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Authenticity vs Intimacy: Why Founders Stay Unseen | George Bryant
Aug 17, 20267 minpodcast

Authenticity vs Intimacy: Why Founders Stay Unseen | George Bryant

Authenticity vs intimacy is why a founder can confess on stage and still hide. George Bryant walks the gap between a winning story and being seen.

How Leaders Use Purpose to Beat AI Commoditization
Aug 14, 202611 minpodcast

How Leaders Use Purpose to Beat AI Commoditization

Tyler Cerny explains why AI commoditization raises the value of human trust, lived experience, and a purpose-driven message.

AI Isn't the Moat in 2026: How Marketers Win with Skills + Context
Aug 12, 202610 minpodcast

AI Isn't the Moat in 2026: How Marketers Win with Skills + Context

AI marketing moats now come from expert workflows, context, skills, guardrails, and distribution, not model access alone.

AI Business Strategy: How to Build an AI-Native Company
Aug 7, 202610 minpodcast

AI Business Strategy: How to Build an AI-Native Company

Why Your AI Business Strategy Still Needs Human Judgment

Space Investor: SpaceX Is Only 20% of the Opportunity
Aug 4, 202610 minpodcast

Space Investor: SpaceX Is Only 20% of the Opportunity

SpaceTech infrastructure is not waiting on Mars. It is already changing insurance, logistics, positioning, power, and the way founders build companies on Earth.

Long-Term Investing: Time In Beats Timing | Jim Lebenthal
Jul 28, 202610 minpodcast

Long-Term Investing: Time In Beats Timing | Jim Lebenthal

Long-term investing isn't about being smarter than the market. It's about staying in when every instinct tells you to run. Jim Lebenthal has spent decades proving it.

How Self-Talk Controls Your Results | Michael Bernoff
Jul 25, 20268 minpodcast

How Self-Talk Controls Your Results | Michael Bernoff

The self-talk running in your head is either building your business or billing it. Michael Bernoff has spent 25 years proving which is which...

Value Creation: Lee Benson's System for Executing to Win
Jul 23, 202611 minpodcast

Value Creation: Lee Benson's System for Executing to Win

Grinding is not a strategy. A nine-figure founder on turning value creation into an operating system for your business, your team, and your kids.

How Mental Performance Training Rewires Your Self-Image
Jul 13, 202611 minpodcast

How Mental Performance Training Rewires Your Self-Image

A mental performance training playbook for leaders who refuse to let old beliefs set the ceiling