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Small Business Survival Conversations
Small Business Survival Conversations is the weekly podcast designed to empower entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and small business owners who are fighting every day to build, grow, and sustain their businesses in a noisy and unpredictable world.
Hosted by Anna Steinfest, business strategist, entrepreneur, and founder with decades of experience helping small businesses thrive, this show delivers practical wisdom, mindset fuel, and real-world strategies that small business owners can actually use.
What to Expect Every Week
Monday Morning Motivation
Kickstart your week with a powerful story—drawn from timeless fables, real business lessons, or classic wisdom—paired with three actionable steps you can apply immediately. Each episode is crafted to help you regain focus, protect your momentum, and make better decisions as a small business owner.
These episodes are short, energizing, and packed with practical insight. Think of it as your weekly dose of clarity, courage, and direction.
Occasional Expert Interviews
Throughout the season, Anna welcomes entrepreneurs, industry experts, and community leaders who share their experiences, failures, wins, and lessons learned. Whether you’re looking to scale, pivot, or simply survive another day of running a business, these conversations offer the guidance and encouragement you need.
Who This Podcast Is For
This show is built for:
• Small business owners
• Solopreneurs
• Startup founders
• Women-owned businesses
• Community-based and service-based entrepreneurs
• Anyone navigating growth with limited time, resources, and support
If you’re building a business from the ground up—and learning as you go—you’re in the right place.
Why Listeners Love This Podcast
• Practical, real-world strategies (no fluff)
• Story-driven insights that stick
• Weekly motivation designed specifically for small business owners
• Action steps in every episode
• Honest conversations about what it really takes to survive and grow
• Encouragement without sugarcoating
Running a small business is not easy — but you don’t have to do it alone.
Subscribe now and start your week with inspiration, direction, and the tools to keep moving forward.
Small Business Survival Conversations
Your journey. Your grit. Your growth.
Small Business Survival Conversations
S3E49: Dream It, Date It, Dominate It
Tired of setting big goals that turn into endless preparation cycles? This Monday, Anna Steinfest delivers a game-changing tool that transforms overwhelming dreams into step-by-step action plans: **Backward Planning**.
In this power-packed 10-minute episode, you'll discover why most entrepreneurs get stuck in "getting ready to get ready" mode—and how to flip the script by starting with your destination and working backward to today.
### **What You'll Learn:**
✅ Why forward planning leads to wandering (and how backward planning creates laser focus)
✅ The 5-step backward planning method that turns any goal into a concrete roadmap
✅ A real-world case study: How one entrepreneur used backward planning to launch a $49,500/month subscription service
✅ Your Monday Challenge: The 20-minute exercise that will transform your biggest goal into today's action item
### **Perfect For:**
- Small business owners stuck in planning paralysis
- Entrepreneurs with big dreams but unclear next steps
- Anyone ready to stop preparing and start achieving
### **Key Quote:**
*"The difference between dreamers and achievers isn't talent, luck, or intelligence. It's the willingness to turn dreams into dates, and dates into daily actions."*
### **This Week's Challenge:**
Pick ONE major business goal, create your backward plan, and take the first action step before bedtime tonight.
**No theory. No fluff. Just a proven tool you can use today.**
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## **Tags/Keywords**
#SmallBusiness #GoalSetting #BackwardPlanning #Productivity #Entrepreneurship #MondayMotivation #BusinessStrategy #ActionPlanning #BusinessGrowth #Leadership