This podcast is for winners. Top founders join Sam Brown to discuss the most powerful insights from the world's best business books.
Business Book Club
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This podcast is for winners. Top founders join Sam Brown to discuss the most powerful insights from the world's best business books.
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Recent Episodes
June 1, 2026
The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham | with guest David Hunt
Host Sam Brown interviews David Hunt, Founder of Hyperion Search, discussing how to avoid costly business mistakes by implementing Keith Cunningham's "The Road Less Stupid" principles.
May 11, 2026
Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende | with guest Spencer Gallagher
<p>If you feel like you're constantly fighting "the way things have always been done," this episode is your permission slip to stop. Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende is the ultimate manifesto for the modern rebel, proving that the most successful founders don't follow the rules—they rewrite them.</p><p>Joining me is Spencer Gallagher. At 27, Spencer built Blue Halo into a £12 million revenue powerhouse before a massive exit. He is the author of Agencynomics and the founder of the M&A advisory company also called Blue Halo. Spencer knows exactly what it takes to scale, reinvent, and exit at the highest level.</p><p>Today, Spencer breaks down why a book about 18th-century pirates is actually the ultimate guide to 21st-century agility. We cover why the Jolly Roger was the world’s first super brand, why "good enough" is a death sentence, and how a flat organizational structure will make your company dramatically more efficient.</p><h3><strong>Key Takeaways & Timestamps</strong></h3><p><strong>00:00 – </strong>Introducing Be More Pirate and why 18th-century pirates were actually pioneers of modern organizational structure.</p><p><strong>04:05 – Pioneer Thinking: </strong>The surprising things pirates invented, including cocktails (to prevent scurvy), flat organizational structures, insurance policies, and equal pay.</p><p><strong>05:16 – The "Quarterly Fame Project"</strong></p><p><strong>10:51 – Reinvent the Status Quo: </strong>Why you must constantly challenge the "this is how we've always done it" mentality, just like Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg challenged the BBC.</p><p><strong>16:09 – AI as the Great Leveler: </strong>Why autonomous agents (like OpenAI's tools) allow small businesses to fiercely compete with massive corporations.</p><p><strong>17:23 – The Now, Next, and Future Framework</strong></p><p><strong>23:48 – Flatten the Ship: </strong>Spencer explains how he became 30% more efficient by completely removing the hierarchical management structure in his agency and moving to a meritocracy.</p><p><strong>26:28 – The Captain vs. The Quartermaster:</strong> How a flat structure still maintains accountability by separating visionary leadership from operational accountability.</p><h3><strong>Get the book here</strong></h3><p>📚<u><a href="https://amzn.to/4dhTmzI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende</a></u></p><h3><strong>Mentioned in the episode</strong></h3><ul><li><u><a href="https://amzn.to/42Zlumt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux</a></u>: Recommended reading on the history and evolution of organizational structures.</li><li><u><a href="https://amzn.to/4uaRRLe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maverick by Ricardo Semler</a></u>: The 1980s book that inspired Spencer to completely flatten his agency's structure.</li><li><u><a href="https://amzn.to/4tXRrre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage</a></u>: A book comparing the telegraph system's disruptive impact to the early days of the internet.</li></ul><br/><p><strong>Spencer Gallagher, Founder of Blue Halo & Author of Agencynomics</strong></p><p>Follow <u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brown-572215181/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam on LinkedIn</a></u></p><p><strong>Want to get in touch?</strong> Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: <u><a href="https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA</a></u></p>
May 4, 2026
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel | with guest Luke Tobin
<p>What if building massive wealth had nothing to do with your IQ and everything to do with your behavior? The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel proves that managing cash is a soft skill, not a math problem. This book isn't just for stock investors; it is mandatory reading for founders of all types because your relationship with risk, runway, and your own ego will literally make or break your business.</p><p>Joining me to unpack the three biggest lessons from this book is Luke Tobin. Over the last 15 years, Luke has built, scaled, and successfully exited three different companies. Today, he sits on the other side of the table as the founder of Tobin Capital and Unusual Group, where he's invested in over 40 high-growth businesses.</p><p>In this episode, we dive into why simply surviving is your ultimate growth strategy, how to control your behavior to stop chasing trends, and the invisible difference between getting rich and staying wealthy.</p><h3><strong>Key Takeaways & Timestamps</strong></h3><p><strong>00:00 – </strong>Introducing <strong>The Psychology of Money</strong> and why financial success is about behavior, not intelligence.</p><p><strong>02:16 – The Power of Compounding: </strong>Why 95% of Warren Buffett's wealth came after his 65th birthday, and why the math of compounding feels so unnatural to the human brain.</p><p><strong>03:03 – Survival as a Strategy: </strong>Why simply staying in the game through the hard times is the ultimate competitive advantage for a founder.</p><p><strong>05:01 – Mission over Money: </strong>How Luke screens founders to ensure they are building to solve a problem rather than just trying to get rich quick.</p><p><strong>12:46 – </strong>The story of the janitor who died with $8 million versus the bankrupt finance exec—and why finance is the only industry where this can happen.</p><p><strong>16:51 – The "Reflection Week":</strong> How taking a full week off grid to build an annual investment thesis protects Luke from chasing "shiny object" trends like AI hype.</p><p><strong>22:01 – Wealth is What You Don't See: </strong>The critical difference between being "rich" (buying the $100k car) and being "wealthy" (keeping the $100k to ensure business runway and personal freedom).</p><p><strong>23:02 – Invisible Metrics: </strong>Why you should stop optimizing for hyper-growth and start optimizing for profit, stability, and customer retention.</p><h3><strong>Get the book here</strong></h3><p>📚<u><a href="https://amzn.to/4nfvbXu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel</a></u></p><h3><strong>Mentioned in the episode</strong></h3><ul><li><strong><u><a href="https://www.tobincapital.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tobin Capital</a></u>:</strong> Luke's investment firm.</li><li><strong><u><a href="https://www.unusualgroup.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unusual Group</a></u>:</strong> Luke's venture builder and investment group.</li><li><strong><u><a href="https://www.succeed.co/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Succeed</a></u>:</strong> Luke's newly launched brokerage.</li><li><strong><u><a href="https://amzn.to/4d3GiOi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Lean Startup by Eric Ries</a></u>:</strong> Referenced briefly at the end of the episode regarding problem-solving methodologies.</li></ul><br/><p><strong>Luke Tobin, Founder of Tobin Capital & Unusual Group</strong></p><p>Follow <u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-brown-572215181/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam on LinkedIn</a></u></p><p><strong>Want to get in touch?</strong> Whether you want to suggest a guest, sponsor the show, leave some feedback or just get in touch to tell me what you're working on, here's the link for you: <u><a href="https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/NHGL9ftFRhu4cKFLA</a></u> </p>
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