Board of Advisors Podcast

Shipping before you feel ready can either break you or build you, and Matt Potts has lived that line. We talk with Matt, co-owner of Goodness Lover, about the nightmarish and hilarious early days of launching a gut health docuseries from a tiny apartment, complete with a green screen on the wall, a broken computer, and 40,000 registered viewers waiting while they stayed just one episode ahead. The...

A lot of leadership advice sounds good until life gets violent, unfair, and out of your control. Charles Hatley has lived the kind of moments that make you re-evaluate everything: 11 years of Air Force service in electronic warfare and mission command, 1,500 combat hours supporting high-stakes operations, and then a devastating freeway crash with a semi-truck that should have killed his entire fam...

You can feel it when you walk into a room full of real operators: the conversations move faster, the questions get sharper, and the value is in what people can vouch for. From the Ritz-Carlton in Las Colinas, Texas, we sit down with Jeffrey Hayzlett of C-Suite Network to talk about what actually helps companies win right now and why the “riches in the niches” mindset is replacing the old race for...

You can feel the deal-making energy in the hallway when we record this one live from the Board of Advisors quarterly meeting at the Ritz-Carlton in Las Colinas. I’m Jimmy Routh, and I sit down with elite member Eric Zwaggart to get a clear look at how his company, Rock Solid Capital Investments, structures a fix and flip real estate fund that’s built to scale across the country through a territory...

A nurse hits an iPad and a robot shows up in 88 seconds. That is not a sci-fi flex, it is a real metric tied to real operations, and it sets the tone for a wide-ranging talk with Forrest Hayes, Chief Growth Officer at Chang Robotics. We get into what it takes to build industrial automation that actually ships, actually works, and actually earns trust from big clients. We walk through Chang Robotic...

Commercial real estate can feel like a black box until you hear how deals actually move behind the scenes and what can blow them up at the finish line. We’re joined by Robert Creamer of Seven Streams Commercial Group, a commercial broker with 21+ years in the business and over $500 million closed, to break down what he’s seeing right now and what investors regularly misunderstand. We talk about ho...

A 70% revenue drop can either end your story or sharpen it. From a Ritz-Carlton hallway during our Board of Advisors quarterly meetup, we talk with Dylan England, founder of 313 Media Company, about the leap from commission-only B2B insurance to building a podcast agency that runs on relationships, trust, and consistent referrals. Dylan breaks down how knocking on doors for employee benefits taugh...

Most brands are still shouting into the void with more ads, more screens, and more generic product pages, then wondering why customers tune out. We sit down with Jabbeen Zadie of Spring AI to talk about a different path: treat experience as the real product, and use AI to make it personal, fast, and measurable. We unpack Glass, Spring AI’s “phygital” experience layer that lets shoppers generate an...

If your revenue is climbing but your bank account feels tighter every month, the problem usually isn’t hustle, it’s math you can’t see yet. From the Board of Advisors Q2 Summit near Dallas, I sit down with Cruz Gamboa to talk about the one skill that instantly exposes what’s real in a business: understanding the numbers in context, not just staring at reports. We get into the uncomfortable truth b...

A PR career can look glamorous from the outside, but the real story is usually built out of sharp pivots, hard boundaries, and a lot of grit. From the BAQ2 convention near Dallas, we sit down with Cheryl Snap Connor, founder of SnapConnor PR, to unpack how a love of writing turns into a front-row seat in tech, then into a 20-year run building communications for startups and growth companies. Along...

If you think raising capital is a quick sprint, this conversation will challenge that fast. We’re joined by Jeff Luzi of Terra Rosa Family Office, an operator-turned-investor who helps connect investors with opportunities and helps emerging managers build funds the right way. Jeff shares what it takes to bring technology and better systems into alternative investments, and why first-time fund mana...

Your calendar can look “successful” and still be a quiet disaster at home. From our Board of Advisors meeting at the Ritz-Carlton in Las Colinas, we sit down with founder and author George Rivera for a conversation that hits both the heart and the operations playbook: how do you build a real business without becoming a stranger to your own kids? George starts with the line that changed his life, s...

Most people chase “wealth” the way they chase a bigger salary, and then wonder why they still feel anxious, stretched, or stuck. From the Q2 Summit at the Ritz-Carlton Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, Cheryl Snapp Conner sits down with Marlon Mueller to talk about what people get wrong about money and what to do instead when you actually want lasting freedom. Marlon’s perspective is forged in real pr...

Welcome to the BA Podcast, where real entrepreneurs share real experiences, real challenges, and real strategies for building extraordinary businesses. In this first episode released from the Board of Advisors Q2 Event in Dallas, Texas, Jerry Conti sits down with entrepreneur, growth strategist, and Kyber Consulting founder Jay Miller for a deep dive into what it really takes to scale a company fr...

Year 11 starts with a simple question that every founder eventually has to answer: do you keep carrying the whole thing yourself, or do you build a team that can multiply what you’ve created? From the Ritz-Carlton in Las Colinas, we talk about what changes when a business moves from a solo entrepreneur model to a real operating structure, and why that shift can protect culture while unlocking fast...

Stress doesn’t always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like high achievement with bad sleep, short patience, and a mind that never stops running. From the Board of Advisors Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas, we sit down with Dr. Cam “Dr. Calm” Kirandintiala to talk about what stress is really doing to entrepreneurs and why calm is not a personality trait, it’s a trainable skill. We start wit...

The fastest way to lose money in real estate is to believe a market headline without ever touching the street. From the Ritz Carlton in Dallas at the Board of Advisors Q1 Summit, we talk with Jason Matthews, a 30-year real estate investor and developer based in Tampa, Florida, about how he actually picks winning neighborhoods and why “local” beats “logical” when you’re only looking at spreadsheets...

“Your pricing is obnoxious.” Most people would shrink after hearing that. Carl Gould took it as data, doubled down on value, and watched clients hire him anyway. From a live Board of Advisors meetup, we sit down to talk about the kind of offer that makes the right customers stop shopping and start committing: a premium, high-trust, no-brainer promise built on what clients actually complain about a...

The fastest way to level up your business might have nothing to do with another tactic and everything to do with who you’re in the room with. From the Ritz Carlton in Las Colinas, we sit down with Board of Advisors CEO Jimmy Ralph to share what has changed since he stepped into the role, how the team redesigned the live meeting experience, and why the community feels more energized than ever. We g...

“Back in the day” used to mean years ago. Now it can mean three months, especially if you’re talking about AI. From the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas at the Q1 Board of Advisors Summit, we sit down with AJ to get grounded in what actually lasts when technology, platforms, and marketing tactics change at full speed. We talk about AJ’s six-year run inside BA and how the quality of the room has evolved, plu...

You can feel it when someone isn’t just “in recruiting” but is genuinely obsessed with the craft. That’s what comes through in our conversation with David Darnell, a new Board of Advisors member and the founder of NTIS, a talent solutions firm whose name blends “enterprise” and “genius” for a reason. We talk about how he took the long route through big talent organizations, launched his own firm,...

Trying harder is not always the answer and for high performers, it can be the problem. From the Q1 Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas, we talk with Marco Lopez, CEO of Mindtune, about a counterintuitive path to peak performance: calm, stillness, and trust. If you feel like your mind is always racing, your days are packed, and your results depend on willpower, this conversation offers a different...

He says he knew “nothing” about NASCAR and still built a plan to start a team, sell the story on television, and attract sponsors through pure visibility. That sentence alone tells you what kind of entrepreneur Randy Hill is: the kind who walks into the unknown, starts learning out loud, and uses relationships as the engine. We’re live in Dallas talking through Randy’s full arc, from leaving GE Ca...

A lot of people talk about “taking action.” Hunter Lott actually lives it, while working as a full-time firefighter and building Simplify Alpha as an investment advisor. We recorded this conversation at the Board of Advisors Summit in Texas, and it quickly turns into a deep look at how ambitious people grow when they’re surrounded by the right community, asked better questions, and held to higher...

A founder can grind for years, land the “big win,” and still feel like something is missing. That’s where our conversation with Corbin Cowan starts: the honest part of entrepreneurship people rarely say out loud. We talk about how Corbin went from being a longtime Board of Advisors member and advisor to joining the BA executive team, and why the best outcomes he ever got in business came from rela...