Small Business Survival Conversations is the weekly podcast designed to empower entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and small business owners who are fighting every day to build, grow, and sustain their businesses in a noisy and unpredictable world. Hosted by Anna Steinfest , business strategist, entrepreneur, and founder with decades of experience helping small businesses thrive, this show delivers practical wisdom , mindset fuel , and real-world strategies that small business owners can actually use.…
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Send us Fan Mail Most small-business owners don’t have an information problem. They already know they should raise their prices, delegate more, make the difficult sales call, hire the right person—or finally let the wrong person go. So why don’t we do it? Ken Dombrowski returns to Small Business Survival Conversations to explore the hidden patterns that can keep business owners stuck, even when…
Send us Fan Mail Most people will tell you to stay positive. Push through. Keep going. Nobody tells you what to actually do when everything falls apart. This Monday morning on Small Business Survival Conversations, Anna Steinfest delivers one of the most honest episodes she's ever recorded — not about how to avoid failure, but about what failure is actually trying to teach you, and how the…
Send us Fan Mail He Bought Useless Land Full of Rattlesnakes. Here's What He Built Instead. What do you do when everything you've invested in looks like a complete failure? Most people complain. Most people quit. Most people spend years talking about the terrible hand they were dealt. This farmer did something nobody expected. This Monday morning on Small Business Survival Conversations, Anna…
Send us Fan Mail Every business runs on trust — but trust isn't measured by your website, your logo, or your marketing. It's measured in hundreds of small, everyday moments. This week's Monday Morning Motivation tells the story of a farmer, a baker, and a pound of butter — and the surprising twist about who was really being weighed. If you've ever wondered what your business would reveal if it…
Send us Fan Mail Every entrepreneur knows the temptation to wait — for more money, more confidence, more perfect timing. This week's Monday Morning Motivation starts with one line from Arnold Schwarzenegger: "You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets." From there, it's a story about two farmers, the hidden cost of "someday," and why growth almost never happens inside…
Send us Fan Mail Every business owner has a crack in their story — the launch that flopped, the client who left, the year the numbers didn't work. This week's Monday Morning Motivation tells the story of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, and what it teaches us about turning our business setbacks into our most valuable asset. If you're in the middle of a hard season…
Send us Fan Mail She had no money. No power. No influence with the farmer. Just a web — and she used it to save a life. In this week's Monday Morning Motivation, we're going back to a barn most of us know from childhood — Charlotte's Web — but looking at it through a business owner's eyes. What starts as a story about a spider and a pig turns into a masterclass on branding, mentorship, reputation,…
Send us Fan Mail What do a poor woodcutter from an ancient folktale and the founder of one of the world's most powerful companies have in common? More than you think. This Monday, Anna Steinfest takes you on a journey from the caves of Ali Baba to the global headquarters of Alibaba — and reveals the one truth that connects them both: the door only opens for those who keep searching. In this…
Send us Fan Mail He wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. And for a moment, it felt like the greatest blessing any king could ask for — until he sat down for a meal and realized his gift had become a prison. This week on Small Business Survival Conversations, Anna Steinfest revisits the 2,500-year-old story of King Midas — but not the version you've heard before. This isn't a story…
Send us Fan Mail YouTube description Burn the boats: the Sun Tzu strategy every entrepreneur needs to hear In 1519, Hernán Cortés ordered his own ships destroyed on the shores of Mexico — removing any possibility of retreat for his men. Centuries earlier, Sun Tzu described a similar moment: a leader who climbs to a height, then kicks away the ladder behind him. In this episode, Anna Steinfest…