Claude Mythos: Anthropic's 10 Trillion Parameter Model, Project Glasswing, and the New Cyber Defense Frontier - April 20, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>Claude Mythos: Anthropic's 10 Trillion Parameter Model, Project Glasswing, and the New Cyber Defense Frontier - April 20, 2026 Anthropic's Claude Mythos is the first publicly acknowledged ten trillion parameter model, revealed after a March content management leak and now in closed preview via Project Glasswing with AWS, Apple, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Nvidia, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and roughly forty other critical infrastructure firms. The UK AI Security Institute evaluation reports a seventy three percent success rate on expert level cyber tasks that no prior model could complete, including discovery of a twenty seven year old...
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159. Christopher Kunney. The Silver Tsunami.
<p>Today, we’re diving into one of the most powerful and underestimated forces reshaping our world: the Silver Tsunami, the rise of the Silver Economy, and the role of technology in an aging society. </p> <p>As populations around the globe grow older, the social, economic, and technological implications are profound. This isn’t just a demographic shift, it’s a transformation that will redefine healthcare, work, innovation, and how we design products and services for the future.</p> <p>To help us unpack this, I’m joined by Christopher Kunney, a global digital health leader, AgeTech advocate, and speaker w...
Growing a Profitable Indie Brokerage Powered by Inbound Leads with Ryan Fitzgerald | Ep 107
<p>Why make 300 cold calls per day if you don’t have to?</p><p>That’s how Ryan Fitzgerald started his real estate career - cold calling like crazy. But it didn't last long. Because there was a better way.</p><p>Instead of chasing and selling to people, Ryan learned to attract them instead. How? With a strong, local website that brought him inbound leads and agent recruits alike.</p><p>Today, Raleigh Realty is an independent brokerage of 40 agents selling about a house a day. And that website helped him launch it.</p><p>Learn why he buil...
DX Today AI Daily Brief - Saturday, April 18, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>DX Today AI Daily Brief - Saturday, April 18, 2026<br/><br/>Today on the brief: AI coding startup Cursor is in advanced talks to raise over two billion dollars at a fifty billion dollar valuation, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz with Nvidia participating. Meta Platforms will begin its first wave of 2026 layoffs on May 20, cutting close to eight thousand employees. Google is in active discussions with the Pentagon to deploy Gemini models in classified environments. xAI shipped Grok 4.3 beta to SuperGrok Heavy subscribers. GE HealthCare expanded its AI breast cancer screening partnership with DeepHealth. Mozilla unveiled...
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Education, Winbacks, and Direct Mail: Dirtea's Retention Strategy
Jade Moffett from Dirtea joins the show to break down how they use education-first onboarding, segmented winback flows, and direct mail to retain and re-engage subscribers. We dig into why they wait to cross-sell, how their CX team shapes retention messaging, and the 200% lift they saw from Paper Run.<br /><br />What we cover:<br /><br />• Why education-first onboarding drives long-term retention<br />• Segmenting winback flows by cancellation reason and product<br />• Using direct mail (Paper Run) to re-engage churned and opted-out customers<br />• Cross-sell timing: why waiting until after the first subscription cycle matters<br />• How feedback loops at every touc...
Waiting for gas prices to drop? Don't hold your breath
<p>The Strait of Hormuz has remained largely closed, with only three sanctioned tankers making it through the waterway according to Reuters. When asked about a potential timeline for lower gas prices on CNN, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said prices below $3 “might not happen until next year.” Also on the program, we discuss a New York State law limiting employers’ use of credit history and Germany’s plan to build military enlistment.</p>
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Here's the Risk Investors Are Ignoring
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Cullen Roche back to the show. Cullen is the founder of portfolio-management firm Discipline Funds. He is also the author of several books, his most recent one titled Your Perfect Portfolio.</p> <p > </p> <p > Cullen kicks things off with his thoughts on market uncertainty due to the Middle East conflict. He believes that volatile oil prices (and other commodities) will have an impact on the market. Additionally, he says that the U.S.'s attacks could prompt an escalating confrontation with China – where the latter decides to invade Taiwan and seiz...
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DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, April 20, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, April 20, 2026<br/><br/>Cursor nears a $2 billion round at a $50+ billion valuation co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive, and Nvidia
The Five Best Turnaround Stocks in 2026 to Buy Now
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Alex Morris back to the show. Alex is the founder of TSOH (The Science of Hitting) Investment Research and an author. TSOH, which boasts more than 24,000 subscribers, aims to generate attractive long-term returns while providing complete transparency on the research process, portfolio decision-making, and returns.</p> <p > </p> <p > Alex kicks things off by reflecting on the potential changes in Berkshire Hathaway due to the passing of Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett's retirement. He believes the company is in a good position to continue the momentum that was built up when B...
Agentic Commerce: How AI Will Discover (Or Miss) Your Subscription
AI is changing how people discover products online. And if your subscription offer isn't structured correctly, AI agents will skip right past it.<br /><br />In this episode, I sit down with my business partner David Bradley (and the founder of QPilot, Autoship Cloud, and Nextime) to break down how agentic commerce actually works, why subscription products need to be optimized differently than one-time purchases, and what brands can do right now to make sure AI recommends their subscription offer.<br /><br />What we cover:<br />Why Google's new subscription data property is a major signal for the future of...
Amazon vs. Your Shopify Store: How to Win the Subscription Customer
Amazon has real advantages - trust, convenience, price, and discoverability. But that doesn't mean your Shopify store can't win. In this episode, I break down exactly why Amazon pulls subscribers away from DTC brands and what you can do to fight back. What we cover:<br />The 4 reasons customers choose Amazon over your siteWhy discounting alone won't beat themHow to build an offer that's impossible to replicate on AmazonTools that bring Amazon-level delivery transparency to your subscription experienceWhy SMS is one of your most powerful retention toolsSubscribe to our newsletter for weekly doses just like this one: https://newsletter.thesubscriptiondoc...
Google Gemini in Pentagon Talks: Classified AI, Anthropic's Supply Chain Rift, and the Three Way Race for Defense Contracts - April 19, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>Google Gemini in Pentagon Talks: Classified AI, Anthropic's Supply Chain Rift, and the Three Way Race for Defense Contracts - April 19, 2026 Reports this week reveal Google is in active negotiations with the United States Pentagon to deploy its Gemini models inside classified defense environments, joining OpenAI's February All Lawful Purposes deal and leaving Anthropic facing a supply chain risk designation and an active lawsuit. Rick Spair and Laura unpack the three way race for classified AI contracts, the safeguard language Google is proposing, and what this moment means for the future of AI governance. ...
The Long View — Treating Today's Visit as the Beginning, Not the End
<p >This episdode of The Distinctive Dermatologist challenges a mindset that quietly shapes many dermatology practices — often without anyone realizing it.</p> <p >It's the idea that today's appointment is the goal; that the visit itself is the finish line. Many practices unintentionally operate in short-term mode — focused on resolving the issue in front of them instead of strengthening the relationship that surrounds it.</p> <p >This episode also reveals the question that forces a shift from short-term efficiency to long-term trust.</p> <p >Thank to our sponsor, GentleCure from SkinCure Oncology, whose work supports expanded awareness of treatment options for a...
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The HELOC Strategy That Lets Him Buy Rentals Over and Over With Ryan Blackstone (Ep 569)
Ryan is using a simple but powerful strategy to build his rental portfolio, and it all starts with a HELOC.<br /><br />Instead of going through traditional financing, Ryan uses a line of credit to buy properties, using what appears to be cash. That gives him a huge advantage when making offers. After closing, he funds the renovations with the same credit line, focusing on cosmetic upgrades like flooring, fixtures, and paint to dramatically increase value.<br /><br />Once the property is stabilized, Ryan completes a cash-out refinance, pays off the HELOC, and repeats the process.<br /><br />On this...
This One Filing Can Tell You When to Buy or Sell Stocks
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Michelle Leder back to the show. Michelle is the creator of footnoted.com, an information service dedicated to finding opportunities and early warning signals buried in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings.</p> <p > </p> <p > Michelle kicks things off by explaining what company proxy statements are and why they matter for investors. She says the summary compensation table and footnotes found in these documents let you know not only how much management is being paid but also what motivates their actions. Michelle emphasizes that as an investor, you n...
The Confidence Transfer — Helping Patients Feel Certain About Their Care
<p >This episode is about something that happens in almost every dermatology practice — yet it's rarely discussed directly.</p> <p >A patient leaves the appointment with the diagnosis explained, the treatment recommended, and the chart completed.</p> <p >From the clinical perspective, everything went exactly as it should.</p> <p >But from the patient's perspective, something is still missing.</p> <p >One of the most important roles any dermatologist plays is the confidence transfer. You'll learn about it on this episode.</p> <p >This episode is sponsored by GentleCure from SkinCure Oncology, whose work supports greater patient awareness and informed conve...
GPT Rosalind: OpenAI's First Life Sciences Specialist, 95th Percentile Expert Performance, and the Rise of Vertical AI - April 18, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>GPT Rosalind: OpenAI's First Life Sciences Specialist, 95th Percentile Expert Performance, and the Rise of Vertical AI - April 18, 2026 OpenAI unveiled GPT Rosalind on April 16, 2026, its first frontier reasoning model purpose built for life sciences, drug discovery, and translational medicine. Named after Rosalind Franklin, the model ranked above the 95th percentile of human experts on Dyno Therapeutics' private RNA prediction tasks, shipped with a Codex plugin connecting to 50+ scientific tools, and launched behind a gated trusted access program with Amgen, Moderna, the Allen Institute, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Chris and...
160. Yevgeny Khessin. Harnessing The Data Coming From Your Car.
<p>Today’s guest is Yevgeny Khessin, CEO and founder at DIMO, a Company that is helping reshape one of the most entrenched industries in the world: automotive.</p> <p>Yevgeny's journey spans software, blockchain infrastructure, and building products in emerging tech ecosystems, but what makes his work stand out is the ambition behind it. DIMO isn’t just another connected-car platform. It’s a decentralized mobility network designed to give drivers ownership of their vehicle data, something traditionally controlled by OEMs and legacy telematics providers.</p> <p>At a time when data sovereignty, privacy, and interoperability are becoming defining themes...
From Tweets to Trades: This Trader Scrapes Social Media for Trading Setups... It BEATS Wall Street
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan and Corey welcome Andy Swan to the show. Andy is the co-founder of LikeFolio, a financial-technology company focused on providing its clients with actionable research based on consumer-driven data. He has a free report focused on a new wave of health care and AI that can inform investors of how to best prepare before it arrives. You can download the report here.</p> <p > </p> <p > Andy kicks things off by sharing how LikeFolio evolved from being designed to create "like" portfolios for social media users based on the companies they and th...
What Skin Cancer Patients Wish Their Dermatologist Knew
<p >This episode marks a first for The Distinctive Dermatologist—our transition to both audio and video.</p> <p >But more importantly, it marks a shift in perspective. Instead of hearing from a physician or industry expert, you'll hear directly from a skin cancer patient.</p> <p >Michael Carney has experienced multiple treatment approaches, including Mohs surgery and GentleCure. In this candid conversation, he shares what it's really like to navigate those decisions—what builds trust, what creates doubt, and what patients wish they had known sooner.</p> <p >Because the patient experience isn't defined by what we intend to deliv...
Diesel prices fuel uncertainty for small businesses
<p>Rising gas prices, stemming from President Trump’s war against Iran, have frustrated drivers all spring. But diesel prices are up too, and diesel is the real engine of our economy. In this episode, small business owners face higher costs and uncertainty as diesel prices climb. Plus: Consumer sentiment reaches record lows even as spending remains stable, economists and farmers explain why tomato prices rose 15% in a month, and bond traders expect the Fed to hold rates steady all year.</p><br/><p>Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or we...
She Bought Rentals And Everything Went Wrong With Anna Mendoza (Ep 565)
Anna Mendoza started investing out of state because she believed it would produce better returns. <br /><br />Living in an expensive market, the $60,000 she had saved wasn’t enough to buy anything locally. But in other parts of the country, that same money could buy multiple rental properties. It seemed like a great way to build cash flow and start growing a portfolio.<br /><br />Instead, things quickly went off the rails. What looked like a promising investment turned into a nightmare.<br /><br />Anna dealt with unreliable contractors, break-ins, unexpected repairs, and tenants that required far more time and mon...
The Diesel Crisis That Could Send Gas to $10 Overnight
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Tracy Shuchart to the show. Tracy is the founder, CEO, and chief market strategist of Hilltower Research Advisors. She's also the author of the Renegade Resources newsletter on Substack, which has more than 8,000 subscribers.</p> <p > </p> <p > Tracy kicks things off by discussing the issues surrounding diesel. She says that the world was previously in a "diesel crunch" in 2025, which only started to ease up in early 2026. With 14% of global refined products passing through the Strait of Hormuz, tension with Iran has started to set things back again. Tracy also s...
Why Lowering Your Price Won't Fix Subscription Churn
SpaceGoods does 80% of their business on subscription and their #1 churn reason is cost. So they tested making the subscription 25% cheaper. It didn't move the needle at all.<br /><br />In this episode, I sit down with Bea Le Coultre, Retention & CRM Manager at SpaceGoods, to talk about what actually drives subscription retention. We cover how they coach customers through their first two weeks, why matching the right product to the right buyer matters more than discounts, and the surprising experiment that boosted retention by 20%+ without changing the price.<br /><br />What we cover:<br />• Why 80% of SpaceGoods revenue comes from su...
Becoming a Category of One for Your Practice with Joe Calloway
<p >How do you stand out in a crowded marketplace when everyone claims to be different?</p> <p >This week on The Distinctive Dermatologist, I'm joined by bestselling business author Joe Calloway, whose books include Becoming a Category of One, Be the Best at What Matters Most, and Magnetic.</p> <p >Joe has spent decades helping organizations understand what truly earns loyalty, attracts customers, and creates meaningful distinction. In our conversation, we explore what it takes to become the obvious choice in your marketplace—and how those same principles apply directly to today's dermatology practices.</p> <p >We discuss:<br /> • Why...
He's Up 201% in Two Months... and Says a Major Market Drop Is Next
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Greg Diamond back to the show. Greg is the editor of Ten Stock Trader, an advisory focused on trading using market analysis to find the best opportunities based on previous market patterns.</p> <p > </p> <p > Greg kicks things off by sharing his theme for 2026: time. He looked at the inflection points in January and is looking at the upcoming ones in April and May. January saw both technology and financial stocks peak before declining. And while Greg believes these sectors are oversold and will correct themselves slightly, the decline will co...
The Mag Seven Trade Is Breaking... Here's What Comes Next
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes David Cervantes back to the show. David is the founder of Pinebrook Capital Management – a boutique asset manager focused on asset allocation and managing various systematic trading strategies.</p> <p > </p> <p > David kicks things off by reflecting on the progress that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs have made since his last discussion at a Stansberry Research Conference several years ago. The drug has branched out of medical use into professional use and for standard weight loss, resulting in the companies he previously discussed to have performed well since then. He then dis...
Scaling a Real Estate Team to $6 Billion in Production with Jason Mitchell | Ep 104
<p>What if the fastest way to grow a real estate team wasn’t generating more leads—but servicing someone else’s clients at scale?</p><p>Jason Mitchell built America’s #1 real estate team by evolving past traditional agent thinking and creating a unique model based on trust, accountability, leadership development, centralized operations, and B2B partnerships.</p><p>He welcomed us into JMG headquarters, gave us more than an hour of his time, and broke down how his team grew from hundreds of millions to more than $6 billion in annual sales production, 12,000 transactions, and more than 1,200 agents operating in 43 of...
A Realistic Look At Building New Rentals With Kaycee Miller (Ep 566)
On this episode, Kaycee Miller shares the real story behind building new construction rentals, including the wins and the unexpected challenges.<br /><br />Kaycee started out buying foreclosures and rehabbing them, but began to wonder if building from the ground up could be more profitable.<br /><br />She walks us through her transition into new construction, why it can sometimes be more cost-effective than buying existing properties, and how building new can lead to higher rents and better long-term returns. Kaycee breaks down her experience developing an 8-unit property in the downtown area of her small town, including how she...
163. Toan Dang. Intentional Outbound.
<p>Today’s conversation is about outbound, but not the kind you usually hear about.</p> <p>My guest is Toan Dang, someone who’s spent nearly two decades in outbound sales, not just running plays, but surviving them. Long before outbound became a discipline full of tools, dashboards, and frameworks, Toan learned it the hard way: through pressure, uncertainty, and the need to make judgment calls when there was no playbook to lean on.</p> <p>In an era where sales teams have more data than ever, more signals, more activity metrics, and more automation, outbound somehow feels harder—not ea...
How a Prospecting-First Team Became a Media-Driven Brokerage with Devin Tryan | Ep 103
<p>From a moped-riding, script-reading agent working expired listings to the owner of the fastest-growing brokerage in Hawaii.<br> <br>From a prospecting-first team on the phones together four hours a day to a media-driven brokerage creating 200+ pieces of content a month.</p><p><br></p><p>Talk Realty CEO Devin Tryan shares lessons learned through big transitions over the past dozen years or so, including the five-step, three-bucket system for content creation, tips for hiring staff members, and key concepts behind the design of his agent-first, independent brokerage.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch or listen for Devin’s ins...
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Markets optimistic after Iran announces Strait of Hormuz has reopened
<p>Iran declared on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened for all commercial vessels. While the news caused stocks to rally and oil prices to drop, it’s unclear yet whether or not the market reaction is premature. Plus, we take a look into the aging demographics of first-time homebuyers and their shrinking share of the housing market. </p>
The Humanoid Robotics Reality Check: Figure at BMW, Agility at Amazon, Atlas at Hyundai, and What Tesla's Candor About Optimus Tells Us - April 21, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>The Humanoid Robotics Reality Check: Figure at BMW, Agility at Amazon, Atlas at Hyundai, and What Tesla's Candor About Optimus Tells Us - April 21, 2026 Chris and Laura take a deep dive into what humanoid robots are actually doing on factory floors in 2026. They unpack Figure AI at BMW Spartanburg, Agility Digit inside Amazon fulfillment, the Hyundai and Boston Dynamics Atlas roadmap, and why Elon Musk's admission that Optimus isn't doing useful work yet may be the most important humanoid story of the quarter. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you...
Ep. 104: Building a platform to save the internet ft. Tyler Bainbridge of Perfectly Imperfect
<p>Tyler Bainbridge is the founder of Perfectly Imperfect, a social magazine and app with 400,000+ users built to help people discover culture outside of algorithms. In this episode, we get into how he grew the platform from a free newsletter to a business attracting guests such as Charli xcx, Francis Ford Coppola and The Rizzler.</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Perfectly Imperfect</b></p> <p>Website</p> <p>Instagram</p> <p><b>Tyler Bainbridge</b></p> <p>Instagram</p> <p>LinkedIn</p> <p>X</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Timestamps</b></p> <p>00:00 Introducing Tyler Bainbridge</p> <p>01:23 Escaping the...
The Numbers Didn't Work Locally. Here's How He Invested Out Of State With Thomas Hollingsworth (Ep 561)
Thomas lives in a high-cost area where buying rentals locally simply didn’t make sense for cash flow, especially as a newer investor with limited capital.<br /><br />Instead of forcing a bad deal in his backyard, Thomas made the decision to invest out of state.<br /><br />On this episode, he walks us through how he chose the markets he invested in and whether he physically visited the areas before buying.<br /><br />Thomas didn’t just pick one market and hope for the best. Diversification was important to him, so he invested in three different areas. We talk about...
The Real Estate Sphere System Your Agents Actually Execute with Sadie Callegari | Ep 102
<p>Like many successful, high-growth, The Perna Team had systems and playbooks to support agents with nearly every lead source.</p><p>But what about the best source of all … an agent’s sphere? Their SOI?</p><p>Sadie Callegari, Director of Coaching and Training of this 120-agent team, gives you all the details of the start, iteration, re-launch, and evolution of their sphere marketing program. It’s her system to keep agents top of mind with their family and friends with done-for-you videos, photos, social posts, emails, calls, and texts.</p><p>What they’re writing.<br>What they’re recordi...
Why Your Dunning Strategy Is Sending Customers to the Wrong Door
Most subscription brands are losing revenue to failed payments - not because customers don't want to pay, but because they're being sent to the wrong place to fix it. In this episode, I break down how payment processing actually works, what your processor health score means, and how to build a dunning strategy that actually recovers payments.<br /><br />What we cover:<br />How tokenization and payment processing work in subscription commerceWhy your processor health score matters (and what hurts it)The math on why a 1% improvement in processing success is massive at scaleIn-app vs. third-party tools for payment recovery...
Ep. 101: Building a 70k+ subscriber newsletter by word of mouth ft. Rachel Meade Smith
<p >Rachel Meade Smith is the founder of Words of Mouth, a weekly newsletter focused on finding meaningful work. In this episode, we discuss how she built and monetised a values-driven newsletter to 72,000 subscribers over 10 years without ever running a single ad.</p><p ></p><p >Preorder Search Work now: https://orbooks.com/catalog/search-work/</p><p >__</p><p >Rachel Meade Smith</p><p >Words of Mouth</p><p >Website</p><p >LinkedIn</p><p >Instagram </p><p >Book</p><p >__</p><p >Timestamps</p><p >00:00 Introducing Rachel Meade Smith and Words of Mouth</p><p >01:38 10 years of values based...
How Commercial Agents Boost Team Revenue and Referrals with Grant Johnson | Ep 109
<p>What would a commercial division add to your residential real estate team? And what does it look like when one generates roughly $100M in active listings — and a $25M portfolio sale — in its first year?</p><p>You're about to find out. But this episode is about a lot more than a shower-thought-turned-11-agent commercial division.</p><p>Grant Johnson's Twin Cities team went from selling 100-150 homes per year for nearly a decade to 270, then 539, then 830+ — while adding only 2 staff members along the way. Learn how his 120-agent organization can run with just 5 staff, why they brand around the ag...
What Patients Want in Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Treatment
<p>For the past three-plus years, The Distinctive Dermatologist has presented many tactics and strategies for making your practice stand out from your competition. We've focused, as well, on the importance of the patient experience.</p> <p>Our sponsor, GentleCure from SkinCure Oncology has consistently been a leader in advocating for patient choice. Abundant research demonstrates that when patients are presented with clinically established options, they feel more in control, and their satisfaction with -- and advocacy for -- your clinic is enhanced.</p> <p>On this episode, Kerwin Brandt, CEO and co-founder of SkinCure Oncology, talks about the amazing...
When History Repeats Itself, Patients Pay the Price
<p >Every week for the past three-plus years, "The Distinctive Dermatologist" has brought you information that bestselling author and business advisor Scott McKain has created from his research and experience in working with a vast array of leading organizations in varied industries on how to serve customers more remarkably.</p> <p >This week, we have something different.</p> <p >In the Substack blog, The Skin Cancer Treatment Journal, Adam Lefton, Chief Brand Officer of SkinCure Oncology, wrote the post, "When History Repeats Itself, Patients Pay the Price." The Distinctive Dermatologist podcast would like to share his words with you this...
What Makes Your Practice ICONIC? Lessons from Distinction That Transform the Patient Experience
<p >What makes a dermatology practice truly stand out?</p> <p >In this special video episode of The Distinctive Dermatologist, Scott McKain shares highlights from a keynote presentation based on his bestselling book, ICONIC, applying its principles directly to patient experience, practice growth, and long-term differentiation.</p> <p >Discover how distinction drives patient trust, referrals, team engagement, and sustained relevance in today's evolving healthcare landscape.</p> <p >Thanks, as always, to our sponsor, SkinCure Oncology and GentleCure, for supporting The Distinctive Dermatologist.</p> <p >This episode is ideal for dermatologists, practice managers, administrators, and care teams seeking to create a...
Why Owning Just One Rental Property Is So Risky With Carlo Finotti (Ep 564)
On this episode, Carlo Finotti explains why owning just one rental property can actually be riskier than owning several.<br /><br />When you only have one property, a major repair or a few months of vacancy can wipe out your cash flow for years.<br /><br />Carlo shares how building a portfolio of multiple rentals creates a safety net, where income from other properties can help cover unexpected expenses. Carlo also talks about the two challenges investors face when buying their second rental. The money side and the mental side.<br /><br />He explains how he overcame both and how...
Running Real Estate, Mortgage, and ISAs from a Single Playbook with Jordan Vreeland | Ep 101
<p>The Falcon system to deliver guidance and success.<br>The tech hub to unify multiple lines of business.<br>The merged calls to save deals.</p><p>A mortgage expert who’s since grown a 100-person organization delivering integrated real estate services, Jordan Vreeland’s constantly building the playbook.</p><p>Go inside his athletics-informed philosophy and approach to developing people, unifying teams, leveraging tech, and improving client experience.</p><p>Watch or listen for Jordan’s insights into:</p><p>0:00 Intro and welcome<br>1:32 Two reminders and resets when you step onto the court<br>4:18 Building winners, not just w...
Ep. 102: The creator earning $200k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Vin Matano
<p >Vin Matano is a B2B influencer marketing agency owner and part-time creator who made $200K as a creator and $2.5M through his agency Creator Buzz in 2025. In this episode, we get into how he lands and keeps long-term brand deals, his LinkedIn content strategy, and how he built Creatorbuzz from zero to $2.5M in its first full year.</p><p ></p><p >Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/p/vin-matano </p><p >__</p><p >Get started with Taplio for free</p><p >Use code: CREATOR1X1</p><p >__</p><p >Vin Matano</p><p >LinkedIn</p><p >...
Ep. 106: Sending a newsletter for 1,000 days straight ft. Mindstream
<p>Matt Village and Maria Gharib are the editorial team behind Mindstream, a daily AI-focussed newsletter with over 230,000 subscribers. In this episode they break down the editorial systems, consistency habits, and audience growth tactics that helped them grow a strong, engaged audience.</p> <p><br>__ <br><b>Mindstream</b> </p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p>LinkedIn </p> <p><b>Guests </b></p> <p>Matt Village</p> <p>Maria Gharib</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Timestamps </b></p> <p>00:00 Introducing Matt and Maria of Mindstream</p> <p>01:31 Going all-in at 5,000 subscribers</p> <p>05:56 Expanding the team</p> <p>09:51 Curating the style for a...
Seattle's tech industry blues
<p>Recently, Seattle’s tech workforce has been hit by wave after wave of layoffs. Some company execs say it’s AI’s fault. KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg joins Kimberly on today’s show to share what she’s hearing from tech workers. And, we’ll get into another side of the AI boom: the push to build more data centers and the pushback from locals. Plus, a round of Seattle trivia!</p><br/><p>Here’s everything we talked about today:</p><br/>"Booming" from KUOWWhy Seattle tech companies are still laying off workers from The Seattle Times"From coder to shuttle...
When His Rentals Weren't Working, He Had To Pivot With Seamus Nally (Ep 563)
On this episode, Seamus Nally shares a powerful lesson every investor eventually faces: if it’s not working, pivot.<br /><br />Seamus originally set out to build a portfolio of student rentals. The plan made sense. The numbers worked. The demand was there. Then the university expanded its own housing and the student demand he was counting on dried up. Instead of digging in and hoping things would turn around, Seamus made a bold move.<br /><br />He pivoted and began renting rooms to residents in an addiction recovery program. When new challenges surfaced with that strategy, he adjusted again, ev...
154. Jonathan Reichental. On Cities and Governments Using Technology To Serve People Better.
<p>Today’s episode is a special one.</p> <p>It’s not often that you get to sit down with someone who has operated at the highest levels of public-sector technology, advised global organizations on the future of innovation, and brought that experience into the classroom and onto the page as a professor and author. That’s why it’s truly an honor to welcome Jonathan Reichental to the show.</p> <p>Jonathan served as CIO for the City of Palo Alto, right in the heart of Silicon Valley, where he helped transform how a city can use technology to bette...
155. Jeff Sutherland. Scrum Was Always An AI Protocol.
<p>If Scrum was designed today from scratch, in a world of autonomous agents, large language models, and software written at the speed of thought, would it look any different?</p> <p>There’s a provocative idea emerging right now: that Scrum was always, in a way, an AI protocol.</p> <p> A system built on empiricism, rapid feedback loops, small batch sizes, and adaptive planning, principles that align almost perfectly with how intelligent systems learn and improve. </p> <p>And now, as we move from purely human teams to hybrid human-AI teams, that idea isn’t theoretical anymore. It’s being b...
Ep. 105: Becoming one of Morning Brew’s biggest creators ft. Macy Gilliam
<p>Macy Gilliam is a video producer and content creator at Morning Brew and the creator of Out There, a documentary series where she spends a day learning the world's most interesting jobs. In this episode, we walk through her production process, how she went from running Morning Brew's Twitter account to having her own show, and red flags every creator should look for in their contracts.</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Macy Gilliam </b></p> <p>Out There </p> <p>Macy's YouTube</p> <p>Instagram</p> <p>TikTok</p> <p>X</p> <p>LinkedIn</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>T...
California buildings must limit "embodied carbon." Here's what that means
<p>California became the first state to regulate embodied carbon in its building code. That’s changing the construction industry even beyond the state border. </p><br/><p>More than a third of planet-warming emissions come from buildings and construction. Marketplace’s The rest of it is what’s called embodied carbon. That’s the emissions that it took to make the steel, concrete, glass and insulation, and put them all together. Caleigh Wells looked into what California’s new regulations could mean for builders in this episode of Marketplace Tech, hosted by Stephanie Hughes.</p>
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The Post-Purchase Communication Gap Killing Your Subscriptions
Most subscription brands invest heavily in getting the first order. Then they go silent. That gap between purchase and second shipment is where you lose subscribers, and most brands don't even realize it's happening. In this episode, I break down why post-purchase communication is the most overlooked lever in subscription retention and what to do about it.<br /><br />What we cover:<br />• Why the window between order 1 and order 2 is the highest-risk moment for churn<br />• The communication mistakes most brands make after checkout<br />• How to build a post-purchase flow that actually drives retention<br />• What top-performing subscription brands d...
Why does the price of gas go up and down?
<p>Why is gas one price today and a different price tomorrow? That’s what listener Elijah in Ohio wants to know, and Ryan and Bridget are determined to find out. Their search for answers unexpectedly turns into a much bigger adventure when Ryan’s car suddenly comes to life and takes them on a wild road trip. Turns out, gas prices are not only decided by supply and demand like most things. They’re shaped by everything from local competition at gas stations to refinery costs, extreme weather, and global events that are happening thousands of miles away.</p>
DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, April 19, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, April 19, 2026<br/><br/>Today's edition covers Tesla expanding its driverless Robotaxi service into Dallas and Houston with Model Y S.U.V. rides, Anthropic launching Claude Design on the upgraded Opus 4.7 model, xAI rolling out standalone Grok Speech A.P.I.s alongside a Grok 4.3 beta, Apple showcasing nearly sixty A.I. studies and its SHARP 3D reconstruction model at ICLR in Rio, Cursor in talks to raise two billion dollars at a fifty-billion-dollar valuation, two federal judges handing down key rulings on A.I. chatbot privilege...
The Hidden Math Behind Referral-Only Real Estate Growth with Carol Foderick | Ep 100
<p>More than 500 transactions last year - 100% by referral.<br>Nearly $1B in sales over the past five years - working by referral only.</p><p>Carol Foderick has built a 20-agent, 15-staff team that exclusively works by referral. Each agent owns their database and relies on the camaraderie of the team and the leverage of the staff. Go inside the structure of her team and get the numbers behind working by referral.</p><p>How many marketing activities does it take to produce a referral? How many referrals does it take to produce a closed transaction? What is each...
DX Today AI Daily Brief - Friday, April 17, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>DX Today AI Daily Brief - Friday, April 17, 2026<br/><br/>Anthropic ships Claude Opus 4.7 with gains on advanced software engineering and a 1M-token context window. OpenAI fires back with a major Codex update that lets the agent operate Mac desktop apps, browse the web, and run in parallel. Google finally launches a native Gemini Mac app. Elon Musk's xAI turns Colossus into a cloud business, renting tens of thousands of GPUs to Cursor. Meta details a Capacity Efficiency agent platform that has already recovered hundreds of megawatts of power. Stellantis and Microsoft sign a...
News sites are blocking access to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
<p>The Wayback Machine is a project of the Internet Archive. It sends out web crawlers to take snapshots of the internet, creating a digital library of web pages. But now, some news publications are blocking its crawlers over concerns that AI companies will access the Wayback Machine’s publicly available archive and then train their AI models with the content.</p><br/><p>Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes talked about this with Andrew Deck at Harvard's Nieman Lab.</p>
Going All In with One Builder to Grow Your Real Estate Team with Kate Robinson | Ep 106
<p>Wondering how to sell more new construction?<br>Curious about how to partner effectively with a home builder?</p><p>You’re about to learn the details of a partnership that’s grown from selling 10 new homes in one market in 2017 to 550 new homes per year in multiple markets today!</p><p>Learn how the #1 Century 21 real estate team in the world has integrated deeply and grown concurrently with one builder.</p><p>Kate Robinson was one of the first three agents with Melnychuk Real Estate Group before transitioning to transaction coordinator, then operations manager. She shares with you tips...
Ep. 103: Building a newsletter to fight the algorithm ft. Matt Kiser
<p >Matt Kiser is the creator and editor WTF Just Happened Today, a political news newsletter with over 200,000 subscribers built entirely on a pay-what-you-want membership model. In this episode Matt breaks down how he grew from zero to 100,000 subscribers in six months, the editorial philosophy behind curating the news every day for nine years, and the biggest mistakes he made along the way.</p><p ></p><p >Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/profiles</p><p >__</p><p >Matt Kiser</p><p >Newsletter</p><p >LinkedIn</p><p >Bluesky</p><p >GitHub</p><p >__</p><p >Timestamps</p><p >00:00...
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162. The 3 Cs Of Leadership, by Lynn Cheramie.
<p>Today, I’m joined by Lynn Cheramie, a seasoned technology and cybersecurity leader with decades of experience operating at the intersection of strategy, risk, and people.</p> <p>Over the course of his career, Lynn has held senior leadership roles where the stakes are high and the margin for error is slim, in environments that demand not just technical excellence, but clarity of thought, strong values, and real leadership. </p> <p>His journey offers a front-row seat into what it actually takes to lead teams, make hard decisions, and stay grounded in moments of uncertainty.</p> <p>In this con...
Ep. 107: Inside the business of ghostwriting ft. Maxie McCoy
<p>Maxie McCoy is an author, ghostwriter, and speech writer whose clients have landed Wall Street Journal bestsellers. In this episode, Maxie breaks down the business of ghostwriting, from how to get started and price your work, to building a newsletter audience of 40,000 and why being best known matters more than being best.</p> <p>__</p> <p>open.video lets you host your videos on your own domain, under your own brand — so you control the channel, the data, and the direct connection to your viewers. Try it out at open.video</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Maxie McCoy</b></p>...
QVC wants to be the next TikTok Shop
<p>QVC, which pioneered live TV shopping shows, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. Leadership made the next step clear: a pivot away from television and toward something akin to social commerce, like livestreamed sales on TikTok Shop. But can the legacy brand compete with new, social media-driven shopping platforms? And after that, we wrap up Kai and Nela’s trip to Vietnam with visits to an AI startup and a neighborhood of expats.</p><br/><p>Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter.</p><br/><p>Marketplace is mo...
Ep. 102: The creator earning $200k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Vin Matano
<p>Vin Matano is a B2B influencer marketing agency owner and part-time creator who made $200K as a creator and $2.5M through his agency Creator Buzz in 2025. In this episode, we get into how he lands and keeps long-term brand deals, his LinkedIn content strategy, and how he built Creatorbuzz from zero to $2.5M in its first full year.</p> <p>Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/p/vin-matano </p> <p>__</p> <p>Get started with Taplio for free</p> <p>Use code: CREATOR1X1</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Vin Matano</b></p> <p>LinkedIn</p> <p>Y...
Ep. 103: Building a newsletter to fight the algorithm ft. Matt Kiser
<p>Matt Kiser is the creator and editor WTF Just Happened Today, a political news newsletter with over 200,000 subscribers built entirely on a pay-what-you-want membership model. In this episode Matt breaks down how he grew from zero to 100,000 subscribers in six months, the editorial philosophy behind curating the news every day for nine years, and the biggest mistakes he made along the way.</p> <p>Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/profiles</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Matt Kiser</b></p> <p>Newsletter</p> <p>LinkedIn</p> <p>Bluesky</p> <p>GitHub</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Timestamps</b><...
From Hollywood to Healthcare: Timeless Lessons in Excellence
<p >In this special edition of The Distinctive Dermatologist, we bring you a truly unique episode drawn from host Scott McKain's interview archives featuring legendary performers Robert Duvall, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, and Christopher Reeve.</p> <p >These conversations were originally centered on success, leadership, discipline, and excellence in their own professions — but the lessons apply powerfully to dermatology practice management, patient experience, team leadership, and professional growth.</p> <p >What does it take to earn trust? How do the very best performers remain relevant in changing times? What separates competence from distinction?</p> <p >Those same questions matter every da...
The Long Game: Building Rental Wealth Over 10 Years With Jacob Martinez (Ep 562)
Jacob Martinez is five years into a 10-year plan to build long-term wealth with rental properties, and he’s thinking much bigger than just next month’s cash flow. Jacob believes a decade gives neighborhoods time to improve, properties time to appreciate, and rents time to rise.<br /><br />While every property he buys must be cash flow-positive, he doesn’t treat rental investing as a short-term game. For him, steady growth and smart positioning matter just as much as the monthly numbers.<br /><br />On this episode, Jacob shares how surrounding himself with experienced mentors has shaped his decisions and he...
Three Psychological Triggers That Keep Subscribers From Cancelling
In this episode, I break down the three psychological triggers that keep subscribers from hitting the cancel button, and how you can use them to reduce churn.<br /><br />What we cover:<br /><br />• How reducing friction and anxiety prevents cancellation impulses<br />• Why identity reinforcement makes subscribers feel like they belong<br />• The role of habit formation in building long-term commitment<br />• Practical ways to apply these triggers in your subscription business<br /><br />Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly doses just like this one: https://newsletter.thesubscriptiondoc.com
The 2-to-1 Rule That Makes You Profitable
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Steve Burns to the show. Steve is the founder of New Trader U, a blog with thousands of articles plus online courses.</p> <p > </p> <p > Steve kicks things off by explaining how trading is math, detailing how its different components are formulaic. He says that understanding the "math" of expectancy for your returns can help you with managing your discipline, and knowing the risk-to-reward ratio for any trade is the first important step that every investor needs to take before they enter a trade. Steve notes that despite what many f...
The Invisible Patient — How Practices Lose Trust Without Ever Knowing It
<p>This episode is about what may represent the greatest hidden risk to trust, loyalty, and long-term growth in a dermatology practice.</p> <p>They are the invisible patients.</p> <p >They don't want conflict.<br /> They don't want to feel confrontational.<br /> And they don't want to challenge a medical professional.</p> <p >So instead, they do what feels easiest. They leave quietly.</p> <p >And when that happens, the practice often assumes everything is fine — because nothing ever surfaced.</p> <p >That's the danger.</p> <p >This episode is sponsored by GentleCure from SkinCure Oncology, whose work centers on...
He Gives Himself An "F" As A Landlord (But Still Makes 6 Figures) With Tom McGreevy (Ep 567)
On this episode, Tom McGreevy might not sound like your typical landlord. He doesn’t raise rents, doesn’t charge late fees, and even admits he might be “too nice” to his tenants. In fact, Tom says he’d give himself a failing grade as a landlord.<br /><br />But despite that, he’s built a portfolio that generates over $200,000 a year in rental income.<br /><br />Tom breaks down how his strategy actually works. His long-term rentals provide steady, reliable cash flow that covers all of his fixed expenses, giving him a solid financial foundation. Then his Airbnb properties, which are mo...
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The Story of How One Investor Lost His Rental Portfolio With Greg Hall (Ep 570)
Greg Hall did what a lot of investors dream about, he scaled fast.<br /><br />In just three years, Greg built a portfolio of more than 100 rental properties, buying mostly single-family homes in a market about three hours from where he lived. His strategy was simple and effective: buy low, renovate smart, and create quality rentals in solid neighborhoods.<br /><br />He wasn’t slapping lipstick on properties, he was turning distressed homes into places good tenants actually wanted to live. On paper, everything worked.<br /><br />But then something happened that most investors never even consider…The city stepped in a...
Trump's pick for Fed chair heads to Capitol Hill
<p>President Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Reserve, former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, will testify on Tuesday for his nomination hearing. Warsh is expected to toe the line between maintaining Fed independence and heeding calls from elected officials. Also on the program: war in the Middle East has energy companies looking for ways to diversify their oil supply. Plus, a look into how “social capital” helped to rebuild morale, and economic growth, in Minneapolis following Operation Metro Surge.</p>
158. VIctoria Flynn. The Power Of Humor In Marketing And In Life.
<p>Today’s guest sits right at the intersection of creativity, communication, and what it really means to be human at work. Victoria Flynn has built her career in marketing and communications, helping brands find their voice, tell better stories, and connect in ways that actually resonate.</p> <p>But Victoria isn’t just a go to market expert, she’s also a stand-up comedian, and that combination makes her perspective especially interesting in a world increasingly shaped by AI, automation, and templated communication. In this conversation, we’ll explore her professional journey and the milestones that shaped her path, how come...
How He's Building Generational Wealth With A Small Portfolio With Mike Thompson (Ep 568)
Mike Thompson isn’t trying to build a massive rental empire. His goal is simple: a handful of solid properties that generate income for retirement and create something he can pass down to his kids.<br /><br />Mike started by buying a 4-unit property in Ohio, where he was living at the time. He self-managed and handled his own maintenance. He enjoyed the hands-on approach and quickly learned the business. But after relocating to South Carolina, everything changed. Turning the property over to a property manager didn’t go as planned, and within a year, Mike decided to sell… walking away w...
156. Samuel Kaluvuri. The World Of APIs In The AI Era.
<p>APIs are one of the most fundamental building blocks of modern software. They’re how products talk to each other, how teams move fast, and how developers avoid reinventing the wheel every time they ship something new. For years, APIs have been the quiet infrastructure layer that makes scale, integration, and reuse possible.</p> <p>Now AI is putting real pressure on that layer. As more applications become AI-enabled, expectations around speed, flexibility, and abstraction are changing. Developers don’t just need endpoints anymore, they need composable, reliable building blocks that work seamlessly with AI systems, automate complexity, and stil...
10:1 Risk/Reward: 3 Drug Monopolies Built for Massive Upside
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan and John Engel welcome Dave Lashmet to the show. Dave is the editor of Stansberry Venture Technology, an advisory that takes a "venture capitalist" look at the market. Dave scours the market looking for little-known small-cap companies that are potentially producing the next wonder drug or technology.</p> <p > </p> <p > Dave kicks things off by discussing the first of three biopharmaceutical companies he's sharing that have monopolies in weight-loss drugs. He starts by showing how drugs gain their monopolies via patents, giving them "economic exclusivity." While companies might be targeting the sa...
DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, April 21, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, April 21, 2026<br/><br/>Today we cover Amazon's sweeping new 25 billion dollar infrastructure pact with Anthropic, Adobe's agentic CX Enterprise Coworker launch with NVIDIA at Adobe Summit, Google's inference TPU push with Marvell to challenge NVIDIA, Recursive Superintelligence's 500 million dollar raise from GV and NVIDIA four months after incorporation, Chinese robotics upstart X Square Robot's 276 million dollar Series B from Xiaomi and Sequoia China, Delta Electronics' new AI data center power and cooling architecture, fresh leaks on Samsung's July reveal of Galaxy AI smart glasses with Google and...
The Email Strategy Most Subscription Brands Get Backwards
Most email agencies spread out your subscriber onboarding emails to avoid "over-sending." I think that's backwards. In this episode, I break down the email and SMS strategy that actually drives retention for subscription brands.<br /><br />What we cover:<br />• Why you should send more emails in the first few days, not fewer<br />• The onboarding window most brands completely waste<br />• How to turn your billing reminder into a retention tool<br />• Why SMS reduces churn instead of causing it<br />• The campaign paradox: skipping billing reminders but blasting daily promos<br />• Building subscriber-specific offers and campaign strategies<br /><br />Subscri...
EU Digital Omnibus: Delaying the AI Act High-Risk Rules to December 2027, Redefining GDPR Personal Data, and the Brussels Competitiveness Pivot - April 17, 2026
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p>EU Digital Omnibus: Delaying the AI Act High-Risk Rules to December 2027, Redefining GDPR Personal Data, and the Brussels Competitiveness Pivot - April 17, 2026 Chris and Laura unpack the European Commission's Digital Omnibus package and what its proposed AI Act delay, GDPR redefinition, and new SMC carve-outs mean for compliance, competitiveness, and the future of the Brussels effect. We contrast Europe's easing posture with Colorado and Texas moving in the opposite direction, and map what enterprises should plan for as the Parliament and Council negotiate the final text. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today...
Ep. 101: Building a 70k+ subscriber newsletter by word of mouth ft. Rachel Meade Smith
<p>Rachel Meade Smith is the founder of Words of Mouth, a weekly newsletter focused on finding meaningful work. In this episode, we discuss how she built and monetised a values-driven newsletter to 72,000 subscribers over 10 years without ever running a single ad.</p> <p>Preorder Search Work now: https://orbooks.com/catalog/search-work/</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Rachel Meade Smith</b></p> <p>Words of Mouth</p> <p>Website</p> <p>LinkedIn</p> <p>Instagram </p> <p>Book</p> <p>__</p> <p><b>Timestamps</b></p> <p>00:00 Introducing Rachel Meade Smith and Words of Mouth</p> <p>01:38 10 years of v...
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From Trial to Subscription: What Works (And What Doesn't) - A Conversation with Jose Vigo
Free trials are everywhere in DTC, but most brands struggle with what matters most: turning trials into full-price buyers and subscribers. In this episode of Subscription Prescription, I’m joined by Jose Vigo, founder of Healthy Metal, a magnesium sleep brand built around sachets and a “try it first” acquisition strategy.<br /><br />We unpack how a shipping-only trial can work, what drives conversion after the sample arrives, and the practical systems that bring customers back. We cover:<br />How Healthy Metal uses a shipping-only trial to acquire new customersWhat actually influences trial-to-full conversion (product experience, price, and expectations)The post-t...
157. Tom LeNoble. A Life In Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, And High Heels.
<p>Today’s guest is Tom Lenoble, a leader whose career spans Fortune 500 giants, fast-moving startups, and some of the most human, high-pressure environments you can imagine.</p> <p>Tom has led global customer care and service organizations at companies like Walmart, Palm, and Facebook. </p> <p>But long before boardrooms and global teams, his career started in hospitals, hotels, and restaurants. Those early experiences didn’t just shape how he thinks about customer service; they shaped how he thinks about leadership, empathy, and what it really means to serve people.</p> <p>He’s the author of a powerful book on...
Building a Real Estate Company That Works Without Your Production with Jason Mitchell | Ep 105
<p>After closing more than $160 million himself in 2018, Jason Mitchell walked away from personal production.</p><p>Why? To build a company.</p><p>Today, JMG is America’s #1 real estate team, closing more than $6 billion in sales and 12,000 units.</p><p>Here in this conversation, learn how he made the transition from top producer to operator, the challenge of selling your vision and value prop, common and costly mistakes of team leaders and expansion teams, keys to agent retention, and more!</p><p>Note: This is the second part of our two-part conversation. Go back one episode in your fe...
161. Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya. The Asymmetrical Value Of Soft Skills.
<p>Today’s episode is about something that sounds simple but is incredibly hard to scale: building high-performing teams without compromising kindness. </p> <p>In a world obsessed with speed, metrics, and technical excellence, we’re exploring a different competitive edge, the power of nice people, strong culture, and values-driven leadership.</p> <p>Our guest today is Mahesh Paolini Subramanya, a seasoned technology leader with a track record of building and scaling engineering organizations across global environments. His trajectory spans major leadership milestones, he has delivered results and shaped cultures where collaboration, trust, and high standards coexist.</p> <p>If you c...
How economists are making sense of our geopolitical climate
<p>Markets were hopeful on Friday after Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened to commercial vessels. Now, escalating tensions are bringing expectations back down. Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, about how global economists at the National Association for Business Economics International Symposium in Rome, Italy, are grappling with the back and forth. Plus, later in the program: underemployment among recent college graduates and how we measure it.</p>
Why This Real Estate Team Hired a Chef for Lead Generation with Cindi Featherston-Shields | Ep 108
<p>A full-time chef.<br>A margarita machine.<br>Live bands.<br>Charcuterie boxes.<br>Golf trips.<br>A consignment shop.<br>An animal welfare nonprofit.</p><p>Are any of these on your list of real estate team lead generation tactics? Probably not.</p><p>Who are they a fit for? Someone who’s delivering “what’s needed in our area.” Someone who’s in production because “leadership without proximity loses power.” Someone who’s invested in growing community.</p><p>Yes, Cindi Featherston-Shields explains how she runs a daily accountability call with her team, who fits her agent avatar, which st...
The Expectation Gap — Why Patients Leave When Reality Doesn't Match the Story
<p >Patients rarely leave a dermatology practice because something went wrong clinically. More often, they leave because what they experienced didn't match what they expected.</p> <p >In this episode of The Distinctive Dermatologist, we explore the "Expectation Gap"—the quiet space between what patients believe will happen and what actually does. When that gap grows too wide, trust erodes, loyalty fades, and patients disappear without complaint.</p> <p >You'll hear why unmet expectations are usually caused by surprise rather than failure, how incomplete conversations—especially around treatment options—can cause unrepairable damage to trust, and why patients who feel uninfo...
How AI Search Actually Works, and What Subscription Brands Need to Do Now
AI is changing how customers find products — and most subscription brands aren't ready for it. In this episode, I break down how AI search actually works and what simple steps you can take right now to make sure your brand shows up. What we cover:<br />Why AI search is different from traditional personalization (and why that matters)How AI uses context to surface products — and what that means for your websiteWhy conflicting information across your site can cost you the saleThe subscribe and save explainer page every brand needs to build (or audit)How to make shipping and delivery info...
These Energy Stocks Are Still Cheap... Not for Long
<p > In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes value investor Tobias Carlisle back to the show. Tobias is the founder and portfolio manager of Acquirers Funds, a deep-value investment firm. He's also the host of a podcast and the author of numerous books, including The Acquirer's Multiple.</p> <p > </p> <p > Tobias kicks things off by discussing the performance of his energy fund and the energy sector. He likes to compare gold with oil to see how their pricing has moved in relation to each other over the past year. He thinks oil companies are still cheap and believes th...
