Grit Mindset with Matt Rosen

What does it take to build a business, overcome personal tragedy, and keep moving forward when life changes overnight?

In this episode of The Grit Mindset, Matt Rosen sits down with entrepreneur and business advisor Dave Casey to discuss the defining moments that shaped his life and career. From growing up in a small rural town and working on farms as a child to building and selling a successful technology company, Dave shares powerful lessons on resilience, leadership, and perseverance.

He opens up about losing his mother at a young age, the example set by his father, and the unexpected challenges that followed the sudden loss of his business partner. Along the way, Dave reveals why grit is a learned skill, how entrepreneurs can develop resilience, and what separates those who succeed from those who quit.

What is Grit Mindset with Matt Rosen?

The Grit Mindset is where the people who already broke tell the real version. CEOs whose playbooks died. Green Berets and pro athletes who lost the identity they built everything on. Founders and fund managers who watched the money disappear. Not the LinkedIn version — the specific day it ended, the unglamorous middle, and what the rebuild actually cost.

Hosted by Matt Rosen — CEO of Allata and national media commentator on AI and leadership — every episode follows the story through four acts: who they were before, the break, the rebuild, and the bill.

If you're leading through the next five years, these are the people to learn from. Stay gritty.