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Using Email to Build the Life You Want (and Survive Survivor): A Conversation with Liz Wilcox
Email marketer Liz Wilcox on building a business on other people's platforms, a $9 membership, and why writing your own emails still beats AI.
Mixed Feelings About Marketing: A Conversation with Natalie Gates
Can you build a business without being chronically online? Website strategist Natalie Gates makes the case for websites, relationships, and ignoring the "shoulds."
Doing the Work Once: A Conversation with Jordan Gill
Jordan Gill runs a whole business in about ten hours a week by doing the work once: templating everything and letting the systems run without her.
Making What People Want: A Conversation with Amanda Natividad
SparkToro's Amanda Natividad on audience-first marketing, building a brand by picking a lane, and letting your values set the pace of growth.
The AI Rhythm I’m In Right Now (Until It Changes Again)
Five specific ways I use AI in my solopreneur business right now, and three ways I won't, after a few years on the hype rollercoaster.
Punk Rock Economics and the Art of Growing Without Big Tech: A Conversation with Kate Assaraf
Everyone else chased ads and influencers. Kate Assaraf went analog and built DIP into a seven-figure brand on word of mouth, in 800+ small stores.
Relationships Over Campaigns: A Conversation with Laura Fenton
What does it take to build a thriving writing career with almost no marketing? For Laura Fenton: relationships, good writing, and protected time.
Intentionally Profitable: A Conversation with Prerna Malik
Most AI advice is about speed. Prerna Malik makes the case for intention. In our conversation, she shares her approach to AI, growth, and business she still loves 15 years in.
One Table, Fewer Words, and the Art of Staying Small: A Conversation with Kevin Shinn
Kevin Shinn runs a one-table backyard restaurant. We talk about choosing small on purpose, finding your voice, and resisting the pressure to scale.
Curating a Minimalist Website Through Intentional Spaces
Website overwhelm usually isn’t about the tech. It’s about not knowing where things should live — or what they’re there to do.