High Voltage Business Builders Podcast

Amazon seller registrations hit a decade low in 2025, but the marketplace isn’t dying. 

Fewer sellers don’t mean less opportunity. In this episode, Neil explains why Amazon is filtering out casual sellers, how revenue is concentrating, and what disciplined operators need to succeed.

If Amazon feels harder than it used to, but demand hasn’t disappeared, this episode breaks down the data, the Great Compression happening across ...

Most people think growth is about momentum. This episode proves it is about endurance.

In today’s episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil sits down with Sahil Patel, a second-time CEO who has lived through the realities most founders never post about. Payroll on credit cards. Empty bank accounts. Identity tied too closely to the business. And the long seasons spent in the valley.

Sahil shares what he learned building ...

AI is no longer making goofy videos. It’s making buying decisions.

AI agents are changing the way people shop, today we explain why e-commerce brands are quietly losing visibility even when ads and conversion rates look fine. Shopping decisions are moving upstream into AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, before a customer ever visits your website.

If traffic feels lighter but nothing looks broken, this episode expl...

Most people think success is about opportunity. This episode proves it's about decisions.

In today’s episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil sits down with Kolaiah, a real estate developer who rebuilt his life after addiction and prison. Kolaiah shares how learning business fundamentals behind bars reshaped his mindset and how real estate became a tool for freedom, not just income.

This conversation connects perso...

It’s January 9th, 2026… Do you know where your 2026 sales are?

In this Week in Review, Neil breaks down what really shifted in ecommerce during 2025 and why 2026 will not feel easier just because the calendar flipped. You’ll learn why growth no longer covers sloppy operations, why cash flow timing matters more than revenue, and how disciplined operators gain leverage while others react.

If you understand what 2025 actually ex...

Did you build a business or a monster?

Business owners hit income goals only to realize they traded freedom for control. This episode explains why that happens and how to fix it.

In today’s episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil sits down with Justin, a seasoned entrepreneur who has built and exited multiple seven, eight, and nine-figure businesses. Justin shares how most owners accidentally build companies that trap them, ...

What is the (ecommerce) holiday hangover? 

If December was your biggest month ever, January can feel like something broke overnight.

During December sales spike, ads look strong, and dashboards glow green.But January hits and suddenly refunds accelerate, inventory disappears and cash tightens.
In this Week in Review, Neil breaks down why December rewards volume but January reveals discipline. You’ll learn how post-holiday ...

From walking away from e-commerce to building a $50K-per-month profitable brand. This episode shows what happens when you stop quitting and fix the real problem.

In today’s episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil sits down with Jarod Jones, a Voltage client who originally dismissed e-commerce entirely. After acquiring a struggling Amazon business, Jarod identified a single product issue holding everything back. Fixing th...

Why is your margin getting smaller even when sales look fine? 

Your revenue is growing, your ads look fine, and orders keep coming in. So why does it feel harder to make money than it used to? This episode explains why margins shrink as platforms mature and how sellers get caught off guard.

In this Week in Review, Neil explains how platform maturity removes early incentives, raises costs, and quietly compresses margins long before da...

From zero product to $433K in sales. This episode breaks down what real e-commerce growth actually looks like.

In this episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil sits down with David, a Voltage client who started with no product, no brand, and no prior e-commerce experience. After nearly two years of research, delays, and hard lessons, David launched a premium Egyptian cotton bedding brand on Amazon FBA and crossed $433,000...

Everyone loves talking about marketing.New creatives. New channels. New funnels.

But if a customer can get the same product in one hour, three-day shipping feels broken.Not inconvenient. Broken.

And when ads stop converting, most sellers blame marketing.This episode explains why that is usually the wrong diagnosis.

In this Week in Review, Neil breaks down why fulfillment speed is no longer a backend operation. It is a growth lever. Pl...

Bitcoin isn’t a trend and it’s not going anywhere either…. 

In this episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil sits down with Bitcoin advisor Eric Runge to break down what Bitcoin actually is, why it exists, and why serious investors are paying attention. This isn’t a hype-driven crypto conversation. It’s a fundamentals-first discussion about money, inflation, and long-term wealth.

If you’ve ever said, “I don’t really un...

Everyone loves Cyber Week numbers. Big charts. Big screenshots. Big claims.

But Cyber Week data lies….

When demand is compressed into five days, behavior gets distorted. And if you build your next 90-day strategy on distorted data, you scale the wrong lesson.

In this Week in Review, Neil breaks down what the post–Cyber Week data actually reveals, why traffic and revenue spikes mislead sellers every December, and how real operators rea...

The biggest killer of businesses isn’t money, competition, or bad timing. It’s ego.

In this episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil Twa sits down with serial entrepreneur Sean Steimer to break down how ego destroys partnerships, blinds founders, and turns promising ventures into unnecessary failures. 

Sean went from cleaning tables in Scottsdale restaurants to managing multimillion-dollar operations, running a real es...

Shopify went dark on Cyber Monday. Amazon glitched and wiped deal badges across Black Friday and Cyber Week. Sellers relying on one platform got crushed. But diversified brands kept growing because TikTok, Shopify, Amazon, and email all picked up the slack.

Factories across China and Vietnam are now slowing down early ahead of Lunar New Year, which means your Q2 inventory window is already shrinking. TikTok Shop continues its retail...

Your biggest advantage in e-commerce is being a founder who refuses to get knocked out.

In this episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil Twa sits down with Dan Demsky, CEO and co-founder of Unbound Merino, an 8-figure DTC apparel brand built on nearly a decade of grit, adaptation, and relentless reinvention.

Dan opens up about the real challenges DTC operators are facing today: tariffs slashing margins overnight, supply chain ...

Amazon launched a Temu killer, started selling certified used cars, and began rewriting product listings for AI bots…

Factories across China and Vietnam are signaling early Lunar New Year shutdowns, and TikTok Shop had one of the biggest quarterly numbers in platform history. 

In today’s Week in Review, you’ll learn what’s shaking global supply chains, how AI is becoming the new gatekeeper for ecommerce, what Amazon’s new moves mean ...

What if the safest path in an AI-driven economy isn’t climbing the corporate ladder, but owning a business that AI can’t automate?

In this episode of High Voltage Business Builders, Neil Twa sits down with franchise expert Jon Ostenson, former President of ShelfGenie and founder of FranBridge Consulting, who has helped thousands of people transition from corporate jobs into business ownership.

Jon shares how he left a Fortune 1000 VP...

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What matters for e-commerce going into 2026? Freight rates are dropping, tariffs just changed again, TikTok Shop is exploding, Amazon rolled out new updates, and factories in Asia are reporting eight straight months of contraction.

In today’s Week in Review, you’ll learn what’s happening in global supply ch...