Fix My Business

B. Scott Todd
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Business problems feel overwhelming because you're trying to fix everything at once. Fix My Business cuts through the noise by answering one real question per episode—giving you clarity, a clear diagnosis, and one action you can take this week. Hosted by author and entrepreneur Scott Todd, this show isn't about theory or motivation. It's about solving the actual problems that keep business owners stuck: revenue up but profit down, marketing that doesn't work, chaos that won't stop, and the constant feeling that you're one step behind. Scott left a Fortune 300 VP role to build multiple seven-figure companies. His book, Fix This Next for Real Estate Investors (releasing January 2026), introduced the Investor Priority Pyramid (IPP)—a framework for knowing exactly what to fix next when everything feels urgent. Now, he's bringing that same diagnostic approach to business owners across every industry. What makes this show different: Every episode starts with a real question from a real business owner. Scott diagnoses the actual problem (not the surface symptom), explains why it's happening, and gives you one clear move to make progress this week. No 10-step plans. No vague advice. Just: here's what's wrong, here's why, here's what to do. You'll learn how to: -Identify the real problem hiding underneath the chaos -Use frameworks like the Investor Priority Pyramid (IPP), the Survival Trap, and the Scaling Trap to understand where you're stuck -Fix margin erosion, cash flow issues, and operational breakdowns -Build systems that let your business run without running you -Move from grinding for revenue to printing profit Scott's background spans over three decades in corporate leadership (Fortune 300 executive in IT, operations, and finance) and entrepreneurship (Landmodo, Passion IT Group, and other ventures). He thinks like an operator, not a guru. His frameworks—IPP, the Freedom Number Formula, ACRE, and the DREAMS Framework—translate complex strategy into simple, repeatable actions. This show is for: -Business owners working harder but taking home less -Entrepreneurs stuck in the Survival Trap (revenue grows, chaos grows faster) -Operators who want clarity on what to fix first when everything feels broken -Anyone tired of motivational advice who wants tactical, diagnostic problem-solving Each episode includes: -The Question: A real problem from a real business owner -The Diagnosis: What's actually wrong (the thing you can't see on your own) -The Action: One move you can make this week to fix it If you're ready to stop guessing and start fixing, this is your show. Scott Todd is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and author of Fix This Next for Real Estate Investors (January 2026). He's the creator of the Investor Priority Pyramid™ and the Freedom Number™ framework. Through his companies, writing, and this podcast, he helps business owners escape overwhelm and build businesses that operate without consuming their lives. Learn more at ScottTodd.net.

  1. 3D AGO

    OpenClaw Lessons Learned: Don't Build on Rented Land

    Back in January, OpenClaw made AI agents accessible using existing subscriptions. Then on Good Friday, Anthropic sent an email: your subscription won't work for third-party tools anymore. Starting tomorrow. People scrambled to cheaper models—and found out they weren't as good. Workflows broke. Social media exploded with complaints. The revelation: we handed our entire businesses to some other company. In real estate, there's a rule—don't build on rented land. That's exactly what we did. We built workflows on subscriptions, on models we don't own. And we can be deplatformed at any time. The memory trap applies here, but worse. With a departing employee, you lose knowledge. With AI, you lose the tool AND the workflow. Skills locked in their software disappear when they shut you down. Three questions to ask yourself: What happens if that model disappears tomorrow—what breaks?Can I take what this tool learned and move it somewhere else?What will it cost me to start over with a new tool? The 7-9 month thesis: frontier models are that far ahead of local open source. Mac Studio with 256GB memory has a seven-month wait. By the time hardware arrives, local models may have caught up to where frontier models are today. The IPO warning: OpenAI and Anthropic are going public. Shareholders expect profit. These companies are losing money. The only path: raise prices, cut services, or both. If you've built everything on their platform, you're exposed. The bottom line: When something is easy and fast, you haven't seen the real cost yet. The landlord always shows up. Know your risk, or make the investment to own your infrastructure. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    15 min

  2. 5D AGO

    I've Been Trying AI for Months and Nothing Has Stuck—What Am I Missing?

    "I've Been Trying AI for Months and Nothing Has Stuck—What Am I Missing?" Robin asks: "I've tried ChatGPT, some automation tools, things my team suggested. Nothing has stuck. We're not saving time. Nobody uses it consistently. I'm starting to think AI just isn't for businesses like mine." You're not alone. 48% of companies who deployed AI reported disappointment with results. The problem isn't AI—it's how it's being deployed. The core insight: AI is an amplifier, not a fixer. If your workflow is clear and documented, AI makes it consistently excellent. If your workflow is chaos, AI amplifies the chaos. This is the Variability Trap—when everyone produces different outputs, AI just makes that inconsistency faster. Treat AI deployment like hiring a VA. Use microtasks, not full workflow dumps. The 30X Rule: whatever time a task takes you, allocate 30X that to training. If it's an hour a day, that's ~900 hours of training investment over time. You're buying back your time—that takes patience. Think of AI like teaching a child to ride a bike. Map out the micro steps. Train on one part. Guide them. Let go when they balance. Then connect the micro tasks into a larger workflow. This is a horse and buggy to car moment. We have to adapt. But adaptation requires fixing the foundation first—then adding AI on top. The bottom line: AI amplifies what's already there. Fix your chaos first. Deploy in micro steps. Expect it to take time. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    10 min

  3. APR 9

    My Ads Are Good But I'm Not Getting Leads—What's Wrong?

    Joe asks: "I have a team producing marketing copy, but I'm not getting responses. I think the ads are good. We use ChatGPT with our avatars loaded, but the marketing channels aren't producing leads." Scott diagnoses the real problem: Joe has improperly defined success. His team is measuring copy production, but copy isn't the marketing metric—leads are. The deeper issue: Joe doesn't truly know his customer. When you're hunting without clarity, you default to thinking an ad is "good" because it reads well to YOU. But you're not the intended audience. What reads well to you could fizzle to your target reader. Scott shares how his own team flagged a TikTok problem: "You're not connecting with people there." They researched, identified what needed to change, and adapted. That's what a team with the right definition of success does. The AI slop warning: Today's content is often unreadable. People joke "which model wrote this?" If your content sounds like everyone else's, you won't connect. The fix: Meet with your team. Redefine success. We could produce a million pieces of copy, but that's not winning. Winning is X number of leads. Paint that picture for your team. The bottom line: You're not the intended audience. Stop measuring copy. Start measuring leads. Redefine what winning looks like. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    7 min

  4. APR 7

    Everyone's Talking About AI Agents and I Don't Know Where to Start

    Rebecca asks: "I'm in a mastermind group and everyone is talking about AI agents. I don't even know where to start. It's making me wonder if I'm going to be able to keep up because people have such a head start on me." In this episode, Scott acknowledges the FOMO is real—technology is coming at us faster than we can adjust. But the rule is simple: be curious, don't chase tools. It's never about the tool; it's about your business and the value you create. The tortoise and hare applies here. Slow and steady wins. While your Instagram feed is full of new AI models daily, you don't have to act on everything. Scott shares how he processes new tech: yesterday he heard about an OCR model that's excellent at reading documents. He didn't implement it—he captured it as something to potentially leverage later. Awareness without immediate action. The Dan Sullivan principle: your number one job is to protect your confidence. If AI is shattering your confidence, you're in a terrible spot. Give yourself a break. Give yourself grace. Make time to learn, but don't let FOMO consume you. The bottom line: Be curious, don't chase tools. Protect your confidence. Slow and steady wins the AI race too. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    8 min

  5. APR 2

    How Do You Know When to Scale a Business?

    Fix My Business

    8 min

  6. MAR 31

    I'm Spending Money on Marketing But Getting No Leads—What's Wrong? (Case Study)

    In this episode, Scott walks through a case study from a recent build session. Stephen came in frustrated: spending money on marketing but getting no leads, no return. Scott diagnosed him in the visibility trap—lacking insight into why customers actually buy from him. The core problem: Stephen was confusing activity with results. His team treated content as the goal, not leads and sales. Scott introduces the System 1-2-3 marketing framework: System 1 is believing everyone is your customer (wrong), System 2 is finding a market and participating (commodity), System 3 is finding YOUR people and creating YOUR market (differentiation). The aviation CPA example shows what System 3 looks like—a CPA who only helps business owners get tax deductions for planes, works less than typical CPAs, and dominates his niche. Stephen's homework: find three competitors, pull their ads, use AI to analyze who they're talking to and what problem they're solving. Build a marketing system that turns pain into a lead-producing machine. The bottom line: Content isn't the goal—leads that produce sales are the goal. Stop at System 2 and you're a commodity. Go to System 3 and you own your market. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    11 min

  7. MAR 26

    I'm Still Redoing My Team's Work—How Do I Actually Let Go?

    Steven asks: "I've been running my company for six years. We do about half a million a year. I have a team, but I'm still actively involved in everything. I've tried delegating, but it ends up with me redoing the work. Is this just my personality?" In this episode, Scott diagnoses Steven's real problem (the control trap isn't personality—it's an unwritten standard), explains why "what winning looks like" must be defined, and shares the Walt Disney Jungle Cruise story: how Walt noticed inconsistent ride times but went upstream to set the standard instead of fixing it himself. You'll learn why your company is capped at your capacity and what to do when delegated work comes back wrong. The bottom line: Paint a picture of what success looks like. Get out of the way. Let them redo it—not you. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    8 min

  8. MAR 24

    My Best Employee Wants a Raise, But I Can't Justify It—What Do I Say?

    Shane asks: "My best employee wants to be a manager so he can earn more money. I don't have a management structure." In this episode, Scott reframes Shane's problem (it's not structure—it's economics), explains the ROI mindset for employees, and shares the 10X principle from his first boss at Hertz. You'll hear the gas price story (justifying salary in year one), learn about Cursor's 20X model, and get a copy-paste conversation script for raise requests. Plus: the economic unit cost framework for tying pay to production. The bottom line: Want $150K? Show me $1.5M in value. Align pay with production, not titles. Got a business question? Ask Scott here: scotttodd.net/ask

    10 min
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Business problems feel overwhelming because you're trying to fix everything at once. Fix My Business cuts through the noise by answering one real question per episode—giving you clarity, a clear diagnosis, and one action you can take this week. Hosted by author and entrepreneur Scott Todd, this show isn't about theory or motivation. It's about solving the actual problems that keep business owners stuck: revenue up but profit down, marketing that doesn't work, chaos that won't stop, and the constant feeling that you're one step behind. Scott left a Fortune 300 VP role to build multiple seven-figure companies. His book, Fix This Next for Real Estate Investors (releasing January 2026), introduced the Investor Priority Pyramid (IPP)—a framework for knowing exactly what to fix next when everything feels urgent. Now, he's bringing that same diagnostic approach to business owners across every industry. What makes this show different: Every episode starts with a real question from a real business owner. Scott diagnoses the actual problem (not the surface symptom), explains why it's happening, and gives you one clear move to make progress this week. No 10-step plans. No vague advice. Just: here's what's wrong, here's why, here's what to do. You'll learn how to: -Identify the real problem hiding underneath the chaos -Use frameworks like the Investor Priority Pyramid (IPP), the Survival Trap, and the Scaling Trap to understand where you're stuck -Fix margin erosion, cash flow issues, and operational breakdowns -Build systems that let your business run without running you -Move from grinding for revenue to printing profit Scott's background spans over three decades in corporate leadership (Fortune 300 executive in IT, operations, and finance) and entrepreneurship (Landmodo, Passion IT Group, and other ventures). He thinks like an operator, not a guru. His frameworks—IPP, the Freedom Number Formula, ACRE, and the DREAMS Framework—translate complex strategy into simple, repeatable actions. This show is for: -Business owners working harder but taking home less -Entrepreneurs stuck in the Survival Trap (revenue grows, chaos grows faster) -Operators who want clarity on what to fix first when everything feels broken -Anyone tired of motivational advice who wants tactical, diagnostic problem-solving Each episode includes: -The Question: A real problem from a real business owner -The Diagnosis: What's actually wrong (the thing you can't see on your own) -The Action: One move you can make this week to fix it If you're ready to stop guessing and start fixing, this is your show. Scott Todd is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and author of Fix This Next for Real Estate Investors (January 2026). He's the creator of the Investor Priority Pyramid™ and the Freedom Number™ framework. Through his companies, writing, and this podcast, he helps business owners escape overwhelm and build businesses that operate without consuming their lives. Learn more at ScottTodd.net.

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  • Creator
    B. Scott Todd
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © B. Scott Todd
  • Show Website
    Fix My Business

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