Listen to “#785 Solopreneurs, You Aren’t Alone!” on Spreaker.
On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Josh Greene, starting at 0:00: It’s lonely at the top, especially for solopreneurs. Where and to whom does a business owner turn?
Josh Greene is the co-founder and CEO of Groove where he builds on his passion for community, helping solopreneurs find the support and human connection they need to accomplish great things. Prior to co-founding Groove, Josh served as part of the leadership team at WeWork and held various roles as a strategy and innovation consultant.
- Benefits and challenges for solopreneurs
- How solopreneurs can accomplish the work they actually need to get done
- What sets Groove apart from other “productivity” or “accountability” apps for solopreneurs
- What it looks like for solopreneurs to Groove
- Groove’s approachable membership model for solopreneuers
- Making connections and combatting loneliness as a solopreneur
SEGMENT 2 with Benjamin Friedman, starting at 15:00: Mitigating risk can increase a founder’s odds of success immensely. How can a small business grow in uncertain times?
Benjamin Friedman led finance and business operations for over 20 years and has been involved in five successful M&A transactions in the last decade. He also directed sales, marketing, people operations, client success, legal, technology, product, and payment processing. His book, Scale: Reach Your Peak, is a 500-page modular handbook with over 130 independent articles covering best practices for leadership, growth, sales, marketing, operations, finance, and teams to help scale holistically. Founders learn strategy and solutions to reach their dreams in just five minutes. Benjamin is also an investor and advisor through Almaworks Startup Lab (Columbia University), The Tamer Center (Columbia Business School), and TechLaunch (NJ).
- Uncertainty is everywhere. What can small business owners do to plan for uncertainty?
- Controlling your vision, mission, and values
- When is it time to switch to Plan B or Plan C?
- How can small business owners know if their plans make sense?
- How business owners can be more resilient and adaptable as they scale
