Jon Bowerman and I have been business partners for almost 20 years; we started a digital marketing company in '09 and sold it in '21.

Through that time, we'd seen entrepreneurs get taken advantage of by agencies who cared more about monthly retainers than actual results. So we built something different.

We built Stealth.

In this conversation, we discuss:
→ Why the visionary/integrator partnership model is the only thing that kept us sane
→ The moment we realized every entrepreneur faces the same three marketing disasters
→ How AI is changing the game (and why most agencies see it as a threat instead of a tool)

Here's the honest truth nobody tells you about entrepreneurship and what all the "gurus" try to cover up:

You can't do it alone, and even if you could, you shouldn't.

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This episode brought to you by Stealth Consulting.

*Connect with Wes*
Web: https://stealthconsulting.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleymathews/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stealth_consulting/

Stephen Wojno took a bankrupt company from $7 million to $28 million by age 26. He ran a 300-person manufacturing operation. Now he's the Chief Intelligence Officer at Stealth Consulting building AI systems for small businesses.

Steve said something that stopped me cold.

AI can already do 47% of your workload. You just need to know how to point it in the right direction.

Most businesses think AI will solve all their problems the moment they turn it on. It won't. You have to train it like an intern. You have to document your processes first. You have to build the foundation before any of this works.

Stephen breaks down:
→ Why a 20-person company can now operate like a 200-person company
→ How to turn your B-players into A-players with the right tools
→ Why your salespeople can never fill out your CRM correctly and what to do about it

And why 2026 is the year you either start building with AI or get left behind.

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This episode brought to you by Stealth Consulting.

*Connect with Wes*
Web: https://stealthconsulting.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleymathews/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stealth_consulting/

Patrick Thean, an award-winning entrepreneur, USA Today bestselling author, and one of the world’s leading experts in strategy execution is the guy CEOs call when growth stalls.

Today, Patrick shares why most companies don’t grow:
1) they can’t keep commitments
2) they crave crisis
3) they avoid the boring, necessary work.

He describes a shift from trying to solve every problem on his own to learning how to recognize issues early, trust his team, and truly let go.

My takeaway: real leadership growth begins with openness... a willingness to welcome feedback, even when it’s uncomfortable or challenges the assumptions you’ve held for years.

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This episode brought to you by Stealth Consulting.

*Connect with Wes*
Web: https://stealthconsulting.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleymathews/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stealth_consulting/