#849 The people business - Proverbs 25 Claudia Wells & Mathew Bowyer.

<p><strong>There’s only one business in the world: the PEOPLE business. In this special crossover episode of </strong><a href="https://a.co/d/4CYg4vG" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>INCHSTONES</strong></a><strong> + You Have to Meet My Friends, Proverbs 25 gives us a lesson in leadership, relationships, faith, self-control and why the people will always matter more than the production.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>My Pops used to tell me, “Boy, there’s only one business in the world—the people business.”</strong></p><p><strong>Turns out, he was right. Again. Starting to get a little annoying, Pops.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>This episode is a little different because I smashed two of my favorite shows together.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>INCHSTONES is where we take the Proverb that corresponds with the day and pull out something practical we can actually use in our lives.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>You Have to Meet My Friends is exactly what it sounds like: I go LIVE, grab my phone and randomly call some of the incredible people in my life. No script. No warning. No idea whether they’re even going to answer. Probably not the smartest production strategy—which is exactly why it’s fun.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>And today…they answered.</strong></p><p><strong>We called </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theclaudiawells?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Claudia Wells,</strong></a><strong> the original Jennifer Parker from </strong><em>Back to the Future</em><strong>, who also built an entirely different second act as the founder of </strong><a href="https://www.armaniwells.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Armani Wells</strong></a><strong>, her luxury men’s resale clothing store in Studio City.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Then we called </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mathewbowyer5?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Mathew Bowyer</strong></a><strong>, who operated an illegal sports-bookmaking business with more than 700 bettors. His operation became nationally known because one of his clients was Ippei Mizuhara, Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, who admitted stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani to pay gambling debts. Authorities have described Ohtani as a victim in the case.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tw