Entrepreneur Encounter

About Entrepreneur Encounter

Entrepreneur Encounter is a weekly podcast designed to support creative business owners in developing the soft skills that lead to lasting, values-aligned growth. Hosted by Dana Johnson, founder of a boutique Pinterest marketing agency for wedding pros and creatives, and Sara Lowell, a consultant specializing in business management & team leadership along with podcast management, each episode explores the mindset shifts, communication skills, and leadership habits that empower entrepreneurs to grow sustainably—without the burnout. Through real stories, practical frameworks, and transparent conversations, Dana and Sara offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to run a purpose-driven business in a constantly changing world. Whether you're building your visibility, managing a team, or simply trying to stay grounded while growing, this podcast is your companion in business and in life.

Publisher

Entrepreneur Encounter

Category

business · education · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jan 2023

Latest episode

12 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 169 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Sept 2026

   From Self-Criticism to Self-Trust: How to Lead Yourself Like You Mean It | EP 56

   Send us Fan Mail You don't need a team, a title, or a single employee to be a leader. You're leading someone every single day: yourself. Self-leadership is one of those skills that can easily get overlooked when you're building a business. It's easy to focus on how to lead a team, grow your business, or become a better leader for other people while forgetting to ask a much simpler question: How am I leading myself? When you're an entrepreneur, there isn't always someone assigning your priorit...

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   5 Sept 2026

   Why Letting Your Feelings Drive Is Wrecking Your Business Decisions | EP 55

   Send us Fan Mail You're halfway through typing a response to a client email that frustrated you when you catch yourself thinking, Maybe I shouldn't send this yet. Or a proposal goes unanswered for two days, and by day three you've convinced yourself your prices are too high, your work isn't good enough, and maybe this whole business was a mistake. Sound familiar? It's not a flaw. It's what can happen when your emotions get ahead of your ability to process what's actually happening. We’re talk...

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   29 Aug 2026

   What If Being More "Professional" Is Making You Forgettable? | EP 54

   Send us Fan Mail You've changed your shirt four times.Rehearsed the first sentence until it doesn't even sound like words anymore. Hit record, watched it back, hated how you looked or sounded, and deleted it. Again. If that cycle sounds familiar, you're not bad at video. You may have simply convinced yourself that the version of you people actually connect with isn't "professional enough" to represent your business. And that belief can quietly turn your brand into a polished version of someth...

Inside a recent episode

Investing In Personal Growth is Essential for Entrepreneurs

Published 6 Feb 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] They don't realize is that they're doing press releases that aren't really meaningful. So I'm trying to get them to know what meaningful press releases are and the type of press releases that the media finds engaging. And I think that investing in myself doing the mastermind that I was part of, I'm part of a local EO entrepreneur's organization chapter and we get learnings and things like that that really help me personally and help me develop both as a business owner as well as a husband. It really does balance out both sides of being an entrepreneur because being an entrepreneur impacts a family different than I think that someone who just has a full time job and there's things that you navigate that are pretty specific to entrepreneurship. […]

Who has been a guest on Entrepreneur Encounter

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Megan Kearney
• Chris M Walker
• Shavon St Germain
• Robert Fukui
• Kay Lee Fukui

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

13,863

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

76

Social presence

91

YouTube

72

Engagement

60