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April 2, 2025 40 mins

You’ve got the vision. The mission. The drive.

But somehow, deadlines slip, messaging splinters, and your team keeps “missing the point.”


Sound familiar? This episode is your blueprint to break the cycle.


I sat down with Shawna Smith to dissect a pattern I see all too often in HealthTech founders: visionary brilliance without the bridge to execution.


We dug into the real reasons your strategy meetings stall, your marketing fizzles, and your partnerships fall flat—and how to fix it without burning yourself (or your team) out.



Where do you see the biggest breakdown in your organization—vision, strategy, or execution?


Comment below with what tends to get lost in translation (and how you’re solving it). Your insight could be exactly what another founder needs to hear today.


Listen now and find out how to speed up the process from 

🔑 Here’s what you’ll learn in this episode: 

  • ▶️ Why visionary communication often leads to execution paralysis
  • ▶️ The four layers of business planning—and where most teams get stuck
  • ▶️ The difference between a plan and a capital “S” Strategy (it’s not what you think)
  • ▶️ How to evaluate if your team has the right roles (or if you’re stuck managing doers)
  • ▶️ What founders must provide before any team can produce real ROI

  • ▶️ How vague partnerships and misassigned authority dilute your core offer


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