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What is the surprising science of "puppy dog eyes"? It’s a complex cocktail of neurochemicals, led by oxytocin, that reduces stress, anxiety, and pain when humans and dogs interact . In this interview, Tombot founder Tom Stevens explains how dogs were selectively bred for millennia to have unique eye muscles that imitate human babies, triggering our innate need to care for them. This powerful bond...

What if the entrepreneurial journey isn't about finding your best self, but confronting the worst parts of yourself? According to CEO Mark Stouse, being a founder is a primal sort of situation that will bring out things that shock the hell out of you. In this brutally honest interview, Mark exposes the "killing it" lie, where founders project confidence in public but are in the proverbial fetal po...

What is the real impact of AI in sales? According to Global Chief Revenue Officer Alan Versteeg, for most people, it will just help you suck quicker. In this brutally honest interview, Alan warns that AI without the right intention will lead to more laziness and canned messages, further damaging the sales profession. He reveals that the top-performing salespeople in the world are not defined by th...

Have you ever found yourself dating like a sales funnel? For entrepreneur Don Finley, it meant trying to "close" a date in three messages on an app. In this surprisingly personal interview, Don and Sean explore the uncanny similarities between business and modern relationships. They break down the confusing rise of the "situationship" , the unique six-month "contract" Don has in his current relati...

After 920 CEO calls in just 90 days, venture capitalist Jeremy Barr reveals how I read people in the first 60 seconds of any meeting. He explains how to analyze nonverbal cues like eye movement, body language, and microexpressions, which he says account for 95% of all communication. In this intense interview, Jeremy also shares his brutal philosophy on resilience—that you must have a mission you a...

After doctors told him and his wife they could never have a family, Ari Tulla embarked on a 15-year journey to heal her. In this deeply personal interview, the CEO of Elo Health shares the story of his wife's thyroid tumor, the subsequent autoimmune issues, and the radical diet that ultimately saved them and allowed them to have two healthy kids. Ari also provides a masterclass on the realities of...

How does parenting an autistic son change you as a leader? For entrepreneur Ken Cox, it forced him to change everything about his own perceptions of being a father. In this deeply personal interview, Ken shares his family's journey, from noticing his son was different at just six months old , to the challenging and expensive diagnosis process. He opens up about the daily realities of raising a non...

What's the biggest mistake in a business turnaround? According to top private equity investors, it's not firing people sooner. In this brutally honest interview, retail restructuring expert Michael Appel explains why making tough personnel changes quickly is the most critical factor for survival. You'll learn the first thing he analyzes in any struggling business (liquidity), the ultimate test for...

What is the number one rule for any leader? According to veteran board chair Deborah Rosati, it's to be the last to talk. In this masterclass on leadership and governance, Deborah explains why speaking first as a leader can shut down conversation and bias the room. As the founder of Women Get on Board, she also gives her honest take on the differences between male and female leadership styles, hig...

What is the true cost of business bankruptcy? For Mark Musselman, it felt like losing 10 years of his life. For 18 months, his entire body was "bathed in cortisol and adrenaline every day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week" as he fought to save his multi-generational family business. In this brutally honest interview, Mark shares the story of losing his company, his wealth, and his entire identity...

This is an AI CEO's warning about deepfakes: the technology to clone voices and create disinformation is scary, and we will have to take everything with a grain of salt now. In this interview, Vikram Chalana, an expert with over 30 years in AI, shares his perspective on the future. You'll learn about the "gut-wrenching" reality of scaling a business, which includes having to part ways with early e...

The data is in, and it's terrifying. But why do CEOs die young? According to executive recruiting expert Darwin Shurig, C-level executives have a life expectancy five years less than the rest of us. In this high-stakes interview, Darwin reveals the crushing stress that leads to this reality, including the fact that seven Fortune 250 executives die of unexpected heart attacks every year. You'll lea...

What's it like to have your body give up on you? For entrepreneur Austin Netzley, his first panic attack was so severe he told his friend, "Hey, you got to call 911. I think I'm dying." In this incredibly raw and vulnerable conversation, recorded while the host is also experiencing a panic attack, Austin shares his story of hitting rock bottom. You'll learn the three hidden stressors that cause fo...

What's the hardest decision a founder can make? For Freddie Laker, it was firing his best friends. In this painfully honest interview, the founder of the $48M+/year Chameleon Collective shares the story of how business and friendship collided. You'll also learn the counter-intuitive motivation for his success, he started his company out of pure anger with corporate America. Freddie breaks down his...

How does a company's stock plummet from $200 to just $3 a share? This is the multi-million dollar IPO lesson learned firsthand by Sherry Shannon-Vanstone, a former NSA cryptographer who was part of the team that created the security algorithm for BlackBerry. In this interview, Sherry shares the hard-won lessons from two IPOs and two acquisitions. You'll learn the #1 trap founders face after being...

What if a panic attack is just a symptom? This interview reveals the one question you can ask to discover the true cause of your anxiety. Diva Diaz, a global speaker for Access Consciousness, explains how the things we judge as "wrong" with ourselves are often our greatest skills in disguise. She shares her personal story of being an "insufferable perfectionist" who was torturing herself and provi...

What are a top CEO's two modes of operation? According to Jeffrey Hayzlett, "I'm either seducing you or killing you". In this brutally honest interview, the Chairman of the C-Suite Network, former Fortune 100 CMO, and director on 14 corporate boards reveals the mindset that has driven over $25 billion in transactions. You'll hear the inside story of his high-stakes, front-page fight with a rogue c...

It's not a conspiracy. A recent deep learning model can identify your laptop keystrokes with 95% accuracy using only a nearby smartphone's microphone. That's just one of the terrifying proofs discussed in this conversation with Ken Cox, president of Hostirian and a privacy expert. Ken shares his deepest fear as a parent: that his children are sharing data with systems and companies, and they have...

What if our reality is about to fracture? This is the terrifying warning from Cary Sparrow, a CEO on the front lines of the data and AI revolution. In this raw and unfiltered interview, Cary explains why he believes generative AI is on a path to destroy our concept of truth and why most corporations will become uncompetitive within a year because they are failing to adapt. This is a masterclass in...

How does a man of God reconcile his faith with a career building technology for the military? This is that story. I Was a Priest. Now I Build Tools for War. Tom Pierce, a former US Army officer and pastor, shares his incredible journey into the world of defense contracting, where he builds high-tech logistics and data systems for the Department of Defense. This is a deep dive into the complex ethi...

Is ChatGPT lying to you? The answer is more complicated than you think. This video uncovers The Hidden Flaw of ChatGPT (It's Optimized for Satisfaction, Not Truth). AI expert and Chief Science Officer Ricardo Michel Reyes reveals the core mechanism behind ChatGPT—Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)—and explains how this training model has created an AI that is exceptionally good at t...

How do you turn a startup that's millions of dollars in debt into a $70 million powerhouse? This is that story. From Millions in Debt to a $70M Company (My Turnaround Story). In this incredibly transparent interview, Influence Mobile CEO Daniel Todd shares the unfiltered story of how his company faced crippling debt, lawsuits, and being cut off by Facebook—and how one creative deal changed everyth...

What would make a decorated federal investigator quit his job to start over at the bottom of the tech sales ladder? This video is the unfiltered story of Why I Quit Being a Cop to Work in Tech Sales. Taft Love shares his journey from working on a federal white-collar crime task force to grinding it out as an entry-level sales rep in San Francisco. He gets real about the financial frustrations and...

Is AI coming for your job? According to 25-year product veteran Ben Foster, we've seen this movie before. This video explains why AI is the New Calculator (And It Won't Steal Your Job). Just as the calculator didn't eliminate accountants but instead gave the best ones massive leverage, AI will not replace the most valuable professionals—it will make them worth their weight in platinum. This is a m...

How can your worst professional failure become the catalyst for your greatest success? This video tells that exact story. For Angela Druckman, her first big project out of college was a Total Disaster (It Launched My Career). The project was late, wildly over budget, and left everyone involved miserable. That painful experience sent her on a quest to find a better way, leading her to the Scrum met...