Small Business Origins

Trigger warning: Please note that this episode carries a trigger warning for depression and suicide.   Today’s guest, Kevin Palmieri, was earning six figures at the age of 26. He had everything you could ever want, including the sports car, the dream body, and the girlfriend, but none of it made him happy. Today he is more fulfilled than ever. In this episode, he shares with us how he managed to r...

Biology professor and hardwood floor manufacturer are careers worlds apart. So, when Britta Teller transitioned from the former to the latter in 2018 with the founding of Steller Floors, she knew it wouldn’t be easy, but as you’ll hear today, she has absolutely no regrets! During this episode, Britta shares what inspired her to found Steller Floors with her husband, how the foundational values of...

Death often comes unexpectedly, but that doesn’t mean you can’t prepare for it and ensure that your loved ones are taken care of. Today on the Small Business Origins Podcast, we are joined by the co-founder of Zihmer Law Firm, Andrew Zihmer, to discuss how he and his wife went from working for other people to founding their very own successful business. Tuning in, you’ll hear all about Andrew’s ba...

How much do we truly know about hypnosis? Should hypnotherapy as an industry be getting more recognition as a proven method of healing? Joining us today for an intriguing conversation is the Founder of Journeys to Heal, Kristine Ovsepian. Kristine began her life’s journey in Armenia before her parents immigrated to America with hopes of a better life for her and her brother. She tells us about how...

There is power in looking in the mirror to check your pride, assess your ego, and acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses: all for the betterment of your business. Sean Boyle, a young, successful business co-founder, describes his first experiences of entrepreneurial inspiration and how his world came crashing down with a call that preceded his dad serving a prison sentence for fraud. After navi...

Born out of the essence of the American Dream, With.co makes commercial property ownership easy and affordable for small business owners. Joining us today on Small Business Origins, is the CEO and founder of With.co, Kevin Song. With immigrants for parents, Kevin grew up on the concept of the American Dream as his family went through the ups and downs of running a small grocery store located in Br...

Have you ever moved somewhere to follow someone else’s dream? JaTaun Noelle ended up in Las Vegas helping someone else chase their dreams, but as she likes to say, God has more in store for her than that. A life full of hardships, grief, and struggles has left JaTaun out on top, despite all the odds stacked against her. After planning her own wedding (and then hating it), JaTaun felt called to hel...

Hearing loss is not usually something you think about until you have to. And, along with the emotional pressure of it all, there comes financial and medical pressure too. Dr. Amy Sarow is an audiologist working in a clinic in Michigan, currently specializing in veteran hearing health and loss. While treating this older population, Amy shares when she realized how COVID has changed people's perspec...

Losing a parent is a devastating and life-changing event for any child to experience. Unfortunately, society is terrified of any conversations about death and it often gets brushed aside, often leaving children ill equipped for the difficult task of processing their grief. Joining us today on the Small Business Origins Podcast is Sara Deren, who founded Experience Camps. Their mission is to change...

Creativity may surface in unexpected ways and even turn into an incredibly unique small business. Today’s guests, Mick and Maggie Bailey, are a wholesome married couple and co-owners of their floral business, Bramble & Bee. Maggie discovered her talent for arranging flowers when trying to make friends at church and, in order to have more time for herself, she eventually left her job in retail...

Business owners truly are the backbone of our society, yet they rarely get the support they need in order to thrive and pull their teams up with them. Perry Allison joins us today to discuss the challenges business owners face and the services his company, PowerOP, offers small businesses to aid their growth. Perry candidly shares his origin story and entrepreneurship journey, explaining how his e...

Some of us come to business ownership as first-generation entrepreneurs, and others fall in love with it as children while watching their parents work hard and reap the rewards. Today’s guest falls firmly within the second category, having been trained in the family business by his father from the tender age of eight. Tune in to hear how David’s people-centered approach to business has drawn in a...

There are countless ways in which we can honor others above ourselves and Billy Schiel has chosen to do that through coffee! What began as a retail product honoring coffee bean farmers and the craft of roasting has now evolved into a coffee shop that has the additional benefit of honoring the community that it serves. Because who can be unhappy when they’re drinking a delicious cup of coffee while...

Being able to thrive in a school setting isn’t only about a person’s academic ability; it also has a lot to do with their ability to deal with competing demands, organize themselves, and stick to deadlines. Staying Ahead of the Game (SAOTG) isn’t just your regular tutoring company; they focus on academic coaching; a combination of traditional tutoring, life skills coaching, and executive functioni...

There are many challenges that entrepreneurs face when running a business, one of those being customer relations. Small businesses do not have the resources to match the customer service offered by larger companies, and techniques available to small businesses are inefficient or outdated. What if there was a way to reduce the time and resources spent on marketing while still leaving customers sati...

In one of our last episodes of The Beef Podcast before our name change, we welcome a friend of Beefy Marketing to the show, the sensational Brian Wallace. Brian has been in human resources for 31 years and two years ago, he decided to start his own business. HR Strategies Now is geared at helping small business owners grow their businesses more effectively, by establishing the right cultures that...

Welcome back to the Beef! Joining us in conversation are Larry and Eric from DaVinci Artists Gallery in historic Main Street, Tomball. This business is different from anything we’ve talked about over here before because, rather than a sole proprietorship, it’s a cooperative consisting of 16 talented artists. Tune in to hear about the unique structure that makes this gallery work, and the journeys...

Welcome back to the Beef! Joining us in conversation today is Matt Miller with Awaken Wealth Partners. Tune in to this episode to hear why he brought his career in sales to an end to start Awaken Wealth Partners, what he would like to see done differently within the financial industry, and why relationships are central to his approach. Listen to Matt’s process behind naming his consultancy, and wh...

Welcome back to The Beef! In today’s episode, we host Andrea Sager and learn about her business, Legalpreneur, where she teaches entrepreneurs everything they didn’t know they needed to know about the legal aspects of their business. Join us as she shares her motivation to start and build Legalpreneur, and what her long term goal for the business is. You’ll hear why a subscription model works so w...

Each generation is raised in a vastly different context, and it’s important to acknowledge our differences and identify ways to ensure that everyone is supported in their evolution process. Today we are joined by Marc Joseph of babyboomer.org to discuss these intergenerational differences, as well as the diversity within each generation. Marc shares his opinion on how the adults of today can best...

One great, long-lasting positive impact of the global pandemic is the ever-increasing influence of podcasting in modern culture. Today on The Beef we are joined by the owners of Spark Media, Misty and Peter Phillip. The dynamic duo walk us through their backgrounds and tells us how they became business owners before discussing who Spark media is and what they do as a company. We talk about the int...

Working endless hours can be demoralizing in any situation. But when you go from working for someone else, and feeling like a cog in a machine, to becoming your own boss, it can have a life-changing impact. Today on the show we welcome Misty Hassenstab, Founder of HER Mindset Matters, a coaching program and community that empowers female real estate investors by helping them cut through the noise...

Holy Cow! (See what I did there?) Join the Beefy Marketing team as we discuss our recent trip to Dallas, TX to attend the podcast conference known as Podcast Movement 2022 and the future of The Beef Podcast. No, we aren’t going anywhere, but big changes are coming and this is your chance to hear it first! John The Marketer, John The Video and Andrew Brockenbush chime in on their experiences from t...

One of the superpowers of small business owners is often the ability to bring skills and ideas from one area of their lives into their products or services. Justin Bellamy is a great example of this and, today on the podcast, we talk to him about how he started TAC 11, a tactical gear manufacturing business, and the influence that his time in the military had on his entrepreneurial philosophy. In...

Welcome back to the Beef! Today’s guest has a great story, and a big impact to match. Joining us in conversation is Chris Cruise with Cruise Customs Flags. Tune in to hear why Chris has chosen to hire predominantly veterans and how working together at Cruise Customs Flags fulfills their needs. Chris lives by the motto of ‘giving a shit’ and he strives to help wherever he can. During today’s conver...