The Lighthouse Sessions

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like your brilliant ideas are getting lost in the "Fog"? You’re breaking perfectly good things to build perfectly better ones, but when it comes time to share that vision, does it feel like you’re speaking a language no one understands? In this session, we sit down with Joshua Altman , Managing Director at Beltway Media and a master of fractiona...

In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down with Ryan Hayes, the visionary force behind A Pretty Big Deal (APBD). Ryan embodies the "unemployable" entrepreneur—the kind of leader who doesn't just build a business, but architects an ecosystem where creativity and humanity are guarded at all costs. For many visionary founders, the journey is often obscured by a thickening f...

Are you a visionary founder feeling "Fogbound" by the sheer weight of your business? Or perhaps you’re a business broker struggling to find high-quality listings amidst a sea of tire-kickers? In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down with Tristan Michael Chicklowski, a serial entrepreneur and systems architect who specializes in supporting the "last meaningful relation...

Visionary founders often find themselves at a crossroads: you’ve built the product, you’ve hit the milestones, but the human element feels like it’s drifting into the fog. You have 10,000 connections on LinkedIn, yet you feel the weight of the global loneliness epidemic. You want to scale, but the thought of becoming another transactional "hustle culture" business makes you want to turn...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like you’re building on quicksand? You’ve got the ideas, the drive, and perhaps even the early revenue, but beneath the surface, the "Fog" is thickening. You’re making money, but do you know how to keep it? In this episode of the Lighthouse Sessions, we are joined by Bobby Casey, a "multi-state" founder who has spent over two decades h...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like you’ve been sailing blind? From the outside, your business looks like a success story. The revenue is up, the team is growing, and you’re hitting the milestones. But inside, you’re staring at the ceiling at 2:00 AM, wondering when the fog will finally lift. You’ve followed the maps, you’ve hired the consultants, and you’ve implemented the "prove...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like you’re sailing through a thick fog, searching for a deeper purpose behind the hustle? In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down with Luke Mickelson, the "farm kid from Idaho" who accidentally started a global revolution. Luke is the founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace , the world’s largest bed-building charity. What started as...

For the visionary entrepreneur, the professional landscape often feels like navigating through a thick fog. You have the brilliance, the drive, and the "Quickstart" energy, but when it comes to finding the next right move—whether a partnership, a role, or a new direction—the noise of LinkedIn can leave you feeling "Storm-Tossed." In this session, Jeff Borschowa breaks down the...

Are you a visionary founder feeling "Fogbound" by the endless chores of running a business? You started your company to change the world, to innovate, and to build something iconic—yet you find yourself lost in the "Drifting" state, spending your precious hours on payroll, compliance, and back-office admin. In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down with Adam Spect...

Are you a visionary founder who feels like you’re sailing blind, despite your revenue growing? You’ve followed the "proven paths," color-coded the strategies, and bought the software, yet you still feel "Fogbound"—drifting away from the spark that started it all. In this Lighthouse Session, we are joined by Mark McClatchey of Minglewood Strategies, a master of the "Upward...

In a world that often feels "Storm-Tossed" by over-consumption and plastic waste, Julia Plett has emerged as a steady Lighthouse for the zero-waste movement in Canada. Her journey didn't start with a desire for retail dominance; it started in the back of a landscape photography van, where the literal "Fog" of trash forced her to rethink everything. For visionary entrepreneu...

Visionary entrepreneurs often find themselves "Fogbound," staring out office windows at a city that calls them a success while they feel they are merely drifting. We build, we hustle, and we scale, but at what cost to our soul and our eventual legacy? In this profound session of The Lighthouse Sessions, Mark Halpern joins us to share the "Upward Spiral" journey of a man who ref...

Are you a visionary founder who feels like you’ve been "Fogbound" in your own success? You’ve built the business, you’ve hit the milestones, but lately, you find yourself staring out the window, wondering if you’re just "Drifting" away from the spark that started it all. In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down with Adam Roach, the son of an Olympic coach and a s...

For the visionary founder, the journey often feels like sailing through a persistent fog. You have the ambition, the "Quickstart" energy, and a vision that could change the world—yet, you find yourself "Storm-Tossed," reacting to the winds of daily chaos rather than steering toward your destination. In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down with Sales Operations a...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like the very business you built is starting to feel like a cage? Do you find yourself avoiding certain conversations—with partners, family members, or key stakeholders—because you’re afraid of the "explosion" that might follow? In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, I’m joined by Mark Raffan, known globally as the "Negotiation Ninja.&...

Is your business growing, but your people are drifting? For many visionary entrepreneurs, there comes a point where the systems that were supposed to bring freedom actually create a new kind of "fog." You invest in the best technology, you hire the experts, and you map out the processes—yet the results feel stagnant. The "fleshwear" (the human beings in your company) isn’t sync...

Have you ever felt like you’ve reached the summit of success, only to realize you’re standing in a thick fog, wondering "What now?" In this transformational episode of The Lighthouse Sessions , host Jeff Borschowa sits down with Kris Land , a visionary entrepreneur who sold his first company at just 17 years old. While the world saw a teenage success story, Kris found himself in a deep,...

Are you tired of feeling like your marketing is a black hole where strategy goes to die? If you are a visionary entrepreneur building a company in a complex industry, you’ve likely been told that the "Marketing Funnel" is the holy grail of growth. You pour people in the top, and revenue comes out the bottom. But if you’re honest, it rarely feels that simple. It feels more like a storm—un...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like you’re sailing blind? You’ve built something real. The team is growing, and from the outside, it looks like you’ve made it. But inside, there’s a persistent fog—a thickening mist of "proven paths," frameworks, and tactics that don’t actually see you . You crave clarity, but you’re terrified of becoming someone you don’t recognize just to ke...

Are you tired of being a "professional restarter"? For many visionary entrepreneurs, the problem isn’t a lack of discipline, a lack of information, or a lack of ambition. In fact, most of us have those in spades. The problem is a fundamental misalignment between the life we are trying to build and the identity we are currently carrying. In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions , we div...

The era of "sacrifice" in sustainability is over. Welcome to the era of industrial-scale transformation. Are you a visionary entrepreneur feeling the weight of the "fog"? You know the world is changing, you feel the urgency of the climate crisis, but you’re also running a business that needs to scale, compete, and thrive in a complex market. If you’ve ever felt that tension bet...

Are you tired of the "sustainable" compromise? As visionary entrepreneurs, we often find ourselves caught in a tension between our values and our results. We want to change the world, but we refuse to settle for a subpar experience. We see the "fog" of dishonest marketing and greenwashing, and we crave something real. In this episode, we sit down with Kate Assaraf , the founder...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like you’re drifting through a "fog" of endless networking with zero ROI? You’ve built something incredible. From the outside, you’ve "made it." But internally, you might feel like you’re sailing blind—chasing the next lead, the next milestone, and the next connection, only to find yourself exhausted and disconnected from the very work...

Are you a visionary entrepreneur who feels like you’ve hit an invisible ceiling? You’ve built the team, the revenue is flowing, and from the outside, it looks like you’ve "made it"—yet, internally, you feel a mounting tension. The fog is thickening, and the very systems that brought you success are now starting to feel like a cage. In this episode of The Lighthouse Sessions, we sit down...

Stop "Vibe Coding" and Start Scaling: The Visionary’s Guide to AI ROI. Are you feeling the "AI Fog"? As a visionary entrepreneur, you’ve likely heard the promises: AI will save you 20 hours a week, AI will replace your marketing team, AI will run your business while you sleep. But if you’ve actually tried to implement it, you’ve probably hit a wall of generic chatbots, "pr...