Fix My Business
by B. Scott Todd
Business problems feel overwhelming because you're trying to fix everything at once. Fix My Business cuts through the noise by answering one real question per episode—giving you clarity, a clear diagnosis, and one action you can take this week.Hosted by author and entrepreneur Scott Todd, this show isn't about theory or motivation. It's about solving the actual problems that keep business owners stuck: revenue up but profit down, marketing that doesn't work, chaos that won't stop, and the constant feeling that you're one step behind.Scott left a Fortune 300 VP role to build multiple seven-figure companies. His book, Fix This Next for Real Estate Investors (releasing January 2026), introduced the Investor Priority Pyramid (IPP)—a framework for knowing exactly what to fix next when everything feels urgent. Now, he's bringing that same diagnostic approach to business owners across every industry.What makes this show different:Every episode starts with a real question from a real busin
Episodes
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My AI Agent Failed at Ordering a Sandwich
Scott’s AI agent made a phone call. It lasted 11 seconds. It was a disaster. The setup: Flying from Buffalo to South Carolina, Scott ordered a sandwich online from the cafe at the FBO so he could do a quick turn. Between frequency changes and air traffic control, he hit confirm — and realized…
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Don’t Add That Software Yet
Before you add another piece of software, another AI model, or another agent to your business — watch this. The problem: New business owners get told they need this tool and that tool and this agent. Next thing they know, software is 60% of monthly revenue. Scott has seen it firsthand. That’s not...
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Why Your Call to Action Is Scaring People Away
Mall developer Alfred Taubman figured out that you can build the best mall in the world, but if people won’t walk into the stores, it flops. He called the problem threshold resistance — if getting in the door takes too much work, people just don’t go. The same thing happens with your call to...
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My AI Agent Found $4,200 I Didn't Know I Was Losing
My AI agent just found me $4,200 a year in payroll fees that I didn't know I could negotiate. Now, mind you, that $4,200 is from one vendor. And honestly, I wasn't even looking for that. I was looking at something completely different. So if I'm here to tell you that I'm surprised about…
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I'm Testing an AI Bookkeeper Against My CPA. Here's the Setup.
For the month of September, Scott has been running an AI bookkeeping agent in parallel with his existing accounting system and team. Nothing has been cut over. At month end, he's comparing both sets of financials. The setup, in five steps: Bank feed. BankSync.io (~$7/month) pulls daily…
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Another New AI Agent Dropped. Here's the One Thing It's Actually Good At
Meta released a new AI agent framework called Muse. There will probably be another one next week, and another the week after. If you try to rebuild your business around every new agent, you'll get whiplash and never get traction. Scott's approach: Don't chase them. Learn what each one is good at,...
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I Was Frustrated. Turns Out I Was in the Wrong Seat
Dan Sullivan told Scott that in fifty years of working with entrepreneurs, he'd never seen someone with the wrong business. What he saw over and over was someone in the wrong seat, doing the wrong job. What if being stuck isn't a business problem? Scott took two assessments — Kolbe and Working...
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Meet My AI Team: 18 Agents Running My Business
Last week: 9 use cases for AI agents. This week: the actual Grokbot agents Scott runs, by name and role. The principle: Each agent does one thing. One specialized task. Over and over. The agents: Simon (chief of staff), Lois Lane (daily brief), Lloyd (email manager), Sue (paralegal), Reed...
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9 Ways I'm Using AI Agents Across My Businesses
Scott and his team are using AI agents across multiple businesses. Here are the nine use cases: 1. Data Analysis: AI agents pull data from multiple sources, calculate metrics, identify trends. Most small businesses don't have data analysts. Now they can. 2. Revenue/Financial Analyst: Daily…
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I've Tested 4 AI Platforms in 8 Months. Here's What I Learned.
2026 is the year of AI agents. Scott started with OpenClaw in January. Moved to Hermes months later. Then Buzz. Now Grokbot. Four platforms in eight months. The problem: Every new framework creates friction. If you're building business processes around one agent and a new one appears tomorrow…
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Is Business Really Slow—Or Do You Just Not Know What Good Looks Like?
Last week, Scott had two back-to-back calls. Two sellers. Same market. Same product. Same economy. Completely different results. Seller A: "It's slow. The economy. Infrastructure costs doubled. People are scared." Views were flat. Leads weren't converting. Copy was thin—same thing repeated over…
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We Analyzed 10,000 Ads—Here's What We Found
How do you write your ads? Not physically—mentally. Do you have a framework? The research: In 2023, Scott's Land Moto team analyzed over 10,000 ads to answer one question: What makes an ad clickable and convertible? You have to win twice. First, they click. Then, they convert. Two separate wins....
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We Had a Hot Mess in Our Business—Here's How We Fixed It
How many things in your business are broken—little things you see every day but haven't fixed? Frictions: Scott captures every broken or inefficient process he sees. He calls them frictions. They go on the automation loop worksheet. Then he prioritizes by closeness to revenue and team efficiency,...
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Are You Building for You or Your Customer?
How much of your time is spent obsessing over your customers' problems? Or how much is spent on the stuff you want to build? **The conference room story:** A business owner spent 45 minutes showing Scott everything he'd built. Impressive. Then Scott asked: "What does your customer need next?"...
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The One Thing Successful Businesses Do That You're Probably Not Doing
Successful businesses run experiments. Constantly. Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke found that companies like Amazon, Google, and Booking.com run thousands of experiments per year. They don't guess—they test. And they grow faster because of it. Scott's not Amazon. But yesterday…
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I'm Afraid to Hire Because They Might Steal My Business
Cheryl writes: "I'm afraid to hire people because I don't want them to learn my business and then start their own. I know this is holding me back. Help me overcome this." The reality: 6% of the U.S. population owns a business. 94% don't—and don't want to. Scott's story: When he hired his first...
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I Hired a Marketing Company and Got No Leads—Here's What Went Wrong
Mario hired a marketing company. They promised: "We'll put your ads out. You won't even have to think about it." And they did. The ads looked great. But they weren't converting into leads. The problem: They measured the wrong thing. The company delivered on their promise—ads. But Mario wanted...
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"I'm Ready to Throw in the Towel—What Do I Do?"
Last week at an event, someone walked up to Scott after his presentation. Full-time job. Side hustle. New business. All kinds of doubts. Ready to throw in the towel. Here's what Scott told them. 12 years ago, Scott was in the same boat. VP at a Fortune 300 company. Saw the writing on the wall....
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I Keep Doing My Team's Work—And I'm Better at It Than They Are
Christopher writes: "My team is frustrating. I hire people and end up jumping in and doing better than them. What am I even paying for?" The two lies: "It's faster if I do it myself." "I can do it better than anybody else." The truth: When you jump in, your team learns they can just come to you....
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I Thought I'd Have This Figured Out By Now
Joe writes: "I'm seven months in. I thought I'd have this figured out by now. I'm working harder than ever, and the results aren't there. Is this normal?" Yes. Welcome to the muddy mile. The hardest part isn't starting—it's sustaining. The newness is gone. The initial excitement is gone. You're…
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I Don't Have the Cash—Partner or Borrow?
Tony writes: "I found a deal, but I don't have the cash. Should I bring on a partner or borrow the money? How do you decide?" The reframe: This isn't a finance question. It's a control question. Borrowing (debt): You keep 100% ownership You owe payments regardless of performance Lender doesn't…
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My Spouse Doesn't Support My Business—What Do I Do?
Erin writes: "My husband supports me, but he really doesn't get it. He doesn't understand why I'm working nights and weekends on something that isn't paying off yet. I feel like I'm losing him." This is one of the hardest parts of entrepreneurship that most people don't talk about. Scott's story:...
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I Can't Afford Ads—How Do I Get Leads?
Derek writes: "I'm bootstrapping. I can't afford paid ads. How do I get leads without a marketing budget?" The belief shift: Marketing isn't about money. It's about attention. You can buy it or earn it. The trade-off: Time or money. When you're bootstrapping, you trade time. Scott's Craigslist...
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I Hate Selling—How Do I Get Better at This?
Lena writes: "I know I need to sell, but I hate it. I feel pushy. How do I get better at this?" Scott's confession: For years, he hated selling too. He did it to pay the bills, but he didn't love it. The belief shift: Sales isn't convincing. It's solving problems. Where the sleaze comes from:...
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I'm only Getting Tire Kickers
John writes: "I keep getting leads, but nobody buys. They ask questions, say they'll think about it, and I never hear back. How do I tell who's serious?" The belief shift: Tire kickers aren't born. They're made—by your marketing, your process, and your sales approach. Check your marketing first.…
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I Keep Building AI Agents and Nothing's Working
John writes: "I'm six months in, building AI agents for follow-ups, email, lead management. I've spent weekends on it. Nothing's working. I feel like I'm getting further behind." The belief shift: AI agents work best when the process is already proven. If you're six months in and still figuring…
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I Thought I'd Be Further Along by Now
Andrea started her business 10 months ago as a side hustle. She thought she'd be further along. More revenue. More profit. Less time. She's considering quitting. The wall is real. Around 9-10 months, the initial excitement burns off. The wins don't come fast enough. The inner voice says: call it…
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I Keep Writing Ads But Nothing's Working
Josh writes: "I keep writing ads but I'm not getting leads. I've hired people. Tried different headlines, different platforms. My team says the ads are good. But no leads." The diagnosis: You're writing to everybody. Which means you're writing to nobody. The market is always talking to you. View...
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I Spent Months Building an AI Agent. Here's the Part Nobody Talks About
Business owners are wasting massive amounts of time building AI agents when they should be figuring out what their business actually needs. Scott isn't anti-agent—he has them in his business. But there's an untold tax: onboarding, maintenance, troubleshooting. In small businesses, guess who does...
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How to Grow as a Leader
Two scenarios: Your team won't stop asking questions. Or you're solo and think this doesn't apply. It does. The nine-year employee story: A longtime team member messages: "I gave a refund, they got rebuilt. What happened?" Scott's response: "I don't know. Check with the back office team." The...
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The Five-Year Filter: How I Decide What Deserves My Time
The paradox of business ownership: infinite choices, finite time. Every decision changes the trajectory of your business. Most business owners don't have a filter. Scott's filter: Would me in five years from now appreciate that I spent time on this today? The time allocation problem: You're the...
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Meet Arlo: 5 Ways I'm Using an AI Agent Across My Businesses
Arlo Zephyr is Scott's first AI agent. Built on OpenClaw. Named by Scott's wife. Last name comes from Zephyr Hills, Florida. Tool vs. Team Member: Most people think of AI as a tool—ready to use like a hammer. Scott treats Arlo as a team member. That means onboarding, training, watching…
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Build Session: Applying SCALE to a Real Lead Response Process
Scott walks through a live build session with Chad Coffman, a land investor whose lead system broke when volume spiked. Instead of stopping production or ignoring the problem, Chad triaged it—kept moving, documented the friction, and circled back when he had time. The friction: Leads were coming…
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Clarify the Flow: How to Audit a Process Before You Automate
Most people see a broken process and think "I'll automate it." That's a mistake. You're locking in the problems—baking in the traps, the patches, the operational debt. It's like a blown car speaker. Turn up the volume and you amplify the distortion. Automation amplifies whatever is already...
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The Traps Never Leave (And Why Patches Make It Worse)
The four traps—Control, Variability, Memory, Visibility—never go away. You can minimize them. You can manage them. But you can never fully eliminate them. They're baked into every process. When business owners see a trap, their instinct is to patch it. Add a checklist. Add an approval. Add a...
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The Visibility Trap: Why the Data You're Missing Is More Dangerous Than the Data You Have
Why do your customers buy from you? Not what you think—why do they actually choose you? Why do your employees work for you? What do they actually think? If you hesitated on either question, you're in the Visibility Trap. Scott shares the story of David—a business owner with perfect financials who...
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The Memory Trap: Why Calendar Reminders Are a Symptom
How many calendar reminders do you have right now? How many Post-it notes? How many to-do lists? Every single one of those is a failure point waiting to happen. Scott shares his own memory trap failure: sales tax due on the third Thursday of every month. Calendar reminder—skipped because low...
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The Variability Trap: Why Your Business Feels Chaotic Even When Everyone's Busy
Starlink raised prices and cut data. Customers were furious. They opened support tickets. And what happened next was a mess. Some customers got large refunds and personal phone calls. Others got their last charge refunded and their account canceled—no call, no conversation. Then customers started...
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The Control Trap: Why Everything Comes Back to You (And How to Escape)
A woman takes a four-week vacation to Ghana. No laptop. The room erupts in applause. Scott sits there thinking: "Is this what we're celebrating now? Taking a vacation?" But here's the reality: 67% of small business owners check in on work during vacation. 14% only take a vacation every two to…
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The Four Traps That Keep Business Owners Stuck
You captured the frictions. Post-it notes on the wall. You know what's broken. So why don't you fix it? The Resistance. Steven Pressfield calls it the invisible force that stops you from doing work you know you should do. The inner critic trolls that sit on your shoulder. They show up as...
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The One Thing You Need to Know What to Fix Next
Every business has problems. You can't fix them all at once. But most business owners don't have a system to capture what's broken—so they walk past the same problems every day without seeing them. Scott introduces the concept of frictions: the little annoyances throughout the day. "I have to do...
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The AI Starting Point: How to Actually Begin Without Wasting 100 Hours
70% of a room raised their hands when asked if they're exploring AI. But most of them are doing it wrong—starting with tools instead of systems. Scott tells the Dr. Ryan story: a physician who spent 100+ hours trying to force Airtable into his business with no clear problem to solve. "He's not...
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Why AI Is Making You Busier, Not Freer
If you've added AI tools and feel busier than ever, it's not in your head. Researchers followed 200 employees at a tech company for 8 months after AI rollout. Expected: faster work, shorter hours. Found: work became more intense. One engineer said: "You thought you'd work less. But you didn't.…
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Why Your Team Is Sabotaging Your AI Tools
44% of Gen Z workers admit to actively sabotaging their company's AI strategy. They're submitting bad output on purpose. Leaking data into public tools. And 29% of ALL workers are doing this. The easy take: they're afraid of losing their jobs. But that's not the real problem. The real problem is...
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OpenClaw Lessons Learned: Don't Build on Rented Land
Back in January, OpenClaw made AI agents accessible using existing subscriptions. Then on Good Friday, Anthropic sent an email: your subscription won't work for third-party tools anymore. Starting tomorrow. People scrambled to cheaper models—and found out they weren't as good. Workflows broke....
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I've Been Trying AI for Months and Nothing Has Stuck—What Am I Missing?
"I've Been Trying AI for Months and Nothing Has Stuck—What Am I Missing?" Robin asks: "I've tried ChatGPT, some automation tools, things my team suggested. Nothing has stuck. We're not saving time. Nobody uses it consistently. I'm starting to think AI just isn't for businesses like mine." You're...
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My Ads Are Good But I'm Not Getting Leads—What's Wrong?
Joe asks: "I have a team producing marketing copy, but I'm not getting responses. I think the ads are good. We use ChatGPT with our avatars loaded, but the marketing channels aren't producing leads." Scott diagnoses the real problem: Joe has improperly defined success. His team is measuring copy...
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Everyone's Talking About AI Agents and I Don't Know Where to Start
Rebecca asks: "I'm in a mastermind group and everyone is talking about AI agents. I don't even know where to start. It's making me wonder if I'm going to be able to keep up because people have such a head start on me." In this episode, Scott acknowledges the FOMO is real—technology is coming at…
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I'm Spending Money on Marketing But Getting No Leads—What's Wrong? (Case Study)
In this episode, Scott walks through a case study from a recent build session. Stephen came in frustrated: spending money on marketing but getting no leads, no return. Scott diagnosed him in the visibility trap—lacking insight into why customers actually buy from him. The core problem: Stephen…
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About this show
Business problems feel overwhelming because you're trying to fix everything at once. Fix My Business cuts through the noise by answering one real question per episode—giving you clarity, a clear diagnosis, and one action you can take this week.Hosted by author and entrepreneur Scott Todd, this show isn't about theory or motivation. It's about solving the actual problems that keep business owners stuck: revenue up but profit down, marketing that doesn't work, chaos that won't stop, and the constant feeling that you're one step behind.Scott left a Fortune 300 VP role to build multiple seven-figure companies. His book, Fix This Next for Real Estate Investors (releasing January 2026), introduced the Investor Priority Pyramid (IPP)—a framework for knowing exactly what to fix next when everything feels urgent. Now, he's bringing that same diagnostic approach to business owners across every industry.What makes this show different:Every episode starts with a real question from a real busin
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