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weekly
Average audio length:
35 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
48 episodes
since Feb. 5, 2025
episodic

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What happens when your business is growing, but the life you're building starts falling apart? Kyle Pertuis knows that tension firsthand. Before founding Mindfit Coaching, he helped grow a hospitality business from one location to five. But behind that growth were 60- to 80-hour workweeks, a diffic…

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Most business owners don't celebrate hitting a plateau. Christian Wright does. Christian is the owner of High Tide Pest Control, a Charleston-area family business that's reached an important stage of growth: demand is there, the schedule is filling up, and Christian knows the business can't continu…
Gabe Garcia started with a camera, a love for people, and a problem: the creative community he wanted didn’t exist. So he helped build it. What began as informal photo walks eventually became SA Creatives, a thriving San Antonio creative community. At the same time, Gabe was building Summit Creativ…
A creative business still needs structure behind the scenes. Rob Keller has spent roughly 15 years working in video, beginning with a middle-school camera project before eventually turning videography, brand storytelling, and strategy into a full-time business. But becoming great at the creative wo…
The systems that helped you build a business aren’t necessarily the ones that will help you scale it. Season 4 marks a new chapter for the podcast. What was formerly the Overnight Success Podcast is now Behind the Business, with a sharper focus on what actually makes businesses work: the systems, p…
What actually separates businesses that scale from those that stall? In this Season 3 finale, Jon and Cristy sit down to break down the real patterns behind the “overnight success” stories featured this season—and what founders often miss when trying to grow. After dozens of conversations with foun…
What does it really take to scale a business without creating more chaos? In this episode, Hiram Skaggs of Evolve Social Wellness joins Jon Clark for a real conversation about growth, systems, and what happens behind the scenes when a successful single location starts expanding into a franchise mod…
What if the thing disrupting your life is actually the thing that sets you free? In this episode, Cristy sits down with certified transformation and brain coach Eileen Suarez, founder of Peak Confidence Group, to talk about what it really takes to move from stuck to unstoppable. After spending more…
What does it really take to turn an idea into a sellable business? In this episode, Amy Wees shares the real story behind her so-called “overnight success,” from serving nearly 20 years in the U.S. Air Force to inventing a product that solved a problem in her own home, launching it to market, growi…
What if success isn’t about fame or millions—but freedom? In this episode, Cristy sits down with digital entrepreneur Leon Hitchens to unpack what it really takes to build multiple profitable businesses—without burning out or chasing vanity metrics. Leon has quietly built a portfolio of lean online…
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