{"podcast":{"title":"Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief with Cameron Herold","slug":"second-in-command-the-chief-behind-the-chief-with-cameron-herold-493106","podcast_index_feed_id":493106,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/secondincommand/","website_url":"https://cooalliance.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ca7f7c1a-986f-48fe-8251-c4ae46627a09/Album-Art-Updated-Headshot-and-Logo.jpg","author":"Second in Command with Cameron Herold","episode_count":592,"summary":"Welcome to the “Second in Command” Podcast hosted by Cameron Herold, brought to you by the COO Alliance, where top-level COOs share their insights, tactics, and strategies that made them the Chief Behind the Chief. Cameron Herold founded the COO Alliance with one simple goal in mind: to provide COOs with the same professional development and growth opportunities CEOs have enjoyed for many years. COO Alliance is the world's leading network for the Second in Command. Cameron Herold is a top business consultant, best-selling author, and speaker. He’s the mastermind behind hundreds of companies’ exponential growth and he’s touched thousands of businesses indirectly through his work.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:21:49.200106+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-in-command-the-chief-behind-the-chief-with-cameron-herold-493106"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 581 - CoinMe COO Sung Choi - Life After Acquisition: Surprising Wins and Brutal Costs","slug":"ep-581-coinme-coo-sung-choi-life-after-acquisition-surprising-wins-and-brutal-costs","published_at":"2026-05-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-in-command-the-chief-behind-the-chief-with-cameron-herold-493106/ep-581-coinme-coo-sung-choi-life-after-acquisition-surprising-wins-and-brutal-costs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-in-command-the-chief-behind-the-chief-with-cameron-herold-493106","url":"https://cooalliance.com/podcasts/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/15d7583b-78c5-49af-b54a-4949bcdeca50.mp3","summary":"What happens when a regulated fintech meets the wild swings of crypto and then gets acquired by a Web3 giant? In this no-fluff conversation, Cameron Herold sits face-to-face with Sung Choi, COO of CoinMe, just months after their high-stakes Polygon Labs acquisition. They get blunt about what it really takes to survive in crypto, how to lead through M&A chaos without losing your best people, and why AI is rapidly rewriting the rules of operational excellence. If you want to hear war stories and hard-earned lessons from the frontlines of scaling a volatile, regulated business, this is your episode. Don’t risk missing the sharpest insights on leadership, remote culture, and how to stay relevant through uncertainty. Listen now for playbook-level takeaways you won’t get anywhere else. This episode is brought to you by our Silver Sponsor, Next Level Growth . They help COOs and leadership teams build Elite Organizations through a proven, customizable framework built around the Five Obsessions of Elite Organizations. If you and your leadership team are ready to operate at the next level, take the Elite Organizations Assessment and receive a free 20-page customized report based on your answers, plus a complimentary one-hour coaching session with a Next Level Growth Partner and Business Guide to begin implementing tools that will help you build an even more elite business. Complete the assessment here to get started - nextlevelgrowth.com/cooassessment Timestamped Highlights 00:06 – The brutal reality of CoinMe’s early hardware dreams 11:10 – Why powering partners crushed owning infrastructure 13:04 – “M&A is like polyamorous dating” and what nobody tells you 17:14 – The tension of disclosure and keeping employees sane 22:25 – A surprising pivot: from bitcoin hype to stab…","meta_description":"What happens when a regulated fintech meets the wild swings of crypto and then gets acquired by a Web3 giant? In this no-fluff conversation, Cameron Herol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2504,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/second-in-command-the-chief-behind-the-chief-with-cameron-herold-493106/episodes/ep-581-coinme-coo-sung-choi-life-after-acquisition-surprising-wins-and-brutal-costs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/second-in-command-the-chief-behind-the-chief-with-cameron-herold-493106/ep-581-coinme-coo-sung-choi-life-after-acquisition-surprising-wins-and-brutal-costs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}