The Experienced Entrepreneur

Welcome to the show for seasoned business owners, coaches, and service providers who've been in the game long enough to know that the flashy hustle isn't sustainable — The Experienced Entrepreneur is your weekly refuge. Here, experience is your edge. This is not a show for newbies chasing overnight success; it's a podcast for those who bring wisdom, perspective, and resilience to the long game of entrepreneurship.If you've ever felt unseen in the noise of business marketing, tired of strategies that no longer fit, or ready to recalibrate how your work serves your life — this is where you land. Every Monday, you'll get raw, candid conversations, strategy grounded in lived wisdom, and gentle challenges to rebuild your business with clarity, connection, and integrity.Topics you'll hear here:Business growth strategies tailored for seasoned entrepreneursHow to overcome burnout, stagnation, and pivot fatigueHigh-touch marketing, relational funnels, and value-based client attractionBala

The Experienced Entrepreneur is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Experienced Entrepreneur, a business show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #30

  MISTAKE: Stop Chasing Every Trend, It Won't Grow Your Business

  Apr 27, 202635 minS2

  <p > If you've been feeling like you're treading water, maintaining the status quo, and wondering why growth still feels so hard, this episode is going to reframe everything.</p> <p > Marissa makes the case for why trend-chasing is the mistake that's actually keeping you from growing, and why the entrepreneurs who are growing right now aren't the ones chasing the next platform or strategy. They're the ones going inward, doubling down on what's working, and cutting the fluff.</p> <p > She introduces the beaker analogy for the four levers (lead acquisition, lead nurture, sales and conversions, lifestyle) and explains why...

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  Episode #30

  MISTAKE: Stop Chasing Every Trend, It Won't Grow Your Business

  Apr 27, 202635 minS2

  If you've been feeling like you're treading water, maintaining the status quo, and wondering why growth still feels so hard, this episode is going to reframe everything. Marissa makes the case for why trend-chasing is the mistake that's actually keeping you from growing, and why the entrepreneurs who are growing right now aren't the ones chasing the next platform or strategy. They're the ones going inward, doubling down on what's working, and cutting the fluff. She introduces the beaker analogy for the four levers (lead acquisition, lead nurture, sales and conversions, lifestyle) and explains why your business is already sending you the signals you need to grow. You just need to learn how to listen. This episode is for experienced entrepreneurs who feel the pull of every new trend, who get the dopamine rush from starting something new, and who are ready to stop chasing what's working for everyone else and start listening to what their business is already telling them. What You'll Learn Understand why trend-chasing is dopamine dressed up as strategy, and how the online business world is engineered to trigger that rush in you Discover why lean, laser-focused businesses are the ones that grow in lean economies, and why spreading yourself thin across multiple trends is keeping your needle bouncing instead of moving Learn the three groups of entrepreneurs who struggle to listen to their metrics: anxious avoiders, intuition-led entrepreneurs, and those who see numbers instead of patterns Find out how the green light, yellow light, red light framework turns your metrics from numbers into actionable patterns Hear the beaker analogy that explains why each business needs different levels of each lever depending on their model Get a preview of the four levers (lead acquisition, lead nurture, sales and conversions, lifestyle) and how manipulating them intentionally creates predictable, repeatable growth Understand why the wisdom to say no to a trend is actually a sign of maturity as a growth stage entrepreneur Featured Quote "Trend chasing is not a growth strategy. It is a distraction strategy. And it's keeping you from the clarity that you will get when you just sit with your current numbers and actually look at how your business is performing right now." Resources + Links Mentioned Register for the free Four Levers Training (May 19th): https://marissalawton.com/grow

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  Episode #29

  Hidden Skills you Build During the Growth Stage of Business

  Apr 20, 202631 minS2

  <p > What if the work you're doing right now in growth stage is building the competencies you'll need for the next twenty years of business?</p> <p > In this episode, Marissa breaks down the hidden skills you're developing in growth stage that are quieter and harder to measure than the visible skills you built in the early years. She explains why build stage teaches you what to sell while growth stage teaches you how to lead, why you're learning to see patterns in your data instead of just numbers, and why the resilience you're building now is about identity, not...

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  Episode #28

  Settling In Is Not the Same as Settling: Why Growth Stage Entrepreneurs Become Magnetic

  Apr 13, 202633 minS2

  <p > Episode Summary</p> <p > What if the most powerful thing you could do to grow your business right now isn't chasing more, but settling into what you've already built? In this episode, Marissa makes the case for why settling in is not the same as settling, and why growth stage entrepreneurs who commit to refining what they've built become magnetic.</p> <p > She breaks down the difference between chasing (scattered, reactive energy) and attracting (grounded, intentional energy), and why your ideal clients can feel the difference. You'll hear why the industry doesn't celebrate growth stage (there's no money in...

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  Episode #23

  From Guessing to Hypothesizing: You're the Scientist Now

  Apr 6, 202630 minS2

  <p > You know what you sell, who buys it, and how to deliver it. But there's a gap between where your business is and how you're showing up to lead it. In this episode, Marissa introduces the petri dish analogy that changes everything: in build stage, you're inside the petri dish as one of the variables in the experiment. In growth stage, you become the scientist running the experiment. She breaks down why taking responsibility for your business doesn't mean you can't acknowledge external factors, it means you stop using them as excuses. You'll hear about the three barriers that...

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