The Kronos Group Podcast

This podcast is for the ones who do the work, and the ones who want to understand what that really means. Hosted by Jerry Brazie, a self-made entrepreneur who’s built and sold over a dozen companies and generated $450 million in revenue after living on the streets with hookers and heroin addicts at 17, The Kronos Group Podcast is raw, unfiltered, and packed with hard-earned lessons. We talk business, the real stuff. Strategy, hiring, scaling, operations, branding, marketing, real estate, finance, and leadership. But it’s not just for business owners. It’s for anyone curious about how things get built, what makes entrepreneurs tick, and what success actually costs. This show goes deeper than tactics. We cover marriage, fatherhood, health, risk, mindset, and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with betting everything on yourself. Sometimes we bring on other operators and experts. Sometimes we just call it like it is. If you’re building something, thinking about building something, or just want to hear how it’s really done: this is your show. Website: https://thekronosgroup.org

Why Smart Operators Blow Up Their Own Businesses | Ft. Neil Solomon #335 07/18/2026

Why Smart Operators Blow Up Their Own Businesses | Ft. Neil Solomon #335 Neil Solomon built companies, ran acquisitions for over two decades, lived out of a backpack while operating businesses across the globe — and then, in two years, lost it all. Not because the system failed. Because he stopped using it. In this episode, Jerry Brazie and Neil Solomon break down the full story: the collapse, the hubris, the deal-scoring system he trusted for 20 years and then ignored. They get into the real stuff — why smart, experienced people make the same dumb mistakes anyway, what separates a reversible decision from one that destroys everything, and why your business partners are either your best move or your most expensive mistake. This is a no-filter conversation between two operators who have built and lost and built again. Neil is the author of The 1% Door, and every chapter of it shows up in this conversation. If you run a business, manage a team, or you're just starting out — this one will hit close to home. Find Neil Solomon: 📖 The 1% Door — available on Amazon: This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/42139570

The Internal Game: Breaking Patterns, Building Belief & Doing It Your Way | Janylène Turcotte 07/09/2026

The Internal Game: Breaking Patterns, Building Belief & Doing It Your Way | Janylène Turcotte What happens to a high achiever when the career they built their whole identity around suddenly disappears? Janylène Turcotte spent 25 years as an HR executive navigating mergers, acquisitions, and some of the hardest conversations in business. Then the restructuring hit and she was the one being let go. What followed wasn't a breakdown. It was clarity. Jerry Brazie sits down with Janylène for a real conversation about identity, transformation, and the internal work that actually moves the needle — the kind most men won't admit they need and most podcasts won't have the nerve to go near. In this episode: How getting fired after 25 years taught her more than the career itself What hypnotherapy actually is — and how entrepreneurs use it to break stuck patterns Why therapy doesn't fix you (and what it does do) Somatic therapy and the body-brain connection high performers are tapping into Her 9-year sobriety journey and what she got back when the bottle left The internal stories keeping smart people stuck — and how to interrupt and rewrite them Jerry's own transformation: 100 lbs lost, opioids cold turkey, and operating at his best at 57 The comparison trap quietly destroying mental health What freedom actually looks like when you start doing things your way Connect with Janylène: Download the free Your First Million Playbook and full video course inside The Forge. This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/42028875

#333 | Justin Spillers — Legacy Over Lifestyle: Real Estate, Four Kids, and Playing the Long Game 07/03/2026

#333 | Justin Spillers — Legacy Over Lifestyle: Real Estate, Four Kids, and Playing the Long Game Jerry Brazie sits down with Justin Spillers, founder of Real Estate Alpha and operator of one of the most tightly run multifamily portfolios in Western Ohio. Justin is a former attorney who took the leap into real estate entrepreneurship after years at a downtown Columbus law firm. Today at 40, he's managing 600+ doors, running a team of 50 full-time W-2 employees, and doing it all while raising four kids with his high school sweetheart of 17 years. This conversation doesn't start with the business. It starts with the family — because that's where the real foundation is. Jerry and Justin talk about what it means to be a driven, present father and husband while also building something that requires everything you've got. They talk about the friends you have to leave behind, the circle you build instead, and the moment the light bulb goes on and you understand what entrepreneurship actually costs. Then they get into the operational machine — 7-day unit turns, 60-second lead response, AI-powered leasing scorecards, 48-hour maintenance guarantees, daily scoreboards, and a team culture built on winning. And they close on the financial structure: self-funded for 8.5 years, 55% LTV across the entire portfolio, 100% of the equity retained. If you're building anything — in real estate or outside of it — this episode will recalibrate how you think about what's possible and what it actually takes to get there. Connect with Justin: realestatealpha.io | LinkedIn: Justin Spillers This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41958455

33 Years, Zero Bribes, and a Calling That Survived a Lung Cancer Scare ft. Michael Cobb | Kronos Podcast #332 06/26/2026

33 Years, Zero Bribes, and a Calling That Survived a Lung Cancer Scare ft. Michael Cobb | Kronos Podcast #332 Thirty years in real estate. Hundreds of thousands of square feet. One rule: only invest in what you can touch. Then I sat down with Mike Cobb — co-founder of ECI Development — and he cracked that rule wide open. Mike's spent three decades building communities in Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica. He ran a business in Central America for 33 years without a single bribe. He lived in Nicaragua with his family for 14 years. And he got a 90% malignant lung diagnosis in a Costa Rican hotel room that ended up being the clearest moment of his life. This episode is about international real estate, yes — but it's really about how to build something that matters and lasts. Jump in. Michael Cobb Book: Development Advisors Website: This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41834600

What Actually Makes Something a Business, Why Passive Income Is a Lie, and the Case for Buying Before You Build | #331 06/19/2026

What Actually Makes Something a Business, Why Passive Income Is a Lie, and the Case for Buying Before You Build | #331 Steve is in Iceland this week. So it is just Jerry and Matt, and when that happens, the conversation tends to go somewhere useful. Episode 331 covers three things most business content gets completely wrong. First, the stacking income streams idea. The internet version of entrepreneurship loves to talk about running three or four small income sources simultaneously. Jerry has a different take — and if you have not successfully operated one real business yet, you probably need to hear it. Second, the passive income myth. The pitch of buying a boring business, installing a manager, and stepping back is getting publicly walked back by the same people who sold it. Jerry breaks down the actual math on an acquisition, what it costs to hire someone to run it, what your real return looks like, and why none of it works the way it gets described in a social media video. Third, the buy versus build question. With tens of thousands of baby boomers exiting businesses every day, there may be no better time in history to acquire an operating company rather than build one from scratch. Jerry explains why buying wins almost every time, how to think about finding a deal before you find the money, and what actually needs to happen after you close to make it worth what you paid. They also get into AI — what it can realistically do, what it cannot do, and why the people selling AI business systems are running a version of the same pitch men like Tom Vu ran in the 1980s. Straight talk. No theory. No polished framework. Two people who work on this stuff every day having a real conversation about it. This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41698175

From Undercover Operative to Executive Coach - ft. Don Weber | Episode #330 06/15/2026

From Undercover Operative to Executive Coach - ft. Don Weber | Episode #330 Jerry Brazie sits down with executive coach Don Weber, who spent nearly two decades living under false identities while working undercover for U.S. intelligence — gathering intel on arms dealers, counterfeiters, and worse, all while running a diamond business as cover. He's seen a man assassinated over coffee, slept on his office floor building his first business, and now coaches CEOs and founders on the thing most leaders never get taught: how to separate who you are from what you do. This one covers ego management, why AI is a tool and not an oracle, imposter syndrome at every income level, and the real reason most people never take the leap. Plus — a McDonald's job at 16 that quietly became the foundation for a $25M company decades later. If you've ever wondered whether the people you look up to have it more figured out than you do, listen to this one. Connect with Don Weber: This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41643815

A Real Conversation on Fatherhood, Business, and Emotional Intelligence ft. Josh Zolin 06/10/2026

A Real Conversation on Fatherhood, Business, and Emotional Intelligence ft. Josh Zolin Jerry Brazie sits down with Josh Zolin — stuntman-turned-CEO, author of "Blue is the New White," host of "Everything They Don't Tell You," and founder of the BITNW Academy. Josh ran a stunt business with his family before pivoting into the trades and building Windy City Equipment by age 27. This conversation covers why the trades are beating college, Jerry's "knowledge plus action is power" philosophy built from $500M in revenue and a 9th-grade education, why Jerry can't stand the "men crying in their cars" trend, the caveman-and-pterodactyl take on purpose vs. mission, Jerry's 310-lb wake-up call and recovery, the rat experiment that explains belief vs. conditioning, and why emotional intelligence might be the most underrated skill in the trades. Find Josh at , grab "Blue is the New White," and check out "Everything They Don't Tell You." This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free to join): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41594300

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EP #327 | Stop Being a Victim, Start Taking Responsibility — Jerry Brazie & Steve Floyd 05/28/2026

EP #327 | Stop Being a Victim, Start Taking Responsibility — Jerry Brazie & Steve Floyd This conversation is not for the faint of heart. And it's not supposed to be. In Episode 327, Jerry Brazie and Steve Floyd go deep on what's actually broken with men today — and more importantly, what you can do about it right now. Jerry opens with a story that started in a sauna — a 35-year-old guy who told a complete stranger he got fat because he was depressed. Not because he was sick. Not because something catastrophically wrong happened to him. Because he was depressed. And Jerry's response? That conversation became this episode. What follows is one of the most direct conversations the Kronos Group Podcast has ever had about men, masculinity, victimhood, and what real agency looks like in practice. Topics covered: Why the victimhood identity paralyzes men more than it helps them The "if not for" mindset — and how it keeps men stuck for decades Jerry's personal journey from the streets at 17, legally blind, broken back, heart condition, opioid addiction — to 100 lbs lost at 52 while building multiple companies Why physical health is not a vanity project — it's your operational foundation The trap men are in when they're told masculinity is toxic — and what happens when they buy it What Sun Tzu's warrior in a garden means for every man building something today Why the Kronos Forge exists and what Jerry wants its legacy to be This is about responsibility. And responsibility is the way out. This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41458830

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Your Brain Is Not Your Enemy, But It Is the Problem | Dr. Maureen Gibbons on Health for High Achievers 05/01/2026

Your Brain Is Not Your Enemy, But It Is the Problem | Dr. Maureen Gibbons on Health for High Achievers In this episode of The Kronos Group Podcast, Jerry Brazie sits down with Dr. Maureen Gibbons, physician, Ironman triathlete, and founder of AMS Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Mo is the author of Freedom to Shift, and this conversation earns every word of that title. Jerry opens up about one of the rawest chapters of his life: being hospitalized 71 times, carrying 110 extra pounds, living on 19 medications, quitting 200mg of oxymorphone cold turkey after a 25-year addiction, and the moment in November 2021 when he was down four pints of blood and chose not to die. Dr. Mo responds with her own truth: a childhood spent on diets, competing in Ironmans at 160 pounds, hiding a GLP-1 prescription from her husband, and the moment eight hours after her first dose when her brain finally went quiet. What this conversation is really about is identity. What happens when the version of you that got you here is not the version that gets you to the next level. What it costs a high achiever to keep pushing without addressing the foundation. And what becomes possible on the other side when you stop treating your health like a willpower contest. Dr. Mo breaks down her SHIFT framework — Success Happens In Focused Transitions — and why health freedom, time freedom, and income freedom are all connected. They also cover: the most overrated health advice, the one habit high performers refuse to let go of, GLP-1 medications without the media noise, and the single fastest action you can take right now to start getting your energy back. Find Dr. Mo at This episode is part of The Kronos Group Podcast, where experienced operators and founders share real-world lessons on building, scaling, and protecting their businesses. If you run a business that is doing $1M or more a year, then you can’t afford not to join a Kronos Peer Cohort. This group gives you monthly access to real operators (other business owners at your level) working through real situations (not generic advice). If you're ready to get started and know that you need to join the room, book a discovery call with Jerry today: Have an idea for a podcast, but don't know where or how to even start one? PodMatch is your one-stop shop. Use our affiliate link here to start your podcasting journey today - If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or someone wanting to make a change in their life and network, join us inside The Kronos Group community (it's free): Connect with Jerry Brazie on socials Instagram: LinkedIn: X (Twitter): Substack: YouTube: New episodes weekly. This show is built for business owners who know growth is better when you’re not doing it alone. /episode/index/show/jerrybrazie/id/41081390