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Bald Ambition

Mookie Spitz

An expert in consultative selling talks to specialists and shares the latest insights in branding, entrepreneurship, business technology, and sheer grit and motivation.

Episodes

88

Bald Ambition · Aug 10, 2026

Chris Carolan: The SaaS Apocalypse Ends with a Conversation

Title: Description: Chris Carolan, founder of the Value-First Team and a HubSpot partner since 2020, joins Mookie on Bald Ambition to talk about what he calls SaaSmageddon, the moment AI starts making the entire …

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Bald Ambition · Jul 23, 2026

Why Ganesh Krishnan is Betting His AI Startup Against Today's LLMs

Every major AI company right now is building on the same foundation: the transformer architecture behind ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Ganesh Krishnan, CEO of AI Hello, thinks that foundation is a dead end for …

1:00:53

Bald Ambition · Jun 30, 2026

Christopher Horrocks Returns to Bust More AI Myths

Christopher Horrocks is back in the Bald Ambition studio just three months after his first appearance to keep pace and continue to call-out AI confusion and misinformation. Since April, frontier models have become dramatically …

1:22:11

Bald Ambition · Jun 11, 2026

Jimi Gibson: The Uninvisible Man of Marketing

Marketing is changing so fast in the age of AI that half the experts are confused, the other half are terrified, and most business owners are stuck somewhere in between. Fortunately, Jimi Gibson isn't …

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Bald Ambition · May 23, 2026

Jordan West Ignites the Social Commerce Club on TikTok

Jordan West thinks most brands are sleepwalking toward irrelevance while creators are building the next marketing empire in plain sight. In this episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie dives headfirst into the chaotic evolution from …

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Bald Ambition · May 19, 2026

Matthew Whyatt Brings Consultative Torque to Tech

Matthew Whyatt has spent decades selling technology to giant corporations, governments, and industries so tangled in bad processes and duct-taped infrastructure that half the employees are basically performing digital exorcisms just to keep the …

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Bald Ambition · May 14, 2026

Gary Lucks Insists We Are the Power — And Shows Us How

On this episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down with environmental attorney and activist Gary Lucks to tackle a question millions of frustrated Americans keep asking themselves: “What the hell am I actually …

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Bald Ambition · May 11, 2026

Peter Swimm of Toilville Makes AI Actually Work for Businesses

Peter Swimm has seen enough AI hype cycles to know where the bodies are buried. Long before ChatGPT turned “AI” into a household buzzword, he was building chatbots, automating enterprise systems, and watching Fortune …

1:09:24

Bald Ambition · Apr 26, 2026

Rob Whitten & Jane Lo p!ng the Coffee Drive-Thru with AI & Robotics

What happens when coffee meets robotics, convenience meets customization, and the morning drive-through gets rebuilt from scratch? In this 68th episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie sits down with Rob Whitten and Jane Lo, the …

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Bald Ambition · Apr 22, 2026

Marvin Martinez & Bandsaw.ai: Practical AI for Real ROI

Most are selling AI like it requires a moon landing, a seven-figure budget, and a room full of consultants speaking in jargon. Meanwhile, most businesses are bleeding money from basic operational nonsense: missed calls, …

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Bald Ambition · Mar 13, 2026

Jim Oberweis Brings Old-School Conservatism to the Age of Trump

In this 63rd episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down with businessman, investor, and former Illinois State Senator Jim Oberweis for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of American politics and its future. …

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Bald Ambition · Mar 10, 2026

Breaking Democracy’s Chains: Metin Pekin Challenges Party Politics

In this 62nd episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie sits down with author Metin Pekin, whose provocative book Breaking Democracy’s Chains argues that modern Western democracies—especially the United States and the United Kingdom—have drifted far …

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Bald Ambition · Mar 3, 2026

Barry Todd Stands His Ground to Find Justice

In this 61st episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down with Barry D. Todd—a former Army captain and Army Ranger who learned, the hard way, what it feels like when the legal system …

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Bald Ambition · Feb 25, 2026

Ramon Perez Democratizes Democracy with Digital Tech

What if voters could weigh in on real legislation—bill by bill—share those results with each other, put them directly in front of elected officials, and then track whether those officials actually voted the way …

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Bald Ambition · Feb 16, 2026

Tom Joseph Hosts America's Main Street Party

America’s political system isn’t broken on Election Day, it's broken long before that—in the primaries, where money, party leadership, and donor networks quietly decide who voters are allowed to choose from. In this 59th …

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