The 60 Second Podcast
Big insights. One question. 60 seconds. Hosted by TEDx speaker and 3X founder Matt McCoy, this podcast delivers fast, punchy interviews with the world’s top leaders — from billion-dollar CEOs to bold startup founders. Each episode asks one powerful question to uncover the mindset, tactics, or story behind game-changing success — all in under a minute. Perfect for ambitious listeners who want real answers, really fast.
Episodes
What happens when you take the lessons of Wall Street and apply them to an industry where real people are on the other side of every asset?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Chris Conefry, Co-Founder of Gain, to discuss his transition from more than a decade on Wall Street into healthcare and the personal injury ecosystem.
Chris explains how his experience understanding risk, managing...
What happens when everything you built comes crashing down?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Reid Zeising, Founder & CEO of Gain, to talk about the turning point that completely changed the way he lives and leads.
During the Great Recession, Reid watched a business unravel after taking on too much leverage, leaving him with $22 million in contingent liabilities. At the same time,...
What does it actually take to build a business from the ground up?
On this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Mike Lifshotz, behavioral healthcare software entrepreneur and co-founder of Hatch Compliance, to break down the fundamentals of building a company.
Mike explains why great businesses start with a real problem, not a long list of features. He shares the importance of talking directly w...
What can kill a promising company before it ever gets the chance to succeed?
Conrad F. Mir, President & CEO of Calmare Therapeutics, joins Matt McCoy on The 60 Second Podcast to share one of the first things he looks for when evaluating a company in need of a turnaround: toxic financing.
Drawing from firsthand experience, Conrad explains how a company with promising healthcare technology watched a relatively small...
What does it take to lead when the problems you’re solving are bigger than any one person or organization?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Nicole Lawson, President & CEO of Orchards Children's Services, to discuss what she has learned from leading through complex challenges across behavioral health, veteran care, and children's services.
Nicole explains why mission and min...
What do you do when someone tells you "maybe next time"?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Andrew Woods, Founder & Managing Director of Ask Us Consulting, to hear the story of how he turned repeated rejection into a signed deal.
After hearing "Let's meet when you're in Toronto" three times in a single day, Andrew stopped treating it as a polite brush-off and took action. He booked...
What does great leadership really look like when everything is going wrong?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Stephen Segal, Chief Executive Officer of Iris Construction Management Inc., to discuss the biggest leadership lesson from his career. After scaling a business from $10 million to $100 million in just 20 months, Stephen faced a major liquidity crisis that tested every relatio...
Most companies don't have an AI problem. They have an implementation problem.
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Jon Cheney, CEO and Chief AI Officer at GenAIPI, to discuss why AI workshops and training sessions often fail to create lasting change inside organizations.
Jon explains why simply telling employees to "use AI" isn't enough, why leadership teams struggle to prioritize implem...
What happens when business owners stop being the bottleneck in their own company?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Cary Prejean, Founder of Strategic Business Advisors, to discuss how systems, dashboards, and operational clarity can completely transform a business.
Cary shares the story of an e-commerce company that grew from $5.8M to $21M in revenue after the founders stopped spendi...
Many organizations invest heavily in leadership development, yet still struggle to see meaningful results.
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Tina Schust Robinson, Founder & CEO of WorkJoy and author of Developing Your Business Leaders: A Guide to Investing at All Levels, to discuss why most leadership programs fail to deliver impact.
Tina explains why leadership development should...
How do you build trust in an industry filled with hype?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Jamie Maltabes, Founder & CEO of Infinite Medical Group, to discuss how regenerative medicine clinics can earn patient trust through education, protocols, and personalized care.
Jamie explains why stem cell treatments shouldn't be viewed as a one-time solution and shares a real patient story ...
What separates successful founders from those who struggle alone?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Michael J. Frank, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gildre, a global community of founders, operators, investors, and executives spanning more than 20 countries.
Michael explains why community has become one of the biggest competitive advantages in entrepreneurship. From mentorship and...
What is the biggest leadership blind spot costing organizations time, money, and momentum?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with executive coach, author, and keynote speaker James "Mac" McPartland to discuss a challenge that affects nearly every leader: the assumption that communication has actually occurred.
Mac explains why acknowledgement is not the same as understanding, how miscommun...
For more than 100 years, Spicers Canada has been known as a paper company. But under Cory Turner’s leadership, the organization has transformed into a national distribution leader serving customers across paper, packaging, and graphic solutions.
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Cory shares the thinking behind that evolution, how changing the company's identity unlocked new growth opportunities, and why...
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Jason A. Williams to unpack his 6-Dot Framework for innovation.
Jason explains why companies often underestimate two of the most important pieces of innovation: company alignment and culture. He shares how organizations can better connect insights, people, departments, and capabilities to turn ideas into smarter product decisions, faster launches, an...
Everyone is talking about AI in healthcare.
But almost no one is ready for it.
On this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Arup Roy-Burman breaks down the real bottleneck holding AI back - not technology, but data.
From fragmented workflows to critical knowledge buried in binders, posters, and PDFs, Arup explains why most healthcare systems are feeding AI the wrong inputs… and what needs to change before AI can tr...
What’s the biggest mistake founders make when franchising their business?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Brian Bazely to break down a critical shift most founders overlook.
Franchising isn’t just scaling your business. It’s building an entirely new one.
Brian shares why culture must be embedded into your strategy from day one - and how failing to recognize the diff...
What does real leadership look like inside a company with thousands of employees?
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Nick Dean, President & Director of The Keg Steakhouse + Bar, to talk about empowerment, trust, and what it actually means to lead a high-performing organization.
Nick shares why great leaders act more like coaches than players, the importance of hiring “wild du...
What’s the fastest way to lose trust in a new market?
It’s not pricing. It’s not product.
It’s language.
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Bryan Montpetit, CEO of Reviver Global, to unpack a simple but often overlooked truth: if your customer doesn’t understand you, they won’t trust you.
Bryan shares a powerful personal story from a vulnerable moment ...
What looks like growth can actually be a trap.
In this episode of The 60 Second Podcast, Matt McCoy sits down with Shannon Byrne Susko, a 2X exited CEO and founder of Metronomics, to break down one of the most common mistakes leaders make when scaling.
Most CEOs think the answer is more effort. More hours. More hustle.
But Shannon shares why real growth doesn’t come from doing more — it comes from designing...
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