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The Harvard Blueprint for Non-Profit Scaling EP 15 TBD
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Donald Summers

The Harvard Blueprint for Non-Profit Scaling

How does a literature scholar transition into an elite leadership program at Harvard, completely reshape his worldview on corporate frameworks, and bu...

From Fired Art Student to Global Tech CEO EP 14 TBD
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Douglas Sapp

From Fired Art Student to Global Tech CEO

What happens when you graduate from art school with a degree you don't care about and get promptly fired from your very first job just five months in?...

15 Years of High-Stakes HR and Operational Strategy EP 13 TBD
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Sarah Seale

15 Years of High-Stakes HR and Operational Strategy

Why do standard human resource consultants and recruitment firms completely fail when entering complex, hyper-regulated international fields? Sarah Se...

From General to Executive Coach EP 12 TBD
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Robert Mixon

From General to Executive Coach

How do you translate decades of elite, high-stakes military command into an operational framework that allows modern corporations to scale under press...

From Mechanical Engineer to Hedge Fund CEO EP 11 TBD
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Timothy Rose

From Mechanical Engineer to Hedge Fund CEO

Most aspiring financiers believe a Harvard MBA is the only ticket to the top, but Timothy Rose proves that common sense often outruns a PhD. As the CE...

How to Scale an AI-First Tech Services Venture in 2026 EP 10 TBD
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Aater Suleman

How to Scale an AI-First Tech Services Venture in 2026

Is building a SaaS product actually a trap for highly technical founders? Aater Suleman, the former computer architecture professor at UT Austin and c...

From Failed IPO to Funding a Global Gaming Infrastructure Play EP 09 TBD
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Jasim

From Failed IPO to Funding a Global Gaming Infrastructure Play

After a failed IPO attempt during Covid, Jasim, known as Jay, rebuilt his strategy and raised capital to launch PlaysOut, a gaming infrastructure comp...

Zero Marketing Spend to 4M Users: The B2B Health AI Playbook EP 07 29:24
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Yogesh

Zero Marketing Spend to 4M Users: The B2B Health AI Playbook

How a B2B health AI company reached 4 million users without spending a dollar on marketing.

How to Automate a $3 Trillion Manufacturing Market EP 06 33:18
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Daniele

How to Automate a $3 Trillion Manufacturing Market

A materials physicist turned 5x entrepreneur is building Physical AI that lets robots assemble parts with human-like intuition. Backed by a $1M no-equity grant.

Why Every Deep Tech Founder Needs a Media Engine EP 05 24:38
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Mitchell Leshchiner

Why Every Deep Tech Founder Needs a Media Engine

Ex-pro soccer player turned Palantir engineer is building ElectroCare — using AI to track blood biomarkers continuously and non-invasively. His mission: save a million lives.

How He Raised $3M for his Biotech Startup EP 04 39:20
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Franco Kraiselburd

How He Raised $3M for his Biotech Startup

At 23, Franco is the CEO of Asclepi — reinventing the Band-Aid with next-gen wound care. He raised $3M, half through non-dilutive grants, by becoming the world's best at understanding wound care economics.

From Napkin to $1M ARR EP 03 20:17
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Robert Brennan

From Napkin to $1M ARR: The Playbook for Monetizing Free Software

Co-founder of All Hands AI explains how they secured $18M in seed funding after their open-source AI coding tool exploded on GitHub overnight. From Google to building the future of coding.

The Digital Franchise Model EP 02 25:39
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Ammar Akhtar

The Digital Franchise Model: 500x Growth in Three Years

The "Uber of car rentals" — Ammar scaled Final Rentals to 60 countries without owning a single car. From Karachi to Dubai to the world, all by creating a digital umbrella for local shops.

Why I Bought My Competitor EP 01 28:03
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Somer Baburek

Why I Bought My Competitor Instead of Fighting Them

From professional barrel racer to VC to biotech CEO — Somer used a corporate rollup strategy most startups ignore to fast-track Hera Biotech's growth in women's health.

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Business Unmasked started because I was tired of the same recycled advice. "Just hustle harder." "Follow your passion." Cool — but what does building a real business actually look like?

Every week, I sit down with founders and CEOs — from biotech to AI, deep tech to digital marketplaces — who share the real story. The pivots, the failures, the moments they almost quit, and the breakthroughs that changed everything.

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