Independence by Design™

November 27, 2025

#469: Alison Bechdol | Your Marketing Isn’t Broken — Your Data Is

Marketing is confusing for most owners — not because the tactics don’t work, but because the data underneath is broken.  Watch on YouTube In...

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01:14:17

November 20, 2025

#468: Jeff West | Redefining Leadership

Leadership gets thrown around so much that it’s lost meaning. We use it to describe control, management, or charisma—but the more I’ve lived through...

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01:30:10

November 13, 2025

#467: Alan Beaulieu & Kim Clark | Navigating the New Economic Reality: Designing Your Business for What’s Coming

Coming off my conversation with Lawrence Lepard, where we unpacked the broken foundation of fiat money, I wanted to push the question further: If...

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00:54:42

November 06, 2025

#466: Lawrence Lepard | The Fiat Game Is Rigged: Fix the Money Fix the World

Most business owners I know can feel it... the harder you work, the less it seems to matter. You’re producing real value, taking real...

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01:29:30

October 30, 2025

#465: Nick Bradley | Pick Your Ownership Game: Designing Value for Third-Party Exits vs. Internal

Most owners talk about “creating value,” but few stop to ask a more fundamental question: Value for what? Watch on YouTube In this episode,...

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01:11:03

October 23, 2025

#464: Cyndi Gave | How to Build a Leadership Team That Thinks Like Owners

Every owner wants a leadership team that can run the company without them. Few actually build one that can.  Watch on YouTube In this...

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