The Ron Table
New The Ron Table Podcast is what happens when three entrepreneurs stop pretending they’ve got it all figured out and start telling the truth.
This is the real, unfiltered reality of what it’s like to strike out on your own—the good, the bad, and the “you’ve gotta be kidding me” moments of running a business in today’s world. Hosted by Ron Miller (Elevate Talent Solutions) with Nicole Gray and Laine Belcastro, we mix common sense, real-time insights, and way too many movie quotes to make sense of the chaos. It’s not a TED Talk. It’s a table. And you’ve got a seat. Business. Life. Bullsh*t. Unfiltered
The Ron Table
Ep 11: Corporate First, Entrepreneur later
Before we built businesses, we survived the trenches.
In this episode of The Ron Table, Nicole Gray, Laine Belcastro and I unpack how corporate America—love it or hate it—can actually sharpen you for entrepreneurship. From bad bosses and office politics to endless approvals and Kool-Aid culture, corporate life is less a career ladder and more like Shawshank: you crawl through the muck, but you come out tougher.
We talk about:
- Why a tour through corporate is the best (and cheapest) training for future entrepreneurs.
- The “Five Ps” corporate life teaches you: Process, Policy, Politics, People, and Pacing.
- Learning when to play the game… and when to break the rules.
- How scars from corporate trauma actually prepare you to survive entrepreneurship’s chaos.
- Why burning bridges on the way out is the worst rookie mistake you can make.
Don’t downplay the time you spent in the system—it might just be the playbook that fuels your rebellion.
