Episodes
Jan. 8, 2026
046: Passion Isn’t Enough: Time, Money, and the Product vs. Service Trap
Matt and Anne unpack one of the hardest mental shifts founders face: moving from trading time for money to building something outcome-driven . What starts as a casual conversation about coffee and creatine quickly turns into ...
Jan. 6, 2026
045: Trading the Stage, Not the Shortcut: Integrity, Identity, and Just Doing the Thing
Matt and Anne dig into what it really looks like to step into a new identity before you feel ready. Anne shares a major personal and business shift—repositioning Fix & Form as a Denver branding firm , committing to local grow...
Jan. 1, 2026
044: Change the Room, Change the Outcome: Content, Focus, and Founder Context Switching
Matt Lo and Anne Gillaspie unpack a deceptively simple idea with massive implications for founders: your environment dictates your mindset — and your mindset dictates outcomes. This episode starts with content creation vulner...
Dec. 18, 2025
043: Ego, Early Careers & Wartime Leadership
Some episodes wander into gold on accident—this is one of them. On a snowy Denver morning, Matt and Anne fall into a raw, surprising conversation about early-career scrappiness, ego in your 20s, asking “dumb” questions as a s...
Dec. 16, 2025
042: The Founder Advantage: December Is Your Secret Weapon
December feels like a graveyard month for most founders, but in this episode Matt and Anne unpack why that mindset can quietly sabotage momentum — and how different business models create different “earned” slow seasons. They...
Dec. 11, 2025
041: When Marketing Lacks Mass, Even Good Ideas Have No Gravity
When founders say, “We’re ready to grow — now what?” they’re usually staring at a cold engine with no momentum. In this episode, Matt and Anne unpack why early-stage marketing feels impossible, why 90–95% of ideas fail, and w...
Dec. 9, 2025
040: Loving the Gray: Kristi Mitchell on Reinventing Your Marketing & Yourself
We sit down with marketing strategist and podcast host Kristi Mitchell , whose journey from corporate burnout to seven years of thriving entrepreneurship is anything but ordinary. Kristi opens up about her rocky exit from cor...
Dec. 4, 2025
039: The End-of-Year Crunch Mindset
Matt and Anne dive into the strange tension between being wildly busy yet weirdly unfazed by it. Matt’s been running on four to six hours of sleep while juggling new ChipBot features, US Open training, and a schedule only a “...
Dec. 1, 2025
038: The AI Bubble, The Economy & Why Everything Feels… Off
Matt and Anne sit down for a wide-open conversation about one of the biggest questions hovering over today’s tech world: Are we living in an AI bubble? They break down the trillion-dollar AI contracts, why enterprise AI pilot...
Nov. 27, 2025
037: Are You All-In or Spread-Thin?
Matt and Anne strip away the motivational-poster clichés and unpack the uncomfortable reality behind the phrase founders love to use but rarely define honestly. Anne opens up about the tension between ambition and parenthood,...
Nov. 25, 2025
036: Founder Drive
Matt and Anne go deep into the real psychological engine behind entrepreneurship — the difference between being driven and being ambitious, why founders often operate on little sleep, and how creativity hits at 2 A.M. when yo...
Nov. 20, 2025
035: When You Realize It’s Time to Pivot Yourself
Matt and Anne go deep into one of the most uncomfortable truths of entrepreneurship: realizing you might be the bottleneck. Anne shares a massive breakthrough about her role inside Fix & Form, why she's stepping out of day-to...
Nov. 13, 2025
034: In the Weeds, On the Brand, and Under Pressure: The Real Rhythm of Founder Priorities
Matt and Anne dive into what it really feels like to run a company while juggling detail-oriented work, shifting identities, marketing experiments, and the constant pressure of “the one task that keeps everything alive.” Anne...
Nov. 11, 2025
033: Bringing Websites to Life: The Human Side of AI with ChipBot
What happens when a website stops being a static brochure and starts saying “hi”? In this episode, Anne flips the script and interviews Matt about ChipBot , his AI-powered video and chat platform that helps businesses connect...
Nov. 6, 2025
032: How AI Built My Website (and Changed Everything)
When Anne nearly missed a major presentation deadline, she turned to an AI tool and what happened next changed how she thinks about building anything online. In this episode, Matt and Anne dive into how AI tools (Lovable, Bol...
Nov. 4, 2025
031: The Quota Trap: How Founders Lose the Magic
Matt and Anne pull back the curtain on their own creative process—debating whether founders should keep pushing out content for the sake of visibility or slow down to preserve authenticity and impact. From podcast planning to...
Oct. 31, 2025
030: One Click, One Shot, One “Aha”
Matt and Anne dive deep into the realities of modern marketing — from short-form videos and organic reach to why the best campaigns are equal parts science and creativity. They debate whether customers really need multiple to...
Oct. 28, 2025
029: The Power of Threes: Flow, Focus, Ship
Anne and Matt get raw about the power of threes —in marketing, creativity, and even table tennis. From Anne’s late-night steroid-fueled “just ship it” breakthrough to Matt’s system for staying in flow three days a week, they ...
Oct. 23, 2025
028: Lifestyle vs. Startup: Growth at All Costs vs. Growth by Choice
Matt and Anne break down the real difference between a startup and a lifestyle business . Matt shares how ChipBot evolved from 110% startup grind to a sustainable, founder-led company—and why effort, not just capital, defines...
Oct. 21, 2025
027: The Truth About Addiction: Katherine Sorensen's Recovery and Business Story
Anne and Matt sit down with Katherine Sorensen — entrepreneur, recovery advocate, and founder of multiple multimillion-dollar behavioral health facilities — for a raw and deeply human conversation about transformation, faith,...
Oct. 16, 2025
026: Half Effort, Half Outcome
Matt admits he could never work for anyone else — the moment he’s told to “just agree,” he checks out. That sparks a debate with Anne about ownership, leadership, and how every company mirrors its founder’s effort. Anne share...
Oct. 14, 2025
025: When Pain Meets Business: Boundaries, Burnout, and the Franchise Temptation
Anne opens up about her recent battle with nerve pain and how it’s forced her to rethink recovery — both physically and professionally. Matt draws a parallel between nerve pain and startup pain, sharing one of his hardest mom...
Oct. 10, 2025
024: Share Your Freak: Building the Brand of You
Anne reveals her newest venture — the business of Anne — and introduces her bold new brand, Share Your Freak . It’s a raw conversation about embracing the quirks we hide, turning vulnerability into connection, and creating a ...
Oct. 1, 2025
023: Surviving Disruption, Thriving in Community
In this episode, Matt and Anne sit down with entrepreneur Sandra Graves, founder of Innova Industries and founder of Hub HTX. Sandra shares her journey from a initial role in the intermodal shipping world to running two diffe...