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Dive into entrepreneurship with Monica Allen, an entrepreneur with over 23 years of business ownership.
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320 - How to Stop Being Your Business’s Best Employee (opens the original)
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When was the last time you spent an entire workday actually leading your business instead of simply running it? Small business owners often start by doing everything themselves. That hustle can build a business from nothing, but as the company grows, staying involved in every task can keep the owner from doing the work only a CEO can do. In this episode of Become Your Own Boss , Monica explores the difference between leading and managing a business and why entrepreneurs can easily find themselve
319 - How You Can Make Your Business Easier for Customers to Choose? (opens the original)
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In this episode of Become Your Own Boss , Monica explains why social media and a business’s online presence do more than attract followers or generate leads. They help potential customers decide whether a business is credible enough to earn their trust. Monica explores the important difference between simply being visible and showing evidence that a business can deliver. She shares how recent work, behind-the-scenes content, customer reviews, testimonials, and a well-maintained digital presence
318 - Why You Don’t Have to Be First to Win? (opens the original)
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What if someone else already has your business idea? Does that mean you’re too late? Not at all. In this episode of Become Your Own Boss , Monica Allen challenges the pressure entrepreneurs feel to be first to market. Drawing from more than 20 years of building her own businesses, she shares how studying existing competitors helped her uncover opportunities to improve customization, customer service, packaging, and the overall buying experience. Monica explains why competition can actually valid
317 - The Business Asset that Every Entrepreneur Must Protect (opens the original)
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After an annual physical reveals that her cholesterol is trending in the wrong direction, Monica gets an important reminder: business owners cannot separate their health from the health of their businesses. Entrepreneurs protect equipment, monitor finances, track sales, and create systems to prepare for problems, but they may postpone the very things that protect their own well-being. In this episode, Monica shares why preventative care deserves a place in every entrepreneur's business strategy.
316 - Will You Step Into Growth When Change Gets Uncomfortable? (opens the original)
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Change can be uncomfortable, frustrating, and even emotionally exhausting. In this throwback episode of Become Your Own Boss , Monica shares why this message remains just as important today. Drawing from changes in podcasting, her business, and her family, Monica explores what happens when the familiar is no longer an option. For entrepreneurs, change can show up through new technology, industry requirements, staffing, the economy, or unexpected shifts in a carefully made plan. Instead of retrea
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