All Episodes

067: Why Not Me? Orly Zeewy on Female Entrepreneurship, the Bubble Wrap Story, and Redefining Failure

066: Is AI Killing SaaS? The Builder Bug and Why Execution Beats Planning

065: The Real Silver Tsunami, AI Mentorship, and the Future Workforce

064: Battle Wounds and Boardrooms: Mojo's Evolution from Solo Hustler to Production Agency CEO

063: The Power of Experience, Adapting to AI, and Building Your Next Chapter with Adrienne Arieff

062: The 2-Month Go-to-Market Cycle, AI Coding Tools, and Why "Live" is the New SEO

061: Vanity Metrics vs. Reality: The Ethics of Buying Followers and Beating the Algorithm

060: The Work-Life Boundary: Why Your Business Shouldn't Be Your Family

059: The Power of Constraints: Designing Joy, Navigating TV, and Reinventing Retail with Shannon Kaye

058: The "People-First" Playbook: Ben Whitehair on Creative Scaling and Acquisition

057: The Wedding Industry Reality Check: Pricing, Boundaries, and the "Vibe Check" with Carly Rae

056: The Death of the Specialist: Why Your "Time vs. Money" Mindset is Failing

055: Living in the Gray: Why Political Rigidity Kills Business Growth

054: Changing Rooms: Pivoting to M&A and The Sales Pipeline Reality Check

053: Avoiding Product Bloat & The "Gun Range" Approach to Content

052: The Content Gatekeepers: Deepfakes, Platform Responsibility, and Digital Parenting

051: The North Star Metric: One Million Websites & The "Work Family" Myth

050: The 10X Revenue Trap & Why Founders Should Focus on Boring Inputs

049: Holiday Boundaries: How Saying "No" Unlocked a Record-Breaking Week of Productivity

048: Negotiating Limits: When to Hold the Line and When to Let Go

047: The AI Survival Game: OpenAI vs. Google & Strategic Lessons from the US Open

046: Passion Isn’t Enough: Time, Money, and the Product vs. Service Trap

045: Trading the Stage, Not the Shortcut: Integrity, Identity, and Just Doing the Thing

044: Change the Room, Change the Outcome: Content, Focus, and Founder Context Switching

043: Ego, Early Careers & Wartime Leadership

042: The Founder Advantage: December Is Your Secret Weapon

041: When Marketing Lacks Mass, Even Good Ideas Have No Gravity

040: Loving the Gray: Kristi Mitchell on Reinventing Your Marketing & Yourself

039: The End-of-Year Crunch Mindset

038: The AI Bubble, The Economy & Why Everything Feels… Off

037: Are You All-In or Spread-Thin?

036: Founder Drive

035: When You Realize It’s Time to Pivot Yourself

034: In the Weeds, On the Brand, and Under Pressure: The Real Rhythm of Founder Priorities

033: Bringing Websites to Life: The Human Side of AI with ChipBot

032: How AI Built My Website (and Changed Everything)

031: The Quota Trap: How Founders Lose the Magic

030: One Click, One Shot, One “Aha”

029: The Power of Threes: Flow, Focus, Ship

028: Lifestyle vs. Startup: Growth at All Costs vs. Growth by Choice

027: The Truth About Addiction: Katherine Sorensen's Recovery and Business Story

026: Half Effort, Half Outcome

025: When Pain Meets Business: Boundaries, Burnout, and the Franchise Temptation

024: Share Your Freak: Building the Brand of You

023: Surviving Disruption, Thriving in Community

022: Anne’s Finance Moves, Matt’s $500K Crypto Loss

021: The Planner vs. The Improviser - Travel, Poker, and Startup Pressure

020: Before the Exit: Branding, Valuation, and the Hidden Runway

019: Risk, Reward, and the Hunt for the One Big Marketing Win

018: Momentum Means Sacrifice, or Death by a Thousand Cuts

017: From Startup to Acquisition: Self-Care, 50 Employees, and Founder Lessons with Danika Brysha

016: Navigating the Labyrinth: Challenges and Strategies in Podcast Marketing for "OnlyFounders"

015: "Breathe In Trust, Breathe Out Fear": The Founder's Rebirth & The Path to Personal Branding

014: “AI's Double-Edged Sword”: Reshaping Work, Education & the Need for Human Comprehension

013: “The Human Touch vs. The Algorithm”: How Founders Win Attention (and Avoid 'Yuck Marketing')

012: “The 10X Thinker vs. The 10X Doer”: Why Founders Burn Out Without Execution Partners

011: "Every Founder Has a Bark Collar Story": Panic, Guilt & the Systems That Break Us

010: “Do You Even Work?”: Redefining Hustle, Ownership & the Founder Headspace

009: “The Visionary Becomes the Director”: How Founders Win in the Age of AI

008: “Lipstick on a Pig”: Manipulation, Marketing & the Ethics of Selling

007: “You Don’t Need AI. You Need Customers”: The Founder Trap of Overengineering

006: “Marketing Doesn’t Matter If You Suck”: Real Talk on Product, Trust & Growth

005: “You Have No Time to Be Racist”: How Startups Strip Bias in the Name of Growth

004: “Business Plans Are Bullsh*t”: What Founders Actually Learn by Screwing Up

003: “Everything Else Is Fake”: Why People Still Crave Realness in an AI World

002: “Reverse Ranking Imperfection”: Why Founders Should Embrace the Mess

001: “I Hire So I Can Look Left”: Startup Team Building Without Losing Your Mind