The Amanda Kaufman Show

Pitching harder and hearing less back? This episode is for the business owner who wants sales calls that feel like a real conversation and end in a confident yes. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and a former member of her team, puts Amanda in the hot seat on the skill underneath every winning sales call: listening. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, gets into how real-world feedback rewrote th...

Ready for what's next, and not sure what it looks like yet? This episode is for the professional thinking about a career pivot, the business owner ready to change direction, and the skeptic who has always filed vision boards under glue sticks and magazines. Janet Tanguay shares how vision boarding became the catalyst for career pivots, and the science behind it. Janet Tanguay is the CEO of Hammock...

Checking the bank balance and hoping it says something nice? This episode is for the business owner who is ready to read their numbers like a map and use them to grow. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and a former member of her team, gets nerdy with Amanda about using numbers productively inside a business. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, gets into what she avoided in her first business and...

Hit six figures and still worried about money? This episode is for the business owner who has made it into the six-figure club and is ready to find out what it takes to grow past it. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and a former member of her team, opens with a number: only 13.3% of non-employer businesses bring in six figures or more. Then she asks Amanda what the trap is. Amanda, founder...

The door is always open, and the team still goes quiet? This episode is for the leader who wants real trust on their team, and for the high performer who got promoted into leadership without anyone showing them how. Executive coach Jen Wilson shares the one question she has seen transform teams, and what it takes to build trust from the foundation up. Jen Wilson is an executive coach, leadership s...

Saying "I'm so overwhelmed" more often than you'd like to admit? This episode is for the business owner who is ready to stop treating overwhelm as part of the deal and start designing it out. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and a former member of her team, asks Amanda to unpack something she has said for years: overwhelm isn't a feeling. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, gets into what the wo...

Wondering how to get to $10K months as fast as possible? This episode is for the service business owner who is ready to stop preparing and start having the conversations that actually create revenue. Recorded live, Amanda Kaufman, founder of Clairvenu, answers the question head on: the fastest path to $10,000 months is more connected, converting conversations. She shares how she went from eight na...

Putting in more hours and getting the same results? This episode is for the business owner who knows how to work hard and is ready to find out what actually moves the business now. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and a former member of her team, asks Amanda what working smarter looks like heading into 2027. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, gets into the moment working harder stopped working...

Getting booked on podcasts and still waiting for it to turn into clients? This episode is for the business owner who has done the interviews, the features, and the summits, and wants that visibility to actually convert. Kimberly Spencer shares how she turned guest podcasting into more than a quarter of a million dollars in new business, and what it takes to give visibility somewhere to flow. Kimbe...

Left corporate for freedom, or thinking about it? This episode is for the business owner who wants the honest version of what entrepreneurship gives you, and what it doesn't. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and keeper of all the lore, puts Amanda in the hot seat on the backstory: how she went from making multiple six figures as a corporate consultant to more than a decade as an entreprene...

Thinking about your first hire, or wondering if the last one is actually paying off? This episode is for the business owner who wants help and wants to know the help will earn its keep. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, Amanda's sister and a former member of her team, puts Amanda in the hot seat on hiring: how to know it is the right time, and how to get the quickest return on the decision. Amanda, founder...

Making money and still stressed about it? This episode is for the business owner who is selling, working hard, and still not sure what they can safely pay themselves. Kelsa Dickey lays out a money system that runs on rhythm instead of tracking every dollar, and shows how one personal number becomes your paycheck, your tax number, and a check on your pricing. Kelsa Dickey is the creator of the Spen...

Feeling guilty every time the business wins and a relationship takes a back seat? This episode is for the business owner who wants big goals and good relationships, and is tired of being told to pick one. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman, who also happens to be Amanda's sister, puts Amanda in the hot seat on relationships and business building. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, hears some version of the relati...

Most coaches who shine in a room hit a wall online. The posts go out, the themes rotate, and the response is crickets. This one is for every coach or consultant whose best marketing happens face to face and who is ready for it to reach further. Jenny Morin is an executive coach and author who helps business leaders get clear on their goals and keep their commitments, with a focus on time managemen...

Money is never far from mind in a small business, even in a great month. This episode is for the coach or service business owner who wants to stop cowboying around with money and start paying themselves on purpose. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman puts Amanda in the hot seat on business money versus lifestyle money. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, has been burned by money and has won with it, and she walks t...

Doing excellent work and almost nobody knows it? This episode is for the business owner who has built the brand, the website, and the offer, and still feels invisible. Jenny Braly stopped hiring it out, learned the platforms herself, and grew a portrait photography business to over a million organic views in a month. Jenny Braly is a Fort Worth portrait photographer and the owner of Braly Studios,...

Carrying "I have a fear of success" around like a diagnosis? This episode is for the coach or consultant who knows the next move, keeps not making it, and is tired of an explanation that sounds self-aware and changes nothing. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman puts Amanda in the hot seat on fear of success and what is really sitting underneath it. Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, started hearing the phrase from...

Revenue flat at six figures, with the offer working and the clients happy? This episode is for the business owner who already did the hard part, landed on a plateau that feels earned, and wants to know what is actually capping the number. Co-host Rebecca Kaufman puts Amanda in the hot seat on the bottlenecks that hold six-figure businesses back, and Amanda, founder of Clairvenu, names the two word...

Most business owners are going, going, grinding, grinding, and the idea of pausing for a day feels like something that has to be earned first. Kimberly Boyd explains the reason people struggle to slow down, what actually happens when they finally do, and the three-retreat rhythm she built to break the busy cycle for good. This one is for every founder, coach, or service business owner who is busy...

Know you need to be seen to be chosen, and still dread hitting publish? This episode is for the business owner who is either avoiding visibility altogether or posting consistently into what feels like a bottomless black hole with no idea whether any of it is working. It is a Double Kaufman episode: co-host Rebecca Kaufman puts Amanda in the hot seat on visibility, a topic that came straight from l...

Most mission-driven business owners underprice their work, avoid the outreach, and take every no personally. In this Here, Let Me Do That For You session, Amanda Kaufman coaches Inner Circle member Rick Rood live through his money story, a very different way to think about pricing, and a daily outreach plan built around the people who are already shopping. This one is for every coach, consultant,...

The first clients came from friends, former colleagues, and a launch that popped, and now the referrals are slowing down? This episode is for the six-figure service business owner who has picked all the fruit within reach and needs a ladder. It is a Double Kaufman episode: co-host Rebecca Kaufman puts Amanda in the hot seat on what to do when the referral network runs dry and what got you here wil...

Most leaders have one team that is not hitting its goals, and the first tool they reach for is a performance improvement plan. Janet Bernstein explains what is really going on with that team, and the very different conversation that brings people back. This one is for every leader, founder, or manager who can see the potential in their people and cannot figure out what is holding them back. Janet...

Tried the team, the brand, the funnel, and none of it is working the way it was supposed to by now? This episode is for the business owner who is tired, frustrated, and quietly wondering whether they have run out of options. It is a Double Kaufman episode: co-host Rebecca Kaufman puts Amanda in the hot seat on what to do when you feel like you have tried everything, a topic that came straight out...

Convinced you have a conversion problem? Before you go hunting for better magic words on the sales call, count how many offers you made last week. This episode is for the business owner whose money machine is not moneying and who wants to find the actual broken piece instead of guessing. It is a Double Kaufman episode: co-host Rebecca Kaufman asks Amanda how to diagnose a business that is not work...