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Formerly Six Figure Secrets of Fractional Experts, Founder Unfiltered is the show about the stuff founders don't talk about: the identity crisis when you go from operator to leader, the weird shame of self-promotion, the gap between who you are and who your business needs you…
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From $1.65 an Hour to Multimillionaire: The Brain Science Behind the Leap with John Assaraf (opens the original)
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I sat down with John Assaraf, someone who has built five multimillion dollar companies, written 18 books including two New York Times bestsellers, and appeared in 14 movies including The Secret. But none of that is why I wanted him on the show. I wanted to know what actually happened in his brain the day everything changed. John dropped out of high school after 10th grade, was working for $1.65 an hour in a factory, and by his own account was heading toward jail or worse. Then at 19, one convers
Why You’re Scared to Grow Your Business (And What to Do About It) (opens the original)
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I want to tell you about something I almost didn't admit out loud. I shipped a feature I'm genuinely excited about, one that finds the people commenting on your posts, scores them against your ideal customer profile, and even drafts a reply for you. It's working, and I told almost no one. No email to my customer list, no newsletter blast, no LinkedIn post. In this episode, I dig into why I did that, and why so many founders do the same thing without realizing it. The honest answer is fear. Not f
The Mirror Test: What Every Founder Needs to Confront with Chris Deaver (opens the original)
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Chris Deaver spent his career shaping culture inside Apple, Disney, and Dell. Then he went out on his own and learned what that culture work actually costs a person. In this conversation, Chris and I get into what "brave" actually means when you're a founder with no big company behind you. We talk about the mirror test, a principle from his book that pushes you to get quiet enough to ask what you actually need to do differently, instead of copy pasting someone else's playbook. We go deep on the
Trying to Get Visible While Staying Invisible | The Fear That's Costing You Clients (opens the original)
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A few months ago I got on a call with a business owner who almost canceled on me twice. She runs a real consulting business, real clients, real revenue, and she's smart and experienced. But when we finally connected, she told me something I hear constantly: she's trying to grow her visibility while staying invisible. She wants more clients and more reach, but she doesn't want to actually put herself out there to get it. In this episode I dig into that contradiction, because it's one of the most
13 Years to $180M: What Bootstrapping Really Looks Like with Gregory Galant (opens the original)
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I sat down with Gregory Galant, co-founder and CEO of Muckrack, the leading PR software platform, and co-founder of the Shorty Awards. Greg bootstrapped his company for 13 years on roughly $200K in angel funding before raising $180 million. That's not a typo, and getting there was not a straight line. We talk about persistence, and how to actually tell the difference between an idea worth sticking with and one you need to walk away from. Greg shares the story of spending two years building a pod
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