In this episode of Inner Edison Podcast, Ed Parcaut sits down with Mike Jesowshek for a practical conversation about small business taxes, proactive planning, and the financial mistakes that keep entrepreneurs stuck.

Mike explains why most business owners think about taxes too late, why tax prep is not the same as tax planning, and how better bookkeeping, better structure, and better strategy can legally reduce what a business owner owes. He also shares how his own path started in online marketing and finance before evolving into bookkeeping, accounting, and ultimately a stronger focus on tax planning for entrepreneurs.

The conversation covers LLCs versus S corporations, the role of bookkeepers, CPAs, and fractional CFOs, the difference between filing returns and building strategy, and why too many business owners rely on reactive advice instead of planning ahead.

This is a strong episode for entrepreneurs who want more clarity, more control, and fewer tax surprises.

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In this episode of Inner Edison Podcast, Ed Parcaut sits down with Randy Gage for a powerful conversation about failure, prosperity, mindset, and reinvention.

Randy shares the hard truth of his early life, including poverty, addiction, arrest, and the painful wake-up calls that forced him to change direction. From there, he walks through the long process of rebuilding himself through daily self-development, mindset work, entrepreneurship, and eventually speaking, writing, and teaching prosperity principles around the world.

The conversation also explores Randy's framework for prosperity, which goes far beyond money. He breaks down the four quadrants of prosperity: resources, health and wellness, spiritual harmony, and significance. Ed and Randy also discuss self-sabotage, social media addiction, algorithm-driven culture, and why protecting your focus may be one of the most important success habits today.

This is an honest episode about hitting bottom, doing the work, rewiring your thinking, and building a life that becomes bigger than survival.

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In this episode of Inner Edison Podcast, Ed Parcaut sits down with John DeDakis for a wide-ranging conversation about journalism, media, fiction writing, personal loss, and reinvention.

John shares stories from a 45-year journalism career that included covering the White House and spending 25 years at CNN, including his final years on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. He talks about what changed in modern media, why trust matters, and how his desire for a creative outlet led him into fiction. That path was anything but easy. John explains that it took years, dozens of agent queries, and many major revisions before his first novel was finally published.

The conversation also turns deeply personal. John reflects on grief, including the loss of his sister and son, and how those experiences found their way into his novels, his teaching, and his work helping others write. This is an honest episode about persistence, second acts, creativity, and using storytelling as a way to make sense of life.

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