Mastering Tech Growth

The workplace is changing—and the future of work is being shaped by smarter AI-powered teams.

In this episode, we dive deep into how to scale with AI with Suman Kanuganti, founder of Personal.ai. Suman is a two-time venture-backed founder recognised by Forbes, Smithsonian, and The New York Times for his work in AI innovation. We explore why role-specific AI personas are transforming the way teams work.

💡 Inside the episode:

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Mark Adams, founder of Acquisition For You, and author of secrets to 10x ing Your Business and Cashing Out Tax Free. He has helped founders scale businesses from zero to 30 million in 18 months, engineer an exit worth hundreds of millions and build a value growth framework used by clients backed with over 22 billion in capital. 

Listen in to find out how to grow through acquisition, even if yo...

Today, Mike is joined by Ali Hafizji, CEO of Wednesday Solutions and the creator of the Wide Sprints method. Together he and Mike explore how founders can avoid the post-MVP trap of building blindly and wasting precious runway. Ali shares how to measure true progress through validated learning and why polishing your MVP can be a costly mistake.

They discuss the power of AI-native teams and how to shift from chasing vanity metrics t...

Today, Mike is joined by marketing coach Garrett Mehrguth, founder and CEO of the marketing agencies Directive and Abe, to discuss online advertising, in particular LinkedIn. He has spent over $68 million testing and developing LinkedIn ad strategies, including for clients like Uber and AWS. Today, he breaks down the critical elements of creating ads that actually book meetings, rather than just generate vanity metrics.

KEY TAKEAWA...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Sphira Tucker of Buildkite to discuss building momentum and velocity by removing friction from your business. Something that, as you will see, is not just about putting in place good processes and following them.

Find out why slowing down to fix friction might be the fastest move you make – and exactly how to do it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Better tools are essential for tech growth.

Deploying the right...

Today, Mike is joined by Ben Buaron, Founder & CEO of Windmill Growth. They help founders turn their LinkedIn into their number one growth channel. No hacks, no influencer playbooks, just real, sustainable visibility that brings in leads, builds credibility and opens doors. Ben’s been a founder himself and now teaches others how to stop hiding behind logos and leverage LinkedIn to build trust.

Ben and Mike unpack why visibility...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by the father of SEO, Bruce Clay. Since 1996 he's been helping businesses get found online. He has taught 1000s of marketers and written several go-to SEO books. All while creating SEO strategies for brands like Netflix, eBay and Home Depot. Now he's focused on helping teams adapt their content for AI to stay visible as search evolves.

You’ll learn all about AI Optimisation (AIO) - how to ensure ...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Natasha Walstra, the founder and CEO of Near Point Strategies. She helps founders turn relationships into revenue using Smart Content, Strategic Outreach and the network they already have. Her clients don't chase followers. They get sales calls, replies, and gain real momentum just by showing up with the right message to the right people. She built this approach after leading brand strategy at...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by leadership and innovation consultant, Elizabeth Bieniek. The tech visionary who co-founded WebEx Hologram at Cisco and was named one of the topmost influential female founders by TechCrunch. Elizabeth helps founders and teams stay clear on their why, so they can make better choices and grow with purpose.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Solve real human problems instead of just creating innovative features.

Sch...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Matthew Stafford, managing partner of Build Grow Scale, who has helped hundreds of e-commerce stores hit eight figures, including brands like Organifi and Pink Lily. They unpack taking e-commerce businesses from traffic-burning money pits to revenue-generating machines.

Matthew shares data-driven strategies, smart conversion optimisation techniques, and a customer-centric approach that has ta...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Tim O'Hearn, a software engineer, former Black Hat growth practitioner, and the author of Framed a Villain's Perspective on Social Media. For many years, Tim’s been inside the system, building tools that successfully manipulated feeds, scaled fake social media engagement and exploited attention at a mass scale.

It is fair to say Tim has his finger on the pulse when it comes to what works on s...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Amir Barsoum, who is the founder or co-founder of multiple highly successful businesses including Vezeeta, a leading digital healthcare platform, and In-Vitro Capital. Instead of looking for founders to invest in, Amir starts with a problem, looks for a solution, finds the right experts to solve that problem, and then builds the company. 

Amir walks us through how this works, why most people g...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Michael Schank, the founder of Process Inventory Advisors and the author of Digital Transformation Success. For over two decades, Michael has helped companies clean up the way they work so they can grow without the chaos. Today, Michael walks us through his process and inventory framework. He breaks down the simple steps most startups skip which lead to small bits of waste within their process...

Do you want to know what separates the startups that get funded from the ones that don´t? Today, Mike is joined by Alexandra Nicoletti, a partner at Camber Creek, one of the leading VC firms. Prior to this, Alexandra was in real estate and private equity at Apollo and worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. 

Alexandra has seen every version of a pitch you can imagine. Today she breaks down exactly how to target the right inv...

If you're serious about scaling without relying on paid ads, this episode is for you. Today, Mike is joined by Ben Sharf, co-founder of Platter, creator of 160+ Shopify storefronts, angel investor, and host of Turning Pro. He breaks down how shifting from company marketing to founder-led storytelling can be your biggest growth hack.

Founders don’t win because their posts are perfect—or because they pour money into ads. They win bec...

For today´s episode, Mike is joined by Mike Todasco a visiting fellow at San Diego State University and former director of Innovation at PayPal. Mike holds over 100 patents and has a passion for leveraging AI to get things done fast. If you are a solopreneur who wants to scale quickly without building a team, this episode is very much for you.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• AI genuinely can super charge your business.
• Experiment to get the mos...

Today, Mike is joined by Quentin de Quelen the CEO and cofounder of Meilisearch, one of the fastest growing open-source search engines, which can easily be integrated into websites and applications. Quentin helps companies create fast, customisable, typo-proof search experiences.  

Today, for research, 46% of Gen Z prefer Instagram and TikTok. YouTube is now the go-to for tutorials and reviews, while ChatGPT, Perplexity, Voice Assi...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Marcus Fontoura, Azure Core CTO, Technical Fellow at Microsoft, holder of 50 patents and the author of A Platform Mindset. Marcus is certainly a man who knows how to scale tech without breaking it.

If your startup is taking off so fast that you can’t keep up or are drowning in bugs and relying on hot fixes and workarounds to hold things together, this episode is for you. It teaches you how to ...

For today’s episode, Mike is joined by Graham Riley, a LinkedIn strategist, speaker, and founder of LinkedIn Enterprises. For 20+ years, Graham has been helping B2B companies generate millions in revenue using LinkedIn. His strategies don´t just get you likes; they drive deals.

He and Mike discuss how you need to respond to drastic algorithm changes, why your execs need to engage on LinkedIn, quickly create content, take advantage ...