Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan

You’re Building Your Brand Wrong. Here's What Actually Works. | Chris McClurg

A branding expert who ran marketing for 3M walked away with one rule that most small businesses ignore: if your brand isn't driving revenue, it's not a brand, it's a hobb

This Founder Grew from 0 to $20 Million in 3 Years. Then, He Met Alex Hormozi. | Drew Collom

A solar company went from $0 to $20 million in three years, and the biggest thing standing in the way past $10 million wasn't the market. It was the founder himself. In

This 4X Founder with 2 SUCCESSFUL EXITS Reveals Why You Don't Have to Be the Best | Ron Graziano

A founder who's already sold two companies breaks down the one test that decided whether each one was actually an asset, or just a very well-disguised job he couldn't lea

How To Turn Your Business Into An ASSET (and NOT Just Another Job!) | Tim Regan

Tim Regan spent years selling other people's financial products before realizing he wasn't running a business — he was just good at a job. Then he broke out on his own, b

Could AI really coach your business better than a real coach would? We put it to the test.

In a rare live experiment, Alex Sheridan brings in a business coach, Rick Lochner, and Claude AI at the same time, using his own business as the test case, to compare wha

Real Estate Is Quietly Outperforming Your Stock Portfolio Right Now. Here’s Why

Partners in Mortgage survived the 2008 housing crash by staying deliberately small, tried paid advertising exactly once, and has grown ever since almost entirely through

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