Montgomery (Monty) Pruss

The Aaxelera Podcast

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

Welcome to The Aaxelera Podcast, the show where industry leaders and top executives step away from the polished narratives to share the real, unfiltered stories of how they built and scaled their companies. We dive deep into the growth journeys of successful founders—exploring the major milestones, the unexpected challenges they faced (and the ones they see coming), their ambitious growth goals, and their personal viewpoints on the impact of AI and technology. Join us for candid, conversations designed to give you practical insights and inspiration from the people who are defining the future o...

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Montgomery (Monty) Pruss

Episodes

Episode 6: Jo Self 03.06.2026 48:10

Jo Self, founder of Practical Strengths and author of the Practical Strengths book series, joins Monty for a conversation about CliftonStrengths as a second language and the gap between knowing your strengths and actually living them. We cover her path from Yum! Brands to entrepreneurship in Peru, the cancer scare that pointed her toward CliftonStrengths as a full-time calling, why "Communication"...

Episode 5: Deb Beroset 26.05.2026 1:34:53

The Aaxelera podcast with Deb Beroset, Founder of It's Time for Moxie. Deb is an identity-level coach, neuroscience-informed practitioner, and the creator of what she calls Imaginal Intelligence. Her path runs from journalism (personality profiles for Ladies' Home Journal's "How America Lives" series), to leading Hallmark's internal innovation think tank (the Collaboratory), through twelve years h...

Episode 4: Dr. Sage Breslin 20.05.2026 50:55

Dr. Sage Breslin, Ph. D., is the founder of the Sage Wisdom Institute and creator of The ROSE System (Restoring Old Soul Empowerment). Known as America's Narcissist Recovery Expert, she joins Monty for a conversation about the intersection of clinical psychology, spiritual practice, and recovery from narcissistic relationships. We cover her path from trauma psychologist to women's empowerment spec...

Episode 3: Tom Scarda 12.05.2026 37:39

Tom Scarda, CEO of The Franchise Academy and author of The Magic of Choosing Uncertainty, joins Monty to talk about franchise matchmaking and the mindset shift from employee to owner. We cover how he assesses fit, why he turns away 40% of prospects, the difference between mastering a category and inventing one, the lessons from his own franchise journey (from running multiple Maui Wowi locations t...

Episode 2: Shelly Smith 05.05.2026 57:00

Shelley D. Smith is the Founder & CEO of Premier Rapport, Inc. an internationally recognized workplace culture consultancy specializing in helping organizations detect cultural dysfunction and build high-performing teams from the inside out. With over 35 years of executive leadership experience, six published books, guidance spanning 58+ companies, and certifications from Cornell Business Sch...

Episode 1: Alison Godfrey 21.04.2026 1:05:03

What happens when you co-found a cold fusion research lab funded by DARPA, get hand-selected by Bill Gates to lead a team of physicists and electrochemists, and then lose your voice behind a 5-year NDA? Alison Godfrey has lived one of the most extraordinary careers you've never heard of. From co-founding Energetics Technologies in Israel with Sidney Kimmel, to running cold fustion experiments that...