Your Visionary Podcast
#80 - Protecting Our Parents from Phone Scams with Richard Gotlieb, Founder of OnGuardAI | Burn the Ship Podcast Series
In this episode, Christian Brown sits down with Richard Gotlieb, co-founder and CEO of OnGuardAI, for a conversation about how scammers target seniors and what families can do to protect the people they love. After his own father was scammed, Richard got a front-row seat to fraud at a Bitcoin ATM company, where he watched older victims read warning signs and pay anyway. He went on to interview 100 seniors who had lost money and learned why sharp, capable people fall for scams: fake caller IDs that look like their bank, and scammers who deliberately trigger fear and urgency until their targets stop thinking clearly. That research led to OnGuardAI, an app that detects scam calls as they happen and alerts a trusted family member, so someone outside the call can step in. Richard also shares how he tested demand before building a product, and why founders should fall in love with the problem, not the solution. His message for every family: anyone can be scammed, because scammers are professionals at hijacking our emotions. Originally recorded for Burn the Ship, the entrepreneurship podcast from The MP Group. Learn more about OnGuardAI: getonguard.ai
