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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 …
7 months 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 …
7 months 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. …
7 months, 1 week 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…
7 months, 1 week ago
I Expect to Grow This Year. Should I Hire Now?
Episode 278
Things are suddenly moving fast at Sarah Segal’s San Francisco PR firm. Several new clients look likely to sign on, and for the first time in a while…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Dashboard: A Grand Experiment in Buying and Building Small Businesses
Over the past six years, Teamshares has quietly been running an ambitious experiment in small-business ownership. The company has bought some 90 busi…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m Looking for an Exit
Episode 277
Six years ago, Kate Morgan walked away from the sale of her business just days before closing. Since then, she’s endured some rough stretches, fighti…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Dashboard: Why 2026 Will Be a Big Year for Small Businesses
This week, Gene Marks makes the case for optimism. There are all sorts of obvious issues to be concerned about but Gene cites a series of reasons his…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Do Business Owners Really Want Balance?
Episode 276
Most business owners say they do. They tell themselves they just need to get through this one crisis, this one launch, this one quarter—and then life…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Dashboard: No Text Book Can Prepare You for This
This week, Karla Trotman, owner of Electro Soft, a contract manufacturing business outside of Philadelphia, talks about the series of contradictions …
8 months ago