Best of · Podcast
The conversations founders come back to most.
The best podcast episodes on entrepreneurship, leadership, ownership, growth, and building something meaningful. Start with any episode on this list — they are the ones listeners share, save, and re-listen to most.
Every episode links to the full show on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube, plus the transcript when available.
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How to Own Your Power: The Mindset Every Entrepreneur Needs to Build Boldly
16 min episode
What does it really take to build the business,and life,you want? In this special compilation episode of Build the Damn Thing, host Kathryn Finney brings together powerful insights from founders and leaders who are redefining what it means
Why it's on this list: The mindset episode listeners share first. The starting line for the rest of the catalog.
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How to Go From Layoff to $600k
31 min episode
In this episode of Build a Damn Thing, host Kathryn Finney speaks with Elina Pantelyeva, the founder of Dood Woof, about her journey from being laid off in the tech industry to building a successful brand for dog lovers. Elina shares her in
Why it's on this list: The episode every laid-off knowledge worker forwards. Proof the next chapter can be bigger.
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From Corporate Burnout to Finding Your Purpose: How to Build a Life You Actually Love
44 min episode
In this episode of Build a Damn Thing, host Kathryn Finney speaks with Francesca Hogi, a lawyer turned entrepreneur and author, about her journey from corporate law to matchmaking. They discuss the importance of navigating life changes, fin
Why it's on this list: For anyone still inside the corporate machine wondering if there's a way out.
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From $25 Google Checks to 7-Figure Exit: OG Influencers Reveal the Business Behind Personal Branding
43 min episode
What happens when you turn a fashion blog into a business empire worth acquiring? Marie Denée, founder of The Curvy Fashionista, sits down with Kathryn Finney to break down the real economics of influence - from the wild west days of $12 CP
Why it's on this list: The business behind personal branding, from people who built it before it had a name.
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How to Use The Profit First Method To Get $$$ as an Entrepreneur
32 min episode
In this episode of Build the Damn Thing, host Kathryn Finney interviews financial advisor and money mindset expert Shari Rash, host of Everyone’s Talking Money, a show recognized by The New York Times. The conversation gives new and early s
Why it's on this list: The money episode. Practical pricing and cash discipline most first-time founders skip.
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What is Venture Capital?
47 min episode
You’ve heard the buzz about venture capital, but do you really know how it works? Or if it’s even right for your business? In this episode of Build the Damn Thing, Kathryn Finney sits down with Brian Laung Aoaeh, co-founder of Refashioned V
Why it's on this list: The plain-English VC explainer Kathryn wishes someone had given her at the start.
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How to Turn a Side Hustle Into a Thriving Business with Andee Hart
36 min episode
What does it really take to turn a kitchen side hustle into a thriving wholesale business? In this episode of Build the Damn Thing, Kathryn Finney talks with entrepreneur and sales strategist Andee Hart, founder of Hart Design Co. and host
Why it's on this list: The clearest roadmap on the show for going from nights-and-weekends to full-time.
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How to Use AI to Grow Your Business
41 min episode
It's time to use AI to save you time and grow your business In this episode of Build the Damn Thing, Kathryn Finney sits down with Cheryl Contee,tech futurist, serial entrepreneur, and author of AI for Nonprofits,to break down how underesti
Why it's on this list: The AI-for-founders episode. What to use, what to skip, and where it actually moves revenue.
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How to Build a Powerful Network
30 min episode
How do you build a network that actually fuels your business and life? In this special compilation episode of Build the Damn Thing, Kathryn Finney brings together some of the most powerful insights from past guests on the importance of rela
Why it's on this list: Network strategy for founders who don't want to be 'networkers'.
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How to Use Storytelling to Make $$$
40 min episode
In this episode of Build the Damn Thing, host Kathryn Finney speaks with expert authority coach Christine Blosdale about the importance of visibility and storytelling in entrepreneurship. Christine shares insights on overcoming imposter syn
Why it's on this list: Why narrative is the highest-leverage skill a founder can build, with concrete reps.
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