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
Breaking the Patterns Holding Your Business Back
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Most small-business owners don’t have an information problem. They already know they should raise their prices, delegate more, make the difficult sales call, hire the right person—or finally let the wrong person go.
So why don’t we do it?
Ken Dombrowski returns to Small Business Survival Conversations to explore the hidden patterns that can keep business owners stuck, even when they know exactly what needs to change.
Drawing on his experience as a former construction business owner, business growth coach, and hypnosis practitioner, Ken and I dig into the psychology behind procrastination, fear, control, self-sabotage, and resistance to change.
We also tackle hypnosis head-on: What does it actually have to do with running a small business? Can changing an internal pattern really change business results? And where does mindset work end and good old-fashioned business strategy begin?
If there’s something in your business you’ve known for months that you need to do—but you keep finding a reason not to do it—this conversation is for you.
Because sometimes your next business breakthrough doesn’t come from learning something new. It comes from finally doing what you already know.