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BizBlend

Sana and Avik Chakraborty - by Healthy Mind by Avik ™. All rights reserved.

Ready to level up your business, career, and personal life? Join Host Sana on BIZBLEND for daily live shows featuring raw, honest conversations with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and problem-solvers. Get practical advice, success stories, and actionable tips to overcome real-world challenges—all with a dash of fun and inspiration! Whether you’re building a business, advancing your career, or chasing personal growth, this is your go-to podcast for motivation and strategy. Let’s grow and thrive

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40:36

4 Foundations for Online Business Success with...

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2025/12/13

In this BizBlend episode, host Sana gets straight into the real backbone of online business growth. No viral-chasing, no guru fluff. Guest Lindsay Sutherland breaks down the four foundations every online business needs to succeed. Starting with solving one transformative problem for one specific person. Then building a simple product ladder. Then picking one primary marketing channel and treating growth like a science project with testing and consistency.Lindsay also shares a practical case

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37:04

Behavioral Profit - Leadership Habits That Drive...

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2025/12/12

Leadership behavior is not a soft topic. It is a revenue lever. In this Bizplend Podcast episode, executive behavioral coach Debbie Longo breaks down how negativity, control and inconsistent leadership create hidden costs like turnover, low productivity and constant rework. Sana pushes past theory into real business impact. How leaders show up during pressure moments shapes culture, retention and performance. They also talk about AI at work. Not as a replacement for people but as a tool that

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27:30

Future Proof Your Career Pivot With Service And...

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2025/12/11

On this BizBlend Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with leadership coach and fractional executive Andrew Brummer to talk about something most professionals quietly dread. The unexpected pivot. When Andrew’s company warned it might not survive without funding, he was 53, a South African immigrant, with no degree and a so called messy career history. Instead of freezing, he chose radical service, global networking, and deliberate personal branding.In this conversation, Andrew breaks down

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46:48

Bias Aware Leadership and the 3Cs with A.P. Grow

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2025/12/10

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana gets real about what actually makes a “good boss” versus a biased one. A.P. Grow, author of Perfect Bossture: The Framework of Elite Managers, breaks leadership down into his 3C Management Framework. competence, communication, and care. Together they unpack why so many smart people end up as poor managers, how bias hides inside “business as usual”, and why over-relying on your top performers quietly burns them out while keeping everyone else

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33:01

From Snowflake to Diamond under Pressure with Michael...

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2025/12/09

On this episode of BizBlend Podcast, host Sana sits down with trainer, author, and pressure specialist Michael T Dugan, author of Turning Snowflakes to Diamonds. They dig into what really happens to leaders, founders, and teams under pressure in a world of AI disruption, constant change, and shaky markets. Instead of treating stress as the villain, Michael breaks down his Diamond Operating System. A practical way to move from emotional reactivity and overwhelm to calm, clear, decisive action

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27:54

AI Search, SEO's Future, And Real Buyers with Michael...

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2025/12/08

In this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with Michael Buckbee, founder of KnowaToa, to unpack how AI search is quietly rewriting the rules of SEO, demand gen, and brand visibility. Google is pushing AI overviews. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini are now the first touchpoint for serious buyers. Your brand either shows up in those answers or it vanishes from the consideration set. Michael breaks down how search behavior is shifting, why so much AI-driven traffic shows up as

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33:06

Can You Scale a Luxury Construction Business And...

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2025/12/06

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with Sean Skellenger, co founder of Skelly Build, one of Austin's most recognized names in luxury residential construction, to talk about what it really takes to grow a multimillion dollar business without sacrificing your family or your sanity. Sean breaks down how he and his wife Diana went from two founders in a male dominated construction market to a tight operating machine built on EOS, vertical integration and in house cabinetry, while

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28:24

Can Startups Turn Data Privacy Into a Sales...

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2025/12/05

In this BizBlend episode, host Sana cuts through the fear and fluff around data privacy, compliance and AI governance for startups. Instead of doom and legal jargon, this conversation reframes SOC 2, ISO 27001 and trust centers as growth levers that actually move pipeline and unlock enterprise deals.Sana is joined by Shayne Adler, CEO of AETOS Data Consulting, to unpack how early stage founders can treat privacy, security and AI risk as part of their go to market strategy, not a last minute tax

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25:09

What Does Real Success Look Like After Loss, Divorce,...

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2025/12/04

In this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with top producing real estate agent and entrepreneur Keren Gonen to strip away the highlight reel and talk about what success really costs. Keren shares how growing up in an entrepreneurial family in Israel, surviving the Gulf War, moving to the US as a teen, losing her mother to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, navigating divorce, and becoming a single mom all forced her to redefine what a “successful life” means.She breaks down the unglamorous side of

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46:18

How Do You Rewrite Your Career Without Losing Your...

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2025/12/04

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with wildlife scientist turned General Counsel, Natasha Raina, to unpack what it really takes to pivot careers at 25, 37, and 49 without abandoning your ethics or your sanity. From chasing orangutans for conservation genetics to walking into law school with zero legal background, to now leading legal and digital transformation at WWF Singapore while running her own firm LegalEase, Natasha shows how to turn intuition into strategy.They talk about

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26:40

Is Work Life Balance A Myth For High Performing...

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2025/12/03

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana cuts through the corporate fantasy of “work life balance” with clinical psychologist, advisor, and entrepreneur Dr. Lani Jones. Instead of chasing a perfect 50–50 split that only creates guilt and burnout, Lani walks leaders through a more realistic operating model built on alignment, integration, and seasons. Together they unpack why the constant comparison game on social media keeps ambitious founders and executives stuck, how your calendar quietly exposes your

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27:52

How Can AI Forecasting And Prediction Markets Help...

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2025/12/01

In this BizBlend episode, host Sana cuts through the hype around "AI startups" and gets real about what actually moves the needle for founders in 2025. Michael Ulin, co founder and CEO of Tenki AI, unpacks how AI forecasting, prediction markets and probabilistic reasoning can support high stakes decisions instead of just adding more noise. He shares what 78 million dollars in fundraising and three AI companies have really taught him about product market fit, validation and focus. The

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26:19

Can We Redefine Success And Build Impact Driven...

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2025/11/29

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with Canadian founder and former ethical coffee CEO Alisha Esmail to unpack what success really costs. Not in pitch decks. In your nervous system. Alisha shares how she built and exited Road Coffee in one of the most competitive markets, paid farmers above cost of production, and still hit multiple burnouts.They dig into how founders can use AI and automation to buy back time without turning their company into a soulless machine, why emotional

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30:03

Can Bipolar Be Your Hidden Business Edge In...

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2025/11/28

On this episode of BizBlend with Sana, we get real about what happens when high performance and mental health collide. Todd Hagopian went from youngest bank manager in Michigan to leading massive P&L portfolios at American Express, Whirlpool and Illinois Tool Works. On paper. pure corporate win. Behind the scenes. bipolar disorder, addiction, arrests and years of sleeping two hours a night.Todd breaks down how getting diagnosed and medicated forced him to choose between the old "beast

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28:08

Redefining Success Through Service and Leadership...

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2025/11/27

In this powerful episode of the BizBlend podcast, licensed professional counselor and leadership consultant Michael T. Brown joins host Sana to strip away the glossy, Instagram-filtered version of success. With over 20 years of experience working with individuals, families, crisis communities, and violence interrupters, Michael shares a grounded, service-centered definition of success: adding value to others through leadership and influence. He explores how true achievement flows from service, the

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26:52

Scaling Education with Soul: How Michael Black Built...

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2025/11/26

At just 17, Michael Black started Success Tutoring with one mission: help students feel smarter and more confident. Nine years later, at 26, he’s turned it into a multi-million-dollar franchised tutoring brand operating across Australia, New Zealand, Texas, and soon Canada, Singapore, and the UK — all bootstrapped, without losing the heart of the original idea. In this episode, Michael pulls back the curtain on fast-yet-sustainable franchise growth, why “cookie-cutter” systems are actually a gift to

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30:15

Thriving in Chaos: Neuroscience, Toxic Bosses, and...

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2025/11/25

In this powerful episode of BizBlend, Shannon Smith pulls back the curtain on why your brain often prefers a toxic job over the uncertainty of leaving — even when it’s making you physically ill. Blending cutting-edge neuroscience with real corporate war stories, Shannon explains how the nervous system reacts to toxic bosses, why “just leave” isn’t always the answer, and how to build resilience, regulate your body in real time, and transition to solopreneurship without carrying corporate anxiety

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27:14

Is Leadership Quietly Burning Out High Achievers? ft....

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2025/11/24

This straight talking BizBlend episode clocks into the real cost of modern leadership. The highlight reel looks great on LinkedIn, but behind the scenes many high performing executives are running on fumes. Sana gets granular with leadership strategist Nicole Leigh Anderson to decode the emotional and physical price leaders pay when success comes at the expense of nervous system health. They unpack the hustle paradox, the identity crisis no one admits, early burnout indicators leaders ignore,

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33:13

Is Your Business Really More Valuable Or Just Busier?...

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2025/11/22

On this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with finance executive and CFA charterholder Rafael Pinho to cut through founder hype and talk about what actually builds enterprise value. This is real talk for startup founders, small business owners and service pros who brag about revenue screenshots but quietly worry about cash in the bank and investor interest.Rafael breaks down why top line growth without cash flow is a trap, how owner dependence silently kills valuations and why

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31:37

How Can Emotional Language Unlock Better AI Results...

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2025/11/21

In this BizBlend episode, host Sana sits down with AI strategist and consultant Olga Topchaya to unpack a question most teams quietly struggle with. Why does AI so often sound generic, flat and robotic, even when our prompts are clear. Olga breaks down how emotional language, role based prompting and strategies like the Whisper Prompt can radically change the quality of AI outputs for founders, marketers and operators. This is a straight talking, practical conversation on how to brief AI like a

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