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Recent Episodes

Nov. 4, 2025

EP 17 | 5 Leadership Lessons from a Secret Service Career for Success…

Deals move fast but the smartest leaders prepare long before the signatures. Christina Beloud, a 25-year Secret Service veteran turned private security consultant, joins Paloma Goggins to share how readiness, communication, and boundaries keep business transitions calm under pressure. From motorcad…

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Oct. 21, 2025

EP 16 | The Role of IP Due Diligence in Successful Business Acquisiti…

Deals fall apart quietly when intellectual property isn’t what it seems. IP attorney and professor Michelle Gross joins Paloma Goggins to unpack how patent validity and ownership can make or break a deal. From missing assignm...

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Oct. 7, 2025

EP 15: De-Risking Business Sales: The Critical Role of Escrow in Ever…

Most deals don’t fail from one big mistake; they unravel through tiny cracks in trust and timing. Monica May-Dunn, CEO of Arizona Escrow and Financial Corporation , joins Paloma Goggins to reveal what really happens between L...

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Sept. 23, 2025

EP 14 | Buying a CPA Firm: Strategies for Accountants Who Want to Own

Buying a business isn’t passive income, it’s hard work, tough calls, and smart planning. Jessica Golden, managing partner of Kramer & Golden Public Accounting Group, shares how she bought an accounting firm while living 2,500...

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Sept. 9, 2025

EP 13 | From Zero Clients to 7 Figures: How to Build and Sell an Agen…

From zero marketing experience to a successful agency exit in nine years, Kim Grennan tells the story. What started as a bold offer of free work turned into a thriving agency with perfect client retention and rapid growth. Ki...

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Aug. 26, 2025

EP 12 | How Effective Communication Shapes Great Leadership

Why do clear instructions still lead to team missteps? The issue isn’t what you say, it’s what they hear. In this episode, communication expert Jenn Kaye joins Paloma Goggins to break down why even strong leaders struggle to ...

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Recent Blog Posts

Nov. 4, 2025

The Secret Service Approach to Managing Risk in Business Transitions

Transitions and IdentityTransitions test both identity and systems. A 25-year Secret Service veteran explained how living at full speed can refine your planning or destroy your balance if you never reset. The same is true for founders preparing to s…

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Oct. 21, 2025

How IP Due Diligence Saves Deals

The Hidden Variable in Every Deal Intellectual property runs through every major business transaction, even when no one mentions the word “patent.” In fast-moving acquisitions, buyers assume the brand, technology, and content are tidy a…

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Oct. 7, 2025

From Earnest Money to Flow of Funds: How Escrow De‑Risks Your Deal

Deals Built on Trust, Timing, and ClarityMergers and acquisitions live and die on trust, timing, and paperwork that actually does what it promises. This conversation with Arizona Title and Escrow Corporation’s Monica May Dunn cuts to the core…

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