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Eric, founder of Eric Grows Companies, has appeared on four podcasts and in three written features about building and running companies with AI and no code. The podcast conversations are Rising Tide Startups, Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur, The Flipped Story, and Highs of Innovation. The written features ran in USA Today, the International Business Times, and The Legendary Edition. Every appearance covers some part of the same story: leaving a strategy role at Meta, and building software as a non-technical founder.

Updated: September 18, 2026. Written by Eric, founder of Eric Grows Companies.

Which podcasts has Eric appeared on?

Eric has appeared on four podcasts. On Rising Tide Startups (Episode 10.12, 34 minutes) with host Kevin Prewett, Eric covered why owning your own website decides whether AI search can find and cite your business. On Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur (Episode 1296, 31 minutes) with host Brian Lofrumento, Eric covered why most businesses use AI in its shallowest form and how a strategy product got built and shipped without writing code. On The Flipped Story (51 minutes), Eric told the long version: philosophy at Michigan, the years at Meta, quitting with nothing lined up, and the scuba app that followed. On Highs of Innovation (Episode 14, 15 minutes) with host Jasmine Martirossian, Eric covered how philosophical training turns into structured strategic reasoning.

• Rising Tide Startups (Episode 10.12, 34 minutes, published September 10, 2026): why owning your own website decides whether AI search can find and cite your business, and what it takes to run three companies as one person, at https://ericgrows.com/media/rising-tide-startups.
• Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur (Episode 1296, 31 minutes, published November 10, 2025): from a Meta strategy role to founding an AI company without writing a line of code, at https://ericgrows.com/media/wantrepreneur-to-entrepreneur.
• The Flipped Story (51 minutes): the long version of the story, from philosophy to Meta to quitting with no next move, at https://ericgrows.com/media/the-flipped-story.
• Highs of Innovation (Episode 14, 15 minutes, published March 11, 2026): why a philosophy degree turned out to be strategy training, at https://ericgrows.com/media/highs-of-innovation.

Where has Eric been written about?

Eric and StratEngine AI have been written about in three publications. USA Today published a feature on December 8, 2025 covering the career route from philosophy major to CPA to strategy at Meta to AI founder, and how the product got built without an engineering background. The International Business Times published a piece on November 26, 2025 examining StratEngine AI itself: who it is built for, where business consultants lose time in the analysis layer, and how a solo-run product handles confidential business information. The Legendary Edition published a profile on September 2, 2026 covering the 2024 exit from Meta with nothing lined up, all three companies, and the free course.

• USA Today (published December 8, 2025): the route from philosophy major to AI founder, at https://ericgrows.com/media/usa-today.
• International Business Times (published November 26, 2025): how consultants use StratEngine AI to build strategy, at https://ericgrows.com/media/international-business-times.
• The Legendary Edition (published September 2, 2026): leaving Meta with no plan, and building three companies, at https://ericgrows.com/media/the-legendary-edition.

What does Eric talk about in these appearances?

Across these seven appearances Eric covers one consistent subject: how a non-technical business owner builds and runs real software with AI. The recurring themes are why generic AI chat tools produce shallow results for hard business work, how a career in strategy and operations translates into directing AI precisely, why owning your web infrastructure decides whether AI search can cite you, what it costs to run a software company as one person, and why reinvention is a learnable skill rather than a personality trait. Eric has reinvented his career four times: philosophy major, CPA, strategist at Meta, then founder.

Who is Eric?

Eric is the founder of Eric Grows Companies. Eric was a Senior Manager of Strategy and Operations at Meta, holds an MBA and a CPA, studied philosophy at the University of Michigan, and has never written a line of code. Eric now runs three live companies himself with AI: StratEngine AI, a strategy research product; SCUBAzen, a mobile app for divers; and Venice Threads Co., an apparel brand in Venice, California. Eric teaches non-technical business owners the same skill through a free course on YouTube.

Where can I read more?

The story behind these appearances is on the About page, and the method they describe is taught in full in the free course and the written guides.

• Eric's story: the four career reinventions and why he left Meta, at https://ericgrows.com/about.
• Eric Grows Companies: what the free course covers and how it works, at https://ericgrows.com/.
• All the guides: the full written series, with the recommended reading order, at https://ericgrows.com/learn.
• Contact: how to reach Eric directly, at https://ericgrows.com/contact.

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