Who's been on
Operators who've actually done it
No pundits, no theory. Every guest built the thing they're talking about.
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Priya Nandakumar
2 episodes
Priya Nandakumar
Founder & CEO, Rootwork
Priya bootstrapped Rootwork, a workflow platform for field-service teams, from a side project to $40M ARR without outside capital. She's known for treating pricing as a product decision and for a customer-retention rate most funded competitors can't touch.
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Daniel Osei
2 episodes
Daniel Osei
Managing Partner, Meridian Advisory
Daniel scaled Meridian from a two-person consultancy to a 120-person firm without losing the margin — or the culture. He's obsessed with the difference between delegating tasks and delegating decisions, and he's rebuilt Meridian's org three times to prove the point.
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Sofia Marchetti
2 episodes
Sofia Marchetti
Founder, Northwind
Sofia spent a decade as a CMO before founding Northwind, a premium home-goods brand she grew and sold in five years. She thinks positioning and retention are the same discipline viewed from two ends, and she has the cohort curves to back it up.
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James Whitfield
1 episode
James Whitfield
Operator & Advisor, ex-COO, Cartwright Group
James was the operating partner behind a PE-backed rollup that integrated eleven companies into one. He's the person other operators call when a business has outgrown the founder's calendar and needs a system that scales past them.
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Aisha Bello
2 episodes
Aisha Bello
Founder & CEO, Ledgerline
Aisha founded Ledgerline, an embedded-finance company, and raised capital on her own terms — twice turning down term sheets that would have rented away her strategy. She's a sharp voice on protecting margin and staying in control while you grow.