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Build The Damn Thing with Kathryn Finney

Build The Damn Thing with Kathryn Finney

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Build The Damn Thing with Kathryn Finney is a business podcast hosted by Kathryn Finney. It has 51 episodes, with the latest published February 2026.

No more excuses. No more procrastination. If you’re ready to take your business, side hustle or idea to the next level, then this is the podcast for you! The podcast is hosted by Kathryn Finney, one of the most influential women in tech (INC Magazine), one of the first Black women to sell her startup, and Managing General Partner at the Chicago-based venture firm, Genius Guild.Based on Kathryn’s bestselling book “Build the Damn Thing: How to Build a Successful Business if You’re NOT a Rich White Guy”, Build the Damn Thing is part storytelling, part mix tape and designed to teach you how to bring your business to the next level. The podcast features lessons and tips from leaders and entrepreneurs who have “Built the Damn Thing” themselves. From serial entrepreneurs to those who take risks to solve problems both abroad and locally — it's all here on the show! kathrynfinney.subs

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1

From Corporate Burnout to Finding Your Purpose: How to Build a Life You Actually Love

2

How to Go From Layoff to $600k

3

How to Use Storytelling to Make $$$

4

How to Build a Powerful Network

5

How to Turn a Side Hustle Into a Thriving Business with Andee Hart

6

How to Use The Profit First Method To Get $$$ as an Entrepreneur

7

Why 'Mastering Intentions' Beat Traditional Goal-Setting for This Real Estate Mogul and HBO Max Star

8

From $25 Google Checks to 7-Figure Exit: OG Influencers Reveal the Business Behind Personal Branding

9

How to Own Your Power Part 2: Say No, Stand Tall, and Build on Your Terms

10

How to Own Your Power: The Mindset Every Entrepreneur Needs to Build Boldly

11

How to Make Joy Part of Your Business Strategy

12

How to Use AI to Grow Your Business

13

What is Venture Capital?

14

How to Turn Your Creativity Into Cash Without Selling Out

15

How to Leverage Relationships to Power Your Next Move

16

How to Be a Likeable Badass in Business

17

How to Network Without Feeling Fake (or Exhausted)

18

How to Launch a Food Brand From Your Home Kitchen

19

How to Go From Corporate to CEO

20

How to Create a Company Culture Before You Have a Team

21

How to Thrive as a Mission-Driven Entrepreneur in a Broken System

22

How to Buy a Business (and Make It Your Own)

23

How to Date Like a CEO and Attract the Partnership You Deserve

24

How to Grow a Multi-Million Dollar Business From Passion and Purpose

25

How to Stop Running (Business) Races that Don’t Matter

26

The Art of Leaving w/ Darlene Gillard Jones

27

Global Impact w/ Gizelle George-Joseph

28

What It Takes to Support a Black Woman Leader? w/ Kimberly Bryant

29

The Power of Resilience w/Torian Richardson

30

Adapting to Change w/Denise Hamilton

31

Dating as an Entrepreneur w/AJ Johnson

32

Motherhood and Entrepreneurship w/Laurence Basse

33

Defying Convention w/Roger Carter

34

Balancing Act: Work, Life, and Entrepreneurship w/Darlene Gillard Jones

35

Centering Joy w/ Bevy Smith

36

Sell The Damn Thing

37

How To Get the Money You Need To Grow Your Company

38

How To Build An Amazing Team

39

How To Turn Your Solution Into a Money Making Business

40

How to Make Sure Your Business Solves a Problem

41

How to Build Your Personal Advisory Board

42

How To Mentally Prepare For Entrepreneurship

43

Build The Damn Thing: Leaning Into Your Purpose

44

Black Muse: Sticking to Your Values and Investing in Black Excellence

45

Money Don't Grow On Trees: How the Concept of Frictionless Investments Can Disrupt the World of Business

46

When Doves Cry: Knowing When It's Time to Exit Your Business

47

Black Sweat: How Data and Determination Can Disrupt an Industry for the Better

48

Free: How to Successfully Exit a Company and Begin Again

49

Baby I'm A Star: How to Build a Blog into a Successful Business

50

The Question of U: What it Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur

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