Quick Facts
| What it is | A weekly podcast that builds a business from the very beginning — the idea, the customer, structure and rules, the money, the books, pricing, sales, marketing, hiring, operations, and leadership — one step a week, in the order a real business meets them. A full module on the meetings that run an organization follows later in the season. |
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| Format | Weekly, Sundays at 7:00 PM ET. Hosted conversations in plain language, with the people who actually run businesses as guests. |
| Hosts | Alex and Jordan |
| Executive Producer | Charles Mayfield — executive producer; independent production, no outside backers |
| Associate Producer | Roman Greco |
| Publisher | Professional Development Inc. |
| Launched | October 2026 — Episode 1, "Starting From Zero: What a Business Actually Is," premiered Sunday, October 25, 2026 |
| Published | Trailer and Episode 1 in the public feed at the October 26, 2026 verification; new episodes weekly |
| Website | runtheroompodcast.com |
| Press & booking | runtheroom@outlook.com · (978) 291-8525 |
Listen
Listings verified live October 26, 2026. Full episode index: runtheroompodcast.com/episodes.html.
Season One — The Road Ahead
First Principles — Starting From Zero: What a Business Actually Is · The Idea and the Customer · Making It Real: Structure, Registration, and the Rules
The Money — Money In, Money Out · The Books: Bookkeeping and Cash Flow · Pricing: What to Charge and Why
Getting Customers — The First Sale · Being Findable: Marketing That Fits
People and Operations — Your First People: Hiring · Running the Days: Operations · Leading People
The Meetings Module — after a framing episode on why organizations meet, fifteen meeting types — board meetings, interview panels, performance reviews, project kickoffs, team standups, sales presentations, town halls, retrospectives, hiring committees, staff meetings, and more — each taken through planning, running, and follow-up.
For Media & Bookings
Run the Room: Foundations — a bookable presentation
A produced 35–40 minute virtual presentation by hosts Alex and Jordan in the show's speaker-switching video format, followed by a live Q&A with producer Charles Mayfield. Also available as a self-contained video keynote for conferences and workshop series.
Launch topics: (1) Starting From Zero: The Idea and the Customer — how an idea becomes a business: naming the customer precisely, testing whether the problem is real, and the first numbers an owner should watch. (2) Meetings That End With a Decision — the planning, running, and follow-up discipline that turns meetings into the highest-leverage hour of the week.
Terms: no speaker fee for nonprofit business-education programs (SCORE, SBDC, chamber education series) during the fall 2026 launch season; commercial and conference bookings by inquiry. Every booking includes a resource page for attendees and promotion of the event to the show's audience.
Interviews and guest spots: Charles Mayfield is available to talk about the show, its foundations-first approach to business, and what small organizations get wrong first. Write to runtheroom@outlook.com.
Be a guest: we interview founders, owners, executives, board chairs, and the operators who carry their organizations — one conversation about how your business actually works. Guest recordings air exactly as given. To be considered, write to runtheroom@outlook.com with your name, your role, and the part of running your business you'd most like to talk about.
Boilerplate
Run the Room is a weekly podcast on how business actually works, hosted by Alex and Jordan and produced by Charles Mayfield for Professional Development Inc. Each season builds in order — from what a business is, through the money, the customers, and the people, to the meetings that run it all — in plain language, one step a week. New episodes air Sundays at 7:00 PM ET on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart, Pocket Casts, YouTube, and at runtheroompodcast.com.
Contact
Charles Mayfield, Executive Producer
runtheroom@outlook.com · (978) 291-8525
runtheroompodcast.com
Embargoed releases and media advisories welcome at the press contact above.