507. Write This Before You Make Your First Hire with David Hoyt
David Hoyt spent nineteen years working alongside John Maxwell before landing at The Table Group, Patrick Lencioni's consulting firm, where...
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20 of 509 episodes506. Your Mission Is More Important Than Your Mug with Andrew Cardy
Andrew Cardy spent nine years building a video company with his wife, sold it to a marketing agency in 2023, and walked away in 2025 to figu...
505. A Monthly Half Day Rewired Her Whole Business with Lindsey Weigle
Lindsey Weigle has spent twelve years helping business owners navigate transition, and she recently took her own advice by narrowing Blue Wa...
504. The First Hire That Gives You Your Life Back with Ricky Norris
Ricky Norris spent a decade shooting documentaries overseas before trading the airports for a San Diego studio, a wife, and three daughters....
503. Why Being a Goofball Wins You More Clients with Mark Ostach
Mark Ostach is back on the show, and this one wanders in the best way. We get into why our attention spans are measurably shrinking, why he'...
502. Stop Giving Away Your Best Ideas for Free with Tara Turkington
Tara Turkington has spent a decade building a photography business, and now she's eyeing the jump into video — but she's stuck on the same t...
501. She Cut the Channel Eating 80% of Her Time with Laura Higgins
Laura Higgins spent a year pouring 80% of her time into a YouTube channel that generated about 5% of her results. So she killed it — and her...
500. Being Authentic Cost Me Money and I'd Do It Again with Ryan Koral
Ten years. 500 episodes. In this solo celebration episode, I go back to how this whole thing started — a course launch, a Pat Flynn binge, a...
499. Stay Three Steps Ahead of Your Competitors with Liz Slade
When COVID wiped out her entire client base overnight, Liz Slade didn't fold—she reinvented two businesses and went on to transform an entir...
498. Build Systems That Beat Blank-Page Syndrome with Eric Braker
Eric Braker of Twin Pine Creative is about a year and a half into building his creative agency with his brother—and like a lot of us, he's s...
497. How Getting Skinny Saved My Studio Over 10K a Month
After 22 years in business, I hit that all-too-familiar wall where I'd fallen out of love with the whole thing again. In this solo episode,...
496. The Storytelling Secret Most Filmmakers Miss with James Harrington
In this episode I sit down with my friend James Harrington, founder of the Ugandan Water Project, for a conversation that's way more about y...
495. Matter More So You Can Hustle for Attention Less with Jay Acunzo
Most video business owners are stuck chasing reach when what actually grows a business is resonance. In this episode, storytelling and speak...
494. How He Built a Profitable Video Business From Rock Bottom with Andrew Nycz
Andrew Nycz went from rock bottom to running a thriving video production business in South Florida—and his story is proof you really can reb...
493. How AI Saved a Project the Budget Almost Killed with Jason Moore
AI filmmaker and 14-time author Jason Moore joins me to unpack how artificial intelligence has reshaped the way he tells stories — without s...
492. The Paid Workshop That Wins Bigger Clients with Evans Wilson
In this live coaching episode, I sit down with Evans Wilson of Zenith Creative, who's spent years running his video business as a side hustl...
491. The Pricing Trap That's Quietly Killing Your Business with Zack Thompson
In this episode, I sit down with Zack Thompson, co-founder of Bumpy Road Productions, for a live coaching session on pricing, packaging, and...
490. Why Your Story Is the Strategy with Lynn Friesth
Lynn Friesth spent 41 years at John Deere before stepping into what he calls an "encore career" — and now he helps other retiring profession...
489. The Hidden Hours That Are Killing Your Profit with Derick Fischer
In this episode, I sat down with filmmaker Derick Fischer of Fishbowl Media for a live, no-script coaching session. After getting laid off f...
Stop Pitching and Start Proving Your Worth with Park Howell
Park Howell, the world's most industrious storyteller, joins Ryan to break down why most brand stories fall flat—and the simple framework th...