Jeff Abracen
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If you know what you do but struggle to talk about it in a way that lands — this podcast is for you.Most founders, creators, and leaders have the expertise…but not the story, clarity, or communication skills to express it with confidence, conviction, and influence.Disruptive Influence is the storytelling, communication, and executive presence podcast for founders, solopreneurs, and LinkedIn-era leaders who want to communicate with more clarity and power - in meetings, in pitches, in content, and in everyday conversations.Learn how to:turn lived experience into clear, compelling storiescommunicate with clarity, confidence, and executive presencebuild a strong POV...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Founder interviews turn brand storytelling, content strategy, and sales advice into concrete decisions about offers, positioning, customer acquisition, and growth.
Jeff Abrason builds each conversation around the practical mechanics behind a guest's business story, then keeps asking until positioning, sales, or operating choices become concrete.
Store margins meet LinkedIn DMs, and Jeff Abrason gets guests talking about what actually brings in business.
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A clear reminder that real differentiation still comes from human detail, not just AI polish.
This episode looks at branding through differentiation, customer service, and the small human details that make a brand feel distinct. David Breyer keeps pushing on the risk that AI speed and polish can flatten the very signals that set a company apart, and the result is a…
A blunt case for story, emotion, and trust doing the heavy lifting.
Aaron Spivak reads as a founder who learned the hard way. Hush came out of sleep-starved years and 21-hour days, and he is clear that the pace probably was not the smartest move, even if it worked.
A warm conversation about connection that ties personal identity to work.
Rob Lawless' 10,000-person project comes across as less like a novelty and more like a way to think about connection, self-definition, and the way relationships spill into work.
A clear look at how personal branding can stay human while still making the offer easy to understand.
The conversation keeps its focus on a familiar but useful tension: how personal branding can stay true without becoming vague. Jeff Abrason and Aranzas Savvas, a well-being and leadership coach, move between coaching, consulting, and creative work as different roles with…
A focused look at how clear positioning and LinkedIn can turn attention into inbound demand.
Nick Brukema talks through the slow work of turning a personal brand into something that brings business in on its own. The focus stays on the basics: defining the ICP, sharpening positioning, shaping the offer, and keeping the content simple enough that expertise is easy to…
A practical reminder that selling starts with direct human interaction, not platform vanity.
The episode treats selling as human contact, not content performance. It keeps circling back to real interactions, follow-up, and the conversations that actually move business forward.
A branding conversation that pairs competitive fire with intuition and a strange, personal edge.
Priya Chopra and Jeff Abrason keep the conversation anchored in how brand work can actually move the needle. She frames One Milk, Two Sugars and her double-shot agency as a blend of PR, influencer work, and social events meant to wake up a brand's potential, and the discussion…
A grounded look at how storytelling, ambition, and burnout collide in business.
Lewis Butterfield argues that story is what lets people see themselves in a brand, and the piece keeps that idea grounded in lived detail. The route from a yurt to videos that aim to feel specific rather than generic gives the argument shape, and the move to Victoria, the early…
Simon Owens interviews founders about the revenue mechanics behind their media businesses.
Colin and Samir break down creator-economy news, from OpenAI's TBPN deal to AI podcasts.
AI-era marketing tactics from operators testing what works next.
Mark DeGrasse interviews agency and marketing operators on the frameworks behind their case studies.
Cory Cotten-Potter interviews B2B sales and marketing founders on AI's reshaping of pipeline generation.
Kristina Halvorson interviews content strategists about how the work actually gets done.
The guest starts with whole life leadership.
Jeff Abrason catches up with the guest after a big follower jump and a rare update to his headline and banner.
Rob Lawless says he is trying to spend one hour with 10,000 people, a project he ties to the belief that “every human interaction has the potential to change your life.” He describes growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia as the youngest of three and the youngest cousin on both sides of the family, which shaped his comfort around people.
Jeff Abrason introduces Curtis Matzko, CEO of Portland Leather Goods, with a headline framing the company as a nine-figure founder story and a possible 10-figure exit.
Jeff Abrason opens by framing story as a commercial magnet, then brings Lewis Butterfield in to talk about making videos for brands that do not want to blend in.
Jeff Abrason sits down with Jake Karls for a quick, playful conversation about Midday Squares and building the brand in public.
Jeff opens by framing Priya Chopra as intensely competitive, but not the jealous type.
Jeff Abrason introduces Aaron Spivak as the co-founder of Hush, acquired by Sleep Country, and the founder of The Founders Club.
Jeff Abrason talks with Richard Moore about selling, LinkedIn behavior, and how interactions grow through direct interaction.
Jeff Abrason starts by asking David Breyer what CEOs and brand stewards need to understand right now.
Jeff Abrason talks with Mike Fata about storytelling on the business side and what it takes to stay driven on the life side.
Jeff Abrason opens with Shoaib Ahmed on a plain pressure point: words can move people, but they still have to make something happen.
Ben Levy, a creative director and presentation coach, argues that reading slides is frustrating because people read two to three times faster than speakers talk.
Nick Broekema says it took him nine months to build a fully inbound business from LinkedIn, after years of agency work, a modest exit in 2018, and a stretch of freelancing and scale-up jobs in Amsterdam.
Annalise McCarthy traces her work in speaking back to a childhood speech impediment, weekly speech pathology, and a later diploma to teach public speaking at 16.
Jeff Abrason interviews Casey Jones about evolving solopreneurs into CEOs by shifting from order-taking to building a real business.
An interview with Roger Figueredo, CMO of Hashtag Paid, discussing his journey and the creator economy.
Jeff Abrason interviews Julian Cole, founder of Strategy Finishing School, about overcoming imposter syndrome and building confidence for strategists.