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Hosted by Dekimbe Smith · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 160 episodes
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Welcome to First Sip! I'm Dekimbe Smith, your host, and every week we sit down for curious conversations about building wealth, growing a business, and showing up in your career and life with intention. Just the kind of conversations you wish you were having with someone who gets it. Whether you're figuring out how to start your first business, or want to make smarter career moves, First Sip is where curious people come to level up. New episodes drop weekly. So grab your drink, press play, and as always...enjoy your first sip!
Dekimbe Smith hosts First Sip, a business show with 160 episodes published.
A former OpenAI researcher correctly saw where the AI boom was headed, built a hedge fund around that prediction, and watched it grow to roughly $45 billion in assets. Then July happened. Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situatio
Survival mode isn't a setting you choose. Its a setting we get locked into, that piles on quietly until you don't even notice it's on. This week breaks down why business owners and employees keep restarting from zero, th
ChatGPT vs Claude is the debate everyone's back to having this week, thanks to the release of ChatGPT 5.6. People are asking if they should switch back after just getting comfortable with Claude, and the honest answer is
The CEO of a $270 billion cybersecurity company just said 90% of his own employees aren't ready for what AI is bringing next. Nikesh Arora of Palo Alto Networks isn't doing mass layoffs to solve this, he's rebuilding his
The Anthropic IPO is officially in motion. IPO season is back, and companies like Anthropic and SpaceX are leading the race to go public. Anthropic just filed confidentially with the SEC at nearly a trillion dollar valua
Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube AI data centers are popping up across the country at a pace nobody's really talking about, and they might be the reason your electric bill keeps climbing. This week we're g
Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube Most of us picked one AI tool a couple years ago and never looked back. If that tool is ChatGPT, there is a real chance you’re leaving a lot on the table and you might not
Watch the full episode on YouTube After 4 years as a real estate agent in Philadelphia, I'm being honest about what actually happened, what I earned, what I learned, and why I'm making a pivot now. This isn't a real esta
Watch the Full Episode here on YouTube Imagine applying to dozens of jobs a week for months straight and getting zero interviews. Not one callback. Now imagine someone telling you that the problem was never the job marke
Watch the Full Episode on YouTube Why are gas prices going up again… and how can something happening across the world impact what you pay at the pump so quickly? In this episode, I break down why gas prices change, how g
Click to watch the full episode on YouTube! What if you could offload the busywork that keeps piling up every week and get back hours of focus without hiring a full team? In this episode, I break down how I’ve been using
Click here to watch the full episode on YouTube We may finally know who could replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair, and this decision could directly shape interest rates, inflation, housing costs, and the overa
Watch the full episode on YouTube Is homeownership still the "American Dream"…or has the math and lifestyle completely changed for younger generations? In this episode of the First Sip Podcast, I'm sitting down with Jarr
A $200 billion plan tied to mortgage rates just made headlines, and it’s coming from Donald Trump. The idea is that by buying mortgage bonds, borrowing costs could come down without cutting rates directly through the Fed
Most of us start the year the same way. New goals, new plan, big intentions. And then somewhere along the way, we stop…reset…and start all over again. But this year we're doing things a little differently. This year is a
With so much noise around the economy, investing, and financial advice, it’s easy to feel like you’re supposed to react to every headline. Instead, David and I talk about why discipline, and long-term thinking matter mor
Starting a business sounds exciting until you hit the weeks that nobody warns you about. The slow weeks. The weeks that test your confidence. The moments you wonder if you made the right choice. In this episode I sit dow
This episode started with a simple question that’s been sitting in the back of everyone’s mind lately...if prices are falling almost everywhere, why does it only feel harder to live your regular life? Groceries are still
People are talking about this new idea for a 50 Year Mortgage. Lower payments, easier entry and a chance to finally grab the home you’ve been staring at for years... at least that’s how it’s being sold. In this week’s ep
Every year, as soon as Thanksgiving ends, the sales start rolling in. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas discounts, and before we know it, our credit cards are maxed out again. In this week’s episode of the First Sip
Ruben Garcia
Certiverse
1 appearance on this show
Tarik Williams
Vision of Hope
2 appearances on this show
Jeff Brown
longtime friend and Philadelphia business leader · Read to Lead Podcast
1 appearance on this show
John Duffin
executive business coach and voice narration expert
2 appearances on this show
Jason Lewis
Captain · Boise Fire Department
1 appearance on this show
Stephanie Palmer
Registered Nurse and Certified Bariatric Nurse · Hope Transformed Experiences
1 appearance on this show
Natalie Brunell
Emmy-winning investigative journalist, host of Coin Stories, author of Bitcoin Is for Everyone · Coinstories
1 appearance on this show
Rich Paul
Founder and Chief Executive Officer · Klutch Sports Group
1 appearance on this show
Nikesh Arora
Palo Alto Networks
1 appearance on this show
Beth Moncel
Budget Bytes
1 appearance on this show
Sara Auld
Upper
1 appearance on this show
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First Sip is hosted by Dekimbe Smith. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 160 episodes.
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