Full Episode Page: Jason Barnard: Brand Representation in AI for Founders, CEOs, and Entrepreneurs

Jason Barnard is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, innovator, and CEO and founder at Kalicube.

Host Nick Berry explains how brand representation in AI impacts digital due diligence, trust, and deal flow. Jason covers entity strategy, why inconsistent facts hurt referrals, and how digital brand intelligence trains Google and AI on your narrative. Learn to build an entity home, disambiguate namesakes, and turn offline credibility into algorithmic trust. He also shares Kalicube’s data-driven prioritization to focus on what drives impact.

You'll hear
-How brand representation in AI shapes trust before the first call
-Why digital brand intelligence changes Google and AI due diligence
-How inconsistent AI search representation kills deal flow
-How precision brand intelligence builds authority in Google and AI

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Links
-Jason Barnard: Personal Website
-Kalicube: Premium Digital Branding Consultancy
-Jason on LinkedIn
-Jason on YouTube

Chapters
00:00 Brand Representation in AI and Due Diligence
02:11 The Cost of Inaction in AI Search Representation
04:16 Personal Brand Authority in Google and AI
06:56 Teaching AI Your Brand Narrative
09:38 Precision Brand Intelligence Explained
21:52 Proactive vs Reactive Brand Credibility
25:46 Claiming Your Digital Brand Real Estate
28:30 Building Niche Authority for AI Trust
33:23 Consistency and Algorithmic Brand Trust
36:16 Turning Offline Credibility into AI Signals

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The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Full Episode Page: Jason Feifer: Building Adaptability in Business, Intentions Over Goals

Jason Feifer is editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and best-selling author of Build for Tomorrow.

Jason Feifer joins host Nick Berry to explain how business owners can build adaptability through intentions instead of rigid goals. They explore leadership flexibility, defining identity beyond job titles, transferable skills, and how to use the right kind of fear to drive growth. Jason also shares his yearly theme framework and strategies for building a personal brand that scales with your career.

What You’ll Learn

• How yearly themes drive clarity without rigid goals
• Why control beats outcome fixation in strategy
• Define identity by transferable value, not title
• Use core skills to pivot across roles and industries
• Adopt the right fear to move fast on new opportunities
• Build a personal brand that evolves as you grow

Links

• Jason Feifer's Personal Website
• Build for Tomorrow (Book)
• One Thing Better Newsletter
• Jason Feifer on LinkedIn
• Jason Feifer on Instagram

Chapters
00:00 Intentional Leadership and Setting Themes for Adaptability in Business
04:08 Identity and Leadership Beyond Job Titles
07:19 Why Adaptability in Business Is the Most Important Skill
15:20 Personal Brand Strategy and Transferable Skills in Business
23:20 Growth Mindset, Fear, and Future Opportunities

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The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Full Episode Page: Dr. Benjamin Hardy: The Science of Scaling and Why 10x Changes Leadership

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist who leads business scaling programs for entrepreneurs, executives, and high-performing teams.

In this conversation, Dr. Hardy joins host Nick Berry to unpack the science of scaling and the 10x growth mindset. They explore how scale reframes strategy, exposes the founder bottleneck, and requires raising the floor through hard tradeoffs. Hardy explains why leaders must simplify their roles, build A-player teams, and use goals and time as filters.

What You’ll Learn

• How 10x reframes strategy beyond linear growth
• Why founders become bottlenecks
• When raising the floor creates leverage
• How impossible goals attract A players
• How goals and time filter decisions

Links
Official Website (Personal)
Scaling.com
Dr. Benjamin Hardy on LinkedIn
Dr. Benjamin Hardy on FB
The Science of Scaling™ (Free audiobook)

Chapters
00:00 Science of Scaling overview
04:37 Founder bottleneck and self-deception
07:18 10x growth mindset explained
09:22 Scale vs growth in business strategy
14:50 Identity shifts for scaling a business
20:18 Building elite teams for leverage
22:49 Raising the floor and letting go
26:55 Simplifying leadership roles
28:22 Scaling without sacrificing family
32:11 Hiring A-players and leadership leverage
36:58 Scaling.com

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The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Full Episode Page: Anthony Trucks: Identity Shift, Dark Work, and Leadership Growth

Anthony Trucks is a former NFL athlete and entrepreneur known for his work on identity shift and personal transformation.

In this episode, Anthony joins host Nick Berry to explore why identity sets the ceiling on your goals. They break down why motivation fades, why mindset alone does not create lasting change, and how leadership identity determines which habits actually stick. Anthony explains how Dark Work creates proof through action and how to recognize when it is time for an identity shift in business and life.

You’ll hear:
- How identity limits or expands your goals
- Whether mindset or identity drives long term change
- Why leadership identity makes habits stick
- How action builds belief over time
- When it is time to make an identity shift

Links:
- Dark Work
- Dark Work Identity Type Assessment
- Anthony Trucks website
- Anthony on LinkedIn
- Anthony on Instagram
- Anthony on FB

Chapters
00:00 Identity sets the ceiling on your goals
04:30 Why most people never become the person their goals require
08:04 Mindset, identity, and building belief through action
11:09 The four identity types
14:12 Designing Dark Work and committing to a plan
17:46 Rewiring identity through effort and repetition
22:35 Losing identity after success
26:43 The Dark Work Experience
31:32 Knowing when it is time for an identity shift
39:18 Building impact beyond yourself

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New here? Meet Nick Berry: https://www.nickberry.info/about

The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Nick Berry is an American entrepreneur, business advisor, and host of The Business Owner’s Journey.

In this Season 3 trailer, Nick explains why this season goes deeper than ever before into how successful business owners think.

The focus is the business owner mindset and the shift from producer to leader. Nick shares why leadership is the growth ceiling, how identity and standards shape results, and why scaling a business requires becoming the leader your business needs next. If your business has traction but feels heavier than it should, this season is designed to help you think differently, decide better, and remove yourself as the founder bottleneck.

You’ll Hear:

• How the best business owners think when shifting from producer to leader
• Why leadership is the growth ceiling in scaling a business
• What business owner identity has to do with real transformation
• How raising personal standards unlocks leadership growth
• When becoming the leader your business needs becomes the real work

Links:

• About Nick Berry
• Redesigned.Business
• The Business Alignment System™
• Get the Free 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap
• The 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey
• Nick Berry on LinkedIn
• Nick Berry on X
• Nick Berry on YouTube
  
  

Chapters
00:00 Season Three Trailer and the Business Owner’s Journey
02:10 The Producer to Leader Shift in Business Growth
04:23 Leadership Identity, Standards, and Growth
05:56 Learning How the Best Business Owners Think

The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Full Episode Page: Nick Berry: The Five Stages of the Business Owner's Journey to Scale Your Business

A masterclass on the 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He shows how to turn chaos into a focused business growth roadmap, build a sales engine and lead generation system for predictable revenue, and evolve from producer to leader using The Business Alignment System.

Find Out:

• How the Five Stages map becomes your business growth roadmap
• What a sales engine and lead system need for predictable revenue
• Which KPIs to track at each stage
• How to evolve from founder-producer to builder to leader
• When to hire leaders who own outcomes, not tasks
• How The Business Alignment System guides small business scale

Links:

• About Nick Berry
• Redesigned.Business
• The Business Alignment System
• Free 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap
• Five Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey article

Chapters
00:00 Navigating uncertainty
00:26 Five Stages of the Business Owner's Journey
03:10 Founder to CEO time allocation
04:23 Stage 1: Sales Engine and market validation
08:23 Stage 2: Lead generation system for predictable revenue
12:14 Stage 3: Machine Builder with SOPs and delegation
17:05 Stage 4: Team Builder and leadership development
20:17 Stage 5: Legacy Builder and scaling options
26:18 Know your stage to set priorities
27:35 Business Alignment System map and compass
29:16 Build a 90 day business growth roadmap
32:04 Move forward with intent

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The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Full Episode Page: Caitlin Johnson: Gamification Strategies for Business Leaders

Caitlin Johnson is a Master Certified Performance Coach and gamification specialist.

Nick Berry explores how Caitlin uses gamification in business to turn disengaged employees into high‑performing, purpose‑driven teams. From 90‑day “quests” to streaks and mulligans, Caitlin reveals a practical framework that simplifies strategy, sparks motivation, and scales culture across global organizations.

Find Out

• How gamification drives team performance in 90 days
• What builds confidence to tackle hard goals
• The four ways people “play” at work
• Best ways to design streaks, habits and mulligans
• When to launch your first 90‑day gamification quest

Links

• Bold Bird Consulting
• Caitlin on LinkedIn
• Caitlin on Instagram

Chapters
01:38 Caitlin Johnson’s Journey & Gamification in Business
02:14 Ikigai and Leadership Development
05:06 Overcoming Cynicism & Change
07:37 Gamification in Performance Coaching
10:33 Achieving Goals with Streaks & Mulligans
16:10 Gamer’s Mindset & Motivation
18:56 Success Stories in Business Growth
21:46 Game Player Psychology & Team Performance
30:58 Change Management with Game Design
35:18 Strategic Gamification for Employee Development
40:15 Business Growth and Goal Achievement
42:49 Implementing Gamification in Organizations

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Get it here: https://www.nickberry.info/roadmap

New here? Meet Nick Berry: https://www.nickberry.info/about

The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

Full Episode Page: Seth Donlin: How Storytelling Builds a Powerful Personal Brand

Seth Donlin is a marketing and communications coach and founder of Seth Donlin Coaching.

Personal branding is more than a logo; it is the story that convinces ideal clients you are their answer. In this fast‑moving conversation, host Nick Berry and Seth Donlin unpack why narrow messaging converts, how relatable anecdotes build instant trust, and when podcast guesting catapults you into expert territory. You will walk away ready to refine your voice, target with precision, and turn listeners into loyal customers.

Find Out

• How personal branding attracts and repels ideal clients
• Why narrow messaging beats trying to please everyone
• Best audience targeting mix for sustainable growth
• What storytelling does to fast track trust and authority
• When podcast guesting positions you as the go to expert
• Craft authentic messaging that converts without hype

Links

• Seth Donlin Coaching
• Seth on LinkedIn
• Seth on Instagram

Chapters
01:30 Personal Branding for Business Owners
07:30 Understanding Ideal Client and Audience Targeting
13:42 Authentic Personal Branding
19:00 Engaging Your Ideal Client with Brand Storytelling
22:58 The Power of Storytelling in Personal Branding
26:29 Mirror Exposure Effect: Building Relatable Brands
28:58 Creating Relatable Messaging
31:19 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
34:57 Authenticity and Authority in Personal Branding
40:45 Storytelling Strategies for Business Growth

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Get it here: https://www.nickberry.info/roadmap

New here? Meet Nick Berry: https://www.nickberry.info/about

The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is an entrepreneur and business advisor, known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge