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Business Partner Partners — 104 episodes

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Ep. 103/Last Business Partner Partners Episode!

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Ep. 102/ Good Art Co.: A Non-Profit Community Space for Artists, Art Shows, Events & Art Shop

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Ep. 101/ Copycat Cafe: A New Language Learning Experience, Friends to Lovers, Corporate to Start-Up

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Ep. 100/ 2025 Coffee Shop & Bar Recap: What Sold, What Grew, What's Next

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Ep. 99/ Arbé Digital: Live, Study, and Play Golf Around the World—Then Settle Down and Build Multiple Businesses

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Ep. 98/ A Controversial Day We're Open for Business

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Ep. 97/ Beat the Holiday Rush: Smart Prep Tips for Business Owners

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Ep. 96/ Is My Business Normal?: A Convo Between Two Business Owners from Different Industries

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Ep. 95/ Franchise or Flames: Current Status of Business Ownership

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Ep. 94/ Life Elements: A Heart for Customers, Resilience Against All Odds, Product Evolution, and a Helping Mindset

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Ep. 93/ Criticism Happens—Here’s How Small Business Owners Can Handle It

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Ep. 92/ Don't Be Dumb Like Me: A Cautionary Tale to Prioritize the Worst Parts of your Job.

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Ep. 91/Imago MRI: The Couple Redefining Diagnostic Care by Putting Patients First, Building a Family Business, and Planning a Lasting Legacy

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Ep 90/ The Gang is Back (Ryan and Chrissy are the Only Members): Will We Ever Feel Caught Up?

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Ep. 89/ John Jeter: Lessons From The Handlebar Music Venue — Why “Never Book Anyone You’re a Fan Of” Works in Business

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Ep. 88/Optimize Your Flo: A Non-Traditional Way to Increase Profit, Communication in Marriage, and Feeling GOOD as a Female Business Owner.

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Ep. 87/ Counseling-ish: When to Say Sorry, Love Languages in Business, If the Business Disappeared What Would We Do.

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Ep. 86/ Crown and Bloom Coffee: From a Vintage Camper to Brick & Mortar Reno with Plans to Expand, Two Couples Running Multiple Businesses.

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Ep. 85/Does Chrissy Want to Close Mountain Goat? Ryan Interviews Chrissy

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Ep. 84/ Business, Reflections, and Pipe Dreams: Chrissy Interviews Ryan

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Ep. 83/ 4 Practical Tips to Avoid Fighting When You Run a Business with Your Spouse

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Ep. 82/ Yes Cocktail Co.: From Farmers Market to Nationwide Shipping, Theater Couple Turned Entrepreneurs, Business of Mixology, & Understanding Consumer Preferences

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Ep. 81/ Balancing Parenting & Business: Summer Success Tips

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Ep. 80/ Our Lead Team Spills All on Hiring, Culture, and Finding Your Business’s Why

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Ep. 79/Social Media Who? Use SEO to Make Your Website the Real MVP & Your Biggest Online Asset.

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Ep. 78/ Fit Mom Method: Evolving and Adapting as a Business, Finding Fulfillment at Work, and the Mindset Behind a Thriving Partnership

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Ep. 77/ The Surprising Power of Celebrating Your Staff Differently

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Ep. 76/ Can Your Business Survive Without You? Ask These Questions First.

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Ep. 75/ Podcast or Pass - Caroline Hull on Small Biz Podcast Strategy, Consistency, and the Future of Video

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Ep. 74 / Agency Long: Creative Power Couple, Niching Down, Trusting a Woman’s Intuition, Scaling E-Commerce with Soul

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Ep. 73/ Go from Marketing Overwhelm to Strategy That Works with Leah Lawson of The Rock It! Co.

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Ep. 72/ Make Customers *LIKE* Your Emails

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Ep. 71/ When Business Goals Fall Flat: How to Regain Confidence, Adjust Your Focus, and Keep Moving Forward

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Ep. 70/ Crash Course: Running A Biz With Your Partner

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Ep. 69/ Money Makeover: How We’re Spending Differently in 2025

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Ep. 68/ Counselor Tips for Business Ownership, How to Stay Sane in your Mind and Regulate your Body

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Ep. 67/ Copy Our Simple Content Calendar for Small Businesses

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Ep. 66 – Southern Crafted Shutters: Shutters Aside (Get It?!), This One’s Packed with Wisdom for ALL Businesses.

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Ep. 65/ Artificial Intelligence: It Will Change Your Small Business in 2025—Make Sure It’s for the Better

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Ep. 64/ Chrissy's Worst Day of 2025

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Ep. 63/ Marco Suarez, Methodical Coffee: Multi-Location Expansion Timing, Money, Challenges, & Lessons

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Ep. 62/ A Peek Behind The Curtain: 2024 Numbers Recap-What Sold, What Worked, What Ruled.

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Ep. 61/ Rick Bryson, Branding Professional: What is Branding, When and How to Rebrand, Branding on a Budget

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Ep. 60/ BEST of for Chrissy, 2024: Book, Movie, Podcast, and more!

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Ep. 59/ Jeremy Elrod, Marketing Expert: Does Marketing = Social Media?, Keeping Up with Trends, How To Spend Your Limited Marketing Budget

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Statice & Greenville Outdoor Living: The Bunns Balance Running two Businesses Separately, but Very Much Together.

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Three Questions to Stir Up Gratefulness for your Business

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Be a Fly on the Wall: What's Not Working on our Podcast.

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Small Business Finances from a CPA: The Pigs Get Fat, the Hogs Get Slaughtered.

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Ep. 54/ Rabbit Crest Farms: Farmer Florists, Hot Sauce to a Full Farm, A Power Point Business Plan, and Volunteering to Learn.

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Counseling-ish 2: The Deep Marital Dynamics of Running a Business Uncovered.

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Q4: Make it the Best Quarter of the Year with these Strategies to Maximize Profit.

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Hurricane & A Small Biz: Our Story, the Aftermath, and Moving Forward

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Ep. 50/ The Daisy, a Husband and Wife Owned Restaurant in Santa Barbara, California: Naming a Restaurant, Learning to Trust Yourself, and Falling into the Restaurant Business.

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Ep. 49/ Watershed: Rent or Buy for your Business, Advantages of Using a Broker, The Whole Process of an Idea to a Physical Space, Selling a Business

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Another Round: New Business Follow up Episode! Pivots, Marketing, Challenges, and Looking Forward.

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Would You Rather: Business Edition

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Lumineux Chocolate: Two Culinary Grads, Virtual Chocolate Tastings, The Process of Chocolate, Adding an Additional Brand

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The Three Hardest Business Lessons We've Learned and Mindset Hacks When These Challenges Arise.

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Victory Garden Studio: 2 Artists Running 1 Business, Making Creativity Your Job, Setting Your Business Prices.

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Cope & Crew Landscaping: Have the Confidence in Yourself, Why You Should Have a Business Burner Phone, Good Cop Bad Cop, Kissing at Lunch.

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Five Tactics to Stay Top of Mind for your Customers: Where We've Seen Success!

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Non-profit or For-profit? How to Start Both and What to Expect.

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Three Tricks To Combat Envy in Business: Learn Their Story, Work on Your Own Business, and Seek Truth.

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Why Travel Matters for your Business: Inspiration, Clear Minds, and What We’re Taking from our Most Recent Travels.

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HOW TO: Impress with Karaoke AND your Business Website.

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The Coffee Episode: Equipment, Cupping, Blends, Grinding, and What You'll Need to Start!

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Our Cutest & Most Loved Guests Yet: Running a Small Business as a Family.

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One Important Tip to Share this Week. But also, How We're Making Our Business (and Podcast) Work For Our Family.

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Why Consistency is Key and How it Affects Your Biz: Confessions and How to Keep Going without External Validation

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How to Avoid (Handle) Burnout: Six Steps to Survive it & Thrive (through) it.

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Amend Market: The Story of a Sustainable Refill Shop, Pop-up Shop to Porch Refills to Brick and Mortar, Growing a Business That’s a New Concept for the Public

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Summer Reading for Business Owners: How to Spend ALL of Your Time as a Business Owner, Drowning in Opportunity, Taking the Time to Learn, and is Whining a Good Thing?

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Another Round: A BRAND New Biz, Fun, Firsts, and Frisbees.

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Long Distance Relationship: Ryan Zooms from India, Dynamics of a Traveling Partner When Owning a Biz, Learning How to Not Word Vomit.

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Hollowed Earth Pottery: Pottery for All, Art as a Business, Knowing Your Turf, One Try isn't a Success or a Failure.

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2024 Business Trends: What's Profitable, What's Popular, and What Businesses Are Doing To Get More Customers.

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Scouts Doughnuts: An Integrated Personal and Business Life, Photography to Doughnuts, Feeling Restless, The Dreamer and The Builder

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Chrissy Takes The Mic: Career Path to Mtn Goat, Being a Working Mom, Tips for Managing It All.

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The Herlongs: Real Estate is a Family Affair, What You Must Do to Make Your Business Better, Turning Negativity Into Drive.

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Tangible Ideas on Hiring for your Small Business: Core Values, The Whole Process, Learning from Mistakes.

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The Bakers: Want to Start a Hostel Abroad? Want to Start a Coffee Shop and Roastery Domestically? They've Done Both.

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Anonymity: Our Coffee Shop Customers' Secret Questions

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Ryan Alone With His Thoughts: Community, Magic, and Doing the Right Thing

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Avryn Co. : A Small Business in 6 Days, Building Social Media Community, & Begrudgingly Spending the Money for your Biz.

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Sain Homes: Communicating in Gifs, No Cap on Dream Talk, Good Cop/Bad Cop Home Renovation Style

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BEER: Ordering, Selling, Picking, Drinking, and Industry Secrets

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Our Biggest Business Pivot Ever: All About Waffles; How We Did it & Who We Did it With

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Ink Meets Paper: The Art of Letterpress, Small Business Community, and Investing in Your Business.

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How to Go Viral: 4 Categories that Thrive and Why!

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Counseling-ish: A Juicy Session with Truth, Arguments, and Encouragement for Biz Owner Couples!

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Eleos, a Neighborhood Focused Ministry: From 'Friend-Zone' to Running a Business and Family Together

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Reflecting Is Cool: Biz, Personal, & Couple 2023 Recap and 2024 Goals

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Dapper Ink & The Landmark Project: T-Shirt Screen Printing from the Bedroom, Left Brain Right Brain Partnership, Working with REI

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History of GOAT from a Past Student, The Newlywed Game, Moes vs. Chipotle, Mtn Goat Merch

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MONEY! Business Expenses: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (and annoying).

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Fireforge Brewery: Winding Paths to Business Ownership, Trusting Each Other’s Roles, and The “Blackout Period” of Starting a Business.

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Our Business Being Broken Into (multiple times), Location Challenges, Community Support, Organic Business Growth, and Planning for the Future.

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Matty's Pattys Smashburger Food Truck: The Gas and the Brakes (figuratively and literally), Best Investment in your Small Business, Food Truck versus Brick and Mortar, and Setting Expectations.

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Everything We've Done Wrong in our Business: Opening Mistakes, Tipping, Food Trucks, Outsourcing Events.

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Can All Couples Work Together, Coffee Shop Growth Realities, Emotional Pricing, Shutting Ideas Down, and Sharing Wins

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Clare's Creamery: Can We vs. Should We, Shiny Object Syndrome, Biz and Family, and Strong Ice Cream Opinions

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Our Oregon/Origin Story

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