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Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Welcome to the Founder Talk Podcast. The show where we have real conversations with founders turning their businesses into assets, not jobs! The show is hosted by Alex B Sheridan founder of Impaxs Marketing and Podcast Builders. If you want honest conversation, practical insight, and a community of founders who are actually doing the work to build a business that runs without them, you are in the right place!
Episodes
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Health TRUTHS Most People Learn TOO LATE | Dr. Jill Green
After years in the ER, Dr. Jill Green says patients show her where today’s health choices lead, and that marketing left a generation uneducated about healthy…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Putting Your Business in a Trust Won't Protect It From Creditors. This Might | Linda Strohschein
A founder who grew a one-person law firm into a 21-person team says a living trust will not protect your business from creditors. In this episode, Linda…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
60% of Restaurants Fail in 3 Years. What One Owner With 2,800 Reviews Does Differently | Nick Smith
A film school graduate who wrote and directed a horror movie now runs a restaurant with nearly 2,800 Google reviews, and he says the math is already against…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
A 30-Year-Old Firm Plateaued for 25 Years. One Change Put It on the Inc. 5000 | Brian Smith
A business advisor whose firm keeps growing at 200 percent a year says the fastest way to grow is to slow down. In this episode, Brian Smith, founder of IA…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
You’re Building Your Brand Wrong. Here's What Actually Works. | Chris McClurg
A branding expert who ran marketing for 3M walked away with one rule that most small businesses ignore: if your brand isn't driving revenue, it's not a brand…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
This Founder Grew from 0 to $20 Million in 3 Years. Then, He Met Alex Hormozi. | Drew Collom
A solar company went from $0 to $20 million in three years, and the biggest thing standing in the way past $10 million wasn't the market. It was the founder…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
This 4X Founder with 2 SUCCESSFUL EXITS Reveals Why You Don't Have to Be the Best | Ron Graziano
A founder who's already sold two companies breaks down the one test that decided whether each one was actually an asset, or just a very well-disguised job he…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
How To Turn Your Business Into An ASSET (and NOT Just Another Job!) | Tim Regan
Tim Regan spent years selling other people's financial products before realizing he wasn't running a business — he was just good at a job. Then he broke out on…
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Could AI really coach your business better than a real coach would? We put it to the test.
In a rare live experiment, Alex Sheridan brings in a business coach, Rick Lochner, and Claude AI at the same time, using his own business as the test case, to…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Real Estate Is Quietly Outperforming Your Stock Portfolio Right Now. Here’s Why
Partners in Mortgage survived the 2008 housing crash by staying deliberately small, tried paid advertising exactly once, and has grown ever since almost…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Why This $10,000 Franchise Beats Multi-Million Dollar Competitors | Julian Good
Julian Good runs a Chick-fil-A that pulls in roughly $8 million a year, stays closed every Sunday, and can't be sold or passed down to his kids. Alex Sheridan…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
This Founder Built a Brand So Unique, Customers Travel Hours Just to Experience It | Matthew Gerard
A former SWAT cop who hates gun shops bought a 100-year-old bank and built one of the most creative firearms businesses in the country. In this episode of…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
They Bought a Failing Practice Then 4X'd Revenue in Year One | Dr. Anushka Gaglani
She bought a failing dental practice, quadrupled the revenue in year one, and built eight locations that run without her. Dr. Anushka Gaglani, founder and…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
He Traded an AC Install for His First Van. Then BUILT a $25M HVAC Company | Brian McNally
70% of the HVAC industry has been swallowed by private equity. Brian McNally chose to stay independent. Today McNally's has 80 employees, nearly $25 million in…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Clients Pay Nothing. Cold Calls Are Illegal. Here Is How Their Business GROWS | Mike & Julie Semyck
Their clients pay nothing. Cold calling is illegal in their industry. And they still built a thriving practice. Mike Semyck left Wall Street to found Semyck…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Nobody Wants to Talk About Aging Parents. This Couple Makes It Easier | Michael & Tammy Bilek
A husband-and-wife team bought a senior moving company right before COVID and grew it from 6 jobs a month to 420 projects a year with zero paid marketing…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Content Creation Changed My Life. Then It Nearly Broke Me. Here Is the Truth. | Founder Talk
Content creation changed my life. It also nearly broke me. This is the truth about 6 years of building in public. For the first time in 115 episodes, I sat in…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Zero Salespeople. $100M in Revenue. Just Relationships | Tony Ianessa on Founder Talk
Tony Ianessa built BIG Construction to $100 million in revenue by year three. Then his own ego nearly destroyed everything he built. In this episode he shares…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Your Body Is Sending A DISTRESS CALL. You NEED To Listen Before It's Too Late. | Ashley Anderson
Ashley Anderson was a hospital dietitian with four jobs and a side hustle. Then 2020 happened, she got laid off, and she built something from scratch that…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
2nd Gen Founder REVEALS HOW He's 10Xing Their 30-Year Family Business | Cliff Hardesty
A 30-year family business. A second-generation founder. And a future that makes everything they built irrelevant. He took over from his father and saw the…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
87% of Owners CANNOT Sell Their Business. Here's What’s Wrong | Nicole & Thano Emerick
87% of business owners will never successfully exit their company. Nicole and Thano Emerick spend every day making sure their clients are not in that number…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Is Your Business Ready for AI Agents, or Will You Just Automate Your Chaos? | Sam Gao
Sam Gao built an AI COO that commands 12 agents running his business around the clock — and it started because he almost lost everything to a broken sales…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Every Founder Hits a Revenue Ceiling. Here's the Skill Set That Breaks Through It | Michael Grudecki
Every founder hits a revenue ceiling. Michael Grudecki says it's rarely a market problem. It's a skill set missing inside your own company. Alex Sheridan sits…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Why DELEGATING What You Do BEST (Not What You Hate) is the Best Strategy | Erik Davison
Alex Sheridan sits down with Erik Davison, founder and CEO of DBV Solutions, to discuss the real cost of scaling a consulting firm. Erik shares how he tripled…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
$600/Hr Consultants Were Failing. She Built Something Better | Rachel Losser on Founder Talk
She watched $600/hour consultants deliver terrible work for years. Then she quit corporate and built a better firm in 12 months. Rachel Losser left corporate…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Solar CEO Scaled From $300K to $20M in Under 3 Years (And It Runs Even WITHOUT Him) | Kevin Goodwin
He went from $300K to $20 million in under three years. Now he works 7 hours a week on that business. Kevin Goodwin is the co-founder of Quality Solar…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Wealth Advisor to $50M+ Families EXPOSE How Rich People ACTUALLY Invest Money | Jeremy Boynton
Your 401k is not going to make you rich. A wealth advisor to $50M+ families just said it on camera. Jeremy Boynton manages ultra-high-net-worth families. He…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
THIS Is Why Your Business Won't Scale (According To An 18-Year Leadership Coach) | Rick Lochner
94% of business problems are process, not people. But most founders blame people first. Rick Lochner has spent 18 years coaching leaders on how to get out of…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
What an ER Doctor Turned Cancer Survivor Understands About Health That Founders Don't | Jennifer Ron
She had a six-pack, a thriving ER career, and did everything right on the surface. Then she was diagnosed with cancer. The cause was not genetics. It was the…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Business Law Attorney REVEALS the Legal BLIND SPOTS That Put Your Company at Risk | Chris Lunardini
You built a business worth millions. Now you are getting married. Do you know what your spouse is legally entitled to if it does not work out? Most founders…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Crypto Just Changed Forever And Nobody's Talking About It | Zach Lindquist on Founder Talk
Most founders have no idea the financial infrastructure they depend on is about to fundamentally change. And the ones who understand why are already…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Hidden Financial Mistakes Costing Founders Thousands Every Month (Most Miss This) | Hunter Scott
Most founders don't know where they're bleeding cash every month. Neither did some of the most successful business owners Hunter Scott has worked with. Welcome…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
This Is How a Construction Veteran Builds a Business. It's Not What You Think. | Ryan Quinn on Founder Talk
Ryan Quinn acquired a 30-year-old construction company after the owner said he was either closing the doors or selling. Ryan and his wife Nancy survived year…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The Moment This Dentist Stopped Drilling and Started Building an Empire | Dr. Abhishek Nagaraj
A dentist who stopped drilling and started building. How a clinician turned CEO quadrupled revenue, scaled to multi-location, and built a team that runs…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
What a 45-Year Tech Veteran Understood About Leadership That We Forgot | Jody Jankovsky
A 45-year tech veteran who watched mainframes become iPhones shares what founders have forgotten about leadership and scaling. Jody Jankovsky has built and run…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The HIDDEN Truth About Why Founders Stay Stuck (It’s Not Strategy) | Jill Monaco on Founder Talk
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse and trauma. Bestselling author Jill Monaco reveals why your biggest business bottleneck…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The Legal Mistakes Most Founders Don't Even Know They're Making | Ana Casanueva on Founder Talk
Most founders think they're covered legally. They're not. Ana Casanueva, Founder of Casanueva Law PLLC, reveals the legal mistakes that will cost you money…
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This AI Agent Builder REVEALS the Secrets to Creating Business Efficiencies and Opportunities
In this episode, Alex Sheridan sits down with Andy Sharma, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Flowtogen, a company that builds and deploys AI agents for…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The Watch Founder Who Built Demand Through Nostalgia and Emotion (ft. Adam Hodge)
In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with Adam Hodge, founder of Farr and Swit, to unpack how a microbrand watch company grew in a…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The Leadership System That Helps Founders STOP Being the Bottleneck (ft. Eric Himes)
What if the real reason a business still depends on the founder is not strategy, but culture? In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
“The Business Can’t Grow If You Won’t Let Go!” | Letting Go of Founder Control and Micromanagement with Amanda Horan
When a founder refuses to let go, the business eventually hits a ceiling. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with Amanda Horan…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Why Smart Founders Still Lose Great People | Emotional Intelligence Lessons from Farah Harris
Founders lose great people in the day-to-day moments where pressure overrides self-awareness, feedback gets ignored, and defensiveness replaces trust. In this…
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Why Some Founders Succeed but Still Feel Lost (And How They Find Purpose) | Brian Floriani
Purpose is easy to talk about. Building a company around it is much harder. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with Brian Floriani…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Your Business Won’t Scale Until Your People Systems Do! (ft. HR Leader Lindsay Dagiantis)
Scaling usually does not break because of the strategy first. It breaks because the people side of the business cannot support the next stage of growth. In…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
How a Patent-Holding Innovator Pressure-Tests What’s Worth Building (ft. Elina Conley)
Are you building something the market actually wants, or just getting excited about a smart idea? In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
How He Built 13 Practices That Run Without Him (And Still Grow) | Daniel Tataje
Most founders talk about delegation. Very few build a company that can actually run and grow without them. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Scale Your Business While Staying Lean | The Founder Who Cuts Process Waste (ft. William Dagiantis)
Running a lean company gets harder the moment growth adds complexity. So in this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with William Dagiantis…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
What Founders Can Steal From Trial Lawyers | Persuasion, Trust, and Better Clients (Joshua Feagans)
The founders who win are not always the loudest. They are the ones people trust fastest. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with Joshua…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Executive Coach REVEALS The Secrets to Building a Business That Can Run Without You (ft. Angelo Sisco)
A lot of founders say they want freedom, but end up building a business that depends on them for everything. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Why Success Makes So Many Founders Miserable And How to Avoid That Trap (ft. Mark Hattas)
Most founders do not break because of strategy first. They break because success can amplify internal conflict. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The Unwritten Rules That Will Get Your Product Into Walmart: A Board-Game Publisher’s Playbook (ft. Joe Barron)
Getting a product into Walmart isn’t just a “great product” problem. It’s a buyer problem, a packaging problem, and an inventory cash-flow problem. In this…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Let Your Customers Sell Your Product: The Hidden Sales Pitch You're Missing (with Jude Nosek)
The best sales pitch isn’t in a founder’s deck. It’s what customers repeat when the founder isn’t in the room.In this Founder Talk episode, Alex Sheridan sits…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
I Left “Founder Freedom” For W-2 Employment And Got My Family Back (with Nate Cheviron)
The “founder dream” breaks a lot of people quietly. And sometimes, the boldest founder move is walking away from that. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Is Your Company Culture Silently Toxic? | Mistakes You’re Making & How To Fix Them (Sarah Mitial)
When a company culture goes quietly toxic, founders usually don’t see it in the metrics first. They see it in silence. In this episode, Alex Sheridan sits down…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
STOP Spiraling After Mistakes: The Brain Rewire Founders Need (Neuro-Linguistic Programming with Barbara Wichman)
When a founder makes a mistake, the real damage rarely comes from the mistake itself. It comes from the internal spiral that follows. In this Founder Talk…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
The Brutal Truth About Building A Great Culture No Founder Wants to Hear (Burt Levy)
Building a great culture isn’t about perks, slogans, or “values” on a wall. It’s what happens when revenue gets tight, standards get tested, and leaders have…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
NEVER Invest Like This During Market Volatility (or You’re DONE): Straight from Investment Experts
Market volatility doesn’t just test portfolios. It exposes how founders think under pressure. In this episode of Founder Talk, Alex Sheridan sits down with…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Mind-Body Healer Warns: Your Thoughts and Food Are Making You Feel Worse
Most founders underestimate how much their thinking, food choices, and daily habits quietly shape their performance– and their health. In this episode of…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
Wealth Strategist Behind $2 Billion Explains How Founders Should Think When Markets Get Emotional
Founders don’t lose money because they lack intelligence. They lose it because they make emotional decisions under pressure. In this episode of Founder Talk…
- Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan
TEDx Keynote Strategy Expert Reveals How To Overcome the Fear That Stops Founders from Speaking
Most founders know they should be visible, but very few understand what it actually takes to show up with clarity, confidence, and conviction—without…