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For Business Owners, It’s One Battle After Another
Episode 285
It’s already been quite a decade for owners: a pandemic, inflation, tariffs, and now, suddenly, war with Iran—bringing with it the biggest spike in o…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Dashboard: Does Entrepreneurship Have a Perception Problem?
It does in this sense, says Victor Hwang, founder of Right to Start, an advocacy group that works to expand entrepreneurial opportunity: While starti…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
What’s Harder Now: Getting a Job or Starting a Business?
Episode 284
Despite the waves of uncertainty crashing across the economy, this week we hear from three owners who feel cautiously good about how their year has s…
6 months ago
Dashboard: Can a Digital Bank Deliver for Business Owners?
In this sponsored conversation, Mike Butler, CEO of Grasshopper Bank, argues that business owners shouldn’t have to choose between speed and stabilit…
6 months ago
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…
6 months, 1 week 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…
6 months, 2 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…
6 months, 2 weeks 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…
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …
6 months, 3 weeks 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…
6 months, 4 weeks ago