ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
See America’s small businesses the way they were meant to be seen — up close, on the ground, and through the eyes of the people who run them. American Operator documents the real stories of Main Street:
• We visit small businesses across the country.
• We highlight operators keeping their towns alive.
• We show what ownership actually looks like.
• And we expose the hidden cost of private equity roll-ups hollowing out local communities.
From family-owned shops to essential service businesses, from thriving main streets to towns devastated by outside ownership, we’re capturing the reality of American small business at a turning point.
Our mission is simple: keep America locally owned & operated by shining a light on the businesses, operators, and communities worth fighting for.
Subscribe and join the movement to rebuild, revive, and protect America’s small business backbone.
This is American Operator
Pod: @AmericanOperatorPodcast
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/theamericanoperator
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
56 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
70 episodes
since Oct. 29, 2024
episodic
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What happens when the people who cared for us become dependent on someone else for care?
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, JC sits down with senior living expert James Lee, a 20-year veteran of the industry who has spent his career helping families navigate aging, dementia, Alzheime…
What if the secret to building a great business had nothing to do with the product… and everything to do with purpose, people, and brand?
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, we sit down with Lance Ingram, founder of Waterloo Turf—one of the fastest growing artificial turf companies in…
What does it really take to build a successful restaurant business?
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, JC sits down with Nelson Monteith, founder of Honest Mary’s, to talk about entrepreneurship, fear, scaling a business, family, leadership, and why growing slower might actually be t…
America doesn’t have a shortage of small businesses.
It has a shortage of people ready to take over.
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, JC sits down with American Operator founder & CEO Will Fry to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing Main Street America:
Finding the R…
What does it actually take to build a successful trades business in America today?
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, JC sits down with Ashley and Warren Stroud — founders of Plumbing Outfitters — to talk about leadership, family, culture, entrepreneurship, and why the future of Amer…
What actually grows a business?Not what most people think.In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, Wade Lombard—founder of Square Cow Moving—breaks down what it really takes to build, scale, and protect a business over the long haul.This is not theory.This is hard-earned experience.The Min…
What does the future of small business in America actually look like?
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, we sit down with Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, former U.S. Senator, and business leader, to talk about the real state of Main Street—and…
What actually makes a small business valuable?And why do some buyers succeed… while others fail fast?In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, JC sits down with Judd Goodrich — who has seen thousands of deals from the inside — to break down what’s really happening in the small business mark…
What does combat leadership have to do with running a business?
More than you think.
In this episode of the American Operator Podcast, Bret Boyd—West Point graduate, Army Ranger, and founder of Sustainment—shares how his experience in war shaped the way he builds teams, leads people, and is now wor…
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