Inspired By Success

Send us Fan Mail Most acquisitions aren't as rational as you'd think. Raj Singh, a founder whose startups were acquired by Salesforce, Cookpad, Opera, and Mozilla, explains how deals really happen, the four emotions founders feel after selling, and why he's stopped using the word "company". Who is Raj Singh: Raj Singh is a serial entrepreneur and product builder with more...

Send us Fan Mail A former pro surfer who dropped out of school at 17 explains how his startup went from a pitch deck with no product to about $7M raised in two years, why you should expect 90 no's from 100 investors, and why distribution now beats product. Introduction: What makes someone leave school at 17 to chase professional surfing, then go on to lead some of Australia's best-known...

Send us Fan Mail Merit Khan, an emotional intelligence expert and keynote speaker, has coached thousands of business owners, executives, and sales leaders, and says success rarely stalls because of strategy. It stalls because of the identity you've outgrown. In this episode she explains the identity ceiling, the hand-me-down beliefs about money and worth that hold founders back, and why scali...

Send us Fan Mail He was a millionaire on paper after 25 years of 14-16 hour days, then lost everything in a single week. Greg Slaughter explains the achievement trap and the 5 C's framework that let him rebuild with more freedom as his revenue grew. Introduction: Most entrepreneurs follow the same playbook: set a big goal, sacrifice everything, never quit, then set a bigger goal. Greg Slaught...

Send us Fan Mail Albert Butler, CPA, MBA spent 25+ years reading numbers—not just for businesses, but for families who think they're building legacy until the math says otherwise. His philosophy: if you follow the money, you'll find answers about your priorities, your values, what you're actually building. Your bank account tells truth about your life—not intentions, not hopes, the...

Send us Fan Mail BE GOOD, DO GOOD, EVOLVE: The Framework That Separates Real Entrepreneurs From Everyone Else Most entrepreneurs are chasing the wrong thing. They chase revenue. They chase status. They chase the visible metrics everyone can see. And they get hollow victories—business success that feels empty because there's no foundation underneath it. Jasper Calcara discovered something diff...

Send us Fan Mail THE COST OF INACTION: Why Your Biggest Mistake Is Waiting For Perfect Timing Most people are stuck. Not because they lack intelligence. Not because they lack opportunity. They're stuck because they're overthinking the decision while their life passes by. Tim Kelly discovered something most high-performers never realize: the cost of doing nothing is exponentially more exp...

Send us Fan Mail He was a college sophomore who noticed the university charged $130 to rent a loft for dorm rooms. He thought, I can build that cheaper. He bought a pallet of poles for $35, wrapped chains around them, and made $5,000 in his first two weeks; enough to pay for his entire first semester. That $35 idea eventually became a security franchise worth $330 million, operating in 48 states a...

Send us Fan Mail He started with a $250 car magnet and a spare room in his parents' house. At just 17 years old, while still studying commerce and law at the University of Sydney, he began tutoring high school students on the side. He had no business background, no family mentors in entrepreneurship, and no plan to build anything beyond a bit of extra income. Ten years later, that side hustle...

Send us Fan Mail She was told no reason at all. No warning, no severance conversation, just gone. One day she had a six-figure salary, health insurance, and a job she was exceeding every goal in. The next day she had none of it — and a daughter depending on her. Her boss didn't like women with opinions. That was reason enough. What she built afterward, without any business background, any men...

Send us Fan Mail THE ONE PERCENT DOOR: How Understanding Systems Made Him Free From Everything At 35 years old, most people accept they're trapped. Neil Solomon refused. After generating $6.5 million in revenue for a Fortune 500 company and receiving a $13,000 bonus for his trouble, he faced a choice: spend the next 30 years as a trapped high-performer, or question the entire system. He quest...

Send us Fan Mail He was one step away from Major League Baseball. Not close in the way people casually say it—13 people accepted out of 350 who tried out for professional umpire school, moving quickly through the minor leagues, close enough to taste it. Then at 30 years old, with a pregnant wife and no money, a new league policy ended it overnight. He had no backup career, no savings, and no idea...

Send us Fan Mail Jaden Sterling walked away from 10 years on Wall Street at Citigroup and Merrill Lynch after discovering clients with multi-million dollar individual stock portfolios were losing 50%+ returns when forced into mutual funds. He turned $70,000 into nearly $1 million by buying one stock monthly during the 90s, then built a $12.5 million investment business in seven years using individ...

Send us Fan Mail THE 22-YEAR-OLD FOUNDER: HOW ONE TEXT MESSAGE TURNED INTO A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS At 22 years old, most people are still figuring out their first real job. JC Carr? He's already brokering multi-million dollar exotic car deals, managing a 3,500-person global company, and giving back over $150,000 to kids in need. But here's what makes his story different from ever...

Send us Fan Mail You can work harder. Read more books. Follow better strategies. And still stay exactly where you are. You make the same income. Hit the same limits. Wonder why nothing changes. Most entrepreneurs blame the economy. Blame their market. Blame bad luck. But Mark Bruce and Dwayne Gibbs spent decades discovering the real culprit: your subconscious mind. Your conscious mind thinks it&ap...

Send us Fan Mail There's a lot of noise in tech about scaling fast, raising money, and pushing hard early. But no one talks about what happens after: exhaustion, team turnover, and the business running you. Dean Matthews bootstrapped On The Clock without VC, built a 24-person team with zero turnover, and proves that culture beats talent every single time. Dean Matthews bootstrapped On The Clo...

Send us Fan Mail You can achieve everything on paper—the dream job, the income, the title, the business success—and still feel empty. Harvard to Wall Street sounds like the path to fulfillment. It wasn't. Alexander Dunlop and Vicky Scudery work with high achievers who've checked every box but feel deeply misaligned. Today we're breaking down why success without self-knowledge create...

Send us Fan Mail You can have a good job, decent salary, everything that's supposed to mean you're doing well—and still feel broke. Not because you're irresponsible, but because no one taught you the basics. Steve Short spent 30 years leading billion-dollar corporate divisions. Mark Schlipman spent 2+ decades helping people build wealth. They saw this problem up close with their own...

Send us Fan Mail Kendall Berg stuck at manager level 5+ years until boss said: "Everybody loves having you on their team, but nobody likes working with you." That harsh feedback became catalyst for 5 promotions in 6 years. Hard work isn't what gets you promoted—it's the entry fee. Now TEDx speaker, executive career coach with 70% promotion rate, $25K average salary increase, 3,...

Send us Fan Mail From losing both parents before 40 and falling into dark spiral with alcohol to moving to Mexico with zero planning and $200/month rent living her dream life—Tina Coleman's transformation is a masterclass in radical reinvention, money mindset shifts, and giving yourself permission to live NOW instead of waiting for retirement. Who is Tina Coleman: Tina Coleman is author of &q...

Send us Fan Mail Justin ITee Walker overdosed, died in an ambulance, heard a voice say "your purpose isn't over"—then rebuilt from violent addict to cybersecurity CEO. Born from rape, raised in chaos, he lost his humanity to addiction before fitness, Krav Maga, and embracing autism as superpower transformed him into leader who puts people before profits in tech. Who is Justin ITee W...

Send us Fan Mail David Pourquery built Groas with zero VC funding, 100% ownership, profitable from day one—now managing $35M+ monthly ad spend and replacing entire marketing agencies. Started as a dynamic landing page tool, evolved into fully autonomous Google Ads management running campaigns 24/7 better than human teams.  Introduction: Most people think the problem with marketing agencies is find...

Send us Fan Mail Most entrepreneurs have it backwards. They speed up when they should slow down. They add more to-do lists when they should zoom out to see the system. Phyllis Dealy built her career on a counterintuitive truth: slowing down actually speeds up growth. After 25+ years in advertising and marketing evolution—from traditional print and TV through internet, social media, programmatic, a...

Send us Fan Mail Mitchell Osmond went from nearly six figures in debt, marriage on the brink, 60 pounds overweight, and medicating with drugs and alcohol to complete transformation in 18 months. The turning points? A devastating fight and a funeral question: "Are you living a life worthy of imitation?" He reveals why high performers succeed professionally but fail personally, breaking ge...

Send us Fan Mail Most founders think fundraising is about convincing investors to give them money. Andrew Ackerman knows the truth: it's choosing the right life partner for a relationship more permanent than marriage. This conversation exposes hidden dynamics founders don't understand until too late—you fundamentally cannot be both rich and king, removing a bad investor from your cap tab...