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Scott Scovill on Turning Fear of Failure Into Tenacity

Scott Scovill flunked out of college and was diagnosed with fear of failure. He tells Ryan Alford how one U2 concert rebuilt his life and career.

Scott Scovill on Tenacity and Beating Fear of Failure

Scott Scovill tells Ryan Alford how a U2 tour bus changed his life, why fear of failure is really fear of judgment, and how grit can be learned.

Heidi Cortez on Branding, Hustle and $3 Marketing

Heidi Cortez tells Ryan Alford how she went from faking an ID at 13 to Sunset Tan, the $3 Marketing Club, Posh Boss LA and coaching models.

Mark Evans DM on Deals, Marketing Spend and Grit

Mark Evans DM joins Ryan Alford to talk buying businesses, why real estate isn't passive, spending real money on marketing, and building a personal brand.

John Assaraf on Rewiring Your Brain for Business Growth

John Assaraf joins Ryan Alford to explain innercise, identity, limiting beliefs, the 66-day rewiring window and how to surf the AI wave instead of

Mike Sancho: From Expelled to Passive Income Builder

Mike Sancho tells Ryan Alford how jail, Subway and three collapsed network marketing incomes led him to build automated passive income businesses.

Dave Asprey: Biohacking, Bad Hires and Living to 180

Dave Asprey on why innovation is laziness, spotting narcissists in your company, his daily supplement stack, and spending $25K a year to get younger.

Jen Gottlieb on Modern PR and the CIA Framework

Jen Gottlieb, named Maxim's #2 entrepreneur, shares her CIA framework for PR, why she sold her agency, and how rejection built her business.

Mike Sancho on Automated Income, Amazon FBA and NFTs

Mike Sancho tells Ryan Alford how jail at 21 led to Wealth Accelerators, plus the truth about Amazon automation, YouTube Shorts, the metaverse and NFTs.

Digital Platforms Shaping the Future of Business

Arjun Rai, Aruna Ravichandran, and Allison Ferenci on AI marketing for small business, hybrid work at WebEx, and AR that lifts ecommerce conversion.

John Durante on Grit, Rock Bottom and Rebuilding

Durante Equipment CEO John Durante on running his dad's company at 20, losing everything in 2008, and rebuilding a ten-store rental business.

How to Turn AI Into Real Business Value | Liat Ben-Zur

Brian Tracy on Doubling Your Income Through Selling

Brian Tracy shares his 10-goals exercise, the Golden Triangle of Success, and the prospecting math that doubles income in under 30 days.

Rethinking Learning: Instructure's Ryan Lufkin on AI

Ryan Lufkin of Instructure joins Ryan Alford to unpack why 70% of workers feel unprepared and how AI is reshaping skills, degrees, and education.

Gen Alpha, AI Agents and the End of Prompt Engineering

Matt Britton, author of Generation AI, joins Ryan Alford on how AI agents, robotics and Gen Alpha will reshape work, education and business speed.

Cyber Monday Records, Elf on the Shelf, and Teen Bans

Ryan Alford and Brianna Hall break down a record $13B Cyber Monday, Musk's $56B pay ruling, struggling dollar stores, and Australia's under-16 social ban.

Jim Kwik on Brain Types, Focus and Learning Faster

Jim Kwik joins Ryan Alford to break down the four brain types, the three keys to being limitless, digital dementia and his MEDS Rx brain health routine.

Tyler Harris on Rock Bottom and Personal Branding

Tyler Harris tells Ryan Alford how he went from broke to seven figures in insurance and built a personal brand without ever selling anything.

Matt Britton on Generation AI, Coding and Slow CEOs

Matt Britton, author of Generation AI, tells Ryan Alford why AI 10x's creative "stars," why coding and college are at risk, and why speed is the ultimate

Jason Koonce on Sports Cards, Grading and Live Selling

OTIA founder Jason Koonce tells Ryan Alford how card grading, repacks, COVID and live shopping reshaped the sports card hobby into a real asset class.

AI Bartender at CES, NFL Ratings and Tito's Spokescart

Ryan Alford and Chris Hansen break down the CES AI bartender, the NFL's viewership spike, Tito's celebrity-free ads, Bounty's wings series and Prime Video

Metaverse Jobs, Coke on TikTok and Amazon's Ad Lawsuit

Ryan Alford and Joe Hamric cover metaverse job ideas, Mountain Dew's $5,000 ranger gig, Coca-Cola's TikTok debut, Amazon's ad lawsuit and Tesla gaming.

Consumer Sentiment Tanks as Retail Closures Pile Up

Ryan Alford and Chris Hansen break down the 27% drop in consumer sentiment, Forever 21 and GameStop closures, the Bitcoin pivot, and trading cards.

Sam Dunning on Fixing B2B Websites That Don't Convert

Breaking B2B founder Sam Dunning on the grunt test, customer research interviews, page speed, publishing pricing, and landing pages vs websites.

Why Being Known Wins in 2025: Podcasting, Bitcoin & More

Ryan Alford and Chris Hansen open 2025 with podcast growth data, personal branding advice, Bitcoin predictions and the case for lean micro-teams.

TikTok Ad Trust Doubles: Marketing News Sept 3, 2021

Ryan Alford, Joey, Joe and Sean break down doubling TikTok ad trust, LinkedIn live events, Nissan's ecommerce Heisman House push and rented-land platforms.