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Agentic AI and Atoms: Ideas to Revenue With Ethan Ouyang
Ethan Ouyang of DeepWisdom explains how Atoms uses agentic AI to research, build, launch and monetize products without code or a big team.
Anya Cheng on AI, Data Moats and the Future of Shopping
Taelor founder Anya Cheng tells Ryan Alford why unique data beats building AI models, how ChatGPT SEO works, and why U.S. live shopping still lags Asia.
Anya Cheng on AI Styling, Branding & Live Shopping
Taelor.style founder Anya Cheng joins Ryan Alford to unpack AI clothing rental, ChatGPT SEO, proprietary data moats and why live shopping lags in the U.S.
Fed Holds Rates, Shell-BP Merger and Tesla's Slump
Ryan Alford breaks down the Fed's rate hold, Shell-BP merger talk, Amazon's monopoly problem, AI price wars and a credit card delinquency red flag.
Stripe Skips IPO, Amazon's Dark Patterns, AI Umpires
Ryan Alford breaks down seven business stories: MLB's AI strike zone, Microsoft's $20B ad surge, Stripe's tender offer, Amazon's FTC fight and more.
Amazon's TikTok Bid, Musk Exits DOGE, OpenAI's $40B
Ryan Alford breaks down Amazon's TikTok offer, Elon Musk leaving DOGE, the Hooters bankruptcy, and OpenAI's $40 billion raise in this weekly business news
Dave Gerhardt on Brand vs Performance in Ecommerce
Privy CMO Dave Gerhardt joins Ryan Alford to talk personal brand, email and SMS, Black Friday prep, and why brand building makes paid media work harder.
Turning Customers Into Your Best Marketers | Luke Yarnton
The Rave co-founder Luke Yarnton explains how brands find influential customers already buying from them and build an always-on ambassador army.
Sheets & Giggles: Build the Business Model First
Colin McIntosh on picking the bedding market on purpose, a record $284K crowdfunding campaign, and scaling Sheets & Giggles to $1M a month with 7
How Crumbl Cookies Grew to 500+ Stores
Crumbl co-founder Sawyer Hemsley on the rotating menu, pink boxes, in-house tech, and the organic Instagram and TikTok strategy behind 500+ stores.
Gary Vee on Building Brand and Sales With Free Social
Gary Vaynerchuk joins Ryan Alford to explain underpriced attention, turning buzz into bite, AI's hit on agencies, and why organic social is still free.
Crumbl Cookies COO Sawyer Hemsley on Building the Brand
Crumbl Cookies co-founder Sawyer Hemsley tells Ryan Alford how a college side hustle became 500-plus stores, from the pink box to rotating weekly flavors.
Rethinking Your Team in the Age of AI
Oak Theory co-founder Veronica Shelton on AI adoption, blended roles, accessibility and leading without ego in a conversation with Ryan Alford.
Veronica Shelton on Neurodiversity, AI and Oak Theory
Oak Theory co-founder Veronica Shelton on neurodivergent creativity, accessibility in tech, and how AI reshaped her team and saved mid six figures.
Salesflare CEO Jeroen Corthout on Automated CRM
Salesflare co-founder Jeroen Corthout tells Ryan Alford why most CRMs fail, how automation fixes data entry, and what's next for AI in sales software.
FightCamp's Khalil Zahar on Surviving the Valley of Death
FightCamp founder Khalil Zahar on a 40% failure rate, $50K in the bank, the COVID boom and bust, and why growth solves 80% of your problems.
Cisco's Joe Vaccaro on Agentic AI for Business Leaders
Cisco SVP Joe Vaccaro on rolling out AI agents to 90,000 employees, building trust and guardrails, prompting with context, and managing AI token costs.
Webex CMO Aruna Ravichandran on Hybrid Work
Webex by Cisco CMO Aruna Ravichandran on leaving engineering for marketing, the 25-year Webex rebrand, the McLaren campaign, and the future of hybrid work.
Alina Smith on K-Pop, TikTok and Music's Real Economics
Hit producer Alina Smith joins Ryan Alford to talk K-pop, publishing deals, growing on TikTok, female producers and the real money behind streaming.
Scott Clary on Using AI to Build Wealth Faster
Scott Clary tells Ryan Alford how AI collapsed the cost of building a business, why self-belief beats strategy, and how to adopt an AI-first mindset.
The New Rules of AI and Business: Adapt or Get Left Behind
Ryan Alford and top AI voices break down agents, prompting, trade skills and AI coaching, plus why the gap between adopters and holdouts is widening fast.
Whoop CEO Will Ahmed on Building the Top Fitness Wearable
Whoop founder Will Ahmed tells Ryan Alford how recovery data, athlete authenticity and $200M in capital built a billion-dollar wearable brand.
Building Predictable Revenue Systems with Josh Troy
Josh Troy on RevOps, AI outbound agents, cold calling, and pipeline reactivation, and how founders build predictable revenue instead of chasing leads.
Nvidia Tops Apple: Weekly Business News, June 21
Ryan Alford and Chris Hansen break down Nvidia's $3.35 trillion market cap, $174K fast food managers, the death of the suit, and the Big Mac trademark
Marc Randolph on How Netflix Really Got Started
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph tells Ryan Alford why epiphanies aren't real, how a 29-cent stamp validated DVD-by-mail, and his formula for growth.
Matt Higgins: Why a Plan B Kills Your Plan A
Shark Tank investor Matt Higgins on burning the boats, compounding ambition, imposter syndrome, and acting on opportunity before the evidence arrives.
Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph on Ideas vs. Execution
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph on why epiphanies aren't real, why every idea is bad, and the 18-month grind before DVD-by-mail finally worked.
Best Business Advice: Netflix, Whoop and Stage 32 Founders
Marc Randolph, Will Ahmed, RB Botto, Alex Morton and Brad Lea share hard-won advice on starting up, selling, raising capital and building an audience.
Sean Whalen: How Truth Built Lions Not Sheep
Lions Not Sheep founder Sean Whalen on the viral post that changed his life, scaling to $463K a month in apparel, and what legacy really means.
Metaverse Land Grab, Roblox Retail and 197B Streams
Ryan Alford and Joe Hamric break down Meta's network warning, American Eagle on Roblox, Nielsen's streaming record, Ford's EV split and Shopify's 60/40
Conn's HomePlus VP on UX, Omnichannel and Brand Trust
Conn's HomePlus VP of E-commerce Satya Sivunigunta on why customer experience is brand, omnichannel friction, and planning Black Friday during COVID.
E-commerce in 2020: Platforms, Brand and Performance
Ryan Alford and Reiley Clark break down e-commerce platform choice, customer acquisition, retargeting, and the balance of brand versus performance
ShipMonk's Jan Bednar on Ecommerce Fulfillment
ShipMonk founder Jan Bednar on bootstrapping to a $355M raise, branding a boring industry, and the SEO and referral engine behind 80% organic leads.
R.I.P. Internet Explorer and TikTok's Billion-User Rise
Ryan Alford and Christina Yasi cover Internet Explorer's shutdown, TikTok's billion users, Chobani and Timberland in the metaverse, and Amazon AR try-on.
Matt Higgins on Burning the Boats and Betting on Yourself
RSE Ventures CEO Matt Higgins on cutting off your backup plan, the three traits every shark shares, and the 290 Bitcoin he sold too early.
The 2020 Ecommerce and Shopify Marketing Playbook
Ryan Alford breaks down his Shopify playbook: themes, SEO and indexing, product photography, brand trust content, SMS Bump, Klaviyo and ambassador
Railroad Merger, Prebiotic Pepsi and TikTok's 60-Min Test
Ryan Alford breaks down Shopify's AI Sidekick, the $85B railroad merger, Pepsi's prebiotic cola, Nike's 3D sneaker lab, and TikTok's long-form test.
Ben Spell: Building Good Ranchers by Trusting His Gut
Good Ranchers CEO Ben Spell on leaving ministry, maxing out credit cards, killing a profitable truck business to go online, and why quality is the
Shinesty's Jens Nicolaysen on Entertain-First Branding
Shinesty CMO Jens Nicolaysen tells Ryan Alford why polarizing, entertain-first branding beats playing it safe, plus product testing and DTC channel
Luke Peters: Building NewAir Into a $600M Brand
Former NewAir CEO Luke Peters on spotting a category in 2001 search data, pivoting from DTC to retail, protecting margins, and hiring people who've done