Own More, Run Less: The Agency Holding Company Playbook with Peter Kang | Episode 263
Apple PodcastsSpotify Episode Summary Most boutique founders believe you need scale before you can stop running the business. Peter Kang […]
Greg Alexander
You Don’t Need an Engineer. You Need to Know the Work with Chris Prinos. | Episode 262
Apple PodcastsSpotify Episode Summary Most boutique founders believe AI leverage starts with a technical hire or an outside vendor. It
Ship It and Fix It
Some of you are trying to make your AI work perfect before anyone sees it. You are polishing in private. You are waiting for the version that cannot be criticized.
We Hired a Credentialed M&A Advisor. It Still Went Sideways with Scott Gardner and Dennis Hahn | Episode 261
Apple PodcastsSpotify Episode Summary In this episode of the Pro Serv Podcast, Greg Alexander speaks with Scott Gardner and Dennis
The Boutique Firms That Win the AI Shakeout Won’t Be the Fastest. They’ll Be the Last Ones Standing.
The boutique professional services industry is in a death march.
AI is causing a shakeout. Some firms are closing shop. Some are retreating into lifestyle firms. The ones still fighting are fighting harder than they ever have.
The January Cutoff: Rebuilding a Services Firm Around Human + AI with Kyle Walbrun | Episode 260
Apple PodcastsSpotify Episode Summary Most founders are bolting AI onto the firm they already have. Kyle Walbrun rebuilt the firm.
Doubling Margins in 12 Months with Bart Bartlett | Episode 259
Apple PodcastsSpotify Episode Summary Most founders try to expand margin from the top line. Bart Bartlett doubled his margins from
The AI-Enabled Firm Is a Trap. The Agentic Firm Is the Prize.
Why “grow without hiring” is the most important sentence a boutique founder will write in 2026.
Most boutique professional services founders think they have one AI strategy to pick.
They are wrong. There are two. They look similar. They produce wildly different firms.
The Anti-Commodity Move: Winning on Experience When AI Flattens the Work with John Roberson | Episode 258
Apple PodcastsSpotify Episode Summary As AI compresses the technical work, the deliverable itself is becoming a commodity. What still isn’t:
The Model Wars Are Over. The Business Model War Has Begun.
Every year, Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI publishes the most comprehensive independent assessment of where artificial intelligence actually stands. The 2026 edition runs 423 pages across nine chapters. I read it so you don’t have to.