Your Business Growth Podcast

What if the biggest obstacle to growing your business isn't your operations—but your mindset? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro interviews Steve Barton, former owner of a third-generation family floral business, about the unconventional decisions that transformed a stagnant company into a highly profitable business that ultimately sold successfully. Steve explains ho...

What if you could grow your business for 18 straight years—without employees, outside investment, or working around the clock? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro interviews Joel Miller, co-founder of The Sky Floor, about the pricing strategy that transformed his agency from exhausting 80-hour workweeks into a sustainable, profitable business built around value instead...

In this Season 1 recap of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro breaks down the biggest lessons from 27+ business owners who got stuck at a plateau and found their way back to growth. If you’re looking for practical strategies to scale a business, improve profit, build systems, and create entrepreneurial freedom, this episode is packed with proven insights you can apply right away. Across...

Stephan Bajaio overcame a major growth plateau by shifting from selling software to driving measurable customer outcomes. Hear SaaS growth strategies for customer success, product adoption, reducing churn, and scaling revenue. What happens when your software is excellent, but your customers still fail? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro interviews Stephan Bajaio, form...

Jeremy Shapiro interviews Rachel Allen on the Price Multiplier breakthrough: how she dismantled a successful agency, survived a six‑month drought with zero new leads, and moved past burnout. For agency owners and entrepreneurs facing outward success but internal stress, this episode delivers real lessons on pricing, recovery, and rethinking operations to restore momentum and profits. What happens...

Mike Ritsema, CEO of i3 Business Solutions, explains how he transformed a struggling IT services firm into a $10M+ recurring-revenue business using targeted acquisitions, niche specialization, and repeatable operational systems. Hear practical steps to simplify scale, reduce founder stress, and build predictable revenue—examples, pitfalls, and systems you can apply to established service businesse...

What happens when a company hits $10M revenue but profits barely move? Jeremy Shapiro interviews EndoDNA founder Len May about the exact shift that transformed a struggling direct-to-consumer (DTC) business into a scalable B2B healthcare company. Len explains how rising advertising costs drove the pivot and the strategic decisions behind 4x revenue growth. Actionable takeaways for founders facing...

Jon Chintanaroad reveals how a business hitting six-figure months was secretly collapsing — and the recovery steps that worked. Hear a candid breakdown of scaling too fast, chasing vanity metrics, taking on massive business debt, and rebuilding toward profit. Practical takeaways for established entrepreneurs: spot dangerous business growth signals, prioritize profit over ego, manage debt, and rebu...

Jeremy Shapiro interviews Sam Berman, founder of LARC, on building a zero-cost sales strategy and how a restaurant napkin sketch evolved into global logistics. Hear practical tactics for creating a low-cost sales engine, early customer acquisition, and operational scaling — actionable takeaways for founders and growth-stage entrepreneurs. What happens when you realize a billion-dollar industry is...

When a business valuation returned far lower than expected because AI threatened his industry, Wes Towers - founder of Uplift 360 - told Jeremy Shapiro how that shock forced a rethink of his agency. This episode outlines real-world lessons for assessing valuation risk, confronting AI disruption, and planning an agency pivot. Listen for founder-first insights on adapting strategy in an AI-disrupted...

What happens when the biggest contracts in your business are actually slowing you down? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Albert Butler, a CPA and business advisor, who shares how chasing large government contracts nearly limited his firm’s growth—and what happened when he shifted focus instead. Albert built his career working across multiple industrie...

What happens when your team is working harder than ever—but your revenue refuses to grow? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Shawn Boehme, a sales leader in cloud communications, who shares how poor alignment across product, sales, and marketing nearly stalled his business—and what happened when he fixed it. Sean started his career during the early days...

What happens when you stop charging upfront fees—and tie your entire business to performance? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Ari Rastegar, founder of Rastegar Capital, who shares how aligning investor success with his own transformed his business—and helped him scale from a law student building houses to managing a billion-dollar real estate portfol...

What happens when the people managing your properties are the biggest reason your business is stuck? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Leo Young, a real estate investor and operator who shares how poor third-party property management nearly limited his growth—and what happened when he took full control instead. Leo started his career in sales before tr...

What do you do when referrals slow down, revenue starts shrinking, and the strategy that built your business stops working? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast, Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Virginia Elder to unpack how she rebuilt her podcast production business after hitting a painful plateau. Virginia shares how she first entered business after transforming her own finances, launche...

What happens when your business is growing—but your model quietly starts holding you back? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Eric Lowe , co-founder of Aptiva Health, to break down how he identified a hidden operational bottleneck and turned it into a major growth opportunity. Eric shares how his early virtual healthcare model—built on part-time provide...

What do you do when your business hits a ceiling—not because demand disappears, but because your pricing model traps you there? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast, Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Mark Walton to break down how he went from a low-ticket Forex education model that kept stalling out to a premium coaching business with a waiting list and far more freedom. Mark shares his pat...

What happens when your side hustle is an instant hit… and then starts falling apart the moment you scale it? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with William Holston to unpack the hard lesson behind an early product success that almost collapsed under real-world demand. William shares how a backyard charity carnival inspired a breakout game idea, how early cu...

What do you do when you’ve built an award-winning, nationally recognized firm… and still can’t find profit? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast, Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Lance Cayko (F9 Productions) to break down a counterintuitive turnaround: instead of hiring more people and chasing bigger volume, Lance capped headcount, tightened operations, and used pricing strategy to change...

Most successful podcasts aren’t just about the guests—they’re about the preparation behind the scenes. In this special Behind the Scenes episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , host Jeremy Shapiro reveals the proven episode planning system that transforms ordinary conversations into compelling stories that resonate with your audience. If you’re tired of aimless recordings and want to craft episo...

What do you do when your business is profitable, referrals keep coming in, and yet every “yes” means longer days, more stress, and less of your life? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Simone Little, who hit that breaking point while running a growing VA agency. The money looked great, but... her life didn’t. Simone made a bold call: a six-week sabbatic...

What do you do when you move to a new city, revenue stalls, debt starts stacking up—and the idea of getting a job suddenly feels real? In this episode of Your Business Growth Podcast , Jeremy Shapiro sits down with Nick Bonitatibus to break down how Nick went from general “video marketing for small businesses” (his words: “classic mistake”) to committing to one clear niche. Nick shares the turning...

What do you do when you’re running one of the top programs in the world—but realize staying there means slow decline? Andrew Ackerman faced that exact moment. As a leader inside one of the world’s most respected startup accelerators, he saw the writing on the wall: the market was crowded, competition was scaling faster, and doing “more of the same” wouldn’t win. In this episode of Your Business Gr...

In 2019, Damien Zamora hit the lowest point of his life. After decades as a serial entrepreneur - helping over 300,000 businesses get online and generating more than $500 million in revenue - his company began to spiral. Overhead ballooned. Focus disappeared. Debt stacked up. Lawsuits loomed. Key partners walked away. Payroll became impossible. Then came the personal tragedy. In this episode of Yo...

If you’re not growing, you’re dying - and in e-commerce, the “one winning product” trap can kill a business fast. In this episode of  ⁨ Your Business Growth Podcast , host Jeremy Shapiro sits down with David Schomer, CEO of Build Grow Scale and host of Firing The Man to break down how he went from a stalled business headed toward bankruptcy to building an Amazon operation with 1,000+ ASINs and a s...