67. What small, unscalable businesses teach us about profit

Why is the deepest business wisdom you can find NOT in an online course?That's because it lives in Asian noodle stalls, kitchen hair salons, and family businesses run by aunties and uncles who've never heard of Canva. Let's learn from the quiet, unglamorous experts who've been turning high margins for decades.Listen to hear more about:Why the businesses that look like the "before" picture might actually be the "after" — and what that reveals about what we've been chasingThe four lessons that traditional family businesses can teach us that most online business advice directly contradictsHow a store owner managing 3,000 SKUs from memory and extending credit to 200 families exposes the limits of "relationship marketing"What my always-overbooked, never-online mother-in-law knows about demand that most funnel strategies get completely backwardsSo many of us are ignoring the people who've been quietly building generational wealth without a branding consultant in sight. This episode is your invitation to apprentice yourself to a much older, much wiser tradition of business.———I’m Simone Grace Seol. Let me help you build community care, social responsibility, and spirituality into every part of your business.📩 My emails — my most intimate writing, sent in real time: simonegraceseol.com/get-emails📷 Instagram — @simone.grace.seol