Most people think scaling means losing what made you human. Dr. A.J. Acierno proves that’s a lie.

In this episode of the Two Stunads Podcast, we sit down with Dr. A.J. Acierno—Chief Dental Officer overseeing 600+ dental offices, CEO of DecisionOne Dental, TEDx speaker, and a rare healthcare leader willing to say what most won’t:

Healthcare has lost its soul.

A.J. grew up in Chicago with a biology book in his hands and a deep belief in community, trust, and relationships. Today, he leads massive clinical operations without sacrificing warmth, humanity, or ethics—something most people assume is impossible at scale.

We get into:

— Why trust must be earned in the first three minutes

— How scaling usually kills culture—and how he avoided it

— The brutal reality of insurance-driven healthcare

— Why AI will replace doctors who refuse to adapt

— Leadership, family, and keeping your soul while growing

— What healthcare gets wrong about patients, providers, and incentives

This isn’t influencer medicine.

This isn’t corporate fluff.

This is a real conversation about trust, leadership, and fixing what’s broken—from someone who’s actually done the work.

👇 Drop a comment:

Can healthcare scale without losing its humanity—or is that the tradeoff?

— Trust & leadership

— Healthcare systems & insurance

— AI in medicine & dentistry

— Culture at scale

— Family, community & values

— Business without losing your soul

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If you think you can survive the trades without discipline, Alessandro Porcelli explains how that ends.

In this episode of the Two Stunads Podcast, we sit down with Alessandro Porcelli, owner of Porcelli Trucking & Concrete, a Chicago-area concrete contractor and trucking business owner, to break down what it truly takes to build a blue-collar construction business from the ground up.

Alessandro Porcelli grew up working concrete jobs in Bloomingdale and surrounding Chicago suburbs, learning the concrete trade the hard way—washing tools, pushing wheelbarrows, and working long days before most people ever think about business ownership.

With no college, no advertising, and no shortcuts, Alessandro Porcelli built Porcelli Trucking & Concrete into a referral-only concrete and trucking company, servicing residential and commercial construction projects across the Chicagoland area.

Alessandro breaks down the mental toughness required to run concrete crews, the real costs of trucking, fuel, equipment, and repairs, and why most people fail in the construction and trades industry before they ever build momentum.

If you work in concrete, construction, trucking, or the skilled trades, this episode is a real look at what blue-collar entrepreneurship actually demands.

Key moments:

— Why most people quit the concrete and construction trades

— Discipline vs motivation in blue-collar work

— Running a concrete and trucking business without ads

— Mistakes that cost money in construction

— Why comfort kills growth in the trades

Drop a comment: Is discipline more important than motivation in construction—or do you need both?

#TwoStunadsPodcast #AlessandroPorcelli #ConcreteContractor #TruckingBusiness #Construction #BlueCollar #Trades #ChicagoBusiness #Entrepreneurship #WorkEthic

00:00 When Failure Isn’t an Option | Alessandro Porcelli Joins Two Stunads

04:30 Growing Up on Concrete Job Sites

09:10 Begging to Go to Work as a Kid

14:05 Wheelbarrows, Sweat & Learning the Trade the Hard Way

18:50 Third-Generation Concrete & Family Pressure

23:40 When the Family Business Shut Down

28:30 Five Years That Replaced College

33:20 Starting a Concrete Company at 24

38:10 The First Truck That Changed Everything

43:15 Getting a CDL Without School

48:10 Why Trucking Saved the Concrete Business

53:30 Door-to-Door Hustle, Snow Plowing & Early Clients

58:45 Running 8–10 Jobs a Week

1:04:20 Building a Business With Your Wife

1:09:50 Why Referral-Only Businesses Still Win

1:15:10 Underbidding Jobs & Learning the Hard Way

1:20:30 Walking Away From Bad Customers

1:26:05 Why Most Young Workers Quit the Trades

1:31:40 The True Cost of Trucks, Fuel & Repairs

1:37:10 Family, Sacrifice & Being a Provider

1:43:00 Why He Refuses to Scale Bigger

1:48:40 Comfort vs Ownership

1:54:10 Authenticity, Respect & Reputation

1:59:30 Trades vs College: The Hard Truth

2:05:10 Discipline Is the Foundation

2:10:00 Final Advice: Built, Not Bought

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If you think you can “just show up” and win, Bobby Hitz is here to tell you how that ends.

In this episode of the Two Stunads Podcast, Chicago boxing legend Bobby Hitz (Golden Gloves champ, former pro heavyweight, long-running promoter of Hitz Boxing) breaks down the moments that shaped his entire life—especially the one he’d take back in a heartbeat: taking a George Foreman fight on four days notice with zero training.

Bobby gets brutally honest about regret, preparation, mental toughness, and why failure isn’t the end—it’s the tuition. He also dives into mentorship, reinvention, and why today’s “instant gratification” culture creates people who overpromise and underdeliver.

If you’re building anything—business, career, life—this conversation is a masterclass in discipline, relationships, and resilience.

Key moments:

— “Plan your work, work your plan.”

— Why you can’t win if you don’t know how to lose

— How one bad decision created a lifetime of opportunity

— Mentors, fight psychology, and reinventing yourself

— Why loyalty and relationships are real wealth

Drop a comment: Is structure more important than motivation—or do you need both?

#TwoStunadsPodcast #BobbyHitz #Boxing #Chicago #Entrepreneurship #Discipline #Mentorship #SuccessMindset

00:00 Chicago Boxing Legend Bobby Hitz Joins Two Stunads

04:45 Why You Must Learn How to Lose to Win

09:30 Dropping Out of School & Choosing Entrepreneurship

14:16 Fighting George Foreman on 4 Days Notice

18:55 “I’d Give the Money Back” – The Cost of No Preparation

22:40 Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan

26:30 Turning One Bad Decision Into Opportunity

31:10 Detroit, Kronk Gym & Learning From Boxing Legends

36:45 From Fighter to Promoter: Reinventing Yourself

42:20 Why Mentors Matter More Than Motivation

48:05 Instant Gratification Is Creating Nobodies

54:10 Create Your Value or You’ll Be Replaced

1:00:40 The Brutal Reality of the Restaurant Business

1:07:55 Owning the Building vs Paying Rent

1:13:40 Customer Entitlement, Reviews & Social Media

1:21:30 Relationship Capital Is Real Wealth

1:28:10 Boxing Psychology & Mental Toughness

1:35:00 The Truth About Fighters, Promotion & Accountability

1:43:30 Acting, Film & Reinventing Later in Life

1:51:20 Giving Back, Charity & Doing the Right Thing

1:58:00 What Success Really Means Today

2:05:30 Final Advice: Create Your Value

From Uber driver to flipping 30+ houses a year in Chicago — Aram Ghazaryan’s rise in real estate is unreal. In this raw, no-BS conversation, Aram breaks down exactly how he built a profitable house-flipping business from scratch without wealthy parents, connections, or “guru” shortcuts.

Whether you're flipping your first house, trying to raise private money, or looking to scale your real estate business, this episode is PACKED with strategy, mindset, and the real numbers behind success.

🔥 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

• How Aram went from Uber & cold-calling to 30+ flips a year

• The first deals that nearly broke him — and what he learned

• The truth about Chicago real estate & contractor management

• How he raises private money (his exact framework)

• Why most new flippers fail in their first 5 deals

• Real margins, timelines & hidden risks nobody talks about

• The systems he built to scale a lean flipping operation

• The difference between rehabbing and “lipstick-on-a-pig” disasters

• How beginners can start TODAY without rich parents or big savings

This is one of the most actionable deep dives into real estate investing you’ll find anywhere.

🎙️ WHO IS ARAM GHAZARYAN?

A Chicago real estate investor, operator, and educator flipping 30+ homes a year while helping new investors break into the industry the right way — without hype, gimmicks, or guru fluff.

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🕒 CHAPTERS

00:00 – Cold open: “Lipstick on a pig will burn you every time”

00:40 – Welcome to Two Stunads & today’s game plan

02:20 – Meet Aram: 21-year-old hustler in Chicago real estate

06:05 – From Armenia to Schaumburg: poverty, parents & pressure to succeed

10:50 – Criminal justice, engineering… and flunking his way into business

13:00 – Getting bamboozled by his first brokerage & paying 56% of every check

17:15 – Cracking six figures & jumping into his first flip in Elk Grove

24:30 – Selling cars at 17, spotting hustlers early & meeting his GC partner

31:00 – How he actually analyzes a flip (real numbers, no fluff)

36:40 – Tired landlords, data lists & why mail still works in 2025

44:15 – Raising private money: 50K chunks, 12% returns & protecting investors

52:40 – Why most “gurus” are full of it & what his Real Estate Business Academy really does

60:30 – Flips vs rentals, Illinois tenant laws & why he sold all his rentals

69:40 – Interest rates, holding costs & when he’s willing to take a loss

78:10 – Cars, watches & why they don’t actually make you happy

86:30 – Dating as a successful investor: gold diggers & “strong dependent women”

93:20 – Holiday party networking, building real connections (not cringey “networking events”)

99:10 – Delegation, bottlenecks & what’s next: commercial, coffee shops & exits

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In this episode of the two stunads podcast, we sit down with a high school dropout who has defied all odds to build a successful blue collar business. His story is a true entrepreneur success story for 2025, and it's one that will motivate and inspire anyone who has ever dreamed of building a construction company or starting their own tile business. As a family owned business, he has been able to create a thriving company that has become a staple in the Chicago small business community. He shares his journey of how he built his tile company from the ground up, and the lessons he learned along the way, including how to build a landscaping business and even a snow removal business startup. He is a true blue collar millionaire and his story is one that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like they don't fit the traditional mold of an entrepreneur. Tune in to hear his interview and learn from his experiences as a blue collar business owner, and get motivated to start your own business, just like Mike Roberson, a fellow entrepreneur who has been featured on the Two Stunads podcast, a popular chicago entrepreneur podcast. This episode is part of our series on entrepreneur success stories, and it's one that you won't want to miss.

We cover:

Growing up in Addison without a father

Dropping out of high school

Getting his first tile job at $8/hr

The moment he took over a tile company

Building a commercial tile business in Chicago

Starting a landscape/snow plow division

Managing employees in the trades

Teaching his sons how to lead

Money, wealth preservation, and ego

Life lessons from 38+ years of marriage

What really matters in life: family, work ethic, legacy

If you’re an entrepreneur, tradesman, parent, or business owner — this episode will inspire you.

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00:00 – Opening: Family, Humility & What Really Matters

49:60 – Growing the Snow Plow Division

67:29 – Wealth Creation vs. Wealth Preservation

67:58 – Realizing Status Means Nothing

68:43 – Life Lessons on Working Hard & Raising Kids

85:48 – What Truly Matters: Family & Health

86:03 – What’s a “Stunad”?

86:20 – Biggest Stunad Moment in Business

86:52 – The $65,000 Tile Mistake

87:46 – Checks, Paperwork & Systems

88:02 – Lessons Mike Is Passing to His Son

97:45 – Wrapping Up & Final Words of Wisdom