Small Business Miracles Podcast

Ellie Boyle and John Meyer literally grew up at Meyer Music , becoming the 3rd generation of family owners. From the early days of tagging trombones and answering phones to joining the family management team, Ellie and John share their stories, lessons learned, and give their perspective on what works when working with family.

Eileen Weir is the Development Executive with Centric (you may have seen a crane or two assembling a building near you). And she’s no stranger to building throughout her career — from her time in public relations with the Kansas City Chiefs to helping Independence, Missouri adopt a new strategic plan, vision, and build the Independence Uptown Market, she’s helped build quite a few amazing things.

Led by CEO and founder Marielena Marroquin, Cultura Consultants KC is deeply connected to community-rooted work. Not only that — Marielena is also a TEDx speaker, she’s most likely to be your biggest hype girl, and is the founder of the KC Latina Book Club, where she creates spaces for resistance and radical joy. On this week’s episode, you’ll feel the energy of the important work she’s doing to b...

Carefully curated and crafted by Café Corazón , culture is never left to chance. It drives everything from hiring to creating the ideal environment for coffee. It’s easy to see why Café Corazón won the 2026 Mr. K Small Business of the Year award from the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. We had an opportunity to sit down with CEO Dulcinea Herrera to talk culture, coffee, and what continues...

Julie Cortés is widely recognized as a rockstar. So much so, that she adopted it as part of her brand and figured out how to live up to that label! She’s a business coach for creative freelancers, a speaker, copywriter, and founder of the Freelance Exchange of Kansas City . We catch up with Julie to hear about her business and her advice for entrepreneurs, freelancers and solopreneurs.

Reda Ibrahim wants to make sure you feel accepted as part of the community — and he has built an amazing community. In this interview, we have the most amazing conversation with Reda, the Founder and CEO of RK Contractors . They’re a Top 10 Small Business this year, set up as an ESE: An Employment Social Enterprise, where they give that first employment opportunity to refugees and immigrants seeki...

That’s how SLATTERY Design partners Amy and Sean Slattery see inequality in the world of architecture. They join the Small Business Miracles Podcast this week to celebrate being named one of Kansas City’s Top 10 Small Businesses, and also talk about other terms that are core to who they are: stewardship and collaboration. Later, they turn the tables and ask about the future of social media. Listen...

Come by any Meyer Music location and you are bound to meet a member of the Meyer family. The Meyer Music name is synonymous with childhood music education, and band & orchestra instruments in Kansas City for more than 60 years. Listen in as we talk to Mike Meyer, one of the family co-owners of Meyer Music, and Chairman and Founder of Band of Angels. Band of Angels is a 501c3 Charity that colle...

We’ve been doing the Small Business Miracles Podcast for 100 episodes! And yes, it’s about time we had EAG President & CEO Michele Markham on the show. That’s the thing about EAG. It’s not about a single person, and it’s never about ego. It’s about the hustle for entrepreneurs every day. On this episode, we sit down with the leader behind the culture that makes us all this way: Michele Markham...

Leading Edge Safety is a U.S.-based manufacturer and innovator of rooftop fall protection systems. They protect lives with OSHA-compliant safety solutions for commercial and industrial roofing, including the industry standard in mobile fall carts. Listen in as Steve Hammond, Chief Operating Officer at Leading Edge Safety talks with the Small Business Miracles Podcast about management style, moving...

In this episode, we dive into the world of threat assessment, training, and indicators of violence with Bret Brooks, Chief Operating Officer of Gray Ram Tactical. Bret’s career in both law enforcement and the Army National Guard makes him the right person to guide us through everything from helping small businesses prepare for the FIFA World Cup and helping your employees stay safe by understandin...

Entrepreneurs have grit and tenacity. You know, the kind of determination you’d need to have to start a moving company with a Honda Civic. Listen in to a great origin story about Pantheon Moving , followed by service expansion to better address customer needs, and the emotional intelligence to know that everyone is stressed on moving day!

This week, we caught up with Deena Gage, State Director for the Kansas CASA Association ! We’ll find out about the work CASA is doing in the state, and talk about the moments in the lives of volunteers that make this important work so rewarding.

Today, we’re going on camera! Or, on a microphone. Or both! Today the call is coming from inside the house - EAG Chief Public Relations Officer Ryan Gerding is with us to talk about the importance of media training . If you’re important enough to be interviewed, you’re important enough for media training. Whether it’s a Good story — and especially if it isn’t — being prepared can make all the diff...

On this episode we’re talking to Brad Slaughter, Co-Owner of Bark Productions and 19 Below , about video production past, present, and future. Building and maintaining a creative and collaborative culture are essential in video production, and they’ve covered it end to end. From a McDonald’s ad to Instagram, Brad and his team bring the creative storytelling to life.

On this week’s episode, we’re featuring Paul Whitten, Founder of Nashville Adventures . His path took him from Army service to the Peace Corps to being a UK Parliamentary Fellow — and then to his entrepreneurial journey with Nashville Adventures. We’re talking about service marketing, community partnerships, working with your competitors… and somehow at the same time we’re talking about ghosts, ho...

When you build a business with the mindset to solve problems for customers and franchisees, you’re headed down the right path. We sit down with Alisa Sparks, Founder & CEO of Linden Creek to learn about her journey to transform a startup, solo business to a scalable, service-driven brand.

Quality pet supplements require quality controls from start to finish. We think science rules, and Alan Mattox agrees. Alan is the Director of Quality Assurance at Bimini Pet Health , where they contract manufacture pet supplements with human-grade ingredients. Alan walks us through what that looks like at Bimini, start to finish.

EAG recently acquired Ink Inc Public Relations, giving us even more power in our public relations offering. We’re skating to where the puck is going to be in AI-powered search engine optimization (yes, those two things are related) — and making sure small business brands get the media attention they deserve. Listen in on a conversation with EAG’s first Chief Public Relations Officer, Ryan Gerding!

When you’re ready to let your expertise shine, one great strategy is to appear on other people’s podcasts. In what may be the most meta (lowercase m) episode for us yet, we catch up with Carrolee Moore, CEO & Founder of the Podcast Pitching Society to learn about the power of appearing on other people’s podcasts, how to leverage that placement so it continues working for you, and gives us a lo...

From concept to succession, KCSourceLink provides resources for entrepreneurs. Their signature event each year is Global Entrepreneurship Week — and Global Entrepreneurship Week Kansas City ( GEWKC.com ) is where entrepreneurs find their community and level up, locally. We caught up with Becca Castro, Senior Director and Network Builder at KCSourceLink as she gears up for the 2025 event at Union S...

Jon Morris, Founder & CEO of Fiscal Advocate joins the show to talk about intentionality. Business owners should be intentional about their strategic planning and the importance of having (and sticking to) an ideal client profile. Listen in to hear his growth story, and Jon’s advice for business owners.

But not if you follow it in your entrepreneur journey! Today we’re joined by Maliha Khan, the CEO and Founder of Khanect the Dots to learn about the consultancy she has built, what fuels her, and which popular soda brand re-fuels her along the way.

The Kansas City Economic Development Corporation serves Kansas City business owners with solutions and resources in business and real estate development, job creation, and community investment, with resources and connections to help grow Kansas City. Business Development Officer Jenna Scott rejoins the podcast to talk about how the KC EDC can help entrepreneurs in Kansas City. Listen in!

This may be one of the most challenging times in history to be a nonprofit organization. Nonprofit expert Sidney Smith understood the assignment and has created The Nonprofit Guild to bridge business gaps for nonprofit organizations of all kinds and help them move forward.