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EP 42Jul 24, 2026· 6 min

If This Were Your Business

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Business acumen: the top future skill, and the one we're worst at.

Nate once fixed a team's morale with a finance lecture. Why business acumen is the top future skill — and the one we're collectively worst at.

What Nate and Ava discuss

  • Why SEs retreat to technology the moment a room turns commercial
  • Teaching the 'why': translate the earnings call into what it means for your team
  • Hiring for commercial sense before product knowledge

The move

Stop assuming your team understands the business. Translate your last earnings call, line by line, into what it means for them — and get every SE asking 'if this were my business.'


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Your hosts

Nate Hargrove

Nate Hargrove
The Seasoned Pragmatist

Ava Vasquez

Ava Vasquez
The Modern Builder

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