Latest Micro business Podcast Episodes
Follow Your Heart | Linda MacMurdo, Owner of The BANTU Collection
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - October 26, 2020 19:50 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsLinda MacMurdo’s journey began in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was there that she was born to an African mother and a native Pittsburgh father who was also a Peace Corps volunteer. Linda spent much of her young childhood in various African nations, as her father moved the family from pla...
Episode 32: Etsy Insight to Scale Your Business
Small Business, Big Mindset - October 20, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLauren Kilgore has found a perfect intersection of two online businesses - selling a product and teaching others how to sell products…on one of the most popular platforms out there. Lauren founded Beautiful Wreaths and Etsy Expertise after fielding many questions around the Etsy platform via her...
Always Expect the Unexpected | Ben Smith, Co-Owner of Reclamation Brewing Company
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - October 16, 2020 22:05 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsWhen Ben Smith and his father opened Reclamation Brewing Company in Butler, PA in 2015, it became the first brewery to operate in Butler County since the days of Prohibition. After years of disappointment with the mass-produced, watered-down beers that most bars and restaurants offered, the Smit...
Episode 31: Building a Business Through Podcasting
Small Business, Big Mindset - October 13, 2020 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIf you haven't heard the name Krystal Proffitt yet, you will. She is fast becoming one of the most sought after educators in podcasting. Her digital course, Proffitt Podcasting, is a step-by-step plan for entrepreneurs who want to learn how to start, launch, and market their podcasts with confid...
You Have to Be Good at What You Do | John Vella, Owner of The John Vella Salon
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - October 09, 2020 17:12 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJohn Vella discovered his interest in hairstyling at the tender age of 13 when he helped his mother fix a haircut that she wasn’t happy with. After high school, he went on to cosmetology school in Pittsburgh to learn the trade that he hoped would fund his way through college. His love for hairdr...
Episode 30: How a Personal Business Strategist Operates
Small Business, Big Mindset - October 06, 2020 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur guest this week, Jodi Hume; who focuses on decision support for entrepreneurs growing their businesses, grew up in a family of entrepreneurs dating back to her grandparents. How cool to have such a background that you can ask your grandma what it was like to run a business in the 1940s? Af...
Just Get Started | Alan Mabry & Sean Bailey, Co-Founders of Upstream Coding
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - September 30, 2020 15:39 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsAfter participating in a coding boot camp in California, Alan Mabry was hooked on the idea of teaching and mentoring students to upgrade their skills and bring new products and ideas to life. Shortly after this experience, he moved back to Pittsburgh invigorated and excited to get started on his...
Episode 29: A Kid's Print Publication Dedicated to Global Change
Small Business, Big Mindset - September 29, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOur guest this week, Nadine Fonseca, is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Mighty Kind. This beautiful publication, available in both print and digital versions, is a 'kid's magazine that focuses on developing kindness and empathy as a foundation for anti-bias education, global citizenship,...
Episode 28: How to Pitch Media
Small Business, Big Mindset - September 22, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis week's topic is one that every small business owner needs to listen to, and learn more about: pitching to media. Ashley M. Biggers, founder of 'How to Pitch Media' started her company when she realized that so many great stories were not being told because small business owners didn't have ...
Don't Take No for an Answer | Jen Urich, Owner of Farmer x Baker
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - September 21, 2020 22:48 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJen Urich didn’t just start a new café. She started a new café out of an upcycled shipping container in a public park, while growing many of her own herbs and vegetables. Needless to say, starting the first shipping container restaurant in Western Pennsylvania presented numerous challenges and o...
Episode 27: CPA Insight for Small Businesses
Small Business, Big Mindset - September 15, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsPaul Totaro may be a CPA by trade, but he's a small business owner devotee at heart. Before getting his CPA license, he was a business broker because he specifically wanted to work with business owners. He went on to purchase his own firm, now Bargsley, Totaro, Andrews & Steinbach, CPAs, LLC, a...
There Is Power in Partnerships | Gregg Zegarelli, Owner of Technology & Entrepreneurial Ventures Law Group
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - September 14, 2020 16:28 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsWhen Gregg Zegarelli founded Technology & Entrepreneurial Ventures Law Group in 1990, not only was his firm’s name unique, but so was his approach to building his practice. He was one of the first lawyers in Pennsylvania to advertise under the category of computer law. Today, Gregg focuses on th...
Episode 26: Scaling the Modern Digital Ad Agency
Small Business, Big Mindset - September 08, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFor many, working a 9-5 job or one with inflexible hours is just reality. Once something disrupts our flow, such as having children, we realize…hey, wait a minute. There are other, higher priority things I want to be doing with my time. This was the predicament of today's guest Salome Schillac...
Now Is the Time to Get Creative | Christina Dickerson, Owner of Dickerson Creative Communications
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - September 05, 2020 22:35 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsChristina Dickerson, owner of Dickerson Creative Communications, is a media relations, digital marketing, and event planning expert. Her impressive list of clients includes local celebrities, professional athletes, non-profit organizations, Pittsburgh-based corporations, and entrepreneurs. Dicke...
Episode 25: From Corporate CFO to Six-Figure Digital Courses
Small Business, Big Mindset - September 01, 2020 05:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsYou know when you meet someone and in the first five minutes you're like, 'oh yeah, we're gonna be friends'? That's Jamie Trull. (by the way, her name is not pronounced 'troll' and I know that…but listening to this in playback I totally pronounced it like that! Why?!) Anyway. Jamie is a corporat...
Be Open to Change | Janna Hockenjos, Owner of Inhale Yoga Together
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - August 29, 2020 19:59 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsWhile living in New York City, Janna Hockenjos rediscovered yoga. Although she first encountered it as a teenager, this time around she developed a deep connection and mature love for the practice. City life was exciting and full of challenges. A busy social calendar, attending graduate school a...
Episode 24: Online Memberships and Partnering with Organizations to Buy Your Course
Small Business, Big Mindset - August 25, 2020 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsI first heard of Genia Stephen when she had landed a 5-figure contract with an organization that wanted to not only purchase her digital course, but roll it out across their org. When I dug further to see what she was up to, I learned that her business 'Good Things in Life' was completely center...
Stop Working on Your Product and Just Go Sell It | Dr. Ben Schmidt, Co-Founder of RoadBotics
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - August 22, 2020 22:22 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsAs co-founder and president of RoadBotics, Benjamin Schmidt, PhD leads a dynamic team in the rapidly growing “GovTech” space. RoadBotics offers artificial intelligence-based road infrastructure assessments for governments around the world. By leveraging standard smartphone camera and app technol...
Episode 23: Making the Move to Professional Public Speaking
Small Business, Big Mindset - August 18, 2020 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWhen chatting with our guest this week, you would haze zero idea that she has overcome such adversity in her life. Or maybe you would, maybe her sunny yet determined outlook on life is one that would only come after such obstacles. We are overjoyed to welcome Mindy Henderson of Mindy Henderson S...
Focus on Your Why | Emma Ferrick, Owner of ELF Operations
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - August 15, 2020 19:04 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsWhen Emma Ferrick started ELF Operations last fall, she didn’t expect to go full-time in her own business so quickly and in the early stages of a global pandemic. It just so happened that the economic shutdown this spring presented the perfect opportunity for her to dive head-first into her new ...
Episode 22: Growing a Lucrative Affiliate Marketing Business via Facebook Groups
Small Business, Big Mindset - August 11, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsGrowing a group on Facebook can be a powerful tool in scaling a business, and, in the case of our guest this week, it can be the foundation of the business itself. Erica Marie created and runs Erica's Steals & Finds VIP Group. We met via another successful entrepreneur and social media guru, Ja...
Excitement is Contagious | Luke Cypher, Owner of Blue Sparrow
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - August 07, 2020 23:37 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn sailor tattoo culture, a bird represents a significant event or milestone in one’s travels. For Luke Cypher, the food truck business that he started five years ago, aptly named Blue Sparrow, is his great adventure. Globally inspired flavors and ingredients form the basis for accessible and un...
Episode 21: Becoming a Full-Time Blogger; Starting and Monetizing a Blog
Small Business, Big Mindset - August 04, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIf you've ever thought about starting a blog, or have a blog but are stumped as to how to keep it growing…this episode is for you. This week we chat with Alex Cook, creator of the It's Not Complicated recipe blog. After leaving her career in in real estate and aviation, Alex started a blog combi...
If I Can Do It, You Can Do It | Emily Bonk, Owner of Up in Suds
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - August 01, 2020 21:36 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsEmily Bonk was introduced to soap making at the age of 14. Her kitchen was the center of activity for the hobby shared by her mother, aunt, and friends of the family. These warm memories would later fuel her passion to start her own handmade soap business in 2019. But making the choice to go ful...
Episode 20: Alta Alexander - Altatudes
Small Business, Big Mindset - July 28, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsImagine you own a beautiful brick and mortar boutique a gem of the neighborhood. COVID-19 hits, you face a mandatory shutdown of your business. Three months later you are preparing to reopen, getting all safety requirements in place, abuzz with excitement. Then a phone call at 3AM, a mere two we...
Episode 20: Opening and Scaling a High-End Boutique Post-COVID and Arson
Small Business, Big Mindset - July 28, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsImagine you own a beautiful brick and mortar boutique a gem of the neighborhood. COVID-19 hits, you face a mandatory shutdown of your business. Three months later you are preparing to reopen, getting all safety requirements in place, abuzz with excitement. Then a phone call at 3AM, a mere two we...
Share Your Story | Dr. Tammy Washington, Owner of Sea Moss Gel Lady
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - July 25, 2020 20:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsDr. Tammy Washington’s ongoing quest for healthy superfoods led to her discovery of Irish sea moss. After teaching herself how to prepare it and turn it into a gel, she realized that her initial batch was much larger than she needed. So, like any good entrepreneur, Dr. Tammy set out to see if an...
Episode 19: Lorena Hixson - Passion & Growth Subscription Box
Small Business, Big Mindset - July 21, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLorena (Lo) Hixson is not only a full-time nurse who at one point practiced in ER and Trauma, she's also the founder of a powerful monthly subscription box, Passion & Growth. The idea to combine two of her favorite things - receiving something fun in the mail and helping to empower women to acce...
Episode 19: Launching a Profitable Subscription Box Business
Small Business, Big Mindset - July 21, 2020 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLorena (Lo) Hixson is not only a full-time nurse who at one point practiced in ER and Trauma, she's also the founder of a powerful monthly subscription box, Passion & Growth. The idea to combine two of her favorite things - receiving something fun in the mail and helping to empower women to acce...
Collaboration Over Competition | Lauren Marts, Owner of Baked True North
Proprietors of Pittsburgh Podcast - July 18, 2020 16:31 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsShortly after getting married, Lauren Marts decided to give a gluten-free diet a try. Her husband suffered from gluten intolerance, so Lauren often found herself getting creative in the kitchen with gluten-free alternatives. Growing up, she spent many hours baking with her grandma, so cooking an...
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