Brilliance Talks

By Simac Konkader

As a CEO or founder, you’re constantly solving problems—breaking through growth plateaus, managing a growing team, and trying to scale without losing control.

That’s where Brilliance Talks comes in.

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How many episodes does Brilliance Talks have?

The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.

Brilliance Talks episodes:

February 24, 2026 From MVP to Community Builder: Lessons You Can’t Ignore
Power BI AI is transforming finance, business intelligence, and the future of work, but most professionals are not ready.
In this episode, Microsoft MVP Rishi Sapra explains how Power BI AI, Microsoft Fabric, and AI tools are reshaping finance teams, startups, and global enterprises.
After working with Deloitte, HSBC, and KPMG, Rishi now helps professionals and founders understand how to use Power BI AI to automate workflows, improve decision-making, and stay competitive.
This episode covers AI adoption, corporate training failures, Microsoft Fabric, and how Power BI AI will shape the next generation of work.

📝 Show Notes:
01:17 Why Large Companies Fail at Power BI AI
01:57 Why Startups Have an Advantage With AI
03:18 Power BI AI vs Microsoft Fabric Explained
03:30 Why Microsoft Copilot Is Overhyped
06:15 How He Built a 100,000+ Power BI AI Community
06:41 Why Niche Communities Win
07:32 How to Help Finance Teams Adopt Power BI AI
08:10 Why Stories Shape Technology and Society

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsaprano/
Tenacium: https://www.learndatainsights.com

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader
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9min
February 18, 2026 Your Cybersecurity Is Broken (This AI Isn’t)
How do you build an AI Cybersecurity Platform that sees breaches before humans can?

In this episode, Balaji Anbil, founder of Tenacium, reveals how his Cyber Brain uses knowledge graphs and AI agents to uncover the real source of cyber attacks.

From hacked families to enterprise-grade defence, this is the future of cyber security.

📝 Show Notes:
02:10 Why LLMs Alone Can’t Protect Your Business
02:59 Why AI Agents Cause Confusion Instead of Clarity
03:55 Why AI Agents Become Biased Without Context
07:48 How Friday Fries Protects Mental Health
08:33 The Biggest Misconception About AI Today
08:56 Why AI Is Not a Living Being
10:16 What Will Separate Winners & Losers in Deep Tech
10:24 Why Explainable AI Will Win

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/balaji-anbil/
Tenacium: www.tenacium.co.uk

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader

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13min
February 10, 2026 The Future of Surgery Is AI, And It’s Already Here
Jonathan Sackier is a surgeon who helped build one of the world’s first surgical robots, and accidentally became a startup founder along the way.

In this episode, Jonathan explains how MRI-guided surgical robot technology is changing Parkinson’s treatment, why most healthcare innovation fails, and what entrepreneurship taught him about people, money and humility.

From turning $1 into $17,500, to speaking before Congress, to debunking vaccine myths, this is a raw, funny and deeply human conversation about the future of medicine.

📝 Show Notes:
03:00 Why Medicine Is Terrible at Communicating With Patients
06:00 Why Some Countries Innovate and Others Fall Behind
09:00 Why Medical Innovation Is So Hard
10:00 The Hidden Cost of FDA Approval & Medical Regulation
11:35 Building an MRI-Safe Surgical Robot
12:30 How Deep Brain Stimulation Works for Parkinson’s
13:20 First-Ever MRI-Guided Brain Surgery Explained
15:00 The 5 Rules Jonathan Lives By
16:20 The “No A**hole Rule” for Business & Life
17:00 The #1 Mistake Healthcare Startups Make
18:10 How to Actually Succeed in Health Tech
19:30 The Biggest Healthcare Myth
20:25 What Jonathan Would Do If He Wasn’t a Surgeon

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathansackier/

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader

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21min
February 03, 2026 Why Your Marketing Agency Could Be Left Behind in 2026
What does it really take to build an AI marketing agency while launching SaaS and scaling e-commerce?

In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Duray Pretorius, co-founder and CRO of Viaduct Generation, shares his honest journey through growth, pressure, innovation, and burnout.

We talk about leadership, culture, AI done right, and why success without mental fitness is a dangerous trade-off.

This is a must-listen for founders, agency owners, and anyone navigating modern growth.
📝 Show Notes:
03:55 The Agency Scaling Trap (Hiring Too Fast)
08:36 Why Mental Fitness Is a Founder’s Real Edge
10:11 The Origin Story of Viaduct Generation
11:57 Building & Scaling a Distributed Remote Team
18:34 The Importance of an Inner Circle for Founders
21:11 Why SEO Needs a SaaS Solution for the Masses

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duraypretorius-seo/
Website: https://viaductgen.com/

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader

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23min
January 27, 2026 What Building MELP Taught Him About People
Discover how MELP is building the future of the employee benefits platform, from lifestyle and longevity to protection, insurance, and AI-powered sales.

In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Juozas (Joe) Sargunas shares how MELP is combining lifestyle & protection into one powerful ecosystem designed for companies and their employees.

This is a raw founder story about pressure, resilience, and building something that truly helps people at work.

📝 Show Notes:
01:12 The idea that changed everything
01:35 MELP explained in 30 seconds
02:20 The super-app vision
02:58 €1.2M raised… now what?
03:08 The real growth risk
05:38 The 72-hour rule
06:00 Building an A-team
06:24 Why showing up still wins

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juozas-sargunas/
Website: https://www.melp.com/

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader

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9min
January 20, 2026 Why Most Entrepreneurs Always Feel Stuck
The serial entrepreneur mindset isn’t about chasing a dream, it’s about building happiness first.

In this episode, Lawrence Seaforth shares how he built three businesses, learned to code his own MVPs, used AI to move faster, and avoided the traps that burn most founders out.

Real talk on money, time, decision-making, and why freedom comes from clarity, not hustle.

📝 Show Notes:
01:05 Building 3 businesses from scratch
02:22 Leaving a secure job the right way
12:40 Client chaos & financial boundaries
15:37 Fixing confusion in the solar industry
22:39 AI tools every founder should use
29:52 The psychology of money & time

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-seaforth-mapm-a438821b9/
Website: https://www.seeforthservices.co.uk/

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader

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31min
January 13, 2026 The Truth About Building a Business With Your Best Friend
Glenn Sanger went from tech apprentice to co-founding a multi-million-pound IT and cybersecurity firm, without investors.
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, Glenn shares what 15 years of bootstrapping taught him about leadership, partnerships, apprenticeships, and building a business that lasts.
No hype. Just real lessons from the trenches.

📝 Show Notes:
02:10 Starting Bunker with two laptops
07:15 Scaling with EOS
09:30 Letting go of the technical identity
11:10 Building client partnerships, not transactions
16:20 Why apprenticeships matter
20:30 Awards, imposter syndrome & growth
25:40 Leading through COVID

About Guest:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennsanger/
Website: https://www.bunker.technology/

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader

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31min
January 06, 2026 The AI Mistakes Most Businesses Are Making Right Now
AI didn’t start with ChatGPT, and this episode proves it.
In this episode of Brilliance Talks, we sit down with Vasili Nevlov, founder of Analysium and creator of AIgentic, who’s been building real-world AI systems since 2012, long before AI became mainstream.
We explore what AI looked like in the early days, how Vasili scaled a multi-million-pound data analytics firm, and why AI agents... not chatbots, are the future of intelligent automation for businesses.
A grounded, practical conversation about AI, scale, security, and building systems that actually work.

Shownotes:
02:36 Scaling Analysium to £2M+ Revenue
03:31 Why AI Agents, Why Now
06:02 Why Most AI Implementations Fail
08:19 AI Security Risks You Can’t Ignore
15:44 Where AI Agents Work Best Today
21:48 What Vasili had to unlearn from his first company
22:59 Why AIgentic Is a Media Business

About Vesilij:
Vesilij's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilij-nevlev/
Analytium Group: https://analytium.com/

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader
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30min
January 01, 2026 If You’re a Business Owner, Watch This Before It’s Too Late
What if the mistakes you’re about to make… have already been made?
In this New Year special episode of Brilliance Talks, we’ve curated the most powerful lessons shared by CEOs and founders we featured this year, the moments that changed their thinking, leadership, and businesses.
These are honest reflections on failure, growth, hiring, health, timing, and what it really takes to build something that lasts.
No hype. No shortcuts. Just lessons learned the hard way.
Perfect listening as you reflect on the year gone, and plan the year ahead.

📝 Show Notes:
00:56 The cost of mistakes (and why they matter)
01:49 Hiring for attitude, not skill
02:51 Why marketers are always last, and what needs to change
05:45 Why “move fast and break things” doesn’t work
07:05 The biggest problems in tech are human
11:10 The reality of scaling a business
11:59 Why experience beats theory every time

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader
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14min
December 25, 2025 Before You Set Goals for Next Year, Watch This
What do successful entrepreneurs wish they’d known earlier?
In this Brilliance Talks Christmas Special, we’ve brought together the most powerful insights shared by CEOs and founders featured on the podcast this year.
From fundraising and scaling to leadership, self-belief, and resilience, this episode is a reflection on the realities of building something meaningful.
Whether you’re closing out the year or planning your next move, this episode is designed to give you clarity, perspective, and momentum going into the new year.

📝 Show Notes:
00:00 The future isn’t scary (we’ve been here before)
03:41 The 3 values that actually drive long-term success
05:10 Building with social impact at the core
06:49 The lie social media sells founders
08:00 The habits CEOs don’t talk about
09:18 What actually makes a great CEO
11:20 Giving people chances without lowering standards

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simac.konkader/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simac-konkader
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13min

FAQs about Brilliance Talks:

How many episodes does Brilliance Talks have?

The podcast currently has 38 episodes available.