{"podcast":{"title":"Yachting Channel","slug":"yachting-channel-598743","podcast_index_feed_id":598743,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5023437.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5023437","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43735449/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"by Yachting International Radio","episode_count":500,"summary":"Yachting Channel | Yachting International Radio Yachting Channel by Yachting International Radio (YIR) is a leading global yacht podcast, yachting podcast, superyacht podcast, and maritime podcast network covering the people, businesses, vessels, crew, owners, technology, destinations, and ideas shaping the modern yachting industry. Produced by Yachting International Radio, the Yachting Channel brings together over 20 original shows featuring yacht captains, superyacht crew, brokers, shipyards, designers, maritime lawyers, engineers, sustainability leaders, recruiters, wellness experts, entrepreneurs, and industry voices from across the global marine sector. Topics include yacht ownership, yacht charter, superyacht design, yacht crew life, crew training, maritime law, crew contracts, refit, new builds, engineering, boating trends, blue economy, ocean innovation, sustainability, leadership, recruitment, mental health, destinations, luxury lifestyle, and the business of yachting. With daily yachting content across audio, video, editorial, and social media, Yachting Channel is built for yacht owners, superyacht captains, crew, brokers, builders, suppliers, charter clients, maritime p…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:18:20.836513+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yachting-channel-598743"},"episode":{"title":"Yachting Business Secrets: Capital, Visibility & Growth Explained | Yachting USA","slug":"yachting-business-secrets-capital-visibility-growth-explained-yachting-usa","published_at":"2026-04-26T21:15:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yachting-channel-598743/yachting-business-secrets-capital-visibility-growth-explained-yachting-usa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yachting-channel-598743","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8895702","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8895702.mp3?modified=1777238195&sid=5023437&source=rss","summary":"What does it take to scale a business in today’s yachting industry, and why are visibility and credibility now critical to accessing capital? Rick Thomas, host of Yachting USA, sits down with Rhonda Klch, Managing Partner at EquityFirst, to explore how entrepreneurs, investors, and growing companies can position themselves for real financial growth. Filmed at the Global Superyacht Forum Miami, this conversation brings an external perspective into yachting, connecting capital strategy, fundability, and the growing role of media in shaping business success. From her journey as a serial entrepreneur to advising companies on scaling and investment readiness, Rhonda breaks down how businesses move from concept to capital and why many fail to do so. 🔍 In this episode: • Why visibility and credibility directly impact fundability • How podcasting and media create access and opportunity • Where traditional banking falls short for growing companies • Why reinvention and calculated risk are non-negotiable • How entrepreneurs can better position themselves for capital 📺 Prefer to read? Head to Yachting News on the website. https://www.yachtinginternationalradio.com/yachting-news ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SUPPORTED BY Engineered Yacht Solutions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ https://eyswelding.com 🎙️ Yachting USA | Yachting International Radio","meta_description":"What does it take to scale a business in today’s yachting industry, and why are visibility and credibility now critical to accessing capital? Rick Thomas,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1941,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yachting-channel-598743/episodes/yachting-business-secrets-capital-visibility-growth-explained-yachting-usa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yachting-channel-598743/yachting-business-secrets-capital-visibility-growth-explained-yachting-usa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}