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Who’s In Charge?

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by Left Main REI

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Ever wonder who’s behind the desk at the very top? What got them there? Who are they at home with their families? Hosted by Stephanie and Zach Betters—the duo behind multiple companies—this show is for real estate investors and business owners who are tired of the hustle and are ready to scale their companies and themselves as leaders. Stephanie and Zach combine their high-stakes medical backgrounds with growth-driven business strategy to break down the systems, leadership, and behind-the-scenes conversations at home that determine whether —the companies and the marriage behind them — thrives or falls apart. We talk about what it takes to run a successful company and learn about who the leaders are that are in charge of them. We talk about how to execute from idea to scale and all the lessons learned from building teams,systems, wealth, and partnerships. Stop chasing deals and start being a leader. It’s time to find out Who’s In Charge. Presented by Left Main REI Learn more at www.leftmainrei.co

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July 16, 2026

Building Without Breaking: What Success Really Takes

Episode Description Anybody can grow a company in a good market. Jesse Burrell built Batch from nothing to forty million dollars in top-line revenue in under three years, then watched the market cut it in half. What he did in between is the part most founders skip, and it's why he walked away with a clean exit instead of a fire sale. Jesse and his wife Erin sit down with Stephanie and Zachary Betters to talk about what it actually takes to survive a downturn, keep a marriage steady through the grind, and build a business worth buying. They get honest about the mistakes that nearly sank Batch, the discipline that saved it (including 20 months when the founders didn't draw a paycheck), and why the money was never the point.Key Takeaways<ul><li>Save hardest when it's going best. Batch went zero to forty million fast, then lost close to ten million in revenue almost overnight when texting regulations changed and rates climbed. As Jesse puts it: when you're doing well, you're not as good as you think you are, and when you're doing bad, you're not as bad as you think either.</li><li>Build the war chest before the storm. Jesse and his partners saved and invested through the boom instead of inflating their lifestyles, so none of the three had to draw a paycheck for roughly 18 to 20 months while they steadied the company and protected payroll. Runway, not revenue, is what keeps decisions calm.</li><li>Beat lifestyle creep. The Lambos and the watches on social media tell you nothing about someone's monthly nut. Stack up enough soldiers before you go to war and you make sound decisions instead of decisions out of fear.</li><li>The story is the asset. When PropStream came to buy, Jesse didn't hide the revenue dip. He walked them through exactly why it happened and mapped the path back. Gut the company for short-term profit and there's nothing left worth buying.</li><li>Chase purpose, not the payout. Exiting taught Jesse the fulfillment doesn't come from the money, it comes from the impact you make on people. Growth is one thing. Knowing why you're growing is another.</li></ul> Left Main is more than just a CRM, it's an end-to-end Real Estate Investment operations solution to run your company as an actual business with sales systems embedded. Want to find out more, book a call today, leftmainrei.co or whosinchargepodcast.com/home

July 9, 2026

How to Survive Success Together

Episode Description What do a captain’s chair during the 2020 lockdown, a go-kart track with no mercy, a coffee maker with exactly one trained button-pusher, and a self-described “Shrek the Human Onion” have in common? They’re all part of this week’s conversation with Jason Medley and Jennifer Lombardi.Jason leads Collective Genius, the mastermind community for real estate investors, and he and Jennifer sit down with Stephanie and Zachary Betters to talk about what it actually takes to lead leaders, build a business that survives a decade and a pandemic, and keep a marriage intact while doing it. They get honest about naming hard seasons out loud, the unglamorous systems behind long-term success, and the daily discipline of leading yourself before you lead anyone else.Key Takeaways<ul><li>Name the season out loud. Before going heads-down for ninety days during COVID, Jason told Jennifer he needed her to cut him some slack. Communication and grace beat quietly stuffing it until the grenade goes off.</li><li>Drop the work-life-balance myth. While you’re building, balance isn’t coming. Instead, agree on each other’s non-negotiables, the two or three weekly things that keep each partner’s bucket full.</li><li>Values and vision, then the boring systems. The investors who last run on clear core values, a flag in the ground, operating cadences and scorecards, financial discipline, and the right hires. Making money is one thing; keeping it is another.</li><li>If you can’t lead you, you can’t lead anybody. Win the morning first so you stay proactive instead of reactive to the world: get up early, pray, move your body, eat clean, then handle the obligations you didn’t choose.</li><li>Take honest inventory. Look at the fruit. Are the people around you growing and wanting to be near you? Sometimes the harder discipline is striving toward not striving, being okay at ninety-five percent for a season.</li></ul>Left Main is more than just a CRM, it's an end-to-end Real Estate Investment operations solution to run your company as an actual business with sales systems embedded. Want to find out more, book a call today, leftmainrei.co or whosinchargepodcast.com/home

July 2, 2026

The Hidden Secret to Sustainable Success

Episode Description What do a hospital hand-sanitizer dispenser, a calendar that runs like a game of Tetris, a canceled Florida vacation, and a recurring meeting block called “daddy doing deals” have in common? They’re all part of this week’s conversation on CEO rhythms. There’s no guest this time — just Stephanie and Zach across the table, the planner and the improviser, working through how successful leaders actually build their days. Stephanie is the prepper who maps out the week every Sunday and has decided, on purpose, that Monday is her favorite day. Zach is the self-described all-over-the-map one who, after eight years of building a company together, finally started asking for a routine he could follow. Together they run two demanding businesses, raise three kids who save their best stories for 11:30 at night, and still guard the small rituals — the morning coffee, the silent few minutes before the day detonates — that keep them steady. The throughline of the entire conversation is rhythm — the daily, weekly, and quarterly cadences that let you perform consistently instead of riding the emotional ups and downs of the work. Stephanie draws on her years in medicine to explain how you reset between high-stakes moments and walk into the next room whole, and why telling yourself the right story before the week starts genuinely changes how it goes. Zach climbs onto his favorite soapbox — that peak performance is impossible without peak rest — and the two of them revisit the early flip that made them cancel a family trip to Florida, a decision they still regret a decade later. The takeaway they keep returning to: you can grind for a season, but a season is not a strategy. If you want to still be in the game in twenty years, you have to build a rhythm you can actually sustain.Key Takeaways<ul><li>Peak performance is a state you build, not a mood you catch. Stephanie’s years in medicine taught her to reset between emotionally brutal moments and walk into the next room whole. That same skill — regulating your state on demand — is what separates consistent leaders from reactive ones. It isn’t a personality trait. It’s a ritual you run on purpose.</li><li>Tell yourself the right story. Monday is Stephanie’s favorite day for exactly one reason: she has told herself it is, every week, for years. What you say to yourself before you go to bed measurably shapes the day you wake up to. The narrative comes before the routine — get it wrong and no system will save you.</li><li>Put yourself on the calendar first — and then keep it. Zach treats a well-run calendar like Tetris: deliberate blocks that interlock, not random interruptions falling through the day. The hard part isn’t scheduling the meetings; it’s protecting the non-negotiables — deep work, CEO time, rest — and refusing to surrender them the moment someone needs you. Writing them down and keeping them is what makes you an executive.</li><li>Teach people how you think, not just what to do. Hand someone a quick answer and you’ve given them a piece of cheese; they’ll come back for cheese every time. Teach them how you arrived at the answer and they can solve the next problem without you. Protecting your rhythm is as much about training your team’s habits as it is about managing your own.</li><li>Peak rest is part of peak performance. Zach doesn’t want mediocre effort seven days a week — he wants people who show up ready to sprint, which is impossible on the twentieth straight day of work. The grind has its season, but a season is not a strategy. You can do anything for a couple of years; building something that lasts twenty means designing rest into the plan, not apologizing for it.</li></ul>Left Main is more than just a CRM, it's an end-to-end Real Estate Investment operations solution to run your company as an actual business with sales systems embedded. Want to find out more, book a call today, leftmainrei.co or whosinchargepodcast.com/home

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What is Who’s In Charge??: Ever wonder who’s behind the desk at the very top? What got them there? Who are they at home with their families? Hosted by Stephanie and Zach Betters—the duo behind multiple companies—this show is for real estate investors and business owners who are tired of the hustle and are ready to scale their companies and themselves as leaders.

Stephanie and Zach combine their high-stakes medical backgrounds with growth-driven business strategy to break down the systems, leadership, and behind-the-scenes conversations at home that determine whether —the companies and the marriage behind them — thrives or falls apart. We talk about what it takes to run a successful company and learn about who the leaders are that are in charge of them. We talk about how to execute from idea to scale and all the lessons learned from building teams,systems, wealth, and partnerships. Stop chasing deals and start being a leader. It’s time to find out Who’s In Charge.

Presented by Left Main REI Learn more at www.leftmainrei.co
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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