Grit Daily Startup Show

Satyapal Singh, CEO and Director of GE3S, grew up in a rural community where conserving water, reusing materials, and minimizing waste were ordinary parts of daily life, an experience that shaped how he now thinks about modern business. He joins Phillip Lanos to explain why companies should account for the environmental costs of their operations, how sustainability metrics can reveal what financial results leave out, and why responsibility for shared resources cannot simply be passed to governments. Singh also discusses GE3S's sustainability technology platform, which is designed to help organizations measure their performance and make environmental accountability part of everyday business decisions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Regulatory mistakes can begin long before a financial institution takes action, when an obligation is interpreted differently as it moves among legal, compliance, and technology teams. RegiSentinel founder Surajeet Dev joins Phillip Lanos to explain how AI can preserve the trail from regulatory publications to institutional decisions, why repeatable results and source verification matter, and how he tests a platform intended for high-stakes work. He also discusses building credibility before scale, responding to user feedback, and keeping final decisions with the people accountable for them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A tax break can improve a real estate investment, but BJ Kuula argues it cannot rescue a property that never made economic sense in the first place. He joins Phillip Lanos to explain how Kinect Real Estate Partners evaluates Opportunity Zone projects, why ACG's development and operating experience matters, and what its Gresham project reveals about construction and market risk. Kuula also explains why investors should scrutinize the sponsor and prepare for a decade-long commitment before focusing on potential tax savings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Karadimas carried the idea for The Kalogeris Blood Empire for decades before finally turning it into a novel with help from his son. He joins Phillip Lanos to talk about drawing from Detroit, Greek family life, organized crime lore, and memories passed down through generations to build a fictional mob story centered on loyalty, ambition, and family. Karadimas also shares why writing the book became a way to preserve parts of his own history while creating something entirely new.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edward McGeorge was thrown out of his father’s home at 13, became an elite athlete, sparred with Muhammad Ali, and went on to build one of America’s largest RV dealerships. He joins Phillip Lanos to share the remarkable decisions, setbacks, negotiations, and relationships behind the success, including the $1.6 million bet that changed his future. Now the author of ALL IN, McGeorge explains why getting knocked down was never the problem and why refusing to stay down became the defining principle of his life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Startups can go global faster than ever, but their financial operations often struggle to keep pace. Anna Tobin, Business Development Lead at Performa, joins Phillip Lanos to explore how fragmented bank accounts, digital wallets, stablecoins, cross-border payments, reconciliation, and reporting create costly friction as companies scale. Drawing on 15 years across fintech, startups, payments, and digital assets, Anna explains how Performa is bringing fiat and Web3 financial workflows into a unified infrastructure designed for globally distributed businesses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the sudden loss of her husband, Laila France found herself navigating grief while simultaneously confronting financial accounts, legal paperwork, business ownership, probate, and decisions she never expected to make alone. Now, as creator and host of The Laila France Show, she is turning that experience into practical guidance for other women. Laila joins Phillip Lanos to discuss why families need to have difficult conversations before a crisis, the importance of understanding household finances and estate plans, rebuilding an identity after loss, and why preparation is ultimately about empowerment rather than fear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Entrepreneur and The Jersey Sound executive producer Randy Dominguez spent 55 years in finance before entering documentary filmmaking and music storytelling. He explains how financial discipline, careful planning, and the right collaborators helped turn a creative vision into a finished film and a growing platform dedicated to preserving music history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leadership coach and consultant Dr. Leigh Byers explains why strategy can break down when leaders focus on tasks while overlooking the people responsible for carrying them out. She shares how self-awareness, collaboration, recognition, and her Seventh Level Leadership framework can help leaders build organizations that function without depending on constant intervention from the top.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eywa Biotech founder and CEO Victoria Costa Paz explains why bringing psychedelic medicine into mainstream mental health care requires far more than producing pharmaceutical-grade psilocybin. She shares how Eywa is combining biosynthesis, patient tracking, professional education, and treatment infrastructure to build a system around a new model of mental health care.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.