Sales POP! – conversations with the people who run sales organizations, hosted by John Golden. Published by Coevera, the CRM built for B2B sales teams that sell consultatively.
Jessica Rhodes is the Founder of Interview Connections, the world’s first podcast booking agency, launched in 2013. In 2020 she hired her first sales reps to scale the company — and spent six years trying to make the model work before dismantling it. In this Expert Insight Interview, Jessica walks through the friction between commission-driven ... »
Carmen Sederino is the founder and Performance Master at Illuminated Story and a former corporate leader who managed a $300 million portfolio across 18 years before turning her professional-arts training into an executive coaching practice. In this Expert Insight Interview, she argues that the live keynote is a competitive advantage no AI tool can replicate ... »
Jacquelyn Goldberg, VP of Sales at Unframe AI, has spent a decade building sales organizations from scratch at AI and enterprise companies — and she’s scaled her current team to multi-million ARR in under a year. In this Expert Insight Interview with John Golden, Jacquelyn unpacks why so many pedigreed sellers stall when they land ... »
Kevin C. Roy is the founder and CEO of Green Banana SEO, a full-stack agency based in Boston that has been guiding clients through search evolutions since 2009. In this Expert Insight Interview, Kevin joins John Golden to unpack how AI has rewritten the rules of search — and what companies need to do now ... »
Irwin Hau is the founder of Chromatix, an award-winning Melbourne-based conversion design agency, and the creator of Conversion Cow, a SaaS platform that turns ordinary websites into high-performing sales assets. Over 16 years, he has analyzed more than 60,000 websites and developed the Trust and Authority framework that fuses behavioral psychology, conversion strategy, and UX ... »
Michael Hofer is a CFO, transformational executive, and founder of ByMichaelHofer with more than 30 mergers and acquisitions executed across multiple industries and continents. In this episode, he joins John Golden to reveal what separates deals that create lasting value from the ones that collapse during integration — and how AI is now changing the ... »
Lane Kawaoka is a former engineer turned full-time real estate investor and fund manager who oversees a portfolio exceeding $2.1 billion. He achieved real estate millionaire status by age 31, left corporate life by 35, and has since syndicated more than $250 million in private equity while distributing over $450 million to investors. In this ... »
Gregory Kovsky is the President and CEO of International Business Associates (IBA), the Pacific Northwest’s oldest and largest business brokerage firm. With 32 years of M&A experience and more than 300 business sales facilitated, Gregory is one of the most seasoned intermediaries in the country. In this episode, he walks business owners through everything they ... »
Dr. James Maisiri, an AI and society researcher at the University of Johannesburg, argues that Africa must shape AI before AI shapes Africa. His core message: with China and America controlling 90% of AI computing power and Africa holding just 1%, the continent needs human accountability, locally trained models, and united AI trade agreements to ... »
Nasir Ali, Managing Partner of Rise360 Ventures, shows how manufactured housing communities can produce stable, inflation-resistant passive income that keeps paying even in downturns. A second-generation operator, Nasir Ali buys underperforming communities, fills their vacancies, and earns recurring rent from the land beneath the homes. In this episode, he maps the path from a first ... »
Debbie Qaqish, Founder of The Growth Factor, argues that human performance is the next competitive advantage in the age of AI. As AI agents take over routine sales and marketing tasks, she says judgment, empathy, and authenticity decide who wins, and that leaders must build these human skills instead of adding more tools. In this ... »
Ganzorig Ulziibayar, author of Strategy Is Attitude and founding chairman of Mandal Financial Group, joins Sales POP! to argue that strategy is a subconscious attitude, not just a set of frameworks. His core message: everyone is born a strategist, and three attitudes- giving, customer perspective, and productivity- awaken that capability. Drawing on a childhood herding ... »
Warren Kornblum, CEO of Shadow Branding and former Global CMO of Toys “R” Us, says brands win lasting loyalty by earning a share of the heart: an emotional connection built on clear purpose, consistent delivery, and human empathy rather than one-off transactions. In this Expert Insight Interview, he shares lessons from reinvigorating the Toys “R” ... »
Christopher C. Papin, attorney, CPA, and insurance producer at Papin CPA and Papin Law in Edmond, Oklahoma, joins John Golden to show how anchoring proposals to a client’s stated goals turns price objections into long-term value and ROI decisions. The episode also covers owner mindset, the accounting foundation behind good advice, and where AI helps ... »
