204: Inside the Billion-Dollar SBA Lending Journey of Ami Kassar
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
Release Date: 06/17/2025
214: The AI Wake-Up Call: What Every Business Leader Should Know
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week’s episode of the AmiSights Podcast, we dive straight into one of the biggest questions shaping our future: How will AI redefine the way we work, create, and compete? Joe Apfelbaum breaks down the rapid acceleration of AI technologies and what it means for marketers, content creators, podcasters, and anyone trying to stay relevant in a digital-first world. From job displacement
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213: The Rundown: Government Shutdown, SBA & the State of Lending
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
We’re kicking off a new series on the AmiSights Podcast — The Rundown, where we break down the stories making waves in small business, SBA lending, and entrepreneurship. When big news breaks, The Rundown delivers.
In these special episodes, Ami Kassar and Lynn Ozer share timely insights on what’s happening in the world of small business lending—and why it matters to you.
In this first installment, Ami Kassar and Lynn Ozer share rea
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212: Client Spotlight: How One Leap Built Misty Mountain Soap
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
This past summer, MultiFunding hit an incredible milestone — $1 billion in total loans funded. The final deal that pushed us over the top came from a business we’re especially proud to support. In this special edition of the AmiSights Podcast, Lynn and I sit down with Senior Director of Business Financing, Fran Miller, who led the deal at MultiFunding, along with his client — Jennifer Scarbrough, owner of
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211: SHINE: Inside the Mind of a Confident Leader
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this conversation, Ami Kassar interviews LaVonna Roth, the founder of Shine, who shares her journey from education to empowering leaders through her unique methodology. LaVonna discusses the importance of self-awareness, confidence, and emotional intelligence in leadership, as well as her experiences as a keynote speaker.
“I have been given different gifts. I shine in a different way, just like they do. But when we come togeth
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210: Focus, Diagnose, Grow: The Real Growth Playbook
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we speak with Certified Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Implementer Amy Holtz, who specializes in helping entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders build their businesses and achieve their goals. She explains how EOS changed her own life.
"Running a business is a lot of fun until it's not. Often, your business starts to run you instead of you
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209: Racing Ahead: Real Estate, Taxes, and the New Era of Wealth Building
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week’s edition of the AmiSights podcast, Lane Kawaoka—Accredited Investor, Podcaster, Developer, and Syndicator with $2.1B AUM—shares his journey from a six-figure engineering salary to becoming a successful real estate investor and author. He discusses his book, The Wealth Ele
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#208: The Retention Playbook: Loyalty in 100 Days
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week’s edition of the AmiSights Podcast, Joey Coleman discusses the critical importance of employee retention and experience, emphasizing that the first 100 days of an employee's journey are crucial for their long-term engagement.
"When we think of employee experience and customer experience, they're actually two sides of the same coin. As we improve one and polish one up, the other one increases in val
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207: Communication Blind Spots Costing Entrepreneurs Clients and Teams
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's editing of the AmiSights Podcast, we speak with Alana Winter, Executive Coach and Retreat Facilitator. Tune in as we discuss the significance of clarity in business operations and the necessity of effective communication within teams. Alana also shares
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206: Tax Planning: Missing the Big Picture
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we talk to Michael Sharp, founder of Sharp Financial, an integrated financial management company. This discussion touches on the challenges of navigating uncertainty in business, the significance of building a strong company culture
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205: Built From Pain: Trauma, Success, and What Matters in the End
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we talk to sociologist and entrepreneur Travis Luther. After selling two successful companies—including founding the MOSO Pillow—he now teaches entrepreneurs and leaders how to transform past trauma to create a prosperous future that's all their own. He discusses his care
info_outlineIn this week’s edition of the AmiSights Podcast, the MultiFunding team discusses the company’s journey to nearly $1 billion in secured funding. While Ami is proud of this incredible financial milestone, he is even more inspired by the impact it’s had—helping small businesses grow and supporting the people behind them.
I'm proud of everyone here, and thank you for everything you all do to help us reach this milestone. We've been through a lot of sweat and tears, and we've helped a lot of people through a lot of different stuff to get there. About 95% of that billion was at bank or commercial financing rates and really built to help those companies have a long sustainable future. It's not just like throwing a billion dollars of hard money against the wall. There's a lot of passion behind that.
In this episode, Ami Kassar shares how passion and persistence helped him overcome early challenges and build a thriving business. He reflects on the power of strong team culture, the impact of putting clients first, and how integrity has shaped his approach to lending. From celebrating customer success stories to prioritizing mentorship, mental health, and balance, Ami opens up about the human side of leadership and what it really takes to grow—personally and professionally.
Connect with Francis Miller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francis-miller-51116389/
Connect with Joe McAleer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-p-mcaleer-42939085/
Connect with Nick LaSorsa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-lasorsa-aa2230268/
Connect with Julie Zarr: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-zarr-b3762a19/
Recorded on 4/29/25