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  • Teaching Money to Generations with Mike Michalowicz

    Teaching Money to Generations with Mike Michalowicz
    2026/09/02
    By 35, Mike Michalowicz had built and sold two multimillion-dollar companies. He became an angel investor with his winnings—and lost everything. Out of that collapse came Profit First, one of the most widely used small business money systems in the world, followed by a string of bestsellers (The Pumpkin Plan, Clockwork, Fix This Next, Get Different). His newest book, The Money Habit, takes that same thinking and points it at personal finances instead of business ones. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder talk with Mike about "entrepreneurial poverty," the behavioral trick that fixed his own money habits, why every business has one weak link worth finding, and the mindset shift behind teaching what you most need to learn. In this episode (00:00) Show Intro & Meet Your Hosts (Group Chat Catch Up) (03:00) Guest Intro: Mike Michalowicz (12:00) Broke as a Joke: The Origin of Profit First (24:00) Founder to Founder: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Money (26:00) Entrepreneurial Poverty & The Money Mirror (33:00) Weekly Mantra Show Notes: Mike Michalowicz Follow Mike Michalowicz on Instagram Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram ⁠⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠ Don't miss an episode! Subscribe NOW @Your Best Friends in Business
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    39 分
  • Building It, Growing It, and Letting It Go with Jen Jasinski

    Building It, Growing It, and Letting It Go with Jen Jasinski
    2026/08/20
    Jen Jasinski trained under Wolfgang Puck, opened Rioja in Denver's Larimer Square in 2004, and spent the next 20 years building a five-concept restaurant group with business partner Beth Gruitch. This led to them earning a James Beard Award and a Top Chef Masters title along the way. Then, right as Rioja established itself as a staple the same year it turned 20, she and Beth did something founders rarely do: they stepped back. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder sit down with Jen to talk about building a 26-year business partnership, the real economics of running a restaurant right now, and why she never wanted a luxurious expansion plan when having to walk away from two of her own restaurants. In this episode (00:00) — Show intro & hosts introduce the podcast (01:00) — Group chat catch-up: a year of construction at their coffee-shop-turned-restaurant (03:30) — Guest intro: Jen's path from the CIA to Wolfgang Puck to Rioja (08:00) — From Wolfgang Puck to Founding Rioja (13:30) — Meeting husband Max, and why they've never opened a restaurant together (20:30) — Founder to founder: what she'd do the same, what she'd do differently (26:00) — Founder therapy: the pandemic, laying off 500 employees, and deciding to scale back (31:00) — Mantra of the week: "I can't pay you to give a shit" Show Notes: Jen Jasinski Follow Jen Jasinski on Instagram Follow Rioja on Instagram Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram ⁠⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠ Don't miss an episode! Subscribe NOW @Your Best Friends in Business
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    35 分
  • The Accidental Celebrity Who Reinvented Real Estate with Marguerite Martin

    The Accidental Celebrity Who Reinvented Real Estate with Marguerite Martin
    2026/08/19
    Marguerite Martin has sold homes in Tacoma since 2005, but in 2015 she started a side project (a blog and podcast called Move to Tacoma) just to give people an honest, neighborhood-level look at a city most outsiders didn't know much about. That side project turned her into a local celebrity (and, at times, the accidental face of Tacoma's gentrification debate), and it changed how she thought about her own job. Instead of trying to do every deal herself, she became a matchmaker — connecting buyers and sellers with the right agent for their goals. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder talk with Marguerite about identifying (and saying no to) your ideal client, why AI search is the new SEO, and the mindset shift behind building a business that supports your life instead of running it. In this episode (00:00) A Podcast Without TED Talk (00:50) Group Chat Catch Up (03:16) Meet Marguerite Martin (04:54) Referral Only Real Estate (18:03) Adorable Clients And Business Changing Niches (20:30) Sponsor Break - Westway Lending (29:00) Weekly Mantra Show Notes: Marguerite Martin Follow Marguerite Martin on Instagram Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram ⁠⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠ Don't miss an episode! Subscribe NOW @Your Best Friends in Business
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    33 分
  • Everybody Deserves Something Beautiful with Sarah Ortega

    Everybody Deserves Something Beautiful with Sarah Ortega
    2026/08/05
    Sarah Ortega grew up behind the counter at her mother's Albuquerque jewelry boutique, watching her mom sell out of a literal shoebox at swim meets. She opened her own small shop on Tennyson Street in Denver in 2006 with $800 and no inventory budget, and has since built Sarah O. Jewelry into two showrooms, a global online community, and a brand built on the idea that everyone deserves to feel seen. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder sit down with Sarah to talk about the hard decision to close her first store to focus on what she really loved, watching Tennyson Street change around her, and the moment one of her pieces landed on the red carpet at the Oscars. In this episode (00:00) Show Intro (00:52) Coffee Shop to Restaurant Chaos (02:59) Meet Jen Jasinski and Rioja Origins (12:13) Partnership Lanes and Smart Growth (19:05) Euclid Hall Memories (20:42) Founder Lessons and Denver Economics (27:09) Scaling Back and Staying Curious (32:32) Mantra of the week Show Notes: Follow Sarah O. Jewelry on Instagram Sarah O. Jewelry Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram ⁠⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠
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    45 分
  • 3,000 Women and The One Question That Started It All with Mercy Tucker

    3,000 Women and The One Question That Started It All with Mercy Tucker
    2026/07/29
    Mercy Tucker co-founded Project I See You in 2009 with a counselor's instinct and a farmer's work ethic. Seventeen years later, the organization has supported thousands of women in the Dominican Republic and Denver, launching the Shared Power Initiative to help women become first-time homeowners and business owners. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder sit down with Mercy, the only nonprofit founder featured in Season One, to talk about what happens when you stop asking "how can I help" and start asking "what do you need," how the organization's grants work with almost no red tape, and why she believes real change means sharing power, not just handing out checks. In this episode (00:00) Show intro & hosts introduce the podcast (01:00) Group chat catch-up: a Vegas realtor conference and a color-drenched restaurant reveal (03:00) Mercy Tucker intro: growing up on a farm in Eden, Idaho (05:00) Studying psychology at Pepperdine, backpacking through India, and meeting Mother Teresa (06:00) Getting a master's in counseling in Colorado, and how that set up everything that came next (07:00) Moving to the Dominican Republic for four years with her husband and two kids (08:00) How listening to local women shaped Project I See You's approach to economic development (10:00) The kinds of businesses women are building in La Victoria, from furniture-making to catering (12:00) Meeting the West & Main team, and how the Shared Power Initiative partnership came together (14:00) How the grant process actually works, from application to closing (16:00) Why there's no bureaucracy or red tape, and how that builds trust (19:00) The history behind why women couldn't own property without a man's signature until 1974 (21:00) Founder to founder: how to support a cause without turning it into a marketing moment (23:00) Her family: four kids, one adopted from the Dominican Republic, and watching generational change in real time (27:00) Looking five years ahead: expanding Shared Power to other cities (32:00) The basic requirements to apply for a Shared Power grant (36:00) What it feels like to hand someone the keys to a home they didn't think was possible (39:00) How to support Project I See You: captains, giving, expertise, and the annual Boots & Bling event (41:00) Mantra of the week: "It's all within you" Show Notes: ⁠Project I See You Follow Project I See You on Instagram Don't miss an episode! Subscribe or Follow @ Your Best Friends in Business: Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow Your Best Friends In Business on Instagram Follow Stacie and Madie on Instagram ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠
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    45 分
  • Say Yes First Then Figure Out the Rest with Rachael King

    Say Yes First Then Figure Out the Rest with Rachael King
    2026/07/22
    Rachael King was a podcast obsessive before most brands even knew what a podcast was. In 2017, she shut down her PR firm, bet on a hunch, and launched Pod People, a content studio that now produces award-winning shows for Netflix, Vogue, Marvel, CNN, and more. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder sit down with Rachael to talk about building a company solo before finding the right co-founder, why she still won't touch the bookkeeping, and what it really takes to convince the world's biggest brands that podcasting is the best format to share their story and reach their audience. They also dig into how AI is reshaping podcast discovery, and where Rachael draws the line on which clients she'll take. In this episode (00:00) Show intro & hosts introduce the podcast (01:00) Group chat catch-up: expanding a coffee shop into a full restaurant and bar (03:00) Rachael King intro: a podcast fan before brands had figured out podcasting (04:00) Rachael's first two companies: an early-stage tech PR firm and a fiction rom-com podcast LLC (06:00) Growing up in central Massachusetts, and the "bossy little girl" energy that never left (08:00) Her grandfather's dairy farm, and where her work ethic really comes from (11:00) Working at TGI Fridays through high school, and why she doesn't require a college degree to work at Pod People (14:00) Why 2017 felt like the moment to bet on podcasts as a business (16:00) Searching for a co-founder, and how she found Anne through a stand-up comedy class (19:00) How she and Anne split the business: both in sales, different strengths elsewhere (22:00) Landing the first three clients: Samsung, Twitter, and Medium (26:00) Is branded podcasting really about reaching an audience, or an expensive way to feel heard? (31:00) Why word of mouth is still the number one way people find a podcast (38:00) Deciding which AI clients to take on, and where Pod People draws the ethical line (44:00) Imposter syndrome, funding payroll out of her own pocket, and starting with just a Squarespace site (47:00) Mantra of the week: "It gets messy in the middle" Show Notes: Follow ⁠Pod People on Instagram ⁠Pod People⁠⁠ Don't miss an episode! Subscribe NOW @Your Best Friends in Business Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠
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    42 分
  • From Bark to Business with Meg Meyer

    From Bark to Business with Meg Meyer
    2026/07/15
    What happens when you say yes to a Publix deal and have absolutely no idea how to fulfill it? Meg Meyer, founder of The Bear & the Rat, built a dog ice cream brand the hard way: dog parks, Shark Tank, and a whole lot of frozen logistics nightmares. Now, she's been in it for 17 years with her husband, and she's not here to make it look easy. This is what building for the long game actually looks like. She’ll discuss the bets that paid off, the ones that didn't, and the moments you just have to laugh at later. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder sit down with real founders making real decisions, and Meg is one of the best (and first one!) yet. In this episode: (00:00) — Show intro & hosts introduce the podcast (01:00) — Group chat catch-up: opening a bar & bistro, IKEA dinnerware wins (04:00) — Meg Meyer intro: how she and Madie met at ad agency Sukel (05:00) — The origin story: a non-creative label, a NYC conference, and the invention of Square (07:00) — Where the dog ice cream idea came from (spoiler: Matt, age 8, and a sick mini poodle) (08:00) — The Bear & the Rat name, and how two dogs brought Meg and Matt together (09:00) — Shark Tank: early season, the Scrub Daddy moment, what the show really did for the brand (13:00) — The freezer space problem, distribution challenges, and finding a manufacture (17:00) — The Publix story: saying yes before they could deliver (22:00) — Regrets, channel conflict, and the pressure to please everyone (25:00) — Expanding into shelf-stable meal kits and the power of subscription (33:00) — Marketing dog probiotics: science vs. fun, and knowing your customer (36:00) — Working with your spouse: different styles, same desk, and a soundproofed closet (38:00) — Exit plans, investor relationships, and raising entrepreneurial kids (44:00) — Mantra of the week: "It sucks to suck" Show Notes: Follow The Bear & the Rat on Instagram Don't miss an episode! Subscribe or Follow @ Your Best Friends in Business: Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram ⁠⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠
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    45 分
  • Earning Authority in the Age of AI with Molly McKinley

    Earning Authority in the Age of AI with Molly McKinley
    2026/07/15
    Molly McKinley has launched craft kits, pitched Oprah, built a marketing consultancy, and made just about every partnership mistake there is to make along the way. Now she's using AI as her editor, teaching the next generation of women entrepreneurs at Meredith College, and reviving a decades-old dream of a tea house she once put on ice. Stacie Staub and Madie Linder sit down with Molly to talk about the messy realities of business partnerships, how to build real authority instead of gaming the algorithm, and why "done is better than perfect" still applies even when AI can do the work for you. In this episode (00:00) — Show intro & hosts introduce the podcast (00:01) — Group chat catch-up: delegating as an entrepreneur, and why none of them have ever had an assistant (00:03) — Molly McKinley intro: from lemonade stands to a marketing consultancy (00:04) — Early ventures: Crafty Girls Keepsake Kits and an appearance on Oprah's Next Million Dollar Idea (00:20) — The ethical tension: watching AI replace roles she once paid people to do (00:23) — Using AI as an editor while writing her book, "Trust and Authority" (00:30) — Becoming founding director of the Entrepreneurship and Impact Center at Meredith College (00:39) — Mantra of the week: "So hum," and "everything great starts as somebody's daydream" Show Notes: Molly McKinley Meredith College Entrepreneurship and Impact Center Don't miss an episode! Subscribe NOW @Your Best Friends in Business Your Best Friends in Business is produced by West + Main Homes in partnership with Pod People Stay Connected: Follow ⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠ on Instagram Follow ⁠Stacie and Madie⁠ on Instagram ⁠⁠Your Best Friends In Business⁠⁠⁠
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    42 分