Sep 30, 2026

S6:E85

People experience your leadership long before you make a formal leadership decision.

It's in how you enter a room. How you react when you're stressed. Whether you acknowledge someone. The story you tell. The difficult interaction you choose not to pass along to the next person.

Lisa Even calls it the ripple...

Sep 26, 2026

S6:E84

It has never been easier to look like an expert. That may be precisely why genuine expertise matters more.

AI can help produce polished content, sophisticated branding, books, social posts, and an increasingly convincing professional presence. But none of those things automatically demonstrate depth, judgment,...

Sep 23, 2026

S6:E83

How do you know when persistence is serving the business? Or at what point does attachment to what you've built prevent you from seeing it clearly?

Joseph Shalaby knows something about operating through uncertainty. As founder of eMortgage Capital, he has built within an industry shaped by economic cycles,...

Sep 18, 2026

S6:E82

Better Data, Better Decisions with Andy Janaitis

What if your advertising dashboard says you're succeeding but your bank account says otherwise?

That's not necessarily a marketing problem.

It may be an interpretation problem.

Queue up this episode of Small Business Stories with Andy Janaitis, founder of...

Sep 16, 2026

S6:E81

Businesses usually think about marketing from the inside out.

Here's what we do. Here's why we're good. Here are our features. Here are our credentials.

John Elbing thinks we should turn the entire thing around.

As founder of Standpoint and creator of the Storybuilding approach, John helps businesses see...