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Hosted by JP Forno · business · EN-US
For fast-moving founders ready to stop doing it all themselves and start building a team they can actually rely on. Hosted by JP Forno, founder of METEOR and an operator with years of experience building high-performing teams, each episode breaks down the systems, strategies, and mindset shifts needed to hire great people, train them well, and turn them into long-term operators who help your business grow. You’ll hear founder-to-founder frameworks, tools, and real-world lessons that help you spend less time in the weeds and more time building a business that runs with or without you.
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Hire To Scale is hosted by JP Forno. The show has published 33 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How to Hire a COO Who Thinks Like a Founder with Jackson Christensen | #034" (27 October 2026, 42 minutes), "How to Build a Restaurant Team That Runs Without You with Seth Brink | #033" (26 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Business with Anthony Kosseris | #032" (26 October 2026, 41 minutes).
Hire To Scale publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 33 episodes.
Booking probability for Hire To Scale is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hire To Scale requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hire To Scale's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Hire To Scale are Business & Management Consulting. Hire To Scale has a business audience.
JP Forno hosts Hire To Scale, a business podcast with 33 episodes published.
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Episode #33
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Jackson Christensen, COO of Bibbero Meetings and Events, a Denver company that plans conferences, trade shows, and corporate events. Jackson spent about 10 years in business...
Episode #32
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Seth Brink, founder of OTB Growth and the Traction Program, where he coaches independent restaurant owners to build teams that can run the business without them. Seth has spent 30...
Episode #31
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Anthony Kosseris, founder and CEO of Kosseris Synergy, the Gold Coast group behind 5 companies in freight, engines, property, and AI infrastructure. He founded the freight tech...
Episode #30
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Daniel Himel, a Certified EOS Implementer and the founder of Middle School Matchup, who has implemented EOS in more than 100 companies ranging from $250,000 to $250 million. He...
Episode #29
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Wes Koontz, Managing Partner at Foretell Capital Partners, a net lease advisory and investment firm based in Naples, Florida. Wes has spent 25 years in commercial and residential...
Episode #28
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Yasmin Saad, co-founder and team leader of The Saad Team at Compass, a luxury real estate team in Naples, Florida. Yasmin left broadcast journalism at KETV in Omaha to build the...
Episode #27
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Billy C. Mullins II, an organizational psychologist, author, and the founder of S.A.L.T. Your Thoughts. At 20 he was supervising 65 people at McKee Foods (the maker of Little...
Episode #26
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Amy Dills, broker and owner of Brick & Banister Real Estate. Amy got her license after a rough first home purchase, helped 19 people buy and sell in her first 6 months, and founded...
Episode #25
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Carlos Elizondo, family physician and CEO of Elizondo Medical Group, a physician-led primary care group in South Texas. Carlos and his wife took over the single clinic in Alice...
Episode #24
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Murillo Silva, founder and CEO of Black Sparrow Contracting, a renovation company in Toronto. Murillo spent more than a decade hands-on in renovations, learning drywall, HVAC...
Episode #23
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Levi Wanner, owner of Infinity Homes in Billings, Montana, and founder of the Builder Launch coaching group. Levi started as a real estate agent selling homes for another builder...
Episode #22
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Thomas Yelloweyes, founder and head coach of Thomas Yelloweyes Pickleball and creator of the Yelloweyes Performance Framework. He has coached pickleball for 8 years, after about 15...
Episode #21
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with David Hori, founder of Topline Operators, where he buys businesses and coaches owners on building companies that run without them. Before Topline, he worked in recruiting and...
Episode #20
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Fraidel Sommer, CEO of Own Your Edge, where she coaches women leaders to build elite teams. She went from speech therapist to the number 1 sales director in all of Mary Kay...
Episode #18
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Jynafer Yanez, President and co-founder of Archimedes Books and Wolfpack Entertainment, which she built with her husband, author Jonathan Yanez. After 15 years running campaigns at...
Episode #17
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Kristyn Carmichael, attorney, certified divorce financial analyst, and founder of Couples Solutions Center, a Phoenix firm that helps couples handle divorce, parenting plans, and...
Hire To Scale
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Jill Fratianne, interim sales manager on HubSpot's corporate sales team. She has spent almost 17 years in sales at HubSpot and watched it grow from a startup into a public company...
Episode #15
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with James Westbrook, owner of Magnolia Woods Office Suites and Meeting Space, a family-run office suite business north of Houston that works with over 200 small businesses. James spent...
Episode #14
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Ephraim Egbele, CPA, founder and managing director of EFS Group, PLLC, an accounting and fractional CFO firm that works with 120 to 150 businesses every month. He started his...
Episode #13
INTRO In this episode, I sit down with Tessany Layher, founder of Chocolates, Cherries & Blondes, a salon in Maple Valley, Washington, and of the coaching program The Sisterhood. She opened the salon in 2008 at 25 as a...
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