Grit Daily Startup Show

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 publications to institutional decisions, why repeatable results and source verification matter, and how he tests a platform intended for hi...

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 matters, and what its Gresham project reveals about construction and market risk. Kuula also explains why investors should scrutinize th...

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 fictional mob story centered on loyalty, ambition, and family. Karadimas also shares why writing the book became a way to preserve parts of h...

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, including the $1.6 million bet that changed his future. Now the author of ALL IN, McGeorge explains why getting knocked down was n...

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 create costly friction as companies scale. Drawing on 15 years across fintech, startups, payments, and digital assets, Anna explains how Pe...

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 experience into practical guidance for other women. Laila joins Phillip Lanos to discuss why families need to have difficult conversati...

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 build organizations that function without depending on constant intervention from the top.

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Real Motors co-founder Trent Dingman explains how the company is building “Future Machines,” beginning with Project : ARES, an electric Neo Cafe Racer designed around its Electric Analogue philosophy. He also discusses why Real Motors is rethinking manufacturing alongside the machines themselves, and how the company plans to use engineering, smaller-scale production, and shared industrial capabilities as it raises capit...

Propulse Your Career founder Robert Saltz explains why artists need to develop the professional skills surrounding their craft rather than waiting to be discovered. Drawing on his experience in hospitality, higher education, career services, and life alongside a successful opera singer, he explores ownership, visibility, resilience, financial awareness, and the career strategy creative professionals are rarely taught.

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Educator and SciEdScrumming founder Heather Cowap explains how Agile Scrum and Universal Design for Learning can give students more agency without sacrificing accountability. She argues that as AI becomes more common in classrooms, schools need to teach collaboration, planning, self-assessment, and the foundational knowledge students must have before technology can become a useful tool.

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Rei Cosmetics founder Nami Soejima saw a simple gap in the beauty market: American consumers were becoming obsessed with Japanese cosmetics, yet many of Japan’s most trusted brands were still difficult to buy in the U.S. She shares how she turned that frustration into a growing retail business, navigated tariffs and cross-border logistics, and learned that patience and trust are essential when doing business with Japanese com...