When it comes to sales, it is all about understanding the customer. In this Expert Insight Interview, we welcome Gen Furukawa, Co-Founder of Prehook, a quiz platform for Shopify brands that helps merchants capture leads. Visit us on Apple Podcast You can also find SalesPOP! on all major podcast stations.Listen
The SalesPOP! The podcast is one of the world’s top-ranked sales podcasts, ranking in the top 2% of 3.3 million podcasts globally. Hosted by John Golden, Amazon bestselling author and globally recognized sales thought leader, the show features short, actionable conversations with the world’s leading sales experts, authors, and practitioners.
With over 1,500 episodes and counting, we cover everything from sales enablement and pipeline management to AI-powered selling, leadership development, and CRM strategy. Each episode distills decades of real-world selling experience into insights you can apply immediately.
That’s the foundation of a brand now selling in dozens of countries — built without a single ad until international distribution was already moving. His framework is brutally simple: validate with your own money first, learn your cash flow rhythms before scaling, and treat your founding story like a competitive asset — because it is. ... »
In a recent Sales POP! conversation, advisor Simon Bowen made a point that’s hard to shake: AI isn’t your biggest threat — reactive thinking is. As technology absorbs more routine work, the leaders and salespeople who win will be the ones who think deliberately, not just quickly. Bowen’s advice is simple but countercultural — pause ... »
Most executives don’t have a time problem. They have a design problem. In this episode, Claire Giovino, CEO of Inbox Done, breaks down the framework high performers use to stop reacting to their day and start owning it. We cover energy mapping, the delegation trap most leaders fall into, and why your phone sitting on ... »
AI voice agents aren’t replacing salespeople — they’re handling the work salespeople shouldn’t be doing anyway. Thoughtly’s Will breaks down exactly how companies are using conversational AI to follow up faster, re-engage cold leads, and book more meetings without burning out their teams. One property management client booked 650 meetings in 90 days. The strategy ... »
Allan Khazak went 0-for-400 on sales calls before building a seven-figure business in under two years. His secret? Getting out of his own way. On this episode, Khazak breaks down how he replaced founder dependency with systems, trained a team to handle client work without him, and cut his weekly involvement to under an hour. ... »
Building a luxury brand starts with one question: Are you ready to lead, not follow? Kathryn Porritt, founder of Iconic Empire, reveals why premium positioning isn’t about working harder—it’s about thinking differently. The secret? Start at the top. Launch with $100K+ offers for elite clients first, then scale down if desired. This flips the traditional ... »
Most companies are doing AI customer service wrong. They’re just replacing humans with chatbots and wondering why customers hate it. Nathan Strum, CEO of Abby Connect, has a different approach: let AI and humans do what they’re each good at. AI handles repetitive tasks—answering common questions, collecting information, and routing calls. Humans handle complex problems ... »
Management has a missing step problem. For every 100 men promoted into leadership roles, only 87 women make the same climb—and even fewer people of color advance. Christine Sandman Stone calls these “broken rungs,” and they’re costing organizations their best talent. After 35 years transforming companies like Dell and McDonald’s, she knows the fix starts ... »
I am grateful to salespop.net and John for the opportunity to discuss gold and my new book, "Money and Liberty: In the Pursuit of Happiness and The Theory of Natural Money".
Jame Turk PC
Thank you, John, and the SalesPop! team, for allowing me to share my insights on how businesses around the globe can attract, retain, and support top talent to thrive in today's world.
Nirupa Netram PC
We had such a good time together exploring his questions and it always makes it good for any audience when the people doing the podcast are having fun.
Mags Bell PC
John is a wonderful host who creates a very comfortable atmosphere and instead of conducting a traditional interview he actually has a proper conversation with his guests.
Matthias Oschinski PC
He clearly had done his prep work on my topic, and he really focused on what I said in the moment, so the conversation was as authentic and meaningful as possible
Stephanie Klein PC
I appreciate how John highlighted the value of my lived experience in helping others change their mindset, because people live in all kinds of prisons in their heads
Trish Jenkins PC
He asked insightful questions that revealed aspects and nuances about the topic that the viewers will undoubtedly find very valuable.
Paolo Pironi PC
John was able to draw out the similarities and differences in our way of approaching sales without it being awkward.
Shayla Boyd-Gill PC
Susan Friedman is the founder of Aviva Publishing & Marketing, a nonfiction book marketing specialist with over 30 years of experience and 18 published books — including one title that sold over 500,000 copies to a single corporate buyer. In this episode, she challenges the assumptions that sink most business authors and lays out a ... »
Andy Hedrick is the Founder and CEO of Green Path Tech and author of the 2V2R Rapid Sales Growth System. With over 30 years of B2B sales experience and more than $500 million in revenue growth delivered, Andy joins Sales POP! to share a practical framework for growing faster, closing sooner, and spending less to ... »
Tony Paquin is a healthcare technology entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience founding and scaling companies in regulated markets. As CEO and co-founder of iRemedy Healthcare, he leads an AI-enabled procurement platform that connects manufacturers directly with hospitals, government agencies, and patients — cutting costs, eliminating middlemen, and reshoring the US pharmaceutical supply chain. ... »
The AI Accountant: How Sai Dhanak Is Replacing the Billable Hour Sai Dhanak is the CEO and co-founder of Deduction, a two-time startup exit veteran with four patents spanning cybersecurity, IoT, and service design. In this episode, Sai explains how a structural crisis in the US accounting industry — with 55% of CPAs approaching retirement ... »
What if the biggest thing holding your consulting practice back isn’t your expertise — it’s your pricing model? In this episode, pricing and business development expert John Ray joins host John Golden to make a compelling case for leaving hourly billing behind. Drawing on over a decade of advising consultants, attorneys, coaches, and fractional executives, ... »
About the Guest Kai Stone is the founder of StoneSystems.io, an AI-powered automation and CRM platform purpose-built for contractors. Starting from his parents’ home in Austin, Texas, Kai first cut his teeth in business by managing his family’s Airbnb properties, where he saw firsthand how simple technology could transform operations for people who weren’t tech-savvy. ... »
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