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Raw and Real Entrepreneurship®
Adapt. Build. Rise. Unfiltered conversations with founders about the setbacks nobody posts, the pivots that saved the company, and what it takes to adapt when the terrain changes.
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Built for people in the messy middle
Founders and business owners
You are past the idea stage and inside the hard part. These conversations are about what actually happened next, told by people who lived it.
Leaders adapting to AI
Susan builds AI companies and speaks to enterprise leaders about it. When the technology changes the terrain, you hear how real operators are adapting, not the hype.
Anyone who wants the unfiltered version
No highlight reels. Guests share the setbacks, the pivots, and the mindset shifts that carried them through, so you can borrow what works.
Conversations every entrepreneur needs to hear
- Conversations Every Entrepreneur Needs To Hear, You’ll Be Glad You Did
November 30, 2025 by lavhill from United StatesRaw and Real Entrepreneurship® lives up to its name—offering unfiltered, honest, and inspiring conversations with entrepreneurs who tell it like it is. Susan Sly does an outstanding job pulling out the real stories behind the success: the struggles, the pivots, and the mindset shifts. This podcast doesn’t sugarcoat the journey—it celebrates the grit, resilience, and truth of entrepreneurship. If you're tired of surface-level content and want to feel seen and motivated as a business owner, this is the podcast for you.
- Loved it!October 17, 2025 by So pleasant! from Portugal
Loved Amiee LeMaire’s episode! I especially liked it when you guys talked about how an entrepreneur needs to have a slightly delusional mindset to truly believe they are going to succeed. It made me realize I need to stop meticulously rewriting my emails and just assume every host is dying to talk to me, which should save me hours of self-doubt. Thanks, Susan 🙂
- The REAL StoryMarch 25, 2025 by Dave Gulas from United States
Susan gets the REAL story from her guests about what entrepreneurship is like, this podcast is a must listen.
- Susan is one of my heros!March 9, 2024 by leo7168 from United States
Susan isn’t just another expert voice out in the world of podcasting and business—she’s also the type of woman with the type of life I desire to model and be like! How refreshing to find a leader to learn from like her! Thank you for putting out such an excellent show, Susan!
Susan Sly
Susan Sly is an enterprise AI keynote speaker, AI ethicist, and the founder of two AI companies. She is the former Co-Founder and Co-CEO of RadiusAI, where she oversaw the largest deployment of AI in retail history, and the founder of The Pause Technologies, maker of the consumer health app Harmoni. She has keynoted at CES, Davos week, and Ai4, has spoken for NVIDIA, Intel, HPE, and Lenovo, and has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and Fox and in Forbes and MIT Sloan Management Review. She is a graduate of executive programs at MIT Sloan and the MIT School of Engineering and the author of seven books, including a bestselling collaboration with Jack Canfield.
Before any of that she was a founder in the messy middle herself, which is why this show asks the questions most interviews skip.
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