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Small Business Stories

Small Business Stories

著者： Loralyn Mears PhD
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 Welcome to Small Business Stories, the podcast where we celebrate the real-life journeys of small business owners. We dig into inspiring tales of triumphs, challenges, and the tough lessons we learned along the way. Each episode is packed with relatable anecdotes and practical tips that you can use to fuel your own entrepreneurial dreams. Whether you're just starting out or looking to grow your business, you'll find motivation and insight in every story. Tune in and get ready to be inspired by the heart and hustle of small business owners just like you! We say it like it is - no filters. Being an SMB owner isn't easy, but we're compelled to do it.(C) STEERus 2026 マネジメント・リーダーシップ リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • Why Nutrition Advice Is So Confusing (And What to Trust) with Jennifer Trepeck

    Why Nutrition Advice Is So Confusing (And What to Trust) with Jennifer Trepeck
    2026/11/04
    S6:E90 We have more information about health than ever before. So why are we still so confused about what to eat? Jenn Trepeck has spent seven years hosting Salad with a Side of Fries, helping listeners navigate nutrition claims, wellness trends, and conflicting advice. In this episode of Small Business Stories, she joins Dr. LL for a thoughtful conversation about the information we trust, the shortcuts we find appealing, and the meaning we assign to health, food, and our bodies. Queue up this episode for a discussion that goes beyond diets to explore something relevant to every entrepreneur: how we decide what information means—and what happens when we interpret it incorrectly. If people don't trust the information they're receiving, making confident decisions becomes difficult. If a recommendation sounds credible but lacks important context, following it may produce an entirely different result than expected. And if we begin treating a measurement, label, or marketing claim as a judgment about ourselves, we risk confusing information with identity. Loralyn Mears, PhD, aka "Dr. LL," brings you thoughtful conversations with entrepreneurs and small business leaders navigating visibility, leadership, and growth. Thank you for being here. 👤 Guest Jenn Trepeck Nutritionist, health coach, and host of the podcast, Salad with a Side of Fries Jenn brings years of nutrition coaching experience and more than a whopping 700 podcast episodes to a discussion about practical healthy living and how to evaluate competing claims. She's amazing!! ⚠️ Core Problems Discussed • Why access to more health information doesn't necessarily create better understanding • How wellness marketing can emphasize attractive benefits while minimizing important tradeoffs • Why advice that works for one person may not produce the same outcome for another • The tension between sustainable healthy habits and the appeal of quick fixes • How body weight and other measurements become tied to personal identity and self-worth • The role of AI, social media, and headlines in shaping what people believe • Why nuance matters when evaluating nutrition advice and emerging wellness products 🥡 Practical Takeaways • Separate the accuracy of a claim from its relevance to your own circumstances. • Consider who benefits from the information being presented and what important context may be missing. • Recognize that sustainable habits often matter more than continually adopting new trends. • Don't confuse a single measurement with a complete picture of health. • Ask better questions before deciding whether a recommendation is right for you. • Be cautious about interpreting AI-generated health answers as individualized advice. • Jenn emphasizes building meals around protein and fiber as one of her practical nutrition principles. ⏱️ Timestamps 01:43 Finding your voice after seven years of podcasting 07:31 Why people remain confused about nutrition 08:09 Information isn't the problem—nuance is 11:12 Why fundamentals matter more than wellness trends 18:18 When product claims hide important tradeoffs 19:47 Whose interests are behind the message? 27:08 GLP-1 medications and questions about long-term health 32:55 Why quick fixes are so appealing 36:37 Dr. LL introduces misinterpretation risk 38:12 When a number becomes a judgment about ourselves 40:45 Jenn's practical nutrition takeaway 🔖 Who This Episode Is For Entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals navigating health information overload, wellness marketing, and the challenge of making informed decisions in a world of competing advice. At STEERus, we examine Context Collapse as a source of misinterpretation risk: when information is separated from the circumstances needed to understand it, even an accurate signal can lead to an incorrect conclusion. In an AI-search environment, that distinction matters for both the people interpreting information and the businesses being interpreted. Subscribe and share Small Business Stories for grounded conversations about entrepreneurship, leadership, trust, visibility, and the decisions shaping our lives and businesses. ✅ Subscribe for weekly conversations on entrepreneurship 🔁 Share this episode with someone who needs to be heard Follow STEERus on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrLLSmallBusiness Instagram: https://instagram.com/steerus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/steerus Twitter: https://x.com/steerus_io #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #podcast #healthandwellness #nutrition #lifestyle
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    46 分
  • How to Invest in Rental Properties Without Being a Landlord featuring Melissa Nash

    How to Invest in Rental Properties Without Being a Landlord featuring Melissa Nash
    2026/10/26
    S6:E89 "Passive income" may be one of the most misunderstood phrases in entrepreneurship. It can conjure images of money arriving without work, risk, systems, expertise, or responsibility. Melissa Nash sees it differently. The founder of Passively Rich with Rentals joins Dr. LL for a grounded conversation about long-term rental real estate, what "passive" actually requires, why she invests outside her home market, and the assumptions that prevent people from considering opportunities that may look very different once properly examined. If people don't trust the opportunity, they won't investigate it. If they don't trust the people or systems surrounding it, they won't act. But if the reason for saying no is based on an assumption rather than evidence, they may be making a decision about something they never actually understood. Loralyn Mears, PhD, aka "Dr. LL," brings you thoughtful conversations with entrepreneurs and small business leaders navigating visibility, leadership, and growth. Thank you for being here. 👤 Guest Melissa Nash Founder, Passively Rich with Rentals Long-term rental real estate investing and investor education ⚠️ Core Problems Discussed • Why "passive income" doesn't mean no work is required to build the system • The difference between active real-estate investing and owning professionally managed rentals • Why investors can become trapped by assumptions about their local market • Trusting people and systems when the asset is hundreds or thousands of miles away • Distinguishing emotional barriers from actual financial barriers • Understanding tenant, vacancy, maintenance, and property-management risks • Why starting later doesn't automatically mean starting too late 🥡 Practical Takeaways • Passive systems generally require active setup. • Don't assume your local real-estate market defines the opportunities available elsewhere. • Inspections, appraisals, contracts, and professional management serve different risk-management functions. • Ask prospective property managers operational questions not merely what they charge. • Risk doesn't disappear because an investment is professionally managed; reserves and realistic expectations still matter. • Long-term buy-and-hold investing is fundamentally different from seeking a quick return. • Before accepting "I can't do this," determine whether the constraint is factual or assumed. ⏱️ Timestamps 01:02 Who can actually invest in rental property? 03:27 The truth about "passive" income 05:45 Escaping the time-for-money trap 08:10 Investing thousands of miles away and trusting the system 09:13 Due diligence, inspections, and walking away 11:18 How to evaluate a property manager 12:27 Fear versus financial barriers 13:33 Why people don't know these options exist 15:23 Tenant risk and preparing for vacancies 17:38 Researching landlord-friendly markets 19:08 Why one rental isn't a get-rich strategy 20:16 Is it too late to start? 23:09 Why this is a long-term play 🔖 Who This Episode Is For Entrepreneurs and professionals interested in building additional income streams but unwilling (or unable) to create another full-time job for themselves. At STEERus, Constraint Assumption is one way misinterpretation risk enters decision-making before we even recognize it. Sometimes the signal telling us "this isn't possible for me" isn't coming from the opportunity at all. It's coming from our interpretation of what the opportunity requires. Subscribe and share Small Business Stories for grounded conversations about entrepreneurship, visibility, leadership, trust, and the decisions that shape small businesses. ✅ Subscribe for weekly conversations on entrepreneurship 🔁 Share this episode with someone who needs to be heard Follow STEERus on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrLLSmallBusiness Instagram: https://instagram.com/steerus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/steerus Twitter: https://x.com/steerus_io #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #podcast #passiveincome #realestate
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    26 分
  • How to Be a Better Leader by Listening More & Leading With Heart Featuring Payman Lorenzo

    How to Be a Better Leader by Listening More & Leading With Heart Featuring Payman Lorenzo
    2026/10/17

    S6:E88

    After nearly 450 conversations on his Leaders With a Heart podcast, Payman Lorenzo has heard extraordinary stories of leadership, adversity, failure, resilience, and reinvention. But one of his most important lessons is surprisingly basic:

    Listen. Really listen.

    Queue up this episode of Small Business Stories for a deeply human conversation about leadership, boundaries, assumptions, patience, setbacks, and why making another person feel seen and heard may be one of the most consequential things a leader can do.

    If people don't trust that you're listening, they stop telling you what you need to hear.

    If we assign motives before understanding someone's circumstances, we may react to an intention that never existed.

    And if leadership is built around our interpretation rather than another person's actual experience, even good intentions can produce the wrong impact.

    Loralyn Mears, PhD, aka "Dr. LL," brings you thoughtful conversations with entrepreneurs and small business leaders navigating visibility, leadership, and growth. Thank you for being here.

    👤 Guest

    Payman Lorenzo
    Host, Leaders With a Heart
    Leadership, podcasting, human connection, and entrepreneurship

    ⚠️ Core Problems Discussed

    • Listening to respond rather than listening to understand

    • Assuming intent from incomplete information

    • Confusing kindness with an obligation to say yes

    • Allowing poor boundaries to create exhaustion and resentment

    • Trying to force someone else's growth before they're ready

    • Interpreting setbacks only through "Why me?" rather than asking what can be learned

    • Losing sight of the human being while pursuing the business outcome

    🥡 Practical Takeaways

    • Genuine listening makes people feel seen and heard.

    • Service becomes more sustainable when helping another person succeed also creates mutual value.

    • Boundaries protect your ability to continue helping others.

    • A "no" delivered with respect can be more constructive than a resentful "yes."

    • Before reacting to someone's behavior, question the meaning you've assigned to it.

    • You can't force someone to change before they're ready.

    • Asking "What is this trying to teach me?" can change how we interpret difficult experiences. Payman describes that shift as life-changing.

    ⏱️ Timestamps

    02:05 Why connection and trust changed Payman's life
    06:04 "I'm a collector of success stories"
    08:17 What genuine leaders do differently
    11:21 Leading with heart doesn't mean always being nice
    13:47 Why Payman stopped giving everything away for free
    14:38 When saying yes to everyone means saying no to yourself
    17:07 The dirty-dishes lesson that taught Payman boundaries
    19:37 Perceived intent versus what someone actually means
    20:10 The question Payman says changed his life
    21:43 Failure, depression, and how podcasting helped him rebuild
    26:02 What happens when good intentions have the wrong impact?
    28:12 A leader with heart is someone who listens

    🔖 Who This Episode Is For

    Founders, managers, entrepreneurs, and leaders trying to navigate difficult relationships without losing empathy, boundaries, or themselves in the process.

    At STEERus, we see Assumption Filling as a recurring source of misinterpretation risk. When information is incomplete, human beings naturally construct meaning from what they can see and then may make decisions based on that interpretation as though it were fact.

    Subscribe and share Small Business Stories for grounded conversations about entrepreneurship, leadership, visibility, trust, and what it really takes to build something meaningful.

    ✅ Subscribe for weekly conversations on entrepreneurship

    🔁 Share this episode with someone who needs to be heard

    Follow STEERus on social media:

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrLLSmallBusiness

    Instagram: https://instagram.com/steerus

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/steerus

    Twitter: https://x.com/steerus_io

    #entrepreneurship #smallbusiness #podcast #leadership
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