Growth Department
Growth Department
Podcast Description
Welcome to Growth Department, the business podcast for founders, small business owners, and growth-minded leaders who want real answers to the question, "How do I grow my business?"Each week, host Chelsey Reynolds talks with experienced operators, executives, and entrepreneurs who share what actually worked (and what flopped) as they built their companies. We cover everything from how to find customers, scale operations, and lead with impact to how personal growth shows up in professional success.If you're tired of recycled advice, influencer hype, and growth hacks that don’t work in the real world, you’re in the right place. Expect honest conversations, battle-tested strategies, and the mindset shifts you need to scale smart and stay sane.
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The podcast focuses on actionable business growth strategies, personal development, and real-life entrepreneurial experiences, with episodes covering topics such as navigating startup challenges, effective sales techniques, and overcoming layoffs through entrepreneurship.
Growth Department is a business podcast for founders and business leaders who are actively building and want to keep learning as they grow.
Each week, host Chelsey Reynolds talks with operators, executives, and entrepreneurs about how real businesses are built and scaled. These conversations focus on the decisions, tradeoffs, and systems that shape growth over time.
You’ll hear practical insight on finding customers, building teams, scaling operations, and leading well, alongside honest discussions about how personal growth shows up in professional work.
Growth Department slows the conversation down so you can go further, faster.
What if your next hire wasn't a ”Human Employee”?
After two B2B exits, Amos Bar-Joseph is done with the ”growth at all cost” playbook. The one that has you raising millions before you know who you're selling to, scaling headcount before you have product-market fit, and building a B2B company too bloated to maneuver when the market shifts.
Now, as Co-Founder & CEO of Swan, he's building something different: the autonomous business model. Three co-founders. 200+ customers. Millions in pipeline generated mostly by one person writing social content on the internet and letting AI agents handle the rest. His mission is to hit $30M ARR without ever throwing bodies at a scaling problem; proving that revenue per human employee, not just adding headcount, is the real growth metric.
In this episode, Amos breaks down exactly how founders and B2B revenue leaders can stop bolting AI onto broken go-to-market processes and start scaling with intelligence instead of headcount.
You'll learn:
- Why 90% of AI GTM implementations fail; and the two root causes behind it
- The ”zone of genius” framework for deciding what your humans should own vs. what AI agents should automate
- Why replacing humans with AI is a losing bet; and what the second wave of AI companies is doing differently
- How lean teams can get started with AI even when there's no time to figure it out
- Why brand is now your most important competitive moat in an AI-native world
Whether you're a founder trying to do more with less, a B2B revenue leader building a smarter go-to-market motion, or just trying to understand where this is all heading; this one is required listening.
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🔗 Follow Amos on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/amos-bar-joseph
🤖 Check out Swan → getswan.com
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Also, check out the podcast that Amos mentions here: https://youtu.be/13CZPWmke6A?si=5ssfQnfbDTWYM2KL
Growth Department slows the conversation down so founders and business leaders can go further, faster.
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