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Elevate the Hustle is the bold, founder-to-founder show for leaders who want to stand tall and scale smart. 🦒
Hosted by Stanley Meytin and Dominic Piccirillo, co-founders of Elevate Teams, the show dives into the real journey—growth, chaos, culture, and the systems that unlock time and revenue.
You’ll hear from independent insurance agency owners, entrepreneurs, and operators who are in the arena: how they hire, how they lead, and how they use world-class talent to level up. It’s fast, funny, and practical—no jargon, no theory, just the plays that actually work.
Who it’s for:
Owners, principals, and operators who want real leverage—better processes, better people, better outcomes.
What you’ll get:
Actionable hiring and ops strategies, culture-first leadership insights, and memorable stories that push you to think bigger and build bolder.
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Recent Episodes
S1E24 What Every Stuck Insurance Agency Owner Gets Wrong About Growth
In this episode of Elevate the Hustle, Stan Meytin and Dom Piccirillo sit down with Kim Ades, founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and one of the most respected executive coaches in the entrepreneurial…
S1E23 How to Actually Grow an Insurance Agency ft Ryan Hanley
In this episode of Elevate the Hustle, Stan Meytin and Dom Piccirillo sit down with Ryan Hanley, 20-year insurance industry veteran, founder of Rogue Risk, board member at Linkora, and one of the…
S1E22 Stop Growing Your Agency Alone | How to Build Connections That Drive Revenue | Jon Spaugy
Insurance agency owners: How Jon Spaugy spent 16 years building one of the most connected networks in the independent insurance world, and why the agents who stay personal are the ones who survive…
S1E21 The Future of Insurance Agencies: Who Survives and Who Gets Left Behind | Kevin Panter
Insurance agency owners: How Kevin Panter built a $20M independent insurance agency in a Georgia county of 27,000 people, and why he keeps saying no to private equity.Want to grow your insurance…
S1E20 How to Build a Business That Runs Without You | Liz Mershon
Most people build a business to find freedom. Liz Mershon built five and was still a prisoner.In Episode 20 of Elevate The Hustle, hosts Stanley Meytin and Dom Piccirillo sit down with Liz to unpack…
S1E19 Most People Sell Their Time Cheap. He Never Did | Neil Krauter
In Episode 20 of Elevate The Hustle, hosts Stanley Meytin and Dom Piccirillo sit down with Neil Krauter to unpack a career that started with peanut brittle sales records and a keg party that changed…
S1E18 How He Built A Referral-Driven Agency In The Hardest Insurance Niche ft. Andrew Nigri
Most people talk about building something. Andrew Nigri had the audacity to actually do it.In Episode 19 of Elevate The Hustle, hosts Stanley Meytin and Dom Piccirillo sit down with Andrew to unpack…
S1E17 Why This 3rd Generation CEO Won't Sell ft. Connor Lynch
"This company has survived the Great Depression, multiple wars. When you really think about what it takes to navigate business for that long, it's really insane."Connor Lynch runs a 107-year-old…
S1E16 From Pro Football to Making Insurance Sexy ft. Kenneth Mantuo Jr
"No one grows up wanting to get into insurance, right? It's not on your vision board."Before Kenneth Mantuo Jr. was building a multi-state insurance agency and trying to make the industry sexy, he…
S1E15 Why Niche Beats Generalists Every Time ft. Troy Chakarun
"We knew the need before they knew the need."Before Troy Chakarun was helping scale one of the fastest-growing firms in insurance, he was making cold calls, sorting mail, answering phones, and…
S1E14 Your VA Could Be Your Next Leader ft. Gabriela Rodriguez
"This is not the ceiling for me. I need more, I want more, and I've always worked for that."Gabriela Rodriguez started as a virtual assistant in Venezuela in 2017. $1 an hour. Paid in a collapsing…
S1E13 Why Most Agency Owners Hire the Wrong People ft. David Ragno
The best investment you can ever make? Yourself."I took a 70% pay cut at 25 just to get my foot in the door. Whether I made money at it or not, it was going to provide me tremendous value long…
S1E12 Don't Wait for a Promotion. Take it ft. Sonya Horton
"I promoted myself to COO. See, when you don't want to promote me, I promote my damn self." Sonya Horton started as a receptionist at a Brooklyn livery cab brokerage in the '90s—answering phones for…
S1E10 What Really Happens When You Sell Your Agency ft. Matt Naimoli
"In Sales, the better you work, the harder you work, the more input you have, the better output you get. There's a level of justice to it." Matt Naimoli knew he was built for entrepreneurship before…
S1E10 Why the Perfect Time to Hire is a Myth ft. Insurance Matchmaker Cari Gelber
"If it doesn't keep you up at night and you're not excited to go to work on Monday, then it's not your thing. It's not your why." Cari Gelber spent 20 years in events, hospitality, and the music…
S1E9 What Drives Insurance Agency Valuations ft. $19B M&A Expert Al Sica
"I was determined to play at the highest level, and I did." Al Sica is talking about Division I baseball—but he could just as easily be talking about insurance M&A. Today, he's the founder of…
S1E8 You Never Lose—You Either Win or Learn ft. Mike Stromsoe
"You never lose. You either win or you learn." That's the philosophy printed on Mike Stromsoe's favorite travel shirt—and it's the mindset that took him from working nights at a bowling alley bar to…
S1E7 Run Your Agency Like It's For Sale ft. FirstChoice's Keith Captain
"If you're not growing, you're dying." That's not just a saying—it's Keith Captain's operating principle as President of FirstChoice, the #1 largest insurance network in the country. 📈 In episode 7…
S1E6 From Door-to-Door Insurance to Fully Virtual ft. Rich Nesbitt
"I don't even know where the F your office is. I just need to know that I can get you." That's what Rich Nesbitt's client told him when he was nervous about going fully virtual. 💻 In episode 6 of…
S1E5 The Samuel L. Jackson of Insurance ft. We Insure's Jay Wolfberg
"I quit my job, bought a house, and bought a franchise all in the same week. We had 45 days to make the mortgage." That's how Jay Wolfberg went all-in on insurance. 🔥 In episode 5 of Elevate the…
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Elevate The Hustle has published 24 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.
Elevate The Hustle is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 48m.
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