Build Better Business Podcast with Chuck Crumpton

Adam turned a short trip to the Philippines into a 16-year stay, during which he built a business and learned how low-cost global destinations can expand a company's bottom line and capabilities. He cautioned that...

Janessa launched her wedding business and had her first customer within two weeks, grew rapidly to $7 million in revenue across 37 destinations, and conducted over 14,000 weddings. She talks transparently about how...

Jay's pivot to private money began in January 2009 when his bank, without warning, closed his line of credit during the global financial crisis, leaving him unable to fund two properties he had under contract. Within 90...

The central theme of the conversation is how improv comedy thinking can transform business culture. Kathy explains that doing improv and standup gave her skills in risk-taking, adaptability, and confidence, and she...

Eva discusses how she found her life's purpose, which centres on promoting diversity, with a specific focus on women and single parents, drawing on her own experiences as an immigrant and single mother. She credits...

Lou Kennedy’s road to success has been anything but easy. Even recently, she faced significant external challenges that threaten the billion-dollar enterprise she worked so hard to build. But Lou is a friend, a fighter...

Quentin explains he was originally inspired to pursue AI by the movie “The Matrix,” studying computing science and AI in the early 2000s when symbolic AI and expert systems dominated, then continuing into a PhD and a...

Jeff stresses that entrepreneurship is a “vertical mountain climb with no equipment,” and that many people will not figure it out despite their best efforts, which must be acceptable. He quit a comfortable partner role...

Ron describes a pivotal “aha” moment during his early corporate career in Atlanta. Stuck in traffic on I‑85, he looked at the empty expressions of commuters around him and felt a pit in his stomach, realizing he didn’t...

Shay Houser is one of the smartest and most vunerable people I know, and I'm honored to call him my friend. Battling and overcoming major addiction struggles, he went on to do over $1B in M&A deals. We talk life and...

Andrea expects AI will surpass humans in many tasks before 2040, but sees the real tipping point as when AI combines high competence with the ability to interpret real‑world context like a human (e.g., distinguishing...

Kelly has an impressive background - she's originally from New York City with undergraduate and master's degrees from NYU, plus post-graduate work at Harvard and Columbia. She is a classically trained actor who...

Andres has an MSA and MBA from Ohio University and wrote a book called "Persuade: The Four Step Process to Influence People and Decisions"<br /><br />The most critical element in negotiation is thorough preparation...

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In addition to being one hell of a business leader, Leland is a husband, father, and my friend. I highly recommend you visit his very impressive gallery in Hillsborough, NC. <br /><br />LelandLittle.com<br /><br />The...