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Pull the Chute podcast features Jodi Hume, On-Call Decision Support for Founders & Entrepreneurs navigating Growth & Acquisition. Confidential, Objective, and Neuroscience-based.

Jodi Hume is the Founder & CEO of At The Core, specializing in on‑call decision support for founders and entrepreneurs navigating growth and acquisition. Over the past decade, she’s worked confidentially with more than 100 C‑suite leaders across seed-stage startups to $200 M+ ARR ventures, helping them make smarter decisions grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and business pragmatism.

A third-generation entrepreneur, Jodi spent 15 years as COO of an architecture firm growing from 8 to 50 people, then earned credentials in psychology (Loyola University), facilitation (Johns Hopkins), co-active coaching, and the MIT Sloan Neuroscience of Business program.

Her method is objective, confidential, and neuroscience-based: she provides a trusted, real-time sounding board to help founders separate emotion from strategy, recharge cognitively, and arrive at clarity amid complexity The NEW ROI: Return on Individuals.

Off the clock, Jodi co-hosts the So, Here’s My Story… podcast, leads monthly entrepreneurial roundtables, and is the lead singer of her band The Wafflers. She even once took first place in a truck pull.

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Pull the Chute podcast features Rob Gallaher, CEO at ProfitX, Gallaher Company, 1 Hour Drain, Hotshot Restoration and Extreme Express Carwash.

Robert “Rob” Gallaher is a seasoned entrepreneur and family man based in San Jose, California. He currently serves as CEO across multiple businesses, including ProfitX, Gallaher Company (a general contractor), 1 Hour Drain (specialized plumbing services), Hotshot Restoration, and Extreme Express Carwash.

Originally rooted in construction and maintenance through Gallaher Company, Rob has leveraged his extensive project management experience to successfully diversify into plumbing and restoration. More recently, he entered the car wash space with Extreme Express, inspired by a desire to venture into new industries and provide fast, quality service—prioritizing family values and community focus; he’s described as “a dedicated husband and father” .

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Pull the Chute podcast features Glenn Poulos, LinkedIn Top Voice, Driving Automation with AI, Award-Winning Author of Never Sit in the Lobby, Coach to Entrepreneurs, Public Speaker, Empowering Sales people & Driving 10x Business Growth.

Founded mmwave Technologies Inc. in 1991, my first entrepreneurial venture.
Served as President of Anritsu Electronics Ltd. for 9 years, honing leadership and strategic vision.
Founded Gap Wireless in 2007 and, after 15 years, sold to Grain Management-owned NWS.

Passionate about sales strategy, understanding consumer behaviour, and what drives decisions at the core emotional level.

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Pull the Chute podcast features John Martinka, Co-founder at Nokomis Advisory Services, CEO & Founder of Martinka Consulting, Business Buyer Advocate, Creating Large Exits for Small Businesses, Mergers and Acquisitions, Growth strategies.

John Martinka is known as The Escape Artist® because of the work he does in three areas:

1. Helping executives escape the corporate world by buying the right business the right way
2. Creating large exits for small businesses so the owner can exit with style, grace and more money
3. Accelerating businesses so they escape their plateau, with a speciality of using Growth by Acquisition

John is the author of five books, including, Exit with Style, Grace, and More Money, If They Can Sell Pet Rocks Why Can't You Sell Your Business (For What You Want)?, and Buying a Business That Makes You Rich. John’s specialty is working with family owned companies (typically with sales of $3-25MM annually) and with people who would like to buy a business.

He works with numerous non-profits and twice was a Rotary Club President. In 2005 he started a Rotary project in conjunction with the Bellevue School district to install computer labs in schools. Over 10,000 computers have been donated and installed in Slovakia, Turkey and, since 2008, Antigua and Barbuda.

John is a member of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting and the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club as part of Rotary International and agrees to comply with their codes of ethics and conduct without qualification or reservation.

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Pull the Chute podcast features Ernesto Gomez, Business Transformation Entrepreneur, Strategy + People → Growth, Author of "Regrowth", Senior Advisor, Former CHRO, Speaker, CEO of Aspen Mindset 1.

Helping Organizations Unlock Growth Through People & Leadership

With decades of experience as a CHRO in multinational corporations, Ernesto have seen firsthand how organizations can thrive—or stall—based on their ability to align leadership, culture, and strategy. His expertise is in transforming businesses by unlocking the full potential of their people.

As the Founder & CEO of Aspen Mindset1, he help organizations navigate complexity, drive strategic change, and build leadership alignment that fuels sustainable growth. His approach blends executive insight, consumer-centric strategies, and a deep understanding of human behavior to create high-performing and people-focused workplaces.

In his book Regrowth: How Organizations Can Overcome Stalling by Unlocking Their People’s Potential, he explore how companies can overcome stagnation by leveraging their most valuable asset: people.

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Pull the Chute podcast features Nick Smallman, Founder & CEO Of Working Voices, Co-Founder of Curv, Thought Leader, The science of Lying, the value of Truth.

Nick is the Founder and CEO of boutique training company Working Voices. Over the last 20 years he’s developed more than 50 Courses, Workshops and Seminars in all areas of human communication. He has lectured at the London Business School and Columbia Business School and counts some of the world’s most successful companies as his clients, such as JPMorgan, Sony Music, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock.

Nick’s political work is focused primarily in the UK and US where he works with politicians on everything from campaigns to communication strategy. Building political brands and crafting powerful speeches that get results are the lifeblood of his work, but he often provides an objective ear for his clients who are trying to solve a problem connected with their influence.

Nick is particularly interested in the effect of smartphones and social media on society. As our culture becomes increasingly screen based, our relationship with technology is fast becoming the dominant communication issue of our age. Nick lectures on this subject and works with young people and businesses, helping them to have a healthier online experience. He operates a website called yourlifeonsocialmedia.com to help people to change their relationship with social media via workshops.

Nick is also the Co-Founder and advisor to Curv, a new social network that looks to put collaboration at the heart of our online experience.

When coaching, Nick is inspirational and insightful. He believes in showing rather than telling and his style is conversational, challenging, and improvisational.

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Pull the Chute podcast features Cairo Kenan Marsh, founder & Executive Partner of Tokyo-based marketing consultancy relativ*

Cairo explores evolving consumer loyalty trends and relationship-driven marketing strategies. Drawing from his experience with Fortune 500 companies and independent brands, Cairo discusses the shift from transactional marketing to authentic brand relationships. He shares insights on balancing data science with creativity and demonstrates how relationship-focused strategies drive successful outcomes.