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The Lead Machine Growth Show with Paul Guyon

The Lead Machine Growth Show with Paul Guyon

You have a powerful message for your audience and an irresistible offer that could change everything for them. But you’re struggling with marketing and technology. You’re struggling to implement. You’re stuck. You wonder. Where can I find help? Enter Paul Guyon, the mastermind behind the Lead Machine. He joins trailblazers who share their insights and how they overcame obstacles, marketing, and tech uncertainty. And they share the importance of cultivating a positive mindset. They give expert

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45:19

#185 You Can’t Run a Growing Business From Your Gut

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2026/10/07

Christy Carter shows you how to recognize when growth has exceeded your personal capacity, document what lives in your head, delegate responsibility, and move from running everything yourself toward leading through people and systems.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why running a business from your gut becomes less reliable as the company grows How documentation helps an owner delegate without remaining the answer to everything Why increasing capacity requires recognizing what you can handle

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39:41

#184 You’re Solving the Wrong Problem: Why Business...

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2026/09/30

Kevin D. St.Clergy shows you how to recognize when an incorrect diagnosis of a recurring business problem can keep you fixing symptoms, blaming yourself or your team, and repeating solutions that cannot address the real cause.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why repeated solutions can fail when the underlying problem has been incorrectly identified. How Kevin’s team kept trying productivity and planning solutions before discovering that sleep apnea was affecting his performance. How to

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45:32

#183 AI Can Write the Copy, but Humans Still Have to...

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2026/09/23

Jon Benson shows you how to combine specialized AI, proprietary knowledge, iterative refinement, buyer alignment, and human judgment to produce marketing grounded in expertise and ethical persuasion.In This Episode, You’ll Learn In this episode, you’ll learn: Why Jon uses specialized training and human judgment instead of relying only on general-purpose AI How buyer alignment connects marketing language with the values of the people you want to reach Why AI-generated copy needs

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42:37

#182 Growth Reveals What Your Business Can’t Handle

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2026/09/16

Lyndsay Phillips shows you how growing pains can expose operational weaknesses, founder bottlenecks, and outdated ways of working, and why documenting processes before growth can reduce mistakes, burnout, and stress.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why hiring creates a new leadership challenge when knowledge and expectations still live in the founder’s head How growth exposed missing processes when a flood of clients led to mistakes, burnout, and late-night documentation Why good revenue

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46:29

#181 The Growth Engine Hidden in Human Connection

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2026/09/09

Gerren Sprauve shows you how intentional human connection can strengthen employee relationships, customer trust, and the relational equity that supports business growth.In This Episode, You’ll Learn How Gerren turned a simple thank-you moment into an approach to building relationships throughout his business. Why helping customers see the human behind the service worker changed how Gerren approached client and employee relationships. How repeated acts of recognition created relational equity

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39:33

#180 You Can’t Grow the Business If You Won’t Let Go

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2026/09/02

Tom Wyant shows you how to document knowledge, assign clear ownership, and hold people accountable so the business can depend less on the founder and create more capacity to work on the business.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why jumping in and doing the work yourself can prevent other people from learning How documentation and training transfer knowledge out of the founder’s head How clear ownership and accountability reduce dependence on the founder Tune In Now If important technical,

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37:57

#179 When Growth Starts Hurting What Made the...

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2026/08/26

Connor Treacy shows you how to evaluate expansion by identifying why the original business works, what makes it durable, and whether the next opportunity strengthens or weakens that foundation.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why timing, economics, relationships, and exclusivity contributed to Off Sunset’s early success. How expansion can compete for the time and resources supporting the original business. Why understanding what made one venture work matters before attempting to reproduce

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42:24

#177 When the Founder Is the Operating System

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2026/08/19

Kerri Roberts shows you how to identify the work, expenses, customization, and delegation that are not producing enough value, then simplify the business around what clients actually need and what drives revenue.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why adding clients does not necessarily fix an unsustainable operating model How excessive customization can increase administrative work and reduce efficiency How Kerri used revenue analysis, automation, and simplification to reduce expenses without

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49:16

#177 When the Founder Is the Operating System

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2026/08/12

Nick Avaria shows you how to understand why adding managers without clear objectives, metrics, accountability, and operating systems can make a growing company less effective, and how founders can replace themselves with systems instead of remaining the business bottleneck.In This Episode, You’ll Learn In this episode, you’ll learn: Why stepping away from quality control without replacing the founder with processes can expose operational weaknesses. Why experienced managers still need

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36:27

#176: When Growth Hides the Problem

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2026/08/05

Aloysius Carl shows you how to identify when high-level growth metrics are masking deeper operational breakdowns and how to correct them before they impact profitability.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why revenue growth can hide declining efficiency and margins How poor lead quality and weak handoffs create operational breakdowns Why siloed teams can destroy profitability even when performance looks strong Tune In Now If your business is growing but results feel off, this episode explains

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48:01

#175 – You Don’t Have a Business Until You Build the...

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2026/07/29

Drea Lynn shows you how to build systems that turn effort into a stable, scalable business.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why early business development fails when it’s misaligned with your strengths How lack of structure creates chaos even after you start getting clients What it takes to implement systems that stabilize and grow your business Tune In Now If you’re transitioning into entrepreneurship and things feel reactive or inconsistent, this episode breaks down what’s missing and how to

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32:35

#174 – Escaping Survival Mode by Building Systems You...

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2026/07/22

Most business owners think they have a marketing problem. Dillon Hill argues that the deeper issue is often relying on systems they don’t actually own.In this episode of The Lead Machine Growth Show, Paul Guyon talks with Dillon Hill about growing up in poverty, watching his father build a custom ironwork business from survival mode, and helping transform that business by replacing fragile lead sources with dependable systems the company controls. In this episode you’ll learn: Why

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38:22

#173 – When Growth Knocks, and You Say No

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2026/07/15

Colleen Budde unpacks the real costs hiding inside “can’t-miss” expansion deals, the hiring math most owners overlook, and why a debt-free stance keeps every option open. Tune In Now Test any new location against your true time and hiring bandwidth Spot debt traps inside “cheap” franchise build-outs Use debt-free discipline to keep long-term flexibility And much, much more! Chapters 00:00 Why Colleen turned down a second site despite full occupancy 02:10 Financing, SBA loans, and the real two-year

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43:19

#172 – Growth Isn’t a Marketing Problem: It’s an...

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2026/07/08

This episode unpacks the hidden costs of rapid growth. Lindsay Ellis shares the funnel breakdown that left a thousand leads untouched and the practical fixes that restored momentum without increasing ad spend. Tune In Now Spot the earliest signs that lead flow is outpacing capacity Build a first-line lead coordinator role that pays for itself Replace sales-versus-marketing friction with shared KPIs And much, much more! Chapters 00:00 Intro: “More leads” myth 01:30 From six to 700 leads

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43:52

#171 – The Human Shock Absorbers Hiding Inside Your...

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2026/07/01

David Watters explains how to identify operational friction, improve business processes, and introduce automation where it creates genuine value instead of additional complexity. In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why organizations unknowingly rely on hero employees. Why AI should follow process improvement instead of replacing it. How operational friction quietly accumulates during growth. Practical ways leaders can uncover hidden manual work. Why better systems improve decision-making and

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45:59

#170 – Why Discounting Would Have Been the Bigger...

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2026/06/24

Norman Leach shows you how to maintain a public commitment under pressure, adapt without breaking trust, and avoid short-term decisions that damage long-term market behavior. In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why discounting can create a bigger long-term problem than the one it solves How leaders can adapt without abandoning their commitments What happens when stakeholder pressure collides with long-term strategy Tune In Now If you’ve ever faced pressure to abandon a decision because

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46:53

#169 – The Hardest Decision Was Saying No to More Money

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2026/06/17

Anthony “Sully” Sullivan shows you how to recognize when a business needs revenue discipline more than additional capital, and why operational focus can become the key to survival.In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why success in one industry does not guarantee success in another How Sully decided to stop pursuing more investment and focus on revenue What happens when founders simplify operations and rebuild around sales Tune In Now This episode explores the difference between growth and

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43:15

#168 – Leadership Alignment: When Your Best Early...

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2026/06/10

Mike Krupit shows you how to recognize leadership misalignment, make difficult people decisions, and build the organizational structure required for sustainable growth.In this episode, you’ll learn: How to recognize when someone is no longer the right person for a role Why founders often wait too long to address leadership issues The hidden cost of keeping the wrong person in the right seat Why great performers do not automatically become great managers How unresolved people issues affect

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50:41

#167 – The Founder Was the CRM

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2026/06/03

Most founders believe growth stalls because they need better people or better technology. James Hayden explains why the real problem is often that the founder became the sales process.Value for You Learn why founder-led sales eventually create operational bottlenecks Understand how undocumented expertise prevents scaling Discover why CRM tools fail without process adoption Learn how ideal customer profiles support repeatable growth Understand where AI helps and where human trust still matters See

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43:07

Why Growth Breaks What Used to Work

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2026/05/27

In this episode, Matt Remuzzi shares how scaling CapForge exposed weaknesses in partnerships, onboarding, service delivery, leadership structure, and internal systems. He explains why founder-led growth eventually creates operational bottlenecks, how poor-fit clients quietly reduce profitability, and why businesses must replace reactive operations with repeatable systems to scale sustainably.Value for You Learn why founder-led growth eventually creates operational bottlenecks Understand how weak

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