My 24/7

Brian Ng, Carl Chandler
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My 24/7 is a show about what happens when you leave the safety of a tech career to build something of your own. Hosts Brian Ng and Carl share the unfiltered lessons — money, mindset, mistakes — from making the leap into entrepreneurship, one week at a time.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago

    How to Know It's Actually Time to Quit

    Most people leave a job in a reactive moment — bad boss, bad quarter, bad Tuesday. Brian pulls out his old tech-sales discovery playbook and runs it on Carl's decision to go independent: what was the real pain, what did ownership actually promise, and what had to be true before the leap made sense? In this episode: Why one bad day isn't a signal — and Carl's six-month "annoyance inventory" that isThe two sides of ownership: equity (and what watching a $12B acquisition without any taught Carl) and controlling the whole solution end to end"Artificial friction" — the approval layers that exist for no technical reason, and what disappears when you leaveThe runway math: nest egg, a spouse's stable income, and how the calculus changes if you're the sole breadwinnerGetting over the resume-gap fear and what people will thinkWhy frustration only fuels the fire for a little while — you need a specific picture of success to keep goingPlus: a cross-country drive, a weighted-vest bait and switch from Costco, and marketing automation that skips the small talk. New episodes every Tuesday.

    How to Know It's Actually Time to Quit

  2. Jul 24

    My 24/7 Episode 1: Meet Brian & Carl

    Two tech careers, two very different leaps. Carl spent years at Mailchimp, Zapier, and Webflow before betting on himself; Brian went from tech sales to opening a matcha tea franchise on Market Street in San Francisco. In the debut episode of My 24/7, they compare notes on what the jump actually looks like. In this episode: Why "autonomy and ownership" finally outweighed a comfortable tech paycheckThe invisible two-to-three-year runway behind that shop that "just appeared" on your cornerWhy commercial real estate moves at a pace that breaks a tech brain — and the Queens lawyer out-hustling DocuSignCarl's renovation rule for budgeting: whatever you think it costs and however long you think it takes, pad itThe one thing each of them would tell you before you take the leap: don't marry the plan, and find your community earlyNew episodes every Tuesday.

    My 24/7 Episode 1: Meet Brian & Carl
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My 24/7 is a show about what happens when you leave the safety of a tech career to build something of your own. Hosts Brian Ng and Carl share the unfiltered lessons — money, mindset, mistakes — from making the leap into entrepreneurship, one week at a time.

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  • Creator
    Brian Ng, Carl Chandler
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Brian Ng, Carl Chandler