Welcome to the Small Business Storytellers, hosted by Marketing and Storytelling expert, Seth Silvers. This show brings you the stories of purpose-driven small businesses and entrepreneurs working hard every day to make the world a better place through business. Each week, we will dive into the practical lessons that can be learned from the success and the failures of small businesses around the country. To stay in touch with the latest episode, follow our host, Seth Silvers on Instagram. We ...
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This is the final episode of The Small Business Storytellers and what a journey it has been. Thank you for joining us over the last 100 episodes. We believe bringing seasons to a close is healthy and so we are bringing this show to a close so we can focus our creative energy on other shows in the business space. To stay in touch with our upcoming s…
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Shana Francesca is the Founder & Lead Designer at CONCINNATE, a design firm that grew from interior and architectural design to life design. Shana believes that everything from the spaces we dwell in, to the clothes we wear, to the music we listen to, are reflections of ourselves, and her company empowers clients to build a vision for themselves an…
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Tim Fitzpatrick is the founder and President of Rialto Marketing, a company that helps B2B professional service firms accelerate revenue growth and attract more ideal clients to their business. Tim started Rialto Marketing ten years ago and has been providing a lasting positive impact on business through his expertise in marketing strategy, plannin…
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Evan Sohn is the CEO of Recruiter.com, a hiring platform for the world’s largest network of recruiters that helps businesses find specialized talent faster with virtual teams of recruiters and AI job-matching technology. Evan has over 25 years of experience in eCommerce at Fortune 500 and start-up environments, and he is here to share some of his s…
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Guillaume Wiatr is a Strategic Narrative Consultant who founded MetaHelm, a company that helps businesses build a strategic narrative that will get their audience to understand their vision, get behind it, and believe in it. He has successfully been building narratives for over 20 years and has trained dozens of business owners to use their narrati…
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Bharat Kanodia is the Founder and Chief Appraiser at Veristrat LLC, a California-based professional services company that provides valuation and advisory services for tangible, intangible, and financial assets. Bhara has valued over 4000 companies and assets including some you may know, like the Golden Gate Bridge, Atlanta Airport, Uber, Airbnb, an…
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Charles Read is the President and CEO of GetPayroll, an all-inclusive payroll service that provides professional payroll services to businesses nationwide. Charles has over 50 years of financial leadership experience that give him a unique authority on all things finances when it comes to running a business, no matter how big or small. In this epis…
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Andrena Sawyer is a Business Development Specialist and the President of P.E.R.K. Consulting, an advisory firm that specializes in business development and capacity-building support for nonprofits and small businesses. Andrena has been working to help the small and mid-sized business grow their companies for over 10 years, and she has some amazing …
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Ted Lau is the founder and CEO of Ballistic Arts, a full-service marketing agency that works with business-to-business companies and smaller firms to provide them with the tools to grow and succeed. With the help of Ted and his team, businesses can benefit from digital marketing plans, website development, video production, brand design, and so muc…
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Kendra Swalls is a proud mompreneur living in Dallas, Texas. She is the founder of Girl Means Business, a marketing and coaching company that gives unique and personal advice to help mothers build and grow their own businesses. She also hosts a podcast with the same name! In this episode of Small Business Storytellers, Seth Silvers and Kendra Swall…
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James Laws is the Co-Founder and CEO of Saturday Drive, a company designed to develop and assist other small businesses. For over twenty years, James has been building and improving products and businesses as well as designing systems and processes for everything from churches, coffee shops, freelance designers, to product businesses. In this episo…
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Diane Pleuss is a consultant for FranChoice, a franchise consulting company that utilizes industry experts to provide the tools and resources needed to help franchise candidates realize their dreams. With her years of experience, Diane has helped business owners place franchises in nearly every state, and she understands the difficult yet rewarding…
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Chandler Walker is a co-owner and head coach at Stone Age Fuel School of Fitness, a company that specializes in providing various fitness, wellness, and athletic programs for its patrons. While many in-person businesses were forced to make the switch to remote platforms during the pandemic, Stone Age Fuel saw the need and make the transition to rem…
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Mike Capuzzi is the founder and owner of Bite Sized Books, a publishing company that specializes in nonfiction short helpful books, or “shooks”, to allow business owners to promote themselves and their business. Mike’s team works with local business owners, corporate executives, service providers, and online entrepreneurs to create book-centric mar…
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Derek Moore is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coffee & TV, a London-based, independent creative content studio that produces world-class visual content all while staying completely carbon neutral. Derek has worked to center his company’s purpose around creativity, efficiency, and sustainability. In this episode of Small Business Storytellers, Seth Silve…
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Kate Bezar is one of the co-founders of The Better Packaging Co., the world’s largest supplier of home compostable packaging for eCommerce that has set a new standard for sustainability in packaging. The Better Packaging Co. has a mission to create innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for businesses all over the world. In this episode of Sma…
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Emily Heck is the founder and owner of Evergreen Strategic Communications, a marketing agency based in Indiana that specializes in nonprofit, education, and purpose-driven small business marketing services. Emily uses her many years of experience to elevate her client’s brands and grow the engagement of their audiences with business strategies that…
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Ryan Kimler is the founder and CEO of Financial Clarity, and his company works with small business owners to provide them with bookkeeping, accounting, and fractional CFO services to really help them keep a hold on their finances. In this episode of Small Business Storytellers, Seth Silvers and Ryan Kimler discuss finances and fractional CFOs in sm…
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Michelle Seiler Tucker is the founder and president of Seiler Tucker, a company that helps business owners to find buyers and successfully sell their businesses. She has compiled over two decades of experience into a new best-selling book called Exit Rich. In this episode of Small Business Storytellers, Seth Silvers and Michelle Seiler Tucker will …
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This week’s guest, Brandon Kleinman, has had a unique journey in business. From working as a Disney Imagineer to founding several different businesses over the years, Brandon has always centered the work he does around community and connections between people. His most recent title is the founder ad CEO of the Birthday App, a mobile application tha…
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Rob Kischuk is the founder and CEO of Bellwood Labs, a product development agency in the Atlanta area, that is focused on partnering with companies to build and scale software products, apps, and platforms for their businesses. Rob is also a fellow podcaster with the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast, a show that features CEOs, founders, business…
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David Wood is the founder of Focus.ceo, a business dedicated to helping other businesses. With over 20 years of coaching experience, David works with other business owners to teach them how to set clear goals, stay focused, make more money, and be extraordinary. In this episode of Small Business Storytellers, Seth Silvers and David Wood discuss an …
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Erik Croswell is the founder and CEO of Bridge City Media, a Portland-based video production company that specializes in corporate video marketing and commercial video production. Their mission is to create honest connections between brands and their communities and to tell the stories of local businesses and changemakers. In this episode of Small …
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Rachel Kois is the founder and CEO of Simple Switch, an online platform dedicated to providing a tool for people to be more conscious when spending their money, and to support businesses that seek to improve livelihoods, protect the earth, and empower people to change the future. Rachel has a passion for using business as a force for good, and chan…
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Connie Matisse is one of the owners of a pottery manufacturing company called East Fork, which has taken a completely different approach from traditional corporate America and the typical way to build a business. In this episode of Small Business Storytellers, Seth Silvers and Connie Matisse discuss the intention behind each facet of a business, sy…
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