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The Wrong Economics Has Been Running Your Business.

Hunter Hastings & Mark Packard · from Venture Mode, releasing May 5, 2026 What passes for economic thinking in most firms isn’t economics at all. It’s central planning — and it’s costing you more than you know. Capitalism Works. But Not the Way Most Firms Practice It. The track record of capitalism is extraordinary. Over the […]

Primal Intelligence: How Entrepreneurs Create Value in Uncertainty with Angus Fletcher

What if intelligence isn’t about prediction, but about acting when the future is unknowable? In his conversation with Angus Fletcher, Hunter Hastings examines how entrepreneurs use primal intelligence—intuition, imagination, emotion, and judgment—to create markets rather than forecast them. The episode reframes leadership and strategy for a world defined by uncertainty.