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When Your Business and Your Values Collide
Episode 283
For the past six years, we’ve done our best to avoid talking politics on this podcast. By focusing on the business realities owners confront every da…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
We Can’t Afford to Wait on AI
Episode 282
A lot of business owners are taking a wait-and-see approach with artificial intelligence. They’ve heard the hype—but they’ve also heard about the slo…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Dashboard: Searching for Some Tariff Certainty
Yes, says Gene Marks in this week’s Dashboard, the Supreme Court’s tariff decision, while correct, has created a mess. No, you shouldn’t make any pla…
5 months ago
Dashboard: Where Do You Go for Unbiased Exit Advice?
Sooner or later, most business owners run into the same unsettling question: How do I actually get out of this thing? Pass it to family? Sell to a co…
5 months ago
Hot Seat: Three Owners, No Easy Answers
Episode 281
Sometimes the best conversations start with a simple question—and then another, and another. This week, we put Kate Morgan, Jaci Russo, and Ted Wolf …
5 months, 1 week ago
Dashboard: Where Do You Turn When You’re Stuck?
Kelly Berry’s introduction to small-business ownership came at a moment when most new parents are focused on something else entirely. She had just co…
5 months, 1 week ago
We’re Trying to Outgrow the Valley of Death
Episode 278
Almost every growing business experiences a moment when success starts creating as many problems as it solves. Sales are up. The team is bigger. The …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Dashboard: Why Chasing Growth So Often Backfires
For most business owners, growth is the goal. More customers. More revenue. Bigger numbers. Bigger opportunities. And often, more pressure. But what …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
I Can Help with AI. Do Owners Want Help?
Episode 249
Alan Pentz is convinced a wave of disruption is about to crash into small businesses—and he’s doing everything he can to warn owners before it hits. …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Dashboard: One Industry Just Got an AI Playbook for Running a Business
Ryan Markewich knows the landscaping business from the inside. He built and sold a successful landscaping company in British Columbia, then spent yea…
5 months, 3 weeks ago