19 episodes
How I Built My Small Business Anne McGinty
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5.0 • 216 Ratings
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Welcome to 'How I Built My Small Business,' where I delve into unfiltered conversations with small business owners, revealing their humble beginnings, challenges, and game-changing advice. This podcast is a labor of love, aiming to inspire and empower small business enthusiasts and anyone curious to know the original spark of entrepreneurs' ideas, hints into how much revenue small business owners make, their profit margins, specific strategies used to grow, challenges faced, major wins, and so much more.
My guests share the real, raw, and heartwarming details of their experiences all with the intention of providing insight that can help pave the way for the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.Majority of my guests are entrepreneurs who typically make an annual net profit of between $1m-$20m. But, I also bring on 'special' guests who make more, even sometimes less, as long as they have a compelling story or insight that I think can entertain, provide a unique perspective, or help my listener. My goal is to produce high-quality content so that you (and I) can learn something from each episode. Thank you for being here!
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Amy Lai - How do you start a franchise? Boba Beginnings to 45+ Franchise TEASPOON Locations in five years
Amy is the co-founder and CEO of Teaspoon, a nationwide boba chain that opened its first store in Los Altos, california, in 2016 and started franchising two years later. Since then, the brand has expanded to 45 Teaspoon boba shops nationwide and counting. Her business has been featured in Style Magazine, Restaurant Magazine, Chef's Warehouse and more.
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If you have a comment, a question you wish I’d asked, an idea for an episode or want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you!
For inquiring guests, please keep in mind that this podcast is for the benefit of listeners and I am not interested in any “puff pieces.” Thank you for understanding!
Feel free to send me a message through my website, or through LinkedIn.
A diary of episodes are posted on Instagram at
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Brian Dutt - How do non-engineers build successful apps? Empowering 10,000+ Creators (Everyday People) at BEEROLL.IO
Brian Dutt, in the heart of New York City, talks with us about what it's like starting and growing a video creation platform and app.
Brian is the founder CEO of BeeRoll, a tech platform that empowers leading brands to weave authentic stories through user -generated content. For nearly a decade, Brian worked in the corporate world as an analyst executing strategy and business development with companies including HBO, Comedy Central, Paramount, Comcast, and more. Then in 2017, he combined his interests in storyboarding, video editing, and screenwriting and launched Beeroll.
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If you have a comment, a question you wish I’d asked, an idea for an episode or want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you!
For inquiring guests, please keep in mind that this podcast is for the benefit of listeners and I am not interested in any “puff pieces.” Thank you for understanding!
Feel free to send me a message through my website, or through LinkedIn.
A diary of episodes are posted on Instagram at
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Rachel Berick - How to start a business with $600? Learn how MAPTOTE founders climbed to 800+ stores worldwide
Rachel is the co-founder of Maptote, a Brooklyn based small business that has been making fun and functional products with unique location-centric designs. With a tale that stitches together art, fashion, and sustainability, Rachel recounts the leap of faith that propelled a single Brooklyn map tote bag and an initial $600 investment into a diverse collection of over 600 products at 800+ store globally.
Maptote has collaborated with Museums, L’Occitane, Pendleton, HBO, Martha Stewart and many more and has been featured in The Spruce, on Birdie’s “Top 50 Best Friend Gifts,” in Women’s Day, Bloomingdale’s “Greatest Gift Guide,” People Magazine, Women’s Health, and so much more.
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If you have a comment, a question you wish I’d asked, an idea for an episode or want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you!
For inquiring guests, please keep in mind that this podcast is for the benefit of listeners and I am not interested in any “puff pieces.” Thank you for understanding!
Feel free to send me a message through my website, or through LinkedIn.
A diary of episodes are posted on Instagram at
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Skip Abed - How a 26 year old spotted an opportunity! Becoming owner-operator of the SANTA BARBARA SAILING CENTER.
Skip Abed bought the Santa Barbara Sailing Center at twenty-seven years old back on April 1, 2000 after working there for eight years.
Skip saw a vision for the myriad of ways he could improve the Santa Barbara Sailing Center and over the past twenty-three years, he's gradually put them in place growing the business from about ten boats to over forty.
His business has been named the American Sailing Association School of the Year twice now, and he is passionate about making the sport of sailing accessible to everyone.
Mentioned in the episode:
Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce
Santa Barbara Cheese Shop
The Sea League
Alpha Resource Center
Whale Heritage Site
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If you have a comment, a question you wish I’d asked, an idea for an episode or want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you!
For inquiring guests, please keep in mind that this podcast is for the benefit of listeners and I am not interested in any “puff pieces.” Thank you for understanding!
Feel free to send me a message through my website, or through LinkedIn.
A diary of episodes are posted on Instagram at
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Rochelle Webb - How does social entrepreneurship work? Building online marketplace OPTIMIST MADE to empower global fashion designers while making a positive impact on the world
Rochelle Webb is a clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship and marketing at Loyola Marymount University. She’s not only an academic powerhouse, but also the visionary founder and CEO of Optimist Made, connecting global designers to the American market.
With over a decade in corporate America, Rochelle’s expertise in global brand marketing has earned her accolades, including media plan of the year and a Grand Effie.
An alumna of Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, she brings an MBA-backed perspective to her ventures. Beyond her professional realm, Rochelle is a dedicated Board Member for 1% For The Planet and Movember, as well as an Advisory Board Member for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. A true leader with a heart for positive impact, Rochelle strives to leave our world better than she found it. Let’s dive into her inspiring journey!
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If you have a comment, a question you wish I’d asked, an idea for an episode or want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you!
For inquiring guests, please keep in mind that this podcast is for the benefit of listeners and I am not interested in any “puff pieces.” Thank you for understanding!
Feel free to send me a message through my website, or through LinkedIn.
A diary of episodes are posted on Instagram at
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Ross Jacobson - Are you crazy to pivot into entertainment at 29?! Learn how 3311 PRODUCTIONS indie producer went from "tape-librarian" to producer in four years.
Ross Jacobson is the co -founder CEO of 3311 Productions, a company of film lovers who take movie making seriously, but not themselves.
Ross went from the entry level job as tape librarian at Magical Elves, the producer of Top Chef and Project Runway, to leading the company in just four years. Ross is a film industry veteran who has brought films to Cannes, Sundance, Telluride, Berlin, Toronto, and Comic -Con, and has been a part of Emmy and Peabody winning TV shows.
3311 Productions has produced many films including In A World , The Assistant , Brigsby Bear , and many more.
Subscribe on Apple Podcast , Spotify or other major streaming platforms.
If you have a comment, a question you wish I’d asked, an idea for an episode or want to say hi, I'd love to hear from you!
For inquiring guests, please keep in mind that this podcast is for the benefit of listeners and I am not interested in any “puff pieces.” Thank you for understanding!
Feel free to send me a message through my website, or through LinkedIn.
A diary of episodes are posted on Instagram at
How I Built My Small Business.
Customer Reviews
Such a great perspective for the real world
I love business shows but they all focus on huge companies instead of the real world entrepreneurs that make up the bulk of businesses in this country. Anne gets this and dives into the real businesses on the forefront of innovation at the smaller level. A+
Great show with great info
Amazing show with great guests and topics
Amazing !… Strongly Recommended !
Incredibly interesting interviews, with admirably honest & humble experiences transparently shared by successful entrepreneurs as they started & grew their small business, including its growing pains, and eventual rewards, from which young budding entrepreneurs could learn from.
The impressively articulate & calm host is very pleasant to listen to. She is very insightful with her important & pertinent questions during the diverse interviews. I particularly enjoy hearing her emphasis on the “take away” lessons after each interview.
The “lessons learned” are really basic personal qualities we are reminded of, that are very important in our lifetime journey, and taken into consideration & applied as one starts, grows & maintains a small business, as mentioned by the different entrepreneurs interviewed by the host.
These include a great enthusiasm & vision of a dream mission & purpose in Life, with excellent time & money management, perseverance, endurance, flexibility, hopefulness, patience, hard work, dedication, continuous learning on the job, humility, genuine kindness, lovingly caring & faithful friendship, excellent social skills on all levels, as the successful entrepreneur continues to preserve one’s personal happiness & peace.
I have learned so much myself, just listening to the podcast interviews of successful entrepreneurs, with the precious “take away” lessons emphasized by the host, Anne McGinty, after each very interesting interview.
Thank you, All, for sharing…