Michael Peres with Michael Jones, general partner at Science Inc., the venture studio and fund behind more than 6 billion dollars in combined exits, including brands like Dollar Shave Club, Liquid Death, Scopely, Rover, and more. Formerly CEO of Myspace and one of AOL’s youngest senior vice presidents, Michael now sits on the boards of Liquid Death, Mammoth Media, Pray.com, and Mindset Health, giving him a front row seat to how modern consumer brands are built, scaled, and loved.

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Michael Peres is joined by Dr. Momo Vuyisich, co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Viome, where he leads the development of RNA-based tests that decode the gut microbiome and other biological systems to power precision nutrition. A molecular biologist with more than two decades of experience, Dr. Vuyisich has dedicated his career to understanding how chronic diseases really begin in the body – and how targeted “food as medicine” interventions can change a person’s health trajectory.

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Michael Peres sits down with Jill Jones and Elizabeth Reeder, lifelong friends, busy moms, and co-founders of FitQuo – a practical, science-backed fitness system designed to help real adults over 40 feel strong, capable, and confident again. After watching people they love struggle with mobility, strength loss, and “feeling old” far too early, they became certified personal trainers and built a program that actually fits into real life.

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Michael Peres welcomes with Kelsey Formost, head of marketing at Togal.AI, an award-winning construction tech company using AI to transform pre-construction. A marketing expert and copywriting thought leader, Kelsey blends strategy, human psychology, and her Hollywood background to create entertainment-first brand storytelling that actually connects.

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Michael Peres sits down with Michael Wu, general manager and president of Phison Technology USA and a veteran of 20+ years in the NAND storage industry. After starting in radio frequency engineering, Michael took a leap into storage when Phison opened its U.S. office, helping grow it into a leading flash storage solutions provider and overseeing its American operations today.

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Catching up on another mind-bending episode with Anna Murray — co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer of Sixero and founder of eMedia — as she joins Michael Peres for a deep dive into quantum computing, post-quantum security, and the future of data protection. From philosophical questions about reality and superposition to the very real risks quantum computers pose to today’s encryption, Anna breaks down an esoteric topic in a way anyone can understand.

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Catching up on another powerful episode with Matt Boden — owner of Fresh Coat Painters of Tampa, nationally recognized entrepreneur, and cancer survivor — as he shares a raw, inspiring journey from college hospitality jobs to building an award-winning painting franchise with heart. From owning restaurants across the Southeast to facing a life-altering cancer diagnosis at 27, Matt opens up about resilience, loss, and the mindset shifts that pushed him to redesign both his career and his priorities.

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In this episode, Michael Peres sits down with Steve, a forward-thinking financial leader whose career spans private equity, hedge funds, and investment banking—experience that ultimately led him to co-found RYT, a next-generation layer-one blockchain built to fix the inefficiencies buried deep inside global financial systems. From missed “early Bitcoin” moments to navigating today’s rapidly maturing crypto landscape, Steve breaks down why blockchain infrastructure—not speculation—is the real future, and how RYT is pushing that future forward by working directly with governments.

Steve reveals how his team is creating secure, scalable digital identity solutions for populations in Pakistan, Panama, and Costa Rica—unlocking access, fighting fraud, and modernizing outdated systems from the ground up. He also dives into the psychology of risk, why people cling to legacy systems, and how comfort—not logic—keeps innovation from scaling.

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In this episode, Cameron opens up about his early days hacking together GeoCities pages on a 10GB IBM Aptiva, why he dropped out of university to chase Facebook affiliate revenue, the chaos and brilliance of nonlinear productivity, and how two decades of internet evolution shaped his thinking about SEO, content, and building brands in the age of AI.

If you’ve ever wondered how digital natives actually navigate an industry that reinvents itself every few years, this is the conversation you’ll want to bookmark.

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Michael Peres is joined by Vladimir Vukicevic, CEO and founder of Better and Better, a wellness-driven oral care brand turning toothpaste into a daily delivery system for essential nutrients. A childhood bone cancer survivor from Chernobyl who spent years managing chronic vitamin deficiencies, Vladimir set out to build a pill-free, habit-based way to support long term health. Before launching Better and Better in 2021, he co-founded two startups later acquired by Amazon, RocketHub and Netgear Mural, and his latest venture has already sold out its first 20,000 units and expanded into toothbrushes, floss, and sustainable bamboo sonic flossers, with early backing from Will Smith.

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