Fixers & Founders
By Forrest Derr and Tony Lilja
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Episodes: 36
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Fixers & Founders is a podcast about the partnership between visionary founders and the fractional executives who help them bring structure, clarity, and scale. Each episode features candid conversations with founders and the operators who steady the ship—highlighting how ideas get fueled, how systems get fixed, and how businesses move forward when vision and execution finally meet.
| Episode | Date |
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Winning the Numbers, Losing the People | Why Growth Isn't Always Success
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Oct 28, 2026 |
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What Problem Are You Actually Solving? | Stop Hiring Before You Know
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Oct 21, 2026 |
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Reach Out and Touch Someone | Turn Your Network Into Real Relationships
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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Talk to the Humans | Building Systems People Actually Use
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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Too Small to Get Hacked? | Rethinking Cybersecurity Risk
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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Busy Is a Form of Hiding | What Founders Should Stop Doing
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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You’ve Got All the Answers. That’s the Problem. | How to Outgrow Your Role
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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The Million-Dollar Savings Businesses Ignore | Rethinking Employee Benefits
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Before You Go Fractional | Stop Thinking Like an Employee
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Network Forever | Build a Growth Engine That Compounds
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Marketing From Zero to One | Stop Guessing. Start Growing.
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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You Didn’t Get Lazy, You Got Busy | How to Get Your Health Back
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Don’t Be My Dad | Build a Business That Survives You
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Helping the Underdogs Win | Wall Street Smarts for Main Street Businesses
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Slow Down to Speed Up | Making Better Business Decisions
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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You Have a Job, Not a Business | Escaping Founder-Led Sales
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Know Thy Data | Fixing the Friction That Slows Growth
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Your Body Is a Business System | Building Sustainable Performance
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Accountability Isn't Mean | Scaling Without Breaking Culture
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Cost Per Sale | Fixing Marketing That Doesn't Convert
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Marketing Isn't a Gumball Machine | Building Revenue Systems
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Return on Invested Time | Leading With Intention
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Revenue Is a Team Sport | Aligning Sales and Marketing
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May 20, 2026 |
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The Founder Bottleneck | Why Growth Stalls Without Systems
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May 06, 2026 |
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The Camp Counselor | The Emotional Weight of the COO
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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How to Be Second | Leading from the Right Angle
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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From Gut to Guidance | Building Financial Systems That Scale
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Get Work. Do Work. Support Work. | The Founder’s Growth Fix
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Marketing Meets Money | The Next Gen Strategies Playbook
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Wearing Every Hat | The Integrator’s Reality of Scale
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Cameras, Chaos & Control | From Burnout to Creative Flow
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Less Goals, More Graphs | What Great Leaders Actually Do
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Weddings, Whiteboards & Working Genius | The Backthird Story
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Fixing the People Problem | Why Right Seats Matter Most
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Fixer Founder Friction | How Saying “No” Breaks Trust
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Fixers & Founders Teaser
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Nov 02, 2025 |