to go public. Mike's core insight is simple: America has millions of durable, cash-flowing small businesses, but no great long-term owner. After buying and operating electrical contractors himself, he realized the opportunity wasn't another marketplace or PE roll-up, it was building a permanent holding company that acquires great businesses, gives employees ownership, and never sells. Today, Teamshares owns 92 businesses generating roughly $60M in EBITDA. The conversation explores why most roll-ups fail, why capital allocation is the true operating system of the business, and why the traditional private equity model may be running out of steam. Mike closes with an ambitious goal: grow corporate EBITDA from $19M to $100M by 2027 and create a forever home for thousands of small businesses.Chapters00:00 Episode Teaser Featuring Mike Brown, Teamshares CEO01:11 The Teamshares Origin Story04:48 From Wall Street to Buying Small Businesses10:47 Why Going Direct to Sellers Didn't Work (The FSBO Problem)13:18 Buying at Scale, The Teamshares Model15:27 92 Acquisitions and $60M EBITDA, Lessons Learned18:26 Why Generalist Hires Didn't Work19:08 Building a Leadership Pipeline23:46 The Internal YC, Community Across Portfolio Companies27:42 How Technology Powers 92 Businesses28:08 “Will This Business Exist in 50 Years?”32:21 Why Most Roll-Ups Fail37:30 The Road to $100M EBITDA39:51 The Long-Term Vision40:58 Capital Allocation as a Competitive Advantage42:34 Decentralized Leadership, Centralized Capital46:16 Why Private Equity Fails Small Businesses49:25 Going Public, What Comes NextWe're also on ↓X: https://twitter.com/moreorlesspodInstagram: https://instagram.com/moreorlessYouTube: https://youtu.be/3tV4wdtZBukConnect with us here:1) Sam Lessin: https://x.com/lessin2) Dave Morin: https://x.com/davemorin3) Jessica Lessin: https://x.com/Jessicalessin4) Brit Morin: https://x.com/britImportant Disclosures and Disclaimers:Teamshares has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with Live Oak Crest Acquisition Corp. (“Live Oak”), a special purpose acquisition company. In connection with the proposed transaction, a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) has been filed with, and been declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This podcast does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. For important information about the proposed transaction, including where to find the Registration Statement and other legal disclaimers, please refer to the press release available at https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260527344175/en/Teamshares-Announces-S-4-Effectiveness-in-Anticipation-of-Nasdaq-Listing.Clarifications:Teamshares currently has 93 operating subsidiaries. Additionally, Teamshares has had documented revenue declines and business closures. A full reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures, as well as Teamshares' audited GAAP financial statements, is available in the Registration Statement. Investors should review the full set of assumptions and risk factors accompanying these metrics in the Registration Statement.
Accredited Investors: Catalina Island deal closes soon. Join waitlist: somerscapital.com/investFrom sleeping in a car to running a $60M brand in just two years—Alejandro Vela's story doesn't even sound real.In this episode, Rich sits down with Alejandro (El Barbas Hats) to break down how he went from failed restaurants, tow trucks, and street food hustles to building one of the fastest-scaling hat brands in the world. From selling at swap meets to collabs with Mexico's biggest artists and $1.3M drops in minutes—this is the blueprint for turning nothing into everything.They cover:How eight failed businesses became the foundation for a $60M empireThe exact moment he went from homeless to unstoppableWhy hats became the ultimate scalable fashion productHow he used TikTok to test, market, and blow up his brandThe mindset shift that turned every failure into fuelIf you've ever felt like you were too far behind, this episode proves you're one decision away from a whole new life.Let's get it.Connect with Rich on Instagram: @rich_somersInterested in joining The 7 Figure Creator Mastermind? Visit www.the7figurecreator.com to book a free intro call.Interested in joining our Boutique Hotel Mastermind? Visit www.somerscapital.com/mastermind to book a free call.
Hiring the right team members can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack, especially when the candidates you're attracting aren't who you hoped for. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel explains why attracting poor job candidates is often the result of a weak or generic job description rather than a lack of talent in the market. She shares how apparel brand owners can attract A-player employees by focusing less on qualifications and more on the outcomes, goals, and opportunities a role provides.
Embedding batteries into appliances to bypass big bottlenecks: home electrical upgrades. Instead of rewiring buildings, Copper turns induction stoves into distributed energy assets that can also support the grid.Copper is building appliances with integrated energy storage, starting with Charlie, a 30” induction stove with a built-in battery. The company focuses on making electrification cheaper, faster, and easier for multifamily buildings and older housing stock.They've received $60M in equity funding and government contracts so far.Before co-founding Copper, CEO Sam Calisch helped launch Rewiring America, was an Activate Fellow, co-authored Electrify, and previously founded Elmworks. He earned his PhD from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms.Here's what we discussed:Installation arbitrage that changes adoption economics – Traditional induction stoves often require expensive 240V upgrades and panel work, while Charlie plugs into an existing 110V outlet behind most gas stoves using an onboard 5kWh LFP battery to deliver high-power cookingMultifamily as the wedge market – Buildings facing costly gas infrastructure repairs can avoid six-figure retrofit costs, with some projects saving over $100k by switching directly to Copper's battery-enabled electric appliancesAppliances as grid assets – Aggregated stoves participate in California's DSGS virtual power plant program, providing dispatchable capacity during peak demand and potentially offsetting future appliance costsLicensing instead of building everything alone – Copper is pursuing partnerships with incumbent appliance manufacturers rather than vertically integrating every product category itselfFounder operating system – Weekly written goals, deliberate “play time” for experimentation, outdoor activity, and separating business problems from personal identity to sustain long-term decision quality--Join our confidential CEO community.Private CEO group for VC/PE-backed climate tech founders navigating capital, strategy, and scale. Capped at 45 CEOs. See if you're a fit → entrepreneursforimpact.comJoin 40,000 professionals who get our newsletter.Climate tech finance, strategy, leadership. 2-min read. → entrepreneursforimpact.substack.comLeave a podcast review.If you got value, take 30 seconds and do the community a favor. It helps push more capital and talent toward scalable climate solutions.
If you're not accurately calculating your landed costs, your apparel brand could be losing money without you even realizing it. In this episode of the Business of Apparel podcast, Rachel explains exactly what landed cost means and how to calculate it for apparel products in a simple, practical way. She shares why understanding the true cost of producing and importing your garments is essential for protecting your margins and building a profitable business.
At 11 years old, Dan Mishin convinced his grandmother to move in with his parents so he could turn her apartment into a backpacker hostel. The idea came to him in Berlin, where his mom's wallet had just been stolen and they were stranded overnight in a hostel full of laughing 20-year-olds speaking a language he didn't understand. He made two decisions on the train ride home: learn English, and open a place just like it.That summer project became the largest hostel chain in Eastern Europe — 13 countries, 3,500 guests a night — and the start of one of the most unlikely founder journeys you'll hear this year.In this episode, Dan sits down with Jessica Neal to walk through all of it. Starting a company at 11 in post-Soviet Ukraine, a place he describes as the Wild West, with no functioning law enforcement and entire generations of savings wiped out overnight by government decisions. Sleeping in his car for six months when the business almost went bankrupt. Signing 100-year leases with personal guarantees at 18 because Ukrainian law had no concept of bankruptcy protection. Raising a $100M term sheet that same year. Buying a yellow Porsche he now calls a total douchebag move. Ballooning to 280 pounds on a diet of Snickers and Red Bull. And eventually getting on a flight to the US with a single phone number — only to walk away from a 10-minute call with a $100K check at a $5M valuation.After building Joon Homes to $300M and 250 employees, Dan hit a wall most founders don't talk about: he was building something valuable, but he didn't believe in it anymore. So he walked away to start Manifest — an AI-native legal company that's raised $60M to fix one of the most broken industries in America. The US has 1.3 million lawyers, ten times more per capita than most countries in the world, yet 80% of Americans can't afford one. Dan thinks he knows why, and he's rebuilding the entire system starting with immigration.The conversation also goes deep on what it actually means to run an AI-native company — how Dan hires, why he believes generalists are winning, the applied AI engineers he embeds in every team, and the one-year severance policy he introduced to take the fear out of automating yourself out of a job.A conversation about volatility, reinvention, and what it actually takes to build something that matters.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
John gets into some of the latest NFL headlines as he discusses what team helmets he likes and dislikes the most and then shares his thoughts on the Rams and Matthew Stafford agreeing to a one-year, $55M extension worth up to $60M with incentives, Malik Nabors potentially not being ready for Week 1 and why he believes the Falcons can be the NFC South winners.
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Amanda Demanda built her firm by aligning three things that rarely work together: brand, intake, and case value. That combination drove the jump from $2M to $60M in five years. Her marketing brings in clients who already trust the firm. Her intake process reinforces that trust at every step. And she trains her team to work cases all the way to maximum value—not just resolution. If you want to surround yourself with top-tier operators like Amanda and learn the exact strategies they use to scale, you need to be in the room at PIMCON 2026. Visit PIMCON.org to get your tickets. For more resources on how to dominate your market, visit us at Rankings.io. On this episode, you'll learn: Why brand-driven growth produces more higher-value cases than transactional lead flow. The “Ritz-Carlton” intake approach that shapes trust from the first call. How gifting, follow-ups, and consistency influence referrals long after the case closes. The “tender” metric—and how it exposes missed value inside your cases. If you like what you hear, hit Subscribe. We do this every week. Buy tickets for PIMCON 2026: https://hubs.li/Q04bf9vT0 Subscribe to our newsletter: pimnewsletter.beehiiv.com Get Social! Personal Injury Mastermind (PIM) powered by Rankings.io is on Instagram | YouTube | TikTok
Discover how one real estate entrepreneur scaled from a W2 employee at a Fortune 500 firm to managing $60M+ in commercial real estate assets—and why NOW is the best time to invest despite market uncertainty. In this episode of The Proven Entrepreneur Show, Wayne Courreges III, founder of CREi Partners, pulls back the curtain on the commercial real estate investment world. With 19 years of industry experience and a proven track record navigating multiple market cycles, Wayne shares his contrarian strategy for thriving when others are panicking.Key Topics Covered:The Hidden Truth About Today's Real Estate Market: Why soft commercial real estate markets are actually the BEST buying opportunities for informed investors. Office vacancies, rising refinancing costs, and panicked sellers create asymmetric opportunities for disciplined investors.Building Passive Income: The Multifamily Housing Model: Discover why Wayne's firm keeps 80% of its portfolio in multifamily housing (100-150 unit properties across Texas). Learn about the cash flow, depreciation benefits, and appreciation potential that make multifamily the most reliable real estate asset class.The 2-4 Deal Strategy That Changes Everything: Most real estate entrepreneurs fail by scaling too fast. Wayne explains why CREi Partners deliberately limits deals to 2-4 per year while continuously strengthening internal capabilities. This disciplined approach separates sustainable wealth builders from those who fade quietly.Leadership During Market Downturns: Real estate success isn't about luck—it's about leadership. Wayne reveals the RIDGE values (Respect, Integrity, Dependability, Grit, Execution) that have kept his team strong through market volatility. Learn how the best investors over-communicate, think partnership-first, and never blame external factors.From W2 Employee to Company Founder: The real, often-hidden struggles of leaving corporate life to build a real estate empire. Wayne discusses the genuine stress of entrepreneurship, the dopamine hit of quarterly investor distributions, and the long-term vision that sustains motivation.Why Education Comes First: Before raising capital or closing deals, accredited investors need to understand what they're actually buying. Wayne's free Passive Investor Coaching program (passiveinvestorcoaching.com) represents his philosophy: educate first, sell second.Why This Episode Matters:Whether you're an accredited investor exploring alternatives to the stock market, a business owner seeking passive income diversification, or simply curious about how wealthy people build wealth, this conversation delivers actionable insights from someone who has actually done it—across multiple market cycles, in a real company, with real investors.Guest Bio:Wayne Courreges III is the founder and principal of CREi Partners, a commercial real estate investment firm specializing in accredited investor opportunities. With 19 years in the industry (including 16 years at CBRE, a Fortune 500 leader), Wayne has become an expert in multifamily housing, development, and navigating complex real estate cycles. He's an Eagle Scout, former Marine, and passionate advocate for investor education. CREi Partners currently manages $60+ million in assets across multifamily properties and development projects primarily in Texas.Perfect For:✓ Accredited investors seeking passive real estate opportunities✓ Entrepreneurs building multi-income streams✓ Real estate professionals exploring new strategies✓ Business leaders interested in wealth diversification✓ Anyone curious about commercial real estate in 2025
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