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Practical Business Skills & Tools Episodes

Oct. 11, 2025

1266: Stop Frankenstein-ing Your Tech Stack... Here's A Guide to Cust…

In this episode, Brian sits down with Victoria Balkissoon and Matthew Proetsch, the co-founders of NightShift Codes, a software engineering company that started by helping local businesses streamline their operations. They sh...

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Oct. 10, 2025

1265: Your Next AI Engineer is an AI: The Future of Automation & Cust…

In a world saturated with general AI tools like ChatGPT, Eshan Chordia is carving a new path for entrepreneurs. As the founder and CEO of Impulse AI, he's on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence and make it a powerf...

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Sept. 25, 2025

1250: The Future of AI is Video! Here's How to Get Ahead of the Curve…

In this episode, Brian sits down with brothers and co-founders Sagar and Vishal Gandhi to explore the next frontier of artificial intelligence: video. Forget just transcribing your content; Sagar and Vishal are building the t...

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Sept. 20, 2025

1245: Ditch the AI Hype and Focus on AI Readiness w/ Brittney Hannah

Tired of the endless hype around AI and ready for a real strategy? This episode cuts through the noise with Brittney Hannah, an AI strategist with a "storytelling soul." She reveals why most AI training programs fail and how ...

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Sept. 19, 2025

1244: Unleash Your Inner Rebel: The Secret to True Innovation + Creat…

Tired of the corporate grind and bureaucratic creep? Michael Glatts, a self-proclaimed "corporate survivor," joins the show to reveal how he transformed decades of corporate experience and a passion for improv comedy into a t...

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Sept. 10, 2025

1235: AI Isn’t Stealing Creatives' Jobs... It’s Giving Them Superpowe…

In this episode, Brian sits down with Roger Baldowski, a 16-year creative industry veteran and founder of Wildcraft, a new kind of creative agency built for the AI era. Roger unpacks why creatives and entrepreneurs shouldn't ...

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Sept. 9, 2025

1234: Are you DATA RICH but INSIGHT POOR? Here's the AI Solution You'…

Are you drowning in data from countless dashboards but starving for actionable insights? In this episode, we tackle the all-too-common problem of being "data rich but insight poor." Harsha Mokkarala, a seasoned expert with ov...

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Sept. 6, 2025

1231: Using Verifiable Data to Build a Business That Matters w/ Jeff …

Ever feel like you're drowning in data but starving for wisdom? In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Lumpkin, a 15-year Microsoft veteran who left the corporate world to build Veritas Maps, a data visualization company on a...

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Aug. 29, 2025

1223: Building your company's second brain NATIVELY in Slack w/ Tomas…

Tired of answering the same questions over and over? Frustrated that your team's valuable knowledge gets lost in endless Slack channels? In this episode, Tomas Franc, CEO and founder of the NextKS Framework, reveals how to tr...

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Aug. 26, 2025

1220: The entrepreneur delivering a cybersecurity engineer in a box s…

Cybersecurity isn’t just for big businesses anymore—it’s something every entrepreneur, household, and solopreneur needs to think about. In this eye-opening episode, Erik Barnett, founder of HomeSirens, breaks down why we’re a...

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Aug. 20, 2025

1214: These AI agents will FIND YOUR NEXT CLIENT exactly when they're…

What if AI could find your next customer before you even know they exist? That’s exactly what Anish Chopra is doing with Intently—an AI-powered platform that deploys personalized agents to crawl Reddit, LinkedIn, Facebook gro...

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Aug. 15, 2025

1209: The AI Tool That Turns 40-Hour Proposals into 2-Day Wins w/ She…

Tired of spending endless hours on proposals that go nowhere? In this episode, multi-time entrepreneur Shelley Simkins shares how a ruined Christmas vacation spent grinding on an RFP was the breaking point that launched her A...

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Aug. 14, 2025

1208: Why your tech stack starts with the PEOPLE behind your business…

In this episode, Jack Murphy, founder of Motion 3 Technology, shares his unorthodox path from the nonprofit camping industry to building a tech consulting business that puts humans first. Jack dives deep into why most tech so...

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Aug. 5, 2025

1199: How CONVERSATIONAL UIs are the future – AND the present! w/ Yog…

In this episode, we dive into the mind of Yogesh Nagarkar, the brilliant founder behind UNpkl—a next-gen network device that gives everyday users complete control over their WiFi in real time. With over two decades of experie...

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Aug. 2, 2025

1196: How REAL-TIME AI is changing the job market (and the world!)...…

In this episode, Congxing Cai, founder of Synco AI and former engineering leader at Snap and Google, breaks down how real-time AI is transforming job interviews—and what this means for the future of work. From prepping behavi...

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July 31, 2025

1194: AI cold calling agents!? Personalized outreach!? Here's how to …

Mike Ali, founder of OnPath Marketing, shares how he’s revolutionizing the cold outreach game with AI-powered voice agents and personalized email systems. Starting with zero capital and a background in finance, Mike bootstrap...

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July 23, 2025

1186: Leveraging PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT lessons to ease cognitive loads…

In this episode, Claire Knutson, founder of Bold Minds and creator of Traverzer, shares how they're transforming the way software engineers work by simplifying complex processes and reducing cognitive load. With over 20 years in software development, Claire’s entrepreneurial journey is driven by a …

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July 18, 2025

1181: How to build CONVICTION for your ideas (AND make them better wi…

Ever feel like you have a million-dollar idea but don't know the next step? Chad Vavra, a designer and developer with over 20 years of experience working with giants like Pixar, Google, and Meta, joins us to solve that exact problem. He breaks down how he’s democratizing the high-level strategies t…

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July 9, 2025

1172: Unlocking the POTENTIAL in every conflict w/ Katie Kolon

In this episode of the Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Podcast, host Brian Lofrumento sits down with Katie Kolon, a certified mediator and conflict resolution expert, to discuss how entrepreneurs can navigate conflict in busine...

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July 8, 2025

1171: CONSENSUS-BASED AI models that can tackle cybersecurity, phishi…

In this episode, we dive deep into the world of cybersecurity and AI with David Beltran, a 30-year tech veteran and the founder of CypherShield . David shares how his insatiable curiosity led him from dismantling toys as a ki...

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July 5, 2025

1168: Building out CUSTOM SOFTWARE solutions & managing client relati…

In this episode, we dive deep into the mind of James McNamara, founder of 8 Penny Labs, who brings a refreshingly practical approach to digital transformation. James shares how he helps mid-sized businesses modernize their sy...

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June 30, 2025

1163: ALL the secrets of a tech stack (and tech STRATEGY!) that can h…

EPISODE STACK : https://stackl.ist/4nsZBFr In this episode, we’re diving into the mind of a three-time CIO and CTO who’s taken his decades of experience leading top 100 firms and brought it straight to small business owners l...

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June 28, 2025

1161: BE LAZIER! Time to think in WORKFLOWS rather than TASKS w/ Aart…

If you're still trying to do everything in your business manually, this episode is for you. Aarti Anand is the founder of Kodenyx AI, where she helps B2B CEOs and founders automate the most time-wasting parts of their business using intelligent AI agents. From lead nurturing to client onboarding, h…

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June 25, 2025

1158: The NON-TECHIE way to leverage AI for automation, efficiency, &…

In this episode, Brian sits down with Tom Sprinkle, a longtime technologist and entrepreneur who's been at the forefront of emerging tech since the early days of the internet. Tom shares how he's helping everyday businesses tap into the real power of AI—not just for content creation, but for operat…

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