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I help companies use AI and media to skip expensive experiments, cut costs, and grow revenue.

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I started with spreadsheets. I ended up asking questions for a living. The job changed. The questions did not.

Track record

Companies I've worked with.

I started my career at Renaissance Capital and PwC, then raised capital at World Vision and ran marketing at Ubora Advisory. Along the way, I've worked with tech, finance, real estate, hospitality and education companies. Some were startups. Some were Facebook and RE/MAX.

Where I worked

Past clients

What I'm building

Three industries. One habit.

Find something early, talk to the people closest to it, understand how the money works, then build something useful around it.

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AITraining, operations, filmmaking

Put AI to work, properly.

I train teams to use AI and build the agents that take over the repeat work. I also make branded films with AI tools.

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2014The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™ launches
850K+Podcast downloads
140+Countries with listeners
250+Interviews with founders and executives, including Fortune 500 CEOs
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The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™ podcast on a phone, with the B and E cover art: 850K+ downloads, 140+ countries, on air since 2014

The podcast · On air since 2014

The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™

For people who build things.

I started the show in 2014 with one question for every guest: how did you actually build this? Hundreds of conversations later, founders, CEOs, investors and operators still tell me what broke and how they kept going. These days a lot of those conversations turn to AI and what it's changing inside their companies. Listeners in 140+ countries tune in for the honest version.

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Short link: apple.co/bulletproofentrepreneur

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Power Hours · Business Insider

How do people running billion-dollar organizations actually spend a day?

Business Insider Power Hours: Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens, interviewed by Chi Odogwu

The latest

Two-letter emails. No recurring meetings.

A day in the life of Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens.

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About

I have always been more interested in how things work than how impressive they look from the outside.

My career makes more sense backward than it did while I was living it.

Finance first. Equity research at Renaissance Capital, then valuation and private equity consulting at PwC.

Then the questions. Twelve years of The Bulletproof Entrepreneur™ and more than 250 interviews with founders and executives for Business Insider and other outlets.

Now, building. Companies in AI, vertical entertainment and business media.

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