Particle Accelerator: A Particle41 Podcast

Growth doesn't break companies. Founder dependency does.   In this episode of The Particle Accelerator, Benjamin Johnson sits down with Brooke Dukes - co-founder of a 17-year consulting firm, author of international bestseller Burn On, Not Out, and founder of BMD - to unpack the pattern that silently stalls scaling companies, the founder who becomes the system.   Brooke has worked with compan...

What's the real reason innovation dies inside organizations? In this episode of The Particle Accelerator, Benjamin Johnson sits down with Robyn Bolton, founder of MileZero, former P&G brand manager on the Swiffer launch team, BCG and InnoSight advisor, author of Unlock Innovation, and 2026 Thinkers50 Radar honoree, for an unflinching look at the human side of corporate innovation. Robyn h...

Your AI agent nailed the demo. But two weeks after going live, you're staring at support tickets you can't reproduce, cloud bills you can't explain, and behavior nobody predicted. In this episode of Particle Accelerator, our host Benjamin Johnson sits down with Pratik Verma, Founder and CEO of Okahu AI, to unpack exactly why AI agents break in production and what it takes to actuall...

In this episode of the Particle Accelerator, host Benjamin Johnson sits down with Dr. Kimberly Bonniksen, founder of Legends Research and creator of Kairos AI. A researcher, Dr. Kimberly brings three decades of experience studying how leaders carry responsibility, sustain trust, and create meaning that endures.   From her early work scaling the University of Phoenix online division to her groundbr...

If you've ever used the phrase "unique selling proposition" in a meeting - you've used Jay Abraham's work. Same with strategy of preeminence, risk reversal, power partnering, and relational capital. These are frameworks the business world now runs on, often without knowing where they came from. In this episode, Particle41 CEO Benjamin Johnson sits down with Jay Abraham  -...

Wesley Hunt co-founded Optic Systems after nearly a decade inside the property management industry - and the company he built looks nothing like what you'd expect. It started with a simple observation that property managers are expected to respond to homeowners instantly while also physically driving to every community they manage. You can't do both. Something always breaks down. The sol...

Robbie Abed is not a developer. He's a writer who once penned a resignation letter so good that the CEO of Deloitte Consulting forwarded it to the entire firm. He's an Inc. columnist with millions of views. He took 250 coffee meetings in 400 days. He wrote a book - Fire Me I Beg You - and James Altucher wrote the foreword. Then he disappeared into his basement for six months and built a...

What does it actually look like when a growing company's technology can no longer keep up with its growth? In the first episode of The Particle Accelerator, Ben Johnson (CEO of Particle41) sits down with Aaron Videtto, Head of Product & Client Experience at Anderson Business Advisors, for a conversation that is anything but theoretical. Anderson is a one-stop shop for private real estate...

Jon Tsourakis is President and Chief Revenue Officer at Oyova,  a full-service digital agency serving clients from $3M startups to billion-dollar enterprises. He's been in digital marketing and web development for over two decades, built and scaled his own agency (Revital), and merged it into Oyova in 2019. In this episode, Jon and I go deep on everything that actually matters if you're...

What does it actually take to embed AI into the DNA of a national marketing agency, and bring 400 employees along for the ride? In this episode of The Particle Accelerator, host Benjamin Johnson sits down with Tori Begg, Head of AI Programs at Voice Media Group (parent company of V Digital Services and the Dallas Observer). Tori owns the strategy, build, and enablement of a proprietary LLM and mul...

What if fixing your customer experience was actually the highest-ROI investment in your business, more than product innovation, more than M&A, more than anything else? Greg Tucker has spent nearly 30 years proving exactly that, and he has the receipts. In this episode of the Particle Accelerator, Benjamin Johnson sits down with Greg Tucker, founder of Tucker & Company and author of the upc...

What if the reason your leads are slowing down has nothing to do with the economy, and everything to do with how AI has quietly rewritten the rules of digital visibility? In this episode of The Particle Accelerator, host Ben Johnson sits down with Cory Long, founder of Entrepreneurial Forge and YROCK Consulting, coach to over 5,000 entrepreneurs, and someone who rebuilt his entire life and career...

What does a 3x Ironman, Harvard grad, Stanford MBA, former Naval officer, and serial AI founder do when the health tech industry isn't solving the real problem? He builds the infrastructure behind it. Tony Medrano, Co-Founder & CEO of Longevity Plan AI, joins host Benjamin Johnson on the Particle Accelerator Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of human performance data, w...

What does it take to walk away from managing $700 billion in global partnerships, and bet everything on a problem most people pretend isn't there? Tiffany Hart did exactly that. In this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast, Ben sits down with Tiffany, former World Economic Forum executive, Harvard-trained strategist, and founder of Connection Care AI, to talk about the $30B silent cris...

Every factory, restaurant, and industrial plant in North America is doing something that costs real money every single day, venting heat they already paid for straight out of the exhaust stack. Scott Preston, Founder and CEO of Norell Inc and the ThermStar System, spent decades leading billion-dollar industrial operations across 44 countries before discovering a Swedish heat recovery technology in...

Explore AI's impact on content marketing and building tech with purpose, featuring John Paul Mains, CEO at Click Laboratory. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome John Paul Mains, CEO at Click Laboratory. With years of experience in marketing and agency leadership, John shares valuable insights on how AI is transforming content marketing and building busine...

Dive into the world of AI entrepreneurship with Jay Storm, an AI innovator at Storm Growth Group, exploring his journey from CrossFit to AI and his faith-driven business approach. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Jay Storm, Entrepreneur and AI Innovator at Storm Growth Group. With a rich background in tech and entrepreneurship, Jay shares valuable insights...

Explore David Goldsmith's groundbreaking strategies at Ferrari, solving multi-year problems in hours and leading a $1.6 trillion lunar project. A must-watch for aspiring strategists. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome David Goldsmith, Executive Strategy Consultant at Goldsmith Organization LLC. With decades of experience in strategic consulting, David sh...

Dive into AI education with Mo Hasan, AI Educator at Hasan Method, as he reveals innovative training insights and ethical frameworks transforming executive learning. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Mo Hasan, AI Educator at Hasan Method. With over 25 years of experience in AI and technology education, Mo shares valuable insights on AI integration, user adop...

Explore healthcare IT innovation with Joe Goldstein, founder of OCSI IT, as he discusses cybersecurity in healthcare and the evolution of EMR systems. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Joe Goldstein, Founder and President at OCSI IT. With over 35 years of experience in IT, Joe shares valuable insights on cybersecurity in healthcare and the challenges of inte...

Explore municipal tech leadership with Shane McDaniel, CIO at City of Sein, as he shares his journey from federal to local government and insights on technology in public service. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Shane McDaniel, Chief Information Officer at City of Sein. With 30 years of experience in technology, Shane shares valuable insights on transition...

Explore AI advancements in sales with Garth Fasano, President & Co-founder at Raynmaker. Discover how AI transforms small business operations and customer interactions. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Garth Fasano, President & Co-founder at Raynmaker. With extensive experience in call center sales and service, Garth Fasano shares valuable insights...

Explore career growth strategies and work-life balance with Erica Rooney, Founder at Her Collective, as she shares insights on leadership and personal fulfillment. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Erica Rooney, Founder at Her Collective. With years of experience in tech and corporate leadership, Erica shares valuable insights on career growth and work-life...

Dive into AI-driven solutions in healthcare with Julia Zhou, Co-Founder at Saafe.ai, as she shares insights on transforming healthcare practices and overcoming cultural barriers. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Julia Zhou, Co-Founder at Saafe.ai. With 28 years of experience in technology within the healthcare industry, Julia shares valuable insights on AI...

Dive into AI advancements with Vincent Granville, Co-Founder at BondingAI, as he reveals breakthrough methods in hallucination-free AI models and synthetic data innovations. Join us in this episode of the Particle Accelerator Podcast as we welcome Vincent Granville, Co-Founder at BondingAI. With over 25 years of experience in statistics and AI, Vincent Granville shares valuable insights on buildin...