{"podcast":{"title":"Payne Points of Wealth","slug":"payne-points-of-wealth-1042508","podcast_index_feed_id":1042508,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/nopaynenogain/feed.xml","website_url":"https://nopaynenogain.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/5162570/PPOW_Design_1_yeuxig.jpg","author":"Ryan Payne","episode_count":243,"summary":"Welcome to the Payne Points of Wealth: The podcast that addresses all the pain points that come with creating your wealth, growing your wealth, and sustaining your wealth. Hosted by the Family Wealth Experts of Payne Capital Management, Bob, Ryan & Chris Payne. On a weekly basis, they deliver timely strategies and solutions for the pain points that come with building, preserving and managing your wealth.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T12:17:57.865234+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/payne-points-of-wealth-1042508"},"episode":{"title":"From Yale Law to Barbershop Tech | Ep. 226","slug":"from-yale-law-to-barbershop-tech-ep-226","published_at":"2025-12-11T23:25:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/payne-points-of-wealth-1042508/from-yale-law-to-barbershop-tech-ep-226","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/payne-points-of-wealth-1042508","url":"https://nopaynenogain.podbean.com/e/from-yale-law-to-barbershop-tech-ep-226/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/78yi7anv7cwk78jd/Episode_226_Songe_-_Audio_ahrg1.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Payne Points of Wealth, we sit down with Songe LaRon, a dynamic New York City tech entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of SQUIRE Technologies—the world’s leading all-in-one barbershop business management system. Songe shares his remarkable journey from growing up in Manhattan with artist parents, to earning a J.D. from Yale, practicing law at a top firm, and ultimately making the leap from a more certain future in corporate America to launch a tech company that’s transforming an entire industry. We explore how his upbringing shaped his relationship with money, the entrepreneurial spark that led to founding SQUIRE in 2015, and the challenges of breaking into tech without a technical background. Songe reveals how he and his team scaled SQUIRE to serve over 32,000 professionals across three continents, raised nearly $150M in funding, and built a culture of innovation that now integrates AI to revolutionize barbershop operations. This episode is packed with insights on funding a startup, lessons from running an actual barbershop, personal wealth philosophies, and the mindset required to turn an idea into an industry leader. Plus, Songe shares his thoughts on the future of AI in business and the importance of resilience in entrepreneurship.","meta_description":"In this episode of Payne Points of Wealth, we sit down with Songe LaRon, a dynamic New York City tech entrepreneur, Co-Founder and CEO of SQUIRE Technolog…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2560,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/payne-points-of-wealth-1042508/episodes/from-yale-law-to-barbershop-tech-ep-226/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/payne-points-of-wealth-1042508/from-yale-law-to-barbershop-tech-ep-226.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}