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Rebuilding After Failure: The Psychology of Sustainable Growth

August 10, 2026

What happens when rapid success becomes unsustainable?For Colin Hodge, the answer came through a painful lesson.After building a startup that reached 1 million users in roughly three months, Colin found himself under enormous pressure—scaling infrastructure, recruiting a team, experimenting with growth tactics, and dealing with a major trademark lawsuit. Then Apple told him his app would be removed from the App Store within 24 hours.He eventually found himself sitting on the floor of his San ...

Reinvention in the AI Era: Why Your Biggest Advantage Is Learning to Start Again

July 31, 2026

Ritam Gandhi joins the conversation to discuss why the next wave of AI disruption won’t just impact entry-level jobs—it will fundamentally reshape careers at every stage.The discussion explores how artificial intelligence is lowering the barriers to entrepreneurship while simultaneously increasing the need for adaptability. As traditional career paths become less predictable, professionals may find that the greatest advantage isn’t decades of experience—it’s the willingness to continually rei...

When Cheap Money Breaks Markets: Rethinking Capital, Innovation, and Risk

July 15, 2026

Nick Darragh joins the conversation to explore how today’s financial landscape has been shaped by years of cheap capital—and why the consequences are only now becoming impossible to ignore.The discussion examines how prolonged low interest rates fueled massive investment into technology companies, encouraged unsustainable business models, and created an environment where growth often mattered more than profitability.Nick explains how easy access to capital distorted markets, allowing companie...