The WallStreetPapi Podcast

WallStreet Papi

Passionate about helping others LEVEL UP in the intersection of technology, business, fitness, mindset, and finance, as I navigate life's path of exponential growth.

  1. May 30

    Episode 52: America Gave Away Its Creatine Supply Chain. One Man Is Taking It Back. | AJAC (250k followers) on X

    If you think this episode is about creatine, you're wrong.Alexander Cortes known as AJAC spent his entire adult life in the fitness industry. Ballet dancer turned personal trainer turned one of the most followed fitness writers on the internet. 250K followers on X. 41K Substack subscribers. A decade of building an audience from zero with no backing, no connections, and no plan.Then one day he looked at a tub of creatine and asked a simple question: why don't we make this in America?What he found changed everything.Creatine is only manufactured in two places on earth... China and Germany. China controls 90% of global supply. The United States has been 100% import dependent since the 1990s when American producers were wiped out by Chinese dumping at 120-150% below fair value. And the supply chain behind creatine a molecule called cyanamide feeds fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, airbags, flame retardants, and military explosives.This isn't a supplement story. It's a civilization story.In December 2025, AJAC posted a call to action on X. 40 people showed up in Austin. A company was formed Athanor Inc. He recruited some of the top nitrogen chemists in the world, all on sweat equity. They synthesized American Creatine Batch #1 themselves. What we cover: How China took over the global creatine market in under 2 years and why America never came backWhat cyanamide actually is and why it sits underneath food, medicine, defense, and electronicsHow AJAC recruited world-class scientists with zero capital and a tweetGoing from ballet dancer to personal trainer to hard tech founder at 37The Five Focuses of Life framework and why you can't be elite at everythingWhy X is the highest talent concentration platform on earthThe difference between chasing fame and building an honest audienceHow fitness and company building map to the same mental frameworksWhy knowledge is the foundation of money and why America is still the greatest engine for human creationConnect with AJAC:X: https://x.com/AJA_CortesSubstack: broscienceclub.comAthanor Inc: athanor.incLIKE & SUBSCRIBE!

    48 min
  2. Feb 5

    Episode 47: Duke Law to $1.6B in Deals: Eric Pacifici (SMB Law Group) on M&A, AI, and Life

    Eric Pacifici has done $1.6 billion in lower middle market M&A deals since 2022, making SMB Law Group one of the top deal firms in the country by volume. He's worked at elite law firms like Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, handling high-stakes transactions for clients such as Amazon. He's been selected five times as a "Rising Star" (2020, 2022–2025) by Super Lawyers for M&A, named "Ones to Watch" (2023-2025) by The Best Lawyers in America, and recognized in the 40 Under 40 by The Orlando Business Journal in 2024. He graduated from Duke University School of Law in 2015 and has over 150k followers on X.In this conversation, Eric broke down the $70 trillion wealth transfer happening from baby boomers to millennials and why it's not as easy as the internet makes it seem. We pulled back the curtain on what actually happens when you buy a small business: the J-curve, managing skeptical employees, navigating stakeholder politics, and why AI can't replace the human element of running a business.We talked about how he built SMB Law Group by actually listening to what clients wanted instead of pushing a product nobody needs, the realities of entrepreneurship through acquisition that nobody talks about, why certain niches will absolutely cook you if you're not the right fit, and some wild stories from the field (including one about a crew member that you won't believe).Eric also got real about his journey from a 2.5 high school GPA to Duke Law to Kirkland & Ellis and the life philosophy that's carried him through it all: "You have to wake up every day with unshakable confidence that everything's going to work out, but you have to get the f*ck after it."This is a masterclass on M&A, small business acquisition, and life.Find Eric: X @SMB_Attorney

    36 min

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Passionate about helping others LEVEL UP in the intersection of technology, business, fitness, mindset, and finance, as I navigate life's path of exponential growth.