100 episodes

Brad Farris & Jill Salzman tackle the most complex small business questions of our day. "Why can't I hire competent employees?" "How do I make more money without driving myself nuts?" "How do I take over the world?"

They’ll get to the bottom of these mysteries with help from entrepreneurial geniuses, product pushers, brilliant branders and a ragtag team of moguls intent on magnifying profit. The soothsayers of success have arrived, and you don’t want to miss the priceless insights of these prophets of profit.

All wrapped up in 60 mins of 41% mediocre business advice and 54% tomfoolery. It's the ultimate business owner podcast, and self-proclaimed the most entertaining business podcast in the world.

Breaking Down Your Business | Small Business | Business Owners | Entrepreneurship | Leadership Jill Salzman and Brad Farris

    • Business
    • 4.8 • 82 Ratings

Brad Farris & Jill Salzman tackle the most complex small business questions of our day. "Why can't I hire competent employees?" "How do I make more money without driving myself nuts?" "How do I take over the world?"

They’ll get to the bottom of these mysteries with help from entrepreneurial geniuses, product pushers, brilliant branders and a ragtag team of moguls intent on magnifying profit. The soothsayers of success have arrived, and you don’t want to miss the priceless insights of these prophets of profit.

All wrapped up in 60 mins of 41% mediocre business advice and 54% tomfoolery. It's the ultimate business owner podcast, and self-proclaimed the most entertaining business podcast in the world.

    Stop Doing "the thing"!

    Stop Doing "the thing"!

    There's a "thing" that you are good at, likely better at than anyone else in your agency, and the more you do that "thing" the more you are holding back the growth of your agency. 
    Your job is no longer "doing the thing" -- as the leader of your growing agency your job is to build the system in which "the thing" gets done. 
    If you have to do it, your growth is stalled!

    • 5 min
    Black. Mom. Entrepreneur.

    Black. Mom. Entrepreneur.

    What’s In This Episode:
    It's a wild time in our lives. Jill decides to find out what it's like for Eraina Ferguson and Dr. Charity Hughes who have unique experiences as Black mom entrepreneurs trying to continue running their businesses and manage their kids' emotional roller coaster rides all while attempting to take care of themselves. 
    Get Jill's tip top tool of the week, very honest revelations about allll the feelings rn (anger? exhaustion? hope?) and and ways that you can cope with the apocalypse that has hit us all.
    Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of  The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

    • 23 min
    The Paul Rudd Story

    The Paul Rudd Story

    What’s In This Episode:
    Jill Salzman lets you in on a little secret. (Spoiler alert: it's the best way to grow your business, mom entrepreneurs.) She shares a surprising story never heard anywhere else about famed actor Paul Rudd that highlights why she's shouting. 
    Get her tip top tool of the week, her foray into TV show stardom, and the ridiculous experiment that can help you grow your business.
    Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, the #1 platform for mom entrepreneurs to build better businesses. She’s the author of  The Best Business Book In The World and the best-seller, Found It: A Field Guide for Mom Entrepreneurs. Jill gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, was dubbed a “mommy mogul” by CNNMoney, a “Cool Mom Entrepreneur We Love” by MSN Live, and was recently named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch In Tech as well as a Top 100 Champion Small Business Influencer after Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and Desmond Tutu and she regularly appears on ABC7’s Windy City Live TV show. In her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

    • 15 min
    Until we meet again...

    Until we meet again...

    What’s In This Episode: Brad: Welcome to breaking down your business, episode 365. You can find the show notes of this episode of breakingdownyourbusiness.com/365.
    Jill: It's us again. Oh my gosh, 365 episodes.
    Brad: It's like a whole year. People don't spend a whole year with us.
    Jill: Look at you, good at math.
    Brad: I did that in my head.
    Jill: Yeah.
    Brad: Not even a calculator.
    Jill: Unbelievable. Thank you to everybody who has stayed with us for fricking 365 episodes.

    • 6 min
    What does it mean to re-open my business?

    What does it mean to re-open my business?

    What’s In This Episode: Brad: Welcome to breaking down your business episode 364. [crosstalk 00:00:10].
    Jill: Hello. It's still up.
    Brad: You can find the show notes for this episode of breaking down your business.com/
    Jill: I don't know, but you just said episood. I don't know.
    Brad: 364.
    Jill: It's like you still can't pronounce. We're 364 episodes then he's going to learn to speak English one day.
    Brad: I don't know why you think that.
    Jill: I don't know cause it helps with running a business.
    Brad: I'm 53 years old. I am not going to learn something. [crosstalk 00:00:36] Pronunciation things.
    Jill: I see, you're not going to learn words.

    • 22 min
    I'm not shouting this is how we all talk now.

    I'm not shouting this is how we all talk now.

    What’s In This Episode: Brad: Welcome to Breaking Down Your Business, episode 363. You can find the show notes for this episode on breakingdownyourbusiness.com/363.
    Brad: Hey there, Jill. Jill, you're on mute. The button on the lower left, the one that looks like a mike-
    Jill: Hello.
    Brad: There you go. There you go.
    Jill: Hello.
    Brad: There you go.
    Jill: Can you hear me?
    Brad: I can hear you now. Yeah.
    Jill: Oh my gosh. What is going on with technolgy?
    Brad: Is this the way we start every meeting now, six times a day I have this conversation.

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
82 Ratings

82 Ratings

The Momma Bird ,

High Paced - High Value

This podcast is not for the faint of heart. If you want to get to the nitty gritty of business decisions then you've come to the right place. Jill and Brad just go for it in each episode and they are NOT kidding around. They are short and packed with quick reframes and a serious commitment to making a decision NOW and moving on. I love it.

adamnmel ,

Outstanding!

Great podcast for small business owners. Very actionable.

full circle media ,

Great find! Love this podcast

I found this podcast from a friend of mine. After I listened to a couple of episodes, I fell in love with Jill and Brad. They have great short pieces of advice with some fantastic call-in questions. Keep up the good work Jill and Brad and Breaking Down Your Business team!

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