We launch season four by reframing prepping as a competitive edge for entrepreneurs and B2B operators. Real stories from Ukraine, Lebanon and Afghanistan reveal how continuity plans, barter networks and remote-first systems turn crises into growth.
• sponsors and NPC Game tie-in with Get Prepped
• prepping as a business strategy, not fear
• conflict zone case studies with measurable growth
• logistics pivots and drone delivery lessons
• solar-backed reliability as a sellable product
• barter networks and trade credits for liquidity
• continuity planning, cross-training and supplier redundancy
• remote-first operations and audit trails for trust
• quarterly risk drills and simple resilient offers
• leadership that communicates, measures and rewards reliability
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Episode Transcript
Hello and welcome to the Trading Post Podcast, where
we unlock the secrets ofbusiness-to-business trade, dive
into powerful networkingstrategies, and share my
exciting journey of using apodcast to market my business
instead of relying on SEO.
I'm your host, Trader Stew.
(00:24):
Well now, Peter Patter, let'sget at her.
I wanted to get the season fouropener going here because I have
been inspired by the Git Prepvideo game that I am going to be
an NPC in, and I thought tomyself, I need to do a season
four, which I've always leftopen.
The plan was always left to dofour seasons.
(00:44):
Of course, season three seasonsdoesn't make sense.
It would if you're doing it insequential order, but I'm doing
them in categories.
So I would always wanted to dolike the prepping, camping, some
sort of nature like that for aseason, but couldn't figure out
the angle.
Well, given time, about a year,I guess, it makes sense now.
(01:06):
I'm doing it so it correlatesdirectly with business and how
entrepreneurs, business ownerscan get either use prep their
business for the future or SHTF.
And then also for the busyentrepreneur that works crazy
(01:26):
hours on how you too can be aprepper, uh so to speak, to you
know, get ready for any kind ofnatural disaster or whatever
crazy thing is gonna come to usin 2026.
Because if anything is like2025, we're in for a heck of a
ride.
So with that being said, welcometo season four, the Trading Post
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podcast.
Of course, I'm sponsored byMetro Trading Association, and I
always like to say, even thoughthe Renaissance Festival is
over, I'm still I I I willalways be, I think, sponsored by
them.
I like those guys.
Good people.
I was just over there the otherday to get some tickets for
Holly Dazzle if you haven't beenthere yet.
That's really cool.
They line up the whole MichiganRenaissance Festival area with a
(02:12):
bunch of lights and otherfestivities in the in the
grounds there.
I went there with the family theother day, and so check that
out.
They're not paying me to saythat.
But uh, you know, uh next year,maybe, you know, it was it's
(02:33):
always a good time, though.
And then of course, press X toplay, which is why because of
Sarita, I will be in the GitPrep video game that's being
launched hopefully here soon.
I saw that my voice actor hascompleted my voice.
Yes, I am not my own voice inthe video game because this is
this is Hollywood man.
(02:55):
You you you're no longer versionof yourself.
Uh they just use my likeness asthe uh trader at the trading
post.
But hopefully my voice actor,haven't heard myself yet, did a
great job.
It's funny because he almostkind of looks like me if I was
about, I don't know, maybe 10,15, 20 years older.
I don't know how old he is, buthopefully, I don't know if you
listen to the podcast to getideas or if he just shot from
(03:17):
the hip.
I'd like to talk to him one dayand see what I can't wait to see
what I sound like when the gamelaunches.
So, where were we about jawingabout B2B sales, marketing,
networking, and the fine art oftrade and barter, like it's the
last deal on earth this season?
We're locking arms with that GitPrep video game.
(03:38):
The vibe of that, but hold on toyour horses.
Prepping is not just like thehomesteaders hoarding bunkers
and maison jars, like doomsdayknocking at the door.
Nah, it's for you uh sharpoperators and business suits,
the ones who smell the marketshifting faster than a coyote on
(03:59):
a full moon run.
Supply chains are snapping likesuspenders and opportunities
hammering down like thunderboltsfrom the gods of commerce.
So getting prepped is the realjuggle.
That's the system thicker than awolf pack, strategies slicker
than greased lightning,adaptability that laughs in the
(04:21):
face of the abyss, same gritkeeping frontier towns, stamp
standing through blizzards, andthat's the rocket fuel launching
companies into the stratospherewhen the whole world's gone
sideways, man.
Where you're dealing with B2Bcontracts worth millions or
straight up bartering inventorylike Renaissance Road of
(04:42):
Warriors, dodging cannon fire,the wisdom's carved in stone.
Prep before the thunder rolls,not when it's drowning out your
screams.
This season we're tearing thelid off, future-proof in empire,
contingency blueprints afterbarter networks woven tighter
than a spider's web in thehurricane, leading your crew
(05:03):
through the firestorm like Mosespart in the Red Sea of Red Tape.
Today, we strap in and correlatethese ragged wars worldwide with
the unbreakable hustle ofbusiness beasts, Ukraine's
foxholes, Lebanon's blackoutbadlands, and Gaza's grit grind.
Business ain't just hanging on,they're roaring ahead.
(05:27):
Wolves feasting while sheepscatter.
Grab your notebook, tally yourstockpile, and let's plunge into
madness.
Stock four.
Season four kicks off now.
Full throttleman.
So picture the fever dream,folks.
Late 2025, and the world's abonfire of conflicts.
(05:48):
Ukraine's bleeding out on thefront lines, Gaza's a rubble,
roulette, Lebanon's lightsflickering like junkies last
high, and shadows creepingeverywhere else.
Supply lines shredded likeconfetti in a cyclone.
Power grids dancing thejitterbug of doom.
Economies free-falling fasterthan the lead balloon.
(06:10):
But amid the apocalypsecarnival, B2B hustlers are
blooming like desert flowersafter the flood.
Ukraine's war machine clocking 3to 5.5% growth yearly.
SMB's surgeon 44% despiteblackouts that make a vampire
weep.
Lebanon's spawning solarkingdoms from the dark, and
(06:32):
Gaza's door-to-door baronsslinging essentials like
underground profits.
This ain't mere survival.
Brothers and sisters, it's thegospel of the pivot and the
straight dope and thriving whenthe reapers call and collect.
(07:10):
Turns out, in the heart of hell,folks crave a hotline to the
outside world more than theirnext breath.
Fact two, Ukrainian trailblazerslike Nova Postal and led
delivery drones over cateredhighways.
Cratered highways.
Smashing revenue records bygoing full sky pirate when the
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ground turns into gravel soup.
Fact three, Kabul's CamillaSadiq Siddiqui Siddhiki spins up
a woman's sewing syndicate thatscales in a whispers and barter,
dodging IEDs like a ghost in themachine, her sagas etched into
(07:53):
tombs, the orange trees ofKabul, pure unfiltered legend.
Conflict, it's the ultimateaccelerator for the street smart
innovators, sniffing out needsin the smoke.
So alright, let's zoom in to theeye of the beast.
Ukraine ground zero for themodern war business safari.
(08:14):
Safe routes, pure firebrandinvasion.
Hits 2022 like a freight trainfrom the Hayes.
He flips his logistics outfitinto a global EVAC app, yanks
200 plus staff from the hotzones, wires them up remote
style, and boom,$10 million.
Plus, export beast roam theworld stage.
(08:36):
Local nightmare, global jackpot.
Then revive Ukraine, recyclingbomb shrapnel into eco-bricks,
scooping 500 displaced warriorsto rebuild the ruins.
Revenue triples on local hallsand butter deals with
import-starved builders, turningdeath metal into dollar signs.
Lebanon, Ziyad Anoun's LebResilience is the blackout
(09:01):
buster.
He spins endless power cuts intosolar-powered co-working dens.
Unbreakable Wi-Fi callingfreelancers from the gridless
void, churning B2B leases andbarter bazaars for tech trades.
Scarcity's his secret sauce.
Afghanistan's dotsy dames hawkhandmade soccer balls, cross
(09:24):
border, echoing B2B chains whenthe banks go belly up.
Reputation's the new goldstandard, maybe.
Hell, even in the history isghosts, non-approval, and
renaissance merchants, as wechewed over before.
Sidestepped Europe's endlessblood bass with diversified
routes and alliances' webs thickas thieves.
(09:47):
So a couple of stats here that Ipulled from different areas that
are in SHTF situations that arekind of they prepped and made it
happen, or they're prepping andmaking it happen.
So you got the business saferoute, they're in the conflict
zone Ukraine.
The core pivot, EvaC app andRemote Wolfpack.
(10:07):
Revenue impact, global.
They had a 5x surge.
The Revive Ukrainian is theother business, and they're of
course in Ukraine.
Their core pivot, shrapnel debricks, alchemy, and solar dens.
So tripled on barter fuel.
And you get the LebanonResilience.
It's called Leb Resilience,actually.
(10:29):
They're in the Lebanon, ofcourse.
And they uh came from thedarkness with solar power, and
they got the B2B leaseavalanche, and then you got
Roshan, they're in Afghanistan,mobile empire in the void,
25,000 job jobs and 300% boom.
And then you got Dotsy, Imentioned them.
(10:49):
They're in Afghanistan, borderbarter, sorcery, women-led
empire rise.
So it can be done in talkingabout making the dark side
light, right?
So just some more stuff I wroteup real quick just to be fun
with it.
So the SHTF prep strategies fromthe trenches.
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So how do these road wires laceup before the thunder?
Step one, they forged businesscontinuity plans tougher than a
badger's hide.
Ukrainian chiefs mapped backupsuppliers and bolt holes
pre-invasion, keeping 70%humming day one while the
unprepared ate dirt at 30%.
(11:35):
Step two, diversify, like thoseRenaissance road dogs.
Weave barter chains forinventory swaps when that fiat
turns to fairy dust.
Hoard 6 to 12 months ofliquidity.
Cross-train your pack for everyroll under the sun.
French short of steady alliesbeyond the blast radius.
(11:57):
The digital clash, the clincher.
Ukrainians e-commerce detonates500% as roads dissolve.
Nova Pashtas app slings 80% ofthe freight.
UN style audits seal the ethicaledge, blocking dirty funds and
paving post-war trust highways.
Gonzo's Prep Gem run quarterlywar room fever dreams.
(12:22):
Corporate war games testingblackouts and snaps.
Gibraltar hustlers live by 'em.
For B2B armor plate for your B2Barena.
Audit those networks today.
Who swaps what?
Hybrid remote yesterday.
These ain't fairy tales, they'refrontline brewprints for the
sales pipeline that shrug offbombs or busts.
(12:46):
The takeaway.
Wars are worldwide?
Yeah, they're hollering the rawtruth.
Straight to no chaser.
Adaptability devours assets forbreakfast and business prepping
boils down to resilient rings.
Barter ready packs.
Mindsets that alchemize threatsinto trades.
Ukrainian apps conqueringglobes.
(13:07):
Lebanese dens illuminate voids,and Afghan fire brands building
empires from the ash.
All strapped in before the BigBang.
So what's your play?
How are you prepping that B2Bbeast?
Or even B2C, it doesn't matter.
So whatever you're doing outthere, prep it or no prepping,
be good or be good at it.
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