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IAM2641 - Founder Works with Retail Leaders to Transform Their Business 22.12.2025 14:20 ↓

In this episode, we have Carlo Castelan, founder and managing director of the Navio Group, a consulting firm that helps retail leaders transform their businesses. Carlo's work centers on partnering with brick‑and‑mortar retailers—often Fortune 1000 brands—looking to shift toward direct‑to‑consumer models or expand into new services, such as health‑care offerings. Their model emphasizes collaborati...

IAM2670 - The Importance of a Purpose-Driven Business in Digital Marketing 04.12.2025 16:45 ↓

In this episode, Gresham Harkless welcomes Terance Redmond, Founder of IBI  Marketing . Terance launched the firm to bring integrity and innovation to the digital  marketing  space, specifically targeting small and medium-sized businesses that lacked ethical and effective marketing partners. Terance shares that his business is guided by his personal mission statement: to have a positive impact on...

IAM2667 – The Journey to the Next Level 01.12.2025 6:42 ↓

The Journey and Vision Gresham Harkless opens the segment by discussing his current need to reconfigure and reboot his entire business. He notes that what brought him to his current level of success is not what will take him to the next level. This insight is driving him to look at things and operate differently, posing the challenge of "how to unlearn the things that you've been doing." He introd...

IAM2666 - Revisiting Ads: A Bold Move? 30.11.2025 5:31 ↓

In this special episode, Gresham shares the current challenges he faces, which involve a massive reboot and resetting of his existing digital marketing and web support businesses. This phase requires exhausting work to undo old processes and establish a clear new direction for success, which he is exploring through updated strategies like testing smaller budget Facebook ads rather than relying on...

IAM2665 - Running the Long‑Term Race in Business 29.11.2025 7:03 ↓

The Journey and Vision Gresham Harkless opens the episode by reflecting on the importance of staying afloat amid a busy schedule, then using that stability as a springboard for bigger achievements. He outlines his current project, Blue Star Franchise, and explains that he’s documenting the startup process on his “I AM CEO” podcast and on YouTube. The purpose is two‑fold: to provide a roadmap for a...