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How To Founder — 213 episodes
213 Dashboards Hide the Call You Won't Own
212 Your Org Chart Is Charging Interest
210 Hard Work Hides Broken Systems
209 Your Exhaustion Is Contagious (And Expensive)
208 Fire Customers Before They Rot Your Team
207 Are You Scaling to Win or Just to Hide?
206 Build Brand Before the Cult
205 Build Luck Before You Need It
205 Build Luck Before You Need It
204 Kill Weak Ideas Before They Eat the Good Ones
203 When to Hire and Fire Your Marketing Agency
202 Your Real Competitor Isn't in Your Category
201 Why Your First Pitch Can Kill Your Patent Rights
200 The Musk Algorithm
199 The Loneliness Tax: Managing Isolation at the Top
198 Why Hiring a Sales Rep Too Soon Kills Deals with Joel Miller
197 The Founder Tax: What Buyers Discount at Exit
196 The Real Reason Employees Lie with Anthony, Chris
195 The Real First 100 Days Done Backward
194 Why Founders Who Learn AI First Win with John Kaplar
193 Why Your Impact Initiative Will Fail with Jim Tracy
192 Why Your Best Advisors Are Your Biggest Threat
191 Your Business Is Profitable and Broke with Abir Syed
190 User Experience with Anthony, Chris, and Steph
189 What No One Tells You About Selling Your Business with Veronica Zora Kirin
188 The Hidden Tax of Keeping Your Options Open with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
187 Your Worst Habit Sets Culture with Lisa Johnson
186 Why Your Growth Is Breaking Your Company with Chris & Stephanie
185 From Employee to Entrepreneur with Randy Gage
184 Crushing Customer Service with Steve Anderson
183 What If Your Cloud Bill Is Lying About Your Usage? with Vidar Hokstad
182 Why Zero Price Pushback Means You're Leaving Money Behind
181 When Perseverance Becomes the Problem with Ralph Brewer
180 The Real Reason You Haven't Fired Them with Bill Kasko
179 Why Your Team Keeps Dropping the Ball (It's Not Them) with Chaz Wolfe
178 What Founders Actually Want When Hiring with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
177 Why Your Three Sets of Financials Are Killing Your Fundraising
176 Your Most Profitable Month Is Your Most Dangerous
175 The Human Side of Layoffs Every Founder Dreads with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
174 The IPO Readiness Checklist Most Founders Skip with Aman Verjee
173 Why Your Safest Hire Might Be Your Riskiest Bet
172 Your Org Chart Is a System with Todd Hagopian
171 Why Marketing and Sales Fight (And How to Stop It) with Jon Ferrara
170 The Decisions You're Avoiding Are Costing You Everything with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
169 The CEO Job Changes Every Time Your Company Doubles with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
168 Stop Chasing Leads That Were Never Going to Buy with Dr. Deepak Bhootra
167 The Solo Founder Path: When NOT To Have Employees with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
166 Authority Over Consensus with Blima Ehrentreu
165 The Compensation Model That Eliminates Micromanagement
164 Stop Paying the Premature Manager Tax with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
163 Why Founders Fear The Psychology That Actually Closes Deals with Wes Schaeffer
162 Why Your First Follower Believes in Themselves, Not You
161 Turning Customers Into Your Best Sales Team with Brandon Barnum
160 The Hidden Psychology Sabotaging Your Startup Growth with Anthony, Chris and Steph
159 When Debt Beats Equity (And Why Most Founders Get This Wrong)
158 Turn Cold Emails Into Warm Conversations with Lirone Glickman
157 When to Pull the Plug on Your Failing Business with Anthony, Chris, and Stephanie
156 Life After Exit: Building Your Second Act with Tom Freiling
155 Stop Paying Your Benefits Broker to Rob You with Donovan Pyle
154 Security Theater is Bleeding You Dry with Tolulope Michael
153 Tax Architecture: Build Your Business Around IRS Rules, Not Despite Them with Mike Jesowshek CPA
152 Tackling Hard Conversations - Your Secret Weapon
151 Build Processes Like Products (Or Watch Them Gather Dust) with Colin Gray
150 The Hidden Truth About Leadership Performance with Andrew Poles
149 Your Comfort Zone is Killing Your Company with Anthony, Chris, and Stephanie
148 Your Leadership Style Is Holding You Back with Christiane Schroeter
147 Why Your Execution Skills Are Sabotaging Your Leadership with Andrew Poles
146 Are You Really Ready To Raise or Just Wishful Thinking?
145 Strategic Spending: The Expenses That Actually Save Your Business with Loic Potjes
144 Why Legacy Tech Beats Shiny New Tools with Lucas Erb
143 When Brand Consistency Becomes Your Biggest Liability with Aurora Winter
142 Partnership Isn't a Legal Problem—It's a Self-Awareness Problem with Travis
141 Psychological Money Scripts That Sabotage Success with Dr. Travis Parry
140 Master Your Sales Toolkit with Chris Franks and Stephanie Hays
139 From Scrappy to Strategic with Sardor Umrdinov
138 When To Rebrand (Hint: Almost Never) with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
137 Culture as Your Secret Weapon with Chris Franks and Anthony Franco
136 AI-Proof Your Personal Brand with Jason Barnard
135 The Secrets Behind Customer Loyalty with Anthony, Chris and Steph
134 The Hidden Formula Behind Success Revealed with Aidan Sowa
133 Building Your Tech Foundation with Drake Wolf
132 Defining Marketing with Stephanie and Anthony
131 Leading Through a Crisis with Holly Porter
130 The Sales Funnel is Dead: Long Live The Sales Funnel with Dan Goodstein
129 Manifesting Luck: Reversible Decisions that Trigger Serendipity with Anthony Chris and Stephanie
128 Competitive Intelligence Essentials with Steven Schneider
127 Founder-Led Sales: How to Cure Your Allergy to Selling with Anthony, Chris and Stephanie
126 The Psychological Secrets Behind Winning Investor Pitches with Ben Wiener
125 The Financial Case for Purpose-Driven Marketing with Dan Grech
124 Timing is Everything: Market Readiness Decoded with Anthony, Chris, and Stephanie
123 The Art of Difficult Conversations with John Knowlton
122 The Psychology of Lead Nurturing Revealed with Roger Martin
121 Influence Without Authority: Building Team Dynamics with Blima Ehrentreu
120 Organic Growth Alchemy with Dan Shinder
119 Traction and the Entrepreneurial Operating System with Hark Herold
118 The Commitment Cliff: Side Hustle vs Small Business with Seth Goldstein
117 Your Financial Forecast is Probably Wrong with Jon Morris
116 - The Hidden Power Struggle: Handling High-Value Clients with Stephen Skeel and Michael Ayjian
115 The B2C Sales Trap That's Killing Your Revenue with Anthony, Chris, Stephanie
114 The Hidden Cost of Short-Term Thinking with Adam Torres
113 The Goal Setting Trap That's Killing Your Momentum with Leanne Linsky
112 SEO Secrets That Drive Traffic with Andrew Laws
111 The Growth Hacks That Actually Work (Not the BS) with Chris, Steph & Anthony
110 The Dark Side of Leadership: Identifying Your Own Toxic Traits with Cory Blumenfeld
109 Why Your Financial Stress Is Actually A Survival Mechanism with Dwight R Heck
108 Stop Building Sales Processes That Turn Customers Into Ghosts with Drewbie Wilson
107 What Got You Here Won't Get You There with Derek Fredrickson
106 Technical Debt Will Murder Your Company Unless You Plan For Scale with Sonia Couto
105 What if helping other founders is actually the fastest way to scale your own business? with Jan van Schuppen
104 Why Your IQ Won't Save Your Startup (But Your EQ Might) with Lee Povey
103 Small Circle, Big Business with Dr. Brent Ridge & Josh Kilmer-Purcell
102 The Real Reason Your Decisions Keep Backfiring with Erich Archer
101 What if your best employees are secretly planning their escape right now? with Francie Jain
100 Scaling Smart Not Just Scaling Fast with John St_Pierre
099 Bar Napkin or Billion-Dollar Baby with Dennis R. Mortensen
098 The Hidden Truth About CEO Transitions with Betsy Pepine
097 Unlock Business Growth Through Personal Development with Eric McHugh
096 Hack Your Customer's Brain: The Science Behind Buying Decisions with Shira Abel
095 Breaking Leadership Myths: How Service Drives Revenue Growth with Roy Osing
094 The Entrepreneur's Tightrope: Working In vs Working On with Best Selling Author Greg Mohr
093 Mastering Your Inner Critic: The Hidden Battle Every Founder Faces with Scott Grace
092 Master Personal Marketing: How Machines Decide Your Success with Jason Barnard
091 Making Prospects Chase Your Solution - Where They Beg to Buy
090 Unlocking the Profit-Boosting Power of Purpose with Elona Lopari
089 Building Your Business to Exit Wealthy (Even If You Never Sell) with Stephanie Hayes
088 Why Empathy Beats Price Every Time: Building a Service Culture that Creates Loyalty with David Sidoni
087 The Strategic Capital Decision: Bootstrap or Investor Money with Salvatore Tirabassi
086 First Principles Thinking: Your Business Complexity Antidote with Robin Waite
085 Financial Statements Decoded: Stop Checking Just Your Bank Balance with Sarah Webb
084 Scale Your Business Without Headcount Headaches with Liz Steblay
083 The Hidden Profit Machine Inside Your Messy Operations with Previn Pillay
082 Creating Marketing Ecosystems That Generate Millions With Less Effort with Angela Frank
081 Building Cultures Where Smart Teams Actually Thrive with Christian Espinosa
080 Stop Wasting Money on Paid Media
079 The Hidden Profit Engine of Compassionate Leadership with Bruno Cignacco
078 From Iranian Refugee to Fearless Founder: Building a Platform for Working Moms with Arezou Zarafshan
077 The Hard Truth About Performance Management with Carly Pepin
076 Fast Decisions Drive Growth: Speed Up or Get Left Behind with Jurriaan Kamer
075 Inside Shark Tank: A Founder's Guide to Getting on TV's Biggest Stage with Anthony Franco
074 The Hidden Psychology of Building an A-Team with Dr. Michael Neal
073 The Secret Behind Explosive Growth: Mastering Prioritization
072 Understanding When Competition Actually Matters (And When to Ignore It)
071 - Founder Spotlight: Five Questions with John Cousins
070 Building Business Empires: From Founder to Chief of Chiefs with John Hewitt
069 Values, Politics & Religion in Business: Creating True Psychological Safety with Robert Hunt
068 Breaking Through the Founder's Ceiling with Scott Ritzheimer
067 Reality Check Your Business Idea: The Hard Truth About Market Research with Andrew Muir Wood
066 The Hidden Psychology of High-Stakes Business Decisions with Mike Handcock
065 Give Away Your Best Stuff: Five Questions with Danny Brassell
064 The Hidden Power of Design: Turn Your Pitch Deck into a Funding Magnet with Emily Schneider
063 Zero to Hero: The Underground Playbook for Initial Traction with Colin McIntosh
062 Transform Your First Hire from Gamble to Growth Engine with Scott Morris
061 From Wall Street to Startup CEO: Nick Jain's Leadership Journey
060 Transform Your Business with Rock-Solid Systems with Marianne Page
059 Client Acquisition Secrets That Make Your Competitors Tremble with Justin Michael
058 The Pivot Paradox: Transform Market Shifts Into Opportunities with Jason Sherman
057 Mastering Earned Media: From Reviews to Recognition with Alex Sanfilippo
056 The Secret to Crafting Irresistible Positioning with Shahar Boyayan
055 How Mindfulness Impacts Leadership with Bob Martin
054 Fearless Growth: Why Ideas Are Easy and Execution Is Hard with John Cousins
053 Strategies for Finding the Right Co-Founders
052 Craft a Killer Messaging Strategy with Angelo Ponzi
051 Superior Team Communication Revealed with Noah Healy
050 The Exit Gameplan: Strategies for a Smooth Goodbye with Darryl Bates-Brownsword
049 Unlock Free Money: Non-Dilutive Financing with Matthew Lesko
048 Killing Idea Infatuation with Terry Whalin
047 The Power of Lateral Mentoring Revealed with Deborah Heiser
046 Unleash Your Speaking Power with Danny Brassell
045 Tackle Taxes Early for Major Savings with Morgan Anderson
044 The Importance of Entrepreneurial Curiosity with Andy Paige
043 Why Sales Isn’t a Dirty Word with Debra Bowers
042 The Art of the Launch: Proven Strategies for Business Buzz
041 Grit Your Edge in Surviving as a Founder
040 Master Your Pitch: Tips from Sergio Yankovenko
039 Becoming a B2B Thought Leader with Ann Carden
037 Master Your Time With Guest Roman Fischer
036 Aligning Strategy and Execution
034 Give Credit, Take Blame: The Leadership Balancing Act
035 Cash Is King: Mastering Cash Flow to Keep Your Startup Thriving
038 Creating a Budget That Works With Nick Jain
033 Ditch the Consensus: How Real Collaboration Drives Success
032 Leading vs. Managing: Why Knowing the Difference Matters
031 Network Like a Pro: Building Connections That Count
030 Deciding Without Doubt: The Founder's Guide to Making Effective Choices
028 Breaking the Mold: Cultivating an Adaptive Founder Mindset
029 Customer Centric 101: Why Your Customers Should Be Your
027 The Art of Saying No: Protecting Your Time as a Founder
026 Risk Isn't a Four-Letter Word: Mastering Uncertainty as a Founder
024 The Art of Storytelling: How Founders Can Use Stories to Drive Sales, Inspire Teams, and Win Over Investors
027 The Art of Saying No: Protecting Your Time as a Founder
025 Why Your Company Culture Sucks (and How to Fix It)
023 Quit or Grit: Deciding When to Persevere, Pivot, or Pull the
021 Advice Discernment: How Founders Can Prioritize and Navigate Outside Opinions
020 Fear and Risk: How Founders Can Manage the Stress of Leading a Startup
019 How Founders Can Manage Personal Relationships
018 Burnout and Stress: How Founders Can Protect Their Mental Health and Thrive
017 To Franchise or Not to Franchise: Deciding the Best Path for Your Business
016 Building Early Momentum and Traction
015 Navigating Co-Founders: Setting the Stage for Success and Avoiding Disaster
014 Big or Stay Small? How to Define the Right Scale for Your Startup
013 Building Your Personal Brand
012 Every Founder's Biggest Flaw That Holds Their Business Back
011 Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur
010 Fail Fast, Fail Often: Embracing Failure for Startup Success
009 Uncovering the Real Reasons Companies Fail
008 Miracle or Myth? Exploring the Truth Behind Minimum Viable Products
007 The Myth of Work-Life Balance: Chasing It Could Be Hurting Your Success
006 - Dos and Don'ts of Incorporating Your Business
005 Do Not Become an Entrepreneur - Quit Now and Save Yourself
004 Defining your Company's Mission, Vision, and Values
003 Do You Need To Write A Business Plan?
002 What is A Brand and How To Define it for your Startup
001 Defining Your Startup's Noble Cause