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Team Business

Hosted by Mike Fusco

Team Business uncovers the everyday entrepreneurs' why, how, and the road to now! Join us to learn how game-changing founders act on their vision and build a team for success.

56 episodes · publishes weekly · latest 2022-10-18 · ~33 min/episode

Rank

#6135

Substance

26.0

/ 100

Breakdown

Scored 2026-07
Updated monthly

Startups & Founders rank

#915 of 922

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Across the index

#6135 of 6182

Substance

Top 99%

outscores 1% of the index

Why it scores where it does

Team Business ranks #6135 on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 26.0 out of 100, scored across 1 recent episode. It scores highest on specificity & evidence and conversational craft. The only concrete data point in the entire episode is the host's aside that he reduced his office footprint by roughly 3,000 square feet. Everything else is vague, name-dropping consumer brands, or a child free-associating.

The five-dimension breakdown

Averaged across 1 recently scored episode, with cited evidence.

Insight Density

5.0 / 20

The episode contains virtually zero actionable business insight. The entire runtime is a host interviewing his 8-year-old daughter, whose definitions of business and insurance are rudimentary at best. No frameworks, no lessons, no operator-relevant takeaways are offered at any point.

“Well, I think business means basically probably like a business like a group that works together to make a good insurance maybe”

“I think insurance means helping people and their businesses.”

Originality

5.0 / 20

There is no original thinking present. The episode's only 'content' is a child identifying Starbucks, Target, and McDonald's as businesses and reciting insurance jingle mnemonics. Nothing contrarian, first-principles, or even mildly novel is presented.

“Claire's is a business because they make jewelry and they sell it.”

“progressive you want to hear one guys geico geico state farm”

Guest Caliber

4.0 / 20

The 'special guest' is the host's 8-year-old daughter with no business experience whatsoever. The extended buildup framing her as a 'business guru' who will 'knock your socks off' makes the bait-and-switch actively disrespectful of the audience's time.

“You guys might be wondering, who is this business guru? This is Ava Fusco. Ava is my lovely, wonderful, special daughter. Ava, how old are you? I'm eight.”

“I have no idea”

Specificity & Evidence

6.0 / 20

The only concrete data point in the entire episode is the host's aside that he reduced his office footprint by roughly 3,000 square feet. Everything else is vague, name-dropping consumer brands, or a child free-associating.

“We shrunk by about 3000 square feet”

“I go to a school called Mount Helix Academy”

Conversational Craft

6.0 / 20

The host asks heavily leading questions calibrated for a young child, repeatedly answering his own queries when the guest is stuck. There is no intellectual pushback, no follow-up of substance, and the format by design cannot produce meaningful dialogue.

“I think I can direct you a little more since I think you might be a little stumped on this question”

“Right, and what do they do by selling jewelry? What do they make? Money.”

Standout episodes

  • TB47 - A SPECIAL Guest That You Cannot Afford to Miss!

    2022-10-18

    26

Rank over time

First period on the Index - history builds from here.

Episodes

1 scored on substance · 56 tracked in total.

  • TB47 - A SPECIAL Guest That You Cannot Afford to Miss!

    2022-10-18 · 23 min

    26 / 100

Frequently asked

What is Team Business's substance score?
Team Business scores 26.0 out of 100 for substance and ranks #6135 on The B2B Podcast Index. That puts it ahead of 1% of the B2B podcasts we rank and #915 of 922 in Startups & Founders. The score reflects insight density, originality, guest caliber, specificity and conversational craft across recent episodes - not downloads.
Is Team Business worth listening to?
Team Business is ranked on The B2B Podcast Index with a substance score of 26.0/100. See the five-dimension breakdown above to judge whether it fits what you're after.
Who hosts Team Business?
Team Business is hosted by Mike Fusco.
How often does Team Business publish?
Team Business publishes weekly, has 56 episodes, released its most recent episode on 2022-10-18.
Which Team Business episode should I start with?
Our highest-scoring recent episode is "TB47 - A SPECIAL Guest That You Cannot Afford to Miss!" (26/100) - a good place to start.

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Ava Fusco

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