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Best of: We Charge What We Need to Charge
This week, we’re replaying one of my favorite conversations of the year, a Q&A session we recorded in May at our 21 Hats Live event in Ann Arbor, Mic…
9 months, 1 week ago
Dashboard: Finding Employees Is Harder than Finding Customers
This week, Rob Levin, who is co-founder of WorkBetterNow and who has just published a new book, the “New Talent Playbook,” talks about what he consid…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
I Have to Figure This Sh*t Out
Episode 272
This week, in Episode 272, Liz Picarazzi and Jaci Russo compare notes with Ted Wolf on their very different journeys to integrate generative AI into …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Dashboard: Want More Domestic Manufacturing? Think Small
That’s the conclusion of Ilana Preuss, who is founder and CEO of Recast City and who believes that the way to bring back America’s Main Streets, down…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
She Still Packs Every Order as if It’s a Gift
Episode 271
This week, in Episode 271, we welcome another new voice to the podcast: Channon Kennedy, who takes us inside the side hustle that’s become her second…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Dashboard: Seeing Past the Workslop and Hallucinations
Yes, says Gene Marks, it’s easy to make fun of all of the ways in which AI chatbots can fail (don’t even think about asking them to create an image o…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Welcome to Employee Ownership! (Without the Hype)
Episode 270
This week, in Episode 270, we dig into employee ownership with two people who’ve lived it: Kris Maynard and Justin Jordan of Cathedral Holdings, a 10…
10 months ago
Dashboard: Turning Tradespeople Into Business People
This week, Julian Scadden explains how the organization he runs, Nexstar Network, helps the owners of plumbing, HVAC, and electrical firms become bet…
10 months ago
I Thought It Was the Worst Day of My Life
Episode 269
This week, in Episode 269, we welcome Ted Wolf, co-founder of Guidewise, as the newest regular member of the 21 Hats Podcast crew—and Ted arrives wit…
10 months, 1 week ago
Dashboard: A Business Owner Chooses His Third and Final Act
Josh Patrick’s first act was building and eventually selling a successful vending-machine business. His second act was building a thriving consulting…
10 months, 1 week ago