Marked
by Vin Infante
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Solar Is the Wild, Wild West. Here's How to Not Get Scammed | Ep 158
Solar Is the Wild, Wild West. Here's How to Not Get Scammed | Ep 158
About this podcast
The Marked Podcast, hosted by Vin Infante, features entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and influential leaders sharing the stories behind their growth, challenges, and impact. Each week, Vin explores the marks their journeys have left on them and the legacy they hope to leave behind. Episodes offer real lessons, self-development tips, and leadership insights for builders in business and life. Vin is a mental performance coach, licensed psychotherapist, former FDNY firefighter, and has supported founders from pre-seed startups to billion-dollar companies. Learn more: [www.vincentinfante.life](
Episodes
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- Solar Is the Wild, Wild West. Here's How to Not Get Scammed | Ep 158 · 50 min · Season 4 Episode 158Benoy Thanjan has developed over 100MW of solar projects, including the largest solar project in Manhattan, and has run Reneu Energy for 14 years without raising a dollar of…
- Someone Robbed a Bank With His Car. Now He Runs 1,000s of Them | Ep 157 · 49 min · Season 4 Episode 157In college, Rei Vardi tried renting out his car to cover the payments. Within weeks it had been scratched, dented, smoked in, and used in a bank robbery. Eight years later he's…
- Built for 5 Million Users at 14. Now His AI Runs Your Ads | Ep 156 · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 157At 14, with no money and no team, Miguel Guerrero built a game server to 5 million users. Now he's the founder and CEO of Otis AI, which runs paid advertising end to end for…
- He Landed Big Fitness Brands in 6 Weeks by Taking Their Classes | Ep 155 · 49 min · Season 4 Episode 162Chris Kong spent a decade building sales and partnerships teams at venture-backed startups, taking companies from seed to Series D. Now he's the founder of WEL, a New York-made…
- This Country Pays 45% Interest On Your Money | Ep 154 · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 154Takeaways: - Even industry insiders get quietly overcharged by their own banks. Doug found out the hard way as a retail client at his own institution. - A tokenized commodity…
- He Was SUICIDAL. Then he RAN ACROSS CANADA| Ep 153 · 55 min · Season 4 Episode 153Sachin Latti spent two decades in law enforcement looking, from the outside, like a guy who had it together. On the inside, he was going through a divorce, suicidal, and standing…
- The 7-Minute Pitch: What You Need To Know Before Investing | Ep 152 · 59 min · Season 4 Episode 152Jamie Weeks built and sold a national fitness franchise, then built and sold a national cold plunge brand, then hit the lowest point of his life. Sixty days later, he started…
- 60% of Founders Who Hit Big Exits End Up Depressed. Here's the Psychology Behind It. · 56 min · Season 4 Episode 151Tom is a clinical hypnotherapist with 25 years in psychology, specializing in self-sabotage, imposter syndrome and crippling self-doubt. His own life flipped in a single moment…
- BANK LOAN Denied? Here’s How to Get FUNDING Instead | Ep 150 · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 150Meet William Stern — a founder who sold a townhome at 22, took the proceeds, and built Cardiff into America's largest privately held small business lender — co-owned and operated…
- She Was a Cowboys Cheerleader Finalist. Then She Lost Everything Overnight. | Episode 149 · 35 min · Season 3 Episode 149Meet Amanda Soukoulis — a former CPA and private equity professional turned functional medicine and nutrition practitioner, who went from being a Penn State dancer and Dallas…
- She Moved From Germany To The US At 19 To Build A Business | Ep 148 · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 148Meet Julia Kappler — a fourth-generation entrepreneur from Germany who moved to the United States at 19 with no job, no network, and one mission: to expand her family's…
- He Had $600, a Baby on the Way, and Bet It All on a Stranger. Here's What Happened | EP 147 · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 147Meet Joe Zapiain — a self-taught automation expert who went from living in his car working as a McLaren technician in Miami, to getting laid off two weeks before his daughter was…
- He Built a Premium Bag Brand With Zero Investors — Athletes Carry It for Free | Ep 146 · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 146Meet Ryan Lane — a New York City-based entrepreneur who spent 8 years in corporate real estate before quitting his job to go all-in on FTL Bags, a bootstrapped premium bag brand…
- He's Been Building the Same Business for 17 Years — Here's Why That's Genius | EP 145 · 1 h 18 min · Season 3 Episode 145Meet Austin Boyd — a Las Vegas-based entrepreneur who started making and selling custom t-shirts in 10th grade and, 17 years later, has built a 40-person live print shop…
- The Man Who Went Inside the Darkest Evil on Earth — And What He Found | Ep 144 · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 144Meet Paul Hutchinson — a serial entrepreneur who sold his first company at 29 for $20 million, co-founded Bridge Investment Group which grew to over $50 billion in assets under…
- The Invite-Only Network of 420 Million Followers — Here's How | Ep 143 · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 143Meet Levi Lomey fashion model and the face of Syndicate11, top creator and model community, a South African-born model who walked runways for Dior and Kenzo at Paris Fashion…
- You’re Doing It Wrong: Why Living 'Outside In' is the Trajectory to Failure | Ep 142 · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 142What happens when Dr. John A. King loses his career, his first marriage, and his reputation all at once? In this episode, Shane and Vin sit down with Dr. John A. King, a…
- I’m Starting Over at Zero: This Is How I’d Build Wealth in 2026 | Ep 141 · 1 h 4 min · Season 3 Episode 141In this episode, T-Drew reveals why he’d burn the "Founder" title to the ground if he had to start over from zero today. We sit down with the designer and creative strategist to…
- Why the Rich Love Debt (And You’re Taught to Fear It) | Ep 140 · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 140If credit feels stressful, confusing, or risky, James Jiang breaks down exactly why — and how to flip it. In this episode, I sit down with James Jiang, a credit expert who…
- Why Most People Are Terrible at Gift Giving · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 139Most people think gift giving is about being nice. Sara Hardwick Grintz shows why it’s actually a business skill—and why getting it wrong quietly kills ROI. In this episode, we…
