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Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #207: Stephanie Sylvestre: Does AI Have a Soul?Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:AI is everywhere. And there is real fear..Fear of being replaced, fear of machines taking over, fear of losing entire job segments. and the fear of losing self, our ability to critically think and what our place in this world is now that something so super smart is taking over. Because when something can speak like you… think like you… mirror your voice and your worldview… a very critical question emerges: Does AI have a soul?This episode does not focus on produ...
2026-01-1231 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #205: Michele Novack: Laid Off, Broke, and Burned Out—Then She Built Something BetterHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:What do you do when the life you built disappears overnight?In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, Michele Novack shares the moment her career—and identity—came to a full stop.After 30 years in the same industry, and now in her 50s, Michelle received the call no one is prepared for. The kind that ends a career in minutes and quietly dismantles the story you’ve been telling yourself about your value, your security, and your future.Michel...
2025-12-2928 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #204: John Stewart Hill: The Moment Life Gave Him A ChoiceHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:SUICIDE WARNING - TRIGGER WARNINGWhat do you do when you’ve tried everything—and nothing worked?A note for listeners: this episode includes an honest reflection on a period of deep emotional and spiritual distress, including a moment of asking God to take one’s life. Please take care while listening.In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, John Stewart Hill shares the moment his life came to a full stop. At 42...
2025-12-2228 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #203: Todd Hagopian: Burned Out, Brilliant, or Bipolar?Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Can a mental health diagnosis make you a better leader? Todd Hagopian says yes.. After 15 years undiagnosed with bipolar disorder, Todd faced a terrifying tradeoff: sanity or success. When medication stabilized his life but muted the hypomanic edge that powered his output, he did what founders do, he built a system around it.In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, Todd explains how he first had to understand his own neurodivergent patterns—and then translate years of operating on edge into the HO...
2025-12-1531 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #201: Shelley Goldstein: How to Lead When You’re Afraid to SpeakHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Most leaders don’t struggle with ideas.They struggle with articulating them.Because how can you be heard if you can’t find the right words?In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, I talk with Shelley Goldstein, founder of Remarkable Speaking, about why so many experts choke at the podium, get caught in a rabbit hole, or hide behind a fully written out script when it’s time to communicate from the heart...
2025-12-0127 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #199: Patrick van der Burght: How They Make You Say YES — The Science of PersuasionHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:We’re living through a trust crisis.Audiences recognize even the best hidden pitch from a mile away, customers tune out, and “ethical marketing” has become a buzzword hiding high-pressure sales tactics.So what is ethical persuasion — and does it influence without manipulation?In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, I sit down with Patrick van der Burght, founder of Ethical Persuasion Training & Consulting, to pull back the curtain on what truly makes persuasion ethical. A touchy subject for me as I...
2025-11-1734 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #198: Christopher Wesley: How Do You Survive after Losing Everything?Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:What happens when life strips away everything — your home, your art, your sense of self?In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, I speak with Christopher Wesley, a storyteller and transformation coach who lost everything in the Altadena fire. But instead of letting tragedy define him, he used it to rebuild his identity and purpose from the ground up. If you have had an event where you felt as if your world was falling apart, this conversation will give you ide...
2025-11-1029 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #197: Suzanne Raja: How to Align Power, Pleasure, and Purpose in LoveHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:We’re mastering business, money, and personal growth — but why does business success often mean that high-achievers feel empty in love?We live in a world that glorifies hustle and independence. Myself included, many of us believe there is a reward for doing everything on our own. Meet Suzanne Raja, co-founder of WarriorSage, who looks at what happens when success comes at the cost of our connection to ourselves and our partner and family.In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the...
2025-11-0333 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #196: Donovan Pyle: Fired for Telling the Truth: How the Insurance Industry Really WorksHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Why are healthcare costs skyrocketing for small businesses—while coverage keeps getting worse? 🤯 Benefits are important incentives for businesses to provide to their employees. And then you find out how your “advisor” really gets paid.In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, I sit down with Donovan Pyle, a former benefits broker who was fired for calling out the lack of fiduciary duty to their insurance clients. He uncovered how brokers profit from rising costs instead of saving clients money and...
2025-10-2729 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #195: Maria Brinck: Power Without Balance: The Cost of Unchecked MasculinityHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Why do we keep trusting the loudest person in the room instead of the most capable one? We seem drawn to the tall, bold, confident, and the loud, but not always to the wise. I invited Maria Brinck, founder of Zynergy International, and author of The Leadership We Need, to help me unpack this uncomfortable truth. Maria argues we have accepted being led by bullies and that our subconscious bias toward dominance keeps toxic, outdated leadership patterns alive. We explore what happens when masculine energy t...
2025-10-2027 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #194: Melissa Monte: From Jail Cell to A Million Downloads: The Truth About Reinventing YourselfHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:We live in a world where we are compelled to showcase how great our lives are. Yet, on the inside many of us are fighting silent battles with shame, trauma, and are trying to hide the parts of ourselves that we don’t want others to see. Melissa Monte, host of the Mind Love podcast, knows that feeling all too well. Deeply entrenched into the wrong kind of relationship and a screaming eating disorder she ended up in jail with a felony conviction. She used her story as the...
2025-10-1332 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #193: Sheridan Ruth: Losing My Hair, My Husband, and My Life—How I Rebuilt from ZeroHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:What happens when your body turns against you? For Sheridan Ruth, that question became brutally real. By 25, she had lost her hair, her eyebrows, and her lashes. At the same time, she faced the suicide of her husband and the collapse of her life in Colombia.The grief, the shame, and the pressure to keep going until it all came crashing down. Talk therapy didn’t work. Yoga helped for half an hour. Nothing seemed to last.So how did she get from that bre...
2025-10-0636 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #192: Dr. Christiane Schroeter: From Anxiety to Action: The STEP Method That Actually WorksHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Entrepreneurs deal with fear, anxiety, and overwhelm daily. Dr. Christiane Schröter does not just acknowledge it—she teaches how to turn it into momentum.In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, Dr. Christiane Schroeter introduces the STEP framework (Simplify, Tell, Examine, Praise). It is a clear, four-step system designed to break big goals into small, doable actions and remove the overwhelm that comes with endless to-do lists. From writing two pages of a book a day, to using “Petite Practices” that keep pr...
2025-09-2927 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #191: Dr. Debi Silber: The Truth About Betrayal No One Talks About…Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Betrayal cuts deep. It’s not just emotional pain but often impacts your health, your work, and your ability to trust again. In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, I sit down with Dr. Debi Silber, founder of the PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute, to uncover why betrayal is a different kind of trauma and why traditional healing or talk therapy approaches can often keep us stuck instead of setting us free.Debi shares her own powerful story of family and marital be...
2025-09-2230 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #190: Tanner Haas: Protect Your Privacy NOW: Why FreedomChat Changes the GameHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Privacy isn’t free—and Tanner Haas is here to prove it. In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, we cut through the noise about so-called “end-to-end encryption” and uncover what’s really happening when you send that photo, video, or text. Tanner reveals why free apps like WhatsApp and iMessage aren’t as private as they claim, and how their business model depends on turning your personal life into profit.What I loved most about this conversation is Tanner’s straightforwar...
2025-09-1535 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #188: How Laura Gisborne Built 9 Companies and a Legacy That Outlasts HerHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:What does it really mean to live and lead without limits? For Laura Gisborne, it’s not a catchphrase — it’s her guiding principle and her life’s work. Having built nine companies and sold six, Laura could have stopped there. But a near-fatal car accident and a lifetime of overcoming trauma pushed her to step into a bigger calling: helping leaders turn their businesses into vehicles for legacy.In this episode of Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, Laura reveals the mindset shifts and practices that kee...
2025-09-0127 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #187: Wes Towers: When Everything Breaks All At OnceHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Wes Towers didn’t just stumble; his whole world collapsed. A failed marriage, a business undervalued to nearly nothing, and nights spent sleeping under his desk — this was the reality he faced. Yet, in the middle of one of his darkest days, Wes wiped away tears, pulled himself together, and closed the biggest deal of his career. That moment became the start of an unexpected journey — one where pain transformed into power.In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, Wes shares the raw tr...
2025-08-2527 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #186: Laurel Mintz: From Marketing Powerhouse to Venture Capital TrailblazerHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:She’s not here to play nice — and she’s definitely not here to sugarcoat anything. Laurel Mintz — my friend, favorite bada$$, and unapologetic force of nature — built a marketing agency that’s worked with over 400 brands (including Squishmallows) and then decided, screw it, I’m starting an investment fund too. On this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, we kick off our heels and get real. No PR polish. No fake humblebragging. Just straight talk about what it actually takes to leap from marketing maven to GP of...
2025-08-1828 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #185: Leslie Hassler: Here’s the Real Reason You’re Stuck at Low 6 Figures (It’s Not What You Think)Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Are you doing everything right—but still can’t break past six figures? Leslie Hassler, author of Scaling Rich, reveals the overlooked reason most entrepreneurs plateau—and it’s not your offer, your funnel, or your team.If you’ve been stuck around the low six figures wondering why all the hard work still isn’t getting you to the next level, this episode is for you. I sat down with Leslie Hassler—author of Scaling Rich and founder of Your Biz Rules® and we talk about what...
2025-08-1135 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #181: Jenny Eversole: What Does a Leader Look Like? How to Nail Your First ImpressionHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:What does a leader look like? How do you nail your first impression? In this episode, Jenny Eversole, founder of Stylespace.com, explains how your personal style shapes how others see you — and how you feel about yourself. The way you look isn’t just a fashion statement but a tool to build confidence, authority, and success.What if your outfit could quietly speak for you — boosting your confidence, building trust, and helping you lead with ease? In this episode, I’m joined by Jenny...
2025-07-1433 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #180: Drewbie Wilson: Time to Call the Damn Leads? Here’s How to Invest Your Time WiselyHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:You know you need to make your sales calls but constantly run out of time. Drewbie Wilson, founder of Call the Damn Leads, reveals how we waste our most valuable resource—and how we can fix it. Listen to the show and find out how to reframe your sales call reluctance and invest your energy where it actually drives results.Tired of proclaiming that today is the day you are making the calls? Because you keep running out of time because other things come in th...
2025-07-0730 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #179: LanaRose Berger: You Deserve to Be Happy — Here’s How to BeginHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Unhappy? Anxious? Burned out? Wondering if there is more to life than work and hustle and feeling bad? LanaRose Berger shares her raw, honest journey of achieving six figure success, hitting burnout, and finally finding her path to happiness. If you’ve asked yourself, “Is this really it?” — this conversation will help you see what’s possible and how to take the first step.What if you hit all the markers, make the money, take the trips, have the expense account and go to the parties an...
2025-06-3032 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #178: Steve Ramona: The Referral Engine: How To Built a 1,800-Referral System in One YearHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Tired networking events and constant pitching yourself without sounding like you selling something? In this episode, Steve Ramona shares the exact method he uses to build authentic, high-value relationships that drive real business growth. Learn how asking the right questions—and listening with intention—can turn strangers into supporters, and conversations into opportunities.Forget everything you’ve learned about networking. In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show, I sit down with Founder of the Future Steve Ramona—host of Doing Business with a Servant’...
2025-06-2332 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #177: Vince Covino: Why Conscious Capitalism Is the Future of WealthHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:We’ve heard ‘the day I lost it all’ before. But this story is extraordinary. What happens when everything crashes at once—your business, your beliefs, your identity? In this powerful episode of overcoming a massive set of obstacles, Vince Covino shares the day his $60M empire collapsed and how that breakdown led to a breakthrough. This is one of the most emotional, raw, and thought-provoking interviews I’ve had the privilege of hosting. In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show, I welcome Vince Covin...
2025-06-1632 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #175: Penelope Holt: The Truth About Purpose-Driven Success (And Why Strategy Alone Fails)Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Tired of fake, polished marketing that doesn’t connect? In this episode, Penelope Holt shares how spiritual principles like authenticity and alignment can unlock deeper success—for your business and yourself.There are episodes that inform, and then there are episodes that transform—and this one is the latter. I am sitting down with Penelope Holt who shares deep insights in the world of emotional intelligence, storytelling, and purpose-driven business. Penelope is the author of Business Emotions at Work and she brings decades of experience as a ghostw...
2025-06-0233 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #173: Seth Greene: The Hidden Reasons Funnel Hacking Rarely Delivers Real GrowthHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Funnel hacking looks easy — but it almost never delivers real success. Seth Greene reveals the hidden reasons why copying tactics fails and what you actually need to grow your business for real. Tune in and learn what truly drives lasting growth.If you think success is just one more funnel away, think again. In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show, I sit down with Seth Greene — best-selling author, podcast host, and founder of Market Domination LLC — to dismantle the myths that ke...
2025-05-1932 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #172: Nathan Newberry: If You Want Freedom In Your Business—Stop Making These MistakesHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Think your business should give you freedom—but it doesn’t? Nathan Newberry reveals the hidden mistakes holding entrepreneurs back. Watch now to stop the cycle and start building a business that works for you.If you’ve ever felt stuck building a business that relies entirely on you, this episode is for you. I sat down with Nathan Newberry—discussing how to build personal brands that are scalable and provide the freedom that made you get into busi...
2025-05-1233 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #171: Siamon Emery: Tired of Carrying Pain? How to Break Free from TraumaHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Avoiding facing your fears keeps you stuck. Simon Emery explains how running from fearful experiences or childhood trauma limits your potential and growth. Unlock your true strength instead.Are you still carrying the emotional pain of your past — pain that was never really yours to begin with? In this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show, transformational coach Siamon Emery breaks down the truth about healing: don’t focus on fixing broken pieces. You were never broken at all. Siamon challenges the i...
2025-05-0533 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #170: Zack Zeller: Is Your Marketing Repelling Your Ideal Client?Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Think more content equals more clients? Think again. Zack Zeller explains why slowing down and creating thoughtful, soulful content is the real key to business growth. 🎧 Watch now to learn how less can lead to more.Marketing the “right” way you’ve been taught? It might be why clients ghost you.That’s the bold premise Zack Zeller brings to the table in this episode of Business Growth Architect Show. With a career that spans over a decade in direct response marketing—and experience wo...
2025-04-2834 minBusiness Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #169: Norman Wolfe: Your Business Is Alive—Here’s How to Lead It That WayHad an AHA or Insight? Share it:Discover why culture can’t wait. Norman Wolfe explains why your business isn’t a machine—it’s a living, breathing entity. Learn how leading with intention and building early culture is the key to sustainable growth.Your Business Is Alive: Building Culture as a Living Organization with Norman WolfeIn this episode of the Business Growth Architect Show, I speak with Norman Wolfe, the author of The Living Organization and founder of Quantum Leaders. Norman brings a radical and refreshing idea to the fore...
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