The origin story
Where did you come from? What were you doing before this? The childhood, the early jobs, the moment you decided to build something of your own. This is where every conversation starts, because every great business begins here.
Every great business
starts with an origin story.
The world hears the headline. We want what came before.
Building anything worth building takes more than a strategy deck. It takes nerve. Sleep lost, calls made, doubts pushed through, people you carried, people who carried you. The kind of work the world rarely sees and rarely thanks you for.
That work deserves to be heard.
So tell us where you really started. What you carried. The weeks you weren't sure it would work. The deals that almost broke you. The moments you stood up when sitting down would have been easier.
Every operator we sit down with has lived a version of this story, and most of them have never told it out loud. The Chief of Growth Show is built for the telling. Long-form. Unscripted. Honest.
If you've built something real, we want the real version of how it happened.
About the host
Jay Aldebert
Host & Executive Producer · The Chief of Growth Show
86,000+
Companies personally reviewed
$1B+
In consulting revenue generated
$2B+
In owners' profits recovered
25 yrs
Operating, advising, building
I'm the Chief Growth Officer of a North American consulting firm. My direct team analyzes upwards of 4,000 privately held businesses a year. The show is the public-facing extension of that work: long-form, unscripted, and built around the operators, builders, and category creators reshaping how businesses actually grow.
About the show
Behind every great business is a story worth telling.
The Chief of Growth isn't another business interview show. It's a working session, recorded.
Jay sits down with founders, CEOs, and operators for 45 to 60 minutes of real conversation. No talking-points handlers. No softball questions. No edited-for-the-quote-card highlight reel. We let the conversation breathe.
Each episode is distributed across audio, video, and editorial, so the work goes wherever your audience already is.
- Built for operators, not spectators
- Long-form. Unscripted. Edited with restraint
- Distributed across audio, video, and editorial
What we cover
Six themes. Every conversation.
Lived experience
What you actually went through. The fear, the failures, the long nights, the turning points. The things that don't make the LinkedIn post.
Outside help
The mentors, advisors, consultants, and operators who changed the trajectory. Who helped you see what you couldn't see yourself, and why it mattered.
The decisions that mattered
The bets that compounded, the ones that almost killed the business, and the pattern recognition you can only earn through reps.
Building the team
Hiring, firing, leadership, and the org charts that actually scale with revenue instead of breaking under it.
The personal cost
What growth actually demands from the operator behind it. The marriages, the health, the identity. Honest, human, unfiltered.
Recent episodes
Watch now
New episodes drop every week. Watch on YouTube or subscribe wherever you listen.
EP 011
Latest
There's No Such Thing as Work-Life Balance.
Barbara of Thesis Painting on building a family business that stands the test of time. Second-generation ownership, unglamorous work, and the quiet decisions that make legacy possible.
EP 010
Networking That Actually Works.
The best communicators aren't born, they're built. How real relationships still outperform algorithms and why face-to-face beats feed-first in an AI-saturated market.
EP 009
The Truth Every Entrepreneur Needs to Hear.
Seven lies quietly holding operators back and the mindset shifts that replace them. Direct, no bow, no fluff.
EP 008
He Swims With Sharks: The Echo Valley Meats Story.
Dave Alwan on going from milk crates to Mark Cuban, and what most founders miss about grit, sales, and the long tail of relentlessness.
EP 007
NIL Education, Athlete Growth, Student-Athlete Success.
Pete Hassen, former Chicago Blackhawks executive and NILENT co-founder, on what a well-run NIL platform actually solves for athletes, families, and universities.
EP 006
Honoring Legacy: Building a Hall-of-Fame Growth Culture.
David Hlatky, President of H&H Service Company, on culture as a compounding asset and what it takes to keep the next generation as sharp as the last.
EP 005
Revenue Is a Lie: What High-Growth Companies Actually Get Right.
A crossover with The Business Game Podcast. Why top-line growth without profit math is theater, and what real operators watch instead.
EP 004
From Abandonment to Analyzing 2,000 Businesses.
Terry Mitchell on the human story behind an analyst's eye, and the difference between running a great craft and running a great business.
EP 003
Kiss or Kill: CPA vs Tax Strategist.
Why most small business owners get this wrong, and the expensive blind spot of expecting your accountant to be your strategist.
EP 002
From 8-Year-Old Hustler to #1 Business Broker in the USA.
Chad Peterson on building a brokerage empire, what most operators miss when they try to sell, and the moments that separate the founders who exit well from the ones who don't.
EP 001
Premiere
Soul + Strategy: Jay's 88K SMBs Analysis Wisdom.
How thousands of business analyses became a framework for an epic rise, and the lives improved along the way. The conversation that sets the tone for everything that follows.
Take it with you
Subscribe wherever you listen. New episodes drop weekly across audio and video.
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Be on the show
You have a story most podcasts won't tell.
We're looking for operators with a real point of view: founders, CEOs, executives, and senior growth leaders who've built something worth dissecting. Wins, scars, and the lessons in between.
- Remote-friendly, recorded over high-quality video
- Long-form (45 to 60 minutes) so you can actually go deep
- Edited with care. Distributed across every major platform
- Clips, transcripts, and assets ready for your team to share
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