The companies that outperform in the next cycle will be the ones that see inflection points before everyone else. Not by guessing. By anticipating.

On this episode of Beyond the Numbers, I’m joined by Daniel Burrus, one of the most respected futurists in business and a leading voice on how technology shapes growth, disruption, and competitive advantage.

Daniel has advised the Department of Defense, influenced strategy inside Fortune 500 boardrooms, founded multiple high-growth companies, and built a research organization trusted by leaders navigating rapid change.

His work on Hard Trend Planning and anticipatory strategy has reshaped how operators think about risk, opportunity, and execution.

This conversation will focus on how founders, CFOs, and operators can use AI and predictive insights to make clearer decisions in a landscape defined by volatility.

We’ll dig into three core themes:

1. From Data to Certainty: How Predictive Insights Drive Confident Growth Decisions

2. AI + Human Ingenuity: Using Intelligent Tools to Build Financial Clarity and Agility

3. The Anticipatory Organization: Turning Disruption into Sustainable Business Growth

If you’re responsible for capital, execution, or long-term strategy, this session will give you a clearer lens on where advantage forms and how to move before the market forces you to.

Scaling a company never happens in a straight line.

Growth brings pressure, on systems, cash flow, and decision-making, and the real challenge is keeping control while everything moves faster around you.

On the next episode of Beyond the Numbers, I’ll be joined by Armine Alajian, an experienced operator and CPA who has helped startups across Los Angeles and New York build financial visibility and operational discipline.

Armine has worked inside the kind of environments where clarity matters most, fast-moving companies managing change, complexity, and growth at the same time.

We’ll unpack three areas every founder should master:

1. Finance and Accounting: Building a Clear View of the Business

2. The Speed of Growth: Balancing Momentum with Control

3. External Factors: Navigating What You Can’t Control

This conversation is about how founders stay grounded when the numbers, the market, and the pace all shift at once, and how financial focus becomes the anchor for better decisions.

Early success is rarely the problem. Sustaining it is.

On this episode of Beyond the Numbers, I’m joined by Joseph Scaretta, Founder and CEO of MasonMade Ventures, a serial entrepreneur with two private equity exits and a track record of building high-performing teams in the facilities and retail industries.

We’re talking about what really happens behind the scenes when a company scales, transitions, or prepares for an exit. How operators turn fast growth into durable value. And how financial clarity drives every decision from hiring to M&A.

We’ll break down:

1. Preparing for Exit, Acquisition, or Leadership Change

2. Building Financial and Operational Discipline Through Scale

3. Communicating Effectively with Investors and Boards

Joseph has built companies that grew fast, performed under pressure, and created real outcomes for their investors.

We’ll dig into how that happens, what lessons carry across industries, and why operational clarity separates companies that sell from those that stall.