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Builders & Doers

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Leadership
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Operational Coaching
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Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
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Digital Twins
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Builders & Doers is where founders, operators, and investors get practical about building. Each episode unpacks one decision that mattered, the options on the table, and the evidence behind the choice. Clear lessons you can use to launch stronger, lead smarter, and stay ahead. A Horizon Search production. Get The Searchlight newsletter: www.thesearchlight.com/subscribe

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Dane Hudson spent 25+ years as a global CEO — running KFC in Southern Africa during a stretch that included death threats and a bulletproof car, then going on to lead operations across Sydney, Shanghai, Johannesburg, and New York, with a final role o... more

Rob Cross is an executive coach and leadership advisor with 25 years of experience working with leaders across industries and cultures. After a career that began in the British Air Force and took him through executive ranks before becoming a full-tim... more

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Anne-Maartje Oud is a workplace behavior specialist with more than two decades of experience, the founder and CEO of The Behaviour Company in Amsterdam, and a certified behavior analyst trained by former FBI agent Joe Navarro (the only person to have... more

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Rick Ton is a 20-year veteran of growth and go-to-market, having spent his career scaling revenue at companies like Meta, Sam's Club, Walmart, Under Armour, Walgreens, and several high-growth startups. He was a founding team member on Sam's Club's Sc... more

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Blair Huddy is the co-founder of a mission-based PR agency she runs with her husband, focused on companies and projects that help people and the planet. After 15+ years in the corporate marketing world — including a tenure leading the rebrand and gro... more

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Chris Kille is a Boston-based entrepreneur, author, and operations expert with four profitable exits behind him — including a payments business he scaled more than 10x in five years using just one domestic employee and four remote office assistants. ... more

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Angela Cox is an executive coach, founder of Purseda 360, and host of the Leader Unmasked podcast. After more than a decade running lean transformation at Lloyds Banking Group, change management at Barclays, and strategy for a half-billion-pound busi... more

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Barbara Salopek is an economist, author, and innovation consultant who grew up in Croatia and built her career in Norway. She teaches at BI Norwegian Business School, advises companies on bringing ideas to market, and is the author of an Amazon bests... more

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Rob Cross
Author and leadership coach
Author of Ask Three Questions; leadership adviser
Episode: Why You're Living a Perpetual Life Crisis - Rob Cross | 80
Anne-Maartje Oud
Behavioral expert and author of the four layers framework and helicopter metaphor technique
AMO Behaviour (author)
Episode: Conflict Is Data, Not Disruption - Anne-Maartje Oud | 79
Rick Ton
Growth and GTM executive with experience at Meta, Sam's Club, Walmart, Under Armour, Walgreens
Independent / advisor
Episode: Zero to $30 Billion: Inside Sam's Club Scan & Go - Rick Ton | 78
Blair Huddy
Founder and CEO of a mission-based PR agency
Independent PR practice
Episode: From the Fortune 500 to a Mission-Based PR Agency - Blair Huddy | 77
Chris Kille
Founder and CEO focused on staffing/virtual assistant services; previously led a credit card processing company
Founder/CEO of a staffing/VA services firm
Episode: 97% of Business Owners Never Crack $1M. Here's Why. - Chris Kille | 76
Angela Cox
Coach and founder of Purseda 360
Purseda 360
Episode: The Pretending Pandemic in Your Workplace - Angela Cox | 75
Barbara Salopek
Author and researcher discussing innovation and creativity
Author of a book on creativity; clinician/academic
Episode: Choose Change or Else - Barbara Salopek | 74
Dr. Torkil Færø
Medical doctor, general practitioner and emergency physician, author of The Pulse Cure
Author of The Pulse Cure
Episode: Why Your Heart Rate Knows You Better Than You Do - Dr. Torkil Færø | 73
Matt Squibb
Co-founder of HeySquibb
HeySquibb
Episode: Building Digital Twins to Run Your Social Media - Matt & Jack of HeySquibb | 71

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He Built a $600M Nonprofit Engine. His Leadership Rule Is Simple - Howard Pearl | 50
Q: What was the biggest challenge you saw when you stepped into the CEO role at Cars, and how did you begin addressing it?
The initial challenge was taking a role I didn't intend to keep long; I moved from a gut-based leadership style to relying on data and governance, building dashboards and software to manage growing volumes and ensure a scalable operation while preserving donor trust.
Don't Buy a Business Until You Learn These Truths - Rafa Caldas & Zach Krumholz | 37
Q: What is the fastest way to assess if a business has strong leadership in place?
Ask the employees who they go to when they don't know what to do; if someone is the sole point of failure or the organization relies on one person, that signals weak leadership and potential deal risk.
Don't Buy a Business Until You Learn These Truths - Rafa Caldas & Zach Krumholz | 37
Q: What is the biggest misconception about buying an existing business versus starting from scratch?
The process is highly difficult with many steps—creating an effective search, building campaigns, performing rigorous due diligence, negotiating with sellers, and then managing capital raising—so it is not easier, but rather a complex, multi-stage journey.
From Google to Spotify to Venture Studio: Kal Amin on Building with Integrity | 36
Q: How does 1848 Ventures approach monetization and product-market fit across portfolio companies?
We integrate monetization early in the incubation process, focusing on whether customers will pay for the solution, what business model fits, and aligning go-to-market strategies with early product validation to avoid bolting on revenue later.
From Google to Spotify to Venture Studio: Kal Amin on Building with Integrity | 36
Q: What cultural differences between Google and Spotify shaped how product teams work and scale?
Google brought an academic, Silicon Valley approach with a strong emphasis on user search experience, while Spotify emphasized team-based, European design ethics and collective success, shaping different ways teams collaborate and deliver value.

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What is Builders & Doers about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Practical, decision-driven conversations with founders, operators, and leaders that unpack one high-leverage choice per episode. The show frequently centers on go-to-market strategy, leadership development, product vision, and scalable systems—from AI-driven workflows and staffing to transformation of corporate culture and mission-based branding. Guests range from solo founders to executives and coaches, all aiming to translate complex trade-offs into repeatable playbooks, with a strong emphasis on measurable outcomes, experimentation, and humane leadership. A notable strength is the consistent focus on concrete frameworks, real-world anecdotes, and actionable takeaways that listeners can apply to launch stronger products, lead smarter team... more

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2. Anne-Maartje Oud
3. Rick Ton
4. Blair Huddy
5. Chris Kille
6. Angela Cox
7. Barbara Salopek
8. Dr. Torkil Færø

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