Beyond Margins: Build a calmer business with comfortable margins

Nov 19 2024 108 ep. 39 mins 4
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Can you build a business based on… “calm?” On Beyond Margins, host Susan Boles looks beyond the usual metrics of success to help you build a business where calm is the new KPI. With over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, CFO, and COO, Susan shares the business strategies that lead to a business with comfortable margins—financial, emotional, energetic, and scheduling margins. Join her and her guests as they counter the prevailing “wisdom” about business growth, productivity, and success to provide a framework for making choices that align with your values and true goals. Episode by episode, you’ll get a look at the team management, operations, financials, product development, and marketing of a calmer business.

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Using Efficient Systems to Create Calm with Amelia Hruby

Nov 19 2024 44 mins  
Why are efficient systems so essential for building a calmer business? And how do you go about finding the right systems and processes for yourself? We're continuing in our mini-series on my calmer framework for a calmer business. This week, we're focused on my favorite aspect of my CALMER framework -- efficient systems. We dive into the importance of understanding our own processe

Transitioning to a 4-day Workweek with Nathalie Lussier

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Building Systems of Care with Heather O'Neill

Oct 22 2024 40 mins  
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Engineering an Autonomous Work Culture with Marissa Goldberg

Oct 08 2024 40 mins  
Can we create calm workplaces that are not only remote, but also asynchronous? And can we do it while avoiding micromanaging from afar? We're continuing in our mini-series on my calmer framework for a calmer business. This week, we're diving into autonomy. Why is autonomy essential for a calmer business? What does an autonomous work environment even look like? And how can you apply

Why Clarity Matters: Creating a Calmer Business Environment

Sep 24 2024 7 mins  
How can defining your business values and success more clearly lead to a calmer operation?This episode kicks off our miniseries on deconstructing the common elements that all calm businesses share. We're starting with the most foundational element: clarity. Clarity in business is often summarized by a simple yet powerful term: "freedom from ambiguity." In today’s discussion, Susa

Essential Elements of Building a Calm Business

Sep 03 2024 9 mins  
What if you could design a business that inherently operates on calm, not chaos? What are the essential elements to make this possible, and how can they be systematically incorporated into your business model?As we dive into our new series on creating calmer businesses, we explore the foundational elements that make businesses serene and sustainable. Each episode of this series wil

Hidden Funding: Grants for Creatives, Consultants & Agency Owners with Danielle Desir Corbett

Aug 20 2024 21 mins  
Can grants really fund your service business? This episode wraps up our deep dive into unique funding options for service businesses, exploring an often overlooked resource—grants.Meet Danielle Desir Corbett. She's a former grants administrator turned 4x grant-funded creative entrepreneur. She curates a monthly newsletter called "Grants For Creators," which shares funding opportu

How to Use Debt Strategically

Aug 06 2024 10 mins  
In this special 100th episode of Beyond Margins, host Susan Boles delivers her first solo discussion on utilizing debt thoughtfully to fund service businesses. Drawing from her experience as a fractional CFO, she explores the benefits and strategic uses of debt, shares real-world examples, and provides practical tips for business owners facing cash flow challenges or looking to sei

Crowdfunding For Service Businesses with Lena West

Jul 23 2024 49 mins  
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Finding the Money to Grow with Eda Henries

Jul 09 2024 38 mins  
Cash is only easy to come by when you don't really need it. When things are going well, banks are happy to finance loans and lines of credit, and investors are easy to find when you're profitable and growing quickly. But we all know things aren’t always going well.For service-based businesses, where our products aren’t widgets but more often the intangible value of our brains a