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Apr 16, 2025
He Left the White House to Build an AI Marketer That Thinks Like You
Adam Nathan
After shutting down a hyped startup, he built a tool that quietly powers over two million small businesses. No large team or flashy pitch—just a product that works. Blaze now replaces entire marketing departments, demonstrating what it takes to create something people actually use.

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Apr 10, 2025
Stop Building Your Startup Like Everyone Else: VC Secrets You're Missing Out On
Peter Horan
Serial entrepreneur and investor delivers unconventional business wisdom, including a four-act pitch framework, why founder-led sales ultimately restricts growth, and preparation for economic challenges ahead. He offers contrarian perspectives on business literature, work-life balance myths, and avoiding critical exit timing mistakes.

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Apr 2, 2025
How to Get into Y Combinator (YC): Overcoming Rejection & Startup Tips
Arjun Mahadevan
Arjun Mahadevan, doola founder and YC alum, discusses entrepreneurship challenges in an interview. Despite facing YC rejection three times, he built a comprehensive e-commerce business solution. He emphasizes mindset over genius, encouraging bold action and resilience against naysayers to achieve entrepreneurial success.

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Apr 16, 2025
He Left the White House to Build an AI Marketer That Thinks Like You
Adam Nathan
After shutting down a hyped startup, he built a tool that quietly powers over two million small businesses. No large team or flashy pitch—just a product that works. Blaze now replaces entire marketing departments, demonstrating what it takes to create something people actually use.

Episode
2
Apr 10, 2025
Stop Building Your Startup Like Everyone Else: VC Secrets You're Missing Out On
Peter Horan
Serial entrepreneur and investor delivers unconventional business wisdom, including a four-act pitch framework, why founder-led sales ultimately restricts growth, and preparation for economic challenges ahead. He offers contrarian perspectives on business literature, work-life balance myths, and avoiding critical exit timing mistakes.

Episode
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Apr 2, 2025
How to Get into Y Combinator (YC): Overcoming Rejection & Startup Tips
Arjun Mahadevan
Arjun Mahadevan, doola founder and YC alum, discusses entrepreneurship challenges in an interview. Despite facing YC rejection three times, he built a comprehensive e-commerce business solution. He emphasizes mindset over genius, encouraging bold action and resilience against naysayers to achieve entrepreneurial success.
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Madeleine Raiford-Holland
Founder | MHM Luxury Properties
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Apr 4, 2025
The System That Built a 7-Figure Business
Ernesto Mandowsky
A business systems expert helps entrepreneurs transform chaos into clarity through systematic approaches for sustainable growth. With diverse experience across hospitality, tech, and consulting, they combine operational excellence with creativity. Their framework and book teach solopreneurs how to scale efficiently by treating business processes as repeatable, step-by-step recipes.

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Mar 21, 2025
What CEOs Forget During Mergers
Jennifer Fondrevay
A leading expert reveals the emotional landscape of mergers and acquisitions, exploring how grief, identity loss, and organizational change impact workplace performance. Discover strategies for navigating M&A challenges, empowering middle managers, and building resilient, trust-driven organizational cultures.

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Mar 17, 2025
The Future of Trust: AI’s Role in Business
Rowland Hirst
Join a leading research technology expert as he reveals how AI-driven technology transforms business trust measurement. Discover innovative approaches to understanding client relationships, overcome traditional metrics' limitations, and leverage AI's potential to drive sales, growth, and professional success.

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162
Mar 12, 2025
How Disney's Billion-Dollar Magic Can Transform Your Business Today
Vance Morris
Disney's billion-dollar success comes from impeccable systems, strategic marketing, and exceptional customer experiences. In this episode, Vance Morris, former Disney leader and expert in customer service and direct response marketing, reveals the powerful playbook that can transform any business.

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161
Mar 10, 2025
Is Startup Success Just Luck?
Erik Caputo
Is startup success about pure luck or relentless grind? In this episode of the Horizon Search Podcast, we dive deep into the reality of building a business with Erik Caputo, co-founder of Evenda, a cutting-edge AI-driven sponsorship marketplace.

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160
Mar 7, 2025
How AI Will Replace Lawyers
Rich Lee
AI and technology are revolutionizing the legal sector, enhancing justice by making it quicker, fairer, and more accessible. We interview Rich Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of New Era ADR, to explore how his platform’s innovative 100-day arbitration model and flat-fee pricing condense years-long legal disputes into just months.

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Mar 5, 2025
The Unfair Advantage No One Talks About
Daniel Theobald
Daniel Theobald, Vecna Robotics founder, challenges conventional wisdom about AI and entrepreneurship. He exposes the harsh realities behind venture-backed startups' failures, deconstructs AI hype, and unveils the often-hidden psychological challenges entrepreneurs face in the high-stakes world of innovation.

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158
Mar 3, 2025
Why I Left Huawei to Build the Future of AI
Nuo Jiang
Nuo Jiang transitions from corporate giants to entrepreneurship, founding Ground AI to help businesses scale through AI-driven strategies. He emphasizes the critical importance of cultural adaptation and localization when expanding into Asian markets, challenging companies' assumptions about global business expansion.

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157
Feb 28, 2025
What Founders Get Wrong About Raising Capital
Steve Walsh
Steve Walsh left corporate life in 2018 to aid early-stage founders in raising capital and scaling growth. As a Contrarian Investor and Techstars mentor, he’s backed 66 startups, with 35 hitting Series A, amassing over $1.2 billion. His secret remains intriguing.
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Episode
166
Apr 4, 2025
The System That Built a 7-Figure Business
Ernesto Mandowsky
A business systems expert helps entrepreneurs transform chaos into clarity through systematic approaches for sustainable growth. With diverse experience across hospitality, tech, and consulting, they combine operational excellence with creativity. Their framework and book teach solopreneurs how to scale efficiently by treating business processes as repeatable, step-by-step recipes.

Episode
164
Mar 21, 2025
What CEOs Forget During Mergers
Jennifer Fondrevay
A leading expert reveals the emotional landscape of mergers and acquisitions, exploring how grief, identity loss, and organizational change impact workplace performance. Discover strategies for navigating M&A challenges, empowering middle managers, and building resilient, trust-driven organizational cultures.

Episode
163
Mar 17, 2025
The Future of Trust: AI’s Role in Business
Rowland Hirst
Join a leading research technology expert as he reveals how AI-driven technology transforms business trust measurement. Discover innovative approaches to understanding client relationships, overcome traditional metrics' limitations, and leverage AI's potential to drive sales, growth, and professional success.

Episode
162
Mar 12, 2025
How Disney's Billion-Dollar Magic Can Transform Your Business Today
Vance Morris
Disney's billion-dollar success comes from impeccable systems, strategic marketing, and exceptional customer experiences. In this episode, Vance Morris, former Disney leader and expert in customer service and direct response marketing, reveals the powerful playbook that can transform any business.

Episode
161
Mar 10, 2025
Is Startup Success Just Luck?
Erik Caputo
Is startup success about pure luck or relentless grind? In this episode of the Horizon Search Podcast, we dive deep into the reality of building a business with Erik Caputo, co-founder of Evenda, a cutting-edge AI-driven sponsorship marketplace.

Episode
160
Mar 7, 2025
How AI Will Replace Lawyers
Rich Lee
AI and technology are revolutionizing the legal sector, enhancing justice by making it quicker, fairer, and more accessible. We interview Rich Lee, Co-Founder & CEO of New Era ADR, to explore how his platform’s innovative 100-day arbitration model and flat-fee pricing condense years-long legal disputes into just months.

Episode
159
Mar 5, 2025
The Unfair Advantage No One Talks About
Daniel Theobald
Daniel Theobald, Vecna Robotics founder, challenges conventional wisdom about AI and entrepreneurship. He exposes the harsh realities behind venture-backed startups' failures, deconstructs AI hype, and unveils the often-hidden psychological challenges entrepreneurs face in the high-stakes world of innovation.

Episode
158
Mar 3, 2025
Why I Left Huawei to Build the Future of AI
Nuo Jiang
Nuo Jiang transitions from corporate giants to entrepreneurship, founding Ground AI to help businesses scale through AI-driven strategies. He emphasizes the critical importance of cultural adaptation and localization when expanding into Asian markets, challenging companies' assumptions about global business expansion.

Episode
157
Feb 28, 2025
What Founders Get Wrong About Raising Capital
Steve Walsh
Steve Walsh left corporate life in 2018 to aid early-stage founders in raising capital and scaling growth. As a Contrarian Investor and Techstars mentor, he’s backed 66 startups, with 35 hitting Series A, amassing over $1.2 billion. His secret remains intriguing.

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156
Feb 26, 2025
Is This the End of Traditional Healthcare?
Howard Rosen
A healthcare tech innovator with film and health backgrounds discusses AI's impact on patient care, medical workflows, and precision medicine. His work with the U.S. Armed Forces and VA has saved lives and improved provider-patient communication while preserving human connection.
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Peter Horan
Board Director | WatchMojo
Being a guest on the podcast felt like a real conversation, not just an interview. The questions were sharp, the flow was natural, and it was a great platform to share insights while learning along the way.

Arjun Mahadevan
Founder & CEO | doola
"Speaking with David was a fantastic experience. The questions he asked were on point and coaxed out numerous personal aspects of my entrepreneurial journey as a founder in the outdoor apparel space."

Eric Hui
Founder & CEO | TERRACEA
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Derick Sebastian
Ukulele Artist, Author, Speaker
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Dean Patrick
Director of Accelerators | IoTeX
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Laura Orlic
Founder & CEO | Artivist Company
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