
57 episodes

Good Business Illana Burk: Business and Leadership Coach
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5.0 • 16 Ratings
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Hosted by Illana Burk who has 20 years experience guiding hundreds of entrepreneurial clients in creating profitable, ethically-driven, sustainable businesses based on their life’s work. Good Business is here to teach you how to do great work, make great money, and make a positive impact without feeling like you need a shower afterwards.
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How to understand strengths and weaknesses | GB56
In this episode, Illana talks about what you can change and what you can't, what things are within your power and what are not, and how to deal with that.
So that's our topic and we’re starting by talking about what is a SWOT analysis. Then we'll talk a little bit about what you can do about it, what it means, and then we will wrap up with a little bit about how to understand the resources that are available to you. And how they fit into that bigger picture of you know, what your strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities and threats actually are.
Can you see all these parts of your business clearly?
Good Business is hosted by Illana Burk, CEO of Your Life's Workshop llc and strategic coach to entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and industry disruptors the world over.
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The Gauntlet | GB55
How do you get through the toughest time in your business without quitting or going crazy?
In this episode of The Good Business Podcast, host Illana Burk is back. She introduces the topic of the "Gauntlet," describing it as a stage in business where everything seems to go wrong... over and over again. This phase often occurs during periods of growth when the next steps are unclear.
How do you know if you're in it?
How do you know when it's gonna end and how do you get out of it?
Many clients work with Illana to level up or transition to a new phase in their work. They often struggle to determine what is valuable and worth pursuing, and what they should leave behind.
And in all of this, consider impact and understand what is possible based on personal experiences and available resources.
Good Business is hosted by Illana Burk, CEO of Your Life's Workshop llc and strategic coach to entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and industry disruptors the world over.
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Asynchronous Income vs Passive Income | GB54
Asynchronous income. What IS that?!
In this episode, I talk about why passive income is a total misnomer, the difference between passive and asynchronous income, and what you can find in the middle between (the myth of) passive income and exchanging dollars for hours. Find out how we define asynchronous income and whether or not it's right for your business. How could you create asynchronous income streams to allow you to flatten out your income so there are fewer peaks and valleys?
Good Business is hosted by Illana Burk, CEO of Your Life's Workshop llc and strategic coach to entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and industry disruptors the world over.
For more details, visit YourLifesWorkshop.com. -
You don't have to be a commodity | GB53
How to know what you should commodify and what you shouldn't.
In this episode, I address the idea that we don't actually have to become commodities in order to be successful business owners.
First, I discuss what I mean by commodity, and what's the difference between being a commodity and not being one.
Then I talk a bit about what it means to make that conscious choice to take a different path.
Good Business is hosted by Illana Burk, CEO of Your Life's Workshop llc and strategic coach to entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and industry disruptors the world over.
For more details, visit YourLifesWorkshop.com. -
Let's talk about ethical marketing | GB52
What is ethical marketing? What does it mean? What doesn't it mean? And are you afraid of the wrong thing?
Lately, there's been a new flavor to the ethical marketing and selling conversation happening amongst small business owners and marketers around what is ethical, what you're allowed to do and not allowed to do.
Today I am talking about being afraid of saying the wrong thing and whether or not that's a bad thing, how to stay connected to your customers, and how you can aspire to not hurt others while still saying what you want to say.
Stop being afraid of the wrong thing.
Good Business is hosted by Illana Burk, CEO of Your Life's Workshop llc and strategic coach to entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and industry disruptors the world over.
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Offer Design Part 5: Does your offer make the world better? | GB51
Does your work make the world a better place? When you think about creating an offer, do you think about the impact of what you're doing? And how do you think about it?
In this episode, I talk about how to consider impact when it's not always straightforward. Let's dive into how to think about sustainability even as a solopreneur or small business and what place the triple bottom line has in your offer design.
Good Business is hosted by Illana Burk, CEO of Your Life's Workshop llc and strategic coach to entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and industry disruptors the world over.
For more details, visit YourLifesWorkshop.com.
Customer Reviews
Learned so much from this podcast
Gotten such valuable advice from people I could never afford. Love this content, and the HIST is such a great listen!
Honest, Candid, Thought Provoking all packaged for bite sized consumption
Illana exudes a ’tell it like it is’ confidence along with her wise business perspective leaving me wanting to listen to more episodes of her bite sized podcast.
Refreshingly candid and thought-provoking advice
Let's be honest - there's no shortage of (really bad) business advice out there and with Good Business, Illana cuts through the fluff and tells it like it is. I find myself re-listening to certain episodes because there are so many good nuggets in each one. This is for anyone either starting OR has been in business for a while and things are jamming quite like you'd want them to.