Every minute you wait to call a new lead, your odds drop. We unpack how a 60-second follow-up window becomes a growth engine when paired with AI voice agents and an automated media buyer that can even run TV ads for local businesses. With Atlas founder Omer Jamal, we explore the playbook that helps small teams act like big ones without adding headcount: tight pods, clear ownership, and a writing-first culture that turns scattered effort into repeatable results.
We get tactical about the founder-to-CEO shift, starting with ruthless delegation and the courage to document what used to live only in your head. Omer shares how an executive assistant cut hours from his inbox, why SOPs and training loops let leaders step out of the weeds, and how OKRs and weekly priorities create a steady rhythm. He also breaks down the traits that signal promotable leaders—athlete mentality, customer obsession, and process design—and why a flat structure of Team A (growth) and Team B (build) keeps speed without sacrificing quality.
Alignment is the thread that holds it all together. We talk about eliminating notification noise, protecting deep work, and using custom GPTs trained on a customer manifesto and trusted frameworks to keep messaging consistent across marketing, sales, and success. The result is a culture that values enjoyment, freedom, and real technical challenge while staying laser-focused on small-business outcomes. If you care about speed to lead, AI sales automation, pod structures, and building a winning culture that actually scales, this conversation will give you practical moves you can implement this week.
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