⏱️ Timestamp Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:59 - From Big Six Accounting to 15 Business Acquisitions

07:17 - The #1 Thing That Disqualifies a Deal: Trust the Seller

12:39 - Remove Emotion & Ego: You're NOT Smarter Than the Seller

18:54 - Seller Financing Secrets: Negotiate Price OR Terms, Never Both

23:21 - Why Businesses Sitting on the Market Are Golden Opportunities

29:13 - The Exit Plan: Lessons That Took 10 Years to Learn

📋 In this entrepreneur podcast, host Rhonda Klch sits down with Paul Lejoie, CPA, founder of BizBuy Pro, and author of The Exit Plan. This CEO interview delivers brutally honest real talk about buying businesses—and why Paul's first advice is often "don't buy that business." This business expert shares his inspiring success story—from Big Six accounting to buying 15 small businesses, acquiring commercial real estate, and learning expensive lessons about what NOT to do. Paul reveals entrepreneur advice on eliminating risk, avoiding million-dollar mistakes, and why your business plan should never be "hope and a prayer."

Learn the secrets to success in business acquisitions: why you must trust the seller or walk away, how to negotiate seller financing (price OR terms, never both), why distressed businesses can be golden opportunities, and how to structure deals that protect you from bankruptcy. Get business tips on due diligence strategy, removing emotion and ego from the buying process, understanding debt service coverage ratios, and why first-time buyers should never think they're smarter than sellers who've run businesses for 20 years. This life-changing conversation proves that the right business at the wrong price will destroy your life—leading to divorce, depression, and financial ruin. Paul's mission through BizBuy Pro is paying it forward, helping professionals transition from W-2 income to business ownership while creating generational wealth without the devastating mistakes he made over 25 years.

🔗 Connect with Paul Lejoie:

Website: bizbuypro.com

Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Plan-Escaping-9-Profitable/dp/B0FFWSJD5F Free Webinars: https://bizbuypro.com/deal-review/

🔗 Connect with Rhonda Klch:

The UnFiltered Podcast

Website: rhondaklch.com

Instagram: @rhondaklch

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ℹ️ About This Show: Join Rhonda Klch for unfiltered conversations with successful entrepreneurs, business experts, and industry leaders who share the raw truth about building, buying, and scaling businesses. Get entrepreneur advice, business tips, and inspiring success stories from experts who've made the mistakes so you don't have to. No shortcuts, no hype—just honest guidance on risk elimination, wealth creation, and what it really takes to succeed in business. ⚡ Powered by NXC Podcast Network

In this episode of The Omada Podcast, Russell Faucette delivers business advice and entrepreneurship insights on the housing affordability crisis. This business podcast explores why 50-year mortgages and banning institutional investors won't solve real estate's problems—and reveals what actually will.

Chapters:

0:00 - Housing Affordability Crisis Explained

3:30 - 50-Year Mortgage Pros and Cons

10:00 - Banning Institutional Investors Analysis

17:00 - Why Lower Payments Drive Prices Up

22:00 - Real Solutions for Housing Supply

28:00 - Keeping the American Dream Alive

Russell Faucette is the Broker and Owner of Omada Real Estate, a Utah brokerage serving the Salt Lake City and Wasatch Front markets. An experienced real estate professional skilled in buyer representation, negotiation, and business development, Russell leads The Stern Team and is a trusted voice on Utah's housing market.

Connect with Russell Faucette:

🔗 Website: omadarealestate.com

🔗 Instagram: @RussellFaucette

🔗 Facebook: Russell Faucette

About The Omada Podcast: The Omada Podcast delivers real estate investing insights, mortgage tips, and property investment strategies from industry experts. Host Russell Faucette brings you actionable advice for building wealth through real estate, featuring successful entrepreneurs who share their business success stories and secrets to success in the real estate industry.

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In this episode, Thad Barnes and Amir Elain discuss how an entrepreneur can leverage AI coding and vibe code to build products faster than ever. Get practical business advice on AI implementation and innovation methodology. This real talk conversation delivers frameworks you can apply today for product management and overall business success.

Amir Elain is a former Amazon Web Services executive who led customer training and ran AWS's Digital Innovation Program in the Nordics. With 25+ years of experience spanning Motorola, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and director of products roles at two startups (VR/AR training and learning technologies), Amir now runs Think Big Leaders—an AI and innovation consulting firm based in Stockholm helping organizations from 200-year-old enterprises to fast-moving startups build systematic approaches to innovation using Amazon's Working Backwards methodology.

Chapters: 0:00 - From Board Games to Amazon Web Services

8:00 - Why VR Will Never Hit Mass Adoption

16:00 - Inside Amazon's Leadership Principles Culture

24:00 - Working Backwards Innovation Methodology

32:00 - Building Full Stack Apps in Hours with Vibe Coding

40:00 - Reducing AI Hallucinations Through Context

Connect with Amir Elain:

🔗 Website: thinkbigleaders.com

🔗 Product: gloryhack.com

🔗 LinkedIn: Amir Elain A

bout Ready Fire Aim: Ready Fire Aim is a business podcast hosted by Thad Barnes that brings you unfiltered conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who share real stories about building companies, overcoming adversity, and achieving financial freedom. No polished scripts—just real talk about what it takes to succeed in business.

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⏱️ Timestamp Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:59 - It Costs $2M Per Year (Minimum) to Race NASCAR Full-Time 03:35 - 80-90% of Time Finding Sponsors, 10-20% Training to Drive 06:19 - The Question Teams Ask Women: "Are You Planning to Have a Baby Soon?" 08:13 - No Age Limit: Denny Hamlin's Best Season in His Mid-40s 11:01 - When Identity Shifts: From "Just a Race Car Driver" to Entrepreneur 13:59 - Dream Sponsors: Magic Spoon & Khloe Kardashian's Cloud Popcorn 📋 In this podcast, we discuss the cost of NASCAR racing, self-funding a motorsports career, gender barriers in male-dominated sports, building sponsorship relationships, being taken seriously as a female driver, team sports versus individual athletes, pregnancy and career timing for women in racing, physical training in 130-degree heat, 75 Hard challenges, and building multiple revenue streams as an athlete-entrepreneur. Amber Balcean, third-generation NASCAR driver, reveals why she spends 80-90% of her time finding sponsors instead of training, how teams ask female drivers about pregnancy plans, why she can't afford $20,000 practice sessions, what male drivers get to do that women have to sacrifice, and why she's writing a book while building businesses to help drivers who were in her position 10 years ago. 🎥 Watch More From This Episode: Follow Your Fire!: https://youtube.com/shorts/2borYVv6pKI Woman Racer Beating Sexism & Earning Respect in Motorsports: https://youtube.com/shorts/zkT8ivWIA5Y Women in Racing And The REAL Sacrifices They Make: https://youtube.com/shorts/aCgnBD4YgOI 🔗 Connect with Amber Balcean: Social Media: @AmberBalcean Merchandise & Sponsors: [Website] 🔗 Connect with Rhonda Klch: The UnFiltered Podcast Website: rhondaklch.com Instagram: @rhondaklch #nascar #womeninracing #entrepreneurship #sportssponsorship #amberbalcean ℹ️ About The UnFiltered Podcast with Rhonda Klch: The UnFiltered Podcast explores the journey of entrepreneurs, athletes, and business leaders who share their stories without filters. Hosted by Rhonda Klch, we ask the uncomfortable questions and dive deep into what it really takes to succeed—including what you have to give up along the way. ⚡ Powered by NXC Podcast Network

⏱️ Timestamp Chapters:

00:00 - Intro: Most Owners Don't Own a Business—They Own a Job They Can't Quit

01:03 - From Big Six Accounting to Buying 15 Businesses

05:11 - First Business: Traded My Lexus for a Pickup Truck

09:51 - Why Keeping the Real Estate Was the Smartest "Accidental" Decision

14:53 - What to Look For: The 10-Year Rule That Never Fails

19:37 - The Stats Don't Lie: 90% Success Buying vs 75% Failure Starting

21:04 - The One That Failed: When Ego & Emotion Cost Everything

24:14 - Why You Must Hire an Outside CPA (Even If You Are One)

26:34 - How I Saved Someone from a $1.5M Bankruptcy in 15 Minutes

31:05 - One Thing for Sellers & One Thing for Buyers

📋 In this entrepreneur podcast, host Trevor Muir sits down with Paul Lajoie, CPA and serial entrepreneur who's bought, scaled, and exited over 15 businesses—from flooring to oil and gas, sandblasting to trash hauling. This CEO interview delivers brutally honest real talk about why most business owners are trapped in jobs they can't quit, the shocking statistics (90% success rate acquiring existing businesses vs 75% failure rate starting from scratch), and the life-changing moment he fell in love with a company and ignored every red flag. Paul shares inspiring success story lessons on trading his Lexus for pickup truck #5, why the "10-year rule" predicts business survival better than anything else, and how removing ego and emotion from acquisitions is the difference between bankruptcy and building wealth.

Learn entrepreneur advice on why accounting classes are non-negotiable (even if you're a doctor or ditch digger), how he analyzed a trash hauling company in 15 minutes and discovered it was making $250K not $500K (saving the buyer from disaster), and why hiring an outside CPA is critical even when you ARE a CPA. Get business tips on building systems that allow you to exit, understanding that if a company survived 10 years it'll survive another 10, and recognizing the 30 hats you must wear as an owner (but you're only good at 10—so hire for the rest).

This mindset for success conversation proves that business expert wisdom comes from 1,500 underwritten deals, multiple failures, and understanding that the most successful startup came from $150K seed money and now profits $1.8M annually—but the risk is real.

🔗 Connect with Paul Lejoie:

Website: bizbuypro.com

Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Plan-Escaping-9-Profitable/dp/B0FFWSJD5F Free Webinars: https://bizbuypro.com/deal-review/

🔗 Connect with Trevor Muir - Lean Into Lead:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trevor.muir.585

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-muir-b7231356/

ℹ️ About Lean Into Lead: Join Trevor Muir for heart-centered conversations with entrepreneurs and business leaders who've stepped on rakes, learned hard lessons, and come out successful on the other side. Get entrepreneur advice, business tips, and inspiring success stories from experts who understand that true freedom comes from building businesses that run without you—not jobs you can't quit.

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Welcome back to the Ready, Fire, Aim podcast! This episode features Ruth Berman of Disrupt Digital, discussing exciting advancements in artificial intelligence and the future of digital marketing as an entrepreneur. They explore how innovation in machine learning and fine tuning models are shaping the digital business landscape, leading to significant digital transformation.

Ruth Berman is the Founder of Dysrupt Digital, a Canada-based consultancy helping businesses build secure, modular AI workflows that don't lock them into vendors or unpredictable token pricing. With over a decade of AI implementation experience and a background spanning service design, UX, product management, and front-end development on award-winning teams, Ruth helps companies modernize legacy systems while empowering their people rather than replacing them.

Video Chapters:

00:11 AI Implementation for Legacy Business Systems

07:48 Building Modular AI Workflows That Scale

14:37 Vibe Coding and Rapid Product Development

21:50 Context Windows and AI Cost Management

29:36 Data Privacy and Self-Hosted AI Models

37:00 The Future of AI and Knowledge Work

Connect with Ruth Berman:

🔗 Website: dysrupt.digital

Connect with Thad Barnes:

Website: epochdm.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thad.e.barnes/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadbarnes/

About Ready Fire Aim: Ready Fire Aim brings you unfiltered conversations with entrepreneurs and business leaders who share real-world strategies for building wealth and achieving success. Host Thad Barnes delivers actionable business advice and success stories from founders who've been in the trenches.

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⏱️ Timestamp Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - Why Entrepreneurs Are Starving for Execution

07:10 - The Superpower: Knowing Exactly What NOT to Do

14:38 - When Business Problems Are Emotional Problems in Disguise 29:31 - How AI & Automation Will Separate Winners from Losers

38:03 - What Being Unapologetically Savage Really Costs You

📋 In this entrepreneur podcast, host Rhonda Klch sits down with business expert Paul Clewell, author of Unapologetically Savage, for real talk about what it takes to scale a successful business. This CEO interview delivers the raw truth about entrepreneur success—exposing why most business owners create jobs with overhead instead of building real assets.

Paul shares entrepreneur advice on mindset for success, revealing that being "unapologetically savage" isn't about aggression—it's about ruthless accountability at an uncomfortable level. Learn the secrets to success from a business leader who's made every mistake, sat in every seat, and built a reputation for helping entrepreneurs win in business. This inspiring success story proves that hard work without structure is just glorified struggle, and the only way to build an elite business empire is to stop being a victim and start thinking like an owner-investor. Get business tips on scaling, leadership, team building, and creating a winning mindset that separates average from exceptional.

🔗 Connect with Paul Clewell:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulclewell22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_clewell21/

Get the book!: https://www.amazon.com/Unapologetic-Savage-Business-Stopped-Unfiltered-ebook/dp/B0DZ76KR1L

🔗 Connect with Rhonda Klch: The UnFiltered Podcast

Website: rhondaklch.com

Instagram: @rhondaklch

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ℹ️ About The Unfiltered Podcast: Join Rhonda Kilch for unfiltered conversations with successful entrepreneurs and business leaders who share real talk about the messy middle, strategic growth, and what it really takes to build a business empire. Get entrepreneur advice, business tips, and inspiring success stories from experts who've walked the path and emerged as winners. No sugarcoating—just the raw truth about personal growth, elite leadership, and scaling a successful business.

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In this episode of Ready Fire Aim Podcast, we sit down with Paul Lajoie (CPA and business acquisition expert) to reveal entrepreneurship secrets and business advice for buying a business without losing your wealth. If you are looking for success stories about small business ownership or entrepreneur mindset strategies, this unfiltered conversation exposes the truth about business acquisitions.

Chapters:

0:00 - Small Business Acquisition Success Stories

08:15 - Buying a Business Due Diligence Mistakes

18:30 - Business Valuation Methods That Work

32:45 - Entrepreneurship Cash Flow Management

47:20 - Starting a Business vs Buying a Business

58:10 - Business Advice for First-Time Buyers

About Paul Lajoie: Paul Lajoie is a CPA, serial entrepreneur, and founder of BizByPro, a community helping people acquire and operate small businesses. After acquiring 15+ businesses over 25 years (with a 90%+ success rate), Paul wrote the best-selling book "The Exit Plan" and now teaches entrepreneurs how to create generational wealth through strategic business acquisition. He hosts live deal reviews every Monday and Q&A sessions every Wednesday.

Connect with Paul Lajoie:

🔗 Website: BizBuyPro.com

🔗 LinkedIn: Paul Lajoie

🔗 Instagram: @PaulLajoie

🔗 Book: "The Exit Plan" https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Plan-Escaping-9-Profitable/dp/B0FFWSJD5F

About Ready Fire Aim: Ready Fire Aim brings you unfiltered conversations with entrepreneurs and business leaders who share real-world strategies for building wealth and achieving success. Host Thad Barnes delivers actionable business advice and success stories from founders who've been in the trenches.

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⏱️ Timestamp Chapters:

00:00 - Intro: When Was the Last Time What You Wore Changed How You Showed Up?

01:07 - The Breaking Point: "If I Don't Go, My Soul Will Die"

04:53 - Writing "I Don't Do Vanilla": The Healing Power of Sharing Your Story

06:08 - Why a Kettlebell Coach Created a Fragrance Line (And It Makes Perfect Sense)

13:58 - "It's Okay If You Can't Look in the Mirror and Say 'I Love You'"

18:06 - Mindset + Movement: Why You Need Both to Truly Transform

26:23 - Your Word to Yourself: The One Thing You Can't Compromise

28:30 - The Intention Behind Intention: Coming Home to Who You're Meant to Be

📋 In this entrepreneur podcast, host Trevor Muir sits down with Jodi Barrett, kettlebell training specialist, best-selling author of I Don't Do Vanilla, and creator of Intention by Jay perfume. This CEO interview delivers raw, vulnerable real talk about the moment she realized staying would cost more than leaving—packing up her entire life with three kids, publishing her memoir, and moving across the country because "if I don't go, my soul will die."

Jodi shares inspiring success story lessons on building a fragrance brand that's not about smelling good for approval—it's about showing up with presence, power, and falling in love with yourself again. Learn entrepreneur advice on why mindset and movement must be married (not separated), how a stuffed bunny during divorce became the inspiration for a perfume line about energy and security, and why your word to yourself is the foundation of transformation. Get business tips on starting where you are (not where you think you should be), understanding that 12 minutes is better than zero, and recognizing that blending in costs you something far greater than standing out ever will.

This mindset for success conversation proves that business expert wisdom comes from honoring all versions of yourself—past, present, and future—and understanding that true leadership means coming home to you first. Jodi reveals secrets to success in her KB Stronger training platform and the life-changing power of pausing, breathing, and anchoring yourself before stepping into any room.

🎥 Watch More From This Episode:

🔗 Connect with Jodi Barrett:

Website: kbstronger.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kbstronger

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kbstronger_/

🔗 Connect with Trevor Muir - Lean Into Lead:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trevor.muir.585

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-muir-b7231356/

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ℹ️ About Lean Into Lead: Join Trevor Muir for heart-centered conversations with entrepreneurs and leaders who choose courage over comfort, presence over perfection, and showing up on purpose over blending in. Get entrepreneur advice, business tips, and inspiring success stories from experts who understand that true impact starts with coming home to yourself first.

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In this episode of The ReForge Podcast, Matthew Chang sits down with Mitch Carlson (CEO of Green Corridors) for a leadership and executive interview about entrepreneurship in autonomous freight technology.

If you are looking for business advice on how to start a business in logistics or success stories about scaling a business with robotics, this business podcast reveals the truth about innovation in American manufacturing.

Chapters:

0:00 - Presidential Permit for Autonomous Freight Technology

05:30 - Green Corridors Solving Border Congestion Problem

12:45 - Autonomous Shuttle Design and Manufacturing Strategy

20:15 - American Truckers and Workforce Impact Solutions

26:40 - Supply Chain Innovation Lowering Logistics Costs

31:20 - Future Plans for Port of Houston Project

About Mitch Carlson: Mitch Carlson is CEO and founder of Green Corridors, a Texas-based autonomous freight technology company that received a rare presidential permit from the White House to build elevated freight corridors between Monterrey, Mexico and Laredo, Texas. As an exited technology entrepreneur from the oil and gas industry, Mitch is pioneering the fusion of civil engineering and robotics to solve freight corridor congestion with autonomous shuttles and 100% cargo scanning at the US-Mexico border.

Connect with Mitch Carlson:

🔗 Company: Green Corridors

🔗 LinkedIn: Mitch Carlson

Connect with Matthew Chang:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewachang/

X/Twitter: https://x.com/matthewachang

Chang Robotics: https://www.changrobotics.ai/

Chang Robotics Fund: https://www.cr.fund/

About The ReForge Podcast: The ReForge Podcast explores robotics, automation, artificial intelligence, and American manufacturing with forward-thinking entrepreneurs and business leaders. Host Matthew Chang delivers insights on Industry 4.0, the future of work, and how technology will reshape the American economy while creating opportunities for innovation and growth.

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