Latest posts
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Brad Poulos on Building a Business That Runs Without You
Entrepreneurship educator Brad Poulos on lean startups, delegating outcomes instead of tasks, funding paths beyond VC, and the ‘Barbados test’ for whether you own a business or just your job.
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Matt Tyner on Why Marketing Makes the Promise and Operations Keeps It
Bone Dry Roofing CMO Matt Tyner on the only constant in 15 years of marketing, why home services over-rotated to digital, and a week-one action list to start building trust in your market.
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Cecily North on Building a Travel Agency — and Why AI Can’t Replace a Human Agent
Traveling North Agency founder Cecily North on the question that launched her business, why friends and family make the worst first clients, and the one thing ChatGPT can’t do when your trip falls apart.
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Jessica Malnik on Remote Work, AI & Beating Commodity Content
Remote-work and product-marketing expert Jessica Malnik on why hybrid is the hardest model, who maintains your vibe-coded tools once their builder leaves, and how “information gain” beats AI’s 1,000x copycat content.
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Mark Pearson on Getting Found, Chosen, and Paid by AI Agents — Agentic Commerce Comes to Small Business
AI consultant Mark Pearson breaks down agentic commerce and AEO for small business — how AI agents now have a wallet, why backlinks still matter, and how to get found, chosen, and paid by AI. Includes a free ebook, slide deck, and SOP download.
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Brad Poulos on Building SMBs That Run Without You — Barbados Tests, Bulldozer Parents, and the Delegation Mindset
Toronto Metropolitan University entrepreneurship professor Brad Poulos shares what 15 years teaching lean startup, managing teams, and consulting $5–50M businesses has taught him about building companies that actually run without you.
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Paul Pape: How Gamifying Business Makes Entrepreneurs Finally Get It
What if the reason your clients can’t understand your process is that you’re explaining it wrong — not because they’re incapable, but because the format itself is the problem? Paul Pape, barkeep and game master at Gamify Business, converts business strategy into role-playing game mechanics — and in this episode, he makes a compelling case…
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Cameron Tope: Building a Property Management Company With Integrity
Cameron Tope of Emerson Property Management shares how he built a Houston property management company from 30 doors to a full-service asset management firm — covering vendor vetting, cash flow, legal battles, AI, and why rental investing is a long game.
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Knight Lancaster: Navigating Finances, Marketing & Law in Tennessee
Knight Lancaster — attorney and CPA — breaks down the cash flow models, marketing attribution strategies, and legal frameworks helping Tennessee small businesses thrive. A dual-credential approach that finds the balanced middle ground between law and accounting.
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Cash Flow Is Queen — and It’s Also Baby | Meaghan Wall of The Hot Girl CFO
Jeremy Rivera sits down with Meaghan Wall, founder of The Hot Girl CFO — a boutique accounting agency specializing in fractional CFO services, bookkeeping, and taxes for creator economy businesses, marketing agencies, influencers, and online service providers. With 15+ years in finance, Meaghan covers the financial blind spots quietly costing…