The Nuts & Bolts Of Building A Stronger Small Business
“Tara is a master at bringing together knowledgable, generous business owners who have worked hard to build their businesses–and are willing to share it all.”
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About What Works
What Works is a free weekly show that takes the mystery out of how small businesses really work.
With each episode, Tara deep dives with a small business owner and asks about how they manage their marketing, money, operations, team-building, growth, or personal leadership. She asks the nosy questions you’ve always wanted to ask other business owners!
Why a podcast?
We produce the What Works podcast because it makes learning on-the-go easy. You can take this free in-depth audio content wherever you go and listen whenever you have time using apps like Spotify, Castbox, Castro, and Apple Podcasts.
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EP 348: Knowing When To Get Out Of The Way With Let’s Do The Books Founder Mark Butler
In This Episode: Why Let's Do The Books founder Mark Butler has been working on getting out of the way for his teamHow he's evolved the way he works to take a break from creating chaos while still leaning into his strengths for experimentation and ideationWhy he's...
EP 347: Carving Out Space For Creative Work With The Autonomous Creative Founder Jessica Abel
In This Episode: Why Jessica Abel believes carving out space to work on experimental and creative projects is keyThe strategy she recommends for buying the time you need to do creative workHow she measures creative projects in "developmental markers" and "success...
EP 346: Finding The Right Blend With Financial Behaviorist Jacquette Timmons
In This Episode: Why financial behaviorist Jacquette Timmons is more interested in finding the right blend that finding a balance between work and lifeHow she approaches the way she engages with work to stave off burnoutWhy rest is part of the work she doesHow the...
EP 345: Putting Your Business In Maintenance Mode With ScaleSpark Founder Susan Boles
In This Episode: Sean McMullin asks Break The Ceiling host Susan Boles what she's learned about creating a business that runs itselfWhy maintenance mode is key to creating the space to experiment and try out new ideas without breaking your businessHow to view your...
EP 344: Time To Take A Break?
Do you ever get the feeling you're white-knuckling it through business ownership? Like if you just squeeze the wheel hard enough and focus on what’s in front of you, you can keep your business from ending up in a serious fender bender (or worse)? I’ve certainly felt...
EP 343: 5 Ways To Do More & Better By Teaming Up
I did not like group work as a student. I much preferred to take on a...
EP 342: Getting Help Before The Ish Hits The Fan with Shulamit Ber Levtov
In This Episode: How mindset & resilience consultant Shulamit Ber Levtov became interested in the mental health challenges women face in entrepreneurshipWhy she took a month off from work to prevent experiencing a full burnout last yearThe methods she uses to...
EP 341: Taking Better Care Of Each Other with Wanderwell Founder Kate Strathmann
In This Episode: Wanderwell founder Kate Strathmann and I unpack how our personal values often don't line up with economic forces—and how that impacts our businessWhy rethinking the purpose of your business might help you rethink your goals to be more aligned with...
EP 340: Managing As An Introverted, Anxious, and Autistic Boss: Tara’s Interview On The Rebel Therapist With Annie Schuessler
In This Episode: How I decide what roles to hire for (and why understanding our team structure is key)When it's time increase capacity by hiring versus fixing messy operationsWhy you don't want to clone yourself to get more doneHow product and operations can overlap...
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