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Mastermind Roundtable: AI, Storytelling, Authenticity, and Building Superfans

My guests for this podcast:

→ Mike Stelzner | https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/

→ Pat Flynn | https://patflynn.com/

→ Mark Mason | https://markmason.com/

→ Leslie Samuel | https://iamlesliesamuel.com/

→ Cliff Ravenscraft | https://www.cliffravenscraft.com/

Ray Edwards hosts a mastermind-style discussion with Cliff Ravenscraft, Mike Stelzner, Mark Mason, Leslie Samuel, and Pat Flynn about the current online business market and how AI is reshaping discovery, content, and connection.

Each offers a one-word market description: evolving (Cliff), tumultuous (Mike), opportunity (Leslie), narrowing channels through an AI lens (Mark), and story-driven (Pat).

Pat explains growing his Card Party Pokémon event from 1,500 to 10,000 attendees without ads by building community, creating remarkable experiences, featuring other creators, and leveraging social conversation that fuels search.

The group emphasizes that human connection, authenticity, and storytelling matter more as AI answers informational queries. Mike shares his daily short-form docu-series “Press Start: The Road to 3,000” to rebuild Social Media Marketing World attendance and improve through repetition. Cliff discusses reinvention via finding one’s zone of genius and validating before pivoting. Mark highlights persistent AI agents with memory that can execute tasks and compound results.

00:00 Meet the Mastermind