The Small Business Safari

Send us Fan Mail Why Homeowners Aren’t Calling: Marketing That Converts with Dennis Oz Your website might be getting clicks—but is it getting you customers? Dennis Oz of RTA Marketing joins Chris and Alan on The Small Business Safari to explain what makes homeowners find, trust, and hire a contractor. A former kitchen and bath designer, Dennis brings firsthand sales experience to the marketing con...

Send us Fan Mail From Italy to Atlanta: Miranda Esposito Builds a Business on Relationships Starting over in a new country takes courage. Building a business there takes relationships. Miranda Esposito of Miranda’s Cabinets joins Chris and Alan to share how she moved from Torino, Italy, to Atlanta and turned her construction experience into a cabinetry business. From navigating language barriers t...

Send us Fan Mail Missing payroll while your P&L says “profit” is a special kind of stress, and it hits food and beverage brands hard. We bring on Scotty Palmer from Palmer Strategic Advisors to get brutally practical about why breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and CPG brands run out of cash even with real revenue, loyal customers, and a product that sells. If you’ve ever thought, “Where di...

Send us Fan Mail If your social media sounds like everyone else’s, your customers are probably scrolling right past it. Summary: Madison from MDZN Studio joins us to cut through the social media noise and explain what actually works for small businesses today. We challenge the idea that social media should instantly “pay back” like an ad and look at why authenticity, community, brand awareness, an...

Send us Fan Mail What if your small business could advertise on TV with the same kind of targeting you use for digital ads? Summary: Colin Williams of Advu Media joins Chris and Alan to pull back the curtain on how TV advertising has changed — and why streaming TV may be more accessible to small businesses than most owners realize. Colin breaks down programmatic connected TV advertising in plain E...

Send us Fan Mail What do protecting a customer's home, building a successful business, and serving your community have in common? It all starts with trust, accountability, and doing the right thing. Adam Cleveland joins Chris and Alan on the Small Business Safari to share his journey from handyman to attorney and candidate for the Georgia State House. From working in home maintenance to navig...

Send us Fan Mail  What if the biggest thing holding back your business isn’t your strategy—it’s your energy? Dr. Pat joins the Small Business Safari to explain why business performance and personal performance can’t be separated. A chiropractor turned executive and business coach, Dr. Pat shares her approach to “performance intelligence” —combining wellness, mindset, and smart business strategy to...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 The Small Business Safari One angry email, one bad review, one nitpicky complaint—and suddenly your whole day is off track. But what happens when you stop making your business your identity? Summary: Guffy Wright of The Mahoney Group joins Chris and Alan to share how he broke through stagnation and helped scale his real estate insurance practice from roughly $80 million to $350...

Send us Fan Mail What do diamonds, apartment buildings, and a bottle of bourbon that literally talks back have in common? Dan Gorman. Dan joins the Safari to share his unconventional entrepreneurial journey—from getting fired while carrying debt, to building a diamond brokerage, moving into commercial real estate, and eventually helping create General Thomas Bourbon. Along the way, he proves that...

Send us Fan Mail Your customers are already searching for you—but when they land on your website, can they actually figure out what to do next? Tom Malesic of EZMarketing joins Chris and Alan to break down the simple marketing mistakes that cost small businesses leads and sales. From hiding your phone number to cluttering your website with too many calls to action, Tom explains why getting the bas...

Send us Fan Mail What does a bad call behind home plate, a falling stock market, and a tough day in business have in common? You have to reset, trust your process, and be ready for the next pitch. Summary: Jack Oujo went from calling balls and strikes as a minor league baseball umpire to becoming a CPA, CFP, and founder of a wealth management firm that grew largely through referrals to roughly $90...

Send us Fan Mail Can your biggest business breakthrough come from understanding yourself better? Astrologer Aleksandra Ceho joins us to explore how astrology can become an unexpected tool for leadership, decision-making, and business growth—even if you're skeptical. Summary Most entrepreneurs spend countless hours trying to improve their business, but what if the biggest opportunity is unders...

Send us Fan Mail Most homeowners don't avoid renovations because they're lazy—they avoid them because they don't know where to start. Richard Taylor built SketchHaus to change that. Summary: We sit down with licensed architect Richard Taylor, founder of SketchHaus Architects, to explore how he reimagined the traditional architecture business for today's homeowners. Richard shar...

Send us Fan Mail What if one awful portable restroom experience turned into a business that completely changed the industry? That's exactly what happened to David Sauers, founder of Royal Restrooms. Summary: David Sauers, founder of Royal Restrooms, shares how a miserable experience at an outdoor festival inspired him to reinvent portable restrooms with luxury restroom trailers that deliver a...

Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest threat to your business isn't the competition—it's the exhausted person staring back at you in the mirror? Entrepreneur burnout doesn't happen overnight. It creeps in through brain fog, poor decisions, sleepless nights, and the constant feeling that you're always "on." In this episode, Chris sits down with David Forster , founder o...

Send us Fan Mail What if the business you built for freedom became the very thing stealing it? Joe Rando explains why so many solopreneurs unintentionally recreate the stress of a traditional job—and how to build a business that actually supports the life you want. Summary: Joe Rando, founder of LifeStarr, joins Chris and Alan to challenge one of entrepreneurship's biggest assumptions: that e...

Send us Fan Mail Your team probably doesn't have an execution problem—it has a clarity problem. Leadership consultant Dusty Holcomb explains why alignment beats effort every time. Summary: You can feel it when a team is drifting. The numbers point to execution, but the real issue is often something leaders overlook: clarity and alignment. In this episode, Chris Lalomia and Alan Wyatt sit down...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone thinks starting a cleaning business is "just hard work"—until you're juggling hiring, scheduling, customer expectations, supplies, cash flow, and quality control all at the same time. On this episode of The Small Business Safari , Chris Lalomia and co-host Alan Wyatt sit down with Vanessa Higgins , founder of Clean Tu Casa , to uncover what it really takes...

Send us Fan Mail  What do you do when your biggest mistake costs you 14 years in federal prison? Fleet Maull turned that experience into the foundation for building a successful business, a life of purpose, and a mindset every entrepreneur can learn from. SUMMARY: In this powerful episode of The Small Business Safari , Chris and Alan sit down with Fleet Maull, entrepreneur, author, mindfulness tea...

Send us Fan Mail What if the problem isn’t the candidates—it’s the system that keeps producing them? Summary: Tom Joseph, entrepreneur, engineer, and founder of Bookminders, joins Small Business Safari to discuss a bold idea for election reform: America’s Main Street Party . Rather than trying to change the existing political parties, Tom proposes a parallel, app-based nominating system designed t...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when your packed calendar disappears overnight—and you're forced to figure out who you are without the chaos? SUMMARY: James Lang joins The Small Business Safari to share a candid story of hypergrowth, an unexpected business exit, and the personal reset that followed. After building in the fast-paced med-tech world, a shareholder power play forced James off the r...

Send us Fan Mail Most small business owners say they want to scale—but what they really want is relief. Less chaos, more profit, and a business that doesn't depend on them every minute of every day. Summary Marcia Riner, business growth strategist, profitability expert, and host of Profit With A Plan , joins Chris and Alan to break down what it really takes to grow a business without burning...

Send us Fan Mail You can spot a contractor who’s about to lose money before they ever swing a hammer. It starts with the tiny details — the wrong door size, a missed window spec, or a supplier who never asks, “Are you sure about that?” What separates great contractors from the ones constantly losing money on jobs? Often, it comes down to the details — and the partnerships behind them. Steve Lange...

Send us Fan Mail As AI reshapes white-collar jobs, more professionals are turning to recession-resistant franchise businesses that solve real-world problems and can’t be automated away Jon Ostenson of FranBridge Consulting joins The Small Business Safari to break down why some of the best business opportunities today are hiding in “non-sexy” franchises. From home services and senior care to pet se...

Send us Fan Mail  What does it really take to build a business that lasts 20 years—and not hate it by the end? Summary: Lisa Tilt, founder of Full Tilt Consulting, joins us to break down what it actually takes to build a long-term business without burning out your people or yourself. From her early days in grassroots marketing and big-brand PR to launching her own firm after a toxic work environme...