Podcasts · On the Record, Out Loud
The story, told out loud.
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Yes, that name. No — not the Goodfellas guy. I’m the living one.
The Episode
Start with the origin, in his own voice.
— Billy Batt, interviewed by Gresham Harkless Jr. on the I AM CEO Podcast Listen to the full episode“I worked in the oilfield for eight years, running crews of a hundred, hundred and fifty guys — building gas plants, pipelines… I had a daughter on the way around 2015, and the oilfield crashed. I had to figure out a new way of being more stable and controlling my income.”
— Billy Batt, same episode — the line that summarizes the whole arc Read the long-form version of the story“Nothing changes — your challenges just change. You’ll still have hard times while you’re doing good… That’s why it’s called being an entrepreneur. You just know how to roll with the punches.”
Episode IAM1103 is the third-party record of Billy’s origin: the oilfield years, the 2015 crash, the self-taught rebuild into lead generation and web development, and the agency that became a deal shop. Host: Gresham Harkless Jr. No other appearances are listed yet because no others could be verified — that’s the point of this page.
For Hosts
Book Billy. Get receipts, not platitudes.
Three conversations he can carry for an hour without a single recycled talking point.
From pipe to paper
Eight years as a pipefitter and welder running 100–150-man crews, the 2015 crash with a daughter on the way, and the self-taught pivot — the blue-collar-to-dealmaker arc, first-hand.
Inside the deal tape
How digital businesses actually trade: SBA preapprovals, seller financing, earn-outs, PE syndicates — drawn from 11 documented transactions, $275K to $24M (self-reported by the firm).
The Goodfellas problem
What it’s like when Google hands your name to a mobster who died in 1970 — and the disambiguate-first playbook for taking it back. The cold open writes itself.
Booking notes: the canonical bio line lives on the Connect page. As new episodes air, they’re added above with verified links — never before.
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