Second Bite Show with Clayton Turner

Real conversations with founders who've built, scaled, exited... and are hungry for more.

Hosted by Clayton Turner – Built & sold Contractor Training Center for 8 figures in 5 years

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Why Second Bite?

Most founders get one shot at building something great. The smart ones? They go back for seconds.

I’m Clayton Turner, and I spent five years grinding 80-hour weeks to build Contractor Training Center from zero into a nationally dominant brand. We achieved 360 keywords ranking in the top three positions on Google, generated best-in-industry customer reviews, and eventually sold to one of the largest private equity groups for almost eight figures.

It was the hardest thing I’d ever done. Looking back, I realize something that keeps me up at night: with the AI tools and systems we have today, I could’ve compressed that five-year journey into six months.

That realization changed everything. Now I help founders build AI Operating Systems that scale without adding headcount or burning out the founder. And I started Second Bite Show to explore what happens after the exit — how experienced founders apply their lessons to build faster, smarter, and with more freedom the second time around.

This show isn’t about highlighting the wins and skipping the losses. We start with the hard questions: the failed launches, the terrible hires, the near-death moments that almost killed the business. Then we earn the right to talk about what actually worked.

Every founder I interview is generating at least six figures per month in revenue. No theorists. No gurus. Just operators who’ve built real businesses and have the scars to prove it.

If you’re a founder who’s already tasted success and wants more — or you’re building toward your first exit — you’re in the right place.

Welcome to Second Bite.

Conversations with Founders Doing $100K+/Month

No theory. No fluff. Just real operators who've built, scaled, and exited — or are on their way there.

Every guest on Second Bite Show is either post-exit and building again, or currently scaling a business generating six figures per month or more. These aren’t interviews with “influencers” — these are conversations with founders in the arena.

What Makes Second Bite Different

Hard Questions First

We don't start with the highlight reel. Every episode begins with the mistakes, the bad hires, the moments that almost killed the business. Once we've covered the hard truths, we earn the right to talk about the wins.

The Zero-to-Scale Question

Every single episode ends the same way: "If you had to start over tomorrow with ZERO, what would you do and how would you scale it as fast as possible?" This is where the real gold lives.

Built by a Builder

This show is hosted by someone who's lived it — not a journalist or interviewer by trade, but a fellow founder with real operational scars and an 8-figure exit. You're getting conversations between operators who speak the same language.

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