The Cost

What does growth cost when the service you provide has real consequences for the people relying on it?

Amit Gir, MD, co-founder and CEO of Phox Health, joins Kristopher Blakeman to discuss the move from medicine into entrepreneurship, early apps that did not work, and the lessons that shaped a healthcare logistics business.

They talk about the time lost chasing the wrong ideas, building with limited resources, pairing technology with personal service, and learning to hand off responsibility as a company grows.

Learn more about Phox Health: https://phoxhealth.com

Connect with Amit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitgir

The Cost: https://clairionai.com/thecost

Growth brings more than a bigger workload. It brings payroll, benefits, hard hiring decisions, and responsibility for the people who depend on you.

Kristopher Blakeman sits down with Clinton Felts of Peak Energy Partners to talk about the costs of building a business: navigating an unconventional path into engineering, learning the realities of health insurance and cash flow, earning trust, and giving employees a real path to ownership.

The Cost explores what growth asks of the people who pursue it—and what changes along the way.

Guest: Clinton Felts, Peak Energy Partners

Website: https://peakenergypartners.com

The Cost: https://clairionai.com/thecost

Host: Kristopher Blakeman | Clairion AI

Building a business costs more than money. Kristopher Blakeman sits down with Antonio Rogers and Ashton Bruton of Smartending to talk about the time, setbacks, and personal tradeoffs behind turning an idea into a business.

They discuss building a mobile ordering platform for venues, selling to both businesses and customers, and balancing entrepreneurship with work and personal life.

The Cost explores what founders give up, what they learn, and why they keep going.

Connect with Antonio and Ashton

Antonio Rogers: [email protected]

Ashton Bruton: [email protected]

Smartending: https://smartending.com