Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan

Why This $10,000 Franchise Beats Multi-Million Dollar Competitors | Julian Good

Julian Good runs a Chick-fil-A that pulls in roughly $8 million a year, stays closed every Sunday, and can't be sold or passed down to his kids. Alex Sheridan talks with

This Founder Built a Brand So Unique, Customers Travel Hours Just to Experience It | Matthew Gerard

A former SWAT cop who hates gun shops bought a 100-year-old bank and built one of the most creative firearms businesses in the country. In this episode of Founder Talk,

They Bought a Failing Practice Then 4X'd Revenue in Year One | Dr. Anushka Gaglani

She bought a failing dental practice, quadrupled the revenue in year one, and built eight locations that run without her. Dr. Anushka Gaglani, founder and co-CEO of Areo

He Traded an AC Install for His First Van. Then BUILT a $25M HVAC Company | Brian McNally

70% of the HVAC industry has been swallowed by private equity. Brian McNally chose to stay independent. Today McNally's has 80 employees, nearly $25 million in revenue, a

Clients Pay Nothing. Cold Calls Are Illegal. Here Is How Their Business GROWS | Mike & Julie Semyck

Their clients pay nothing. Cold calling is illegal in their industry. And they still built a thriving practice. Mike Semyck left Wall Street to found Semyck Financial S

Nobody Wants to Talk About Aging Parents. This Couple Makes It Easier | Michael & Tammy Bilek

A husband-and-wife team bought a senior moving company right before COVID and grew it from 6 jobs a month to 420 projects a year with zero paid marketing. Michael and Ta

Content Creation Changed My Life. Then It Nearly Broke Me. Here Is the Truth. | Founder Talk

Content creation changed my life. It also nearly broke me. This is the truth about 6 years of building in public. For the first time in 115 episodes, I sat in the guest

Zero Salespeople. $100M in Revenue. Just Relationships | Tony Ianessa on Founder Talk

Tony Ianessa built BIG Construction to $100 million in revenue by year three. Then his own ego nearly destroyed everything he built. In this episode he shares the journey

Your Body Is Sending A DISTRESS CALL. You NEED To Listen Before It's Too Late. | Ashley Anderson

Ashley Anderson was a hospital dietitian with four jobs and a side hustle. Then 2020 happened, she got laid off, and she built something from scratch that would change ho

2nd Gen Founder REVEALS HOW He's 10Xing Their 30-Year Family Business | Cliff Hardesty

A 30-year family business. A second-generation founder. And a future that makes everything they built irrelevant. He took over from his father and saw the problem immedi

87% of Owners CANNOT Sell Their Business. Here's What’s Wrong | Nicole & Thano Emerick

87% of business owners will never successfully exit their company. Nicole and Thano Emerick spend every day making sure their clients are not in that number. Alex Sherid

Is Your Business Ready for AI Agents, or Will You Just Automate Your Chaos? | Sam Gao

Sam Gao built an AI COO that commands 12 agents running his business around the clock — and it started because he almost lost everything to a broken sales process. Alex

Every Founder Hits a Revenue Ceiling. Here's the Skill Set That Breaks Through It | Michael Grudecki

Every founder hits a revenue ceiling. Michael Grudecki says it's rarely a market problem. It's a skill set missing inside your own company. Alex Sheridan sits down with

Why DELEGATING What You Do BEST (Not What You Hate) is the Best Strategy | Erik Davison

Alex Sheridan sits down with Erik Davison, founder and CEO of DBV Solutions, to discuss the real cost of scaling a consulting firm. Erik shares how he tripled revenue thr

$600/Hr Consultants Were Failing. She Built Something Better | Rachel Losser on Founder Talk

She watched $600/hour consultants deliver terrible work for years. Then she quit corporate and built a better firm in 12 months. Rachel Losser left corporate in July 202

Solar CEO Scaled From $300K to $20M in Under 3 Years (And It Runs Even WITHOUT Him) | Kevin Goodwin

He went from $300K to $20 million in under three years. Now he works 7 hours a week on that business. Kevin Goodwin is the co-founder of Quality Solar, Scors.ai, and The

Wealth Advisor to $50M+ Families EXPOSE How Rich People ACTUALLY Invest Money | Jeremy Boynton

Your 401k is not going to make you rich. A wealth advisor to $50M+ families just said it on camera. Jeremy Boynton manages ultra-high-net-worth families. He survived two

THIS Is Why Your Business Won't Scale (According To An 18-Year Leadership Coach) | Rick Lochner

94% of business problems are process, not people. But most founders blame people first. Rick Lochner has spent 18 years coaching leaders on how to get out of their own w

What an ER Doctor Turned Cancer Survivor Understands About Health That Founders Don't | Jennifer Ron

She had a six-pack, a thriving ER career, and did everything right on the surface. Then she was diagnosed with cancer. The cause was not genetics. It was the lifestyl

Business Law Attorney REVEALS the Legal BLIND SPOTS That Put Your Company at Risk | Chris Lunardini

You built a business worth millions. Now you are getting married. Do you know what your spouse is legally entitled to if it does not work out? Most founders have no idea.