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353. (Subscriber Q&A) Ellen’s Side Quests, Investments, Reflections on Descaling The Business 1 Year Later
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352. Who Keeps What & Pays Who? Untangling IP From a Multi-Million Dollar Brand & Business Partnership To Launch Her Independent Company
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351. Flipping 900+ KnockOffs Into an 80% Sales Spike (How To Turn CopyCats Into a Marketing Campaign)
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350. Licensing Your Service IP to Create 5-Figure Cash Injections + New Distribution Channels In Your Business
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349. Should You License Someone Else’s IP Instead of Building From Scratch? The Strategy That Generated $80,378 In Year One
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348. She Allocates 75% Of Her Business Profits To Private Money Lending For Double Digit Returns
347. Does the Stock Market Beat Reinvesting in Your Business? Turning Active Income Into Passive Income
346. Using Business Profits to Invest In Real Estate: How Thanks for Visiting Made $100K+ Revenue and Increased Property Value by 1M+ Before Opening Day
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345. Using Business Profits to Angel Invest: The $10K Bet That Returned $1.2M (+ Jaclyn Johnson’s Portfolio Walk-Through)
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344. My Honest Experience Buying a Brick & Mortar Retail Store as a Second Business
Bonus: How to Raise Money-Confident Kids (And The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs)
343. (Q&A) How To Land Cash & In-Kind Sponsorships To Offset Your Event Costs
Bonus: To Spend or Not To Spend? How To Evaluate Your Expenses + The Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask Before A Big Financial Decision
342. 6 Time-Saving Boundaries You’ll Want To Borrow
Bonus: How to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Business
341. The “Pods” Team Structure That Pulled Her Out of The Day-to-Day & Doubled Revenue (Without Increasing Hours or Headcount)
340. Cutting Her Service Menu In Half Gave Her 40 Hours a Week Back (and 2-3X'd Average Client Revenue)
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339. Systemizing To Six Figures: Increasing Average Earnings From $23 to $303/hr On a 9-Hour Work Week
338. Press, Pitches, and What's Actually Moving the Needle | PR Expert Roundtable
Bonus: How the Hybrid Agency Model Is Changing the Way Brands Hire Creative Teams
337. Creative Ways to Leverage PR Opportunities for Content (Even When Your Pitch Is Rejected)
336. How To Sustain Media Momentum Beyond a Viral Moment (Confessions From A Small Business Made Famous by Taylor Swift)
335. What's Working To Sell Out Events in 2026? | Roundtable
334. Scrappy Scaling: How Co-Branded Events Catapulted an Unknown Company Into the National Spotlight
This is a free preview of a paid episode (40 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo Continuing our series on leveraging events for business growth, today’s case study is a masterclass in using the resources and infrastructure of established brands to create co-branded experiences that accelerate your own brand expansion. Marty McDonald, USA Today bestselling author of Audacious and founder of Boss Women Media, launched a national events platform from a strategic partnership pitch to Sugarfina’s CEO. Her bold ask turned into sold out pop-ups in five cities, a 22,000-person virtual event, additional partnerships with Amazon and Capital One, and eventually, a book deal. We dig into the pitch, follow-up, and execution in this episode. Connect with Marty: Grab a copy of Marty's book Audacious: https://a.co/d/0cFzSDdE https://bosswomen.org/audacious/ If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: How a 7-Figure Course Creator Used AI to Recession-Proof Her Business
Gemma Bonham-Carter has been making money online since before Instagram existed. After building a 7-figure education business helping over 20,000 entrepreneurs, she made a bold move: retiring multiple signature programs to go all-in on AI education in a market flooded with generic ChatGPT content. While most online educators struggled in 2025, Gemma had her best year yet and is now targeting $10M. The founder of AI All Stars and host of the annual AI Unlocked conference, Gemma is a recognized voice in the industry with features in Entrepreneur, Inc., Business Insider, and Fast Company. But what sets her apart isn't the accolades - it's how she thinks about AI as business infrastructure. In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on what actually made her recession-proof when others weren't, why she was confident enough to retire the offers that were working, and the one mindset shift that could move your business forward this week. Connect with Gemma: Website: https://gemmabonhamcarter.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/gemma.bonhamcarter Workshop: https://gemmabonhamcarter.com/aiworkshop Loving our bonus content and want more Cubicle to CEO in your ears? Join us every Monday on our subscriber-only premium feed for case study–style interviews with successful entrepreneurs debriefing their real-time growth experiments and results. Subscribe to get insider access to what's actually been working for businesses in the last 3-18 months: cubicletoceo.co/podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
333. Creative Community Events That Took a $17K Startup to $22M in Sales in 1 Year
This is a free preview of a paid episode (44 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo Continuing our series on leveraging events to grow in 2026, we’re joined today by Tiffany McQuaid. Tiffany McQuaid is the Regional Director of Strategy and Performance at SERHANT and author of The INth Degree: How To Stand Out By Going All In. Tiffany’s case study looks at how she built a multi-million dollar real estate brokerage in a crowded market through creative community events like a concert series, stone crab festivals, and safari-themed open houses that created brand awareness and meaningful relationships. The results? $22 million in real estate sales in her first year of hosting events and a 400% increase in office foot traffic. In today's episode, Tiffany unpacks the full strategy behind "Rockin' on the Bay" and her broader community creation event playbook —including how she got the first event off the ground with no budget and why experience-based marketing continues to outperform everything else she's tried. Connect with Tiffany: Email Tiffany: [email protected] https://www.tiffanymcquaid.com/ Get Tiffany's book "The INth Degree: How to Stand Out By Going All In": https://a.co/d/3WpKHbP https://www.facebook.com/tiffanymcquaid https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-mcquaid-0ab6a454/ IG: @tiffanymcquaid If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: Build an Aligned Brand That Converts and Grows With You (Without Burning Out)
Does your brand accurately reflect the quality of your work? Alison Gardner, Founder and Creative Director of Perspektiiv Design Co., believes that when a brand is truly aligned with your values, your voice, and your vision, it stops being a source of stress and starts becoming one of your strongest business assets. A lifelong creative entrepreneur and mother, Alison brings both strategic depth and real-world experience to the brands she builds for visionaries and business owners who are ready to grow without burning themselves out in the process. In this episode, she breaks down the biggest misconceptions about branding that are keeping business owners stuck, the practical shifts that make a brand actually convert, and how to build something that feels clear, confident, and completely authentic to who you are. Connect with Alison: Website: https://www.perspektiiv.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perspektiivdesignco/ Newsletter Sign Up: https://mailchi.mp/perspektiiv/newsletter Loving our bonus content and want more Cubicle to CEO in your ears? Join us every Monday on our subscriber-only premium feed for case study–style interviews with successful entrepreneurs debriefing their real-time growth experiments and results. Subscribe to get insider access to what's actually been working for businesses in the last 3-18 months: cubicletoceo.co/podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
332. Create & Cultivate’s Playbook To Sell Out a 2,000 Person Event (Straight From The CEO)
This is a free preview of a paid episode (49 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo It’s a stretch for most events to attract 200 paid attendees; Create & Cultivate’s Festival is setting a new bar by reaching those numbers in speakers alone, and then selling out 2,000 tickets— their biggest event to date (with goals to double attendance this fall for round 2). Here to give us the playbook on exactly how they did it is Marina Middleton, the CEO + Co-Partner of Create & Cultivate: the largest events and media platform advancing women through access, connection, and opportunity. To kickoff ourseries on leveraging events as a business growth engine, Marina spills the tea on how Create & Cultivate differentiated Festival from other business events by creating value outside of content programming, and walks us through the timeline of strategic pricing and promotional pushes that sold out a 2,000 person event. Connect with Marina: https://createcultivate.com https://www.marinamiddleton.com/ IG: @MarinaaMiddleton If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: How To Get Chat GPT/AI To Recommend Your Website (SEO Isn’t Enough Anymore)
Krissy Chin and Claire VanBemmelen are the founders of K+C Creative and sisters who have lived through every era of online business. From the early days of blogging to today’s crowded creator economy, they’ve seen firsthand how attention has become expensive and trust has grown fragile. They don’t follow trends. They design high-converting websites and funnels for coaches, service providers, and course creators based on real-time buyer behavior - turning websites into trust builders, self-marketers, and sales associates so they can show up confidently to sell more, serve more, and live more. Returning to our show to continue the conversation on optimizing your website, Krissy + Claire show the hidden cost of your website being invisible to AI and exactly how to fix it. SEO is no longer enough for ChatGPT and other AI platforms to recommend you in search —you need to pair it with AEO to stay discoverable in 2026 and beyond. Connect with Krissy and Claire: https://www.kandccreative.com https://www.instagram.com/kandc.creative https://www.instagram.com/onepagewebsiteinaday https://www.youtube.com/@KandCCreative Want to add Schema to your website pages? Create your Schema Code using this tool - https://www.kandccreative.com/schema-tool Loving our bonus content and want more Cubicle to CEO in your ears? Join us every Monday on our subscriber-only premium feed for case study–style interviews with successful entrepreneurs debriefing their real-time growth experiments and results. Subscribe to get insider access to what's actually been working for businesses in the last 3-18 months: cubicletoceo.co/podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
331. 9 Unexpected Marketing Campaigns Crushing It Right Now | Roundtable
This is a free preview of a paid episode (49 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo Wrapping up our series on the most unique ways to market and sell in 2026, host Ellen Yin sits down with producer Sabrina Nasser and marketing strategist Stephanie Paradiso for a roundtable on the real-world campaigns that captured our attention in recent months. From major brands to scrappy mom-and-pops, we deconstruct how brands are turning everyday products into conversation starters, choosing intimacy over reach to drive influence, and playing into the unexpected to stop people mid-scroll. These are the creative marketing campaigns shaping our next big ideas—and they might spark yours, too. Connect with Steph: www.inspiredsocial.co IG: @inspiredsocialco Listen to Steph's last episode on Cubicle to CEO Links mentioned in the episode: Huda Beauty Pop Socket Rhode Lip Tint Phone Case @eugbrandstrat Meta Close Friends Strategy Breakdown Brittany Robert's Close Friends Launch Strategy If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 330330. The AI Chat Funnel That Generated 100+ Qualified Leads and Converts at 80%
This is a free preview of a paid episode (36 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo Imagine saving yourself 20 hours per month while qualifying over 100 leads for your offer. Jenna Nelson is a nationally recognized AI strategist and advisor helping founders simplify systems, strengthen visibility, and build businesses that attract attention without constant hustle. As the founder of Her AIgency, she helps business owners get found in the era of AI using her Align, Automate and Appear framework. Continuing our series on most unique ways to sell a service/product/offer in 2026, Jenna's case study today focuses on how she replaced sales calls with a consultative AI lead magnet that filtered thousands of leads for her and increased conversion rates to 80%+. Connect with Jenna: heraigency.com IG: @heraigency youtube.com/@heraigency facebook.com/heraigency If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
329. Marketing An Agency Like A Consumer Brand: How They Package Their Services Like a 6 Pack of Beer
This is a free preview of a paid episode (38 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo Dana Hork is a transformational brand leader, entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Beers with Friends, an agile creative agency helping ambitious brands solve high stakes creative challenges in just five days. Dana partners with founders, CMOs and marketing leaders to unlock fast, high impact brand solutions through the agency's signature beer run sprint approach, delivering expert driven creativity without the bureaucracy of traditional agencies. And it's actually this exact beer run strategy that really caught our eye. Continuing our series on unique ways to market a service, product, or offer in 2026, Dana shares why her agency packages their services like a direct-to-consumer beer brand. This case study unlocks how this unexpected positioning keeps Beers With Friends memorable and their client pipeline full. Connect with Dana: www.bwfagency.com IG: @getbeerswithfriends https://www.linkedin.com/in/danahork/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/beerswithfriends https://youtube.com/@beerswithfriends If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: What 8-Figure Entrepreneurs Do Differently (That 7-Figure Founders Resist)
Julia Carlson is an 8-figure entrepreneur, a top ranked financial advisor by Barron's and Forbes, author of Money Loves You and Let’s Get You Fired, and speaker who’s spent more than 25 years helping women build real wealth without burning themselves out in the process. She has built and scaled multiple companies, including a financial services firm, while raising a family. Today, Julia helps women entrepreneurs scale to 7 & 8 figures by firing themselves from the day-to-day and stepping into true CEO leadership to build businesses that create freedom, impact, and legacy. To give us insight into what that looks like in practice, this conversation will focus on the identity shift required to move from operator to visionary and why doing “more” stops working after 7 figures. Connect with Julia: www.thejuliacarlson.com www.instagram.com/thejuliacarlson www.linkedin.com/in/thejuliacarlson/ Loving our bonus content and want more Cubicle to CEO in your ears? Join us every Monday on our subscriber-only premium feed for case study–style interviews with successful entrepreneurs debriefing their real-time growth experiments and results. Subscribe to get insider access to what's actually been working for businesses in the last 3-18 months: cubicletoceo.co/podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
328. How Auctioning a VIP Day on Instagram Generated $9,700
This is a free preview of a paid episode (42 min), exclusively available on our subscriber-only premium feed. Become a premium subscriber to tune into the full episode: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Questions about our premium podcast subscription? Send us a DM @cubicletoceo Dr. Nata Salvatori, founder of the Accidental CEO, works with entrepreneurs who have built reliable revenue but are still tangled in the weeds of their business. In today’s case study, we’ll be examining how Nata hosted a 24 hour auction on Instagram for her VIP day service, sparking a bidding war that resulted in $9,700 in related sales. The magic here wasn't just in auctioning off a VIP day, but it was also the pre-auction, during auction, and post-auction stack of actions that built on each other to get the most juice out of her squeeze. We go over a 9-page document with all of the details of her strategy and execution, so listen in to discover how this unique marketing campaign turned into a visibility play, a list builder, a workshop filler, and a VIP day booking system all rolled into one. Connect with Nata: https://accidentalceo.co/ CEO Capacity Audit Quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/69406257520071b3d67558b4 Happy Hour Meetup: https://accidentalceo.co/happy-hour IG: @accidentalceo.co Check out our 2026 events directory: https://www.cubicletoceo.co/2026-events If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: How a Non-Viral Threads Account Landed $6K in Sponsors
You don’t need a viral audience to monetize social media. Jess Freeman is proof. With a small, non-viral audience on Threads, she secured $6,000 in summit sponsorships in just two months — without a hard sell, course, or product launch. The founder of Jess Creatives and The Ordinary Business, Jess has spent 14 years building a service-based business, but recently found incredible success when the idea for a summit dedicated to ‘ordinary’ business owners fell into her lap. In this episode, she breaks down how she monetized her small but mighty Threads platform, her approach to locking in four figures in event sponsorships, and how she leveraged ordinary relatability to create extraordinary demand. Connect with Jess: www.theordinarybusiness.com www.instagram.com/theordinarybusiness www.threads.com/jesscreatives Loving our bonus content and want more Cubicle to CEO in your ears? Join us every Monday on our subscriber-only premium feed for case study–style interviews with successful entrepreneurs debriefing their real-time growth experiments and results. Subscribe to get insider access to what's actually been working for businesses in the last 3-18 months: cubicletoceo.co/podcast If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Subscribe to our premium feed for case-study style interviews every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 327327. The Next Era of Cubicle to CEO: What’s Coming in 2026
Cubicle to CEO is entering its next era! After six years of creating 400+ free episodes, we’re making big changes in 2026 to support our show’s next level of growth. Host Ellen Yin & producer Sabrina Nasser explain everything in this episode. Join us as a premium subscriber: https://cubicletoceo.co/podcast Thoughts on today's episode? Leave a comment on Spotify or chat with us on Instagram: @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: This Is How You Turn Listeners Into Leads (Backed by 100 Podcast Launches)
Many entrepreneurs start podcasts to “build awareness,” but very few turn their show into a real revenue engine. Cait Howard wants to change that. As a podcast strategist who has launched more than 100 shows over the last six years, she’s seen exactly why most business owners fail to turn listeners into leads — and what strategic podcasters do differently. In this episode, Cait breaks down the most common mistakes she sees in the first 90 days of launching a show and why podcasts are an especially powerful tool for women and moms with limited time & energy capacity for marketing. Keep listening to turn your podcast into an asset that shortens the path from discovery to purchase. Connect with Cait: Join us for the free Mom Friends Media Collective Workshop: Your 2026 Success Blueprint Apply for the collective: https://www.momfriendsmedia.com/collective Learn more about the 2026 Podcasting Moms Conference: https://www.momfriendsmedia.com/conference https://www.amplifyboutique.com IG: @amplify.boutique Listen to Pamela Krista's episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xLpJOBJPRsPFF1y104lnA?si=8m4zhN5eQWWudKIbnCkjkg Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://cubicletoceo.co/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 2326326. 7,200 Leads, $596K In Program Sales, Zero Ad Spend
What if a partnership workshop strategy could quietly generate 7,200 leads—and nearly $600,000 in coaching revenue? That’s the organic engine Cassie and Shay built. For the last two years, the founders of Bucketlist Bombshells have used a simple workshop strategy to bring in an average of 450 new subscribers per workshop, adding more than 3,600 high-intent leads to their list every year. All ad free. This single strategy has produced $596,000 in revenue, shaped their messaging through built-in market research, and strengthened partner relationships that produce repeat workshops year after year. In this case study, Shay Brown breaks down how a lean, relationship-driven workshop model became their most reliable source of leads, conversions, and program demand. Connect with Shay: Your FREE Dream Client Playbook to consistently land more clients & grow your revenue: https://bucketlistbombshells.com/cubicletoceo/ Get booked out in your business and start generating $5k+ months: https://bucketlistbombshells.com/shesfullybooked Hit 6-figures and ready to scale? Join our small group coaching program: https://bucketlistbombshells.com/mastermind Tune into the Freedom Filled Life Podcast: https://bucketlistbombshells.com/podcast/ Connect with Shay directly in the DMs here: @bucketlistbombshells Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://cubicletoceo.co/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: The 5 Steps Helping Burned-Out Women Cut Their Workload by 30%
Burnout is pervasive among high-performing professionals. After more than 20 years as a physician, Dr. Erin Hurley hit her own breaking point and rebuilt her life using a method that now helps women reclaim 5 to 20 hours a week. As a productivity and well-being coach, she turns evidence-based research into simple habits that reduce overwhelm fast. In this episode, she breaks down the patterns driving women’s burnout, why balance is harder for women than men, and how her RESET Method helps clients get their time and energy back. If you feel deep in overwhelm, this conversation will show you the first step to reset your work and your wellbeing. Connect with Dr. Erin Hurley: Download her RESET Framework PDF: https://transformationaldoc.com/resetgetyourtimeback FB: https://www.facebook.com/erin.hurley.927 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-hurley-md-transformationaldoc/ IG: @erinhurleymd Grab a copy of Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men: https://amzn.to/3X3w2hC Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://cubicletoceo.co/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 325325. How Giving 10% Equity to One Employee Tripled This Business to 7 Figures
When a traumatic brain injury forced Jenny Groberg to step away from her company for two years, it could have ended her business. Instead, it became the catalyst for exponential growth. Jenny, founder and CEO of BookSmarts Accounting and Bookkeeping, handed day-to-day leadership to her manager, Emily, granting her 10% ownership of the business plus profit sharing. During Jenny’s absence, the company grew 30% year-over-year—scaling from $300K to seven figures in revenue annually. In this case study, we’ll unpack how giving up control and ownership unlocked unprecedented growth, why empowering women became BookSmarts’ biggest advantage, and how Jenny turned adversity into opportunity to build an unstoppable company. Connect with Jenny: https://booksmartspro.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-groberg/ Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://cubicletoceo.co/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 324324. How a New Founder Landed 200 Clients in 6 Months
When Ipek Gray launched her business The Born Method™ — a system rooted in decades of her mother’s research but newly introduced to the US — she generated $50,000 in 1:1 coaching revenue in her first year. Booking 200 private clients in just six months as a new founder, her growth came entirely from community partnerships. By embedding herself in values-aligned groups, Ipek turned small, trusted circles into a scalable referral engine where 30% of clients were directly community members and the rest were referred by community members. In this case study, we unpack how Ipek built a profitable coaching business through a simple community-driven workshop strategy. Connect with Ipek: Get 15% off the Core Experience when you use the code 'CEO': https://thebornmethod.com/foundational-session www.thebornmethod.com IG: @thebornmethod Want another case study like this one? Listen to Flo Esho's episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xTex3IxAEXxI6qR9Fc0NW?si=JIfrAwURRtKNyvjpmSXekg Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://cubicletoceo.co/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag me @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo so we can repost you. Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Subscribe for new episodes every Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices