The Owner Seat
By Albert Ramos
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The Owner Seat (formerly The Valisights Podcast) is where fitness & wellness owners step out of the whirlwind and into the numbers. Host Albert Ramos, Fractional CFO for fitness & wellness brands, sits down with studio owners, franchisors, and finance leaders to break down cash flow, unit economics, and the messy middle of growth.
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Why Cheap Equipment Costs More: Is Quality the Real Margin Play? | Josh Gallia | The Owner Seat
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Nov 02, 2026 |
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Why Women Over 40 Get Ignored: Does Your Brand Even See Her? | Lesley Holmes | The Owner Seat
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Oct 30, 2026 |
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Why Fear of Failure Runs Owners: Are You Playing Not to Lose? | Dr. Hillary Cauthen | The Owner Seat
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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Is Indoor Golf Actually Profitable? The CEO’s Honest Take | Alex Reed | The Owner Seat
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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How to Price Like the Savannah Bananas: Is All-Inclusive Worth It? | Dr. Tim Naddy | The Owner Seat
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Scaling a Franchise: The Habits at 4 People That Break at 40 | Mike Prince
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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The Math Behind a Reformer Pilates Studio That Makes Money | Nikkii Behrens
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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AI Sales Agents for Fitness Studios: Who Keeps Their Job? | Joe DeMarco
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Gym Member Retention: The Number Most Studio Owners Don't Track | Zac Crain
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Why Your Kid's Coach Might Be Wrong About Heat | Melissa Fortenberry | The Owner Seat
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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iCRYO Co-Founder Kyle Jones: What Franchisors and Franchisees Get Wrong | Kyle Jones
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Millions Are About to Come Off GLP-1s: Is Your Studio Ready for What Walks Back In? | Lekha Vyas | The Owner Seat
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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From Restore Hyper Wellness to Humanaut Health | Jim Donnelly | The Owner Seat
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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How to Tell If You Are Wasting Your Marketing Budget | Jessica Yarmey | The Owner Seat
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Why Your Peptide Vendor Cannot Show You the Study | Elias Arjan | The Owner Seat
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Three Leaders, One Wellness Business: Who Actually Owns the P&L? | The Fix Wellness Lounge | The Owner Seat
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Empty Class Spots Are Killing Your Margin: Why Won't Your Software Tell You? | Laura Munkholm | The Owner Seat
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Reputation Is an Asset: How PR Compounds Like Capital? | Natalie Trice | The Owner Seat
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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He Sold His Business to Bet on His Wife's: The Lawless Pilates Expansion Playbook | Landon French
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Clean Numbers, Cracked Leadership: Why Do Scaling Founders Break? | Dr. Alyssa Webb-McCune
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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The Drip Bar CEO Explains Why This Business Model Works | Ben Crosbie
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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The Wellness Robot Is In The U.S.: Meet RoboSculptor | Elena Kormilina | The Owner Seat
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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He Built Brands for L'Oréal and Honda, Then Bet on His Own | Jonathan Singer | The Owner Seat
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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How InLife Wellness Makes Sure Your Margin Doesn't Disappear | Scott Caplelin | The Owner Seat
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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From One Studio to an Eight-Figure Exit: What I Learned Building, Scaling, & Selling a Business
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Is Your Business Ready for NEOPlex? | Felipe Apablaza | The Owner Seat
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The Truth About Scaling Fitness & Beauty Chains with Julian Barnes | The Owner Seat
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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[solidcore] and Boutique Fitness Survival | Nate Scott | The Owner Seat
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May 25, 2026 |
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From Car Crash To iCryo Franchisee | Matt Magnuson | The Owner Seat
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May 22, 2026 |
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Striking While It's Hot with STRIKECOACH | Jason Eller | The Owner Seat Podcast
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May 18, 2026 |
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GameChanger Fitness: Lessons From Private Equity | Joe Meglio | The Owner Seat Podcast
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May 04, 2026 |
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Fitura Brands: The New 3-Concept Franchise Everyone Is Talking About | James Hurlock | The Owner Seat
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Orangetheory Fitness is BACK! 28 Studios, 3 States | Stephanie Altenburger | The Owner Seat
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Studio Grow's Formula: How to Scale From 1 Location to 10 | Conor McGarry | The Owner Seat
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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The 30 Day Membership Debate: Marecelo Aller vs Albert Ramos | The Owner Seat
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Behind The Scenes of the BEST Massage Envy | Nataliya Kisseleva | The Owner Seat
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Lindora's Bet: The Gym Era Is Over and How Metabolic Health Franchise Is Replacing It | Andrew Marlow
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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She Turned Around a Struggling Studio and Cut Churn in Half with Rachel Whitlock
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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EOS for Gym Owners to Scale Without Chaos Using Simple Weekly Systems with Fernando Delgado
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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FlexWerk Fitness: From Idea To Reality | Steve Pirt | The Owner Seat
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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From F45 to The Yard: How Chris Skeates Built a Scalable Gym Through Systems, Strength Training, and Resilience
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Why This Tech Exec Traded Silicon Valley for Float Tanks & Cold Plunges | Justin Kennington
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Introducing FITUAL: The New Fitness Economy | Pawel Kielkowski | The Owner Seat
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Managers Failing After Promotion? It's an EQ Problem | Lindsay Vastola | The Owner Seat
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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The Franchise Grind Nobody Posts About: Club Pilates | Kory Angelin | The Owner Seat
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Your Members Think Your Supplements Work | They Actually Don't | Sonia Gonzales | The Owner Seat
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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The Halotherapy Mistake Fitness Owners Keep Making | Michael Parrish | The Owner Seat
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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10x Health's Jeff Zwiefel on the Fitness Industry's Biggest Blind Spot | The Owner Seat
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Founder Bottleneck? Here's When You Become the Problem | Kip Knippel | The Owner Seat
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Who Is THE Fractional CFO For The Fitness & Wellness Industry? | Albert Ramos | The Owner Seat
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Your Numbers Don't Match Your Bank Account — Here's Why | Chris Reilly | The Owner Seat
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Why Most Franchisees Get Their Exit Wrong: Anytime Fitness | Anna & Bobby Hines | The Owner Seat
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Your Fitness Business Model Is Obsolete: ABC Fitness | Mo Iqbal | The Owner Seat
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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BODYBAR Pilates Buildout in Progress: What The Gov Taught Her About Franchising | Christine Garcia
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Quality of Earnings: The Number That Determines Your Sale Price | Michael Iannuzzi | The Owner Seat
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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STRIDE Fitness Is Entering Franchising: Why I'm Betting On Them | Anthony Badalian | The Owner Seat
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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GLP-1 Retention Strategy Owners Get Wrong | Bob Thomas | The Owner Seat
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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The #1 Reason Studios Can't Scale: Bad Financial Infrastructure | Bill Dillmeier | The Owner Seat
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Recovery Modalities: Which Ones Actually Convert to Repeat Usage? | Lisa Semerly | The Owner Seat
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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AI Agents + Security: What's Real vs. Hype for Fitness | Garrett Marshall | The Owner Seat
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Profit Leaks Are Killing Your Studio | A CPA Breaks Down Where | Paul Roch CPA | The Owner Seat
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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The Accountability Gap Destroying Fitness Business Growth: OHM Fitness | Ben Ludwig | The Owner Seat
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Coach360 vs. FittInsider vs. AthleTech vs HFA: Who's Being Honest? | Elisa Edelstein |The Owner Seat
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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AI Tokenization Costs Are Eroding Your Margins: SpendPilot | Catherine Neuman | The Owner Seat
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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From Stressed Corporate HR to Full-Time Kettlebell Coach | Don LaTorre | The Owner Seat
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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The Unit Economics Test That Kills Fitness Deals: Integrity Squares | Pete Moore| | The Owner Seat
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Utilization, Margins, & the Anxiety That Never Stops: Founder Reality at The Yard | Joe Cicero
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Corporate Executive Walks Away: Building StretchLab in Florida | David Ramos | The Owner Seat
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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The Truth About Franchising: Perspire Sauna Studio | Tanner Holmes | The Owner Seat
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Before You Buy A Fitness Franchise: The Financial Blind Spots Nobody Warns You About | Ali Orleski
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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The Independent Sponsor Model That's Reshaping M&A | Casey Minshew | The Owner Seat
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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The Untold Reason Gym Retention Is About to Explode | Devon Vicari | The Owner Seat
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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How Women Are Reshaping the Boutique Fitness Industry: True Movement | Beth Potter | The Owner Seat
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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From Paramount CCO to a Flatline: What a Near-Death Taught Me About Scaling | Travis Pomposello
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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The $100M Opportunity in Fitness Nobody's Talking About | Alan Thompson | The Owner Seat
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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The Fitness Rollup Nobody Saw Coming: AI + Agencies + Scale | Benji Donhardt | The Owner Seat
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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#24: Your Tech Stack Is Strangling You — How To Turns AI Agents into Profit - with Ryan Seifert
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#23: From WeWork to Preql: Why Finance Has a Logic Problem - with Leah Weiss
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#22: Inside the $4.2B Resort: Why Finance Transformation Starts with People, Not Platforms - with Val Correa
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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#21 - Why the Best CFOs Are Leaning Into AI and Winning — Chris Ortega Explains
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Special Edition: Inside Coach360: How Kathleen Ferguson Is Revolutionizing The Future of Fitness
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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#20 - Why Carl Seidman Says Static Spreadsheets Are Dead (and What Comes Next)
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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The Alchemize House $4M Seed Round Capital Raise - with Rave Reid (Co-Founder)
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#19 - From Voice Commands to Boardroom Decisions – AI-Powered FP&A Has Arrived - with Kendra Mathias
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#18 - Technology Won’t Save You: Why Broken Processes Always Break AI - with Kristy Barber
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#17 - If Your FP&A Isn’t AI-Powered Yet, You’re Already Behind - with Bryan Lapidus
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#16 - How to Build a Sustainable CFO Practice (Without a Full-Time Job) - with Tom Schultz
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#15 - Scaling Internationally? Here’s How CFOs Lose Margin Without Noticing — with Alice Fu
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Special Edition: Beyond The Ledger: The Real Reason Your Studio Isn’t Scaling? - Trey Moser
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#14 - Most Forecasts Fail Where It Matters Most - And How AI Can Help - with Marco Villarreal
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#13 - Learn to Influence, Not Just Analyze – How CFOs Can Lead with Impact, with Wassia Kamon
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Special Edition: Beyond the Ledger: This Is What Fitness CEOs Keep Getting Wrong About Innovation - Justin Campbell
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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#12 - Why Storytelling Is Now a Non-Negotiable for Finance Leaders with Soufyan Hamid
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#11 - Most Controllers Will Fail in a CFO Role – Unless They Do This - Duke Heninger
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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#10 - Agentic Workflows and the Next Evolution of Finance – with Glenn Hopper
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Special Edition: Beyond the Ledger – Men’s Mental Health, Hormonal Health, and High-Performance Leadership with Angelica Jackson
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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#9 - The 5 Elements® Every SMB Needs to Understand — Ed Patton’s Framework for Financial Intelligence
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#8 - Why Most CFOs Fail the Business Test – David Strong on AI Strategy, Cash Flow, and Leading Like an Owner
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#7 - The Death of Legacy Finance – Julia Kozlov on Agentic AI and the Rise of the Systems-Built CFO
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Special Edition: Beyond the Ledger – Why Modern Leaders Fail Without EQ, Clarity, and Career Ownership – with Sean Barnes
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May 31, 2025 |
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#6 –Static Finance Is Dead – Brian Kalish on Agentic AI and the Strategic Evolution of FP&A
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May 31, 2025 |
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#5 - Your Pricing Model Is Broken – Irene-Marie Seelig on Winning Premium Clients with Value-Based Proposals
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May 31, 2025 |
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#4 - The New CFO Playbook: AI Strategy, ESG Pressure, and Talent Wars – with Stefan Boehmer
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May 23, 2025 |
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#3 - From Experiment to Execution: How CFOs Can Build AI-Ready Finance Teams – with Anna Tiomina
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May 19, 2025 |
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Special Edition: Beyond the Ledger – How a Cancer Survivor Turned Founder Is Using AI to Reshape Healthcare Staffing
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May 12, 2025 |
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#2 - Rebranding Accounting: How CFOs Can Win the Talent War and Build the Next-Gen Finance Brand – with Lukas Sundahl
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May 05, 2025 |
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#1 - Why 90% of FP&A Pros Are Getting Left Behind – Paul Barnhurst Reveals the Future
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Apr 20, 2025 |