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Hosted by Dekimbe Smith · business · EN-US
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!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome 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.
First Sip is hosted by Dekimbe Smith. The show has published 163 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Building a Life in Guyana: Housing Costs, Business & What’s Next | EP. 164" (6 October 2026, 48 minutes), "Ryan Conceicao: The One Skill AI Can't Replace | Business & Career | EP. 162" (25 August 2026, 59 minutes), and "He Was Right About AI...So How Did He Lose $35 Billion?" (11 August 2026, 16 minutes).
First Sip publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 163 episodes.
Booking probability for First Sip is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. First Sip requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. First Sip's contact route on record: verified email.
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Dekimbe Smith hosts First Sip, a business podcast with 163 episodes published.
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Episode #164
Since moving to Guyana, I’ve been figuring out housing costs, the cost of living, and building a business as I go. In this episode, I’m answering your questions from the last episode, sharing how family land became a...
Episode #162
AI can write your resume, optimize your LinkedIn profile, and draft your outreach messages, but it can't teach you how to walk into a room and be someone people actually want to work with. Ryan Conceicao is back to...
Episode #161
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...
Episode #160
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...
Episode #159
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...
Episode #158
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...
Episode #156
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...
Episode #155
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...
Episode #154
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...
Episode #153
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...
Episode #152
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...
Episode #151
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...
Episode #150
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...
Episode #149
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...
Episode #148
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...
Episode #147
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...
Episode #146
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...
Episode #145
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...
Episode #144
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...
Episode #143
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...
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Chairman and CEO, Palo Alto Networks
Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Economics, Federal Reserve System
professor of history, Better Tax Services
scholar, acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, and classical Chinese translator, The Lincy Institute – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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