EDGE-UCATION https://www.scgandco.com/podcasts/edge-ucation/ A weekly show where business operators get the insights, frameworks, and real-world thinking they need to run sharper, scale smarter, and build lasting value, powered by the advisory minds behind SCG Edge. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 en-US © 2026 SCG Global Private Equity. Real Assets. Capital Markets. Credit/Debt. SCG Global A weekly show where business operators get the insights, frameworks, and real-world thinking they need to run sharper, scale smarter, and build lasting value, powered by the advisory minds behind SCG Edge. SCG Global trenton@simmandco.com false https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png EDGE-UCATION https://www.scgandco.com/podcasts/edge-ucation/ trenton@simmandco.com A weekly show where business operators get the insights, frameworks, and real-world thinking they need to run sharper, scale smarter, and build lasting value, powered by the advisory minds behind SCG Edge. No yes 0aa419fc-8dd8-53c0-8564-f91acd67caa5 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 How to Make Seasonality Work for Your Business https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/how-to-make-seasonality-work-for-your-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-seasonality-work-for-your-business Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000 8ac9e352-0305-5448-b19d-9fffa8c20aa7 Your overhead runs twelve months a year. Your revenue runs six to nine. Stephen has run two seasonal businesses — an exterior home maintenance company where the phone stopped the day the trees went bare, and a roll-off dumpster company tied to roofers who shut down in November. This episode walks both of them: what...

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]]> full 13 1 Your overhead runs twelve months a year. Your revenue runs six to nine. Stephen has run two seasonal businesses — an exterior home maintenance company where the phone stopped the day the trees went bare, and a roll-off dumpster company tied to roofers who shut down in November. This episode walks both of them: what...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png How to Make Seasonality Work for Your Business false no 00:29:01 No no Red Flags: What We See That Owners Don’t https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/red-flags-what-we-see-that-owners-dont/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=red-flags-what-we-see-that-owners-dont Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 7e0d3602-0cd1-5cf3-8931-6d12772f4a3b Thirty minutes into a conversation with a business owner, we usually know. Not from the financials — from the way the owner answers. Christian and Stephen each walk through their top five red flags: the specific things that make an advisor quietly reclassify a business from healthy to fragile. After each one, the other host...

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]]> full 12 1 Thirty minutes into a conversation with a business owner, we usually know. Not from the financials — from the way the owner answers. Christian and Stephen each walk through their top five red flags: the specific things that make an advisor quietly reclassify a business from healthy to fragile. After each one, the other host...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png Red Flags: What We See That Owners Don’t false no 00:22:33 No no Hot Takes: The Rules Smart Operators Break https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/hot-takes-the-rules-smart-operators-break/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hot-takes-the-rules-smart-operators-break Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:14:22 +0000 cff1722c-3710-54c5-a408-01e46222d656 Most business advice gets repeated until nobody checks whether it’s still true. Today we check. Christian and Stephen put eight pieces of conventional wisdom on the table and argue them out. Revenue is the most overrated number in business. You should think about your exit from day one. Hire slow, fire fast. Your bank is...

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]]> full 11 1 Most business advice gets repeated until nobody checks whether it’s still true. Today we check. Christian and Stephen put eight pieces of conventional wisdom on the table and argue them out. Revenue is the most overrated number in business. You should think about your exit from day one. Hire slow, fire fast. Your bank is...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png Hot Takes: The Rules Smart Operators Break false no 00:27:38 No no What Would We Do With $1 Million Tomorrow? https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/what-would-we-do-with-1-million-tomorrow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-would-we-do-with-1-million-tomorrow Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 4d457da7-128d-5f6b-8431-83bf81d67c63 We talk about capital deployment, deal structure, and business strategy every episode. Today we’re putting our money where our mouth is. Christian and Stephen each walk through exactly where they’d deploy $1 million into a business right now. Where does the first dollar go? What would they never do with it? And what’s the highest-leverage...

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]]> full 10 1 We talk about capital deployment, deal structure, and business strategy every episode. Today we’re putting our money where our mouth is. Christian and Stephen each walk through exactly where they’d deploy $1 million into a business right now. Where does the first dollar go? What would they never do with it? And what’s the highest-leverage...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png What Would We Do With $1 Million Tomorrow? false no 00:25:12 No no When Your Business Outgrows Its Money https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/when-your-business-outgrows-its-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-your-business-outgrows-its-money Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 4f3a95aa-11af-51de-a5cd-d0540a8c4a86 Imagine you just won the biggest contract your company has ever seen. Your team can handle it. Your reputation earned it. And you’re about to run out of money — not because anything went wrong, but because the cash goes out on Day 1 and the client doesn’t pay until Day 90. That 90-day gap...

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]]> full 9 1 Imagine you just won the biggest contract your company has ever seen. Your team can handle it. Your reputation earned it. And you’re about to run out of money — not because anything went wrong, but because the cash goes out on Day 1 and the client doesn’t pay until Day 90. That 90-day gap...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png When Your Business Outgrows Its Money false no 00:27:19 No no What Nvidia, the Lakers, and Berkshire Just Taught Small Business Owners https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/what-nvidia-the-lakers-and-berkshire-just-taught-small-business-owners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-nvidia-the-lakers-and-berkshire-just-taught-small-business-owners Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 06c8287d-f4a3-57eb-8f44-b3199c8ed89a This week, Nvidia helped its customers finance $500 billion in AI infrastructure. The Los Angeles Lakers sold for a record $12.5 billion. And Berkshire Hathaway deployed $39 billion after sitting on nearly $400 billion in cash for years. Most people treat those as rich-company stories. This episode treats them as operator playbooks. In this solo...

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]]> full 8 1 This week, Nvidia helped its customers finance $500 billion in AI infrastructure. The Los Angeles Lakers sold for a record $12.5 billion. And Berkshire Hathaway deployed $39 billion after sitting on nearly $400 billion in cash for years. Most people treat those as rich-company stories. This episode treats them as operator playbooks. In this solo...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png What Nvidia, the Lakers, and Berkshire Just Taught Small Business Owners false no 00:27:03 No no The Consolidation Play & Due Diligence https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/the-consolidation-play-due-diligence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-consolidation-play-due-diligence Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 2735652a-5aae-5dd7-9a68-c1d1c33957ec Private equity firms are paying 4x earnings for individual businesses in fragmented markets — then selling the combined platform for 10x. Same businesses. No magic. Just scale. But here’s what most operators miss: you don’t need a PE firm to run this play. You can do it yourself — with your existing business as the...

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]]> full 7 1 Private equity firms are paying 4x earnings for individual businesses in fragmented markets — then selling the combined platform for 10x. Same businesses. No magic. Just scale. But here’s what most operators miss: you don’t need a PE firm to run this play. You can do it yourself — with your existing business as the...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png The Consolidation Play & Due Diligence false no 00:31:12 No no How to Know When You’re Ready to Raise Capital https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/how-to-know-when-youre-ready-to-raise-capital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-know-when-youre-ready-to-raise-capital Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 dc354141-6b4f-5551-b051-58a42713322d Mailchimp raised zero dollars in outside capital. Zero. And sold for twelve billion. WeWork raised twenty-two billion dollars. And filed for bankruptcy. Both companies were growing. Both had revenue. The difference wasn’t the product, the market, or the timing. It was readiness. Capital amplifies what’s already working — or funds what’s already broken for longer....

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]]> full 6 1 Mailchimp raised zero dollars in outside capital. Zero. And sold for twelve billion. WeWork raised twenty-two billion dollars. And filed for bankruptcy. Both companies were growing. Both had revenue. The difference wasn’t the product, the market, or the timing. It was readiness. Capital amplifies what’s already working — or funds what’s already broken for longer....

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png How to Know When You’re Ready to Raise Capital false no 00:31:20 No no How to Stress-Test Your Business Model https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/how-to-stress-test-your-business-model/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stress-test-your-business-model Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 5d3995a2-b77d-5e93-b533-8034f0e9a9d9 If you think your business is in great shape right now — this episode is specifically for you. Blockbuster had 9,000 stores, 65 million registered customers, and a market position no one thought was vulnerable. They also had $800 million in annual revenue tied to a pricing model built on customer frustration. When Netflix removed...

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]]> full 5 1 If you think your business is in great shape right now — this episode is specifically for you. Blockbuster had 9,000 stores, 65 million registered customers, and a market position no one thought was vulnerable. They also had $800 million in annual revenue tied to a pricing model built on customer frustration. When Netflix removed...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png How to Stress-Test Your Business Model false no 00:30:05 No no Deal Structure 101 for Business Owners https://www.scgandco.com/podcast/deal-structure-101-for-business-owners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deal-structure-101-for-business-owners Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000 a883325b-48d1-58e9-b4d0-13476a1db8fe You negotiate for months to land a $3 million purchase price. Then the deal closes and after debt payoff, taxes, transaction fees, escrow holdbacks, and earnout risk, you walk away with significantly less than you expected. Most business owners don’t know this is coming until they’re already sitting across from a buyer. And by then,...

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]]> full 4 -3 You negotiate for months to land a $3 million purchase price. Then the deal closes and after debt payoff, taxes, transaction fees, escrow holdbacks, and earnout risk, you walk away with significantly less than you expected. Most business owners don’t know this is coming until they’re already sitting across from a buyer. And by then,...

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]]> https://www.scgandco.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/WITH-CHRISTIAN-DELLIGATTI-STEPHEN-GUETIG.png Deal Structure 101 for Business Owners false no 00:34:08 No no