Whiskey Fridays
by Kate Tyson And John Gerber
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Ep26 - Season Ender: Taking a Break
Ep26 - Season Ender: Taking a Break
About this podcast
Real talk at the heart of creative entrepreneurship with Kate Tyson and John Gerber.
Kate and John, longtime small business advisors, drink whiskey while dishing hard-won wisdom for entrepreneurs and leaders. We also publish "Boss Talks" episodes: interviews with leaders on new possibilities in business and economics and are possibly the only business podcast out there to feature special musical guests.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 32 episodes
- Ep26 - Season Ender: Taking a Break · 23 minNo emails, no meetings, just time to reset—Kate is about to find out how that feels. In this season ender of Whiskey Fridays, Kate and John reflect on the busy fall and Kate’s…
- Ep25 - Boss Talks: Taking an Extended Business Break with Nic Antoinette · 42 minKate chats with Nic Antoinette about her plan to take an “adult gap year” in 2025: Nic will hit pause and step back from most of her business and work life for 12 months. Nic…
- Ep24 - Boss Talks: Designing Equitable Pay Structures with AORTA · 35 minKate talks to Neily Jennings of AORTA Cooperative about the organization's process of designing a transparent, equitable, and just compensation framework for their team. They…
- Ep23 - Boss Talks: Building an Anti-Racist and Reparative Economy with Jessica Norwood · 56 minKate sits down with Jessica Norwood for a conversation about reimagining finance and capital through building an anti-racist and reparative economy. Through her guiding question…
- Ep22 - Understanding Owner Compensation · 29 minBusiness owner compensation is not as straightforward as it may seem. Kate and John discuss challenges with balancing an owner’s personal needs with those of the business…
- Ep21 - The Four Types of Business Investors · 40 minEver wonder what kind of investor relationships are actually worth it and what might be the best fit for you? John talks through the four types of investors—friends and family…
- Ep20 - Boss Talks: Making Money as an Anticapitalist with Bear Hebert · 57 minKate sits down with Bear Hebert, anticapitalist business coach and social justice educator, to reframe the conversation on how we think about money in our businesses as…
- EP19 - The Purpose of Profit · 26 minKate wants us to think about profit differently. Instead of money lining the pockets of shareholders and business owners, she proposes that profit is a crucial resource to care…
- Ep18 ﹘ Non-Competes Make People Insane · 32 minKate and John tackle the thorny issue of non-competes: from the weirdly emotional reactions to employees starting their own business, to the sneaky ways non-solicitation clauses…
- Season 2: What's Coming · 6 minWe’re back with drinks in hand, gearing up for a new season of Whiskey Fridays. This season, we’re tackling all the big stuff—starting with non-compete agreements. They’ve been…
- Summer Break! · 2 minWhiskey Friday's is on Summer Break! But we're recording new episodes for the fall and have a tiny sneak peak on what we're working on. Mostly: Money. Learn more about Kate…
- Ep 17 – What Every Small Business Owner Should Know About Paid Leave · 34 minSo you want to offer your team members paid family and medical leave? Yeah, good luck with that. The few government programs that exist to help businesses support paid leave…
- Ep 16 – Why You & Your Business Need (Legal) Space · 36 minIf your relationship status with your business is “it’s complicated,” then it’s time for some clean-up. You and your business need some space. And that space? John calls it…
- BONUS - Building Solidarity in the Creator Economy · 35 minToday is a bonus episode featuring Kate, Charlie Gilkey, and Tara McMullin discussing the creator economy. It originally aired in the What Works feed—the first part of this…
- BONUS - 'The Creator Economy Is Eating Creative Acts' · 51 minToday is a bonus episode featuring Kate, Charlie Gilkey, and Tara McMullin discussing the creator economy. It originally aired in the What Works feed. Part 2 of this conversation…
- Ep 15 – Boss Talks: Engaging Unionization with Access Matters CEO Melissa Weiler Gerber · 44 minIf an organization is progressive and cares about its staff, then workers don’t need a union, right? Employee survey says: Nope. Unions are taking off in all sorts of…
- Ep 14 - Ditch the Bonus - Towards Transparent Profit Distribution · 36 minShould you reward your employees with performance-based bonuses? Kate says… No! The more equitable move is transparent profit distribution. Kate explains why performance-based…
- BONUS Addendum to Episode 13 · 12 minOnce you give an employee equity, does that mean you’re partners for better…and worse? In this bonus addendum to Episode 13 – Employee Equity: Sharing the Pie – John talks…
- Ep 13 – Employee Equity - Sharing the Pie · 49 minEmployees are critical to business growth and success. So, shouldn’t they get a piece of the pie? Well…maybe. Offering employee equity is a process. You’ve got to consider the…
- Ep 12 - What If Clients Won't Pay Me?! · 38 minMoney shit is hard, even on a good day. So, what should you do when a client refuses to pay you, even after you have fulfilled your end of the agreement? You’ve done your part…
