The Check-In

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Forty-five minutes with a business owner, talking honestly about what's working, what isn't, and what they're doing about it. The ones who come back, check in every month so you can watch it play out. Most business shows end at the advice. This one starts a clock. Every guest brings what they sell and what it does in a month. Rough numbers are welcome and most of them are rough. By the end we know what's really going on, said out loud, in front of whoever is listening. Then they come back. Once a month we check in on the same business, in front of the same people, which is a very different thing from a founder telling you afterwards how it went. Hosted by Austin Coveney at Revline. Want to come on the show? book.revlinehq.com/apply

  1. 6h ago

    The Growth Operator Who Skipped the Team

    Jordan Chrisostomou got fired from his second SaaS sales job and took it as a sign to go out on his own. Jordan Chrisostomou went to university to study English at Nottingham, then moved into tech sales. He got fired from his second SaaS sales job after turning up late and clashing with the corporate environment. In an earlier company built with a co-founder, every idea got pushed to only 20 percent before they moved on, so the business never reached its full potential. He also stepped away from the online coaching and info product space, unwilling to tie his name to its reputation. Autonomous Stack is pre revenue, testing its product with early businesses and collecting case studies and testimonials. Jordan's main priority is landing paying customers and getting the agency into profit before anything else. Chapters 0:00 Jordan introduces Autonomous Stack 1:07 Sales career and university detour 7:21 Fired from a SaaS sales job 10:00 The exit goal behind the agency 13:48 Lessons from stopping too early 20:18 Why market demand beats building in isolation 22:10 Leaving the info space behind 25:17 Advice on sales and finding problems 31:59 Why AI is not saturated --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    The Growth Operator Who Skipped the Team

  2. 1d ago

    The Trip to Bali That Ended the Job

    Ollie Lund quit his apprenticeship on a 10 day trip to Bali after a month of remote sales matched its pay. Ollie Lund spent two years in a sales apprenticeship, making £30,000 a year with a company car by age 17. He quit his job, moved there, spent $4,000 on a closing mentorship, and took 50 calls in his first month, closing only 3. He invested another $4,000 in a new mentor and moved to Thailand with his mate, training and taking calls every hour of the day. His close rate rose from 7% in the first month of closing to 40% in the second month of closing. In February this year, in USD, his agency crossed $100,000 in a month. He plans to scale the agency up through paid ad spend into his webinar system. Chapters 0:00 Dropping out for an apprenticeship 1:51 Finding remote sales 3:15 A terrible first offer 5:29 The Bali trip decision 6:20 Three closes from fifty calls 8:15 Building his own coaching 11:47 Crossing six figures a month 14:41 Spotting bad setting agencies 25:47 What makes a good rep --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    The Trip to Bali That Ended the Job

  3. 3d ago

    From Sandwich Counter to Info Founder

    Luke Pisacane sent the same volume of cold emails for eight months and his revenue never moved. Luke Pisacane started a pay per lead business in his frat house in his senior year of college, saved from working at Jersey Mike's. He sent the same number of cold outreach emails every month for eight straight months and his revenue stayed completely flat. A mentor looked at his Stripe account and pointed out it had been the same for nine months. Luke doubled and tripled his email volume, the exact change the mentor told him to make. Luke wants the mentorship to reach $100,000 a month within a couple of months, and his info product to scale to seven figures a month. Chapters 0:00 Starting a pay per lead business 2:12 Senior year with no social life 4:33 Losing friends to the grind 12:42 Stagnant for eight months on cold email 15:14 The mentor who read his Stripe account 19:57 Deciding to teach what he built 24:28 Launching the mentorship 28:57 Advice on taking messy action --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    From Sandwich Counter to Info Founder

  4. 6d ago

    What Actually Closes A Sixty Grand Deal

    Daden Gabrysz had a client named Jake close a $60,000 deal on one call after deleting a single belief. Daden Gabrysz worked at LA Fitness making $15 an hour before buying a $27 sales training book. He stopped attaching his worth to his income and traced results back to the beliefs showing up on his calls. He realised that the missing piece was not more technique but the inner belief work behind every call. He now coaches closers in sessions of 12 to 15 hours spread across five days. He plans to build a community for closers over the next 12 months so the change from each session holds. Chapters 0:00 Performance coach for closers 1:10 Fifteen bucks an hour at LA Fitness 6:37 Capped at ten grand a month 10:23 Why sales ability is not inborn 15:37 Jake closes a sixty grand deal 20:12 Fifteen hours instead of years of therapy 21:30 Building a community of closers 24:27 The advice he would give himself --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    What Actually Closes A Sixty Grand Deal

  5. Oct 1

    From Unpaid Intern To Ironman Coach

    Joey Lewand built an Iron Man coaching business from college and doubted why a 50 year old client would sign with him. Joey Lewand got into endurance sport through his father, who used to race these events, and started his coaching business about a year ago. Joey now works with 10 to 25 athletes at a time depending on the season. Joey plans to merge his business with another Iron Man coach by the end of 2026 and start in person training camps. Chapters 0:00 Meeting Joey Lewand 1:10 From intern to online coach 8:00 Finding the biggest mover 11:10 From powerlifting to triathlon 13:47 Hiring a business coach 18:05 Beating imposter syndrome 21:58 Advice on consistency and failure 23:54 Where to find Joey --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    From Unpaid Intern To Ironman Coach

  6. Sep 28

    The Eighteen-Year-Old Selling AI to CMOs

    Casper ran ads for his mum's accounting company for free, and she insisted on paying him for the work. Casper started by running ads for his mum's accounting company while still trying e-commerce on the side. She insisted on paying him, and he realised that was the only thing actually making him money. He went all in on the marketing agency and spent a month doing around 6,000 cold calls. He booked two meetings, one showed up, and that person became his first client at £3,000 a month. He plans to ramp up ad spend and hire people to manage LinkedIn and cold call so the business runs without him. Chapters 0:00 Who is Casper 1:09 Years of failed business models 1:47 His mum insists on paying him 2:09 Six thousand cold calls in a month 3:46 Figuring out the first client 4:10 Running ads to scale 6:10 Moving into consulting 11:07 Launching the mentorship 14:12 Revenue goals and next steps 19:57 Why cold calling still works --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    The Eighteen-Year-Old Selling AI to CMOs

  7. Sep 26

    Chasing the Inflection Point

    Cruze Gomez walks in as a five-year drop shipper who started at nineteen, selling products through Meta and TikTok after leaving home and choosing entrepreneurship over school. He lays out the gauntlet: kicked out at nineteen, sleeping in a 400 square foot garage, quitting a cereal sales job when his bank hit $8,800, losing his ten thousand dollar buffer to failed product tests, then rebuilding on shark slides, an electric razor rebrand, and a SundaySkin pivot. The conversation lands on what he now wants from himself: less pump and dump, more team, and a brand that earns the foundation he has spent five years fighting for. Chapters 0:00 The 400 Square Foot Garage That Started Everything 5:17 The Six Thousand Dollar Webinar He Could Not Afford 10:57 The Drunk Forty-One Year Old Who Forced The Quit 15:21 Saving Ten Grand And Walking Away From The Cereal Route 20:22 Shark Slides, Shopify Holds And The Day Money Finally Moved 24:56 Christmas Day, Fifty Six Grand And The Empty Success After 28:31 Meeting Dennis In New York And The Twenty Percent Scam That Followed 39:42 Matcha Collagen, Blind Apartment Hunting And A Stolen Goyard 55:11 The Real Goal Now, Hire A Team Worthy Of The Vision --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    Chasing the Inflection Point

  8. Sep 26

    The Gym Handshake in Phuket

    Domenico worked in a warehouse from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., carrying boxes of powder up and down stairs. Back in Sheffield with no money, he spent six months on bad offers making $1,000, $500 or nothing. Domenico went from minus 15 dollars to a seven point eight K paycheck in the same month after taking the offer. Mason and his sales manager onboarded him on a call that same day with no interview process. Domenico plans to hit 25,000 dollars a month by following a reverse-engineered tracking sheet of daily non-negotiables. He is not leaving his room in Bali until those daily numbers are hit. Chapters 0:00 Warehouse boxes to closer 2:11 Quitting for Thailand 3:48 Meeting Mason in the gym 6:04 Six months in Sheffield 6:55 The offer that changed everything 8:53 Locking in at the Bali villa 10:35 Spotting a good offer 12:51 The 25k a month plan 21:18 The diamond mining mindset --- Come on the show: book.revlinehq.com/apply Austin: @austin.coveney Made by Revline: revlinehq.com The show: @the.checkin_pod

    The Gym Handshake in Phuket
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Forty-five minutes with a business owner, talking honestly about what's working, what isn't, and what they're doing about it. The ones who come back, check in every month so you can watch it play out. Most business shows end at the advice. This one starts a clock. Every guest brings what they sell and what it does in a month. Rough numbers are welcome and most of them are rough. By the end we know what's really going on, said out loud, in front of whoever is listening. Then they come back. Once a month we check in on the same business, in front of the same people, which is a very different thing from a founder telling you afterwards how it went. Hosted by Austin Coveney at Revline. Want to come on the show? book.revlinehq.com/apply

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  • Creator
    Revline
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
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