Inside the Speakeasy Podcast - Your Key to Hidden Strategies & Success Stories from Top Entrepreneurs
Welcome to Inside the Speakeasy—the entrepreneur podcast that hands you the keys to rooms most never get access to.
Hosted by Eric Berman, this show is for founders, startup builders, marketers, and empire-minded creators who are done with surface-level noise and ready to unlock the hidden strategies, pivotal success stories, and raw truths behind elite business growth.
This is your key to the real game—the unfiltered conversations happening behind closed doors, at mastermind retreats, in late-night deal rooms, and during the “what the hell do I do now?” breakdowns that never make it to LinkedIn.
You’ll hear from the scrappiest, boldest, most unreasonably driven entrepreneurs in the U.S.—the ones who are scaling to 7–8 figures, failing forward, innovating under pressure, and rewriting the rules of success while no one’s watching.
No recycled advice. No fake “10X hacks.” Just what’s actually working right now—from people actually doing it.
Because let’s be honest:
You’re doing well.
You’re sharp.
But deep down… you know you’re still playing small.
So stop chasing comfort.
You’re not here for safe.
You’re here to evolve.
This is Inside the Speakeasy.
And once you’re in…
You don’t go back.
Inside the Speakeasy Podcast - Your Key to Hidden Strategies & Success Stories from Top Entrepreneurs
Sales Without the Sleaze: How Rich Boggs Built a $40M Vision-Driven Empire
Sales Without the Sleaze: How Rich Boggs Built a $40M Vision-Driven Empire”
What if your sales team didn’t just close deals—but changed lives?
In this episode, Eric Berman sits down with Rich Boggs, the heart-forward sales strategist behind the Brave Thinking Institute’s leap from $400K to over $40 million in annual revenue. Rich pulls back the curtain on his seven-step Vision-Driven Selling Framework, a system that powers his 42-person sales force and transforms selling from pushy to purposeful.
But it’s not just about tactics—it’s about transformation. Rich shares his unlikely journey from Shakespeare and sitcoms to boardrooms and breakouts, how he overcame a childhood stutter by selling door-to-door encyclopedias, and what it really takes to build a legacy family business that doesn’t just work—but thrives.
You’ll learn:
- Why sales is service (and how to embody it)
- How to structure a high-converting sales team from zero to 42
- The magic of separating appointment setters from closers
- What most founders get dead wrong about building trust and scaling
- And the single most powerful question to ask before making an offer
Whether you’re a founder stuck at six figures or a leader looking to scale ethically and exponentially, this conversation will rewire the way you think about sales, leadership, and legacy.
This isn’t just a masterclass—it’s a mindset reset.