Latest Makingitwork Podcast Episodes

6. Swimming with Sharks: Where to Find Investors

Making It Work - November 18, 2019 10:08 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Think getting investment is like Shark Tank? Think again. After experiencing failed pitches, interfering investors and pressure to scale, scale, scale, a new generation of entrepreneurs is ditching venture capital and pursuing crowd funding. In the sixth episode of Making It Work, we speak to...

5. Wham Bam Thank You Spam: Marketing in the Age of Influencers

Making It Work - November 13, 2019 10:23 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Facebook ads, influencers, blogs, emails, organic reviews, sweepstakes... the range of marketing options available today is staggering. From this epic menu, who knows what works best for your business? From paying Instagrammers to good old-fashioned word of mouth, our panel of entrepreneurs d...

4. Don't Make 'Em Like They Used to: Working with Foreign Factories

Making It Work - October 11, 2019 12:43 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Finding a factory to make your product is a bit like dating. Seduction, quality time, being stood up... it's all part of the game. Our panel of entrepreneurs share their stories and advice on maintaining a manufacturing relationship that is often long distance and cross cultural. In the fourth...

3. Too Close to Home: Working with Friends and Family

Making It Work - September 04, 2019 12:21 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Whether you start a business with your BFF, or call your dad "boss", working with friends and relatives often walks the fine line between great times and disaster. We hear from our panel of entrepreneurs if they think it's worth turning your business into a family affair. In the third episode ...

2. It's Not Working Out: How to Fire Your Employees

Making It Work - September 04, 2019 09:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
It's one thing to lose your job. It's a whole other ball game to be the one doing the firing, especially if you're running a small business with a close team. Far from fun, more than one of our entrepreneurs describes terminating an employee as the worst part of the job. In the second episode ...

1. Sick of Instant Ramen: When to Start Paying Yourself

Making It Work - September 04, 2019 09:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
From living off savings and instant ramen, to carving a minimal salary out of the company budget, we meet five entrepreneurs and get their sound advice on the delicate matter of paying yourself as a new business founder. In the first episode of Making It Work we speak to Dana Donofree of AnaOn...

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Making It Work - September 04, 2019 08:43 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
Want to know what it's really like to run your own business? Making It Work puts you in a room with entrepreneurs who want to kick out conventional wisdom and take you through the highs and lows of starting a company from scratch. This is not a podcast about success stories. So if you're a s...