First Sip
Welcome to First Sip!
I'm Dekimbe Smith, your host, and every week we sit down for curious conversations about building wealth, growing a business, and showing up in your career and life with intention. Just the kind of conversations you wish you were having with someone who gets it.
Whether you're figuring out how to start your first business, or want to make smarter career moves, First Sip is where curious people come to level up.
New episodes drop weekly. So grab your drink, press play, and as always...enjoy your first sip!
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Latest Episodes
Ryan Conceicao: The One Skill AI Can't Replace | Business & Career | EP. 162
AI can write your resume, optimize your LinkedIn profile, and draft your outreach messages, but it can't teach you how to walk into a room and be someone people actually want to work with. Ryan Conceicao is back to break down why soft skills ha...
How an AI Hedge Fund Lost $35 Billion in One Month | Business & Tech | EP. 161
A former OpenAI researcher correctly saw where the AI boom was headed, built a hedge fund around that prediction, and watched it grow to roughly $45 billion in assets.Then July happened.Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awarenes...
Checkpoints: How to Stop Restarting From Zero | Business & Career | EP. 160
Survival mode isn't a setting you choose. Its a setting we get locked into, that piles on quietly until you don't even notice it's on. This week breaks down why business owners and employees keep restarting from zero, the research-backed reason...
ChatGPT 5.6 vs Claude: Why Picking a Side Is the Wrong Move | Business & Tech | EP. 159
ChatGPT vs Claude is the debate everyone's back to having this week, thanks to the release of ChatGPT 5.6. People are asking if they should switch back after just getting comfortable with Claude, and the honest answer is that's the wrong questi...
The AI Skills Gap: Why "Darwinian" Is the Right Word for 2026 | Career Growth | EP. 158
Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, says 90% of his employees aren't AI-ready. The AI skills gap is quietly becoming the biggest career risk most professionals aren't watching, and instead of mass layoffs, he's rebuilding his team through ...
