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How To Founder — 198 episodes

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198 Why Hiring a Sales Rep Too Soon Kills Deals with Joel Miller

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197 The Founder Tax: What Buyers Discount at Exit

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196 The Real Reason Employees Lie with Anthony, Chris

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195 The Real First 100 Days Done Backward

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194 Why Founders Who Learn AI First Win with John Kaplar

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193 Why Your Impact Initiative Will Fail with Jim Tracy

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192 Why Your Best Advisors Are Your Biggest Threat

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191 Your Business Is Profitable and Broke with Abir Syed

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190 User Experience with Anthony, Chris, and Steph

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189 What No One Tells You About Selling Your Business with Veronica Zora Kirin

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188 The Hidden Tax of Keeping Your Options Open with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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187 Your Worst Habit Sets Culture with Lisa Johnson

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186 Why Your Growth Is Breaking Your Company with Chris & Stephanie

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185 From Employee to Entrepreneur with Randy Gage

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184 Crushing Customer Service with Steve Anderson

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183 What If Your Cloud Bill Is Lying About Your Usage? with Vidar Hokstad

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182 Why Zero Price Pushback Means You're Leaving Money Behind

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181 When Perseverance Becomes the Problem with Ralph Brewer

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180 The Real Reason You Haven't Fired Them with Bill Kasko

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179 Why Your Team Keeps Dropping the Ball (It's Not Them) with Chaz Wolfe

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178 What Founders Actually Want When Hiring with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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177 Why Your Three Sets of Financials Are Killing Your Fundraising

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176 Your Most Profitable Month Is Your Most Dangerous

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175 The Human Side of Layoffs Every Founder Dreads with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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174 The IPO Readiness Checklist Most Founders Skip with Aman Verjee

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173 Why Your Safest Hire Might Be Your Riskiest Bet

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172 Your Org Chart Is a System with Todd Hagopian

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171 Why Marketing and Sales Fight (And How to Stop It) with Jon Ferrara

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170 The Decisions You're Avoiding Are Costing You Everything with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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169 The CEO Job Changes Every Time Your Company Doubles with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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168 Stop Chasing Leads That Were Never Going to Buy with Dr. Deepak Bhootra

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167 The Solo Founder Path: When NOT To Have Employees with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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166 Authority Over Consensus with Blima Ehrentreu

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165 The Compensation Model That Eliminates Micromanagement

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164 Stop Paying the Premature Manager Tax with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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163 Why Founders Fear The Psychology That Actually Closes Deals with Wes Schaeffer

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162 Why Your First Follower Believes in Themselves, Not You

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161 Turning Customers Into Your Best Sales Team with Brandon Barnum

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160 The Hidden Psychology Sabotaging Your Startup Growth with Anthony, Chris and Steph

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159 When Debt Beats Equity (And Why Most Founders Get This Wrong)

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158 Turn Cold Emails Into Warm Conversations with Lirone Glickman

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157 When to Pull the Plug on Your Failing Business with Anthony, Chris, and Stephanie

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156 Life After Exit: Building Your Second Act with Tom Freiling

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155 Stop Paying Your Benefits Broker to Rob You with Donovan Pyle

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154 Security Theater is Bleeding You Dry with Tolulope Michael

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153 Tax Architecture: Build Your Business Around IRS Rules, Not Despite Them with Mike Jesowshek CPA

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152 Tackling Hard Conversations - Your Secret Weapon

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151 Build Processes Like Products (Or Watch Them Gather Dust) with Colin Gray

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150 The Hidden Truth About Leadership Performance with Andrew Poles

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149 Your Comfort Zone is Killing Your Company with Anthony, Chris, and Stephanie

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148 Your Leadership Style Is Holding You Back with Christiane Schroeter

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147 Why Your Execution Skills Are Sabotaging Your Leadership with Andrew Poles

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146 Are You Really Ready To Raise or Just Wishful Thinking?

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145 Strategic Spending: The Expenses That Actually Save Your Business with Loic Potjes

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144 Why Legacy Tech Beats Shiny New Tools with Lucas Erb

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143 When Brand Consistency Becomes Your Biggest Liability with Aurora Winter

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142 Partnership Isn't a Legal Problem—It's a Self-Awareness Problem with Travis

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141 Psychological Money Scripts That Sabotage Success with Dr. Travis Parry

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140 Master Your Sales Toolkit with Chris Franks and Stephanie Hays

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139 From Scrappy to Strategic with Sardor Umrdinov

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138 When To Rebrand (Hint: Almost Never) with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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137 Culture as Your Secret Weapon with Chris Franks and Anthony Franco

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136 AI-Proof Your Personal Brand with Jason Barnard

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135 The Secrets Behind Customer Loyalty with Anthony, Chris and Steph

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134 The Hidden Formula Behind Success Revealed with Aidan Sowa

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133 Building Your Tech Foundation with Drake Wolf

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132 Defining Marketing with Stephanie and Anthony

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131 Leading Through a Crisis with Holly Porter

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130 The Sales Funnel is Dead: Long Live The Sales Funnel with Dan Goodstein

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129 Manifesting Luck: Reversible Decisions that Trigger Serendipity with Anthony Chris and Stephanie

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128 Competitive Intelligence Essentials with Steven Schneider

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127 Founder-Led Sales: How to Cure Your Allergy to Selling with Anthony, Chris and Stephanie

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126 The Psychological Secrets Behind Winning Investor Pitches with Ben Wiener

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125 The Financial Case for Purpose-Driven Marketing with Dan Grech

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124 Timing is Everything: Market Readiness Decoded with Anthony, Chris, and Stephanie

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123 The Art of Difficult Conversations with John Knowlton

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122 The Psychology of Lead Nurturing Revealed with Roger Martin

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121 Influence Without Authority: Building Team Dynamics with Blima Ehrentreu

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120 Organic Growth Alchemy with Dan Shinder

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119 Traction and the Entrepreneurial Operating System with Hark Herold

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118 The Commitment Cliff: Side Hustle vs Small Business with Seth Goldstein

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117 Your Financial Forecast is Probably Wrong with Jon Morris

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116 - The Hidden Power Struggle: Handling High-Value Clients with Stephen Skeel and Michael Ayjian

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115 The B2C Sales Trap That's Killing Your Revenue with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie

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114 The Hidden Cost of Short-Term Thinking with Adam Torres

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113 The Goal Setting Trap That's Killing Your Momentum with Leanne Linsky

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112 SEO Secrets That Drive Traffic with Andrew Laws

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111 The Growth Hacks That Actually Work (Not the BS) with Chris, Steph & Anthony

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110 The Dark Side of Leadership: Identifying Your Own Toxic Traits with Cory Blumenfeld

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109 Why Your Financial Stress Is Actually A Survival Mechanism with Dwight R Heck

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108 Stop Building Sales Processes That Turn Customers Into Ghosts with Drewbie Wilson

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107 What Got You Here Won't Get You There with Derek Fredrickson

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106 Technical Debt Will Murder Your Company Unless You Plan For Scale with Sonia Couto

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105 What if helping other founders is actually the fastest way to scale your own business? with Jan van Schuppen

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104 Why Your IQ Won't Save Your Startup (But Your EQ Might) with Lee Povey

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103 Small Circle, Big Business with Dr. Brent Ridge & Josh Kilmer-Purcell

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102 The Real Reason Your Decisions Keep Backfiring with Erich Archer

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101 What if your best employees are secretly planning their escape right now? with Francie Jain

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100 Scaling Smart Not Just Scaling Fast with John St_Pierre

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099 Bar Napkin or Billion-Dollar Baby with Dennis R. Mortensen

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098 The Hidden Truth About CEO Transitions with Betsy Pepine

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097 Unlock Business Growth Through Personal Development with Eric McHugh

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096 Hack Your Customer's Brain: The Science Behind Buying Decisions with Shira Abel

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095 Breaking Leadership Myths: How Service Drives Revenue Growth with Roy Osing

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094 The Entrepreneur's Tightrope: Working In vs Working On with Best Selling Author Greg Mohr

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093 Mastering Your Inner Critic: The Hidden Battle Every Founder Faces with Scott Grace

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092 Master Personal Marketing: How Machines Decide Your Success with Jason Barnard

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091 Making Prospects Chase Your Solution - Where They Beg to Buy

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090 Unlocking the Profit-Boosting Power of Purpose with Elona Lopari

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089 Building Your Business to Exit Wealthy (Even If You Never Sell) with Stephanie Hayes

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088 Why Empathy Beats Price Every Time: Building a Service Culture that Creates Loyalty with David Sidoni

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087 The Strategic Capital Decision: Bootstrap or Investor Money with Salvatore Tirabassi

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086 First Principles Thinking: Your Business Complexity Antidote with Robin Waite

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085 Financial Statements Decoded: Stop Checking Just Your Bank Balance with Sarah Webb

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084 Scale Your Business Without Headcount Headaches with Liz Steblay

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083 The Hidden Profit Machine Inside Your Messy Operations with Previn Pillay

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082 Creating Marketing Ecosystems That Generate Millions With Less Effort with Angela Frank

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081 Building Cultures Where Smart Teams Actually Thrive with Christian Espinosa

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080 Stop Wasting Money on Paid Media

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079 The Hidden Profit Engine of Compassionate Leadership with Bruno Cignacco

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078 From Iranian Refugee to Fearless Founder: Building a Platform for Working Moms with Arezou Zarafshan

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077 The Hard Truth About Performance Management with Carly Pepin

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076 Fast Decisions Drive Growth: Speed Up or Get Left Behind with Jurriaan Kamer

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075 Inside Shark Tank: A Founder's Guide to Getting on TV's Biggest Stage with Anthony Franco

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074 The Hidden Psychology of Building an A-Team with Dr. Michael Neal

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073 The Secret Behind Explosive Growth: Mastering Prioritization

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072 Understanding When Competition Actually Matters (And When to Ignore It)

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071 - Founder Spotlight: Five Questions with John Cousins

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070 Building Business Empires: From Founder to Chief of Chiefs with John Hewitt

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069 Values, Politics & Religion in Business: Creating True Psychological Safety with Robert Hunt

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068 Breaking Through the Founder's Ceiling with Scott Ritzheimer

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067 Reality Check Your Business Idea: The Hard Truth About Market Research with Andrew Muir Wood

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066 The Hidden Psychology of High-Stakes Business Decisions with Mike Handcock

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065 Give Away Your Best Stuff: Five Questions with Danny Brassell

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064 The Hidden Power of Design: Turn Your Pitch Deck into a Funding Magnet with Emily Schneider

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063 Zero to Hero: The Underground Playbook for Initial Traction with Colin McIntosh

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062 Transform Your First Hire from Gamble to Growth Engine with Scott Morris

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061 From Wall Street to Startup CEO: Nick Jain's Leadership Journey

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060 Transform Your Business with Rock-Solid Systems with Marianne Page

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059 Client Acquisition Secrets That Make Your Competitors Tremble with Justin Michael

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058 The Pivot Paradox: Transform Market Shifts Into Opportunities with Jason Sherman

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057 Mastering Earned Media: From Reviews to Recognition with Alex Sanfilippo

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056 The Secret to Crafting Irresistible Positioning with Shahar Boyayan

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055 How Mindfulness Impacts Leadership with Bob Martin

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054 Fearless Growth: Why Ideas Are Easy and Execution Is Hard with John Cousins

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053 Strategies for Finding the Right Co-Founders

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052 Craft a Killer Messaging Strategy with Angelo Ponzi

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051 Superior Team Communication Revealed with Noah Healy

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050 The Exit Gameplan: Strategies for a Smooth Goodbye with Darryl Bates-Brownsword

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049 Unlock Free Money: Non-Dilutive Financing with Matthew Lesko

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048 Killing Idea Infatuation with Terry Whalin

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047 The Power of Lateral Mentoring Revealed with Deborah Heiser

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046 Unleash Your Speaking Power with Danny Brassell

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045 Tackle Taxes Early for Major Savings with Morgan Anderson

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044 The Importance of Entrepreneurial Curiosity with Andy Paige

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043 Why Sales Isn’t a Dirty Word with Debra Bowers

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042 The Art of the Launch: Proven Strategies for Business Buzz

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041 Grit Your Edge in Surviving as a Founder

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040 Master Your Pitch: Tips from Sergio Yankovenko

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039 Becoming a B2B Thought Leader with Ann Carden

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037 Master Your Time With Guest Roman Fischer

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036 Aligning Strategy and Execution

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034 Give Credit, Take Blame: The Leadership Balancing Act

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035 Cash Is King: Mastering Cash Flow to Keep Your Startup Thriving

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038 Creating a Budget That Works With Nick Jain

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033 Ditch the Consensus: How Real Collaboration Drives Success

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032 Leading vs. Managing: Why Knowing the Difference Matters

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031 Network Like a Pro: Building Connections That Count

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030 Deciding Without Doubt: The Founder's Guide to Making Effective Choices

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028 Breaking the Mold: Cultivating an Adaptive Founder Mindset

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029 Customer Centric 101: Why Your Customers Should Be Your

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027 The Art of Saying No: Protecting Your Time as a Founder

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026 Risk Isn't a Four-Letter Word: Mastering Uncertainty as a Founder

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024 The Art of Storytelling: How Founders Can Use Stories to Drive Sales, Inspire Teams, and Win Over Investors

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027 The Art of Saying No: Protecting Your Time as a Founder

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025 Why Your Company Culture Sucks (and How to Fix It)

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023 Quit or Grit: Deciding When to Persevere, Pivot, or Pull the

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021 Advice Discernment: How Founders Can Prioritize and Navigate Outside Opinions

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020 Fear and Risk: How Founders Can Manage the Stress of Leading a Startup

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019 How Founders Can Manage Personal Relationships

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018 Burnout and Stress: How Founders Can Protect Their Mental Health and Thrive

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017 To Franchise or Not to Franchise: Deciding the Best Path for Your Business

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016 Building Early Momentum and Traction

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015 Navigating Co-Founders: Setting the Stage for Success and Avoiding Disaster

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014 Big or Stay Small? How to Define the Right Scale for Your Startup

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013 Building Your Personal Brand

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012 Every Founder's Biggest Flaw That Holds Their Business Back

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011 Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur

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010 Fail Fast, Fail Often: Embracing Failure for Startup Success

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009 Uncovering the Real Reasons Companies Fail

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008 Miracle or Myth? Exploring the Truth Behind Minimum Viable Products

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007 The Myth of Work-Life Balance: Chasing It Could Be Hurting Your Success

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006 - Dos and Don'ts of Incorporating Your Business

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005 Do Not Become an Entrepreneur - Quit Now and Save Yourself

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004 Defining your Company's Mission, Vision, and Values

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003 Do You Need To Write A Business Plan?

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002 What is A Brand and How To Define it for your Startup

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001 Defining Your Startup's Noble Cause