Independence by Design
Hosted by Ryan Tansom and Kim and Ryan and Kim Clark · Ryan Tansom
4.9from 52 ratings
- 115
- Episodes
- 41
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 66K
- YouTube views
About Independence by Design
Independence by Design™ is a framework to help owner-operators get out of the weeds and lead from the boardroom. I built it because I lived this trap. In 2009, I joined my dad in our $21M family business. We turned it around and sold it for eight figures in 2014 — enough to pay off debt, cover taxes, let my dad retire, and leave me with a chunk of cash at 27. But the sale gutted our team, systems, and identity. It looked like a win, but it didn’t feel like freedom. I bawled in the driveway. After 450+ interviews, thousands of owners, and multiple ventures, I saw the real issue: we didn’t know the difference between being owners and operators. Our goals weren’t aligned. And we had no framework to guide us. That’s why I built iBD — to help owners avoid regret, reclaim their time, grow real equity value, and build a business that gives them freedom — whether they stay, scale, or sell. This show is the one I wish I had. ----- This co-hosted episode features Kim Clark, iBD's Chief Revenue Officer and Ryan's regular co-host on the podcast. Before joining iBD, Kim spent years at ITR Economics, bringing deep expertise in economic forecasting and revenue operations—insights that shape much of the discussion throughout the show.
- Publisher
- Ryan Tansom
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
41 of 115 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#514: Joel Trammell | You Own the Business. Do You Want the CEO Job?
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#513: Jim Brown | The Imperfect CEO
24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#512: Alan Beaulieu & Kim Clark | Turn Economic Uncertainty Into a Plan
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#514: Joel Trammell | You Own the Business. Do You Want the CEO Job?
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] No, the CEO's the expert at nothing. The CEO's the generalist. I've got to know just enough about each area to be able to evaluate and hold accountable the executives in that area. But I don't need to be an expert on anything. I tell people I think I'm a pretty good CEO. But I would be unqualified to be VP of sales, CFO, CIO, any of the executive level positions in any significant company because I'm not an expert at any of those things. And so the nature of the job is just so different that you really need to go through some sort of training, some sort of systematic thought process to learn how to do it. […]
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- Joel Trammell
- Jim Brown
- Alan Beaulieu
- Camille Nicita Higley
- Pat Hobby
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- YouTube views
- 66,495
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 39 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 51
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Ryan Tansom and Kim and Ryan and Kim Clark host the show. Published by Ryan Tansom.
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