21 Hats Podcast
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Dashboard: Mitigating the Impact of the Tariffs
25 mins; April 14, 2025
The Tariff Bill Arrives
53 mins; April 08, 2025
Dashboard: A Fight for Survival
23 mins; April 07, 2025
‘At 5 O’Clock, I’m Going to Send Everybody an Email’
51 mins; April 01, 2025
Dashboard: Smart People Are Hanging on to Their Cash
21 mins; March 31, 2025
Launching Lyx: ‘Gatorade for Dogs’
41 mins; March 28, 2025
I Wouldn’t Have Done This Without Covid
46 mins; March 25, 2025
Dashboard: Don’t Tell Me Your 2024 Financials Aren’t Ready
18 mins; March 24, 2025
I Think We’re in a Recession Now
45 mins; March 18, 2025
Dashboard: Will the Pain, Chaos, and Uncertainty Be Worth It?
36 mins; March 17, 2025
When There’s an Illness in the Family
42 mins; March 11, 2025
Dashboard: ‘We Can’t Keep Up’
19 mins; March 10, 2025
Our Government Is Doing This to Us
49 mins; March 04, 2025
Dashboard: What Does the Trump Chaos Mean for Small Businesses?
21 mins; March 03, 2025
I Am Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
40 mins; February 25, 2025
Dashboard: Is It Time to Abolish the SBA?
26 mins; February 24, 2025
We’re Not Failing Because We’re Idiots
46 mins; February 18, 2025
Dashboard: What If You Could Wave a Magic Wand?
24 mins; February 17, 2025
Everything Liz, Jaci, and Sarah Wanted to Know About Tax
45 mins; February 11, 2025
Dashboard: Gene Marks Has an Ambitious Plan to Do Less
25 mins; February 10, 2025
Most People Don’t Have the Stomach for This
47 mins; February 04, 2025
Dashboard: A Warning for Small Businesses
26 mins; February 03, 2025
The Tricky Business of Selling Small Businesses
51 mins; January 28, 2025
Dashboard: Is Small Business Optimism Eroding?
24 mins; January 27, 2025
I Think We’re Ready for the Tariffs
52 mins; January 21, 2025
Dashboard: How Do I Get ChatGPT to Notice Me?
31 mins; January 20, 2025
The Power of a Fresh Set of Eyes
46 mins; January 14, 2025
Dashboard: You Have to Make Your Own Weather
30 mins; January 13, 2025
We’re Not Saving Lives. We’re Saving Livelihoods
49 mins; January 10, 2025
I’m Looking at an Empty Pipeline
50 mins; January 07, 2025
Dashboard: Are Business Owners Too Optimistic About 2025?
24 mins; January 06, 2025
This Is What It Takes to Build a Business, Vol. 3, Part 2
75 hours 34 mins; December 31, 2024
This Is What It Takes to Build a Business, Vol. 3, Part 1
73 hours 49 mins; December 24, 2024
I’m Out of the Valley of Death
46 mins; December 17, 2024
Dashboard: Margins, Metrics, and Cash Flow
24 mins; December 16, 2024
It’s Not a Circuit-Board Business. It’s an Asset
51 mins; December 10, 2024
Dashboard: Do Small Businesses Have to Innovate to Succeed?
20 mins; December 09, 2024
It's a Pathetic Budget, But We'll Hit It
54 mins; December 03, 2024
Dashboard: This Is 2025’s Killer App for Small Business
25 mins; December 02, 2024
For Years, We Thrived Without Marketing. Now What?
52 mins; November 26, 2024
Dashboard: An Entrepreneurial Vision for America
28 mins; November 25, 2024
The D.E.I. Backlash Hasn’t Changed Mel Gravely’s Story
39 mins; November 19, 2024
Dashboard: The AI Agents Are Coming!
21 mins; November 18, 2024
Managing the Unexpected Risks of Entrepreneurship
45 mins; November 12, 2024
Dashboard: Businesses Can Still Save on 2024 Taxes
19 mins; November 11, 2024
I'm Not Building Wienermobiles My Whole Life
47 mins; November 05, 2024
Dashboard: Getting Job Candidates to Search for You
33 mins; November 04, 2024
A Few Good Plumbers
53 mins; October 29, 2024
Dashboard: This Is How to Use LinkedIn
33 mins; October 28, 2024
‘Things Are Going to Suck’
43 mins; October 22, 2024
Dashboard: The Issues That Matter to Business Owners
22 mins; October 21, 2024
‘Being Civilized Ain’t Gonna Do It’
42 mins; October 15, 2024
Dashboard: Learning From Helene and Milton
18 mins; October 14, 2024
When to Pull the Plug, When to Pull the Trigger
55 mins; October 08, 2024
Dashboard: Don’t Dismiss Those Side Hustles
26 mins; October 07, 2024
Should I Buy the Family Business?
40 mins; October 01, 2024
Dashboard: The Real Problem with EIDL Money
15 mins; September 30, 2024
We Have More Work Than We Can Handle
50 mins; September 24, 2024
Dashboard: We Are in a Talent Crisis
27 mins; September 23, 2024
Why You Should Run Your Business on EOS (Or Not)
50 mins; September 17, 2024
Dashboard: Shawn Busse and the $4,000 Hole
23 mins; September 16, 2024
Is This the Succession Plan For You?
46 mins; September 10, 2024
Dashboard: The Confusion Over Small Business Taxes
28 mins; September 09, 2024
Best of: Turning a Failing Nut Shop into Nuts.com
51 mins; September 03, 2024
How to SAVE a Customer
42 mins; August 27, 2024
Dashboard: Stop Taxing Tips? Really?
23 mins; August 26, 2024
Can We All Be Purple Cows?
41 mins; August 20, 2024
Dashboard: Can Kamala Harris Win Over Small Businesses?
34 mins; August 19, 2024
Whose Advice Are You Going to Take?
48 mins; August 13, 2024
Dashboard: The Benefits of Childcare, AI, and Silly Marketing
23 mins; August 12, 2024
A Silicon Valley Bootstrapper Tells All
60 hours 51 mins; August 06, 2024
Dashboard: Dear ChatGPT: Do a SWOT Analysis of My Business
32 mins; August 05, 2024
Beyond Trust Falls: An Event Planner Plans an Offsite
51 mins; July 30, 2024
Dashboard: What We Can Learn from CrowdStrike
24 mins; July 29, 2024
When They’re Not Quite Bad Enough to Fire
54 mins; July 23, 2024
Dashboard: What Are You Seeing Out There?
17 mins; July 22, 2024
Family Businesses Aren’t Dysfunctional. They’re Disastrous
49 mins; July 16, 2024
Dashboard: Don’t Sleep on the SSBCI
20 mins; July 15, 2024
A Successful Owner Chooses an Innovative Exit
57 mins; July 09, 2024
Dashboard: Is It Time to Panic About Deficits?
21 mins; July 08, 2024
I Used to Sell to Consumers
54 mins; July 02, 2024
Dashboard: SCOTUS Unleashes a Tsunami of Regulatory Chaos
23 mins; July 01, 2024
This Is Not How This Ends
48 mins; June 25, 2024
Dashboard: Yes, of Course, AI Will Eliminate Jobs
19 mins; June 24, 2024
What Will Businesses Do If SEO Dies?
51 mins; June 18, 2024
Dashboard: Why Business-Book Advice Doesn’t Work for You
24 mins; June 17, 2024
I Decided to Slow Our Growth
55 mins; June 11, 2024
Dashboard: Can You DIY a Business Acquisition?
21 mins; June 10, 2024
The Year So Far? It’s Difficult Out There
48 mins; June 04, 2024
Dashboard: Gene Marks Says CEOs Will Not Be Replaced By AI
26 mins; June 03, 2024
How to Sell a Business That Won’t Sell
47 mins; May 28, 2024
How to Waste Money on Marketing
56 mins; May 21, 2024
Dashboard: The Software Isn’t the Problem
23 mins; May 20, 2024
Yeah, I Can Hold Myself Accountable
52 mins; May 14, 2024
Dashboard: Gene Marks Explains "Open" Banking
32 mins; May 13, 2024
I Don’t Hate Regulation, But …
46 mins; May 07, 2024
Dashboard: The (Marketing) Road Not Taken
24 mins; May 06, 2024
How Do You Make Innovation Happen?
38 mins; April 30, 2024
Dashboard: Every Business Should Know About Apex Accelerators
26 mins; April 29, 2024
You Need to Accept That You’re the Boss
49 mins; April 23, 2024