SixFig Podcast

After a decade building a seven figure technology firm serving multi-million dollar businesses, Melodie Moore discovered that the biggest bottleneck in every company she touched was never the software. It was the fact that nobody on the team had been trained to think about systems rather than just execute tasks inside them. That realization led her to codify an entirely new role she calls the Technologist, and it changed how she hires, trains, and scales.

In this conversation, Melodie breaks down her "thinking tax" framework for evaluating team members, explains why paying people more money never solved the problem, and shares how AI is creating a dangerous illusion of progress for founders who are not careful. If you are scaling past six figures and wondering why adding more people and more tools keeps making things harder, this episode will reframe everything.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:42) How Business Tech Ninjas Started

(08:05) Tracking Processes Day 1

(17:28) Differentiating Signal vs Noise in a Growing Business

(26:17) Biggest Hiring Mistakes

(32:57) Training Your Team to Think

(41:01) AI and the Illusion of Progress

(46:31) The Future of Courses and Personalization

(49:52) Final Advice for Entrepreneurs

Melodie says paying people more never solves the underlying problem. Comment below: do you agree or disagree?

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A $50 per day ad budget. No investors. No branding agency. And $100K in monthly sales within 11 months of launching. Lindsey Burwell built The Patch Method, a transdermal wellness patch company, from her living room after a decade of working with women whose supplements weren't actually being absorbed. She paid her first team member in free product, grew by sponsoring Pilates classes, and now runs 15 live events a week across multiple states.

What makes this story different is what she refused to do. No fancy website launch. No six figure branding package. No scaling through paid acquisition. Instead she built a direct to consumer brand the way most people say is impossible: one customer at a time, face to face, with a product that actually works. Now she's preparing for a nationwide launch in Sprouts. If you're building a product business and wondering whether community can actually replace ad spend, this one's for you.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:00) The Night That Changed Everything

(06:49) Waking Up to $99,888 in Sales

(14:28) Fear of Being Seen Held Her Back

(21:01) Launching the First Patch

(30:00) Scaling Without Ads

(41:16) Expanding to New Cities

(44:28) Staying Lean as You Scale

(49:54) Landing a Nationwide Sprouts Deal

(59:13) Advice for Early Stage Founders

Lindsey paid her first employee in free patches. Comment below: what's the scrappiest thing you've done to grow your business?

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Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

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

Connect with Lindsey:

Website: https://www.thepatchmethod.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-burwell-a5a851395/

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

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@LindseyBurwellWellness

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Erin B. Haag, founder of Pricing Overhaul and author of Give Yourself a Raise, joins Michael Hunter on the Six Fig Podcast to share how she built and sold three companies, hit her first six figure month by cutting every offer down to one, and now trains coaches to help business owners stop bleeding profit. After years of running a successful Pilates studio with the wrong pricing model, the stress of an unprofitable business eventually landed her in the hospital. Three years after fixing her pricing, she sold that same studio for 40x.

Most entrepreneurs think they have a lead generation problem. Erin argues the real issue is almost always a pricing problem. She sets pricing at 50% capacity, believes discounting is a death sentence for any service business, and makes the case that the fastest path to a six figure month is not more clients but fewer offers at a higher price point. If you are working harder than ever and still not keeping enough of what you earn, this conversation will change how you think about your business model entirely.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:47) Be Tiffany's, Not Claire's

(04:52) First Year: Six Figures at 27

(09:26) Wrong Pricing Nearly Killed Her

(14:23) Why Mindset Alone Won't Work

(20:34) The Core Principals Erin Looks for in a Business

(35:47) Why Discounting Destroys Businesses

(47:45) Palm Beach Pilates Pricing Story

(59:44) Spirituality in Business

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Connect with Michael:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

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

Connect with Erin:

Website: https://pricingoverhaul.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-b-haag-25a8406/

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

Get her Book "Give Yourself a Raise": https://www.amazon.com/Give-Yourself-Raise-Mindset-Million-ebook/dp/B0C1NPNCR6

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Twenty-three rental units, zero dollars down, and financial freedom by 36. Then a business partner lawsuit stripped it all away. Mike Fritz rebuilt from a family member's spare room to raising nearly $100 million in capital for real estate and manufacturing acquisitions, buying companies in industries he had zero experience in, and sleeping better now than he did at the top.

What makes Mike different is not the comeback story. It is his framework for understanding why most entrepreneurs set 10x revenue goals without preparing for 10x pressure. His take on studying what speeds and slows your customer's spending is the kind of lens that separates operators from optimists. If you are scaling past six figures and wondering why the weight feels heavier than the win, this one is for you.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:23) Entrepreneurship at 12 Years Old

(08:08) The Path to Financial Freedom at 36

(13:13) Defining Wealth on Your Own Terms

(20:43) Rebuilding From Zero

(32:16) Should New Entrepreneurs Acquire Businesses?

(48:42) Building a Marriage Through Entrepreneurship

(54:50) Revenue Equals Pressure: Final Advice

Mike went 18 months with no paycheck while rebuilding. Drop a comment: what is the longest you have gone without income as an entrepreneur?

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Connect with Michael:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

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

Connect with Mike:

Website: https://poweruprealestate.com

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

Instagram:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnfyGBJZQvkFR1tAM1nWBg

Other: https://titaniumcapitalhq.com/about/

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Most people learn business the hard way. Remy Davenport got paid to learn it from the people already at the top. As the founder of Kings Media, Remy built a multi seven figure content agency serving faith based founders running seven and eight figure businesses by doing one thing differently. He treats every client as an informal mentor, embedding the questions he needs answered directly into their content sessions.

In this episode of the Six Figure Podcast, Remy breaks down his journey from wedding videography to charging $10,000 a month for content, how to build a content agency with recurring revenue, what separates viral content from noise, and why AI cloning is one of the fastest ways to destroy audience trust. If you are a founder looking to grow on organic social media, scale a content agency, or understand what a real social media content strategy looks like, this is the episode for you.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:19) From Weddings to Content Agency

(11:03) Why Churches Were the Wrong Client

(21:42) Timeline to Six Figures

(29:09) Scaling: Leads and Talent

(42:16) How to Pick the Right Agency

(49:06) AI Clones Will Be Your Demise

(57:15) The AI Train Is Still Coming

(01:05:06) Faith as a Founder

Remy charges $10K/month for content and clients don't bat an eye. Drop a comment: Are you currently charging the right price for your services?

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Connect with Michael:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

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

Connect with Remy:

Website: https://kingsmedia.co

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-davenport-002ba5140/

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

YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@theremydavenport

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A man who weighed 120 pounds in a hospital bed at 36, penniless and homeless, walked into a one room website shop a few years later and talked his way into a job he was technically overqualified for. That shop became GetUWired, a multi seven figure digital marketing agency with over 35 full time employees, serving some of the biggest names in the online business world. Before any of that, Dobbin Buck built museums at Epcot Center, shook hands with Apollo astronauts, and lived on the top floor of the Museum of Sex in Manhattan.

What makes Dobbin different is not the comeback story, it is what he built on the other side of it. A leadership style rooted in stillness instead of stress. A belief that net profit and quality of life matter more than any revenue badge. If you are scaling a service business and wondering whether the grind is actually the point, this one is for you.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(05:39) What Icons Taught Him About People

(14:06) The Museum of Sex and New York

(24:34) Stock Boy to Startup

(30:00) Scaling From One Room to 50 People

(40:20) Revenue vs. Profit: Redefining Growth

(56:16) The Daily Practice: Sauna, Cold Plunge, Meditation

(01:02:11) The 21 Hour Workweek

(01:06:48) AI and Analog Leadership

Dobbin says his monthly payroll now exceeds what the entire company made annually in the early days. Drop a comment: what milestone made your growth feel real?

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Connect with Michael:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

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

Connect with Dobbin:

Website: https://getuwired.com

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

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getuwiredinc

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A $39 course. A guy with 400 YouTube subscribers. A garage in Oklahoma during Covid. That is where a multi eight figure business started, and Shawn Pollard was the man behind the curtain who made it happen. After 21 years running flagship car dealerships and earning $300K a year, Shawn lost nearly everything to a six year battle with addiction that burned through $700K in savings. Eight months into sobriety, he found a sales trainer nobody had heard of, quit his job, moved his family across the country, and helped build one of the most recognizable personal brands in the sales training space.

What makes Shawn different is what he learned on the other side. He will tell you that your marriage is the foundation of your business, not the other way around. He asked his wife one question that changed everything, and her answer broke him open. If you are a man building something and your home life is falling apart, this episode was made for you.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(05:07) His Son's Emergency Heart Surgery

(10:54) Six Years Lost to Addiction

(20:00) 51 Days in Oklahoma Building From Zero

(30:52) Changing Your Language Changes Everything

(41:19) "Am I Your Dream Man?" She Said No.

(53:44) What Running 231 Days Straight Unlocked

(01:01:32) The Men's Movement He Is Building Now

Shawn says hustle culture is a lie and you can hit seven figures without it. Agree or disagree? Drop a comment.

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

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Connect with Shawn:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-pollard-b24733352/

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

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

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He sold his first coaching package at $11 an hour. Today he charges up to $8,000 an hour for one on one coaching and commands $50,000 keynotes. Michael Bernoff, founder of The Human Communications Institute and author of Average Sucks, has spent 25 years studying why smart, capable people still fail to execute. In this conversation, he breaks down the three things he would do if he were starting a business from scratch today, and none of them involve funnels, AI tools, or social media strategies.

What makes Bernoff different is his refusal to sell the motivation myth. He redefines it entirely: motivation is not excitement, it is the ability to get yourself to act. The real bottleneck for most entrepreneurs is not strategy or information. It is their inability to communicate their value clearly enough that others want to pay for it. If you are building a six figure business and feel stuck between knowing and doing, this conversation will reframe everything.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(06:08) Michael Bernoff's Origin Story

(14:12) From Direct Sales to Coaching Career

(27:57) How to Charge What You're Worth

(37:53) How Words Create Your Reality

(44:29) What Stops High Performers

(48:46) Three Things He Would Do Starting Over

(55:42) Core and Call to Action Programs

He went from $11/hour coaching to $8K/hour. What was your biggest pricing leap? Leave a comment below.

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Connect with Michael:

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

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

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One podcast appearance. Eight hundred subscribers. Two hundred thousand dollars in 24 hours. That is the moment Brady Edwards realized the creator economy had flipped. Before launching BIGGEST AGENCY, Brady spent two years as a video director at MrBeast, producing content with over 10 billion views.

What makes Brady's perspective different from every other YouTube guru is that he has seen both extremes: videos watched by hundreds of millions of people that generated nothing, and a tiny podcast episode that changed his entire financial trajectory. His argument is simple and backed by experience: clarity beats virality every time. If you are an entrepreneur trying to figure out where YouTube, long form content, and AI are headed, and whether it is too late to start, this conversation was built for you.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(06:43) From Mormon Mission to Pest Control

(12:11) How He Landed the MrBeast Job

(23:52) Short Form vs Long Form Content

(27:57) Is It Too Late to Start on YouTube?

(43:36) AI and Why the Clock Is Ticking

(56:02) MrBeast's Secret: Constant Pivoting

(01:05:39) The 3 Metrics That Matter on YouTube

Brady left MrBeast because one podcast changed everything. Drop a comment: what is one appearance or conversation that changed your business?

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Connect with Michael:

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

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Connect with Brady:

Website: https://biggestagency.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brady-edwards-89b07b74/

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

Agency Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biggestagency/

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Six figures before his 20th birthday, Six figures a month in his early 20s and $1 billion in real estate transactions by 26. Austin Zaback built a portfolio of 12 companies with over 600 employees across real estate wholesaling, residential sales, pest control, media, and more, all before turning 31.

The path was not linear. Austin openly shares how diversifying too early nearly derailed everything, why he killed profitable companies that did not fit the vision, and how vertical integration became the unlock that let him scale without outside capital. If you are building toward your first six figures or trying to break through to eight, this conversation will challenge how you think about focus, hiring, and when to expand.

Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(04:04) Getting Into Wholesaling at 18

(12:28) Failing More Than Others Try

(19:10) First Six Figures and Mindset

(29:00) How to Attract A Player Talent

(36:12) Building the Vertical Empire

(48:45) Using AI Across 12 Companies

(55:39) His Biggest Mistake as a Founder

Austin closed a profitable education company because he hated it. Comment below: Would you eliminate a profitable business if it doesn't align with your vision?

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Connect with Michael:

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

Website: https://michaelrhunter.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/michaelrhunter

Connect with Austin:

Website: https://spacere.com/austin-zaback/

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

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AustinZaback

Podcast: https://www.theaustinzabackshow.com/

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