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🎧 Breaking Solo is your go-to podcast for insights from solopreneurs who’ve made it happen—sharing their strategies, challenges, and the tools they use to stay ahead.
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1 NOV 2026 · What if changing your business so often doesn’t mean you’re failing, but means you’re finally building it right?Janelle Jones has gone from six-figure tutoring agency owner to side-hustle coach to digital marketing strategist for ed tech companies, and now she’s a tech founder. Each pivot made her wonder if people thought she’d lost it. Then a longtime follower told her what she needed to hear: she didn’t look crazy, she looked like an entrepreneur.In this episode of Breaking Solo, you’ll hear how Janelle turned her love of education and her marketing skills into one niche, why she wishes she had sold her tutoring company instead of shutting it down, and how she keeps her tech stack lean by partnering with the platforms she uses. She also takes you through her real week as a homeschooling mom running two businesses, including the block calendar, the daily priority list from her VA, and the music cues that tell her kids what time of day it is.If you’re thinking about going solo, Janelle’s advice is simple: do it, but take your time. Keep your job until your business brings in at least double your salary.Connect with Janelle at janellejones.com.
BIOJanelle Jones is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur, and founder of Infusion Enterprises, where she helps businesses create marketing systems that drive measurable growth. With more than 15 years of experience, she specializes in brand positioning, content strategy, email marketing, marketing automation, and AI-powered workflows.Websitehttps://janelleajones.com/Social Media Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/janellejspeaks/
25 OCT 2026 · What happens to everything you’ve built when you’re ready to walk away? If you’ve never asked that question, this episode is for you.Samir Mokashi left a secure architecture job after one conversation at the kitchen table. He’d come to the U.S. with a suitcase. His wife, Asawri, came with $400. If it all failed, they’d start over. It didn’t fail. Samir built and sold a successful business, and in the process learned how little most founders know about getting what their business is actually worth.Today, Samir is the founder of the Business Millionaire Club and author of The Millionaire Exit. He helps owners earn premium valuations and prepare emotionally for life after the sale.In this conversation, you’ll hear:
- Why your business is worth what the buyer will make after you leave, not what you make today
- The two non-negotiables for keeping (or firing) a client
- How fear of loss holds solopreneurs back more than any competitor
- Why working harder isn’t the answer, and the difference between resilient and stubborn
- How he spoke his book into existence, and why it took three years
Plus, a taste of Timoli, the family sauce business he’s using to teach the next generation how businesses grow.BIOSamir Mokashi, has shared his insights on stages and in boardrooms, through technical papers, and now, through his book, The Millionaire Exit. His story is a testament to what is possible when strategy meets heart and persistence prevails. Samir’s career has never followed a straight line—and he argues that is exactly why he succeeded. Arriving in the United States to pursue a Master of Architecture, he reinvented himself repeatedly: as a semiconductor FAB expert, a building regulations authority, a founder of multiple businesses, including a fusion sauce brand. Along the way, he built a professional services firm from the ground up, navigated the uncertainty of the market without a safety net, and successfully sold the business for 200X his initial investment. Today, Samir is a sought-after strategist and mentor to entrepreneurs ready to think bigger. His expertise spans sustainable business growth, executive leadership, and—his specialty—positioning a business owner for a profitable exit. Website https://businessmillionaireclub.com/Social Media Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/samir-mokashi-cepa%C2%AE-m-arch-ar-a3825712/Freebie Giveaway Linkhttps://businessmillionaireclub.com/book/
18 OCT 2026 · What happens to your business when your life falls apart?You can tell yourself that grief, divorce, or financial stress stay at home. They don’t. They follow you into every decision, every sales call, and every moment you second-guess yourself.In this episode of Breaking Solo, Donna sits down with Debi Lynn, a business resilience strategist and certified grief educator who helps women in business restore their sales momentum, decision authority, and income after life hits. Debi knows this territory from the inside. In a single week, she lost her four-month-old son, her job, and nearly her identity, and she started over with $100, a suitcase, and two children depending on her.You’ll hear how Debi turned twenty years of grief work into a business resilience practice the market actually wanted, why she believes you can’t heal what you don’t feel, and how her HEART framework (Heal, Embrace, Awaken, Reclaim, Transform) gives people concrete steps forward. She also shares the daily habits that keep her grounded, why knowing your “why” is non-negotiable before going solo, and the simple joy jar practice that can change how you see your hardest days.If you’ve ever wondered whether you can keep building while life is breaking you down, this conversation is for you.
BIODebi Lynn, Business Resilience Strategist, Certified Grief Educator with 20 years’ experience. I work with women in Business to restore sales momentum, decisions and income after life hits. I help powerhouse women rise from life’s toughest moments like grief, burnout, stress, anxiety, loss of identity into power, purpose and profit. It is time to unearth your brilliance. I turn setbacks into strategy, pain into profit, and survival into soul-led success. Because you weren’t meant to just push through. You were born to lead with heart, heal with purpose, and build a business that honors your fire. Let’s rebuild your power on your terms.” I didn’t just survive pain I built a business on it.Websitehttps://www.debilynnfl.comandhttps//www.friendsingrief.comSocial Media Linkshttps://www.facebook.com/debitxhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/debi-lynn/https://www.youtube.com/@HeartledawakeningFreebie Giveaway LinkSales Blind Spot Audit Link https://link.friendsingrief.com/widget/bookings/sales-blind-spot-audit
12 OCT 2026 · Are your low prices costing you more than they bring in? Shella Gardezi learned the hard way that undercharging doesn’t make clients see you as a great deal. It makes them see you as an employee, and then they hand the strategy work to someone else.Shella runs Words Plus Design, an agency that helps entrepreneurs build visibility through SEO, public relations, and digital PR. She started out in journalism, moved into marketing, and then launched her own business after a three-hour daily commute. Her former employer became her first client.In this episode of Breaking Solo, you’ll hear:
- Why charging for your value sets you up as a strategic partner instead of a vendor
- How posting on LinkedIn moved her from web design into authority content and PR
- Why she would start with recurring monthly services if she were starting over today
- The lean tech stack that runs her business: MailerLite, Systeme.io, Zapier, and more
- Her energy-based daily routine
- How to test your business idea, and line up bridge income, before you quit your job
If you’re ready to stop competing on price and start building real authority, this conversation is for you.🔗 Connect with Shella: words-design.com
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Shella Gardezi is a public relations strategist, former journalist, and content marketing expert with more than 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, and small businesses increase their visibility and credibility.Drawing on her background in journalism and marketing, she helps clients uncover compelling stories, position themselves as industry authorities, and earn media coverage that drives trust, traffic, and business growth. Her work has helped clients secure media interviews, strengthen their online presence, and attract more aligned opportunities.Websitehttps://www.words-design.com/Social Media Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shellagardezi/https://www.instagram.com/wordsplusdesign/https://www.facebook.com/wordsplusdesignFreebie Giveaway Linkhttps://guest-posting-template.subscribepage.io
3 OCT 2026 · Do you know what AI is telling people about your business right now?Bryan Eisenberg has spent 30 years helping businesses get found, understood, and chosen. He and his brother coined the term conversion rate optimization, wrote New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, and worked with brands like Dell, Disney, and Google. Today, he'd rather work with owner-operators.In this episode of Breaking Solo, Bryan explains why buying has nothing to do with your sales process, and why your quirks and lived experience connect with people more than any trend. You'll hear how a 2008 funding collapse left him "277 pounds of frustration," how he reclaimed his health twice, and why two focused hours beat fourteen depleted ones.Bryan also talks about writing books across every publishing model, and why you don't make money from the book, you make money because of it. He shares how he uses Claude as his "first employee" to cut hours of podcast promotion down to minutes. And he explains why the window to fix your AI story is closing fast.Connect with Bryan: Find him on LinkedIn, where you can download his free guide, What Does AI Know About You?BioBryan Eisenberg is the co-founder of BuyerLegends and DataTurk.ai, and an award-winning, internationally recognized authority in marketing to today’s customers. A pioneer in digital analytics, conversion rate optimization, persuasion architecture, persona marketing, buyer narratives, and customer experience, Bryan has spent decades helping businesses craft stories that drive action.As a bestselling author, Bryan has co-written “Call to Action”, “Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?”, “Always Be Testing”, “Buyer Legends“, “Be Like Amazon: Even a Lemonade Stand Can Do It” and The Rice and Beans Millionaire. His books that have appeared on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, and Business Week, and Amazon bestseller lists. His latest is “I Think I Swallowed an Elephant: The Stories We Sell, The Success We Build.”At his core, Bryan is a navigator of transformation, someone who sees the hidden patterns in data, human psychology, and storytelling, and helps businesses and individuals rewrite their narratives for success. With his ability to “grok” complex ideas and distill them into clear, persuasive strategies, he has influenced industries ranging from e-commerce and SaaS to local service businesses.Websitehttps://www.bryaneisenberg.com/Social Media Linkshttp://www.linkedin.com/in/bryaneisenberghttps://www.facebook.com/bryan.eisenberghttps://www.instagram.com/bryangroksFreebie Giveaway Linkhttps://www.bryaneisenberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Elephants-Toolbox-Print.pdf
26 SEP 2026 · What happens when the client you gave eleven years to hits pause without warning?For Jeanne Tan, that moment, along with losing her husband to pancreatic cancer in 2020, forced a hard truth: she'd been running a business while thinking like an employee. In this episode of Breaking Solo, Jeanne shares how she stopped trading hours for someone else's stability and repackaged her expertise into the Sales to Search SEO framework, a program-based offer built for entrepreneurs.You'll hear why rankings and AI citations don't automatically turn into sales, and why Jeanne believes building your brand and a community of buyers should come before chasing keywords. She also gets honest about the inner work behind the pivot. She talks about breaking a lifelong habit of waiting for the "perfect conditions," confronting procrastination, and handwriting her goals every morning to stay anchored to her why: her three kids, including a son with autism.If you've wondered whether it's okay to stop doing one thing and start something new, this conversation is your permission slip.Connect with Jeanne: Search "Jeanne Tan SEO Consultant" on Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn. You can also find her Sales to Search SEO Mastermind and Google Me 30-Day Challenge on Skool.BIOJeanne Tan is a conversion-driven SEO Consultant and the creator of the Sales-to-Search™ SEO framework. She is passionate about helping fellow solopreneurs and niche businesses sell even before they r ank on search and AI engines.Websitehttps://jeanne-tan.com/Social Media Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanne-tan/https://www.facebook.com/jeannetan.seo.entrepreneur/https://www.skool.com/authority-founders-seo-circle-2106/aboutFreebie Giveaway Linkhttps://jeanne-tan.com/sales-to-search-seo-gift/
19 SEP 2026 · What if the thing that keeps your business alive for four decades isn't a niche, a funnel, or a framework — but plain curiosity?Lisa Bastian has been working for herself since the late 1980s. She started Bastian Public Relations while raising a young son, back when a woman who worked from home was too corporate for the playgroup moms and too domestic for the corporate clients. She's written for national magazines across 30 industries, flown to the Netherlands and northern France on economic development press trips, carried a federal badge as a background investigator for 10 years, held a Texas PI license, served as an IABC chapter president, and — a year and a half ago — launched Tropics Lifestyle Coffee, a niche gifting brand she describes as home decor disguised as coffee.In this episode, you'll hear why she stopped chasing money and started chasing fit, and what that decision cost her before it paid off. You'll get her actual tech stack, including the lifetime-deal platform she's used for three years to run a Shopify business on a solopreneur budget. And you'll hear her take on AI: use it hard on the back end, keep it far away from your customer.If you've been waiting to feel qualified before you try something new, Lisa's answer is simple. Rush right in. You're not going to break it.
Lisa Bastian is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur, publisher, and public relations professional whose career spans more than 40 years. She has written more than 1,000 published articles, earned numerous communications awards, served as a magazine editor, operated a long-running public relations agency, conducted federal background investigations supporting some of America's most sensitive missions, and founded multiple businesses. Throughout her career, she has interviewed leaders across industries ranging from healthcare and economic development to travel, tourism, and business. Known for her curiosity, research skills, and ability to identify emerging trends, Lisa brings a unique perspective on reinvention, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and lifelong learning. She believes some of the most valuable business lessons come not from theory, but from decades of observing how successful people think, adapt, and solve problems. THEN SUGGESTED short intro from this: Today's guest is Lisa Bastian, an award-winning journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, and former federal background investigator. Over a career spanning four decades, she's written more than 1,000 articles, earned dozens of professional honors, interviewed leaders from around the world, and built businesses across publishing, communications, and e-commerce. Lisa joins us to discuss reinvention, using AI without fear, entrepreneurship, curiosity, and what she has learned from a lifetime spent studying successful people and organizations.Websitehttps://www.tropicslifestylecoffee.com/Social Media Links: LinkedIn / https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisabastianfacebook / https://www.facebook.com/Tropicslifestylecoffee/instagram / https://www.instagram.com/tropicslifestylecoffee/
12 SEP 2026 · What if the "law of attraction" is actually doing women entrepreneurs a disservice?Donna Price, founder of Compass Rose Consulting, works with women entrepreneurs on building more profitable, efficient businesses that make a bigger impact — for their clients and the world. She went solo after five years managing an outdoor education camp, working 16-hour days with a two-year-old at home and realizing something had to change. Inspired by a mentor who made building a coaching business look easy, Donna fell for the classic "if you build it, they will come" myth — only to discover her mentor's success was built on years of local professional connections Donna simply didn't have yet in her new community.In this episode, Donna gets candid about the expensive mistake nearly every solopreneur shares (a hard drive full of programs promising to be "the one" that changes everything), why she now helps clients build their own success framework instead of chasing someone else's, and why she believes the law of attraction can be an almost damaging belief for entrepreneurs — vision boards don't build businesses, action does. She also shares the story of nearly abandoning her "women entrepreneurs" niche because an expert told her it wasn't defined enough, her practice of striving (not perfecting) daily habits without the guilt spiral that comes with missing a day, and details on her relaunching Business Growth Project, built around a four-directional compass framework.
BIODonna Lynn Price is the founder of Compass Rose Consulting and creator of the Business Growth Hub — a community for women entrepreneurs who are done following everyone else's map.She's a business growth and profitability coach, the author of The Business Growth & Profits Field Guide, and an adventurer who has cycled across the country, kayaked with whales, and climbed more mountains than she can count.Her message is simple: there is no ONE way to build a business. There is only YOUR WAY. And your compass is already pointing.Websitehttps://compassroseconsulting.com/Social Media Linkshttps://linkedin.com/in/donnalynnpricehttps://facebook.com/donnalpricehttps://facebook.com/groups/businessgrowthprojecthttps://youtube.com/@compassroseconsultinghttps://instagram.com/donnalynnprice
Freebie Giveaway Linkhttps://compassroseconsulting.com/field-guide
5 SEP 2026 · What happens when a solopreneur's kitchen-table business turns into a national franchise — run by her own daughter?Liz Wahl is president of Young Rembrandts, an after-school drawing franchise that started in 1988 when her mother, a fine arts major with no interest in becoming a business owner, began teaching a handful of neighborhood kids in their living room. Liz grew up watching that grassroots hustle turn into something bigger, stepped in as a teacher after graduating college into the tough 2008 job market, and eventually took the reins of the organization her mother built almost by accident.In this episode, Liz talks about what she looks for in franchisees (hint: it's not art experience — it's passion and timing), the "analysis paralysis" she sees derail so many aspiring entrepreneurs before they ever launch, and why she believes solopreneurs need to fully commit to their entrepreneurial journey rather than keeping one foot in a full-time job. She also shares the lesson her mother taught her about inner growth preceding business growth, why she deliberately schedules downtime to stay present for both her staff and her two young kids, and her advice for finding — and holding onto — your "why" when the day-to-day realities of running a business aren't sunshine and rainbows.
BioLizi Wahl is the President of Young Rembrandts, an international children’s art education franchise dedicated to helping kids build confidence and creativity through drawing. With nearly two decades of experience in franchising, marketing, operations, and brand development, Lizi is passionate about helping families, educators, and entrepreneurs create meaningful impact through art and business.I would love to share my journey through leadership, creativity, community, and carrying forward the legacy of a mission-driven brand — while balancing motherhood, business ownership, and the evolving future of franchising.Websitehttp://www.youngrembrandtsfranchise.com/
Social Media Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/lw886https://www.instagram.com/youngrembrandts
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30 AUG 2026 · What if your business could feel the way Disney feels — that unmistakable rush of happiness the moment you walk through the gates?Shaun Whynacht, founder of Blue Cow Marketing, has spent 15 years in marketing automation helping small business owners bring their expertise and their ideal client experience to life through systems, CRM, and AI. He grew up in an entrepreneurial family without even realizing that's what it was — a grandfather who ran a TV repair shop, a mother with a craft store, a grandmother with a cake shop — and started his own first business, a DJ gig, at 17.In this episode, Shaun opens up about his most expensive mistake: chasing every shiny new business idea that came his way instead of staying focused on the one thing he actually wanted to build. He talks about how that hard lesson led him to what he now calls building the "Disney experience" for his clients — automating the parts of a business owner's day they hate so the joy of what they built can actually come through. We also get into his refreshingly honest, chaotic-but-real weekly routine, why he built his own task management software instead of using what's on the market, and his brand-new "Leaky Bucket" audio series — created in collaboration with an AI co-host named Callie.
Shaun Whynacht is the founder of Blue Cow Marketing, a Nova Scotia-based marketing automation agency that helps small businesses, speakers, and service professionals simplify their systems, improve customer experiences, and stop letting good leads fall through the cracks. With over 15 years in marketing, CRM strategy, and automation, Shaun specializes in building practical tools that save time, strengthen relationships, and make business feel less chaotic. He’s known for blending smart strategy with plain-language advice, real-life stories, and just enough sarcasm to keep things interesting.Websitehttps://www.bluecowmarketing.ca/Social Media Linkshttps://linkedin.com/in/shaunwhynachtFreebie Giveaway Linkhttps://theleakybucket.ca
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