Grit Daily Startup Show
by Phillip Lanos, Jordan French
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Satyapal Singh on Why Sustainability Must Count as a Business Cost
Satyapal Singh on Why Sustainability Must Count as a Business Cost
About this podcast
Grit Daily Startup Show podcast explores the world of entrepreneurship, founders, and CEOs to talk scaleups and startups, from conception and funding to exits. Interviews run across all industries, with entrepreneurs sharing their best decisions, mistakes to avoid, and wildest entrepreneurial stories. With single-guest entrepreneur and multi-guest formats.
Episodes
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- Satyapal Singh on Why Sustainability Must Count as a Business Cost · 40 min · Episode 431Satyapal Singh, CEO and Director of GE3S, grew up in a rural community where conserving water, reusing materials, and minimizing waste were ordinary parts of daily life, an…
- Surajeet Dev on Why Regulatory AI Needs an Audit Trail · 25 min · Episode 430Regulatory mistakes can begin long before a financial institution takes action, when an obligation is interpreted differently as it moves among legal, compliance, and technology…
- BJ Kuula on Why Tax Breaks Cannot Rescue a Bad Real Estate Deal · 30 min · Episode 429A tax break can improve a real estate investment, but BJ Kuula argues it cannot rescue a property that never made economic sense in the first place. He joins Phillip Lanos to…
- Mike Karadimas on Turning Family History Into a Crime Thriller · 15 min · Episode 428Mike Karadimas carried the idea for The Kalogeris Blood Empire for decades before finally turning it into a novel with help from his son. He joins Phillip Lanos to talk about…
- Edward McGeorge Went All In and Built an RV Empire Against the Odds · 54 min · Episode 427Edward McGeorge was thrown out of his father’s home at 13, became an elite athlete, sparred with Muhammad Ali, and went on to build one of America’s largest RV dealerships. He…
- Anna Tobin on Building the Financial Infrastructure for Global Startups · 13 min · Episode 426Startups can go global faster than ever, but their financial operations often struggle to keep pace. Anna Tobin, Business Development Lead at Performa, joins Phillip Lanos to…
- Laila France on Preparing for Life’s Hardest Moments Before They Happen · 25 min · Episode 425After the sudden loss of her husband, Laila France found herself navigating grief while simultaneously confronting financial accounts, legal paperwork, business ownership…
- Randy Dominguez on Why Creative Ambition Needs a Business Plan · 47 min · Episode 424Entrepreneur and The Jersey Sound executive producer Randy Dominguez spent 55 years in finance before entering documentary filmmaking and music storytelling. He explains how…
- Dr. Leigh Byers on Why Leadership Has to Account for the Humans Doing the Work · 29 min · Episode 423Leadership coach and consultant Dr. Leigh Byers explains why strategy can break down when leaders focus on tasks while overlooking the people responsible for carrying them out…
- Victoria Costa Paz on Why Psychedelic Medicine Needs an Infrastructure, Not Just a Drug · 46 min · Episode 422Eywa Biotech founder and CEO Victoria Costa Paz explains why bringing psychedelic medicine into mainstream mental health care requires far more than producing…
- Trent Dingman on Building Future Machines Beyond the Traditional Factory · 35 min · Episode 421Real Motors co-founder Trent Dingman explains how the company is building “Future Machines,” beginning with Project : ARES, an electric Neo Cafe Racer designed around its…
- Hooman Tavakolian on Why No One Is Really Self-Made · 28 min · Episode 420Hooman Tavakolian has built a career spanning Wall Street, wrestling, sports diplomacy, and international humanitarian work. He explains why the discipline that helped him rise…
- Robert Saltz on Why Creative Talent Is Only the Starting Point of a Career · 35 min · Episode 419Propulse Your Career founder Robert Saltz explains why artists need to develop the professional skills surrounding their craft rather than waiting to be discovered. Drawing on…
- Heather Cowap on Teaching Students Accountability Before AI Becomes a Crutch · 35 min · Episode 418Educator and SciEdScrumming founder Heather Cowap explains how Agile Scrum and Universal Design for Learning can give students more agency without sacrificing accountability. She…
- Nick Kringas on Why Law Firms Need to Solve the Pre-Intake Problem · 43 min · Episode 417LawShift CEO Nick Kringas explains why AI is changing how injured people search for legal help long before they ever contact a law firm. Drawing on years in legal marketing, he…
- Gina DeSantis on Building a Creative Business Without Scaling Away the Craft · 32 min · Episode 416Ceramics artist and business owner Gina DeSantis has built a career around handmade work while navigating wholesale, retail, staffing, pricing, and production limits. She…
- Alex Filipuk on Why Visionaries Need Operators to Build Scalable Businesses · 31 min · Episode 415Ideal Siding CEO Alex Filipuk explains why great ideas and strategy are not enough to build a successful company. Drawing on his journey from serial entrepreneur to franchisor…
- How Rei Cosmetics Is Bringing Japan’s Best-Kept Beauty Brands to the U.S. · 32 min · Episode 414Rei Cosmetics founder Nami Soejima saw a simple gap in the beauty market: American consumers were becoming obsessed with Japanese cosmetics, yet many of Japan’s most trusted…
- Candie Zar on Why Fitness Is the Best Investment You'll Ever Make · 36 min · Episode 413Candie Zar believes exercise is more than a workout—it's the foundation for confidence, longevity, and showing up as your best self. The founder of SWEATWITHCANDIE shares how…
- Ethan Bull on Why Fractional Executive Assistants Are Becoming a Strategic Advantage · 35 min · Episode 412ProAssisting co-founder Ethan Bull explains why experienced executive assistants are no longer reserved for large corporations. He shares how fractional support, human expertise…
