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Ep. 68/ Counselor Tips for Business Ownership, How to Stay Sane in your Mind and Regulate your Body
Running a business can be rocky at times, with extreme highs and lows all in a single day, (maybe even within an hour)! In this episode, Chrissy sits down with Kathryn...
Ep. 67/ Copy Our Simple Content Calendar for Small Businesses
Join Chrissy for a quick episode on how Mountain Goat keeps content simple and manageable and keeps people coming in the door for more coffee, beer, and waffles! With ...
Ep. 66 – Southern Crafted Shutters: Shutters Aside (Get It?!), This One’s Packed with Wisdom for ALL Businesses.
If you think running a shutter business sounds boring, Adam and Kristin are here to prove you so wrong. These two started out building and selling barn doors, but when...
Ep. 65/ Artificial Intelligence: It Will Change Your Small Business in 2025—Make Sure It’s for the Better
AI in Small Business: Hype or Help? Ryan breaks down the basics of artificial intelligence in a quick "AI for Dummies" lesson, making it easy to understand if you have...
Ep. 64/ Chrissy's Worst Day of 2025
It’s not that serious—but even after 6.5 years of running a business, tough learning moments still happen. In this storytelling episode, Chrissy shares a challenging d...
Ep. 63/ Marco Suarez, Methodical Coffee: Multi-Location Expansion Timing, Money, Challenges, & Lessons
In this episode, Chrissy chats with Marco Suarez, one of the three owners of Methodical Coffee, Greenville, SC based Roaster and Coffee Shop about what it’s really lik...
Ep. 62/ A Peek Behind The Curtain: 2024 Numbers Recap-What Sold, What Worked, What Ruled.
Ever wonder what makes a business tick behind the scenes? Join Chrissy and Ryan as they spill the beans on this episode all about 2024—sharing the top-selling items, t...
Ep. 61/ Rick Bryson, Branding Professional: What is Branding, When and How to Rebrand, Branding on a Budget
Chrissy sits down with Rick Bryson, Creative Director at Cargo, a full-service marketing agency in Greenville, SC, to explore the essentials of branding. This episode ...
Ep. 60/ BEST of for Chrissy, 2024: Book, Movie, Podcast, and more!
In this solo episode, Chrissy discusses what she loved in 2024 and that made her year better in all the different categories. This is a fun, quick listen to get some s...
Ep. 59/ Jeremy Elrod, Marketing Expert: Does Marketing = Social Media?, Keeping Up with Trends, How To Spend Your Limited Marketing Budget
Chrissy sits down with Jeremy Elrod, Owner and Business Coach of The Candid Entrepreneur, Owner and Idealist at Ideal Scenario, and co- founder of Common Pops to chat ...
Statice & Greenville Outdoor Living: The Bunns Balance Running two Businesses Separately, but Very Much Together.
The first episode of this kind: an interview with a couple who each run their own business, but share an office, ideas, and their family! Chrissy and Ryan sit down wit...
Three Questions to Stir Up Gratefulness for your Business
It's easy to think of all the parts of your business that make your life harder, but what if you took the time to think about what your business has brought you that m...
Be a Fly on the Wall: What's Not Working on our Podcast.
Chrissy confronts Ryan with a surprise conversation about the future of the podcast that he never saw coming. We discuss the ways our podcast has worked well and what ...
Small Business Finances from a CPA: The Pigs Get Fat, the Hogs Get Slaughtered.
Scott Karr, Mountain Goat's CPA, sits down with Chrissy to offer his time and wisdom with small business accounting. We discuss everything from what expectations you s...
Rabbit Crest Farms: Farmer Florists, Hot Sauce to a Full Farm, A Power Point Business Plan, and Volunteering to Learn.
Sarah and Elijah Kivett own and operate a small organic, no-till farm near Greenville, SC that has grown from 20 to 100 fifty foot beds in a little over a 2 year span ...
Counseling-ish 2: The Deep Marital Dynamics of Running a Business Uncovered.
Chrissy and Ryan are back at it with one of their best friends and pastor, Lee McDerment. We clarify early on that Lee is not a licensed counselor, so do not treat thi...
Q4: Make it the Best Quarter of the Year with these Strategies to Maximize Profit.
Chrissy and Ryan chime in with some plans and ideas for how to end 2024 with a bang. We discuss pending price increases, capitalizing on the holidays, merch plans, ema...
Hurricane & A Small Biz: Our Story, the Aftermath, and Moving Forward
A serious storm hit the southeast United States late September leaving some people and businesses in a really bad place. Parts of Western North Carolina, about an hour...
The Daisy, a Husband and Wife Owned Restaurant in Santa Barbara, California: Naming a Restaurant, Learning to Trust Yourself, and Falling into the Restaurant Business.
Dominic and Carmen started as friends who liked to sit together at parties in Los Angeles and after much time (8 years!) fell in love and got married. They decided to ...
Watershed: Rent or Buy for your Business, Advantages of Using a Broker, The Whole Process of an Idea to a Physical Space, Selling a Business
Today we're joined by Joseph Fuduric and Cameron Smith of Watershed, a commercial real estate broker that supports independently owned businesses by providing a person...
Another Round: New Business Follow up Episode! Pivots, Marketing, Challenges, and Looking Forward.
Our first ever repeat guests, Corinne and Cory Wickline, join us to chat about Another Round- their disc golf shop and taproom which opened in Greenville, SC in April ...
Would You Rather: Business Edition
Join in on this fun episode with Chrissy and Ryan as we play the classic game of Would You Rather, but with questions about our business. Both Chrissy and Ryan prepare...
Lumineux Chocolate: Two Culinary Grads, Virtual Chocolate Tastings, The Process of Chocolate, Adding an Additional Brand
Ben and Becca Snyder started their ethically sourced chocolate business in 2020 after falling in love with chocolate and seeing a hole in the Greenville market. They w...
The Three Hardest Business Lessons We've Learned and Mindset Hacks When These Challenges Arise.
Join Chrissy and Ryan on this duet episode where we discuss the three hardest lessons we've learned in our business and the mindset hacks for each challenge. We talk a...
Victory Garden Studio: 2 Artists Running 1 Business, Making Creativity Your Job, Setting Your Business Prices.
Jesse and Carissa Bowser got to know each other over late night drawing sessions on their college campus and then long story short- one day Jesse declared he would mar...
Cope & Crew Landscaping: Have the Confidence in Yourself, Why You Should Have a Business Burner Phone, Good Cop Bad Cop, Kissing at Lunch.
From dabbling in construction to running a full blown company providing full service exterior design projects and weekly landscape management, Stephen and Cindy are ou...
Five Tactics to Stay Top of Mind for your Customers: Where We've Seen Success!
Nowadays, the options are plentiful for any type of business and we all have the equal playing field of the internet. So how do we make sure our customers are thinking...
Non-profit or For-profit? How to Start Both and What to Expect.
This week Chrissy interviews Ryan about starting a non-profit. What is it? What isn't it? Why should you do it? Why shouldn't you? We'll help you understand how Mounta...
Three Tricks To Combat Envy in Business: Learn Their Story, Work on Your Own Business, and Seek Truth.
Is it okay to be envious of another business? Or jealous? Are they the same? We don’t really know, but today Chrissy and Ryan are diving into an episode with some majo...
Why Travel Matters for your Business: Inspiration, Clear Minds, and What We’re Taking from our Most Recent Travels.
Ryan and Chrissy pop in for a quick episode from vacation in Kiawah Island, South Carolina to talk about how travel and getting a break from your business can bring in...
