{"podcast":{"title":"PodCrash with Matt Ebert","slug":"podcrash-with-matt-ebert-7321565","podcast_index_feed_id":7321565,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA7377182361","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/464532d6-1951-11f0-b6a1-630fc808f616/image/f1e69799e5c8189dff47df444cc64d24.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Matt Ebert","episode_count":41,"summary":"Matt Ebert, founder and CEO of Crash Champions, sits down with industry leaders to discover the powerful synergies between different walks of life and businesses. Matt believes in a Champions Mindset. It’s how he took a single collision repair shop and turned it into over 650 locations across the US. Listen in while he unlocks the thought processes of successful leaders, and learn how he Champions People to empower them to grow.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T20:20:16.192191+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcrash-with-matt-ebert-7321565"},"episode":{"title":"How Shirin Behzadi Turned Adversity Into a Billion-Dollar Career","slug":"how-shirin-behzadi-turned-adversity-into-a-billion-dollar-career","published_at":"2026-06-23T10:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcrash-with-matt-ebert-7321565/how-shirin-behzadi-turned-adversity-into-a-billion-dollar-career","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcrash-with-matt-ebert-7321565","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA5057570724.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/prfx.byspotify.com/e/mgln.ai/e/796/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA5057570724.mp3","summary":"In this episode of PodCrash, Matt Ebert sits down with Shirin Behzadi, author of The Unexpected CEO, for a conversation about adversity, belief, leadership, and building a future before anyone else can see it.Shirin shares how leaving Iran at 17, starting over in the United States, and working as a cashier in a bulletproof gas station booth shaped the conviction that she would one day lead a major company. Long before it happened, she printed business cards for the future she believed she was building, then followed that North Star through accounting, operations, entrepreneurship, private equity, and eventually leading a company through major growth and a successful exit. Matt and Shirin also talk about why adversity can become a superpower, how surviving a brain tumor changed the way she led, and why great leaders have to learn when to say no. Want more Matt in your life? Of course you do! (https://www.instagram.com/mattebertcc/) (https://www.facebook.com/MattEbertCC) (https://twitter.com/mattebertcc/) (https://www.tiktok.com/@mattebertcc) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-ebert-7169a5180/) Get paid while you learn on the job at Crash Champions: https://step.crashchampions.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this episode of PodCrash, Matt Ebert sits down with Shirin Behzadi, author of The Unexpected CEO, for a conversation about adversity, belief, leadershi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3266,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podcrash-with-matt-ebert-7321565/episodes/how-shirin-behzadi-turned-adversity-into-a-billion-dollar-career/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcrash-with-matt-ebert-7321565/how-shirin-behzadi-turned-adversity-into-a-billion-dollar-career.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}