Ric Franzi | Critical Mass Business Talk Show
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A show for SMB business owners with stories from other SMB business owners.
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A clear look at how flight training gets funded when private lending options have narrowed.
This episode digs into the business side of Stratus Financial, a lender that helps aspiring commercial pilots keep training when the bills arrive over years, not months.
A practical case for mediation that keeps children, safety, and being heard at the center.
Quantum ADR's co-founders make a steady case for mediation as the first step when family conflict gets too hard to manage in court. Ashley Lewis adds the perspective of a dual licensed psychologist and marriage and family therapist, while Jeff Soylson keeps the focus on the…
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
Naval Ravikant on epistemology, startups, and crypto, from David Deutsch to Vitalik Buterin.
Alex Theuma interviews SaaS founders and investors on scaling to $10M-plus ARR.
Guy Raz traces founders' origin stories and fields live advice-line calls from entrepreneurs.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Brandon Martini, co-founder of Stratus Financial, discusses how his company provides student loans for flight training, addressing an 80% dropout rate for unfunded students.
Host Ric Franzi interviews Ashleigh Louis and Jeff Soilson, co-founders of Quantum ADR, about their interdisciplinary approach to alternative dispute resolution.
Host Richard Franze interviews Kristen Epperson, founder of Charity Matters, about her motivation to start the organization, tracing her path from a respiratory therapist working with ventilator technology and vulnerable children to a career shift influenced by her daughter's illness.