Scaling an online brand requires a balance between Amazon acquisition and DTC margins. Duncan & Stone co-founder Garrett Peters joins the show to share a clear framework for building an e-commerce flywheel, managing operational fatigue, and surviving the psychological friction of business growth.

Venture capital can be a profit trap. Cameron Magee of avad3 Event Production shares how he scaled a multi-state logistics brand without external funding, managing seasonal valleys by avoiding heavy fixed overhead and funding growth entirely through organic customer revenue.

Discover the unvarnished realities of building, scaling, and exiting software startups with veteran founder Dmitri Love. From pitching on Shark Tank to navigating the FTX collapse, learn actionable frameworks for managing cash droughts, structuring equity, and leveraging tools to speed up growth.