Whiskey Is for Closers

Ask Tori Stevens what's broken inside most growing companies and she won't say "sales." She'll say trust. In this episode of Whiskey Is For Closers, Tori joins us to talk about the real reason good people stall out...

Chris Cornelison bought his grandfather's pharmacy. Then he ran it into the ground. What happened next — a business coach, a turnaround, a national reputation, a sale, a supplement company, a book, and a keynote career...

Most founders have a plan. Few have a system for actually following through on it. Carl Cox — Founder of 40 Strategy and 40 Accounting — has spent years helping founder-led businesses close the gap between their bold...

Joel Libowsky has built a company whose tagline could end the episode early: Work hard. Play hard. Give hard. As Co-Owner of Jeckil Promotions, Joel helps clients build real pride in their brand — not the kind that goes...

<p>What happens when the guy who sells seeing things from a distance sits down with three people he's never recorded with before? You get this episode. James Hatfield runs the Ambassador program at LiveSwitch — a...

What happens when the guy who sells seeing things from a distance sits down with three people he's never recorded with before? You get this episode. James Hatfield runs the Ambassador program at LiveSwitch — a community...

<p>It's May. You wrote the plan in January. Five months in, the gap between what you said this year would be and what it's actually been is staring you in the face. </p><p></p><p>The pipeline is soft. </p><p>The numbers...

<p>Every founder hits a stop on the journey where what got them here won't get them there. The skills are different. The conversations are different. The version of themselves they need to become is different. Piper...

<p>What if you could assemble a crack team of industry titans – seasoned experts precisely where you need them, from cutting-edge technology and strategic marketing to high-impact sales and crucial operational support –...

<p>Most visionary leaders have the ideas. They have the hustle. What they don't have is clarity—because they're too busy drowning in their own stuff to see the real problem. Today we sit down with Ben Weaver from...

<p>Hillary Spreizer didn't set out to build a staffing powerhouse—but 24+ years later, The Latitude Group is connecting top tech talent with companies nationwide. <br /></p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Hillary...

<p>You know that feeling when you're at a networking event and everyone's just trying to extract something from you? Clay Hicks felt it too. So he built the H7 Network to prove there's a better way. We're breaking down...

<p>Let's be honest, most founders are out here wasting money on sales reps who aren't managed, processes that don't exist, and AI tools that just make bad outreach faster. It's a mess. And throwing more budget at it...

<p>You've built something incredible. Now comes the hard part: making sure you're ready to let it go. Rich Hall helps business owners navigate one of life's most critical transitions—and it's rarely about maximizing...

<p>Most founders don't take the straight path—and Anne Candido & April Martini prove that's actually the point. In this episode of Whiskey Is For Closers, we're joined by the dynamic duo behind Forthright People, a...