The Ultimate Cheat Code: $1 Million of Talent for $19.99

From Forge Fire Protocol Podcast · 58:11

Show by Don LaPlume, Mike Sullivan and Steve Moynihan

Episode 20: Don LaPlume, Mike Sullivan, and Steve Moynihan open up their actual AI org charts and show you exactly how to build a full virtual executive team - CFO, CMO, legal counsel, grant hunter, guardrail bot, and more - without hiring a single person. Don LaPlume, Mike Sullivan, and Steve Moynihan are the co-founders of Forge Fire Protocol, a business platform, book and podcast built around one goal: helping 10,000 founders reach a $10 million exit in the next 5 years. Don wrote the Forge Fire Protocol book after 39 years running 9 companies; Mike built the technology backbone behind the ecosystem after 17 years running his own IT business; Steve chartered and led a bank before co-founding Forge Fire Protocol. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: The Honest Starting Question: Why Mike begins every build by admitting "I suck at accounting," and how naming your weakest seat is the fastest way to know which bot to build first. The Real Cost Comparison: What a high-quality attorney, CFO, CMO, and EOS implementer actually cost on staff, set against what the AI versions cost Don and Mike today. ■ Human in the Loop: How Don built "control of the purse" into every bot on his team, so AI can research and draft freely but never spends a dollar without his sign-off. One Team, Seven Companies: How Don runs all 7 of his businesses off a single AI org chart, financially walled off company by company but operationally shared for leverage. The $10 Million Exit Rule: Why a buyer wants to buy a business, not a founder, and what "being removable from the operation" actually requires. Naming Your Bots: How modeling an AI role on the best person you've ever seen do that job, a mentor, a public figure, even someone you've lost, changes how it performs. FROM THE EPISODE: "I suck at accounting. I'm not even, like, kinda good." Mike "What does it cost to bring an attorney on staff? ... $750 to $1,000 an hour." Don and Mike "I have control of the purse. It's not gonna spend money where I don't allow it. But it has access to everything." Don "This particular board would probably cost me over a million dollars a year in salary ... I'll bet this board doesn't cost me more than $3,000, $4,000 a year in AI." Don "In order to have a $10 million exit, what do you need to do? You need to be removed, or removable, from the operation." Don "What would it cost me? ... $50,000 to $150,000 ... it's included in my $19.99 a month subscription." Mike "It's the ultimate cheat code for leverage ... run a multi-million dollar operation with the headcount of a lemonade stand." Steve FORGE FIRE PROTOCOL: BUY THE FORGE FIRE PROTOCOL BOOK: https://book.forgefireprotocol.com JOIN THE $10 MILLION CHALLENGE: https://forgefireprotocol.com/challenge EXPLORE THE APP: https://app.forgefireprotocol.com READ THE BLOG: https://blog.forgefireprotocol.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: https://podcast.forgefireprotocol.com FOLLOW FORGE FIRE PROTOCOL: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forgefireprotocol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forgefireprotocol LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forgefireprotocol YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@forgefireprotocol TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@forgefireprotocol FOLLOW THE HOSTS: Mike Sullivan Follow Mike: https://follow.themichaelsullivan.com Don LaPlume Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61591528292494 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldlaplume/ X: https://x.com/don_of_solar Steve Moynihan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tsmoynihan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-steven-moynihan-81a06b1a/ X: https://x.com/SMoynihan85837

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