Prediction markets incentivize truth. Everything else incentivizes clickbait. That's the core argument Luana Lopes Lara makes for Kalshi — the prediction market platform she co-founded that has gone from $5 billion to $22 billion in valuation in under a year, and is now being sued by New York's attorney general for $36 billion. Luana joins Rapid Response to make the case that Kalshi is fundamentally different from DraftKings — even though 75% of its volume is sports — explain why George Santos got

Can consumer spending keep defying gravity? Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc open Episode 314 by untangling a contradictory economy. GDP growth is solid and spending is holding up, yet consumer sentiment sits at its lowest since 2014, the latest jobs report came in weak, inflation won't budge, and mortgage rates are the highest since 2002. As one commentator put it, the U.S. is a tortoise economy in a greyhound costume. Nike offers little relief: sales down 4%, another round of restructuring and

At Bridging the Gap 2026, James Donovan of the Accounting Leads Now Podcast sat down with Camden Bean, founder of Ping for a live conversation. Camden traced Ping's evolution from a basic note taker into a platform that detects upsell opportunities and generates proposals before a client meeting even ends, and told the story about the now-legendary ping pong ball jacket stunt that got the team escorted out of Intuit Connect. Suddenly, Randy crashed the conversation, accidentally becoming the first

Some days, gratitude feels like something for people with calmer inboxes. Someone dropped the ball, you're three meetings deep, and "thank you" is the last thing on your mind. But gratitude that only shows up on easy days never shows up at all. Learn what grateful leadership really looks like, how to appreciate the team member you struggle with, why a pizza party can backfire, and the one question that reveals how each person wants to be recognized.We could all use a bit more gratitude, so

You hired the director. You hired the admin. Maybe you even hired the regional. So why are you still the one lying awake thinking about the classroom that isn't staffed?A lot of you are hiring right now. Teachers, admin, maybe a whole new layer of leadership. Before you make that next hire, I want to have a conversation with you about what you are actually handing off.It started in my kitchen. My 11-year-old daughter asked to bake with her 8-year-old brother, and I said yes, as long as the whole

In this episode of MSP Business School, host Brian Doyle engages with guest Andrew Jordan to uncover the financial fundamentals essential for MSP success. The discussion pivots away from mergers and acquisitions to focus on immediate financial strategies that MSPs can deploy for profitability. Andrew shares insights from his journey from CPA to CFO, underscoring the importance of proper financial management and the pitfalls MSPs often face when setting up their books. The episode provides a detailed

Send us Fan Mail Modern FP&A platforms such as Pigment are evolving beyond traditional budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to support broader finance transformation initiatives. As planning becomes more connected across finance and operational functions, selecting an FP&A platform is increasingly a strategic business and architectural decision rather than simply a software purchase. In this webinar, we explore how modern CPM and EPM architectures are reshaping planning, forecasting,...

What do you learn when you bring hundreds of physical therapy clinic owners together in the same room? Surprisingly, some of the biggest lessons have very little to do with marketing tactics, sales strategies, or revenue. In this episode, Danny shares three takeaways from the latest PT Biz Mastermind event. He reflects on the patient stories that remind clinic owners why their work matters, why every successful business has a bumpy road behind it, and how being surrounded by the right people can

Warner Bros. was still the smaller studio chasing Paramount and MGM when it bet its future on a sound technology called Vitaphone, and the brother who pushed hardest for that bet didn't live to see whether it paid off.On October 6, 1927, The Jazz Singer premiered at the Warner Theatre in New York, becoming the first feature film to include synchronized spoken dialogue, most famously Al Jolson's line, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet." Sam Warner, the driving force behind

Buying or selling a business takes more than finding the right match. It takes good timing, realistic expectations, and a clear read on the market. Host Gene Marks talks with Bob House, president of BizBuySell.com, about where things stand today. You'll hear which businesses buyers want most, how private equity and search funds are reshaping the buyer pool, and why the seller financing gap can make or break a sale. Bob also shares what catches owners off guard at sale time and why preparation is the

What if the only thing standing between you and your billion-dollar idea is the fear of looking ridiculous?In this encore episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Michael Mogill sits down with Richard Montañez, the man behind the creation of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, to unpack the mindset that took him from a janitor at Frito-Lay to a billion-dollar brand builder. Richard shares the childhood lessons, the risks he took, and the relentless hunger that drove him to create opportunity where none

When things go wrong, nobody cares about your title. They care whether you can make the call.Dave Sanderson was the last passenger off Flight 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson, where he and 154 other people had just six minutes to work together to survive. He's spent the years since turning what happened that day into a repeatable way to make decisions. Today, he works with leaders who have to act fast when the stakes are high, usually without every answer in hand.In this episode, you will learn:Three

Welcome to Omni Talk's Retail Daily Minute, sponsored by ZenlineAI and Mirakl.In today's Retail Daily Minute, Omni Talk's Chris Walton discusses:Gap Inc. launches AI-powered shopping tools across all four of its brands, 30 years after the Gap brand's first e-commerce website.Walmart expands its 30-minute Wing drone delivery service to the Seattle and Denver metro areas.Staples adds roughly 120 more Party City shop-in-shops across 27 states ahead of the holiday season.The Retail Daily Minute has been

▶︎ #201 | It’s Not About One Big Boundary. It’s About a Few Small Habits.In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska follows up on the always-on leader episode with the question a lot of listeners asked afterward: okay, but what do I actually do every day so I don’t end up there in the first place? This is the prevention episode, not the crisis response, and she’s upfront that it isn’t one big boundary that fixes exhaustion, it’s a handful of small, repeatable

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.In this solo wrap-up episode, Rob Brown, host of Accounting

Is there really such a thing as HR best practice? In this episode of HR Unlocked, Lisa Oakley sits down with Ronel Jacobs, Chief People and Safety Officer at Access Partners and Property, for a wide-ranging conversation about what effective People & Culture leadership looks like in the real world. With more than 20 years of experience spanning HR, recruitment, health and safety, environment, quality, acquisitions, and organisational change across South Africa and New Zealand, Ronel has worked

Is New Zealand’s economic recovery finally taking hold? Liam Dann is joined by NZME managing editor of business Duncan Bridgeman to examine the signs of growth coming through the rural economy, and why households and retailers in the cities may still be waiting to feel them. They discuss Fonterra’s strong result, fuel costs and consumer confidence, the role of housing and KiwiSaver, and whether a proposed new NZX listing points to renewed appetite for investing in New Zealand businesses

KiwiSaver might be about to get amakeover. The parties are pitching very different ideas for what should happen to your retirement savings... from changing contribution rates to tweaking who gets government support. But what would these proposals actually mean for your KiwiSaver balanceand who stands to gain or lose? Today on The Front Page, Financial Services Council CEO Kirk Hope is with us to unpack the parties’ promises and what they could mean for your retirement. Follow The Front Page on

Petrol prices have hit their highest level since the start of the Iran-US war. Fuel monitoring site Gaspy today shows the average price of 91 unleaded is three dollars 50 point six. The latest increase follows a sustained period over where the price of global oil price benchmark Brent Crude has sat above US 100 dollars a barrel. Finance Minister Nicola Willis told Heather du Plessis-Allan she hasn't had advice on how high the price may go. She says she's been told the release of additional oil from

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