Mark C. Zweig - Big Talk About Small Business

Jul 8, 2026 • Strategy & Growth

Stop Endless Planning: Start Sweating Now with Mason Edwards

Mason Edwards, founder of Edwards Gutter Cleaning, shares how he bootstrapped a college side hustle into a thriving home services operation. Learn how to scale a blue collar business, move the owner out of the daily truck operations, and leverage recurring revenue to fund sustainable growth.

Jul 1, 2026 • Strategy & Growth

Speed to Market: Prototyping Physical Goods Fast with Garrett Peters

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.

Jun 24, 2026 • Leadership & Operations

Engineering Efficiency: Redesigning Workflows for Growth with Matt Lewis

Learn how Matt Lewis restructured Lewis Automotive Group to scale a 300-employee enterprise. Discover tactical frameworks for process engineering, the delegation multiplication formula, and conflict resolution methods that turn angry critics into brand advocates.

Jun 17, 2026 • Money, Finance & Business Fundamentals

Owner Dependency: The Exit Killer with Renee Russo

Selling your business shouldn't cost you your identity. Exit planning expert Renee Russo breaks down the psychological hurdles of acquisition, how to overcome owner dependency, and the framework needed to build a transferable company so you can step away without losing your purpose.

Jun 10, 2026 • Strategy & Growth

Slow Growth Secrets: Why Raising Capital is a Trap

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.

Jun 3, 2026 • Mindset & Entrepreneurial Realities

Best of Big Talk: Finding Purpose in the Hustle

A business plan cannot replace the messy reality of execution. This episode breaks down the psychological resilience required to build a venture, the impact of agentic AI, and why launching quickly forces the momentum you need to survive the erratic highs and lows of entrepreneurship.