{"id":9875,"date":"2026-05-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=9875"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:41:17","slug":"how-to-raise-your-agent-episode-3-ryan-kurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/how-to-raise-your-agent-episode-3-ryan-kurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Kurt, Founder &amp; CEO, The AI Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9875\" class=\"elementor elementor-9875\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54875464 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54875464\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7371780c\" data-id=\"7371780c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549b04b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"549b04b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"How to Raise Your Agent Episode 3 | Ryan Kurt, Founder & CEO, The AI Lab\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=3ui3n-1ad6601-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=auto&logo_link=none&btn-skin=c73a3a\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5955ea8f episode-info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5955ea8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21c33cd7\" data-id=\"21c33cd7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378e8288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378e8288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We continue our series <strong>How to Raise Your Agent<\/strong> with Ryan Kurt, Founder &amp; CEO of The AI Lab. 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