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  • She Broke a Record Set by Steve Jobs — Then Built a $108M Startup Without Spending a Dollar on Ads | Adi Soozin

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    One year. Zero extra budget. Double the revenue.

    That’s what Adi Soozin did — and in doing so, she broke a sales record that had stood since Steve Jobs set it.

    She was the youngest marketer ever chosen to manage an entire sales channel at Apple. In her first year, she doubled revenue without increasing the marketing budget by a single dollar.

    Then she left and proved it wasn’t luck.

    She grew a fashion brand by 4,200% in nine weeks. Then built a bootstrapped startup from idea to $108 million in under five years — no paid ads, no external funding, no shortcuts.

    In this episode, Adi Soozin breaks down exactly how she thinks about growth, marketing, and building without burning cash.

    We cover:

    • How she broke a record Steve Jobs set — and what actually made it possible
    • How to scale a startup to $108M without paid advertising
    • The behavioral economics principles behind no-budget hypergrowth
    • Why most founders are using the wrong marketing strategy
    • The mindset shift that separates founders who scale from those who stall

    If you’re building something and waiting for more budget — this episode will change how you think forever.

    ABOUT ADI SOOZIN

    Adi Soozin is a marketing strategist, investor, and bestselling author of Tools of Marketing Titans. She leads Molo9™ and 9x90™ and works with brands and founders across 59 countries on hypergrowth strategy.

    Website | https://adisoozin.com/
    Book | https://amzn.to/3Jdotl7
    Proven Path | https://molo9.co/proven-path/

    CONNECT WITH HINA
    Website | https://thehinasiddiqui.com/
    LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui/
    Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/hinawithwings/
    YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@thehinasiddiqui
    Email | m[email protected]
    Books | https://amzn.to/3B65Wz7

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    43 min
  • Chris Gibson: He Left His EVP Title, Earned Nothing for 5 Years — Then Built a 500K Business

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    He had the title.
     The salary.
     The corner office.

    Executive Vice President.

    And he walked away from all of it.

    No plan. No safety net. No income for five years.

    Most people would have gone back.

    Chris Gibson didn’t.

    Instead he built something nobody expected — a 500K-subscriber YouTube channel, his own skincare and supplement product lines, and a book on skin health that was ahead of mainstream science before mainstream science caught up.

    But this conversation isn’t really about skincare.

    It’s about what happens when a casting agent tells you your skin could end your broadcasting career — and you decide to build an empire around the very thing they said would stop you.

    And what five years of zero income actually teaches you about building something that lasts.

    🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday — The Corporate Life: Billion Dollar Conversations

    What you will learn:

    • Why walking away from a senior corporate title without a plan was the best decision Chris ever made
    • What five years of zero revenue actually builds that no salary ever could
    • How a casting agent’s rejection became the foundation of a 500K audience category
    • Why the freedom entrepreneurship promises only arrives after the struggle nobody sees
    • How to turn the thing you were told would hold you back into the thing that sets you apart

    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Teaser: the 5-year zero income period
     01:30 — Who is Chris Gibson
     04:40 — The casting agent rejection that changed his career
     13:00 — Leaving television and the media frenzy behind
     18:44 — The corporate career — EVP to entrepreneur
     23:05 — Five years of zero income building the YouTube channel
     27:25 — The moment the channel hit 100K — and then 500K
     30:54 — Pro-aging vs anti-aging — the industry problem
     36:44 — Botox, fillers and what the industry is actually selling
     42:35 — This or That rapid fire
     44:35 — The one message Chris would leave the world with

    Connect with Chris Gibson:
    YouTube: search Chris Gibson
    TikTok: @skincarewithchris
    Facebook community: Skin So Fabulous

    Connect with Hina:
    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
    Instagram: @hinawithwings
    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: [email protected]

    Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday.

    #ChrisGibson #Entrepreneur #Skincare #ProAging #AntiAging #YouTubeGrowth #TheCorporateLifePodcast #HinaSiddiqui #BillionDollarConversations #FounderStory #500KSubscribers #EVPToEntrepreneur #CorporateToCreator

    49 min
  • Connor Treacy: From Viral Hollywood Mansion Parties to a $4M Nightclub to Political Events

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    He was 19 when he threw his first viral Hollywood mansion party.

    By his mid-twenties he had co-founded a West Hollywood nightclub generating $4M+ annually and was booking major artists through Universal Music Group.

    Then he walked away from all of it.

    Not because it failed.
     Because he wanted to build something that mattered beyond the weekend.

    Connor Treacy’s story is not about Hollywood nightlife.
     It’s about what happens when you’re willing to blow up what’s working — to build what lasts.

    And the moment a $7,500 public failure almost made him quit everything.

    🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday — The Corporate Life: Billion Dollar Conversations

    What you will learn:

    • Why public failure is often the price of building something real
    • How reputation and reliability outlast any single viral moment
    • What it actually takes to reinvent yourself from entertainment into civic and corporate spaces
    • Why being the smartest person in the room is a trap — and what to do instead
    • How to make bold decisions that protect your most valuable currency — your name

    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Introduction to Connor Treacy and his LA upbringing
     05:30 — The early days of high school promoting and viral parties
     12:15 — Facing a $7,500 failure and the lesson of Midas touch
     22:45 — Working with Universal Music Group and elite nightlife
     35:10 — Transitioning to political events and the Democratic Party
     48:20 — The fear of irrelevance and the value of a solid reputation

    About Connor Treacy:

    Connor Treacy is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur whose career spans nightlife, music, startups and civic leadership. He went from throwing a viral mansion party at 19 to co-founding a West Hollywood nightclub generating $4M+ annually, then reinvented himself in music, venture building and public leadership. His story is about reinvention, resilience and building spaces where people collide, feel seen and leave changed.

    Connect with Connor:
    Website: https://connortreacy.com
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconnortreacy/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connortreacy/

    Connect with Hina:
    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
    Instagram: @hinawithwings
    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: [email protected]

    Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday.

    #ConnorTreacy #Entrepreneur #Nightlife #UniversalMusicGroup #EventProducer #TheCorporateLifePodcast #HinaSiddiqui #BillionDollarConversations #Reinvention #StartupFounder #LAEntrepreneur #Resilience #Reputation #CEOMindset #FounderStory


    35 min
  • Robert Wilson: Your Trauma Is Running Your Business. Most CEOs Don't Know It.

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    Most CEOs and entrepreneurs think their biggest problem is strategy.

    It isn't.

    It's the inherited programming they never questioned.

    The temper from a father. The fear from a mother. The scripts from a school system designed to produce employees — not founders.

    Robert Wilson spent decades watching brilliant CEOs and entrepreneurs make self-destructive decisions in boardrooms — not because they lacked intelligence — but because hidden pain was dressed up as strategy.

    In 2015 he had a moment that changed everything.

    He realised that even self-help was a form of outside programming.

    And that true freedom — in business and in life — only comes when you stop listening to inherited voices and start listening to your own body's wisdom.

    This conversation is not for everyone.

    It is for the CEO or entrepreneur who is ready to lead differently.

    What you will learn:

    • Why inherited programming from parents and education limits your business growth without you knowing it
    • How hidden personal pain sneaks into boardrooms disguised as strategic decisions
    • What the difference between hearing and hearkening means for every leader
    • Why true freedom comes from unscripting your life and moving from external control to internal sovereignty
    • How to listen with your entire body — not just your mind — to expand through situations instead of repeating the past

    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Introduction to The Corporate Life
     01:30 — Realising the influence of outside programming
     04:10 — The difference between scripted and unscripted lives
     04:45 — Inheriting a temper and the path to emotional freedom
     06:04 — How hidden pain hijacks business strategy
     07:12 — Learning to hearken wisdom in the boardroom
     12:44 — The power of morning inspiration over desperation
     16:48 — Why leaders cling to control instead of creativity
     22:55 — Robert's movie title: I Rise of Wisdom and Inspiration
     24:11 — This or That rapid fire

    About Robert Wilson:

    Robert Wilson is a wisdom strategist, philosopher and author who challenges inherited programming and societal scripts that limit leaders. He works with CEOs and entrepreneurs on energetic liberation — moving from outside control to internal sovereignty. His writing style is intentionally unpunctuated to allow natural breath and personal interpretation.

    Buy Robert's Book
    https://amzn.to/3OgwFjJ

    CONNECT WITH ROBERT A. WILSON

    Website: http://mycowboywisdom.com
    Email: [email protected]
    Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-A.-Wilson/e/B00C6DFYZK
    Balboa Page:  http://mywisdombreathes.com

    Connect with Hina

    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
    Instagram: @hinawithwings
    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: m[email protected]
     

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    #RobertWilson #CowboyWisdom #CEOMindset #LeadershipDevelopment #InheritedTrauma #TheCorporateLifePodcast #HinaSiddiqui #BillionDollarConversations #EntrepreneurMindset #UnscriptedLife #BusinessLeadership #FounderMindset

    26 min
  • Peter Swimm: He Was About to Quit. Then Microsoft Called.

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    He was about to quit.

    Then Microsoft called.

    Peter Swimm built a Slack bot called Howdy — and Microsoft acquired it.

    But what happened inside that acquisition is not the story most founders expect to hear.

    Because Peter came out the other side with a perspective on AI that most CEOs have never been told.

    He is not here to tell you AI will save your business.

    He is here to tell you why the way you are using it right now is probably making things worse.

    Automating a broken process does not fix the process.
     It just runs the problem faster.

    And most companies — right now — are integrating AI into exactly the wrong things.

    🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday — The Corporate Life: Billion Dollar Conversations

    What you will learn:

    • Why automating a broken process just runs the problem faster
    • What actually happened when Microsoft acquired Howdy
    • Why most companies are integrating AI into the wrong things
    • How to know if your business is genuinely ready for AI
    • What CEOs need to understand before going AI-first

    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Trailer
     01:36 — Peter's unconventional path from library to tech consulting
     01:51 — Why starting a career in a library builds better consulting instincts
     05:47 — Building automation before it was a buzzword
     07:10 — AI and the philosophical question of what work actually means
     11:57 — The Slack bot Howdy and how the Microsoft acquisition happened
     15:28 — What changes inside a product after a tech giant acquires it
     20:44 — Why most companies are automating the wrong problems
     23:38 — How to know if your business is actually ready for AI
     27:07 — What CEOs need to hear before going AI-first
     28:21 — This or That — open source, augmentation, engineers vs product thinkers
     37:58 — Peter's life as a movie
     39:30 — Where to find Peter

    About Peter Swimm:

    Peter Swimm is a technology consultant and founder who built Howdy — a Slack bot acquired by Microsoft. He now works with companies on how to think about AI, automation and what it actually means to be ready for what is coming. He is the founder of Toilville.

    Connect with Peter:
    Website: https://www.toilville.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterswimm/

    Connect with Hina:
    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
    Instagram: @hinawithwings
    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: [email protected]

    Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday.

    #PeterSwimm #Microsoft #Howdy #AIStrategy #AIFounder #StartupAcquisition #TheCorporateLifePodcast #HinaSiddiqui #BillionDollarConversations #AIFirst #Automation #TechFounder #CEOMindset #AIIntegration #StartupToMicrosoft

    43 min
  • Peter J. Burns III: 200 Companies. $1 Billion in Funding. Never Held a Job in 69 Years.

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    He started his first business at 19 on Nantucket Island.

    He has never held a job.

    Not once. In 69 years.

    Over 200 companies built across five decades. More than $1 billion in unsecured funding facilitated for entrepreneurs. Ventures spanning luxury real estate, international government contracts, cannabis and alternative finance.

    And the LAPD showed up once.

    A $400 million government contract disappeared overnight.

    COVID wiped hundreds of millions off the table.

    He kept going.

    Because here's the thing Peter J. Burns III understood before most founders figure it out:

    The only way to lose as an entrepreneur is to quit.

    And he never learned how to do that.

    🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday — The Corporate Life: Billion Dollar Conversations

    What you will learn:

    • How to access alternative funding when banks and traditional investors say no
    • Why having skin in the game is the non-negotiable first requirement for any capital conversation
    • What most founders misunderstand about what investors are actually looking for
    • How to spot a business opportunity before the market knows it exists
    • Why the only way to lose as an entrepreneur is to quit — and what that looks like across 50 years

    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Teaser: 200 companies and the personality type behind them
     01:30 — Introduction: 50 years of entrepreneurship, never a job
     04:16 — Why entrepreneurship is actually about freedom, not money
     07:39 — Losing hundreds of millions — and what that actually feels like
     14:54 — The Covid wipeout — luxury homes, Vietnam contract, and the LAPD raid
     18:09 — The first business: mopeds on Nantucket and the Wall Street Journal
     21:48 — How Burns Funding was created and what it does
     22:39 — Crossing $1 billion in unsecured funding — what founders misunderstand about capital
     25:44 — Instinct vs pattern recognition — how Peter spots opportunities
     28:33 — This or That rapid fire
     31:34 — What every founder needs to stop lying to themselves about

    About Peter J. Burns III:

    Peter J. Burns III has founded over 200 companies across five decades and has facilitated more than $1 billion in unsecured funding for entrepreneurs through Burns Funding. He has never held a job, having started his first business at 19 on Nantucket Island after serving in the US Army. His ventures have spanned luxury real estate, international government contracts, cannabis and alternative finance. He holds 30,000 first-degree connections on LinkedIn and fields over 200 inbound emails a day.

    Connect with Peter:
    Website: https://burnsfunding.com
    Book a discovery call: https://burnsfunding.com

    Connect with Hina:
    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
    Instagram: @hinawithwings
    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: [email protected]
    Books: https://amzn.to/3B65Wz7

    Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday.

    #PeterJBurns #BurnsFunding #Entrepreneur #200Companies #AlternativeFunding #TheCorporateLifePodcast #HinaSiddiqui #BillionDollarConversations #StartupFunding #NeverGiveUp

    35 min
  • Chris Gibson: He Left His EVP Title, Earned Nothing for 5 Years. Then Built a 500K Business

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    He had the title.
     The salary.
     The corner office.

    Executive Vice President.

    And he walked away from all of it.

    No plan. No safety net. No income for five years.

    Most people would have gone back.

    Chris Gibson didn't.

    Instead he built something nobody expected — a 500K-subscriber YouTube channel, his own skincare and supplement product lines, and a book on skin health that was ahead of mainstream science before mainstream science caught up.

    But this conversation isn't really about skincare.

    It's about what happens when a casting agent tells you your skin could end your broadcasting career — and you decide to build an empire around the very thing they said would stop you.

    And what five years of zero income actually teaches you about building something that lasts.

    🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday — The Corporate Life: Billion Dollar Conversations

    What you will learn:

    • Why walking away from a senior corporate title without a plan was the best decision Chris ever made
    • What five years of zero revenue actually builds that no salary ever could
    • How a casting agent's rejection became the foundation of a 500K audience category
    • Why the freedom entrepreneurship promises only arrives after the struggle nobody sees
    • How to turn the thing you were told would hold you back into the thing that sets you apart

    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Teaser: the 5-year zero income period
     01:30 — Who is Chris Gibson
     04:40 — The casting agent rejection that changed his career
     13:00 — Leaving television and the media frenzy behind
     18:44 — The corporate career — EVP to entrepreneur
     23:05 — Five years of zero income building the YouTube channel
     27:25 — The moment the channel hit 100K — and then 500K
     30:54 — Pro-aging vs anti-aging — the industry problem
     36:44 — Botox, fillers and what the industry is actually selling
     42:35 — This or That rapid fire
     44:35 — The one message Chris would leave the world with

    About Chris Gibson:

    Chris Gibson rose from telephone operator to Executive Vice President before walking away from a corporate career to build independently. He is the founder of a YouTube channel with over 500,000 subscribers focused on skincare, wellness and anti-aging, and the creator of his own skincare and supplement product lines. He is the author of a book on skin health that was adopted ahead of mainstream science on gut health and autophagy.

    Connect with Chris Gibson:
    YouTube: search Chris Gibson
    TikTok: @skincarewithchris
    Facebook community: Skin So Fabulous

    Connect with Hina:
    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
    Instagram: @hinawithwings
    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: [email protected]

    Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday.

    #ChrisGibson #Entrepreneur #Skincare #ProAging #AntiAging #YouTubeGrowth #TheCorporateLifePodcast #HinaSiddiqui #BillionDollarConversations #FounderStory #500KSubscribers

    49 min
  • Aditii Handa: The Woman Behind Forttuna Group: The Untold Story Nobody Saw

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    Most people see the title. The platform. The recognition.

    Nobody sees the 80% that came before it.

    Aditii Handa is the Chairperson of Forttuna Group — one of the most recognisable names in global awards and recognition. But before any of that existed, there were sleepless nights, relentless rejection, and a decision that most people would have walked away from.

    This is the story she rarely tells.

    From watching her father build his legacy to becoming a female executive in a male-dominated industry — Aditii reveals why failure isn't the opposite of success. It's the foundation of it.

    And why the women who make it aren't the ones who avoided the hard moments. They're the ones who stayed in them longest.

    What you will learn:

    • Why 80% of the journey to success is invisible — and why that's exactly how it should be
    • How to navigate societal expectations as a woman in business without losing yourself
    • What delayed gratification actually looks like when everything around you is saying give up
    • Why a father's legacy and a mother's progressive belief can shape everything
    • How to dust yourself up after failure and keep building when nobody is watching

    Timestamps:
     00:00 — Introduction to Aditii and the essence of failure
     05:30 — The reality of entrepreneurship: sleepless nights and coffee jars
     12:15 — Navigating societal expectations as a woman in business
     18:45 — The importance of delaying gratification for long-term goals
     25:00 — Final thoughts on legacy and leaving a mark on the world

    Connect with Aditii Handa:

    Website: https://www.aditiihanda.com
    Forttuna Group: https://forttuna.com/home
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aditiihanda/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditii-handa/

    Connect with Hina:

    Website: https://thehinasiddiqui.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui
      YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui
    Email: [email protected]
     

    Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday and Friday.

    40 min
  • Michele Brissoni: Coma, Cancer, Titanium Spine, and the AI He Built After

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    He survived a coma. Cancer twice. More than 40 surgeries. His spine is reinforced with titanium.

    And then — Michele Brissoni built an AI company.

    Together with Alessandro Di Gioia, Michele co-created nWave — an open source AI framework released to the world for free on Valentine's Day 2026. Not because the market told them to. Because after three decades in software — they knew what was broken.

    Most companies are adding AI on top of broken systems. Michele and Alessandro are fixing the foundation first.

    What you will learn:

    • Why AI is an amplifier — and what happens when you amplify dysfunction
    • How two Italians gave their life's work to the world for free
    • What surviving a coma teaches you about building a company
    • Why the red pill for enterprise AI is not about technology — it's about people

    ABOUT THE GUESTS

    Michele Brissoni is co-founder of nWave, an open source AI-powered software development framework built on nearly three decades of engineering experience across enterprise and startup environments. He has survived a near-fatal accident including a period in a coma, rebuilt from a wheelchair, and brings a human-centred philosophy to AI development that has been tested at Ferrari, Ducati, and across multiple enterprise engagements.

    Alessandra Di Gioia is co-founder of nWave and brings a complementary engineering and product background built entirely outside Italy, with a focus on structured, disciplined software delivery. Together they released nWave as open source on Valentine’s Day 2026 with an enterprise tier for organisations requiring governance and advanced features.


    TIMESTAMPS 

    00:00  Teaser — why they gave 20 years of work away for free

    00:13  How Michele and Alessandro found each other — two Italians, same obsession

    01:40  What Alessandro sees in Michele that the world doesn’t

    04:39  How they challenge each other — the visionary and the craftsman

    07:18  Why they released nWave as open source on Valentine’s Day

    09:26  What nWave actually does — AI as amplifier, not replacement

    14:55  The Renaissance analogy — human-centred software and what it means

    17:12  The red pill — the uncomfortable truth most organisations can’t face

    20:22  Why putting AI on broken systems makes dysfunction worse

    24:08  This or That rapid fire

    28:01  The body that failed or the mind that didn’t — Michele’s coma story

    34:55  What every founder should do differently tomorrow morning


    IMPORTANT LINKS

    www.nwave.ai

    Book your complimentary Narrative Audit at thehinasiddiqui.com

    LinkedIn: Michele Brissoni & Alessandro Di Gioia


    Connect with Hina

    EMAIL I [email protected]
    WEBSITE I https://thehinasiddiqui.com/
    LINKEDIN I / hinasiddiqui
    INSTAGRAM I @hinawithwings
    YOUTUBE I / @thehinasiddiqui

    Check out Hina's books: https://amzn.to/3B65Wz7

    43 min
  • Charles Yeomans: 14,000 Investors, No VC — How He Built a Community Around a Cap Table

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    Charles Yeomans has raised over $50 million from more than fourteen thousand investors - not a handful of VCs, but a crowdfunded community he communicates with multiple times a week. In this episode, he explains why treating that many backers like a movement instead of a cap table has changed how he builds trust, why he refuses to promise exact dates even when he's confident in the plan, and the one thing he tells every founder pitching for money: nobody cares about your technology.

    What You Will Learn
    You'll learn how Charles manages investor trust at a scale most founders never encounter, and why he deliberately avoids specific dates even when a milestone is basically locked in. You'll hear the story of the mistake early in his investment banking career that still shapes how carefully he communicates today, and why he believes technical founders lose pitches by talking about how their product works instead of the value it creates. He also breaks down what his AI platform actually does - compressing data so devices can send four times more of it without expensive hardware upgrades - and who's already lining up to use it.

    Timestamps
     00:00 - How do you manage fourteen thousand investors?
     04:38 - Building trust at scale with a crowd, not a boardroom
     06:38 - Why Charles never promises an exact date
     08:32 - $50M raised and the shift to institutional money
     09:11 - Why he came back for one more startup
     11:21 - What NerPac actually does, and who needs it
     16:19 - The unfair advantage of an investment banking background
     17:59 - The story that still keeps him careful
     26:43 - The number one mistake founders make when pitching
     22:56 - "It's not a straight line" - the title of his story

    About the Guest
     Charles Yeomans built his career across investment banking, insurance, and Navy intelligence before founding the company behind NerPac and PCM, AI-driven data compression technology used in satellite communications, defense, and connected vehicles. He has raised over $50 million from a crowdfunded base of more than fourteen thousand investors - a structure he manages through frequent, direct communication rather than a traditional handful of board-seat VCs. 

    Important Links

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-yeomans-4507a17/?skipRedirect=true



    Connect with Hina

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hinasiddiqui

    Instagram: @hinawithwings

    YouTube: @thehinasiddiqui

    Check out Hina's books: https://amzn.to/3B65Wz7

    Production Credit: Produced by @the32collective_ / https://www.the32collective.co/


    30 min

About The Corporate Life – Billion Dollar Conversations | Cinematic Stories of Tech CEOs, Multimillion-Dollar Entrepreneurs, and Leading Investors

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🎬 Every life is a movie - and the Tech CEOs, multimillion-dollar entrepreneurs, and Leading Investors who come here reveal the real story behind their rise.


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