Sep 29, 2026

Anna Lecat is a conflict expert, author of "Loving Conflict," and an entrepreneur who has built businesses across three continents. She joins Dave to share her "Conflict Ninja" approach to navigating high-stakes disputes in business and relationships. They discuss why avoiding tough conversations usually leads to...

Sep 15, 2026

Jeff Meade is the founding director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Paul Quinn College, a HBCU in South Dallas where most students are the first in their families to attend college. He ran marketing agencies for decades before leaving the industry to build the support system he never had as a young founder. In...

Sep 7, 2026

Travis Luther is a five-time founder, sociologist, and the author of "The Last Exit: Lessons in Business and Life from the Terminally Ill." He grew up on welfare in a trailer park, beat a six-year opioid addiction, and went on to build and sell multiple companies before sitting down with founders who had just been...

Aug 18, 2026

Nausheen Chen is a public speaking coach who has worked with leaders at Amazon, NASA, and the UN. After years as a filmmaker, she left that career when her husband pushed her to build a business around the thing she had loved since childhood: performing and speaking in public. In this episode, Nausheen talks about why...

Jul 31, 2026

Matt Friedman is the co-founder of Wing Zone, the author of "From Frat House to Franchising," and the new CEO of Epic Wings. He started the Wing Zone in 1993 out of his fraternity house kitchen at the University of Florida with $500 and a one-page business plan. In this episode, Matt and Dave trace how that turned into...