Satyapal Singh on Why Sustainability Must Count as a Business Cost

Satyapal Singh, CEO and Director of GE3S, grew up in a rural community where conserving water, reusing materials, and minimizing waste were ordinary parts of daily life, an experience that shaped how he now thinks about modern business. He joins Phillip Lanos to explain why companies should account…

Surajeet Dev on Why Regulatory AI Needs an Audit Trail

Regulatory mistakes can begin long before a financial institution takes action, when an obligation is interpreted differently as it moves among legal, compliance, and technology teams. RegiSentinel founder Surajeet Dev joins Phillip Lanos to explain how AI can preserve the trail from regulatory pub…

BJ Kuula on Why Tax Breaks Cannot Rescue a Bad Real Estate Deal

A tax break can improve a real estate investment, but BJ Kuula argues it cannot rescue a property that never made economic sense in the first place. He joins Phillip Lanos to explain how Kinect Real Estate Partners evaluates Opportunity Zone projects, why ACG's development and operating experience …

Mike Karadimas on Turning Family History Into a Crime Thriller

Mike Karadimas carried the idea for The Kalogeris Blood Empire for decades before finally turning it into a novel with help from his son. He joins Phillip Lanos to talk about drawing from Detroit, Greek family life, organized crime lore, and memories passed down through generations to build a ficti…

Edward McGeorge Went All In and Built an RV Empire Against the Odds

Edward McGeorge was thrown out of his father’s home at 13, became an elite athlete, sparred with Muhammad Ali, and went on to build one of America’s largest RV dealerships. He joins Phillip Lanos to share the remarkable decisions, setbacks, negotiations, and relationships behind the success, includ…

Anna Tobin on Building the Financial Infrastructure for Global Startups

Startups can go global faster than ever, but their financial operations often struggle to keep pace. Anna Tobin, Business Development Lead at Performa, joins Phillip Lanos to explore how fragmented bank accounts, digital wallets, stablecoins, cross-border payments, reconciliation, and reporting cre…

Laila France on Preparing for Life’s Hardest Moments Before They Happen

After the sudden loss of her husband, Laila France found herself navigating grief while simultaneously confronting financial accounts, legal paperwork, business ownership, probate, and decisions she never expected to make alone. Now, as creator and host of The Laila France Show, she is turning that…

Randy Dominguez on Why Creative Ambition Needs a Business Plan

Entrepreneur and The Jersey Sound executive producer Randy Dominguez spent 55 years in finance before entering documentary filmmaking and music storytelling. He explains how financial discipline, careful planning, and the right collaborators helped turn a creative vision into a finished film and a …

Dr. Leigh Byers on Why Leadership Has to Account for the Humans Doing the Work

Leadership coach and consultant Dr. Leigh Byers explains why strategy can break down when leaders focus on tasks while overlooking the people responsible for carrying them out. She shares how self-awareness, collaboration, recognition, and her Seventh Level Leadership framework can help leaders bui…

Victoria Costa Paz on Why Psychedelic Medicine Needs an Infrastructure, Not Just a Drug

Eywa Biotech founder and CEO Victoria Costa Paz explains why bringing psychedelic medicine into mainstream mental health care requires far more than producing pharmaceutical-grade psilocybin. She shares how Eywa is combining biosynthesis, patient tracking, professional education, and treatment infr…