Hosted by Jason Shafton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 30 episodes
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Frank Growth is a sharp, execution-first podcast about how companies actually grow. Hosted by Jason Shafton, it features candid conversations with founders, operators, and investors who are in the work right now. The focus is real decisions: distribution, demand, pricing, org design, incentives, and what breaks once the early playbooks stop working. No hype. No recycled advice. Just clear thinking from people accountable for outcomes.
Jason Shafton hosts Frank Growth, a business show with 30 episodes published.
Episode #226: Seth Lowery — The $10M rule that kills good ideas, not just bad ones How to decide which growth bets to fund when every idea on the table already looks good. For marketing and growth leaders drowning in too
Episode #225: Blakely Neilson — Building a high-growth EdTech brand when buyers aren't on LinkedIn This episode is a tactical playbook for marketing to a buyer that ignores LinkedIn, retargeting, and white papers: the sc
Episode #224: Alex Roy — Bootstrapping an AI company for 12 years, no funding He founded an AI company in 2014—when AI was a punchline—bootstrapped it with zero outside capital, and landed Fortune 50 clients. For founder
Episode #223: Divya Ramaswamy — Running one growth function across travel and fintech How a lean team runs acquisition, retention, and cross-sell across a travel marketplace and a fintech suite on a single brand. For gro
Episode #222: Simon Heyrick — How CFOs become real growth partners What it actually takes to turn your CFO into a growth ally instead of a gatekeeper. For founders, CEOs, and CMOs trying to align finance with marketing a
Episode #221: John O'Donnell — Selling AI Trust When Your Best Outcome Is Invisible How do you sell infrastructure that works best when nothing bad happens? For GTM leaders, founders, and sellers building pipeline in cat
Episode #220: Jacob Batist — Launching the first new health insurance company in Canada in 70 years How a European challenger broke into a market controlled by three incumbents — without a CEO on the ground, without bran
Episode #219: Wade Lowe — Why GTM in the AI era is a Rubik's Cube The business takes on the personality of the founder. If there are problems, look at thyself. For founders running $5M–$50M companies trying to crack go-t
Episode #218: Pashmina De Shon — Why Friction Is The Moat In Craft Chocolate How a bootstrapped founder built a $3M+ craft chocolate marketplace by owning the operational pain everyone else outsources. For e-commerce ope
Episode #217: Jeff Bishop Hill — How Swiss Army knife operators scale marketplaces What breaks first when a marketplace expands into new markets. This episode is for founders and operators balancing growth, ops, complian
Episode #216: Matt Putra — Cracking paid lead gen for a services business How to lower lead costs by teaching instead of pitching. For service founders stuck with expensive, inconsistent lead flow. Matt Putra of EightX e
Episode #215: Jay Sapovits — Turning branded merch into a strategic growth tool How to stop wasting money on swag that gets ignored. For founders and operators buying merch without a plan for impact. Jay Sapovits of Ink’
Episode #214: Leigh Rowan — Building a premium service business without ads How to grow a premium service business through trust, referrals, and client retention. For founders and operators building high-touch services a
Episode #213: Doug Breaker — Buying a SaaS instead of building from zero How to acquire a profitable SaaS with minimal upfront capital. For operators considering ownership but hesitant to start from scratch. Doug Breaker
Episode #212: Dan Kessler — Building organic growth beyond paid acquisition How to build consumer app growth without defaulting to paid media. For founders and operators scaling consumer subscription apps and looking for
Episode #211: Elia Wallen — Building a $2B travel platform by serving SMBs How a founder built a multi-billion dollar company in an overlooked market. For operators deciding whether to chase hype markets or serve ignored
Episode #210: Seif Salama — Why most product marketing fails to drive revenue Product marketing only matters if it changes pipeline, adoption, or retention. This episode is for founders, PMMs, and operators trying to mak
HTML Episode #209: Pat Ryan — Building loyalty systems that protect margins How to design data systems that actually drive business outcomes. For operators building analytics, loyalty, or AI initiatives under real constr
Episode #208: Lindsay Crittendon — Build a repeatable revenue system without spam Outbound email is an impression now—not a response channel. For seed to Series C revenue leaders building a real funnel and motion. Lindsa
Episode #207: Kushagra Shrivastava - Engineering serendipity in community and events How to design events where the right people actually meet and follow through. For founders and operators building communities, networks
John O'Donnell
Chief Innovation Officer · Kilmore Group
1 appearance on this show
Matt Putra
fractional CFO and founder · EightxEightx
1 appearance on this show
Jay Sapovits
founder and president · Ink’d Stores
1 appearance on this show
Pat Ryan
Representative for New York's 18th Congressional District · Irish Amateur Boxing Association
1 appearance on this show
Steve Dennis
President & Founder · Sageberry Consulting
1 appearance on this show
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