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Hosted by Thrive Collective · business · EN · 21 episodes
Successful but sinking? This is your intervention. We don't talk marketing tactics; we talk misalignment.Each month, we take a blunt, honest look at the Business Reality Check Pre-Assessment results submitted by a professional services owner who's ready to transform. We expose the expensive "lies" and disconnects causing the burnout. If you're tired of being drained by the business you built, join us to face the truth and find your authentic purpose.Your sustainable success starts now.Take the Free Assessment: https://www.thrivecollective.shop/
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Signup to Generate a PitchSuccessful but sinking? This is your intervention. We don't talk marketing tactics; we talk misalignment. Each month, we take a blunt, honest look at the Business Reality Check Pre-Assessment results submitted by a professional services owner who's ready to transform. We expose the expensive "lies" and disconnects causing the burnout.
The Business Reality Check: You can’t grow a business you hate. is hosted by Thrive Collective. The show has published 21 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "You Can Outsource Your Marketing. You Still Have to Lead Your Business." (16 October 2026, 64 minutes), "You Believe in Your Business. Does Your Audience Get It?" (2 October 2026, 68 minutes), and "Walking Away from Fashion Week to Reclaim Your Craft" (18 September 2026, 66 minutes).
The Business Reality Check: You can’t grow a business you hate. publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 66 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for The Business Reality Check: You can’t grow a business you hate. is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Business Reality Check: You can’t grow a business you hate. requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Business Reality Check: You can’t grow a business you hate.'s contact route on record: verified email.
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Thrive Collective hosts The Business Reality Check: You can’t grow a business you hate., a business show with 21 episodes published.
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Episode #21
Hiring someone to handle your marketing sounds like relief—until you realize you’ve hired another person who needs you to tell them what to do. There’s a difference between paying someone to complete tasks and hiring an...
Episode #20
You can explain your business, post about it, and pour hours into marketing—and still leave people unsure whether you’re the person they need. Corina Wilson knows what her work can do. Through The Spell You Tell, she...
Episode #19
Dinara Baizakova has the kind of photography portfolio most creatives spend a lifetime chasing: 15 years behind the lens, features on Times Square billboards, covers of international fashion magazines, New York Fashion...
Episode #18
After more than 25 years directing operations, privacy, and compliance inside Fortune 500 corporations, LaShall Dodson walked away to build something of her own. She launched Dedicated Virtual Professional Services to...
Episode #17
Jessica Cannavo grew up watching the weight of small business ownership up close. Between the stress, the grind, and the family vacations that could never happen because walking away meant shutting down, she made a...
Episode #15
Tonika Ward has spent her career inside healthcare, first as a nurse, then in administration, and now running her own consulting firm helping facilities fix what's broken. Compliance issues, low morale, EHR problems...
Episode #14
Haleigh Dean started HD Media so she could have more time with her kids. She's also a full time student studying video production, which means most weeks she's juggling homework, client work, and being a mom, and the...
Episode #13
Lexie Loman has already lived a few different lives. She started college planning to be a journalist, switched to psychology after one semester, spent five years working with kids at a psych hospital after swearing she...
Episode #12
Melissa Bishop is no stranger to hard work or deep healing. After getting clean from a drug addiction in her 20s and having her life transformed by a single moment of compassionate belief, she dedicated her life to...
Episode #11
Maria found Pilates and yoga because her knees gave her no other option. Two kneecaps that never fused, a doctor telling her to stop running or go under the knife, and a studio in Moore, Oklahoma that gave her back the...
Episode #10
Adam did not leave community mental health because the bureaucracy was choking him out. He left because he was tired of driving an hour to work every day and his kid was not going to stay little forever. After four...
Episode #9
Jay Tharian did not stumble into entrepreneurship. He ran at it from every direction he could find. He fell in love with technology as a kid, ripping apart Walkmans and figuring out how the internet worked before most...
Episode #8
Selena Parrish has spent 30 years in veterinary care. She knows what is in every product on her shelves, why it works, and what it will do for your pet. That is not something you find at the big box pet store down the...
Episode #7
Morgan Dilldine and her husband built M&N Property Care from the ground up in the Oklahoma City area. The work is good. Their clients love them. They get referrals because the quality shows up every single time. Morgan...
Episode #6
Mendy Applegate built HDC Academy to answer one of the most frustrating questions in small business: why does nobody hand business owners the actual owner's manual?! Trust us, she would know. Mendy spent years in...
Episode #5
<p>THE BUSINESS REALITY CHECK PODCASTEpisode 5: When the System Does the Work But the Story Does the Selling with Patrick Wilson of Bar-Key BartendingPatrick Wilson is not just a bartender. He is a problem solver who...
Episode #4
<p>THE BUSINESS REALITY CHECK PODCAST</p><p>Episode 4: When the Culture Is the Brand with Devin from Fernwell Salon and Spa</p><p>Devin did not open Fernwell Salon and Spa because she wanted to run a business. She...
Episode #3
<p>THE BUSINESS REALITY CHECK PODCAST</p><p>Episode 3: When You're Great at What You Do But Nobody Knows You're There Yet with Mo from Crush Theory Beauty</p><p>Mo made a decision most people would never make. She spent...
Episode #2
<p>THE BUSINESS REALITY CHECK PODCAST</p><p>Episode 2: When Your Self-Imposed Expectations Become Your Boss with Liliana Provencial</p><p>Liliana Provencial has spent more nights than she can count working past midnight...
Episode #1
<p>THE BUSINESS REALITY CHECK PODCAST</p><p>Episode 1: The Gap Between Loving Your Work and Making Money From It with Melinda Schmitz, Founder of Lifestyle Techniques</p><p>Five years into her business. Working...
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