Hosted by Mark Zweig and Eric · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 146 episodes
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Hosted by Mark Zweig and Eric Howerton. Our Mission is to inspire, empower, and equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge and insights they need to succeed in their ventures. Through engaging conversations with industry experts, seasoned entrepreneurs, and thought leaders, we aim to provide valuable strategies, actionable advice, and real-world experiences that will enable our listeners to navigate the challenges, seize the opportunities, and build thriving businesses.
Mark Zweig and Eric hosts Big Talk About Small Business, a business show with 146 episodes published.
Hitting a production ceiling in your business isn't a lack of effort; it is a lack of altitude. Navigating the brutal transition from daily tactical operations to high-level strategic planning is the only way to break th
Selling a business shouldn't cost you your identity. With shifting markets pushing more founders to step away, preparing for the sale is just as critical as preparing for the day after the money clears. Business coach an
Raising venture capital is an absolute profit trap for 90% of small businesses. When founders prioritize immediate micro-trends and massive funding rounds over organic market demand, they trade sustainable growth for cru
A business plan will never replace the messy reality of execution. In a landscape increasingly obsessed with automated solutions and theoretical strategies, raw effort remains the true separator of successful ventures. T
Venture capital is a relentless game of adaptation where overnight disruption can wipe out years of systematic progress. Relying on single points of failure in a highly regulated ecosystem will eventually expose vulnerab
Downtime is a profit leak, but over-complicating your systems before you even prove your market is an absolute cash killer. Many aspiring founders stall out because they believe the modern myth that you need an elaborate
Scaling a business from $1 million to $10 million is where most founders hit a wall that feels impossible to climb. The "missing middle" is a profit-killing gap where passion no longer substitutes for systems and middle
Revenue decline is rarely a mystery; it’s usually the result of silent marketing and a refusal to adapt. Many business owners watch their numbers drop by 40% while claiming they’re "too busy" to post on social media or e
Running a business is statistically a bad idea, yet entrepreneurs dive in anyway because of a necessary, often dangerous level of optimism. This optimism is a double-edged sword: it provides the drive to start but can bl
Most people buy PR the wrong way: they ask “who do you know?” and hope connections turn into coverage. We sit down with Ronica Cleary, founder of Cleary Strategies and a former TV journalist who covered the White House,
A lot of business advice sounds clean on paper until you’ve lived through thin margins, messy partnerships, and the daily grind of managing people. Mark sits down with serial entrepreneur Dave Dreiling to talk about what
Most founders try to raise money by pitching people who don’t understand their market, don’t share their mission, and still want control. We sit down with Read Ezell from WeFunder to explain a different option: a communi
Big companies can hide behind layers of reports and still survive. Small businesses don’t get that luxury, so we brought on Bill Fotsch to talk about what actually works when you’re trying to grow profitably with a lean
Sales is the part of business most people want to outsource first, and it’s also the part you can’t afford to ignore. We get real about why founders have to sell early on, even if they’re introverted, technical, or aller
Most small businesses think growth comes from squeezing margins. We’ve learned the opposite can be true: lower prices, ship more, and let volume create the learning, leverage, and momentum that higher prices can’t. That
Speed decides who wins. That’s the hard truth we unpack with James Hatfield, the blue-collar builder turned Chief Revenue Officer at LiveSwitch, a video-first AI platform that helps small businesses bid faster, reduce tr
Ever feel like your brain is running a marathon while your body waves a white flag? We sat down with Abby Harmon, ex-Amazon leader and founder of House Harmon, to unpack how entrepreneurs can stay fast without frying the
What does it take to walk away from a thriving family restaurant and bet your future on YouTube lawn care tutorials? We sit down with Travis, whose winding path runs from TV weather to co-founding Feltner Brothers, to te
Cities don’t become great by accident, they get there when people from every corner of the built environment share a clear purpose and a practical playbook. We sit down with Wes Craiglow, executive director of ULI Northw
Cash flow, quality, and quiet scale: that’s the real story behind building a B2B service franchise that most people never see but everyone relies on. We sit down with Nolen Hughes, president of Jan Pro of Arkansas and th
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Big Talk About Small Business is hosted by Mark Zweig and Eric. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 146 episodes.
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