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All Up In Your Business with Kayleigh
by Kayleigh Bain
You walk past businesses every day and wonder, "How did they even start this?" I'm Kayleigh Bain, and every Wednesday I ask that question for you. I sit down with Raleigh business owners, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs to talk about: Where the idea actually came from Why they named it that (there's always a story) The hard lessons nobody talks about Real advice for anyone thinking about starting something No BS. No guru talk. Just honest conversations with people building cool stuff in the Triangle. New episodes every Wednesday. Let's get all up in your business. 🔗Links: Email ideas to [email protected] Follow / DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/allupinyourbusinesspod Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.
Episodes
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From Trauma Therapist to Life Coach | Jessica DeMarchis
This week I'm doing something totally new for the pod and recording right on Jessica DeMarchis's couch in her home office (I'm still obsessed with that couch). Jessica is a licensed trauma therapist and certified life coach who runs her own one-on-one coaching practice AND The Art and Skill of...
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Why Cary's Favorite Juice Tastes Better Than the Store's | The Refreshery with Stephen and Jessica McNulty
This week I'm hanging out in downtown Cary with Stephen and Jessica McNulty, the husband-and-wife team behind The Refreshery, a cold pressed juice, cold brew, and matcha spot that's quickly become one of the coziest hangouts downtown. I worked from their shop for an hour before we even hit record...
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Building a Business While Surviving the Hardest Year of Your Life | Cassandra Pickett - Girl, You Good?
This week I'm sitting down with Cassandra Pickett, a licensed marriage and family therapist and mental health coach for women, who I met at a networking event and immediately knew had to come on the pod. Cassandra's the voice behind Girl, You Good, a short-form podcast for women who are killing…
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Meet the Mother-Daughter Duo Behind Gabi's Workforce
This week I'm sitting down with Gabi and her mom (and best friend) Mary, the duo behind Gabi's Workforce, a Raleigh-based business that does everything from packaging and labeling to shipping and warehouse staffing for companies all over the Triangle. Gabi has Down syndrome, and after getting...
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Cary's Best Kept Secrets, According to The Cary Report with James Tuliano
This week I'm sitting down with James Tulianofrom The Cary Report, the hyperlocal page that's basically become Cary's unofficial (but honestly, it feels pretty official) newsroom. If you live anywhere near Cary and you're not already following him, you're missing out on so much. We get into how…
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From Grandma's Kitchen to a Family of Businesses | Sassool & FigMINT Farms
This week I'm out in the pines of Apex with Simone and Noelle, the sister duo behind Sassool Mediterranean and their newest venture, FigMINT Farms. What started as their family's own private picnic spot has turned into one of Raleigh's most magical event venues, complete with a mint garden that...
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How a Family Garage Invention Turned Into a 30-Year Sales Career | Sales Savvy with Liz Rossilli
Liz Rossilli didn't set out to become a sales expert, she grew up in it. Her dad spent seven years perfecting a metal polish formula in the family garage on Cape Cod, and Liz learned the business from the ground up, literally polishing lamps in the family antique lighting store before she ever…
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The Coworking Space Built for Interior Designers | Raleigh Workup with Hilaire Martin
This week Kayleigh sits down inside the beautifully designed walls of Raleigh WorkUp, a niche co-working space built exclusively for interior designers, builders, architects, and contractors in the Triangle. Host Hilaire Martin, founder and creative visionary behind the space, shares how growing…
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She Thrives 101: A Platform for Female Entrepreneurs | Jalen Ventrone
Jalen isn’t just a business owner, she’s basically a one-woman wellness empire. Between Raleigh Waxologist, Holistic Harmony (facials, spray tans, holistic skincare), her podcast She Thrives 101, and her women’s health workout + guided journaling events, she’s built a whole ecosystem around…
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From the Army to AI: Kamar Perkins' Government Contracting Playbook | ProTech Consulting
Kamar Perkins spent 13 years in the Army before building not one, but two businesses that are quietly changing lives across North Carolina. ProTech Consulting Group builds AI and machine learning solutions for federal, state, and local government (and yes, he'll explain what SAM.gov actually...
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The Albatross: Building Cary's Rarest Golf Experience with Paul Wasman and Sean Ryan
This week Kayleigh heads to downtown Cary to sit down with Paul Wasman and Sean Ryan, co-owners of The Albatross, a golf simulator bar born out of a $1.50 margarita and a whim trip to London. Paul and Sean walk through how their friendship (and a shared love of golf, beer, and beer league hockey)...
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From Photography to Stand Up Comedy | My Friend Teresa Studios - Teresa Porter
Kayleigh sits down with Teresa, the portrait photographer (and rising comedian) behind My Friend Teresa Studios in downtown Cary, for a conversation that goes from bank tellers questioning her business name to what a LinkedIn recruiter survey reveals about AI headshots. Teresa built a 16-year...
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How a Teacher Exchange Program Turned Into a Green Card | This is Raleigh with Craig & Caz
Craig and Caz Makepeace didn't just fall in love with Raleigh, they fought a decade-long, White-House-visiting, tent-living, paperwork-hauling battle to be able to live here for good. The husband-and-wife team behind This Is Raleigh (and the globally recognized Y Travel Blog) sit down with…
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Birthday Episode!! The Teacher Who Made Business Cool | Brenda Saunders | Greenwich High School
Birthday Episode!! In this three parter, you will hear from my nephew and what he loves (and we share a birthday, so obviously he loves me enough to join me), my business teach from senior year of high school, and then the tables turn and she asks me advice I would give for students in high…
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From Shipping Container to Six Locations | Scott Sorensen - Sodabox
Scott is the co-founder of Sodabox, a dirty soda shop with six locations across the Triangle. He started the business in a shipping container in Apex with his brother Brent after moving to Raleigh from Utah in 2017. Learn how Scott went from mixing sugar-free Red Bulls at a call center job to...
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Helping Women Get Paid to Speak | Jess Ekstrom | Mic Drop Workshop
Jess Ekstrom is the founder of Mic Drop Workshop, where she helps women land paid keynote spots and become thought leaders. She's also a keynote speaker, author, and mom of two. Learn how Jess went from being the only woman in a speaking lineup (with an event planner who admitted "we just needed…
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From Politics to Pet Care | Amanda Cheney | aMANda's Best Friend
Amanda Cheney is the founder of aMANda's Best Friend, a pet care service that's been around for 15 years. She started with a one-page business plan and six months from her dad to prove it could work. Learn how Amanda went from wanting to be a vet to working in telecom, banking, and politics…
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25 Years of Concerts for a Cause | Danny Rosin | Band Together & Brand Fuel
Danny Rosin co-owns Brand Fuel, a B Corp doing brand merchandising globally, and founded Band Together, a nonprofit that's raised over a million dollars a year for 25 years through live concerts. Learn how his Band Together story raised $60,000 in only 3 weeks. In this episode, Danny talks about...
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Protecting Your Time, Investment & Vacation Memories | Tara McCoy | Two Sisters Travel
Tara McCoy didn't wake up one day deciding to start a travel agency. It started with a college internship at AAA, turned into a side hustle to pay off debt, and 12 years later she's running Two Sisters Travel - a boutique travel agency that's sent clients to six continents. The name? Her and her...
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The Business of Divorce - Crossover Episode with Jaime Davis
Jamie Davis has been practicing family law exclusively for 25 years - same law firm since graduating law school. She went in thinking she'd do criminal law, took one family law class at UNC, and never looked back. Now she's a board certified family law specialist, certified parenting coordinator,...
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ADHD Meets Anxiety: How Unhinged Coffee Got Its Name | Cody Vaughn | Unhinged Coffee
Cody started Unhinged Coffee in April 2025 - and it wasn't planned. After 18 years in corporate America (Wells Fargo, all the way up to VP), they were over it. Missed the human connection. Felt like they were watching communities from the outside. Around the same time, Cody was processing the…
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The Gap No One Else Was Filling | Holly Schwab | Zach's Toy Chest
Holly Schwab's nine-month-old son Zach had a grapefruit-sized tumor attached to all his major organs, including his aorta. They were within a month of it spreading. That was 2008. Zach is now 19, cancer-free, and the namesake of a nonprofit that's been collecting toys for hospitalized kids for 16...
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The Latin Teacher Who Chose Cheese Over Passion | Courtney Bowman | Raleigh Cheesy
Courtney Bowman was a middle school Latin teacher who made charcuterie boards as a creative outlet. Four boards later, she started Raleigh Cheesy in October 2019. Three months after that, she decided to leave teaching and go full-time with the business. Then COVID hit. In this episode, Courtney...
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From Zero Photography Skills to 1,000 Rescue Dogs Photographed | Joanne Wetzel | Five Freedoms Photography
Joanne Wetzel bought a camera in 2019 to help shelter dogs get adopted. She had no photography background—just a hunch that beautiful photos would help overlooked dogs get seen. Five years later, she's photographed nearly 1,000 rescue dogs and built a thriving pet photography business that's...
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Disrupting Construction with Dignity and Class | Michele Wilson | Sonder Luxe
Michele Wilson is disrupting the construction industry with dignity and class—and she's doing it by erasing the lines that keep people siloed. As the founder of Sonder Luxe Home Solutions and the creator of Coffee with Contractors (a quarterly networking movement that pulls 70-100 people every...
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Zero Restaurant Experience to Feeding 200 People Daily | Maggie | A Place at the Table
Maggie didn't set out to open a restaurant. She set out to answer a question that had bothered her since childhood: Why am I always on the privileged side of the volunteer line? That question led her to a day shelter for people experiencing homelessness, which led to a conversation at Golden…
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When the Space You Weren't Looking For Is Exactly What You Need | Ashley | The Williams House
Ashley didn't set out to open a coffee shop-slash-craft beer bar in a historic 1930s house. She got laid off from her corporate job, started looking for a tiny coffee shop, and ended up falling in love with a 3,650 square foot space that was definitely not what she was looking for—but somehow was...
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From Jolly Ranchers to Building Teams That Scale | Donald Thompson - Walk West, CEO, Author, Exec.
Donald Thompson isn't just the Board Chair of Walk West-he's a masterclass in how to scale yourself across multiple ventures without burning out. In this episode, we dive into his journey from selling Jolly Ranchers in fifth grade (and getting suspended for it) to leading a global consulting...
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Building Raleigh's Social Scene From Scratch with Kristen Jacoby | Socials to Social
In this episode, I sit down with Kristen Jacoby (KJ), the powerhouse behind Social to Social and a full-time real estate agent crushing it in Raleigh. KJ opens up about her journey from playing D1 field hockey to building a thriving real estate career while still in college, and her brave move to...
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Debunking the Nonprofit Myth | Heather Thompson - Realtor Giving Network
It is nonprofit week! In this episode, I’m sitting down with Heather Thompson. She’s the Vice President of the Realtor Giving Network (RGN), but honestly, she’s more of a professional gap-filler for our community. Heather is here to debunk the "nonprofit myth" and show how Raleigh Realtors are...
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Why Most Agents Pick the Wrong Brokerage | Joe Arnao - 4W Strategic Consulting
In this episode, I’m getting all up in the business of Joe Arnao, the founder of 4W Strategic Consulting and host of The Real Joe Show. Joe has spent over 20 years in real estate, but he’s doing something completely different now—acting as a "brokerage matchmaker" and high-level coach. We talk...
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Building a Hit True Crime Podcast in Raleigh | Javier Leiva - Pretend Podcast
In this episode, I’m sitting down with my friend and boss, Javier Leiva. He’s the creator of the hit podcast Pretend, where he spends his time interviewing con artists, cult leaders, and undercover feds. We talk about what happens when a "true story" is actually a total fantasy, how he cornered a...
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Walking Away From the C-Suite to Build HER Collective, Be an Author, Speaker, and More | Erica Rooney
Let’s be real: if a business looks perfect on Instagram, someone is probably lying to you. I’m Kayleigh Bain, and I’m obsessed with the stories people don't put in their press releases. All Up in Your Business is where I sit down with local founders, non-profit leaders, and total badasses to talk...
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Welcome to All Up In Your Business Podcast - Intro
Welcome to the All Up In Your Business Podcast with your host, Kayleigh Bain! How many times have you wondered about the story behind your favorite local spot? Every Wednesday, Kayleigh—founder of Honeygin Marketing and a champion of authentic storytelling—deep dives into the stories of local and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
You walk past businesses every day and wonder, "How did they even start this?"
I'm Kayleigh Bain, and every Wednesday I ask that question for you. I sit down with Raleigh business owners, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs to talk about:
Where the idea actually came from
Why they named it that (there's always a story)
The hard lessons nobody talks about
Real advice for anyone thinking about starting something
No BS. No guru talk. Just honest conversations with people building cool stuff in the Triangle.
New episodes every Wednesday. Let's get all up in your business.
🔗Links:
Email ideas to [email protected]
Follow / DM on Instagram: www.instagram.com/allupinyourbusinesspod
Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.
HOSTED BY
Kayleigh Bain
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