So guys, this episode is not going to be quite like all the other ones and that's because

I'm giving serious consideration to shutting the show down and I'll tell you why.

The first reason I launched the show was really an excuse to connect with B2B SaaS CEOs.

It was so much more powerful for me to reach out to them and say, hey, come on the show.

I want to feature you on my podcast so I could learn from them versus saying, hey, in a cold

email, can I, you know, can I jump on a call and can I pick your brain?

And it's done so well.

You guys don't know this, but I've recorded over 3,500 episodes.

Now, obviously, I only publish one per day, so all of those are not released,

but it served its purpose. I've interviewed all of them. I've gotten all the metrics. I've learned

so much. But the reason I'm really moving towards shutting the show down is I am easily,

I mean easily, the most sued podcaster. And the reason is because these CEOs

calling my show, I get them very comfortable, and I do what you guys want me to do. I make them

be super transparent with their numbers because we're sick and tired of reading things on TechCrunch

that are sensationalized or untrue about valuations, money raised,

and things like that.

We all know real power, real growth and real value comes from all those stories spread

throughout the world that are not in the major cities that are building high revenue,

high potential, high gross margin, high profit companies without burning a ton of cash.

And sometimes when I have a CEO on who I get to share how bad they're really doing,

despite the press releases they've put out, I get nasty letters from their attorney like this one that I just got.

Dear Mr. Latka, and then they say, you know, the name of the legal representation represents,

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