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Eric Housh talks with Julio Melara, president and CEO of Melara Enterprises, about the climb from a $3.35 an hour courier job to leading a multi-brand media company, and how his mother’s work ethic shaped every step.

They cover hiring for IQ, EQ, and FQ, building a culture by design, and embracing change from the first business journal e-newsletter in 1998 to AI today. Julio also shares why knowing your purpose keeps you going when the work gets hard.

A good listen for business owners who want to keep growing with clarity and purpose.

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Eric Housh and Brandon Landes, Chief Delivery Officer at Fast Slow Motion, break down HubSpot’s Fall Spotlight. HubSpot is connecting context, agents, and workflows across marketing, sales, service, and revenue, and the results depend on the data underneath.

Brandon explains how Agent Hub, Breeze Assistant, Marketing Studio, Prospecting Agent, Deal Progression, Revenue Agent, and Customer Agent fit together from first touch to collected cash, why human approval matters early, and where to start this week.

It’s for HubSpot users planning how to put these tools to work.

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In this episode of The Fast Slow Motion Podcast, Eric Housh sits down with Max Bevan, Principal Account Executive at Fast Slow Motion, to dig into one of the most common frustrations in growing businesses: a pipeline that looks full but isn't closing.

Max walks through how pipelines drift as businesses scale, why the hero model breaks down over time, and what the real first steps look like when a business decides to get serious about fixing things. They also cover the people side of change, what it takes to get a sales team to actually adopt a new process, and what changes for leadership once the CRM is finally working the way it should.

This one is for founders and operators who know something is off in their pipeline and are ready to do something about it.

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Bryan Gray, founder and CEO of Revenue Path Group, joins Eric Housh to talk about why deals stall even when pipelines look healthy. Most sellers are entering the buying journey too late and at the wrong level, chasing pain points that prospects will never actually act on.

The conversation covers Bryan's Three Deadly Cs, the difference between a pain point and a priority, and how to get in front of the right buyers before they've already made up their minds. Bryan also shares why he believes the sales function should be focused on creating margin, not just closing revenue.

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In most growing businesses, there comes a point where the owner becomes the bottleneck. The habits and instincts that made them successful early on are the same ones that start working against them as the business grows. John Burdett, CEO of Fast Slow Motion, joins Eric Housh to talk about why that happens, why awareness alone isn't enough to change it, and what it actually takes to build a business that doesn't run through you.

John and Eric get into the psychology behind why smart, capable owners can't let go, what it costs them personally and professionally, and the practical steps it takes to hand off execution without things falling apart. John has scaled multiple businesses and done it the wrong way enough times to know what actually works.

If you're the one everything runs through, this episode is for you. For the full episode video, show notes, and related resources, visit: https://loom.ly/GWH5Iv4

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Slade McLendon's father started Sunbelt Fire in 1983 with humble beginnings and one unwavering commitment: people come first. Today, Slade leads that same third-generation family business as CEO, serving fire departments and public safety agencies across the Southeast. But getting here required more than hard work. It required that Slade take an honest look at how he was leading and decide to do something about it.

In this episode of The Fast Slow Motion Podcast, Slade shares the journey of building a business worth passing down. From discovering EOS to restructuring his entire leadership team, to the mentors, peer groups, and personal coaches who shaped him along the way, this is a story about what it really takes to grow without losing what matters most.

For any business owner who wants to build something that lasts, this one is worth your time.

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Peter Caputa, CEO of Databox, joins Eric Housh to talk about why having more data hasn't made most companies any better at using it. The real problem isn't the technology, it's the habit. Most businesses treat data like a report card they read after the semester's over, rather than a tool they use to adapt in real time.

Pete walks through his inputs-outputs-outcomes framework, the OGI model he built on top of OKRs, and how AI combined with a semantic layer is eliminating the analysis bottleneck that slows most growing companies down. The practical takeaway: clean up how your CRM captures activity, get your strategy straight, and let the data guide what happens next.

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Henry Hays has guided more than 200 companies through AI adoption across banking, healthcare, energy, and high-growth businesses. In this episode, he joins Eric Housh and co-host Zack Terry to talk about why so many businesses understand that AI matters but can't seem to make it actually work.

The conversation covers what's consistently holding businesses back, how to make smarter AI investments, and why the answer almost always starts with people and not technology. Whether you're just getting started or wondering if you've already fallen too far behind, this one is for you.

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In this episode of The Fast Slow Motion Podcast, Eric Housh and Matt Dyar sit down with Krista Crawford, a Vistage chair who works closely with founders and executives navigating the pressures of growth. Krista brings a candid perspective on what CEOs actually admit when no one from their company is in the room, and what it takes to move from overwhelm to clarity.

The conversation covers the warning signs that a leader is carrying too much, why handing off decision-making authority requires self-trust before it requires team trust, and how Krista's framework of clarity, confidence, and cadence gives leaders a practical path forward. They also dig into psychological safety, the emotional weight of delegation, and why peer groups give CEOs something neither their team nor their family can. 

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In this episode of The Fast Slow Motion Podcast, Eric Housh sits down with Jonathan Veazey, Director of Architecture at Fast Slow Motion, to break down what business leaders actually need to know about the Salesforce Summer '26 release. The tension is straightforward: several changes are already being enforced, and most business owners don't know they're coming.

Jonathan walks through the security changes hitting the platform now — MFA enforcement for all users, stricter authentication requirements for system admins, and a new step that may prompt users to re-verify when running reports. He also covers what AgentForce maturing into real infrastructure means for AI investment, flow updates that reduce errors and build time, and how Salesforce's move to host MCP servers opens the door to connecting external AI tools directly to your data.

If your business runs on Salesforce, this episode gives you the clarity to ask the right questions of your team before deadlines pass.

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