Type A: Unhinged

“Nobody wants to buy a human.” In this episode of Type A: Unhinged, Nate and Di sit down with Sarah Moudry, Founder and CEO of BIZLINX.AI and Bizella Inc. Sarah is a self-proclaimed Type B “macro thinker” who spent two decades in traditional corporate M&A before burning the boats to completely automate the outdated broker system. We break down her recent six-year journey launching, scaling, an...

If you only know your team through status reports and middle management, you aren’t leading a team, you’re managing a black box. In this episode of Type A: Unhinged, Nate and Di audit the Active Desk Philosophy. As you climb the ladder, it becomes dangerously easy to see names on a chart rather than talent in action; we break down why keeping a real project on your desk is the only way to find you...

“I felt like Tom Hanks in Castaway… I made fire.” In this episode, Nate and Di audit the world of Vibe Coding - the transition from fighting syntax to leading with intent. Whether you’re a non-coder building your first app or a technical architect self-hosting local LLMs, this is the blueprint for force-multiplying your output. We dive into the “Hard Way” history of manual Python scrapers and disk...

“If you stop learning, you stop leading.” In this episode of Type A: Unhinged, Nate and Di sit down with Kayla Brown, Director of Customer Lifecycle at Hibbett, to audit what it really takes to scale a career and a tech stack in the high-velocity world of retail sneakers and sports. Kayla has been at Hibbett for eight years, moving from Email Marketing Specialist to Director—a rare feat in an indu...

“Everything is figureoutable.” That is the mantra of today’s guest, Nicole Williams. Nicole is a Type A powerhouse who transitions between high-stakes worlds like a pro, from the calculated environment of Private Equity to building high-end ecommerce sites and serving as the CEO and Board President of USA Dodgeball. In this episode, we audit the “Whatever it Takes” mindset that defines Nicole’s ca...

In this episode, Nate and Di confess to the “Pro-Grade Trap.” Why do Type A people buy the $600 version of something before they’ve even finished the tutorial? The Highlights: The $600 Racing Wheel: Nate’s “closet of shame” and why he won’t let guests see his pro-shifter. The Yarn Basket of Broken Dreams: Di’s unfinished “knitting in the round” projects and the Etsy shop that almost was. The Sourd...

From Cleaning Rental Shoes to Chief Operating Officer 👠📦 We sit down with Amanda, the COO of our day job, a mother of five (including one-year-old twins), and the woman who can move 10,000 boxes while managing a “stroller blowout.” The Highlights: The Tuxedo Trauma: The specific item found in a rental pant leg that made Amanda vow to own the company one day. The Imposter Syndrome Sprint: How she...

We are officially back from eTail Palm Springs, and while the “polite panic” of the show has subsided, our to-do lists are at peak capacity. In this episode, we audit the Agentic AI hype, recount the most unhinged sales pitch in conference history, and reveal the technical ghost that nearly caught us on the hook before we even left for the airport. The Lars LLM: How a “Salmon Fisher and Efficiency...

The sun is finally out in Minnesota, but Nate and Di are trading 50-degree weather for the palm trees of eTail Palm Springs. In this “Pre-Game” episode, we break down the high-stakes logistics of surviving one of the biggest retail conferences of the year without letting our daily operations—or our minds—implode. In this episode, we cover: The Out-of-Office Triage: How Nate protects his ad spend a...

The January 15th slump is real. While the rest of the world is mourning their broken resolutions, Nate and Di are busy re-engineering the friction out of their lives. In this episode, we’re moving past the “all-or-nothing” trap of New Year’s goals and focusing on System Upgrades. We dive into how to stop beating yourself up for failing a binary goal and start building “sanity-saving” workflows for...

What happens when your perfectly curated task list meets a crisis it can’t triage? You get sent to the warehouse. In this episode, Nate (Performance) and Di (Creative) pull back the curtain on the “Task List Apocalypse” at their day job. They cover the whiplash of a “polite panic” season, the 90-degree demand spike that buried operations, and the unhinged moment they were flown out to pack boxes (...

You’re the visionary, the lead salesperson, the head of product… and the person who has to fix the printer. Every founder hits a wall where the business can’t grow because they can’t scale. For Type-A control enthusiasts, the idea of letting go is a personal nightmare. In this episode, Nate and Di tackle the hardest part of growth: the shift from being an Operator (in the trenches, pulling the lev...

You invested a small fortune in a shiny new AI platform, sent out the logins, and were met with… the sound of crickets. It’s a story playing out in offices everywhere, and the problem isn’t the technology. It’s the human connection. Teams don’t resist change; they resist ambiguity. In this episode, Nate and Di break down why even the best tech fails and give you the Type A: Unhinged playbook for r...

What happens when a Type A personality is responsible for thousands of lives at 30,000 feet? You get someone like Ted, a man who literally had a red phone in his office—and not for decoration. After a career in the Air Force, Ted spent decades inside the FAA, moving from the high-pressure seat of an air traffic controller to investigating crash sites and ultimately helping lead the team that redes...

Ever convinced yourself that getting an item on sale means you made money? Or that a refund on a budgeted purchase is basically free cash? You might be a connoisseur of “Girl Math.” But does this creative accounting hold up to professional scrutiny? We brought in a real-life financial controller, Antoni [Last Name], to find out. As a fellow Type A who manages budgets for a living, he’s the perfect...

Welcome to Type A Unhinged, where ambition meets chaos! In our first episode, Our Unhinged Intro, we dive into the heart of what it means to be driven, organized, yet slightly unhinged in today’s fast-paced world. Join us as we introduce ourselves, sharing our backgrounds in marketing and creativity. We’ll explore how being Type A shapes our approach to both life and work, offering a glimpse into...