by Darren Cooper | Oct 27, 2026 | Podcast
Why Pressure Is a Privilege for Founders Cody Bahnam’s company started with a tweet. Not a business plan. Not a pitch deck. Not an ideal customer profile (he admits he didn’t even know what “ICP” stood for yet). Just a guy with a full-time job...
by Darren Cooper | Oct 20, 2026 | Podcast
The First Domino Is Smaller Than You Think Cody Brahnam had zero followers when he hit send. He was sitting on his couch, probably watching a football game, thumb hovering over a tweet about supply chain margins. His bosses at Chomps had told him to build a personal...
by Darren Cooper | Oct 13, 2026 | Podcast
Why the Moment Matters More Than the Art Itself Most performers think their job is to entertain. Get on stage, deliver the set, give people a good time, and call it a night. But in this segment of the Create Your Art Podcast, worship leader and Two Eight founder Eric...
by Darren Cooper | Oct 6, 2026 | Podcast
Why Your Art Should Engineer Moments, Not Just Entertain Most performers think their job is to entertain. Write the right set list, hit your marks, make people clap. Eric Maitlen, founder of Two Eight Ministries, learned something different: the moment matters more...
by Darren Cooper | Sep 22, 2026 | Podcast
The Decision You Make Before You Have to Make It I have interviewed a lot of people who built something real. Most of them can point to a moment of strategy, a pivot, a launch. Chad Temple doesn’t talk that way. When I asked him what kept him going for three...
