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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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27:19

Success to Significance: Purpose Beyond the Paycheck,...

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2026/10/05

If you have ever quietly asked yourself, is this it, is this all, this conversation is for you.Stephen Keys, co-founder of The Wisdom Vault and producer of Don't Let the Old Man In, joins BizBlend to talk about the shift from success to significance. He explains why achievement was never the problem, how to figure out how much is actually enough, and how men in particular can move from individualistic achievement toward purpose and contribution in the second half of life.About the Guest:Stephen Keys

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32:04

Values Based Decision Making in Business, Gino...

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2026/10/04

In this episode of BizBlend, host Avik talks with multifamily real estate investor and educator Gino Barbaro about what it really means to scale a business on your own terms. Gino shares the three pillar framework behind his decision making, mindset, money patterns, and strategy, and explains why growth for growth's sake is a trap many entrepreneurs fall into. He traces his own turning point back to the Great Recession and the loss of his father, the moment that pushed him to confront his

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26:00

How to Bootstrap an AI Startup Using SEO, Mykyta...

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2026/10/04

In this episode of BizBlend, host Sana talks with Mykyta Chernenko, founder of AIWriteBook, about building an AI platform that helps people plan, write, and finish full length books, all while holding down a full time tech career. Mykyta shares why he and his co-founder moved from a profitable but uninspiring AI romance book business into building tools for authors, the pricing mistakes that taught them who their real customers were, and how a patient, year-long SEO strategy, not paid ads, grew the

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25:13

How to Find Meaningful Work You Actually Enjoy,...

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2026/10/02

In this episode of BizBlend, host Sana talks with certified career coach Hallie Crawford, founder of Create Your Career Path, about how to actually find meaningful work, both by discovering it and by building it inside a job you already have. Hallie shares her own winding path from job-hopping in her twenties to realizing she needed a deliberate process built around her values and strengths. She and Sana dig into why career education leaves a gap for young professionals, how to define what

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23:24

What 17,241 HVAC Reviews Reveal About Trust, Shaurya...

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2026/10/01

In this episode of BizBlend, host Sana talks with Shaurya Jain, founder of Honest HVAC Marketing Agency, about a research study that read 17,241 Google reviews across 95 HVAC contractors in Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and New York City. The star rating tells you almost nothing, the real story is buried in what customers actually wrote, and it turns out customers say almost nothing about the equipment and almost everything about trust. Shaurya breaks down why explaining a problem beats

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24:39

From Lab to Startup: Dr. Sherry Zhang on Turning DNA...

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2026/10/01

In this episode of BizBlend, host Sana talks with Dr. Yi Sherry Zhang, a scientist, entrepreneur, and author working at the intersection of genomics, AI, personalized health, and longevity, about what it actually takes to turn complex science into something people can use every day. Sherry traces her path from obesity genomics researcher to founding GenoPalate, a DNA based personalized nutrition company that has served more than 180,000 people, and now leading external strategy and partnerships for

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28:11

Work Life Balance Lessons: Staying Present While...

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2026/10/01

In this episode of BizBlend, host Avik talks with David Francis, a husband, father of three, former missionary, business owner, and founder of Godmother, an AI parenting companion, about the real tension between building something meaningful and staying present for the people who matter most. David reframes balance away from splitting hours evenly and toward honoring the present moment, sharing why he sees life less like climbing a mountain and more like flowing with a river. The conversation covers

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28:13

Leadership Under Pressure: Warrior Servant Lessons...

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2026/09/30

In this episode of BizBlend, host Sana talks with Pat Welsh, a retired superintendent of the Dayton, Ohio Police Department with over twenty five years of frontline experience, about leadership forged in genuinely high stakes environments. Pat shares the defining early career moment that taught him leadership is a lifeline, not a title, and introduces his Warrior Servant Leader mindset, a framework built on faith, discipline, and the belief that we cannot control what happens to us, only what

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28:41

Faith Driven Real Estate Decisions for Families:...

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2026/09/29

A single real estate decision can shape a family for generations. Casey Clayton, a faith driven real estate professional serving the Dallas Fort Worth market, joins Sana to talk about building a business on repeat and referral clients, why education creates confident decisions, and how he helps buyers and sellers avoid burnout in a fast moving market.About the Guest:Casey Clayton is a faith driven real estate professional with Compass, serving residential, commercial, and investment clients across

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25:54

AI Visibility and GEO Strategy for Founders: Shanzila...

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2026/09/28

A brand can rank at the top of Google and still be invisible the moment someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini for a recommendation instead. Shanzila Ahmed, co-founder of ReachLLM, joins Sana to explain generative engine optimization, why SEO and GEO are converging, and the practical first steps any founder can take to get discovered and recommended by AI systems.About the Guest:Shanzila Ahmed is the co-founder of ReachLLM, an AI visibility platform and managed service that helps SaaS

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33:48

Career Clarity and Negotiation for Women Leaders:...

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2026/09/25

Elizabeth Suarez spent two decades climbing the corporate ladder at companies like Johnson & Johnson and Pepsi-Cola International before realizing the success she had chased no longer fit who she was becoming. In this episode, she and Sana unpack why accomplished women often struggle with visibility and negotiation, and how a chemical engineering mindset became the framework for helping women lead outcomes instead of just doing the work.About the Guest:Elizabeth Suarez is a Wharton MBA, former

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28:08

Innovation Readiness and Leadership: J. Calvin Shaw |...

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2026/09/24

Most businesses treat innovation like a lightning strike, a sudden flash you wait for. What if it's something you get ready for on purpose, before the idea shows up?Sana talks with J. Calvin Shaw, who built his career across real estate, retail, and auto, about cross-functional teams, leadership, and a culture where creativity survives day-to-day pressure.About the Guest:J. Calvin Shaw has built his career across the real estate, retail, and auto industries. He holds an MBA in entrepreneurship and

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21:24

Why Coaches Struggle to Convert Clients: Robbie Mould...

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2026/09/24

You build a strong reputation, speak at events, and people tell you how much they resonate with your message. Weeks pass, and those same interested people never become clients.Avik talks with Robbie Mould, founder of Mativus, about why that gap between attention and action costs coaches business, and why the fix is a clearer bridge to a first conversation, not more visibility.About the Guest:Robbie Mould is the founder and managing director of Mativus, a web design agency that works with

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38:31

Personalized AI Coaching: Summer Joy on the Soul Code...

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2026/09/22

Most AI business tools give generic advice dressed up as a personalized strategy. This episode has a real, unscripted live demo of a tool built to do the opposite.Sana talks with Summer Joy, founder of Soul Code AI, about the gap between knowing what to do and doing it, and runs a live session with her Soul Code Strategist on a real decision.About the Guest:Summer Joy spent over ten years as a lead strategist inside elite business masterminds before founding Soul Code AI, an AI system calibrated to

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37:16

Turning AI Into Measurable ROI: Brian Beck on...

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2026/09/21

Most leaders measure AI success by whether they've adopted it, not by whether it moved a single business number.Sana talks with Brian Beck of Proxurve Solutions about turning AI hype into measurable outcomes, and why technology and culture are the two foundations that determine whether an AI rollout actually works.About the Guest:Brian Beck is a cybersecurity consultant at Proxurve Solutions, a cybersecurity, AI architecture, and network management firm in Indianapolis. He helps mid-sized

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26:22

Open Loops and Hidden Overwhelm: Robin Quinn Keehn |...

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2026/09/20

Most founders assume their overwhelm comes from having too much on their plate. It's usually not what's on your plate, it's what you never closed.Sana talks with Robin Quinn Keehn, author of Stop Stealing From Yourself, about open loops, the unfinished conversations and commitments quietly draining your time and energy without you naming them as the problem.About the Guest:Robin Quinn Keehn is a human dynamics specialist, certified mediator, and author of Stop Stealing From Yourself. She helps

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33:20

Building a Sleep Memory Device Solo: Brandon...

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2026/09/18

No marketing spend, no launch, just a product built as a gift for a grandmother recovering from a fall. People kept asking for one, and it became a company anyway.Sana talks with Brandon Christian, solo founder of REMory, about designing and manufacturing a physical sleep device with no hardware background and no traditional go-to-market plan, just word of mouth.About the Guest:Brandon Christian is the solo founder of REMory, a scent-based sleep device built on targeted memory reactivation research

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34:52

The Walk-Up Protocol: Clayton Johnson on Emotional...

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2026/09/17

Readiness isn't hype or motivation. It's the skill of intentionally changing your emotional state so you're in the right frame of mind exactly when it matters most.Sana talks with Clayton Johnson, creator of the Walk-Up Protocol, about how a personal ritual, often a single song, can shift your state before a big moment, and why nobody else can choose that ritual for you.About the Guest:Clayton Johnson is a keynote speaker and creator of the Walk-Up Protocol, a method for shifting emotional state

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31:02

Authentic Leadership: Kim Miller-Hershon on Retiring...

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2026/09/17

Most leadership advice tells you to sound more polished, more strategic, more like everyone else who's already succeeded. Kim Miller-Hershon built an entire podcast around the opposite idea.Sana talks with business coach and podcast host Kim Miller-Hershon about why unglamorous skills like communication and presence matter more than any framework, and why authenticity might be an underrated business strategy.About the Guest:Kim Miller-Hershon is an international business coach, corporate trainer,

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30:03

Building a Business Around Good News: Sam Brooks |...

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2026/09/16

Rally started as a personal fix for one man's frustration with the news, not a business plan. His readers pushed him to open it up to everyone else.Sana talks with Sam Brooks, founder of Rally, about turning a side project into a startup, the ethical line he won't cross with publishers, and building something sustainable around fighting negativity bias.About the Guest:Sam Brooks is the founder of Rally, a news app surfacing underreported good news from trusted publishers. He worked in screenwriting

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