The Entrepreneur’s Kitchen

Send us Fan Mail Being visible without a strategy is where most early founders go wrong. I did it too. You post. You check for likes and comments. You post again next week. This isn't what you signed up for as an entrepreneur. In this solo-episode, I share one cycle to build into your week, so every post teaches you how to make the next one better. What’s covered: The three steps most founder...

Send us Fan Mail On paper he was a good husband and a good dad. That’s what made it so hard to see drift in his personal life.  Lars Hedenborg built businesses that could run without him, and still couldn’t put them down until he heard God tell him to... What’s covered: What walking away from a 7 figure business cost him and what he gained What drift looks like in a marriage, and the daily habits...

Send us Fan Mail Your marketing is working harder than ever and getting less back. It isn’t you. The rules changed while you had your head in the trenches. What's covered: Seven shifts in how people are buying right now, One exercise that gets your business to its current potential without adding a single new thing. Mentioned in this episode: The Chicken-Egg Dilemma: You Already Have More Tha...

Send us Fan Mail When a national story breaks, reporters have about three hours to find an expert. If they don’t already know your name, it won’t be you. Austin Holmes is president of Publicity For Good, the PR agency his wife Heather founded. His team has landed more than 40,000 media opportunities for clients. Small business PR for founders: earned media, AI search, and the relationships that ge...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Roach is a former Fortune 500 executive, eight-figure entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Kelly Roach International. She built her first business in one hour a day while still in her executive job. In this episode, she's candid about the trust recession, why selling high ticket straight to the market no longer scales, and why she stopped keeping her faith separate from...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Vander Well has spent 30 years running his business on biblical principles. At 14, Tom Vander Well prayed, "Wherever you want me to go, I'll go." He was preaching every Sunday. Sure he'd be a pastor. God sent him into a closet full of phone jacks with a cassette recorder instead...and over 100,000 business calls later, Tom says it's the pulpit he never...

Send us Fan Mail You're not failing. You're running an employee operating system in a Founder's arena.  Every expert who leaves a senior career carries the same instinct out the door. Do excellent work, and the work will speak for itself.  Inside a company, it did.  In the market, nobody knows you exist.  And nobody cares until you give them a reason to. What's covered: The cur...

Send us Fan Mail Most founders never build a company that their employees' grandchildren will work for. Robert L. Wallace did. Then he did it again. His second company builds solar plants across the US, Africa and the Caribbean. Before either worked, five or six of his businesses failed. What's covered: What he would build first, starting again with nothing The four billion person market...

Send us Fan Mail What if the next wave of business growth isn't coming from Google rankings, social media algorithms, or paid ads, but from AI recommendations? You may be the best person at what you do, and still be invisible when your ideal clients ask AI who they should hire. As more people turn to AI for recommendations, a new question is emerging: What determines who gets recommended and...

Send us Fan Mail If you're one of many founders that are starting to slightly resent the business they built, this conversation is for you.  Ambition and perseverance got you to success, but the future of your business is going to require a founder that isn't too busy in the weeds to see where the puck is going next.   Your business will hit a ceiling of growth if everything still runs t...

Send us Fan Mail Most founders think scaling is about chasing the next revenue number. This conversation shows why cash flow, team, and mindset matter more than the milestone itself. This episode with Tracy Holland breaks down what actually changes as you scale from $1M to $10M to $100M+  and what has to be in place if you want growth without burnout. Tracy co-founded Hatch Beauty and helped scale...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you are trying to grow, improve profitability, buy a small business, or decide whether to keep pushing or walk away, this conversation will challenge the way you think about scale, systems, and financial discipline. 📌What’s covered: The 2 questions to ask before scaling Why r evenue growth alone is not enough What causes businesses to break How to think about turnarounds...

Send us Fan Mail Most leadership advice sounds polished until life gets complicated. This conversation explores what it really takes to lead a team, make hard calls, protect trust, and stay grounded when both business and life are pulling on you. 📌What’s covered:  The hidden cost of leadership after high-pressure moments What crisis teaches about character and decision-making How servant leadersh...

Send us Fan Mail Most founders don’t fail because they lack talent...they fail because they built the wrong thing.   In this episode, Bradley Hawkins gives you a reality check for spotting “smart ideas” vs real problems people will pay to solve. 📌 More on what's covered in this episode:  The difference between clever ideas and real customer problems  How to identify underserved markets with...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re exhausted, doing “all the things,” and the money still isn’t moving…the great news is you don’t need more discipline. The insightful news: you need a better design. 📌What’s covered in this founder mindset reset episode: The hidden emotional cost of working hard while results stay quiet Why entrepreneurship breaks the “ clock in = get paid ” belief system The difference...

Send us Fan Mail If your business results are inconsistent, this episode hits on the real issues of entrepreneurship: execution,  micro-corrections,  and the decision rules that keep you from blowing up your business. Our special guest is Bob Campana, a California-based serial entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience building successful ventures across hospitality, travel, real estate, and av...

Send us Fan Mail Want better sleep tonight? Start by understanding what’s actually happening when you “can’t switch off.”   From caffeine timing to conditioned arousal, you’ll hear the founder patterns that quietly sabotage deep rest, and the frameworks that bring your nights back under control. Dr. Benjamin Long is a sleep doctor by day & seminary student by night with an interest in the inte...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re waiting until you “know everything” before you start, you’re already stuck. This episode takes you on an epic founder journey: What to build first and what to learn later. 📌What’s Covered: Why “get feedback early” can actually kill great ideas  The scrappy prototype path that turns a concept into something buyers understand. The part nobody glamorizes: what happens when...

Send us Fan Mail Most founders compete by doing what already exists...just “better.” But what if the real opportunity is building what’s missing ?  This conversation will stretch how you see market gaps, risk, and the kind of business worth betting your time on.  Rebecca Matchett is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record in building brands that scale, resonate, and disrupt.   From creati...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever watched someone less skilled get chosen over you, this episode will change how you play the game.  We’re unpacking why “great work” doesn’t automatically create opportunity, and what actually does. 📌 What’s Covered: Why being “excellent at the work” can secretly keep you stuck (and what visibility signals actually move decisions). The “Quarterly Five” concept: the...

Send us Fan Mail Money is not a mystery ; it’s a skill.   Dr Nicholas E. Michels opens up his playbook for everyday founders who want to be rich in money, relationships, and purpose. 📌 What’s Covered In This Episode: How to move from constant money anxiety to calm, intentional decisions as a founder How to talk about money with your spouse without every conversation turning into tension or avoida...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re stuck doing everything yourself, burning out, and quietly wondering, “What’s wrong with me?”    This conversation with transformational coach Peter Kolat (“Polish Peter”) will show you how to shift from a “me business” to a “we business,” design a life-first calendar, and start leading from your authentic self again. 📌 What’s covered: The hidden cost of the “I have to d...

Send us Fan Mail Thinking about buying a franchise, franchising your own business, or just staying solo?   In this episode, Max Emma breaks down the real decisions behind each path through the lens of an immigrant founder who lost everything in 2008 and rebuilt a global franchise from scratch. 📌 What’s covered: How to decide if you should buy a franchise, franchise your business, or keep building...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re posting, branding, and “working on your website” but not actually closing clients, this episode is your wake-up call .  Sales strategis t Katie Nelson (The Sales Catalyst and CEO of Sales Uprising) breaks down why so many first-time founders drown in marketing while starving their business of cash.  If you’ve ever avoided sales because you’re introverted, uncertain, or a...

Send us Fan Mail Most founders think they need more clients or more cash flow. What they actually need is a new relationship with money. What happens when your dream dies, and God uses it to rebuild your relationship with money?  In this powerful conversation, former pro athlete turned wealth advisor Matt Morizio joins Priscilla Shumba to share how losing everything led him to discover the truth a...