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The Free Lunch

Eddie Ross
Artificial Intelligence
Entrepreneurship
Stablecoins
Leadership
Symmetry
Krispy Kreme Spain
Travel Technology
Krispy Kreme
Blockchain
The Secret Kingdoms
Teal Compliance
Gunnercooke
Ascend Medical
Behavioral Health
Lens AI
Airlines
Data and Personalization
Beth Mazza
Female Mavericks
Parenting

The Free Lunch with Eddie Ross is a captivating podcast that delves into the essence of leadership—both the deeply personal kind you develop within yourself and the style you bring to the professional environment. Hosted by coach, author and thought leader Eddie Ross, each episode serves up a hearty helping of insight and inspiration, offering listeners a “free lunch” of ideas, strategies and pers... more

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Welcome back to the Free Lunch podcast! In this episode, we are joined by Leandro Meneses, the visionary founder of Mandioca. Mandioca is an innovative payment solution that uses stablecoins to completely transform how international business transfer... more

Most leaders think they're good at making decisions. The data says almost none of us are — and we can't even explain how we do it. In this episode of The Free Lunch, Eddie Ross sits down with Ernesto Weissmann, founding partner and Managing Partner f... more

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Manuel Zamudio arrived in Spain in 2011, in the middle of a brutal financial crisis, with a plan that almost everyone called crazy: relaunch KFC in a country obsessed with its own food culture. A decade later, KFC has surpassed Telepizza to become th... more

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Can you build a seven-figure business without sacrificing your family?Today’s guest, Beth Mazza, argues that the "starving founder" archetype is a myth that holds back some of the world's best potential entrepreneurs. As a 4-time entrepreneur, mother... more

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Leandro MeneSes
Founder of Mandioca Payments Company
Mandioca
Episode: Banks Don't Want You to Know This About Stablecoins - Leandro Meneses
Ernesto Weissmann
Co-founder and managing partner for Europe at Tandem; decision-making consultant
Tandem
Episode: He's Advised Companies on Decisions for 20 Years. His AI Warning Is Blunt - Ernesto Weissmann
Manuel Zamudio
CEO of Krispy Kreme Spain
Krispy Kreme
Episode: The Mexican Who Brought Krispy Kreme to Spain - Manuel Zamudio
Beth Mazza
Co-founder of Female Mavericks; author-to-be of Entrepreneur Like a Mother
Female Mavericks
Episode: The Math of Motherhood and Entrepreneurship - The Brutal Reality of Scaling an Empire | Beth Mazza
Abraham Lopez
Serial entrepreneur, investor, co-founder of Correcto
ERA Capital / Correcto
Episode: Forbes 30 Under 30: The 26-Year-Old who Co-Founded an AI Company before you'd even heard of AI
Andy Owen Jones
Co-founder and Managing Director of SmartSeer, travel technology pioneer
SmartSeer
Episode: He Changed How You Sleep on Planes — Now He's Using AI to Change How You Book Travel
Tom Capone
Founder and CEO of Lens AI
Lens AI
Episode: The 1-Person $1B Company Is Coming (AI Will Run Everything) - Tom Capone
LeiLani Kirai
Founder and CEO of Be The Change HR
Be The Change HR
Episode: The Power of "Healthy Arguments" in the Workplace with LeiLani Quiray
Tom Bowen Wright
Executive leading Ascend Medical
Ascend Medical
Episode: Fighting for Wellbeing in an Industry that wants You Sick - Tom Bowen Wright

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Eddie Ross
Host of The Free Lunch, a leadership-focused show exploring personal discipline, strategic thinking, and executive decision-making. Known for drawing practical insights from interviews with influential executives across industries.

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The 1-Person $1B Company Is Coming (AI Will Run Everything) - Tom Capone
Q: What advice do you have for younger listeners about education and entrepreneurship in an AI era?
Encourage experimentation with AI tools, consider bypassing traditional university paths for fields where AI can accelerate learning, and focus on building first-principles thinking and practical problem-solving that can be codified into AI-driven systems.
The 1-Person $1B Company Is Coming (AI Will Run Everything) - Tom Capone
Q: What evidence do you have that this approach can scale a company from zero to a million users?
We measure success by moving products through stages from zero to hundred, hundred to thousand, thousand to ten thousand, and so on, using data-driven, automated campaigns that adapt as data comes in; a real-world case shows a nutrition brand scaling from $100k to $1M per month within two months.
The 1-Person $1B Company Is Coming (AI Will Run Everything) - Tom Capone
Q: So Tom, what is Lens AI exactly and how does it change the way a product gets to market?
Lens AI is an AI product marketer that uses two interconnected agents: a strategy agent to generate a complete marketing plan in minutes, and an execution agent that converts that plan into a backlog of tasks and then executes across channels, continually optimizing in real time.

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This show consistently centers on leadership, entrepreneurship, and practical strategy for real-world impact. Episodes thread together personal discipline, strategic thinking, and how large organizations—and ambitious individuals—make better decisions in the face of rapid change. Guests range from AI founders and travel-tech pioneers to healthcare innovators and brand leaders, often exploring how technology, culture, and governance shape performance. A notable strength is the blend of hands-on business lessons with broader philosophy—listeners can expect actionable frameworks, candid career journeys, and leadership storytelling that translates across industries. A recurring theme is the tension between traditional corporate life and entrepr... more

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