Full Stack Founders

Most founders are running 7-figure output on "bloated" code and hollow dashboards. You've seen the "Jarvis" setups and the high-end interfaces, but if your AI isn't connected to the functional mechanics of your business, you just have a Ferrari idling in the driveway.

In this episode, Mike Bledsoe and Ted Phaeton break down the massive market gap in AI adoption and why most leaders are burning their most valuable resource, time, on systems that look good but don't move.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro Hook: The Ferrari in the Driveway

0:52 - Insights from Austin's Claude Code Day

8:26 - Why Your Dashboard is Lying to You

15:04 - Dashboard vs. Mission Control: Actually Flying the Plane

20:50 - The Token Economy: Why You're Running Out of Gas

26:30 - The 200-Line Rule: Architecting Niche AI Skills

34:55 - Scaling through Delegation: The CMO Agent Model

40:30 - How to Use Handoff Docs to Avoid System "Compaction"

53:47 - The Maintenance Tax: Why AI is Not "Set and Forget."

1:01:48 - The Future of Compute: Will GPU Prices Kill Your ROI?

1:09:18 - Full Stack Recap: Building for Sovereignty

Where does this fit in the Stack?

This episode focuses on OUTPUT and HARDWARE. To learn how to integrate these systems into your daily leadership practice and unlearn the rules of the "hustle" economy, take our free training "See The Game" inside the Full Stack community: www.skool.com

Follow Ted:

Website: www.themodernmanpodcast.com

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Facebook: TheModernManShow

Follow Mike:

Website: bledsoe.life

YouTube: @MikeBledsoe

Instagram: @mike_bledsoe

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What is Full Stack Founders?

For operator-founders building for the AI era.

Mike Bledsoe and Ted Phaeton host. Mike's been an entrepreneur for 19 years: Navy veteran, built CrossFit gyms, Barbell Shrugged, a SaaS product for operators, and now consults operators rebuilding their businesses around AI. Ted's earlier on the path. Part of the show is Mike mentoring him through the conversation in public. The rest is keeping the audience up to speed on what AI is actually doing to the game in real time.

When there are guests, they're operators worth having in the room. When there aren't, Ted drives the questions. Usually the ones most operators won't ask out loud. They walk through the work together.

Most business podcasts are entertainment for operators pretending to build something. This one is for the ones actually building.

No guru energy. No performance. Two operators thinking out loud about what ownership actually requires now.

New episodes every Monday.