The Ray J. Green Show

Ray J. Green

The Ray J. Green Show is for operators and founders who are already doing the work — but know that working harder isn't the same as getting it right. Each day, Ray J. Green — investor, operator, and founder of MSP Sales Partners — brings the sales tactics, leadership decisions, and strategic thinking he's learned from leading turnarounds, advising hundreds of B2B and MSP businesses, and making his share of costly calls. Some episodes are frameworks you can use tomorrow. Some are the thinking underneath the frameworks — the part nobody teaches. Most are both. From Cabo, where he lives with his family. No hype. Just what's working, what isn't, and how to think about the difference. Visit for fresh episode daily: https://podcast.rayjgreen.com

  1. 5D AGO

    We Manage 65 SDRs—The Top Ones Make Fewer Calls

    What if making more calls is actually hurting your sales results? Across 65 SDRs, the ones booking the most meetings aren’t the highest-activity reps—they’re often making fewer calls. If your outbound feels like a grind with inconsistent results, the issue might not be effort—it might be the model you’re using. In this episode, Ray breaks down why the “numbers game” is outdated—and what actually drives consistent pipeline today. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: • Why high call volume creates more problems than it solves in modern outbound • The hidden operational costs behind “cheap” SDR strategies • How top-performing reps approach prospecting differently—and why it compounds over time // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    13 min
  2. 6D AGO

    The World’s Best AI Voice Company Chose Humans Over Agents

    If AI can replace your sales team… why are the best AI companies still hiring humans? The company with the most advanced AI voices in the world chose not to use agents for outbound—and built a 46% outbound pipeline with humans instead. What if the “AI replaces sales” narrative is costing you pipeline, burning your market, and giving you false confidence? In this episode, Ray breaks down why AI isn’t the shortcut you think it is—and where it actually belongs if you want real results. What You’ll Learn in This Episode • Why outbound sales fails faster with AI—even when it wins on volume • The hidden psychological reason prospects reject AI-driven outreach • How to use AI to amplify your team instead of quietly replacing your results // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    12 min
  3. MAR 24

    Stop Vibe Coding a CRM and Grow Your Actual Business

    You’re not building a new opportunity—you’re abandoning a working one. More MSP owners are “vibe coding” CRMs, convinced it’s their next big move… while their actual business quietly stalls. What if the thing pulling your attention isn’t growth—but a distraction disguised as progress? In this episode, Ray breaks down why building software might be the most expensive mistake you can make right now—and what deserves your focus instead. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: • Why shifting from a $1M–$5M service business into software resets you back to zero • The difference between building a product people might want vs. validating one they’ll actually pay for • How “productive” distractions keep you from solving the real constraint in your business // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    6 min
  4. MAR 23

    You’re Burning Your Best Content (And Don’t Even Know It)

    AYou don’t have a content problem—you’re just burning your best ideas. Most creators are producing more than enough content… but still not seeing results. Why? Because what they’ve already created never gets fully used. If one piece of content could turn into 20, 30, even 50 assets—without more effort—your entire content strategy would change. In this episode, Ray breaks down why you’re stuck on the content treadmill—and what needs to change if you want your work to actually compound. What You’ll Learn in This Episode Why creating more content is often the wrong move—and what’s actually holding your growth backThe “flaring” problem that causes creators to waste their highest-quality ideasHow top creators turn one idea into dozens of outputs without increasing their workload // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    11 min
  5. MAR 20

    $15 Billion in Silence: What Travis Kalanick Built While Nobody Was Watching

    What if the work you think is growing your business is actually just making you feel like it is? After disappearing for 8 years, Travis Kalanick—former Uber founder—quietly built a $15B robotics company, operating in 30 countries with thousands of employees… without PR, branding, or even LinkedIn visibility. This forces a harder question: if you removed validation, visibility, and noise—would your business still move forward? In this episode, Ray breaks down the hidden difference between building and performing—and why the question you’re asking might be capping your entire trajectory. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why most founders are stuck in a “visibility loop” that feels productive—but isn’t actually moving the business forwardThe mindset shift from “Can I do this?” to “What would it take?”—and how it changes the scale of problems you pursueHow removing yourself as the constraint fundamentally alters the opportunities, talent, and outcomes available to you // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    8 min
  6. MAR 19

    The One Question I Ask Every Time I Design a Comp Plan

    Most compensation plans don’t fail because they’re complicated—they fail because they’re unclear. If you can’t name the exact behavior your comp plan is designed to drive, you’re not incentivizing performance—you’re creating confusion and misalignment. In this episode, I break down the one question that cuts through all of it—and why getting this right changes how your team actually shows up day to day. If you want a comp plan that drives the behaviors you actually need (not just outcomes you hope for), this episode will show you where to start. What You'll Learn In This Episode Why every comp plan is fundamentally a behavior-shaping system—not a payment structureThe hidden misalignment created when you pay people on outcomes they don’t controlHow to identify the specific actions that actually move your business forward // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    7 min
  7. MAR 17

    Execution Is Slipping? It’s One of Three Things.

    When execution starts slipping in a business—missed deadlines, dropped tasks, confusion across the team—most leaders immediately try to fix the wrong thing. The real issue almost always comes down to one of three root causes: priorities, process, or people. In this episode, Ray breaks down the simple framework he uses to diagnose execution problems after a recent rollout inside his own company didn’t go as planned. When you diagnose the problem correctly, the path to fixing it becomes obvious. If your team feels busy but progress keeps stalling, this episode will help you identify the real cause so you can stop applying the wrong fix and start getting execution back on track. What you'll learn in this episode: • The three root causes behind almost every execution breakdown in a business • Why leaders often misdiagnose execution problems and make them worse • How to determine whether your issue is priorities, process, or people // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    6 min
  8. MAR 16

    How One MSP Gets 15-20 Appointments a Month (3 SDR Strategies That Actually Work in 2026)

    ▸ Get My Free MSP Sales Toolbox: https://msp.sale/yt-toolbox ▸ Check out MSP Sales Partners: mspsalespartners.com ▸ Learn about our SDR Accelerator program: https://mspsalespartners.com/sdr-accelerator - Three MSPs in our program are consistently booking 15-20 qualified appointments every month from their SDRs. And they’re using very distinct strategies — different than the standard smile and dial strategy. I asked all of them to walk me through everything. In this video, I break down those 3 case studies and what they’re doing different. Plus the 5 most common mistakes that cause everyone else to get no ROI from their SDR investment. // Welcome to The Ray J. Green Show, your destination for tips on sales, strategy, and self-mastery from an operator, not a guru. About Ray: → Former Managing Director of National Small & Midsize Business at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he doubled revenue per sale in fundraising, led the first increase in SMB membership, co-built a national Mid-Market sales channel, and more. → Former CEO operator for several investor groups where he led turnarounds of recently acquired small businesses. → Current founder of MSP Sales Partners, where we currently help IT companies scale sales: www.MSPSalesPartners.com → Current Sales & Sales Management Expert in Residence at the world’s largest IT business mastermind. → Current Managing Partner of Repeatable Revenue Ventures, where we scale B2B companies we have equity in: www.RayJGreen.com // Follow Ray on: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

    1h 14m
4.5
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11 Ratings

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The Ray J. Green Show is for operators and founders who are already doing the work — but know that working harder isn't the same as getting it right. Each day, Ray J. Green — investor, operator, and founder of MSP Sales Partners — brings the sales tactics, leadership decisions, and strategic thinking he's learned from leading turnarounds, advising hundreds of B2B and MSP businesses, and making his share of costly calls. Some episodes are frameworks you can use tomorrow. Some are the thinking underneath the frameworks — the part nobody teaches. Most are both. From Cabo, where he lives with his family. No hype. Just what's working, what isn't, and how to think about the difference. Visit for fresh episode daily: https://podcast.rayjgreen.com

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