NXC Hotseat
The AI Mistake Agencies Are Making (Graden Reber Explains How to Avoid It)
Why Some Insurance Companies Lose Money Fast | Pete J. Dunn Breaks It Down
Kaden Bramall: The Relationship Factor AI Can’t Replace in Insurance
di Levi McPherson
Entrepreneurship and business growth are changing fast with AI and agencies that don’t adopt human-plus-AI strategies will fall behind. On this NXC Hotseat Podcast episode, Graden Reber of Agency VA explains how entrepreneurs and agency leaders can scale their business, automate busy work, and focus on revenue‑generating activities. Graden Reber is a leader at Agency VA, a global virtual assistant company that builds trained virtual teams paired with AI tools to help insurance agencies streamline operations. With a workforce across 12 countries and over a thousand jobs created, Reber shares why the future of work isn’t AI replacing humans, it’s humans and AI working together. Learn how repetitive tasks are automated while humans handle relationships, negotiation, and high-impact business decisions. 0:00 - Why AI Adoption Matters in Business 1:05 - Human + AI as the Future of Work 2:18 - What AI Should and Should Not Handle 3:31 - Cleaning Data and Avoiding AI Hallucination 5:01 - AI Is a Process, Not a Destination 8:06 - What Won’t Change With AI Connect with Graden Reber: Website: https://www.agencyva.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graden-reber/ Connect with Levi McPherson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levimcpherson The NXC Hotseat Podcast is unfiltered business conversation where founders, operators, and leaders share real talk about entrepreneurship, business strategy, and growth in the modern world. Powered by NXC Podcast Network #thenxcpodcastnetwork #nxchotseat #artificialintelligence
It’s not what most investors think. Some of the best opportunities in entrepreneurship and financial freedom are hiding in places people avoid. And insurance companies are one of them. Pete J. Dunn is the founder of Fourth Quadrant Asset Management, where he focuses on deep value investing in financial services like banks and insurance underwriters. With years of experience analyzing overlooked assets, he’s built a strategy around identifying mispriced companies, especially those trading below book value. His work centers on understanding risk, return on equity, and how management decisions impact long-term investor outcomes. 0:00 - Buying a company that’s “on fire” 0:27 - How insurance companies are valued differently 1:50 - Why growth can hurt investors 3:15 - Hidden opportunities in financial services 4:46 - Why banks don’t have enterprise value 7:20 - Where smart investors find discounted assets Connect with Pete J. Dunn: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-j-dunn-7013b1129/ Connect with Levi McPherson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levimcpherson The NXC Hotseat Podcast brings real business advice, founder stories, and raw conversations with leaders building in the trenches. From entrepreneur mindset to business strategy, each conversation focuses on what actually works in the real world. Powered by NXC Podcast Network #thenxcpodcastnetwork #nxchotseat #investing
If you think AI is coming to take your job, you're looking at the wrong side of the coin. The real entrepreneur mindset shift is realizing that technology isn't replacing the human touch in the insurance industry--it is strapping a rocket ship to it. It's about using these tools to handle the back-office grind so you can focus on the relationships that actually drive your financial freedom. Kaden Bramall is a key leader at Agency VA and was an early employee at Divvy, the spend management unicorn that scaled from a startup to a $2.5 billion acquisition by Bill.com in just three years. Now, he is pioneering the "Augmented AI" space, where virtual assistants are supercharged with agentic logic to shrink 30-minute quoting processes down to less than five minutes. Kaden’s expertise lies in disrupting slow-moving industries by implementing cutting-edge business strategy that maximizes human productivity while maintaining the personal relationships that fuel success stories. 0:00 -- Why AI will never replace the human relationship in insurance. 1:10 -- How augmented virtual assistants shrink quoting times by 70%. 2:30 -- The battle between human-in-the-loop and agentic AI models. 5:10 -- Lessons from the $2.5 billion Divvy unicorn rocket ship. 7:30 -- Why the insurance industry is the next major frontier for automation. 9:20 -- The 10-year vision for a service-free agency model. Connect with Kaden Bramall: Website: https://www.agencyva.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kadenbramall Connect with Levi McPherson: Website: https://www.levimcpherson.com Instagram: @levimcpherson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levimcpherson The NXC Hotseat Podcast brings you raw conversations with the builders and thinkers shaping the future of business. We skip the fluff and get straight to the tactics that actually work for scaling a business. Powered by NXC Podcast Network #thenxcpodcastnetwork #nxchotseat #entrepreneurship
And most people are getting AI completely wrong right now. It’s not AI vs humans. It’s AI with humans. That shift alone could decide who wins in entrepreneurship, business, and the next wave of financial freedom. Wessly Anderson is the co-founder of AgencyVA, a global virtual assistant company operating across 10+ countries, focused on pairing human talent with proprietary AI systems. After building successful insurance agencies, he pivoted into creating economic opportunities in underserved regions, helping workers scale their income through AI-powered workflows. His work sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology, and impact, where virtual assistants trained with AI are outperforming traditional teams and reshaping how businesses scale. 0:00 - Why AI Alone Is a Losing Strategy 0:26 - From Poverty Missions to Building Businesses 3:06 - How Virtual Assistants Became the Edge 5:01 - The Real Breakthrough Behind AI Adoption 8:06 - Why Most People Are Falling Behind on AI 22:09 - The Underdog Vision for the Next 5 Years Connect with Wessly Anderson: Website: https://agencyva.com Instagram: @wesslyanderson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesslyanderson/ Connect with Levi McPherson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levimcpherson The NXC Hotseat Podcast brings real conversations with founders, operators, and leaders who are building, scaling, and adapting in real time. No fluff. Just raw insights on business strategy, leadership skills, and what it actually takes to grow. Powered by NXC Podcast Network #thenxcpodcastnetwork #nxchotseat #artificialintelligence