Hiring your first employee
Nina Brooks on the job post, the interview and the first ninety days with her first hire at…
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Pricing without panic
How a two-person design studio raised prices by 40% and kept every client that mattered.
Read moreClosing on Mondays made us more money
A bakery owner on the day she stopped opening seven days a week — and what happened to…
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When slow growth isn’t the answer
Chris Walker on the year his studio had to grow fast — and how they slowed down again…
Read moreWelcome to The Slow Business Podcast
What this show is about, who it’s for, and why we think growing slowly is a competitive advantage.
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Season two: growing without hiring
Lauren Ellis runs a one-person bookkeeping firm with 60 clients. The tools and limits that keep it small…
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Taking a real vacation as a founder
Tom Becker closed his bike shop for two weeks in August. The checklist he used — steal it.
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The newsletter that replaced our ads
Priya Shah stopped paying for ads and started writing to her customers every Thursday. Open rates and the…
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A tea company with no investors
Rosa Delgado grew Tidepool Tea to four people and $1.2 million a year without raising a dollar.
Read moreSaying no to a big client
Erin Walsh turned down the biggest contract her studio was ever offered — and kept her weekends.
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