What It Takes Podcast

About What It Takes Podcast

On The Seeker Solution Podcast, your host, Jamie Seeker encourages business owners to tell all! They'll share not only their expertise, but their stories and their purpose and what it takes to run a successful business. We cover a wide range of topics – the good and exciting, the challenges and sometimes the ugly. Experiences and lessons learned that our guests have faced along the way. We believe that every person has a unique message which can make a positive impact . We let our guests share on the subjects they’re well-known for. No matter the topic, you’ll be hearing real stories from real people. *This podcast is not affiliated with any other show of the same or similar name. Business Owners Tell All: What It Takes is a project of Seeker Solution, featuring conversations with real business owners.

Publisher

Jamie Seeker

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Dec 2024

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

34 of 98 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   When Hustle Stops Working: Developing People Who Can Grow With the Business

   Chris Jungjohann, Founder and CEO of Recess Creative, shares how developing exceptional talent and fostering continuous learning enables business growth beyond the founder.

2. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   We Built It Bigger. Then We Built It Better

   Victor Huynh, cofounder and CEO of Ready Artwork, shares how 22 years of business taught him to pivot and adapt to constant change, offering insights into surviving and thriving through reinvention.

3. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Growth Creates Problems. Strategy Creates Scale.

   Host Eddie DeAngelis shares his journey of learning to delegate and build a team to scale his businesses, offering insights into effective hiring and employee development.

Inside a recent episode

When Hustle Stops Working: Developing People Who Can Grow With the Business

Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I think even our, you know, the first technologist we hired, I used to build websites. I was really bad at it. And I think our first technologist, our first developer was amazing at it. And that was the first time I was like, oh, I don't need to do this. I can I can really let go. I think that's a big part of it. you know is is again letting go surrounding yourself with good people and and again having a shared vision i think that's a that's a huge component no that's you know a lot of times i'm when i talk to business owners that's usually one of their biggest struggles is just that i mean you said it the best you find somebody who's better at that that certain job than you and then as opposed to i i hear a lot of guys like oh well i'm just gonna i'm just gonna give it the old call try and i can get it done and granted you you got it done and congratulations but what was, what was the cost involved, right? […]

Who has been a guest on What It Takes Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chris Jungjohann
• Victor Huynh
• Eddie DeAngelis
• Boris Zhukov
• Matt Kovacs

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

518

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

32

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