Henry Harrison Podcast | Dallas Texas

One client grew to 60% of his revenue. When they left, Michael Trkolta laid off nearly 40% of his staff — and made a rule he has never broken since. Michael Trkolta is the Founder and Managing Director of WebOracle and founder of Premium Links, part of Network Media Group in Melbourne, Australia. He came out of professional tennis, studied at RMIT, and started a directory publishing business with...

Hydraulics is a $750 billion market that hasn't seen a real breakthrough in actuation in decades. Hiten Sonpal is running the company trying to end it. RISE Robotics started in 2011 with an MIT-affiliated team chasing an Iron Man-style exosuit. They could not find an actuator strong, fast, or efficient enough to build it, so they invented one — Beltdraulic, a fluid-free linear actuator that pulls...

Amy Ledgister spent ten years as a dental hygienist making $40 an hour. Within six months of discovering lash extensions, she was earning $400 an hour — and that leap became 3D Lash & Brow, a private beauty college in Dallas and Forney, Texas that has graduated thousands of women since 2018. In this episode, Amy tells Henry the full story: the barter arrangement at a Dallas dental practice tha...

In 1984, Edward DuCoin registered a trade name for $102 and started a company from his bedroom. Sixteen years later it was a NASDAQ-listed business with 1,000 employees and $20 million in revenue. Then a bookkeeping error escalated into a $692,000 IRS claim — later resolved at under $30,000 — that ripped his company and reputation apart and took a decade to overcome. Henry Harrison sits down with...

Show Notes: Most financial advice focuses on accumulating wealth. Jeremiah Konger built his company around the harder problem: what happens when the paycheck stops. Jeremiah is the founder of Annuity Association, an independent annuity advisory firm with relationships across more than 80 carriers — a deliberate contrast to an industry where most advisors represent only two or three companies. His...

Mike DeJong has built, turned around, and sold franchise locations across the country, learning how to step out of the day-to-day without the business breaking. In this episode, Henry Harrison and Mike dig into the "operator trap" — the point where the work that built your business becomes the thing holding it back. Mike shares how he turned a failing location from -12% to +30% in a year by puttin...

Fuse Associates founder Jamie Christensen joins Henry Harrison to explain why strategy is only a fraction of the work in marketing — and implementation is where results are won or lost. After 15 years in institutional finance, Jamie built a fractional marketing firm for growing businesses, and she shares how Fuse turned a client's $1M/year Google Ads spend from a negative return into a 2X while re...

Zach Nathan, founder of Suite Leap, joins Henry Harrison to talk about a problem most founders eventually hit: needing senior leadership before they can afford a full-time hire. Zach shares how he went from 11 years at American Airlines to building businesses of his own — including an urgent care company he grew to $20M — and what that taught him about finding the right expertise at the right time...

Why do criminals make billions off hardworking people every year? Because most of us do nothing to stop them. Cybersecurity and personal protection expert Robert Siciliano joins Henry Harrison to explain the psychology behind why people resist security, the real economics of a $12.2 trillion cybercrime industry, and the handful of practical steps every business owner should take today. In this epi...

Kep Kepner is a repeat entrepreneur and founder of Kepner CPAs and Mindsmarts. He joins Henry Harrison to talk through an unconventional path — from his father's Wichita manufacturing business, to IBM sales, to an Arthur Young partnership, to a venture-backed real estate company that collapsed in the 1980s Texas downturn, to rebuilding a CPA firm from his bedroom. Kep opens up about what most foun...

Derek Isaac scaled a general contracting business, tripled revenue in one year, and still went bankrupt. He joins Henry Harrison to explain the gap between revenue and profit, why estimating is where money is made or lost, and how to build a construction company that doesn't depend on the owner. Derek is a construction business coach, founder of the Asset Builder Program, and host of the Contracto...

Rebecca Irey, founder of Blue Skye Financial, joins Henry Harrison for a conversation about entrepreneurship, financial planning, retirement strategy, and building lasting wealth beyond business ownership. https://blueskyefinancial.com/ Rebecca discusses the challenges entrepreneurs face when planning for retirement, the importance of financial education, tax-efficient wealth strategies, and the p...

Brad Poulos joins Henry Harrison to share real-world insights on entrepreneurship, lean startup strategy, and risk. From validating ideas before building to navigating downturns and leading teams, this episode breaks down what founders actually need to know. Brad draws from decades of experience as an entrepreneur, advisor, investor, and professor to explain how to make smarter business decisions...

In this episode of the Henry Harrison Podcast, Henry sits down with Jam Anderson, founder of JamAI, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the way small businesses operate. Jam shares her journey from agency life to entrepreneurship, including the rise and fall of her first company and the lessons that shaped her second venture. She explains why she pivoted early into AI and how sh...

Scott Kelly shares practical insights on raising capital, building investor relationships, and scaling startups. Learn how venture capital really works—and how AI is changing the game for entrepreneurs. https://vcfastpitch.com/ https://www.henryharrison.com/scott-kelly About This Episode Scott Kelly has spent nearly 30 years helping entrepreneurs fund, scale, and exit their businesses—and he’s don...

Craig Taylor, founder of CyberHoot, joins Henry Harrison to discuss the real cause of most cybersecurity breaches: human behavior. This episode explores why traditional training often fails, how phishing attacks operate, and how businesses can safeguard themselves using straightforward, effective strategies. The conversation also explores the growing impact of AI on cybersecurity—both as a tool an...

Henry Harrison welcomes one of his oldest friends, Dr. Frances Meredith, for a heartfelt conversation about her journey from conventional medicine to entrepreneurship. A Duke-, Cornell-, and UVA-trained physician, Dr. Meredith shares why she left the constraints of 13-minute appointments and corporate healthcare to found Stribling Springs Wellness, a functional medicine practice in Raleigh/Cary, N...

David Asarnow joins Henry Harrison to share practical lessons on business growth, leadership, and using AI as a true operating advantage. David breaks down how he built a new corporate division to $45M+, what it takes to scale a franchise business, and why training your entire team to work effectively with AI matters more than chasing the latest tools. If you’re a founder, executive, or investor f...

Join host Henry Harrison on the Entrepreneurs, Business and Finance podcast for an inspiring conversation with serial entrepreneur Anthony Franco. Anthony shares his rollercoaster journey—from founding and exiting multiple companies (including a major sale to WPP), appearing on Shark Tank with his innovative MC Squares reusable whiteboard product (securing a deal from Kevin O'Leary), to facing the...

In this episode, Henry sits down with Hugh Massie, a serial entrepreneur and the founder of DNA Behavior, a behavioral data analytics company pioneering the intersection of psychology, decision-making, and financial behavior. Hugh has spent more than two decades building systems that decode how people think, communicate, and make choices—especially around money. Resources Mentioned DNA Behavior —...

Burt Copeland, founder and CEO of New Life CFO, joins Henry Harrison to discuss how his near-collapse during the 2008 financial crisis became the catalyst for building one of the leading fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms. Serving companies from roughly $2M to $80M in revenue, New Life CFO combines strategic CFO guidance with clean, decision-ready books—because even the best CFO is use...

PLANO, TX: Entrepreneurs, Business & Finance — Episode: Glenn Poulos on Building (and Rebuilding) Winning Sales Organizations https://henryharrison.com/glenn-poulos/ Guest: Glenn Poulos — founder, 3× company builder, LinkedIn Top Voice, author of Never Sit in the Lobby Episode Snapshot What we cover: Selling without being “that salesperson,” buying a business under non-competes, the power-util...

In this episode, Henry Harrison sits down with Chaitanya NK, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Track 3D, an AI-powered construction technology company revolutionizing how job sites are monitored and managed. With over 15 years of experience across AI, 3D vision, robotics, and IoT, NK shares how his team is transforming the trillion-dollar construction industry through “reality intelligence”—the seaml...

In this episode, Henry Harrison sits down with Jack Carrere, the founder and CEO of Prokeep, a fast-growing software company transforming how distributors communicate with contractors. From a startup born in New Orleans to a nationwide organization with more than 100 employees, 1,000+ distributors, and 40,000 active users, Jack shares his entrepreneurial journey — including scaling through challen...

In this episode, Henry sits down with long-time friend and fellow EO Forum member James Poen, President and part-owner of Richardson Saw & Lawn Mower. James shares his remarkable story of taking over his family’s outdoor power equipment dealership, growing it into a thriving business, and eventually partnering with Graycliff Partners, a New York–based private equity firm, to launch a multi-sto...