The Investor's Guide To Joy

Most business owners invest in real estate the same way they run their business in the early days doing everything themselves, trusting their gut, and skipping the team that would actually get them to scale. Matthew Owens is a CPA who quit his firm in ...

People spend three to five years saving $100,000 then lose it in three to five months chasing the wrong oil and gas deal. Courtney has personally invested in over 100 wells and manages a portfolio of nearly 100 more, and she's seen it all: dry holes, f...

AI isn't a search engine. It's not Google. And the executives treating it like one are missing the entire shift. Dov Levin works with executives and small-to-medium businesses to implement AI the right way starting with mindset, not the most expensive ...

One outage. One hour. $1.5 million in lost revenue. That's the reality for enterprise companies running fragmented databases across multiple clouds, tools, and teams with no single place to see, manage, or fix any of it. Janardhan, founder of DBaaS Now...

You bought the short-term rental. You're paying 20% to a property manager. And somehow, you're still stressed, still losing money, and still getting a text at 2AM about a broken microwave. Taylor Jolly has managed short-term rentals across Texas and se...

Marc Walton has lived through the dot-com boom, the 2008 crash, the crypto run of 2020, and a gold bull market that delivered 300% gains on a single miner, all while trading Forex for 15 years from a sun-soaked island in Portugal. In this episode, he a...

Michael Schiltz spent 14 years mastering sales including carrying a $12M quota at Dell before moving into consulting to help founders do the one thing most can't: step out of the sales seat and build a system that scales without them. In this episode, ...

Steven Nunez left corporate after 10 years, put six figures into his first build, and now owns and operates multiple full-service laundry centers across Central and South Florida all managed remotely from New Jersey. In this episode, he breaks down the...

Joe Feminella, entrepreneur and founder of First Round on Me, gets raw about what it really takes to raise $5M+ across multiple company pivots, no Harvard degree required. In this episode, Joe breaks down how a single investor conversation changed ever...

In this episode, host Paul Graham sits down with Curtis Clough, a seasoned educational leader and superintendent, to discuss the critical intersection of K-12 education, workforce development, and economic growth. Curtis shares his unique "trifecta" pe...

Is your leadership style adding or multiplying? In this episode, Paul Graham sits down with Tim 'Coach' Scholze, a seasoned leader who climbed from the mailroom to the executive suite, to discuss why most CEOs fail when they focus solely on the data. T...

Are you building a billion-dollar company with a thousand-dollar mindset? In this episode, Paul Graham sits down with Eric Nghiem, founder of The Cashflow Doctor, to dissect the financial "hiccups" that sink tech startups during due diligence. Eric sha...

In this episode, Max from CloudGo.ai explains how companies bleed millions in cloud spend. Discover how to audit your environment to ensure your tech stack is ready for VC due diligence or a single engineer becoming a point of expensive failure. 00:25 ...

In this relaunch episode, I share why I paused the show for nine months to shift from "making noise" to creating real transformation. Discover how to grow your net worth without losing your identity or your family, as you transition from a moneymaker t...

In this episode of The Investor’s Guide to Joy, Paul Graham sits down with business strategist Jimmy Rios to unpack major SBA rule changes coming June 1, 2025, and what they mean for business owners looking to sell, scale, or bulletproof their companie...

In this episode of The Investor’s Guide to Joy, Paul Graham sits down with cost-reduction expert Shawn Stratton to uncover how business owners can save thousands without sacrificing service quality. From telecom audits to waste management, Shawn breaks...

In this episode of The Investor’s Guide to Joy, host Paul Graham sits down with Shawn Stratton of Schooley Mitchell to uncover how businesses can boost profitability by slashing hidden operating costs without sacrificing service. From waste removal to ...

In this episode of The Investor’s Guide to Joy, Paul Graham welcomes Trevor LaParl, to explore the power of the 1031 Exchange. Trevor breaks down how investors can legally defer capital gains taxes, shares real-life success stories, and explains how to...

In this episode of The Investor’s Guide to Joy, Matt Drouin shares how he broke away from the grind of chasing money to build a life and business rooted in purpose, community, and joy. Tune in to hear his journey from burnout to breakthrough and how re...

Discover how seven-figure entrepreneurs are cutting up to 50% in operational costs and scaling smarter with AI in this game-changing episode featuring Devan Dillard. From replacing entire departments with intelligent agents to optimizing workflows, mar...

In this episode of The Investor's Guide to Joy, Paul Graham sits down with AI strategist Devan Dillard to explore how six-figure business owners can leverage AI to scale smarter, not harder. From automating content creation and lead nurturing to using ...

In this insightful episode of The Investor’s Guide to Joy, Jay Bourgana seasoned entrepreneur and GoBundance member, shares powerful strategies for buying and scaling service-based businesses. From fire extinguisher compliance services to niche landsca...

In this solo episode of The Investor's Guide to Joy, host Paul Graham unveils a powerful new direction for the podcast focusing on helping business owners scale without burnout, exit with clarity, and build lasting wealth. Drawing from his own journey ...

Paul Graham and Trevor LaParl of Q1031.com discuss how the 537 Installment Sale Trust (IST) can serve as a powerful alternative or backup to 1031 exchanges, which often fail, leading to unexpected tax bills. Trevor explains how the IST allows investors...

In this episode of the Investor's Guide to Joy, we dive into the wild, gritty world of land development with Greg Farricielli a real estate wizard who’s turned empty lots into over $100 million in sales. Picture this: a guy who looks at a patch of dirt...