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Patrick and Will are joined by long time friend, Tim, who shares how he launched into his career of financial planning. They discuss risks, wealth building, and it's kinda fun!

Robert explains why most entrepreneurs don't fail because of bad ideas—they fail because of a lack of clarity, structure, and accountability. Through stories from his coaching work and practical examples from clients building businesses today, he breaks down the systems he uses to help founders focus: clear priorities every 90 days, disciplined time management, and the power of having someone who will ask the hard questions.

Patrick and Will share their takeaways from Chris Voss' book: Never Split the Difference. Chris has written the most practical book on knowing what you want, discovering what the other party wants, and negotiating to get everything you want. It sounds audacious, maybe even selfish. It's not either. Finally, Dillon Simpson joins to share how he has applied this in running his electrical company.

Intent has to be tied to action. We all want to eat the cake, but few want to take to the time or make the sacrifice to get into that kitchen and bake what your heart desires.

Bringing an idea to life, bringing a product to market, that is what we serve up in this episode.

ideas.

What do you want to hear more about? What are helpful tools you are missing or want to learn more about? Join Patrick and Will as they talk about what is on the horizon and argue over who has the best analogies. They unpack how culture is shaped not by what's written on the wall, but by the daily decisions, conversations, and values that drive your business forward.

Snow balls not snow cones. Elizabeth Yarbrough, founder of Untangled, shares her journey from running a snowball truck to helping founders systematize and scale their companies. We talk about strawberry cake, knowing the inflection point of your business, and working in a way that enriches your life and relationships. It's not all business, sometimes it's cake.

Patrick kicks things off by sharing with Will the tale of a recent and bizarre midnight adventure. They talk strategic business pivots, cheating experience, and how passion and process drive success.

Sandeep is a bildr and not afraid of failure. He just left his full-time job to run a start-up. He is the co-Founder of Heald, a start-up that is laser-focused on wholistic, lifestyle diabetes remission. We walk through his journey, failures, and success. Sandeep has worked at DELL, Amazon, and Rackspace, and talks about his approach to work, life, and legacy.

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Ginger Diaz is the owner of three retail stores, soon to be four, in San Antonio, Texas. She shares how her passion to help local artists and to support small business led her into opening Feliz Modern. Ginger emphasizes building business and teams intuitively and in an organic way.

"This has to feel viscerally right for you." This might capture the range of Patrick and Will's conversation, where they touched on intuition, alignment, and decision-making in both personal and professional contexts. Will is also not the person to call when your toilet breaks.

Patrick and Will are joined by Ugo Bitussi, an entrepreneur in the medical field. Ugo shares his practices, methods, and how his belief that "Everything has a purpose" permeates his life and work.

Hannah is CEO of Howdy, a B2B marketing agency, and her husband DJ is the COO. Together they launched Howdy just one month into COVID because every other revenue stream they had was suddenly gone. Join Patrick and Will as they hear how this dynamic duo scrapped, hustled, and teamed together to create the path as they walked.

The one where we hit highlights from our conversations with Jaime, Dillon, Elizabeth and Andrew. Consider this a celebration of the first four guests we've had on the show. Hosts Patrick and Will are joined by guest host Tim to chop it up.

Patrick and Will share secret recipes passed down from olden times. They also update each other on projects and talk about being a rookie versus an imposter, building high performance teams, and the down days of being an entrepreneur.

Elizabeth Fauerso joins Patrick and Will in a conversation about her life, approach, and practices. Elizabeth Fauerso has spent the last twenty years deeply engaged in the practice of making places that matter. Most recently in her leadership role at the Historic Pearl Brewery and Potluck Hospitality she was a primary member of the team that transformed a defunct brewery into a world-class neighborhood.

Patrick and Will chop it up with Dillon, owner of Simpson Electrical in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Dillon shares with the bros about how he founded his company, ups and downs, and what he usually eats for lunch.

Patrick and Will are joined by Andrew Thomson, an entrepreneur and prolific designer, who loves to champion Birmingham, Alabama. Andrew shares the fun and the difficulties of launching his own design firm, A Studio, and merch store, Such As.

Patrick and Will catch up on their projects. Patrick is serious about selling his coffee shop. Will is taking up an expensive new hobby while starting a new business. They discuss risks, endings, and finding joy in the pain.

What do sheep, coffee, furniture, atmospheric generators, and engine oil have in common? Jaime. He's done it all! Listen as Patrick and Will talk with him about the art of reinvention and returning to basics.