Seriously Don’t Do That™
Seriously Don’t Do That™ is a weekly show for founders making high-stakes growth decisions and trying not to learn the hard way.
Each episode focuses on one specific mistake founders make under pressure: U.S. market entry assumptions, emotional beachhead choices, premature sales hires, ICP chaos, compliance blind spots, broken pipelines, and board-level credibility gaps.
Hosted by Dan Griffith, the show brings pattern recognition from real founder situations across healthcare, fintech, insurance, and other regulated or institutionally complex markets. Guest episodes validate the reality. Dan explains what actually went wrong and what to do instead.
This isn’t hustle content. It’s not tactics without context. And it’s not agency advice.If growth feels harder than it should… you’re probably right.
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Seriously Don’t Do That™
Seriously Don't Skip Your Back Office Setup
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Entering the U.S. market isn’t just a sales problem.
It’s an operational one.
In this episode of Seriously Don’t Do That, Dan Griffith sits down with Sims Tullos of Amesto Global to break down the back-office mistakes that quietly derail U.S. expansion.
We cover:
• Why “we’ll fix ops later” becomes expensive fast
• Entity setup, payroll, banking, tax, and compliance traps founders miss
• The hidden costs that stall hiring and delay revenue
• Why U.S. expansion fails when operations lag go-to-market
• What to have in place before your first U.S. hire
This is not theory. It’s based on real founder cases, real cleanups, and real consequences.
If you’re planning U.S. expansion or already feeling friction, this is the conversation you want to hear before things break.
