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Hosted by Nick Ford · business · EN-US
Welcome to the Transparent Podcast! This podcast focuses on Small Business Startups, Entrepreneurship, and being Transparent in life and in business. If you want to learn about starting your own company, this is the podcast for you! Each week we have a guest joining Nick Ford, Owner of Transparent Staffing, on the podcast to discuss small businesses. The challenges, the wins, the losses, and how being transparent with everyone we come in contact with creates better business for everyone!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to the Transparent Podcast! This podcast focuses on Small Business Startups, Entrepreneurship, and being Transparent in life and in business. If you want to learn about starting your own company, this is the podcast for you! Each week we have a guest joining Nick Ford, Owner of Transparent Staffing, on the podcast to discuss small businesses.
The Transparent Podcast is hosted by Nick Ford. The show has published 42 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Jessica Lostetter - Systems That Set You Free" (18 August 2026, 31 minutes), "Andy Ellwood - Smart Grocery Shopping Made Easy" (11 August 2026, 30 minutes), and "Viktor Popovic - Washing Away the Fees, Markups, and Fine Print" (2 June 2026, 41 minutes).
The Transparent Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 42 episodes.
Booking probability for The Transparent Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Transparent Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Transparent Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Transparent Podcast are Business & Management Consulting. The Transparent Podcast has a business audience.
Nick Ford hosts The Transparent Podcast, a business podcast with 42 episodes published.
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Send us Fan Mail If your business lives in your head, it’s not a business yet, it’s a constant mental tab you can never close. We sit down with Jessica Lostetter, founder of Built for Both Collective, to talk about the...
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Send us Fan Mail Grocery prices are moving targets, and most of us are making weekly decisions with almost no visibility. I sit down with Andy Elwood, founder of Stretch, to unpack a simple but overlooked question: why...
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Send us Fan Mail Credit card processing feels simple until you’re the one paying the bill. Statements show one “rate,” then, when the month closes, the real cost is buried under layers of fees, markups, and fine print...
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Send us Fan Mail Shark Tank might call side hustles “risky,” but for most founders, going all in too early is the bigger risk. Nick Ford sits down with visibility strategist Candice Smith, founder of French Press...
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Send us Fan Mail Polished logos do not build businesses, paying customers do. We talk with Nate Littlewood, founder and CEO of Future Ready CFO, about the unglamorous decisions that separate thriving founders from...
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Send us Fan Mail You're never too young to start your own business. At 8 years old, the first customer can feel impossible, and then suddenly it’s the easiest thing in the world. That’s the honest turning point we dig...
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Send us Fan Mail Ever look around your garage and realize half of it gathers dust? We sat down with RoundAbout co‑founder and CEO Mike Haddon to explore a smarter way to live: own what you love, access what you rarely...
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Send us Fan Mail Want the courage to leap into entrepreneurship and a practical way to protect your family’s future? We sit down with Jermaine—an entrepreneur shaped by immigrant grit and cross‑cultural identity—who’s...
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Send us Fan Mail Ready to stop clinging to the pool railing and actually swim? We sit down with serial entrepreneur Ryan Hare, owner of John Franklin Landscapes in North Georgia, to strip away the myths around business...
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Send us Fan Mail Ready to stop daydreaming and start building? Kevin Fedor, Founder & Digital Marketing Strategist at Follow Spike, and I dig into the real tradeoffs behind side hustles, full-time leaps, and why...
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Send us Fan Mail What happens when a musician trades tour dreams for therapy gyms and decides to rebuild children's therapy care from the ground up? We sit down with Aaron Lewinson, founder of Rise and Growth Therapy...
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Send us Fan Mail Want a candid roadmap for choosing your entrepreneurial path and actually making it work? We sit down with Coach Joe Noonan to explore the real tradeoffs between starting from scratch, buying a...
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Send us Fan Mail Ready to stop dabbling and build something that scales? We sit down with Anuj, Owner of Super Shine Express Car Washes, to unpack how he went from a single family-run wash to five thriving locations...
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Send us Fan Mail Every founder remembers the moment the idea stopped being abstract and started feeling urgent. That spark drives this conversation with India Martin, Owner of Atlanta Brain Integration and the first...
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Send us Fan Mail Ready to stop waiting for perfect and start building something real? We sit down with entrepreneur and OWNED founder Jena Kranz to get honest about what it actually takes to move from idea to income—why...
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Send us Fan Mail What happens when a physical therapist decides to challenge the corporate healthcare model and build something truly patient-centered? Dr. James Connelly shares his remarkable journey from stroke...
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Send us Fan Mail Bob Tankesley brings over a decade of M&A advisory experience to this fascinating conversation about what truly separates successful entrepreneurs from those who fail. Having guided countless business...
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Send us Fan Mail Bennett Maxwell's entrepreneurial journey reads like a playbook for hustle and strategic growth. From selling candy bars door-to-door as a child in Utah to building a cookie franchise empire, his path...
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Send us Fan Mail Johnny Palumbo's entrepreneurial story starts at just 16 years old, when he won $20,000 from a high school business incubator competition. That early success planted a seed that would eventually bloom...
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Send us Fan Mail The healthcare system is broken, but nurse practitioners might be the solution we've been waiting for. Dr. Lynn Rapsilber, co-founder and CEO of the National Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Network...
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