The investing landscape is changing fast. From AI-driven insights to new tools like ETFs and investment apps, the future of finance looks very different than it did even a few years ago.

On this episode of The Warm-Blooded Founder Show, Chris is joined by Jack Fu, CEO & Co-Founder of Draco Capital Partners and Draco Evolution. Jack has built his career at the intersection of investing and innovation, guiding businesses and investors toward smarter, more sustainable growth strategies.

Together we’ll explore:

→ AI-Driven Investing: Shaping the Future of Finance

→ Founder Journey: Creating and Scaling an Investment App

→ Investor Tools: ETFs and Strategies for Market Uncertainty

If you’re interested in where technology and finance are headed, and how to apply these strategies in your own investing or business journey, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

Growth comes with pressure.

Founders feel it in different ways, the long nights, the rejections, the weight of knowing your team is counting on you.

Resilience is holding your ground and your clarity while everything around you keeps moving.

That’s why I’m looking forward to sitting down with Chris Sorensen, CEO of ARMOR Dial & PhoneBurner.

He’s built and led teams in some of the most demanding sales environments, and he brings real perspective on how to balance performance with people.

In this conversation, we’ll explore:

→ Founder Resilience: navigating burnout, rejection, and setbacks without losing focus

→ Scaling with Heart: balancing growth with culture and trust

→ Human Leadership: leading sales teams with empathy in a data-driven world

This one’s about leadership that lasts.

The kind that grows businesses without sacrificing the people who make them possible.

Join us live on The Warm-Blooded Founder Show.

AI is transforming how companies grow, how products are developed, and how founders approach scaling, not in theory, but in the real, practical ways that shape businesses every day.

On September 23rd, I’ll be joined by Ghazenfer Mansoor, CEO of Technology Rivers, a software development firm focused on AI-powered solutions, SaaS product development, and healthcare technology.

Ghazenfer has been an engineer, a CTO, a founder, and an investor. He understands what it takes to turn an idea into a product, and a product into a business.

We’ll be digging into...

→ Scaling with AI: Smarter Strategies for Business Growth

→ SaaS and Mobile Apps: Proven Growth Strategies That Scale

→ AI-Driven Development: Building Smarter, Faster, Scalable Solutions"

Ghazenfer is also the author of Beyond the Download: How to Build Mobile Apps That People Love, Use, and Share Every Day.

His work helping startups and service-based businesses streamline operations, automate processes, and scale gives him a perspective that’s grounded, practical, and tested.

If you’re building or investing in technology, this conversation will give you insight into how to use AI and software to grow with clarity and impact.

Scaling a startup will challenge your identity just as much as your systems.

Charles Wayn knows that firsthand. As the co-founder of Galxe, the largest onchain distribution platform in web3, he’s helped millions of users engage with blockchain in a way that actually makes sense.

But behind the numbers is a founder who’s had to navigate what it really means to evolve: as a leader, a builder, and a human being.

In this episode, we’ll talk about what most scaling conversations miss:

→ ⁠⁠Delegation Without Disconnection: How Founders Can Scale by Trusting the Right People

→ Systems That Serve, Not Suffocate: Creating Operational Clarity That Actually Works

→ Growth Isn’t Linear: What It Takes to Evolve Through the Stages of Scaling

From leading DLive to acquisition, to building Galxe with backing from Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures, and Dragonfly Capital, Charles brings real insight into what it takes to level up, without burning out.

Join us live on Sep 9th

Tuesday at 8PM EST

What happens when the business works, but it stops working for you?

That’s the question Alanna Levenson helps leaders face head-on.

Alanna is a Peak Profits Builder and Lifestyle Architect who’s coached hundreds of high-performing founders, CEOs, and leadership teams to break through hidden barriers and build businesses that actually align with the lives they want.

She’s direct, intuitive, and outcome-focused, and she’s not here to give you fluff or frameworks that sound good but stall out in practice.

In this episode, we talked about what it really looks like to step back and reevaluate, without blowing up everything you’ve built.

Alanna shared why most founders hit a wall after they’ve “made it,” and how to create space for clarity before the burnout sneaks in.

We talked about the fear that shows up when freedom becomes an option, and the tension between staying in control vs. letting go in order to grow.

You don’t have to blow up your business to realign.

You just need to lead it differently.

➜ Discussion Topics

• When Success Stops Feeling Like Success

• Freedom, Fulfillment, and the Fear of Letting Go

• Reclaiming Direction Without Burning It All Down

If your growth goals are clashing with your lifestyle, or if success hasn’t felt how you thought it would, this one will hit home.

No performance, just perspective.

Tune in live Tuesday, August 26 at 8PM EST.

Bring your questions. Join the chat.

Scaling revenue without overhiring.

Building a sales motion that doesn’t feel like manipulation.

Leading with clarity when the pressure to perform never slows down.

That’s what Joey Gilkey has been doing and doing well.

Joey is the Founder and CEO of TitanX, a revenue tech company that’s transforming how sales teams connect, convert, and scale.

Instead of adding more reps, he built a platform that helps teams 4x their connect rates and 10x their output, with fewer calls, better targeting, and bold guarantees to back it up.

But this episode goes deeper than sales strategy or SaaS metrics.

It’s a look at what it takes to bootstrap a B2B company from $0 to $5M ARR in a year, stay sane while doing it, and build a lean team that outperforms without burning out.

Joey is sharp, direct, and deeply human in how he leads, and he’s not here to sell hype.

➜ Discussion Topics:

• $0 to $5M ARR in 12 Months: What Bootstrapping Looks Like Behind the Scenes

• Outbound Without Burnout: Rebuilding Sales Around Humans, Not Scripts

• Scaling Without the Bloat: How to Build a Team That Hits Harder With Less

If you’re navigating product-market fit, GTM strategy, outbound sales, or early-stage hiring, this is the kind of founder-to-founder conversation we don’t get enough of.

Tune in live Tuesday, August 12 at 8PM EST.

Ask questions. Join the chat. Bring your real challenges.

See what a more human approach to growth can look like.

Change doesn’t wait for clarity. And neither does leadership.On this episode of the Warm-Blooded Founders Show, I’m joined by Jessica Powers, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Joyful Development Group, a strategic powerhouse who helps legacy-driven brands turn relationships into leverage, and purpose into sustainable growth.Jessica’s approach to leadership is deeply human and refreshingly honest. She’s built her life and business around values most founders don’t stop to name, accessibility, advocacy, and long-term alignment and she brings that clarity into every partnership she helps build.This conversation will hit especially hard for those of you in a season of pivot, pressure, or quiet recalibration.➜ Topics we’ll cover:→ Adapt or Erode: What Founders Need to Know About Navigating Change Without Losing Clarity→ Leadership Is Lonely: The Real Cost of Isolation and How to Reconnect→ Sustainable Vision: How to Hold the Long-Term in a Short-Term WorldIf you’ve been moving fast and questioning what still feels true, this conversation might meet you where you are.Jessica speaks from the kind of experience you don’t learn in a book, real-world resilience, tested through change. You’ll feel that in every word.Join us live → July 22 at 8PM EST.Add it to your calendar and come through warm-blooded.

Matt Fogarty didn’t set out to be a founder. He was on track for a career in sports, until his senior year of college, when he found out he was going to be a father.

That moment forced a shift in priorities, from chasing passion to building stability.

Sales came first. Then purpose.

Today, Matt leads Cherry Willow Apparel, a brand reshaping how people think about homelessness, beauty, and belonging.

Profits fund tech tools that connect unhoused individuals with nonprofits and services. It’s apparel with a mission but the brand is just the beginning.

Matt also supports small businesses as a digital strategist at Hibu, and teaches financial literacy as a licensed agent with WFG Transamerica.

Across every role, the throughline is service: to family, to community, and to a better version of work.

In this episode, we’ll unpack:

→ Finding Peace in the Chaos: How to Build a Mission-Driven Startup Without Burning Out

→ Your Body Is a Business Asset: Why Founders Can’t Afford to Ignore Physical Fitness

→ Align or Implode: How Founders Can Integrate Purpose, Passion, and Practicality

Building something meaningful rarely follows a straight path. It takes clarity, resilience, and a deep connection to the why behind your work.

This episode dives into that reality, what it looks like to build with intention, stay aligned through change, and carry both purpose and pressure at the same time.