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Heather Lindsey joins Ash Cash for a powerful conversation about faith, money, options trading, mindset, and learning how to make your money work for you. Heather shares her journey from traveling the world as a speaker and author to building The Busy Trader and teaching people how to approach the stock market in a way that fits their lifestyle. She also breaks down one of her most eye-opening trading examples: Heather says she started with $800, continued trading that amount while moving profits into a high-yield savings account, and grew the account to roughly $80,000 over seven months. In this episode, Heather explains how options trading works, her Five Minute Trader system, LEAPS, taking profits off the table, converting trading profits into long-term investments, and why having more money does not automatically make someone a better trader. She also reveals how she traded to fund a roughly $65,000 family trip instead of using earned income and why she believes beginners should learn, practice with paper trading, and build the skill before increasing their risk. But this conversation goes far beyond the stock market. Heather and Ash discuss faith and finances, scarcity mindsets, childhood trauma, burnout, obedience, generosity, identity, and why building wealth should create freedom and impact—not become another form of bondage. Educational content only. Trading and investing involve risk, including possible loss of principal. Results discussed are Heather's reported experiences and are not guaranteed. Learn with Heather: FiveMinuteTraderClass.com FiveMinuteTraderChallenge.com Heather Lindsey: Instagram: @heatherllove The Busy Trader: @thebusytrader Inside the Vault: @insidethevault InsideTheVaultShow.com Host: @iamashcash IAmAshCash.com ABUNDANCE IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT. Join the Abundance Community: TheAbundanceCommunity.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Give, give, give vs. invest, invest, invest 00:50 – Ash Cash book CTA 01:52 – Welcome to Inside the Vault 03:10 – Abundance is your birthright 03:54 – Making millions didn't bring fulfillment 05:13 – Meet Heather Lindsey 06:57 – Getting introduced to stocks & options 07:40 – Burnout changed everything 08:10 – The Busy Trader is born 10:23 – Faith, prosperity & money 11:12 – Wealth transfer through the stock market 11:48 – Rewiring a broke mindset 13:50 – “You pray for millions, but you have no application” 16:12 – How to change your money mindset 18:46 – Heather's thought-journal practice 21:16 – Identity, abundance & becoming 22:05 – Heather's daily non-negotiables 22:21 – Adoption, rejection & purpose 25:04 – Success driven by trauma 26:28 – “I feel like a loser” 27:12 – Building from a more restful place 28:22 – What is options trading? 30:17 – The Five Minute Trader system 31:20 – Trading strategies for busy people 31:35 – LEAPS explained 33:00 – Turning options profits into long-term investments 33:54 – $500 options that went to $10K each 35:12 – Turning $800 into $80K in 7 months 36:17 – The $65K family trip 37:01 – “We don't pay with earned income anymore” 41:16 – Why traders need to pay themselves 41:29 – Student goes from $500 to $100K 42:11 – Why community matters 43:37 – Heather's “Dreamer Fund” 45:27 – Can dividends fund your life? 46:41 – How much money should you start with? 47:50 – Starting with $500 48:09 – Why beginners should paper trade 48:48 – Why this is NOT a get-rich-quick scheme 49:22 – Teaching kids how to trade 50:39 – Is money the root of all evil? 51:40 – Delayed obedience is still disobedience 52:18 – Why Heather got off Zillow 53:12 – “Lock in for a season to eat for a lifetime” 54:04 – A Tesla trade that went 4,000% 54:41 – Will AI change day trading? 55:41 – Connect with Heather Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Sales are being made in your business. That's proof sales happened. It's not proof that your ability to sell is what made them.Most female founders skip the skill entirely and go straight to more ads, more funnels, more offers, more team. Then they hit a ceiling and can't figure out why. In this episode Macy walks the whole business building floor by floor, marketing, content, recruitment, retention, delivery, pricing, packaging, strategy, and shows exactly how your sales skill is running all of it.0:00 — The scissors demonstration, and why effort isn't skill2:00 — Your business is a building, and sales is the bottom floor4:24 — Why Macy won't let a "high ticket closer" near her business8:25 — The marketing floor, your sales message amplified10:12 — How Dylan handled one objection publicly and ran an $80K launch12:13 — Funnels, and Russell Brunson's "clone of your best salesperson"13:14 — Why the webinar works, and where the $30K minimum comes from17:11 — The content floor, tour guide vs. professor22:15 — What a sales principle looks like inside content24:57 — The recruitment floor, people aren't looking for a job29:11 — The retention floor, the Chanel bag and the toilet paper33:36 — The delivery floor, your life is a reflection of how you sell36:57 — The pricing floor, $600K in 8 months and still stuck39:55 — The packaging floor, and why Macy will never run a discount45:29 — The strategy floor, and the $20K program that didn't use its own strategy47:41 — Wiring $350,000 on a Thursday, and making $355,000 back by Halloween52:16 — The axe, and how sharpening actually worksJoin the Sell Your Offer Challenge❤️‍

In this episode the hosts talk about a $1.2M Texas firewood delivery business that turns arborists' unwanted logs into revenue with potentially near-free raw materials—but extreme seasonality, questionable inventory accounting, and financing challenges make the deal structure everything.Business Listing – https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/profitable-35-year-old-firewood-business-dfw-texas-region/2485893/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/newsletterWhat if the raw material for your business was basically free? In this episode of Acquisitions Anonymous, the crew breaks down a long-established firewood business serving the Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas market. The listing shows approximately $1.25M in revenue, $375K–$376K in seller discretionary earnings/cash flow, and a $1.2M asking price—roughly 3.2x earnings. The deal also includes a stated $80K of inventory and $315K of furniture, fixtures, and equipment, with seller financing potentially available.The fascinating part is the supply chain: arborists and tree-service companies may actually want somewhere to dump unwanted logs, potentially giving the firewood operator its core raw material for little or no cost. But free wood doesn't mean free profits. The business still has to process, split, season, store, move, and deliver a heavy product, while managing significant seasonality. The hosts also question how accurately the $80K of inventory is being measured, what condition that inventory is in, whether the business uses kiln drying, and how much value really exists in its customer and supplier relationships.The biggest debate is whether this is actually worth buying—or whether a landscaping or tree-service company should simply build the operation itself. The hosts discuss the financing difficulties of acquiring a highly seasonal business and explore creative seller-financing structures, including profit-sharing arrangements that could shift some of the seasonal risk back to the seller. Will McCurdy of Bedrock Quality of Earnings also joins the discussion to give an accounting perspective on inventory, cash flow, seasonality, and the financial diligence a buyer would need before closing.Sponsors: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/Bedrock Quality of Earnings — Buying a business without verifying the financials can lead to expensive surprises. Bedrock Quality of Earnings combines experienced Big Four leadership, operator-backed expertise, and AI-powered analysis to help buyers validate earnings before closing. Learn more at https://girdley.com/bedrock.Key Highlights:- $1.2M asking price: Approximately $1.25M in revenue and $375K–$376K in seller discretionary earnings/cash flow, putting the asking price at roughly 3.2x.- Potentially free raw materials: Arborists and tree-service companies need somewhere to dispose of logs, creating a potentially valuable "trash-to-treasure" supply chain.- Inventory is a major diligence question: The listing claims $80K of inventory, but accurately valuing piles of firewood—and determining how much is properly seasoned and sellable—could be difficult.- Seasonality complicates financing: Revenue may fall dramatically during the off-season while payroll, insurance, utilities, storage, and other expenses continue.- Creative seller financing could unlock the deal: The hosts discuss profit-sharing structures where the seller receives a percentage of profits until reaching the agreed $1.2M purchase price.Subscribe 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

In this episode the hosts talk about a $1.2M Texas firewood delivery business that turns arborists' unwanted logs into revenue with potentially near-free raw materials—but extreme seasonality, questionable inventory accounting, and financing challenges make the deal structure everything.Business Listing – https://www.bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/profitable-35-year-old-firewood-business-dfw-texas-region/2485893/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/newsletterWhat if the raw material for your business was basically free? In this episode of Acquisitions Anonymous, the crew breaks down a long-established firewood business serving the Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas market. The listing shows approximately $1.25M in revenue, $375K–$376K in seller discretionary earnings/cash flow, and a $1.2M asking price—roughly 3.2x earnings. The deal also includes a stated $80K of inventory and $315K of furniture, fixtures, and equipment, with seller financing potentially available.The fascinating part is the supply chain: arborists and tree-service companies may actually want somewhere to dump unwanted logs, potentially giving the firewood operator its core raw material for little or no cost. But free wood doesn't mean free profits. The business still has to process, split, season, store, move, and deliver a heavy product, while managing significant seasonality. The hosts also question how accurately the $80K of inventory is being measured, what condition that inventory is in, whether the business uses kiln drying, and how much value really exists in its customer and supplier relationships.The biggest debate is whether this is actually worth buying—or whether a landscaping or tree-service company should simply build the operation itself. The hosts discuss the financing difficulties of acquiring a highly seasonal business and explore creative seller-financing structures, including profit-sharing arrangements that could shift some of the seasonal risk back to the seller. Will McCurdy of Bedrock Quality of Earnings also joins the discussion to give an accounting perspective on inventory, cash flow, seasonality, and the financial diligence a buyer would need before closing.Sponsors: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/Bedrock Quality of Earnings — Buying a business without verifying the financials can lead to expensive surprises. Bedrock Quality of Earnings combines experienced Big Four leadership, operator-backed expertise, and AI-powered analysis to help buyers validate earnings before closing. Learn more at https://girdley.com/bedrock.Key Highlights:- $1.2M asking price: Approximately $1.25M in revenue and $375K–$376K in seller discretionary earnings/cash flow, putting the asking price at roughly 3.2x.- Potentially free raw materials: Arborists and tree-service companies need somewhere to dispose of logs, creating a potentially valuable "trash-to-treasure" supply chain.- Inventory is a major diligence question: The listing claims $80K of inventory, but accurately valuing piles of firewood—and determining how much is properly seasoned and sellable—could be difficult.- Seasonality complicates financing: Revenue may fall dramatically during the off-season while payroll, insurance, utilities, storage, and other expenses continue.- Creative seller financing could unlock the deal: The hosts discuss profit-sharing structures where the seller receives a percentage of profits until reaching the agreed $1.2M purchase price.Subscribe 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

In this week's Biz Besties episode, Nicole and Kaila get very specific about how you could bring an extra $80K into your business before the end of the year-without simply adding more hours to your calendar.They break down five revenue opportunities they've seen work for their clients and themselves, including moving out of one-to-one delivery, creating high-ticket offers, VIP days, done-for-you services, pre-selling, and adding order bumps.But underneath the strategies is an even bigger conversation: what if you can't see the next $20K because you don't believe it's possible yet?What You'll Take Away From This Episode:How to create more leverage and profit without simply working more hours.Five ways to generate additional revenue, from high-ticket offers and VIP days to pre-sales and order bumps.Why a more profitable business model may already be sitting inside the business you have.How to recognize when your own beliefs about money and what's possible are keeping you stuck.Why support, coaching, and surrounding yourself with people who can see possibilities you can't yet see can change everything.If your first thought is “There's no way I could make an extra $20K a month,” this episode is for you. Sometimes the biggest shift lies in expanding what you believe is possible, and then figuring out how to make it happen.Take our FREE quiz to find your fastest path to making more money in your business: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/quizPre-order our book: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/presaleSave your seat to our Book Launch Party: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/partyGrab your ticket for SHE LEADS 2027: https://www.myalignedpurpose.com/she-leads-2027Try the Home Flow Method with Meg: https://wholesyum.ca/pages/wholesyum-services

Eric Cheng (@ericsaymore) is a digital director, strategist, and political content creator . He leads digital and creator strategy for campaigns including the current LA mayoral race. With an audience of over 80K across socials, he blends comedy, culture, and commentary to make civic engagement accessible to a wider audience. 

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Episode 188 focuses on creative ways to maximize 100,000 Capital One miles, along with several noteworthy points-and-miles updates. The episode's highlight was member Courtney's impressive ChatGPT-built, mobile-friendly travel dashboard that tracks more than 1.5 million points and miles, credit cards, annual fees, statement credits, free-night certificates, elite statuses, 5/24 status, redemptions, upcoming applications, trips, and important deadlines. In the news, Citi launched a 125,000-mile welcome offer on the refreshed AAdvantage Executive card, while United and American announced a slate of new European routes for next summer, including destinations such as Lisbon, Porto, Reykjavik, Vienna, Valencia, Sardinia, Sicily, and the Azores. American Express also rolled out elevated Delta SkyMiles card offers, with bonuses reaching 200,000 miles, and IHG introduced a targeted discount on the cash portion of Points & Cash bookings.The main discussion explores how two people can stretch 100K Capital One miles plus roughly $1,000 in cash into trips of at least two or three nights. Angie highlights options such as Lisbon, where 48K miles can cover round-trip flights for two, while Wyndham or Capital One Travel can cover the hotel; Medellin, where 80K miles covers flights and an inexpensive hotel can be partially erased with the remaining miles; and San Juan, where 66K miles handles the flights and the remaining miles help offset a Marriott hotel booked through the Capital One portal. Cameron offers additional examples, including a Miami Beach getaway for about 95K miles, a three-night Hawaii trip for 100K miles plus $230, and a Cancun all-inclusive that can be done for around 105K miles and $400. The episode also emphasizes Capital One's ability to erase travel purchases at a fixed rate, which can be especially useful for expenses like trains and tours, although transferring to airline and hotel partners can often provide greater value.The episode wraps up with the hosts' personal bonus and trip updates, including Cameron's upcoming Morocco trip, Southwest meetup flights, and strategies for maximizing Bilt benefits, while Angie prepares for a major Europe trip and looks ahead to Australia. The Tip of the Week is a useful airline-booking tidbit: Air Canada and Singapore Airlines use the same PNR, which can be helpful when managing reservations across the two programs.Episode Links:Chat Points command center post of the weekUnited New summer routesAmerican New summer routesIHG Point + Cash discountAmerican Executive Card offerElevated Delta Card offersWhere to Find UsThe Award Travel 101 Facebook Community.To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.You can also email us at 101@award.travelBuy your Award Travel 101 Merch hereReserve tickets to our Late Summer 2026 Meetup in Milwaukee now. award.travel/mke2026Our partner CardPointers helps us get the most from our cards. Signup today at https://cardpointers.com/at101 for a 30% discount on annual and lifetime subscriptions! Lastly, we appreciate your support of the AT101 Podcast/Community when you signup for your next card!Technical note: Some user experience difficulty streaming the podcast while connected to a VPN. If you have difficulty, disconnect from your VPN.  

itcoin is trading around $78K, and the price structure is much healthier than it was earlier this summer. The immediate support is roughly $75,674, the critical trend support is around $71,781-$72K, and the long-term 200-week moving average sits down in the mid-$60Ks. On the upside, Bitcoin still needs to break roughly $82,793 before the chart really opens toward $90K and potentially the 2026 high near $98K. The bond market is calming today, but yields remain high enough to matter. The larger question is whether heavy government borrowing and enormous AI infrastructure spending are structurally pushing interest rates higher. Meanwhile, oil near the mid-$90s keeps inflation risk alive.The next checkpoints are straightforward: jobs Friday, PPI September 10, CPI September 11, and the Fed September 16. Those releases are likely to determine whether Bitcoin finally breaks through the $80K-$82.8K resistance zone or drops back toward $75K and $72K.Happy HODLing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What if the pay gap is not just something happening to women out there in the abstract - but something happening to you, right now, in the salary band your company set before you even walked in the door? Meghan Pierce has the data. Philadelphia women are more educated than their male counterparts. They are in the workforce in strong numbers. And in some industries, they are earning less than they were before. The headline number looks like progress. The real numbers, broken down by race, by industry, by education level, tell a different story. This episode is about both: what the data actually says and what you can do about it today.SUMMARY & GUEST INTROIf you have ever wondered whether the pay gap is actually real, or whether it applies to someone as educated and accomplished as you, Meghan Pierce has been waiting to answer that question. She is the first-ever President and CEO of the Forum of Executive Women, a Philadelphia-based organization with more than 600 senior women leaders that has been doing this work since 1977. She came to the role from the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, before that from policy work at New York City Hall and some of the country's most respected law firms. Every year, the Forum publishes two reports that are the only Philadelphia-specific research of their kind: the Women in Leadership Report, tracking female representation in the C-suite and boardroom, and the Pay Equity Report, which examines the gender pay gap by industry, education level, and race. This is not headline data. These are the numbers most people never see - and Meghan is here to make sure you cannot look away.INSIDE THE EPISODEThe Pay Gap Is Getting Worse - and Not for Who You Think. The overall gap is slowly closing for white women. But for women of color, it is widening. And in specific industries across Philadelphia - and nationally - it is moving in the wrong direction entirely. Meghan breaks down what the data actually shows and why the headline number is not the number you should be looking at.More Degrees. Less Pay. Women are taking on more student debt to get higher degrees and not seeing it translate into higher income. The education fix is not fixing the pay gap. Meghan explains why - and what actually does.What Erica Saw From Inside HR. As a Chief People Officer, Erica had access to the pay data most employees never see. She shares what she actually found - the RIF lists where every name was a woman, the salary band game, the moment she realized that 'that girl only asked for 80K, let's offer 75' was happening in real time - and what it taught her about how the gap gets built in from day one.The Sponsor vs. the Mentor. A mentor gives you advice. A sponsor says your name in rooms when you are not there. Meghan breaks down the difference, why having a sponsor is one of the most powerful things you can do to close your own pay gap, and what it actually takes to get one (hint: it is not asking for one).Women Are Afraid to Use AI at Work. And They're Not Wrong. Meghan's Forum has been tracking this: women are afraid to use AI at work for fear of getting in trouble. Erica confirms the data backs them up - men are more encouraged to experiment, women are judged more harshly when they do. And if the skills gap that creates compounds over time, the AI gap and the pay gap become the same gap.Nine Women CEOs Out of 100. That was the most Philadelphia had ever had in a single year. Not double digits. Nine. Meghan explains the structural, social, and policy barriers that keep women out of the top jobs - paid family leave, caretaking responsibilities, and the boards that keep picking people who look like the people who picked them.You Have Everything You Need Right Now. Meghan's advice to her younger self. Erica's response: what is meant for you will not miss you, girl. The close of this episode is the thing women need to hear when imposter syndrome is loudest.RESOURCES & LINKSForum of Executive Women: https://www.foew.com/Pay Equity Report: https://www.foew.com/pay-equity-reportWomen in Leadership Report: https://www.foew.com/women-in-leadershipMeghan Pierce on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghanpierce/Philadelphia Citizen Article - Philadelphia Women, Still Underpaid: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/guest-commentary-philadelphia-women-pay-equity/ ERICA'S RESOURCES & LINKSStart small with me inside HER Jumpstart:https://her-collective.mn.co/plans/1985289?bundle_token=60b2c61d62213cdbd16d437cdc0e4204&utm_source=manual

What if the pay gap is not just something happening to women out there in the abstract - but something happening to you, right now, in the salary band your company set before you even walked in the door? Meghan Pierce has the data. Philadelphia women are more educated than their male counterparts. They are in the workforce in strong numbers. And in some industries, they are earning less than they were before. The headline number looks like progress. The real numbers, broken down by race, by industry, by education level, tell a different story. This episode is about both: what the data actually says and what you can do about it today.SUMMARY & GUEST INTROIf you have ever wondered whether the pay gap is actually real, or whether it applies to someone as educated and accomplished as you, Meghan Pierce has been waiting to answer that question. She is the first-ever President and CEO of the Forum of Executive Women, a Philadelphia-based organization with more than 600 senior women leaders that has been doing this work since 1977. She came to the role from the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, before that from policy work at New York City Hall and some of the country's most respected law firms. Every year, the Forum publishes two reports that are the only Philadelphia-specific research of their kind: the Women in Leadership Report, tracking female representation in the C-suite and boardroom, and the Pay Equity Report, which examines the gender pay gap by industry, education level, and race. This is not headline data. These are the numbers most people never see - and Meghan is here to make sure you cannot look away.INSIDE THE EPISODEThe Pay Gap Is Getting Worse - and Not for Who You Think. The overall gap is slowly closing for white women. But for women of color, it is widening. And in specific industries across Philadelphia - and nationally - it is moving in the wrong direction entirely. Meghan breaks down what the data actually shows and why the headline number is not the number you should be looking at.More Degrees. Less Pay. Women are taking on more student debt to get higher degrees and not seeing it translate into higher income. The education fix is not fixing the pay gap. Meghan explains why - and what actually does.What Erica Saw From Inside HR. As a Chief People Officer, Erica had access to the pay data most employees never see. She shares what she actually found - the RIF lists where every name was a woman, the salary band game, the moment she realized that 'that girl only asked for 80K, let's offer 75' was happening in real time - and what it taught her about how the gap gets built in from day one.The Sponsor vs. the Mentor. A mentor gives you advice. A sponsor says your name in rooms when you are not there. Meghan breaks down the difference, why having a sponsor is one of the most powerful things you can do to close your own pay gap, and what it actually takes to get one (hint: it is not asking for one).Women Are Afraid to Use AI at Work. And They're Not Wrong. Meghan's Forum has been tracking this: women are afraid to use AI at work for fear of getting in trouble. Erica confirms the data backs them up - men are more encouraged to experiment, women are judged more harshly when they do. And if the skills gap that creates compounds over time, the AI gap and the pay gap become the same gap.Nine Women CEOs Out of 100. That was the most Philadelphia had ever had in a single year. Not double digits. Nine. Meghan explains the structural, social, and policy barriers that keep women out of the top jobs - paid family leave, caretaking responsibilities, and the boards that keep picking people who look like the people who picked them.You Have Everything You Need Right Now. Meghan's advice to her younger self. Erica's response: what is meant for you will not miss you, girl. The close of this episode is the thing women need to hear when imposter syndrome is loudest.RESOURCES & LINKSForum of Executive Women: https://www.foew.com/Pay Equity Report: https://www.foew.com/pay-equity-reportWomen in Leadership Report: https://www.foew.com/women-in-leadershipMeghan Pierce on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghanpierce/Philadelphia Citizen Article - Philadelphia Women, Still Underpaid: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/guest-commentary-philadelphia-women-pay-equity/ ERICA'S RESOURCES & LINKSStart small with me inside HER Jumpstart:https://her-collective.mn.co/plans/1985289?bundle_token=60b2c61d62213cdbd16d437cdc0e4204&utm_source=manual

Is Bitcoin's surge back toward the $80,000 level a true bullish breakout or a massive September fakeout? Ted and Pav dive into the technical and macro indicators signaling whether this recent $80K range is setting a trap for traders. They unpack why revenue-generating DEX tokens like Uniswap and Hyperliquid are leading gains, while broader market headwinds, such as rising Middle East tensions and a policy split between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, threaten to trigger an unexpected September rate hike. Plus, the boys analyse Strategy's unexpected $370M Bitcoin buy after a two-month hiatus, examine historical September candle patterns, and highlight the exact price levels BTC must hold to prevent a market rejection. You'll hear:  00:00 Life Catch-Up: Ted's NZ trip and Pav's weekend footy plans. 02:06 Why DEX tokens like UNI, CAKE, and HYPE are pumping. 04:00 How Robinhood Chain liquidity is burning UNI fees. 07:20 Spiking fuel prices and US-Iran tensions impact risk assets. 08:15 Fed vs. Treasury Split: Scott Bessent vs. Kevin Warsh and September rate hike fears. 14:00 Michael Saylor's team breaks a two-month BTC pause. 17:20 Historical monthly candles and key $80K levels. … and much more! Want to see what we're looking at every episode? Watch the YouTube version of the podcast here. Ready to start? Get $10 of FREE Bitcoin on Swyftx when you sign up and verify:  https://trade.swyftx.com.au/register/?promoRef=tappingintocrypto10btc  To get the latest updates, hit subscribe and follow us over on the gram @tappingintocrypto or X @tappingintocrypto If you can't wait to learn more, check out these blogs from our friends over at Swyftx. This podcast provides general market commentary and is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is NOT financial advice. We are NOT licensed financial advisors. Investing in cryptocurrency carries risk. You should always conduct your own research and seek independent financial advice before making any investment decisions. Please read Swyftx's Terms and Conditions and Risk Disclosure statement before investing.

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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 co-founded PayPal with Elon Musk, sold Personal Capital for nearly $1B — and spends $70K a year.Bill Harris has a résumé that barely fits on one page. He was CEO of Intuit, founding CEO of PayPal — in the room with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Max Levchin above a bakery near Stanford — and then founded Personal Capital, which he grew to $23 billion in AUM before selling it to Empower Retirement for close to $1 billion. He's done something like that 11 times. Today his net worth is around $100 million, he's 70 years old, and he spends less than $100,000 a year. He sold his houses, cars, airplane, and 31 pets (including two mountain goats and an iguana) and moved into a small cottage near Miami Beach where he bikes to work every day.This episode gets into what $100 million actually looks like when it's spread across public equities and private operating companies — and why the man who built one of the most important wealth management firms in history keeps his own annual spend near $70K. We go deep on the PayPal origin story, what it was like being "theoretically the CEO" in a room full of people whose egos "wouldn't fit in a large gymnasium," and the specific moment Bill realized that his houses, cars, and airplane weren't making him richer in the ways that mattered. He also shares his best piece of investing advice for people in their 30s, his take on why the S&P 500 isn't as diversified as most people think, and what he calls "freedom money."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 — Cold open: "There wasn't a single one of us whose ego would fit in a large gymnasium" 00:36 — Full guest intro: who Bill Harris is and why this episode matters 03:23 — Bill's origin story: the golden boy path, Intuit CEO at 40, and realizing "I am not a good manager" 06:33 — What money actually is: "It is a rocket fuel. It's the scarce resource you need to build the life you want" 07:38 — The monthly spend reveal: $70–80K a year, all in — "my addiction is Amazon" 09:04 — Life phases: family dole → NYC studio → two houses, 31 pets, and a 1906 Woodside farmhouse 14:20 — Net worth reveal: ~$100M, cut in half by divorce, and the barbell portfolio breakdown 15:27 — Why he doesn't do "fancy investing": survivorship bias, absurd fees, and why alternatives rarely outperform 17:31 — The Evergreen Wealth philosophy: why 80–90% equity is what he'd tell a client with his profile 19:07 — How to value a private company: "Two things dominate it — markets and story" 21:47 — "Things are time": the real cost of owning two houses, four cars, and a small airplane 24:33 — PayPal origin story: "We were close to fisticuffs most days. I was theoretically the CEO" 27:38 — Luck vs. skill: "I'd say it's 80 to 90% luck" — and what that actually means 30:13 — The personal payout from PayPal and Personal Capital: specific numbers, post-tax 32:01 — Why he's self-funding Evergreen with $10M of his own money: "Freedom. I have no boss" 38:05 — Why he still works at 70: mastery, not money — "I can't think of a bigger waste of time" than golf 42:48 — Best investing advice for your 30s: "Hive off a piece and let it marinate" 43:44 — Why the S&P 500 is riskier than it looks: top 10 stocks = 37% of the whole index 45:40 — "Freedom money" defined: the thing that lets you say yes to your own life 48:33 — Closing: "Money is a means to an end. It's not an end."Sponsors: Daily Body Coach - achieve your dream body with https://moneywise.dailybodycoach.comSubscribe to Moneywise: https://www.youtube.com/@themoneywisepodcast Follow Daniel on X: https://x.com/danielcberk Listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts: [search "Moneywise Hampton"]

Bitcoin remains around $77,000 to $78,000 as rising global bond yields become the biggest macro story for crypto. U.S. Treasury yields are approaching 4.8%, energy prices remain elevated, and markets are increasingly pricing in another Fed rate hike as Kevin Warsh maintains his focus on inflation. ETF buyers did return Monday with approximately $216.7 million in inflows, but Matt argues Bitcoin still needs to defend the $75K to $77K range and finally establish $80K as support before declaring the bear market finished. Meanwhile, Strategy bought another roughly $370 million of Bitcoin, Strive added another $143 million, and ARK Invest increased its exposure to Jack Dorsey's Block. The episode also covers a $75 million Cronos DeFi exploit, George Santos reportedly being banned from Kalshi for trading a market involving himself, Robinhood Chain approaching $1 billion in daily DEX volume, the explosive Artificial Inu trade, and OpenSea bringing Solana NFTs back to its multichain marketplace. Happy HODLing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

itcoin is back below $78,000 after another failed attempt to establish $80K as support, while ETF inflows finally broke their winning streak and Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole comments increased expectations for tighter monetary policy. Matt explains why Warsh's apparent commitment to returning inflation to 2% could mean higher rates and less liquidity, creating another potential headwind for Bitcoin. The bigger story is the growing convergence between Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure. Miners already control power, grid connections, land, cooling and data-center infrastructure that AI companies desperately need, pushing companies like IREN, Riot and CleanSpark deeper into AI. Matt argues that this creates enormous opportunities but also new risks, including AI-focused regulations spilling into Bitcoin mining and the possibility that an eventual AI correction exposes companies whose valuations have become too dependent on the boom. Happy HODLing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is probably the most personal episode I've ever recorded.Behind what has been one of the biggest years in my business, I've also been navigating IVF and the very uncertain, emotional road to becoming a mom.In this episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of what this season has really looked like. The appointments, egg retrievals, waiting, disappointment, hope, and the strange experience of having $80K months while simultaneously going through one of the hardest seasons of my personal life.I'm talking about what it looks like to keep leading and building when life feels heavy, why I don't believe we need to turn every hard experience into a lesson, and the reality that success and struggle can exist at exactly the same time.Most importantly, I wanted to share this because I never want the version of my life you see online to make you think I have it all together.I don't.And if you're navigating your own hard season behind the scenes right now, this one is for you.

Bitcoin is back near $80K as markets brace for Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, with U.S. demand strengthening and ETF inflows continuing. Elsewhere, Ethena is overhauling ENA tokenomics with aggressive buybacks, Solana is moving toward lower inflation and higher burns, and Charles Schwab is expanding direct crypto trading to SOL, AVAX and LINK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin got as high as roughly $81,300 overnight and still couldn't maintain $80K. The battle is getting clearer. ETF demand remains strong, with another $242 million entering U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs Thursday and roughly $3 billion arriving during nine consecutive positive sessions, but traders keep taking profits above $80K. The real breakout probably requires Bitcoin to turn $80K into support and then clear roughly $81K-$83K.The biggest macro catalyst today is Kevin Warsh at Jackson Hole. Treasury yields are still elevated, inflation remains uncomfortable, and markets are even considering whether the Fed may have to raise rates again. A hawkish Warsh could strengthen the dollar and yields and make Bitcoin's $80K problem worse. A more balanced Warsh could give ETF buyers another opportunity to push through.And then there's SanDisk, which may be one of the craziest stock stories of the AI boom. The stock is up more than 500% this year, but there is a real business transformation behind it: annual revenue rose 175%, data-center revenue surged 437%, Q4 gross margins reached nearly 85%, NAND prices exploded, and AI companies are consuming memory faster than manufacturers can supply it. The risk is that memory is still cyclical. SanDisk's run continues as long as AI demand and memory shortages remain stronger than new supply.Happy HODLing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, joins Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to unpack the narratives driving crypto markets heading into Q4. From his 80K year-end price target to his rebuttal of Mark Cuban's "chips are the new crypto" take, Pierre breaks down why Bitcoin's scarcity story remains intact and why miners pivoting to AI could actually be a tailwind for Bitcoin price. Plus, Bullish's new Head of Tokenization joins to unpack what it means to be the first regulated exchange to trade tokenized equity. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Pierre Rochard Joins Markets Outlook 00:56 - Watching the Fed and Treasury 02:14 - Pierre's Bitcoin Price Target 02:24 - Responding to Mark Cuban: Chips vs. Bitcoin 06:01 - Why Cuban May Have Latched Onto the Wrong Narrative 07:25 - Will Retail Come Back to Bitcoin? 09:24 - Brand New Rails: Bullish Launches Tokenized Equity Trading 12:02 - Self-Custody vs. Exchanges Post-ColdCard 13:42 - The Best Ways to Get Bitcoin Exposure 15:32 - Bitcoin Miners Pivoting to AI 17:21 - Why Miners Leaving Is Actually Bullish for Bitcoin - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. RealFi is launching August 2026. Join the Testnet now at realfi.co. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

Bitcoin breaks through $80K as BlackRock says the macro case for BTC is getting stronger, while Nvidia's blowout earnings add fuel to the broader risk rally. We also cover the SEC reviving crypto custody rules, StarkWare's first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction, and Robinhood Chain's surge in tokenized stock activity. Plus, Tushar Jain joins to discuss Hyperliquid, Zcash's move, and the latest Multicoin thesis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin finally broke $80K, but it could not hold it. That makes today's price action a rejection, not a confirmed breakout. The good news is that Bitcoin has real demand underneath it: U.S. spot ETFs took in another $232 million Wednesday, extending their positive streak to eight trading sessions and roughly $2.8 billion. The bad news is hotter inflation has markets reconsidering Fed tightening just as Bitcoin is trying to turn $80K into support. The most interesting story now is Kevin Warsh. His Fed philosophy isn't simply lower rates and more money. Warsh wants to shrink the Fed balance sheet while potentially creating room for lower interest rates, meaning Bitcoin could get cheaper money without getting another giant round of QE. That makes tomorrow's Jackson Hole speech important because crypto traders need to start watching the Fed balance sheet, Treasury liquidity, yields and the dollar together, not just whether Warsh cuts rates. For price, $80K remains the wall, but the bigger breakout zone is increasingly looking like $81K-$86K, with roughly $83K an important confirmation level. If ETF inflows continue and Warsh does not turn aggressively hawkish, Bitcoin gets another shot. If inflation pushes the Fed toward tighter policy and ETF demand fades, Bitcoin could spend more time consolidating in the upper $70Ks.Happy HODLing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, joins Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to unpack the narratives driving crypto markets heading into Q4. From his 80K year-end price target to his rebuttal of Mark Cuban's "chips are the new crypto" take, Pierre breaks down why Bitcoin's scarcity story remains intact and why miners pivoting to AI could actually be a tailwind for Bitcoin price. Plus, Bullish's new Head of Tokenization joins to unpack what it means to be the first regulated exchange to trade tokenized equity. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Pierre Rochard Joins Markets Outlook 00:56 - Watching the Fed and Treasury 02:14 - Pierre's Bitcoin Price Target 02:24 - Responding to Mark Cuban: Chips vs. Bitcoin 06:01 - Why Cuban May Have Latched Onto the Wrong Narrative 07:25 - Will Retail Come Back to Bitcoin? 09:24 - Brand New Rails: Bullish Launches Tokenized Equity Trading 12:02 - Self-Custody vs. Exchanges Post-ColdCard 13:42 - The Best Ways to Get Bitcoin Exposure 15:32 - Bitcoin Miners Pivoting to AI 17:21 - Why Miners Leaving Is Actually Bullish for Bitcoin - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. RealFi is launching August 2026. Join the Testnet now at realfi.co. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

On today's episode, Mark Lagrone sits in from San Antonio and David calls in from South Dakota State as the futurists work through Starbase Louisiana, crypto, and AI jobs. The panel maps a 3,000-job spaceport on the Vermilion coast, a trades boom across five states, and whether 30 launches a day become as boring as jets. Mark walks Bitcoin off the $80K shelf, the Clarity Act, and XRP as bank rails, James buys a thousand dollars of XRP on the air, and Mark becomes a whole-coiner before he has to leave. David takes the second half into NCAA eligibility and the transfer portal, then the group lands on Tesla FSD near-misses and a file-clerk job a Grok bot retired in half a day. Blockchain 101 got parked for next time. Don't miss it!

Bitcoin is nearing $80K as sentiment flips rapidly from fear to greed, raising concerns the market may be getting too bullish too fast. Meanwhile, Japan, Revolut and LayerZero are all pushing more traditional finance onchain. Kalshi has also raised over $1.1 billion as prediction markets continue to grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin keeps bouncing off the $80,000 resistance level, and Matt explains why profit-taking is the biggest obstacle right now. Institutional investors are locking in strong gains, the short squeeze that helped drive the first leg higher is losing momentum, and roughly $6.4 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire Friday. At the same time, ETF demand remains strong, with about $314 million in Tuesday inflows and roughly $3 billion for August, making sustained institutional buying the key to turning $80K from resistance into support. The episode also looks at why the Treasury market and the debasement trade matter more to Bitcoin than oil prices, Revolut beginning to roll out its euro-backed EURR stablecoin, and the Tornado Cash retrial being pushed to 2027. Matt argues that Bitcoin still has a real path toward $90K if it can close above $80K and stay there, but warns that every new price level will bring fresh sellers, profit-taking, and resistance. Happy HODLing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan MailNathan May breaks down how he built a $1M-a-year newsletter business with just 920 email subscribers using email marketing, audience building, client acquisition, and cold outreach. We unpack entrepreneurship, personal branding, offer creation, business growth, and AI content systems—and why a small, high-trust audience can outperform a massive following.Nathan shares how he went from building Minecraft maps as a teenager to Wharton, BCG, and eventually launching a newsletter agency that reached roughly $80K per month in about 10.5 months. He explains why “monk mode” eventually became a liability, how proximity to ambitious entrepreneurs accelerated his growth, and why being known well can matter more than being well known.We also get into LinkedIn outreach, newsletter funnels, high-ticket sales, unconventional networking, the “barnacle on a whale” business strategy, and Nathan's 100-question AI workflow that cut newsletter writing from 6–8 hours to roughly 2.If you're building an online business, audience, agency, or personal brand, subscribe and let me know your biggest takeaway below.#EmailMarketing #Entrepreneurship #NewsletterBusiness2. TIMESTAMPS00:00 – Why Entrepreneur Communities Accelerate Growth02:18 – How Monk Mode Built an $80K/Month Business05:58 – From Minecraft Entrepreneur to Wharton10:24 – Why College Makes Entrepreneurs Risk-Averse12:38 – How My First Million Changed His Career23:53 – How He Found the Newsletter Agency Opportunity29:07 – Why Email Converts Better Than Social Media35:44 – LinkedIn Outreach That Won High-Value Clients40:59 – How a 7,000-Person Summit Generated Leads49:32 – How 920 Subscribers Built $1M ARR50:59 – Cold Outreach for High-Profile Podcast Guests59:18 – The “Barnacle on a Whale” Business Strategy64:07 – Why Hard-to-Scale Services Can Win67:38 – How to Train AI to Write in Your Voice72:46 – AI That Generates 5 Content Ideas Every DayConnect with Us!https://www.instagram.com/alchemists.library/https://twitter.com/RyanJAyala

What drove BTC's jump above $80K? Bitcoin jumped from $62,000 to $80,000 in its second-largest weekly gain in five years, but futures data shows it was short covering that drove the move. With leverage now near multi-month lows, the rally may actually be steadier than it looks. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. Find out more at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ realfi.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. - This episode was hosted by Uyen Truong. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

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 manages $1.5 billion for other people — and still tracks his own spending in a paper checkbook.Glenn Ullmann is a former Air Force pilot who left the military at 29 with a couple hundred thousand dollars, cold-called 200 strangers a day out of a Ponte Vedra phone book, and built Ullmann Wealth Partners into a $1.5 billion RIA that has never had a down year — including 2008. He stopped worrying about money somewhere north of $20 million. Now 63, he spends $30–40K a month, flies his own $1.25M Cirrus, gives more to charity than he can deduct, and still shows up to the office every day.This episode gets into the tension between saving and actually living: why Glenn tells clients with health issues to fly private before their kids do it with the inheritance, how a $10M portfolio pays you $300K a year in "rent" whether markets are up or down, and why he thinks stocks are a bad word. We also cover how he gave up 80% of his own firm to keep his partners, the paper ledger that runs his life, the client who started at $100 a month and now takes the best trips on earth, and why he'd tell a 20-year-old to study English or history instead of finance.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:01:46 — Who Glenn is, what Ullmann Wealth Partners does, and why "returns don't matter if you rear-end Melinda Gates without an umbrella policy"04:16 — Growing up in his grandfather's plastics business, the Robin's-egg Cadillac, and the gold coin that says "your friendship means more to me than a pot of gold"06:26 — A Morgan Stanley account at 14, paper route money, and his first stock: Sears Roebuck07:44 — Nobody from his high school went to the military. He went to the Air Force Academy three days after graduation: "the best thing I ever did, other than marrying my spouse"11:50 — The Cirrus G7, the parachute that lowers the whole plane, and the button his wife can push if Glenn stops functioning mid-flight13:35 — From AWACS pilot to pharma rep to stockbroker: dialing 200 people a day, 10 conversations, one client17:45 — Net worth leaving the Air Force at 29 and the million-dollar goal on a piece of paper that "never happened"19:26 — The $2M–$20M client sweet spot, and why the firm has never contracted in 25 years — even 2007–200921:57 — Why he went from owning 100% of the firm to 20%: "How could they not have equity?"24:03 — The 11x17 "life map," and the client who was stabbed and left for dead in her New York apartment26:15 — HENRYs who save $10K a month and still need to be told to go enjoy the rest: "People get cancer. People die falling off a ledge."28:49 — "If you don't spend this money and fly first class, your kids will when you're dead"30:40 — The net worth where Glenn stopped worrying: "probably above 20"31:49 — Alimony, fun, and the pen-and-paper checkbook ledger a $1.5B wealth manager uses to track his Amex33:29 — The $1.25M four-seat plane, $40–50K a year to operate, and a $30–40K monthly burn before philanthropy35:10 — Giving appreciated stock and exceeding his deduction limit every year36:21 — Why he still goes to work at 63, the wingman system, three chronic illnesses, and "sometimes a founder needs to get out of the way"39:40 — The Melissa example: $100 a month in 1993 to the best trips on earth41:26 — Where to park $10M after a liquidity event: "you're going to collect around $300,000 a year in dividends and interest"42:55 — Not a real estate guy, the $100K driveway, and "I never invest in things that eat while I'm asleep"44:48 — 90% in global equity, and why "they're not stocks, they're companies"45:40 — Reframing an $80K private flight as a month and a half of portfolio income47:39 — What he'd tell a 20-year-old picking a major: English or historySponsors: 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"]

Bitcoin briefly broke above $80,000, reaching roughly $81,100, before profit-taking pushed it back into the upper $70Ks. Matt explains why $80K remains an important psychological resistance level, with investors who bought higher finally getting opportunities to exit and newer buyers sitting on substantial gains. He argues that a pullback toward $75K or even the low $70Ks would still be normal, while a sustained move back below $70K would make the rally look more like another bear-market bounce. The episode also covers nearly $2 billion in Bitcoin ETF inflows last week, Coinbase launching tokenized stocks on Base, Franklin Templeton expanding tokenized money-market funds in Asia, and BitMine buying roughly $81 million of Ethereum. Matt also looks at the political pressure surrounding the CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act implementation, while warning that the Fear & Greed Index at 80 shows just how quickly sentiment has shifted from fear to extreme greed. Happy HODLing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She built a $2.5 billion company from nothing, sold at 39, and moved to Paris. On the last day of her celebration trip with her family, she had a panic attack and was rushed to a Caribbean hospital, thinking she was dying. This is a different kind of episode than I usually release. What you'll find is a raw, off-the-record research interview we did for my forthcoming book, The Founders Reckoning: the moment when a founder's identity architecture runs out, and something new has to be reconstructed in its place. Marta agreed to let me share this conversation because, in her words, “what we talked about today was just so potent.” What you'll find is a real conversation, no overproduction or polished setup, but two people diving deep into what happens when you hit every goal and realize it's not enough. We talk about:* the seven years she knew it was time to leave before she did* what it felt like to become an employee of the very company she founded* the identity collapse that followed her exit* why she now says her $2.5 billion company was “nothing”Chapters00:00 — Cold Open“I cannot wait to get the f**k out of here.”00:05 — IntroductionMakhosi frames the episode: a raw research interview for the book on the founder's reckoning, shared with permission.00:38 — The BuildMarta sets the context. Fourteen years, two people and their cell phones, 500 employees, $2.5 billion in revenue. “It was a ride that was intense.”04:09 — The Seven-Year KnowingMarta pinpoints the moment it shifted: 2007, when investors arrived and she had to answer to someone else for the first time. She knew then. She didn't exit until 2014.06:17 — The Gendered ExperienceShe was the face of the company. The investors assumed she was there to order lunch. Her husband became “one of the boys.” The quiet suffocation of being a woman founder in a room full of men who don't see you.08:51 — The MaskTwo realities at once: from the outside, everything looked like success. Inside, she was having secret meetings with the CFO about being $8 million in the hole, unable to make payroll, putting on a Hawaiian shirt and telling everyone “cheap Caribbean.”12:44 — The Identity Crisis“Expansion isn't always the money and the beautiful things. Expansion is always, all the time, how much of the hard stuff can you carry?” Marta on being 39, carrying the load of a $2.5 billion brand, and what happens when the titles disappear.14:00 — The Body Collapse“Hi, remember me? That thing you neglected for three and almost four decades of your life? We're gonna give you a heart condition.” The panic attack on the celebration trip. The Caribbean hospital. The beginning of the reckoning.20:48 — Why She Wouldn't Have ListenedThe honesty most founders never give: “It would have had to be someone who had done something like what I was doing or bigger. Otherwise, a lot of people have very good advice, but no credibility.”25:42 — The Hook ProblemMarta's first offering after the exit was called Soul Care. It was about the inner world. Nobody wanted it. Then she led with “from $80K in debt to $2.5 billion in sales.” Now they listened. But they only wanted the scaling playbook, not the slowing down.28:01 — The UnfoldingHow she navigated the post-exit life: therapy, breathwork, yoga certification, a book, one-on-one work, Dior, Paris. Not a vision. Just step by step, following what showed up.31:02 — The Arrival Emptiness“It's the same, except I have more money in my bank account. That's weird.” What do you do when you hit every mark on your list and you're 39, not 80?36:23 — “That Was Nothing”The one thing she wishes someone had told her: “My beautiful girl, you have just begun to scratch the surface. That was nothing.” People call $2.5 billion incredible. Marta disagrees. “I did that in my 30s. Can you imagine what I can do now?”38:34 — The Golden Cage“What starts as a really exciting thing — my God, I'm a founder — eventually it will enslave you.” On the importance of knowing who you are beyond the title, and allowing the business to evolve as you do.42:15 — Building From AlignmentCan you build a billion-dollar company from alignment instead of wounding? “I think it's possible, but I don't think it was possible for me. I came with tremendous trauma that I had to clean up first.”48:11 — “I Can Have Anything”The reframe on having it all: “It's not that you can have everything. You can. But I can have anything. And what do I choose?” Curation over accumulation.49:00 — Why She Shows Up AnywayMarta volunteers to take the conversation public. On the dehumanization that happens at a certain level of wealth, the brutal comments, and why she keeps showing up online anyway. “Because I care, and also I think I have a lot to say.”55:55 — ClosingA mutual decision to record a full episode together. “I think some of the stuff we talked about today was just so potent.”Show NotesGuest: Marta Hobbs is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, a luxury life coach, and a soul-led business mentor whose work guides high-achieving women back to themselves - authentically, powerfully, and with no apologies. Through private coaching, confidential companionship, her podcast, exclusive events & luxury retreats, as well as a thriving women's community, she creates space for women to stop performing and start fully living.She has built and successfully exited a $2.5 billion company and now guides women to create their legacy brands - or helps them recover from what it actually takes to get there. Marta splits her time between Miami, Paris, St. Barths, and New York with her husband Jim, their toy poodle Daisy, and her two adult children close to her heart.She's published a best-selling memoir, “Unraveling,” a program on wealth embodiment for women called “Luxury Wealth Codes,” and she frequently collaborates with luxury brands such as Dior, Four Seasons, Eden Rock St Barths, Aman, and LVMH. You can learn more on www.MartaHobbs.com and www.LuxuryWealthCodes.com or follow her on social media at @MartaHobbsHost: Makhosi Nejeser Advisor to founders who've hit a ceiling strategy can't fix Founder, The House of Sovereign LegacyWhat changes after success?Makhosi Nejeser advises founders who have built the business, hit the numbers, and noticed that winning doesn't feel the way it used to. Over eight years and hundreds of founders, she's watched one pattern repeat: the person you had to become to build the company eventually becomes the reason the success stops landing.Her perspective comes from an unusual combination: a decade in business, alongside full initiation into a Southern African tradition whose role, for generations, has been advising leaders through transitions of power. She practices publicly through her brand, The Royal Shaman.Inside The House of Sovereign Legacy, she hosts monthly House Briefings, each built around one question worthy of a founder's life, writes Letters from the House, and hosts the Architects of Sovereignty podcast. Her forthcoming book gives founders a name for what they've been living and a picture of what's actually possible on the other side.She advises a small number of founders each year, by application.Featured: CNBC, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, NBC, ABC, CBSFor Makhosi's most up-to-date access points and to follow on social media,Visit: https://www.theroyalshaman.com/linksThis episode was originally a research interview for Makhosi's forthcoming book on The Reckoning. Shared with permission.If this episode resonated, share it with a founder who needs to hear it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theroyalshaman.substack.com

Anthony O'Neal breaks down five careers that can pay $80K or more without a college degree, including one with a national median salary of $106,580. But “no degree required” does not mean no investment required. Anthony reveals the training, licensing, risks and starting-pay realities hidden behind the salary headlines, then shares five questions to ask before choosing a new career. Learn how to pursue a higher income without mistaking a promising opportunity for an easy shortcut, and how to choose a path that supports your financial freedom. Mentioned Here:

Bitcoin is pushing against the $80,000 barrier after one of its strongest weeks in months, driven by improving Treasury-market liquidity, nearly $2 billion in Bitcoin ETF inflows, short liquidations, and a fresh wave of FOMO. Matt explains why $80K could be difficult to break and hold as investors who bought at higher prices finally get a chance to exit, while $90K and $100K could create even larger psychological barriers. The episode also covers the CLARITY Act as a potential September catalyst, Strategy raising roughly $2 billion without buying more Bitcoin, Circle and the continued explosion of stablecoin activity, and huge weekly gains across XRP, Ethereum, Solana, Hyperliquid, and Dogecoin. With the Fear & Greed Index already at 81, Matt remains cautious and says Bitcoin needs to break $80K and hold it before the conversation moves seriously toward $90K and beyond. Happy HODLing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bitcoin surged toward $80K as billions in short positions were liquidated, spot demand returned, and the market began questioning whether the crypto bottom is already behind us. But while Bitcoin is grabbing the headlines, Ethereum may be setting up for an even more important shift. In today's episode, LG and John explore why ETH could be positioned to outperform Bitcoin, what the breakout from Ethereum's decade-long trend against BTC could signal, and why tokenization, stablecoins, institutional adoption, and AI agents could become major long-term drivers of the Ethereum ecosystem.~~~~~⁠⁠⁠

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

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

Bitcoin is pushing toward $80K after a massive 20% weekly rally, reclaiming its 200-day moving average and putting the bull case firmly back in focus. Strategy is back in profit, Korean retail is rushing back into crypto, and gold and precious metals are rallying alongside Bitcoin as falling yields, a weaker dollar, and the debasement trade return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Delphine Bryant came to America from Africa in 1998 without even having a place to stay.She worked as a live-in nanny, cleaned houses, worked in a nursing home for $5.75 an hour, picked up shifts at Church's Chicken, braided hair on the weekends, and worked seven days a week.She eventually saved as much as $80,000—then lost the money after opening a beauty supply store without understanding one of the most important rules in business: location.But that loss wasn't the end of her story.Delphine became a nurse, entered real estate, learned how to use cash-out refinancing to acquire additional properties and says that within 14 months, she had made her first $1 million. Today, Delphine has built a real estate portfolio of more than 216 properties, developed hundreds of luxury homes, and created a family operation focused on generational wealth. Her eldest son is a licensed real estate agent and general contractor, her 20-year-old son earned his real estate license at 18 while studying architecture, and her youngest is studying residential construction. In this episode of Inside the Vault, Ash Cash sits down with Delphine and her three sons to unpack the mindset and strategy behind building a family dynasty.They discuss surviving breast cancer and divorce, forgiveness, faith, transitioning from nursing into development, paying $40,000 to learn land subdivision, using assets to pay for liabilities, protecting wealth through LLCs and trusts, teaching children financial discipline, building luxury homes for celebrity and athlete clients, and why Delphine focuses on owning houses instead of chasing a specific net-worth number.Delphine also explains why some of her properties are completely paid off, how she teaches her sons to think about loans and exit strategies, and why knowledge—not just money—is what truly creates generational wealth. Learn more about Delphine: Instagram: @delphinebryant NickAndBrothers.comInside the Vault: @insidethevault InsideTheVaultShow.comHost: @iamashcash IAmAshCash.comABUNDANCE IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT.Join Ash Cash and a community focused on building wealth, increasing income, strengthening your mindset, and creating a more abundant life:TheAbundanceCommunity.comTIMESTAMPS00:00 – Generational wealth starts with knowledge 02:12 – Welcome to Inside the Vault 03:03 – Building a family dynasty 06:17 – Meet Delphine Bryant and her sons 06:29 – Coming to America with nowhere to stay 06:53 – Working for $5.75 an hour 07:13 – Meet Yanik, Joshua & Caleb 09:40 – From survival mode to multimillionaire 10:47 – Cleaning houses and saving $80K 11:49 – Losing her savings in her first business 12:14 – Becoming a nurse 13:36 – Her brother introduces her to real estate 13:53 – Learning cash-out refinancing 14:08 – Making $1 million in 14 months 14:34 – Cancer, divorce & fighting to survive 16:19 – Why forgiveness changed her life 18:47 – Becoming cancer-free 19:14 – Meeting the builder who changed everything 20:00 – Paying $40K to learn land development 20:18 – Retiring from nursing to build houses 20:31 – Teaching her son real estate at 18 21:09 – Her sons remember her cancer battle 23:27 – Building generational wealth intentionally 23:55 – Let the property pay for the luxury car 24:13 – Trusts, LLCs & protecting assets 26:01 – Integrity, money & attracting opportunities 27:19 – Knowledge before investing 27:45 – Loans, numbers & exit strategies 28:06 – Nearly 80 properties paid off 28:26 – Why her sons don't touch their real estate money 29:19 – What wealth means to her sons 34:02 – How do you attract millions? 34:10 – Mindset, environment & investing 36:26 – Stop competing and the money comes 37:43 – Faith during the storm 45:42 – Breaking into luxury development 46:16 – Her first luxury property 47:28 – Building homes for celebrities & athletes 48:48 – Staying humble around wealth and fame 49:26 – Buying subdivisions and naming them after her kids 50:30 – Why she doesn't chase $10M or $20M 53:43 – What legacy does the family want to leave? 55:09 – Her sons share their vision 57:39 – Handling jealousy and negativity 1:05:01 – Delphine's real estate mentorship 1:05:56 – Her 8-week development program 1:06:55 – How to connect with Delphine 1:07:16 – Final message to the audience 1:08:55 – Words of wisdom from her sons 1:11:00 – Closing the VaultAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Three million views on a single video. And 15K a month in sales. The views were there. The reach was there. The engagement was there. But something was missing — and in this episode of Running With Wolves, Savannah breaks down exactly what it was and how fixing it took a non-toxic kitchenware brand from 15K to 80K per month in six months. This is the full case study. The gaps, the strategy shifts, the crisis moment when their hero product failed, and how the marketing framework that built their revenue also became their lifeboat when everything went sideways. Here's what this episode covers: • The exact difference between attract content and converting content — and why going viral without the second one leaves money on the table every single week • How Savannah used their own comment section to build their entire content strategy • Why social proof is not a carousel of reviews — and what it actually needs to look like to convert • What to do when your hero product fails and you still have to hit your sales goals Apply to work with Savannah HERE: http://bit.ly/applywlfpodcast or DM her on Instagram @itssavannahjordan ( / itssavannahjordan ) with your takeaway. going viral but not making sales, client case study, marketing strategy 2026, product based business, non-toxic brand, organic marketing, female founder, Wolf Framework

Your talent built the platform. But talent vs character leadership decides if that platform survives the night everything almost fell apart.I watched a guy hit $80,000 a month on his team, look completely unstoppable from the outside, and lose almost all of it in one night because his character never caught up to his brand. This is not a hypothetical leadership lesson. It's a real story with real names, real dollar amounts, and a real warning for anyone leading a team, a brokerage, or a business right now while quietly wondering if the same gap exists in them.Here's what this episode actually covers:✅ Why talent vs character leadership is the audit most successful leaders skip until it's too late to fix it✅ The full story behind the $80K collapse, and why public success private mess is more common in this industry than anyone admits✅ A real breakdown of leadership character traits every broker or team leader should be honestly scoring themselves on✅ How leadership under constraint exposes who you really are when the pressure hits and nobody is watching✅ The biblical leadership qualities from 1 Timothy 3 that apply just as hard to business leaders as they do to pastors✅ A practical leadership assessment test you can run on yourself this week, no vague inspiration, just a scorecard✅ Why real estate broker leadership carries a specific version of this risk when public production can mask private collapse✅ The uncomfortable question of whether does your character exceed your brand or if your brand is quietly ahead of who you actually are✅ Straight talk for anyone building through faith based leadership training who wants substance instead of a Sunday platitude✅ Why this belongs on the agenda at your next leadership retreat, not as a filler topic but as the main conversationIf you've ever felt like your success outgrew your character and you haven't said that out loud to anyone, this one's for you.

He helped entrepreneurs secure more than $52 MILLION in capital—and now Stedman Waiters is breaking down how the business funding game actually works.In this episode of Inside the Vault with Ash Cash, Stedman explains how he went from professional football and an $80K engineering career to building Waiters Capital into a multimillion-dollar funding company.Stedman pulls back the curtain on what banks actually look for, why entrepreneurs get denied, and how funding brokers connect business owners with lenders without putting up their own money. He breaks down 0% business funding, revenue-based lending, business lines of credit, SBA loans, equipment financing, CDFIs, bank relationships, and personal credit.But getting access to money is only part of the game.Stedman also shares how he transitioned from his 9-to-5 without recklessly quitting, why investing in mentorship accelerated his success, how marketing became the engine behind his seven-figure business, and the **3 M's—More, Metrics & Manpower—**that he uses to scale businesses.Ash and Stedman also discuss becoming the first millionaire in your family, why success can become lonely, acquiring existing businesses during the generational wealth transfer, using credit as leverage, and why entrepreneurs who learn to use AI may gain a major advantage.The biggest lesson?Banks are lending. The question is whether you understand how to position yourself—and your business—to access the capital.CONNECT

Most customers don't hate sales. They hate feeling like they're being sold to. Learn how to ask better questions, build trust before talking about price, and create a sales process that feels natural for both your team and your customers. In this episode of Masters of Home Service, host Adam Sylvester sits down with Kevin Valle (Pink's Windows) to explain how serving customers instead of pitching them helped grow his business from roughly $3,000 a month to more than $80,000 a month. Show Notes: [00:57] Why old-school sales tactics don't work anymore [02:26] From $3K to $80K/month without sales scripts [03:10] What is a healthy close rate for home services? [04:12] How asking better questions wins more jobs [06:51] Why listening matters more than talking [08:43] Build trust before revealing your price [10:40] How to train technicians to sell naturally [13:45] Why Kevin calls sales "serving" [14:39] Kevin's favorite question to ask customers New to Jobber? Claim your exclusive listener discount: https://bit.ly/4y8A4GJ

In just a decade, you can replace your income with rentals. If you can save up just one down payment for a rental property, you can use the strategy I'm about to share and repeat it until you build an income-replacing investment property portfolio, without needing a new down payment every time you buy. Today, I'm walking through one of the most powerful investing strategies that is so simple most investors ignore it. I'll also prove that you do not need 20 rental properties to comfortably replace your income—you only need seven. This strategy is a more 2026-friendly version of the famous BRRRR (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) method. It's relatively low risk, doesn't require you to do some huge, complicated renovation, and allows you to turn one rental property down payment into an entire real estate portfolio. I'll walk through the numbers using a real property for sale, and then extrapolate to prove that a small, powerful rental portfolio can replace your income. Remember, less is often more with rentals, and you may only need seven rental properties to retire. In This Episode We Cover The four steps to go from one down payment to a cash-flowing rental property portfolio How to replace your income (inflation-adjusted) in just a decade with fewer rentals than you think The BRRRR strategy explained and the 2026 twist for beginners (no big renovations) Using the BiggerPockets Calculators to project cash flow before you buy or refinance  How anyone, whether they're making $80K or $120K a year, can replace their income  And So Much More! Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠h⁠⁠t⁠t⁠ps://www⁠.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-1314. Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@biggerpockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the #1 request we get every week: how to actually use agents to save time in your business.We're bringing in James McAulay, founder of The Agent Accelerator, for a practical crash course on what AI agents are, how they work, and how beginners can start using them to get real work done.James has spent the past year building at the front lines of the agent economy. After helping ElevenLabs grow from $110M to more than $300M in annual recurring revenue, he launched a fully AI-native business that reached $80K in monthly revenue by its third month and recorded its first $200K+ month by month five.He did it without a single employee or a dollar spent on paid ads. Instead, James delegates work to multiple AI agents every day.Through The Agent Accelerator, James now teaches founders, CEOs, and their teams how to become AI-native. The program has trained more than 400 people across 100 companies, including startups, 200-person organizations, and the UK Government. Participants report automating an average of five hours of manual work every week after four weeks.In our session, James is going to teach: EVERYTHING you need to build helpful, proactive agents in Claude Cowork/CodeHe'll walk through the following concepts: • Quick primer on agent foundations: how do we move from prompting a chatbot to delegating Agentic work• Starting your second brain: the key files that make the biggest difference• Tips & tricks for optimizing Claude's behavior with CLAUDE.md• Skills - where to find good ones - how to create great ones• And his 4-level framework for proactive agents that work without being prompted in Cowork and CodeFormat will be a blend of James teaching concepts, screensharing, and showing demos of his own setup.Whether you have experimented with a few AI tools or have no idea where to begin, this session will help you understand what agents can realistically do and how to start using them.Learn more about James and The Agent Accelerator:https://agentaccelerator.ai/

In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions: I work for a small software company on a team of about 7 or 8 engineers. I like working here. I like the people, the autonomy, the pay, my boss, and the stack among other things. I try to remind myself of this regularly so I don't take it for granted. I've been here for about 2.5 years and would love to continue working here. Our CTO, like many, has become a big AI cowboy coder. Every few months, he vibe codes a new project and then decides to interrupt the full workloads that we have a limited number of engineers to do to hand his project off to be cleaned up, worked into the product, and solve all of the problems that remain once actually put into practice. This usually ends up going to a different engineer per project, who is then tied up with the CTO's whims and is no longer available to do the work planned by product. Our EM knows this and knows the frustration and lost velocity, but what can he do? (rhetorical, not the question) Most recently, I was tasked with implementing some reporting dashboards he did into the product, but he specifically asked me to make it in such a way that he can continue to work on and add to because he can't be bothered to run the actual product. This is very concerning to several of us. He has no clue what he's writing or how bad it is. We've talked about perhaps making him do PRs, but a) who can make him, he's the CTO, and b) he'll have no clue what to do with PR pushback given that he has no clue what he wrote. And again, who can make him actually fix it if he asks us to rubber stamp it? (rhetorical, not the question) I've been listening to the show for years and I've talked to friends at other companies, so I know this is everywhere. Is it as everywhere as it seems? Is it worth finding a new place to work where the CTO isn't running so rampant? As I stated before, I'd rather not leave, but if I talked about that as a concern, I don't want it to sound like an ultimatum, even if maybe it is at some level. Is this just the new reality for us, or is there something that can be done? I am a senior software engineer at a big tech company. I live in central Europe but my team is in the US and I'm 9 hours ahead. I have 7:30 pm meetings and sometimes take an hour before and/or after this meeting to prep or follow up. Previously I slept in later and started later to deal with these meetings. However, now my daughter is starting kindergarten and I wake up early (5-6AM) to be with her, drop her off, etc. Now in the evening meetings my brain is fried and I can't even articulate myself well. The next day I think about so many things I wish I had said in those meetings. I can't quit as I make 160K right now and I would only be making 60-80K tops in my country and have some financial commitments. Relocation to the US is also not an option because I have kids and don't want them to move. So far I have been skipping meetings and my manager has not expressed concern but I feel so detached from my team. I don't even know what most of my peers are working on. It feels like I am out of ideas to make this better. Please share your space wisdom with me :)

Every 1000 YouTube subscribers generates between 1 and 3 real estate transactions a year. Here are the YouTube tips for real estate agents that make that math work in your favor. READY TO GROW YOUR REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ON YOUTUBE? Schedule a free call with a Tom Ferry consultant:https://www.tomferry.com/free-coaching-consultation/ THE BREAKDOWN: 73% of consumers are now searching for property on YouTube — and most real estate agents are not showing up. In this episode, Tom Ferry sits down with YouTube coach Aaron Cuha, author of Crazy Simple YouTube, to break down the exact YouTube tips for real estate agents that turn subscribers into transactions. The math is simple. One video a week gets you 5 to 8 thousand subscribers. Three videos a week gets you 25 to 35 thousand. Five videos a week and you hit 100 thousand in a year. Every thousand subscribers generates one to three real estate transactions annually. Aaron covers the complete system — channel setup, Gemini bio writing, TubeBuddy keyword research, naming your channel around search terms, semantic listening, the 12-minute property tour formula, post-production upload checklist, and advanced analytics. Real proof: Patrick OConor — zero to 80K subscribers in five months. Jonathan — first million dollar lead in 10 videos. Leah Courage — 150 leads from going viral. Aaron himself launched a Cabo channel 10 days before recording and hit 1200 subscribers ranking number one for every target keyword.

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