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/

AI agents are no longer a future concept reserved for big tech companies. They're already changing how small businesses handle invoices, manage inventory, generate reports, and interact with their own tools. But if you're a small business owner outside the tech world, it can be hard to know where to start or whether any of this even applies to you.

In this solo episode, Armando J. Perez-Carreno breaks down what agentic AI actually is, how it differs from traditional chatbot interactions, and why it matters for businesses of every size.

Joshua Resnikoff built patents at Harvard Med and launched multiple companies, but it was his son's years-long battle with a rare hyperinflammatory condition that changed everything. After watching his family bounce through the healthcare system for years without answers, he founded Sunstone Health to end what's called the "diagnostic odyssey," cutting the average seven-year path to diagnosis down to about 12 weeks. In this episode, Joshua breaks down the broken incentives between hospitals and insurance companies, explains how AI and whole genome sequencing are putting better tools in doctors' hands, and shares how over 800 investors on WeFunder have backed his mission to fix healthcare for millions of families.

Travis Malone has spent six years in cybersecurity helping Fortune 100 companies figure out how to protect themselves from threats most of them haven't even thought about yet. In this episode, he breaks down why AI is expanding the attack surface faster than most security teams can respond, how quantum computing is quietly closing in on breaking the encryption that protects everything from your bank account to your business data, and why the convergence of those two forces is going to change everything. Travis also explains what MCP security risks look like in practice, what agentic AI does to your threat model, and what even small businesses should be doing right now before the window closes.

Jason Fishman has spent 15 years building one of the most specialized marketing agencies in the world: helping startups raise capital from retail investors online. In this episode, he breaks down how Regulation Crowdfunding and Regulation A+ campaigns work, why having thousands of small investors can be more powerful than landing one big VC check, and how digital marketing is transforming the way founders fund their companies. If you have ever wondered how businesses raise millions from everyday people online, this conversation will change how you see startup investing.

Most people with serious wealth are still getting little league coaching when they need pro-level guidance. Ken Himmler, founder of OneWealthMap and Fintomic AI, built a family office specifically for the two to twenty-five million dollar bracket that the big players ignore. In this episode, Ken breaks down what a family office actually is, why fragmented financial advice is quietly costing business owners a fortune, and how he is using AI to cut labor by 50% and rethink the entire financial advisory model. If you have been growing your wealth without upgrading your team, this conversation will change how you think about money management.