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Published and public.
Business & Beyond
with Tania Bartolini — "What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Taxes and Growth." The wide-angle conversation: what owners get wrong about tax before they ever get to strategy.
The Tax Answers Advisor
with Marcelino Dodge, EA, CTRC — "From IRS Panic to Peace: How to Stop Running from Tax Debt and Rebuild Your Life." Forty-six minutes on the emotional weight of tax debt, payroll traps for small owners, and where the blacksmith metaphor behind Taxsmithing came from.
Texas RoundUP — The Texas Insider
with Melissa Bill — what the new tax bill actually changed for Texas small businesses, in plain language and without the politics.
The Taxsmith's Guide to Paying Your Kids
Ebook · free — the family-business payroll strategy in full: which entity types actually qualify for the FICA exemption, what reasonable compensation means for a minor, and the documentation that survives an examination.
Recorded, airing soon
Taped. Waiting on the host's release date.
Notes From the Edge
with Lisa Lacy — an origin-story show that has charted in the Apple Podcasts Top 200 in the US and seven other countries. This one went where those conversations go: the detours, not the résumé.
Clarity to CEO
with Philippa Channer — business survival strategies for solopreneurs in this economy, and what proactive financial discipline actually looks like when you're the whole company.
Established Business Opportunities
with Seth Rudin — the Taxsmithing move most owners miss, framed for people buying and selling businesses.
On the calendar
Booked and dated.
Business Success Tips
with Paul Sanneman — practical operating advice for small-business owners.
Tri-City Equity
Investor and operator conversations — structure, capital, and the long game.
In the works
Booked or in conversation; dates not locked.
AI Made Simple
with Carmen — Lead With Carmen — what AI has actually changed inside a working tax and accounting practice, and where it still can't be trusted.
The Reluctant Entrepreneur
with Mike Konrad — a founder-journey show for people who got pulled into ownership rather than planning it. Candid, anti-hype, long-form.
Real Estate Pros Show
Powered by Investor Fuel — tax and entity structure for real-estate investors, on a show with a thousand-plus episode back catalog.
The FI Guys
with Chris Monzon & Dominic James — financial independence, the psychology of money, and the tax mechanics underneath both.
Stages
Where I'm teaching in person.
Allen Chamber Foundation — “AI In Action”
Week 5 of six — AI for Finance, Forecasting & Business Decision-Making. Ninety minutes with a live forecasting build from anonymized data.
Legacy Creators — Featured Speaker
Hosted by Shawn Mahdavi, Create A Legacy — Plug and Play Frisco at The Star. Also judging the Legacy Creators Pitch Contest.
Business & Taxes for Real Estate Agents
Hosted by Erin Waddel — entity setup, bookkeeping, setting money aside for taxes, and when an S-corp actually earns its keep.
Keynotes & working sessions
Open calendar — founder and operator gatherings, professional-services events, chambers, and hospitality associations. AI in small business is the one I'll talk about longest.
Nothing in that format yet.
Bios in three lengths, high-res headshots, the topics I can carry cold, and my technical setup are all on the press kit — no email required.