Hear and Now
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<p><b>The Big Small Business Podcast</b> is where small business owners come to think big. Hosted by seasoned entrepreneurs Ben Hendrix and Wade Lombard, founders of successful companies in flooring, moving, remodeling, and homebuilding, this podcast delivers real world insights on leadership, marketing, hiring, and the hard decisions that come with running and growing a business.</p> <p>But it is not just about the bottom line. Ben and Wade weave in their love for movies, their faith, and the pursuit of meaningful family life, offering an honest and well rounded take on what it really means to build a Big Small Business.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 11, 2026
The Seasonality of Small Business: Stop Acting Surprised
<p>Ben and Wade unpack one of the most predictable problems in small business and the one most owners still get blindsided by every single year: seasonality. For home service companies like Square Cow Movers and Carpet Now, summer can account for 60 to 70 percent of total annual revenue, and yet most business owners still find themselves scrambling to hire, market, and execute when the wave hits. This episode is about stopping that cycle for good.</p> <p>They break down what preparation actually looks like before a busy season, how to scale staffing, when to turn marketing dollars up and when to pull them back, and why the middle of your busiest season is exactly the wrong time to try anything new. They also get into the harder side of seasonality, managing the emotional rollercoaster that comes with revenue swings, how to prepare your family for what is coming, and why the boom years of 2020 to 2022 quietly inflated a lot of egos in ways that cost business owners dearly when reality caught back up.</p> <p>This episode is an honest and practical B2C sales and marketing conversation about how the best small business owners stop reacting to the seasons and start getting out ahead of them.</p> <p>👉📸 Follow on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bigsmallbusinesspodcast" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bigsmallbusinesspodcast</a> 👉🎧 Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform</p>
May 13, 2026
Sweat the Small Stuff ft. CEO Derek Mills of Square Cow Moovers
<p>Ben and Wade are joined by Derek Mills, CEO and co-founder of Square Cow Moovers, to unpack one of the most underrated principles in small business sales and marketing: sweating the small stuff. Derek helped build Square Cow into one of the largest moving companies in Texas, and in this episode he breaks down how obsessive attention to detail became one of their five core company values and what it actually looks like in practice.</p> <p>They dig into the real numbers behind small operational leaks, how leaving one moving pad at every job adds up to $70,000 a year in losses, how over-ordering carpet pad was quietly costing Carpet Now thousands of dollars a month, and why the biggest companies in the world like Chick-fil-A and Raising Cane's are not built on a few big ideas but on a million small ones executed better than everyone else.</p> <p>They also get into the culture side of sweating the small stuff, how you answer the phone, how your team shows up at the front door, the words you use when a client calls, and why what you tolerate you promote. If your B2C sales and marketing are dialed in but your margins are still disappointing, this episode is going to show you exactly where to look.</p> <p>👉📸 Follow on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bigsmallbusinesspodcast" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bigsmallbusinesspodcast</a> </p> <p>👉🎧 Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform</p>
April 22, 2026
Why Delusional People Win
<p>Ben and Wade unpack one of the most misunderstood words in business and make the case that the best salespeople, entrepreneurs, and leaders are not just optimistic, they are delusional. In a good way. This episode is a follow up to their New Doors framework and digs into why the ability to hold false beliefs about reality despite evidence to the contrary is one of the most powerful sales and marketing weapons a small business owner can develop.</p> <p>They share real stories from the early days of building their companies, including moving furniture on zero sleep, delivering pool floats back to angry customers, and launching businesses at the worst possible time. They also tie in examples from some of the most delusional companies in history and what those stories have to do with your B2C sales strategy today.</p> <p>This episode is honest, funny, and genuinely useful for any business owner or sales leader who has started to call themselves a realist and quietly stopped swinging for the fences.</p> <p>👉📸 Follow on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bigsmallbusinesspodcast" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bigsmallbusinesspodcast</a> 👉🎧 Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform</p>
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- What is Hear and Now?
<p><b>The Big Small Business Podcast</b> is where small business owners come to think big. Hosted by seasoned entrepreneurs Ben Hendrix and Wade Lombard, founders of successful companies in flooring, moving, remodeling, and homebuilding, this podcast delivers real world insights on leadership, marketing, hiring, and the hard decisions that come with running and growing a business.</p> <p>But it is not just about the bottom line. Ben and Wade weave in their love for movies, their faith, and the pursuit of meaningful family life, offering an honest and well rounded take on what it really means to build a Big Small Business.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
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This podcast is available on 7 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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