Most business owners only know two exit options: sell to private equity or just close up shop. Matt Middendorp, Director of ESOP Consulting at VisionPoint Capital, breaks down a third path that lets you cash out, keep control, and build generational wealth for your employees. He shares real stories of owners who sold to PE, watched their best people walk out the door, and then bought their companies back for pennies on the dollar. If you own a business and have ever wondered what comes next, this conversation might change how you think about your exit.

Find out more about ESOP with Matt Middendorp: https://esopready.com/

Learn more about Armando J. Perez-Carreno at https://perezcarreno.com/

Joshua Gould is the CEO of The Big Word, a global language services company powering interpreting and translation for governments, hospitals, courts, and police stations across the US, UK, and Europe. In this conversation, he breaks down why AI is an evolution, not a revolution, why most AI companies are losing money on purpose, and what businesses should actually do instead of panicking.

If you want a grounded, no-hype perspective on where AI fits in the real world, this one's for you.

Jimi Gibson went from performing magic shows at age four to leading strategy at Thrive Internet Marketing Agency, and the parallels between magic and marketing are more real than you think. In this episode of The Web Talk Show, Armando J. Perez-Carreno and Jimi break down why faceless brands are losing ground to visible founders, how AI search is reshaping where your customers find you, and why the conversion rate from LLM referrals is 4.5x higher than traditional web traffic. Jimi also shares his "five finger" framework for generating dozens of original content ideas that no AI tool could replicate. If you are rethinking your marketing strategy for the age of ChatGPT and Google AI Mode, this one is for you.

Connect with Jimi here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimi-gibson/