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Can We Not? Business Is Hard Enough. A Podcasts for Working Founders (previously Strategies, Solutions, and Sanity). Running a business is hard enough. The advice you've been given shouldn't make it harder.Can We Not?
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Can We Not Call “Feast or Famine” a Marketing Problem? (opens the original)
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Joe Daniels thinks a lot of solo business owners are trying to solve the wrong problem. When business slows down, the instinct is usually to blame marketing. But if you had a "feast" before the famine, your marketing clearly worked at some point. The bigger question is why it stopped. In this episode of Can We Not?, Joe and Sam dig into the operational side of running a solo service business, including the parts founders often ignore because they'd rather focus on the work they're actually good
Can We Not Pretend You Need Perfect SOPs Before You Delegate? Behind the scenes with Sam & Sonia (opens the original)
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What happens when your five-month onboarding plan suddenly becomes three months, your processes are outdated, you decide to launch an entirely new internal app, and then you leave the country for 10 days? Apparently, you onboard an operations manager. In this behind-the-scenes episode, Sam is joined by Auxo Operations Manager Sonia Narvaez to break down what actually happened during Sonia’s onboarding. And no, it did not involve handing her a beautiful binder of perfectly documented SOPs. They t
Can We Not Pretend Perfectionism Is Helping? | Goal Setting and Knowing Your Limits with Andrea Lowe (opens the original)
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You're setting goals you're scared to miss and grinding through tasks you're bad at because asking for help still feels like failure. Sound familiar? Host Samantha C. Prestidge chats with Dr. Andrea Lowe, nonprofit consultant and founder of Social Impact Studio Consulting, who helps organizations expand their impact through strategic planning, program development, and community-centered leadership. Andrea went from 15 years in government and public health to running her own consulting firm — and
Can We Not Buy Another Coaching Program? | The 3 Answers You Need Before Your Next Hire, Software, or Program (opens the original)
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Founders wasting money on the wrong coach, the wrong software, or the wrong hire almost always skipped one thing first: three basic questions about their own business. Samantha C. Prestidge is back after a few months off content, sharing the exact three questions she asks clients before any hire, subscription, or program. She breaks down why more complexity usually feels more sophisticated but isn't — and why that instinct quietly drains profit and momentum. Why hiring a coach doesn't fix a busi
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