About FAFO: Business Experiments for Creative Entrepreneurs
If you like weird stories, business experiments gone sideways, and the occasional spreadsheet breakdown, you’re in the right place. Join Nikki McKnight, consultant, strategist, and chaos-wrangler for creative business owners as she shares bite-sized FAFO (that’s f** around and find out*) stories from behind the scenes of real businesses. You’ll get a dose of curiosity, a side of operational efficiency, and zero BS.
This isn’t your average biz podcast. It’s systems, but make it spicy.
Pickleball taught me a lesson I didn’t know I needed: speeding up isn’t the same as hitting harder. In this episode, I share how one frustrating drill nearly tanked my 3.0 assessment, and what it revealed about the difference between brute force and deliberate moves in business.
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4 Sept 2025
2015 Me Would Hate This
Nikki looks back at 2015, when perfection was the goal and every broken link felt like failure, and contrasts it with 2025, where tolerating uncertainty is the real superpower.
This episode dives into why certainty is a myth, why mistakes are data, and how following “desire paths” can make your business stronger. Tune in to learn why the hard stuff isn’t failure; it’s the job.
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13 Aug 2025
We tried to be HER
Everyone wanted to be her: the face of the brand, the booked-out speaker, the one with media buzz and a million offers. But what they tried to copy was the chaos, not the engine underneath.
This week’s FAFO is a PSA: complexity isn’t maturity, it’s a trap.
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22 Jul 2025
Stop Posting, Start Guiding
Are you performing the role of “content creator” instead of actually building your business?
In this episode, Nikki gets real about the difference between broadcasting and guiding, and why all that polished content might not be pulling its weight.
Learn how to create Magnetic Discovery pathways that attract your most aligned, most ready buyers without relying on aesthetic noise or manifesting vibes.
If your feed is full but your pipeline is not, this one’s for you.
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10 Jul 2025
Jurassic Park Adults & the Power of Engineered Joy
Most businesses stop at polite. But if you want loyal, long-term customers (say, 65 million years?), you need a signature spark.
In this episode, Nikki shares how a ridiculous Jurassic Park-themed night out became a masterclass in creating connection, and why your onboarding should feel more like a movie premiere than a Google Doc.
Listen in for 4 questions to spark momentum, deepen relationships, and turn your customer experience into something unforgettable.
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25 Jun 2025
6 eras of business BS and all I got was this lousy t-shirt
Nikki Hutchison dissects six cringe-worthy eras of online business, revealing how to distinguish genuine strategies from fleeting trends to ensure experiments yield lasting results.
17 Jun 2025
SMART Goals are Dumb
Nikki Elledge Brown discusses why SMART goals often fail in real-world scenarios and introduces the SHIFT Plan as an alternative approach for creative entrepreneurs.
17 Jun 2025
Welcome to FAFO
Host Nikki McKnight introduces the FAFO business experiment concept, explaining how creative entrepreneurs can strategically test and build flexible systems for sustainable growth in this introductory episode.
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