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May 1, 2024

Introducing Beyond Margins

Break the Ceiling is now Beyond Margins. I’m excited to bring back the show and introduce you to people thinking about operations, finance, and business-building with calm as their top KPI. Do you know someone who could use …
Aug. 3, 2021

Taking a Break

I wanted to let you know that we're going on hiatus, so we won't be releasing any new episodes for a while. I want to take some time to think about how I want the show to evolve, and I'd like to reimagine it a bit. So I'm ta…
June 15, 2021

Building Healthy Habits That Facilitate Consistency with Sarah Von Bargen

If consistency is the goal, building habits is how you accomplish it. Sarah Von Bargen uses habits to make sure they're sticking to that purpose. Habits have been a critical component in her own business success and in the s…
March 23, 2021

What Does Maintenance Mode Look Like? featuring Ryan Lazanis, Anna Wolf, and Tamara Kemper

For this episode, I wanted to figure out what maintenance mode means to different people and what it looks like in different kinds of businesses. I started asking podcast guests and people around me what maintenance mode mea…
March 16, 2021

The Best of Break the Ceiling – Michelle Warner

For the past couple of weeks, I've been re-releasing episodes that are the best cuts from three of my very favorite Break The Ceiling Episodes. This week—and our last Best of Break The Ceiling—I'm revisiting my interview…
March 9, 2021

The Best of Break the Ceiling – Charlie Gilkey

For the next three weeks, I'm going to re-release episodes that are the best cuts from three of my very favorite Break The Ceiling Episodes. This week, I'm revisiting my interview with Charlie Gilkey where we talked about …
March 2, 2021

The Best of Break the Ceiling – Justin Jackson

For the next three weeks, I'm going to re-release episodes that are the best cuts from three of my very favorite Break The Ceiling Episodes. This week, I'm revisiting my interview with Justin Jackson, co-founder of transisto…
Aug. 4, 2020

How Your Default Decisions Impact your Business' Ecosystem with Ashley Gartland

Your business is an ecosystem. Every part of your business is interconnected with other areas of your business. The decisions you make about the kind of business model you have affects how you market your business. I’m excit…
June 9, 2020

Procrastination and Why The Bootstrapper Mindset Keeps You Stuck & Frustrated with Charlie Gilkey

Charlie and I tackle not just getting out of your own way but ALSO how to get out of your team's way and how the stage your business is in affects the roadblocks you'll run up against. Key Takeaways: - Founder mojo an…
May 12, 2020

How To Prioritize When EVERYTHING Is Important with Tonya Dalton

Today, we're talking with Tonya Dalton about the key to tackling this overwhelming and never-ending to-do list so you can get crystal clear on your priorities. Tonya's North Star method lets you figure out what DOES matte…
April 28, 2020

When Your Business Needs A Project Manager With Yellow House Media Founder Sean McMullin

Having project managers as a specific position on your team is a choice that can drive what your business looks like. It's a choice that can ultimately determine what your position as a founder looks like. Are you a manager …
March 3, 2020

Use This One Weird Metric To Measure Your Service Business With Rob Howard

Rob Howard has one simple metric for measuring the financial health of his business: profit per hour per client. Tracking that metric has changed how I evaluated and measured my own business and has become something I in…