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The Small Business Radio Show

The Small Business Radio Show

By: Barry Moltz
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 Barry Moltz gets small businesses unstuck. He has founded and run small businesses with a great deal of success and failure for more than 25 years. Barry knows the formula for taking your company to the next level!

This is a business radio show where we talk about all the craziness of small business. It’s that craziness that actually makes it exciting, interesting and totally unpredictable.

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Episodes
  • #836 The "Hey Dad" Moments: What We Wish We’d Taught Our Kids About Business

    #836 The "Hey Dad" Moments: What We Wish We’d Taught Our Kids About Business
    Jun 21 2025
    I have been thinking a lot about my Dad lately and what he taught me in business and life. This is because I just had a new grandson about a month ago and he was named for my dad!

    This week, I talk with Robert J. Finlay who is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, seasoned entrepreneur, renowned speaker, and father of four. He is a successful entrepreneur and commercial real estate investor. He has built and sold four companies. He brings strategic insights and inspires the next generation of leaders with his commitment to mentorship, education, and the integration of technology. Rob has a new book called "Hey Dad…Everything You Should’ve Learned About Life (But Didn’t)".

    We talked about:
    • Should You Really Start a Business?
    • Is It Smarter to Learn on Someone Else’s Dime First?
    • Do You Have a Great Idea—or a Great Execution Plan?
    • Who’s Your Mentor?
    • Getting your first job (and keeping it)!
    • Budgeting like a pro—even if you hate spreadsheets.
    • Finding your first place without getting ripped off.
    • Navigating credit, cars, and career moves.
    • Building independence with confidence (and maybe fewer 2 a.m. Google searches).



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    26 mins
  • #835 When They Call You a Bust: How a Top Pick in the MLB Draft Came Back

    #835 When They Call You a Bust: How a Top Pick in the MLB Draft Came Back
    Jun 14 2025
    We all love great comeback stories. This is one but not like you think …but not in the way you think.

    Matt Antonelli was the 17th pick in the first round of the 2006 MLB draft by the San Diego . By the 2008 season, he was a top-50 prospect in baseball. But he only played 21 games in the MLB and by 2013 his professional baseball career was over. Matt says “ I’ve been called a bust so many times, I stopped caring a long time ago.” He is now a coach and business owner.

    His hardest moment was the year he made my big league debut. He was a top prospect in the Padres’ organization going into the 2008 season. Matt began the season in Triple A and, for the first time in his life, he was horrible. He forgot how to hit and had no idea how to fix it.

    We discussed:
    1. His first big league hit against Greg Maddux.
    2. What the hard moments teach you and what the easy ones never could.
    3. Your identity must be bigger than your achievements. Why so many business owners think they are their business.
    4. Sometimes the greatest growth comes after letting go.
    5. What feels like a loss can actually be relief in disguise.


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    30 mins
  • #834 Why Great Ideas Are Not Enough to Build a Successful Startup

    #834 Why Great Ideas Are Not Enough to Build a Successful Startup
    Jun 8 2025
    Segment 1 starts at 0:00 with Julia Austin.

    When I was an angel investor, people always used to say to me that "I have a great idea for a business, what do you think?" I would reply- "I have no idea" Successful businesses are not about ideas- they are about the execution of that idea.

    Julia Austin is a seasoned operator who has served in leadership roles at several technology startups. She is on the faculty at Harvard Business School and is faculty cochair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. As a certified executive coach, Austin works exclusively with startup founders. She is an angel investor, serves on startup boards, and advises many founders through her work with several accelerators. Her new book is "After the IDEA: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup".

    Segment 2 starts at 18:19 with Chris Berdik.

    I have always been very sensitive to loud noise in my work and personal environment- what effect does noise have on a person’s ability to be productive or just relax?

    Chris Berdik is a journalist who writes about science, health, technology, and education, including two books, - the latest is "Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World--And How We Can Take It Back". Previously, he was a staff editor at the Atlantic Monthly, a research editor at the investigative-journalism magazine, Mother Jones, and a senior writer covering science and medicine for Boston University's daily news website and alumni magazine, Bostonia


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    32 mins
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