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The Parallel Entrepreneur Podcast
Mark Cleveland talks with entrepreneurs who refuse to stop at a single venture. Every episode below includes the full conversation and a complete transcript.
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Ep 40 · Joe De Sena
The Comfort Trap Every Entrepreneur Must Escape | Joe De Sena
Ep 39 · Ian Adamson
How to Build an Extraordinary Life Without Following One Path | Ian Adamson
Ep 38 · Spencer Handley
The AI Skill Every Working Adult Needs to Learn | Spencer Handley
Ep 37 · Douglas Song
Why Great Businesses Need Stewardship, Not Just Capital | Douglas Song
Ep 36 · Daniel Innovaté
Stop Planning. Start Building. (His Rule Will Challenge You) | Daniel Innovaté
Ep 35 · Andy Marshall
What It Really Takes to Build a Brand People Love | Andy Marshall
Ep 34 · Eve Peeterson
Why Mentorship Is Broken (And How to Fix It) | Eve Peeterson
Ep 33 · Dakota Simpson
Why Founders Don’t Succeed Alone | Dakota Simpson
Ep 32 · Stephanie Johnson
Operational Debt Is Slowing Your Company | Stephanie Johnson
Ep 31 · Amy Henderson
Strategic Alignment of Talent, Tech & Data | Amy Henderson
Ep 30 · Meg Chamblee
Women in Tech, Real Relationships & Nashville’s Growth Story | Meg Chamblee
Ep 29
Designing for Trust: Customer Experience, Bias & the Human–Automation Balance
Ep 28
Why Today’s Leadership Playbook Breaks in the Age of AI
Ep 27 · Dr. Jeremy Qualls
Why the Future of Entrepreneurship Starts in Schools | Dr. Jeremy Qualls
Ep 26 · Jon Hilton
Why AI Strategy Fails Before It Starts | Jon Hilton
Ep 25
Stop Doing Tasks AI Can Handle: Shauna Sprague on Automation & Human Potential
Ep 24
Why Community Is Nashville’s Superpower — A Conversation with S3 CEO Rod McDaniel
Ep 23 · Mark Blaze
Nashville’s Tech Future: Why the Pieces Are All Here | Mark Blaze
Ep 22 · Michael Peters
He automated the work his competitors still do by hand | Michael Peters
Ep 21 · Carla Bailo
She helped GM, Nissan, and a whole city move smarter | Carla Bailo
Ep 20 · Matthew Joynes
The British producer running 5 companies at once | Matthew Joynes
Ep 19 · Matthew Joynes
Will AI make lawyers and capitalism obsolete? | Matthew Joynes
Ep 18 · Mark Cleveland
How to Run Multiple Businesses at Once Without Burning Out | Mark Cleveland
Ep 17 · Tim Ozgener
He built a global brand from his basement | Tim Ozgener
Ep 16 · Justin Beals
He went from teaching kids to hacking cybersecurity | Justin Beals
Ep 15 · Robert Hartline
The unusual habit behind his scaling strategy | Robert Hartline
Ep 14 · Dr. Michael Sprintz
How one doctor masters two completely different worlds | Dr. Michael Sprintz
Ep 13 · John Farkas
The playbook for surviving M&A chaos | John Farkas
Ep 12 · Silas Deane
He bootstrapped to a $90M exit, no investors | Silas Deane
Ep 11 · John Cerasuolo
How Leap Partners is rolling up home services | John Cerasuolo
Ep 10 · Caitlin MacGregor
Growth doesn't work the old way anymore | Caitlin MacGregor
Ep 9 · Christian Paro
Inside Nashville's coolest coworking space | Christian Paro
Ep 8 · Craig Fuller
Building multiple companies without losing your mind | Craig Fuller
Ep 7 · Nitin Rai
Small ideas that turned into big wins | Nitin Rai
Ep 6 · Roger Brown
His repeatable playbook for building and selling companies | Roger Brown
Ep 5 · Jason Putnam
What a Chief Revenue Officer actually does all day | Jason Putnam
Ep 4 · Francisco Gonzalez
Building Fearless Journeys from the ground up | Francisco Gonzalez
Ep 3 · John McDonald
How to exit, then do it again and again | John McDonald
Ep 2 · Ania Rodriguez
What it really takes to build and launch a startup | Ania Rodriguez
Ep 1 · William Klehm
What Makes a Business Someone Actually Wants to Buy | William Klehm