Go Be Great

Karena Calhoun
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Great businesses, real conversations, and the people building them. Go Be Great with Karena Calhoun celebrates the entrepreneurs who built it, run it, and live it every day. Local or online, a few years in, pouring everything they have into something real. Each week, Karena sits down with an owner to hear the honest story behind what they built — the grit, the wins, and the lessons only the people doing the work can tell. Hosted by Karena Calhoun, founder of WarKry Consulting Solutions (warkry.com). Go Be Great!

  1. 3d ago

    Called to Produce Life and Hope with J. Randall Gladden

    Randy Gladden opened this conversation by saying God placed greatness in you so it could touch the world around you, and he didn't slow down from there. He explains how to tell greatness from ego, why a revelation isn't complete until it's producing results in your life, and what wilderness seasons are preparing you for. He also redefines calling as an invitation: first into relationship with God, then into releasing the gifts He put in you. In his words, God has called you to produce life and hope in others. Connect with Randy: God Powered: god-powered.com (free books, weekly Power Truths, and his Young Warriors program) The free God Powered app: search "God Powered" in your app store Free resource: The Serve to Scale 5 Point Method, my full coaching program, is now free. Get it at warkry.com/5pointscale. Be a guest: Have a story another entrepreneur needs to hear? There's never a fee. Apply at podcast.warkry.com/listen. Sponsor Go Be Great: Sponsorships are open. Details at podcast.warkry.com/listen.

  2. Oct 27

    The Weekend Project That Replaced His Paycheck with Derek Hales

    Derek Hales and his wife needed a new mattress, couldn't find honest information, and he put up a website on a weekend to share what they'd learned. Within months, it was making enough for him to leave his full-time job. In this unscripted fireside chat, Derek talks about the family doubts he faced, why he treats competitors as fuel, and why you'll never have a perfect plan. Today he runs NapLab, where his team tests mattresses and publishes reviews built on data and full disclosure. Connect with Derek: NapLab: naplab.com (reviews, comparisons, guides, and a free mattress finder quiz) Free resource: The Serve to Scale 5 Point Method, my full coaching program, is now free. Get it at warkry.com/5pointscale. Be a guest: Have a story another entrepreneur needs to hear? There's no fee, ever. Apply at podcast.warkry.com/listen. Sponsor Go Be Great: Sponsorships are open. Details at podcast.warkry.com/listen.

  3. Oct 20

    The Lie of I'll Just Do It Myself

    "I'll just do it myself" feels responsible, efficient, and faster than explaining. In this episode, Karena does the real math on those four words and shows how the 10 minutes you save today turn into 10 minutes you owe every week for as long as you own the business. She names the story hiding underneath the sentence, that nobody can do it as well as you, and walks through four steps for handing a task off without taking it right back. You can't be free and be the only one who can do everything, so this week, you break the sentence. Free resource Karena retired her coaching program and made it free. The Serve to Scale workbook helps you find which part of your business is the bottleneck in about six minutes, then gives you the exercises, templates, and AI prompts to fix it. Get it at warkry.com/5pointscale Want to know which three AI employees to hire first? Take the quiz at warkry.com/employeequiz This week's assignment Catch yourself every time you hear "I'll just do it myself" in your head. Stop and ask: is this really faster, or am I laying another brick in my own cage? Then pick one small thing, hand someone the map you wrote last time, and let them walk it. Sit on your hands through the bumpy part, and let it be good enough. Be a guest Got a story you want to share at the table? There's never a charge to be on Go Be Great. Apply at podcast.warkry.com/listen Sponsor Go Be Great Want to put your business in front of entrepreneurs who are building something real? Learn about sponsoring the show at podcast.warkry.com/listen

  4. Oct 13

    Your Business Shouldn't Live in Your Head

    If you vanished tomorrow with no warning, could anyone else run your business? Not eventually figure it out, but run it the same week, serve your clients, follow your process, keep your promises. For most service business owners, the honest answer is no, and it isn't a team problem. It's that the entire operating manual lives in one place, inside your head, where nobody else can read it. In this episode, Karena walks through why your head is the riskiest place you could possibly store your business, what it's quietly costing you every single day, and the three-step way out that starts with one process and a voice note. Your free system: The Serve to Scale 5 Point Method used to be a paid coaching program. It's now free. It walks you through getting your business out of your head and into structure you can actually hand off. Grab it at warkry.com/5pointscale This week's assignment Pick one process you repeat. Just one. The next time you actually do it, narrate every step as you go, in plain everyday language, like you're leaving instructions for a very smart friend who's never done it. Voice notes count. Then save it somewhere you and anyone helping you can find it again. That's the whole assignment. Be a guest If you've got a story that belongs at this table, come sit with us. The guest application is at podcast.warkry.com/listen, and it's free. It's always free. Sponsor Go Be Great If your brand serves service-based business owners and you want to reach them here, sponsorship details are at podcast.warkry.com/listen Expand your visibility. The directory is live, and the founders group is open with no fee while we're building it. Founders keep everything they start with. warkry.com/visibilit

  5. Oct 6

    You Didn't Do Anything Wrong When It Didn't Take Off, with Telly Arnold

    Entrepreneurship doesn't always look like the success stories you see online. In this episode of Go Be Great, Karena Calhoun talks with Telly Arnold, a trucking entrepreneur and founder of Straight Connect, about the real challenges of building a business—from unexpected expenses and financial pressure to setbacks, pivoting, and learning from difficult experiences. Telly shares her journey into the box truck industry without a trucking background and why community became such an important part of her entrepreneurial journey. Together, Karena and Telly discuss why revenue isn't the whole story, why entrepreneurs shouldn't suffer in silence, and how the challenges we face can become lessons that help someone else. A real conversation about entrepreneurship, resilience, community, and keeping going when things don't go according to plan. #GoBeGreat #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusiness #Trucking #BusinessGrowth

  6. Sep 29

    What AI Was Doing Before We Called It AI with Arshavir Blackwell

    Arshavir Blackwell was working in AI before anyone called it AI, back when it went by neural networks and machine learning. In this unscripted fireside chat, he pulls back the curtain on where AI came from, why generic tools make everyone sound the same, and what history tells us about technology and jobs. He also names the trap he calls Fluency is Validity: the habit of trusting an answer because it sounds smart. If AI has felt like a magic box or a threat, this conversation will leave you clearer and a lot less afraid.Connect with Arshavir:Inside the Black Box, his weekly Substack newsletter: insidetheblackbox.aiYourVoiceCraft, the local AI model that learns your voice: yourvoicecraft.aiFree resource: The Serve to Scale 5 Point Method, my full coaching program, is now free. Get it at warkry.com/5pointscale.Be a guest: Have a story another entrepreneur needs to hear? There's no cost and no pitch. Apply at podcast.warkry.com/listen.Sponsor Go Be Great: Sponsorships are open. Details at podcast.warkry.com/listen.

  7. Sep 22

    The Cost of Chaos

    What if “busy” is actually a bill you're paying every day? Karena Calhoun explores how business chaos can cost you more than revenue—it can cost you your health, time, relationships, clients, and freedom. Sometimes, you don't need more leads. You need to fix the leaks in your existing business. Your challenge: Look at the bill. What is your chaos really costing you? 🎙️ Go Be Great with Karena CalhounFounder & CEO, Warkry Consulting Solutions #GoBeGreat #KarenaCalhoun #BusinessSystems #BusinessAutomation

  8. Sep 15

    The You Now Isn't the You Who Arrives: Dr. Valerie Maxsam on Building Through the Middle

    The You Now Isn’t the You Who Arrives What if the season that feels slow, difficult, or unfinished is actually preparing you for what’s next? On this episode of Go Be Great with Karena Calhoun, Dr. Val Maxsam shares a powerful, faith-centered conversation about purpose, perseverance, renewing your mind, resilience, and becoming who you’re called to be. Dr. Val talks about the “nevertheless” season, speaking life over yourself, neuroplasticity, and why you have to keep overcoming—even after you’ve already won a battle. If your assignment feels bigger than you expected, this is your reminder: You were built for it. Keep going. 🎙️ Go Be Great with Karena Calhoun

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Great businesses, real conversations, and the people building them. Go Be Great with Karena Calhoun celebrates the entrepreneurs who built it, run it, and live it every day. Local or online, a few years in, pouring everything they have into something real. Each week, Karena sits down with an owner to hear the honest story behind what they built — the grit, the wins, and the lessons only the people doing the work can tell. Hosted by Karena Calhoun, founder of WarKry Consulting Solutions (warkry.com). Go Be Great!

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  • Creator
    Karena Calhoun
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    433
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Karena Calhoun
  • Show Website
    Go Be Great