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Welcome to Friends with Benefits, the business podcast about revenue-generating partnerships.
Not "business time" with friends.
This podcast is for those looking to build professional relationships that last and add tremendous value to your company and maybe even, you personally.
Join hosts Jason and Sam Yarborough, who happen to be married, as they talk with some of the best in the industry.
We will be tackling topics like what good partnerships looks like, how relationships can build immense value for your business, and why even though strategy, pipeline, and growth are the goals, it all comes down to relationships. Let’s face it, business is done person-to-person.
Discover how personal connections transcend the boundaries of business time. Come hang out with us for inspiring stories, actionable strategies, and valuable insights that will empower you to forge meaningful partnerships in today’s competitive landscape.
Because we all know, business time is personal.
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Send us Fan Mail Sleep is essential for high performance and well-being, yet it’s often overlooked. This week, we’re joined by Kristen Rainey, sleep expert and consultant, to discuss how quality rest can transform your health, productivity, and life. Kristen shares her journey from battling burnout to becoming an advocate for the power of sleep, explaining how it’s the foundation for optimal performance in both work and life. In this conversation, we go into the importance of sleep routines, ...
Send us Fan Mail Great storytelling is at the heart of building authentic connections and trust with your audience. This week, we’re joined by Ademola Adelakun, CEO & Founder of content agency A2 Media, LinkedIn video creator, and magician, to discuss the powerful role storytelling plays in video marketing and brand trust. Ademola shares his journey from creating magic tricks to mastering the art of video content, showing how brands can transform their marketing by telling stories that re...
Send us Fan Mail The most successful high performers know that success isn’t just about results, it’s about understanding the mind and body connection. This week, we’re joined by Jenn James, Founder and Chief Growth Expert at Fresh Demand, and an expert in the neuroscience of change, to discuss how to break free from burnout, rewire your brain, and achieve lasting success without sacrificing your health. Jenn shares her journey from corporate burnout to teaching others how to overcome s...
Send us Fan Mail The strongest leaders don’t separate performance from people, they know the two rise and fall together. This week, we’re sitting down with our friend Kyle Lacy, CMO at Docebo, to talk about leadership, identity, ambition, and what it takes to build a big career without losing yourself in the process. Kyle has always been someone we admire for how openly he talks about work, family, writing, health, and the tension of trying to hold it all at once. In this conversation, we get...
Send us Fan Mail Adult friendship isn’t hard because we don’t want it, it’s hard because we don’t know where to start. This week, it’s just us, and we’re talking about the thing we’ve both had to admit out loud lately: making friends as an adult can feel weirdly hard. Sam shares why she set an actual goal to create more spaces for connection and why it feels like we’ve lost the “third place” where friendships used to happen naturally. We get into what’s really getting in the way, includ...
Send us Fan Mail Everybody wants more friends, but nobody knows how to make them. This week, we’re joined by D’Art Strickland, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at BigID, to talk about something most of us feel but rarely admit: it’s hard to make friends as a grown-up. After a major life shift left him sitting on the couch wondering what changed, D’Art decided to get uncomfortable. From “Dinner with Strangers” to driving Uber for human conversation, he began intentionally pursuing connection...
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the wake-up call isn’t a missed quarter, it’s your body telling you the pace you’ve been running at is no longer sustainable. This week, we’re sitting down with Casey Calkins, Facilitator & Coach, and founder of C2it Partners, where she helps sales leaders build healthier, higher performing teams. Casey shares what it looked like to live in a constant high-demand stress loop, the health spiral it created, and the moment she realized she couldn’t keep letting wor...
Send us Fan Mail Creating impactful leadership starts with understanding and evolving your own way of being. This week, we’re joined by Kelly Ramirez, an executive coach and founder of Elemental Leadership, a coaching practice focused on helping leaders unlock their full potential. Kelly’s career has been shaped by her passion for helping individuals and organizations overcome personal and professional barriers, and today she’s sharing insights on how leaders can reframe their mindset to driv...
Send us Fan Mail Strong communities start with intention and vision before results. This week, we discuss our journey with Arcadia, a space we’ve built for leaders to connect, learn, and grow. After two successful events, we’ve expanded into an ongoing community that nurtures relationships beyond the conference room, blending work, life, and personal growth. In this conversation, we share how we navigated the balance between business and family, why alignment is key in both work and life, and...
Send us Fan Mail Building strong relationships is about creating the foundation long before you need it. This week, we’re joined by Josh Katz, founder of Knostra, a platform designed to help people build and maintain relationships more effectively using AI. Josh’s career has been centered around partnerships, and today, he’s focusing on how we can expand our circles authentically, without losing the human touch in a tech-driven world. In this conversation, we dive into why personalization doe...
Send us Fan Mail Deep self-awareness combined with intentional leadership creates a powerful foundation for personal and professional growth. In this episode, we speak with Barrett Brooks, an Executive Coach and host of his podcast, Good Work, whose approach to personal growth and leadership has transformed how he works and how he impacts others. Barrett’s journey has taken him from the fast-paced world of corporate leadership to embracing the calling of coaching, where he helps individuals a...
Send us Fan Mail The strongest relationships aren’t built when you need them. They’re built long before that. This week, we’re sitting down with our longtime friend Erika Flowers, Chief Client Officer at Profitable Ideas Exchange, professional trail runner for The North Face, author of “The Growth Engine”, and one of the most thoughtful relationship builders we know. We’ve had versions of this conversation with Erika over the years at Arcadia, but this is the first time we’ve captured it on t...
Send us Fan Mail What happens when you combine the art of building relationships with the science of scaling businesses? In this episode, we speak with Will Taylor, a leader whose approach to partnerships and content creation has made waves in the industry. Will’s journey has taken him from building his personal brand through insightful content to shaping successful partnership programs that scale businesses. He’s passionate about using trust as a cornerstone of business growth and is now lea...
Send us Fan Mail There’s a certain clarity that comes from looking back and realizing every winding path was preparing you for who you are now. This week, we sit down with our friend Jeff Gangemi, someone we met by chance at B2BMX and somehow ended up adventuring through Montana, swapping stories in the woods, and weaving into our inner circle. Jeff’s lived a lot of lives: religion major, nonprofit guy, journalist, marketer, consultant, coach, dad, husband, traveler. His story is proof ...
Send us Fan Mail There’s something powerful that happens when you meet a leader who thinks in systems but leads with soul. This week, we’re talking with our friend Rob Moyer, someone we’ve looked up to for years for how he builds partner programs, but even more for how he builds the people behind them. Rob has scaled partnerships at every stage, from early-stage chaos to billion-dollar organizations, and he brings a perspective that blends discipline, clarity, and heart in a way you rarely se...
Send us Fan Mail Growth often comes when we step outside our comfort zone and face the unknown head-on. This week, we’re chatting with Scott Britton, founder of Conscious Talent and author of Conscious Accomplishment. You’ve probably seen his thought-provoking posts on LinkedIn, but in this conversation, Scott takes us behind the scenes of his journey. From selling his company to Salesforce to exploring the depths of consciousness, Scott shares how he went from chasing external success to dis...
Send us Fan Mail Growth is about stopping long enough to ask what you really want. This week, we’re talking with Branca Ballot, former head of marketing turned founder, writer, and community voice redefining what success looks like. You’ve probably seen her on LinkedIn talking about ambition, motherhood, and the messy middle, but this conversation goes deeper into the in-between moments that changed everything. Branca opens up about what it took to walk away from a thriving career without a p...
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the biggest growth comes from saying yes to the things that scare you, even when you don’t feel ready. This week, we’re talking with our friend Brianna Doe, founder of Verbatim, co-creator of Let Her Cook, and author of The Unapologetic Professional. You’ve seen her all over LinkedIn, but this conversation goes deeper into the story behind the posts. Brianna opens up about how burnout, fear, and self-doubt pushed her to redefine success on her own terms, and why sho...
Send us Fan Mail Growth starts when you’re brave enough to ask yourself the hard questions. This week, we’re sitting down with our friend and returning guest, Morgan J Ingram, but not to talk about sales. Morgan opens up about the deeper work he’s been doing over the past few years: redefining success, finding fulfillment beyond professional goals, and creating harmony across every area of life. We dig into the story behind his “healing circle,” a self-reflection framework that challenged him...
Send us Fan Mail Be Great. Be Arcadia. Season three kicks off with something special: the only recorded session from our 2025 Arcadia Leadership Experience. Recorded live in front of 65 attendees, this episode blends honest reflection, leadership lessons, and the heart of what’s next for our constellation (aka community). We share the story behind Arcadia, how it began as a consulting business and grew into a movement, and what it means to “Be Arcadia.” Throughout the conversation, we o...
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