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Notebook of a COO

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This isn't another business podcast. This is for operators. Notebook of a COO delivers the systems, frameworks, and decisions that determine whether a business scales cleanly or collapses; from 15+ years of COO, CMO, and CFO experience. Weekly episodes on marketing, operations, finance, AI, and the psychology behind real business growth. No hype. No hustle culture. Just operator thinking. Start with the free assessment at notebookofacoo.com, then explore B3 courses and The Operator Academy. 85% of businesses fail due to operations. We fix that.

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May 1, 2026

600 Businesses Are Closing Every Day. Here's What's Actually Killing Them.

Six hundred American small businesses are closing every day. Owners blame tariffs, inflation, AI, and the economy. The Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Labor Statistics tell a different story.This episode walks through the actual data behind the closure wave, and the three operational patterns that separate businesses that survive from the ones that close. The Cash Flow Blind Spot. The Demand Drift. The Owner-as-System Problem.Three findings, three fixes. About six hours of total work to start running operationally instead of reactively.Mentioned in this episode: (Stop Running A 2019 Business In A 2026 Market). Listen next.Take the Operator Assessment: <a href="https://notebookofacoo.com/assessment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">notebookofacoo.com/assessment.html</a>

April 27, 2026

The 3-Part Pricing Audit Costing You $100k A Year

Most operators think pricing is a marketing decision. It is not. It is one of the highest-leverage operational decisions in the business, and most owners have never run a real audit on what they actually charge. In this episode, we walk through the 3-part pricing audit: the cost audit, the anchor audit, and the margin audit. Three questions, asked in order, about your own business. Most operators have never sat down with all three in the same conversation. When they do, the answers are almost always uncomfortable. They are also almost always profitable. We unpack: Why the cost number most operators carry in their head is roughly half of the real number. Why anchoring your prices to your competitors locks you into a self-referential loop where everybody is making the same mistake at the same time. Why almost every small business has one or two offers quietly subsidizing the rest of the portfolio, and how to find which is which. The episode closes with three operational moves you take this week. Run the cost. Reset the anchor. Set the floor. If this one lands, the next episode to listen to is The 5 Numbers That Tell You If Your Business Can Run Without You. Margin per offer is one of those five. Notebook of a COO is operational thinking for entrepreneurs and small business owners. No hype. Just operations. New episodes every week.

April 25, 2026

The 7-Day Disappearance Test That Exposes Every Broken System (Animated)

The 7-Day Disappearance TestIf you vanished for seven days, phone off, completely unreachable, how much of what you built would still be standing when you got back?Most operators think they own a business. What they actually own is a very expensive job wearing business clothes. And there is exactly one test that tells the difference.In this episode, JT breaks down the three waves of what breaks when the owner disappears, and in what order: the decisions that break first, the processes that break next, and the relationships that break last. Plus the three moves that fix all three.Inside this episode:<ul><li>Why your team's confidence is the first thing to break, not their skill</li><li>The 78 percent figure that explains why every decision runs through you</li><li>How processes that live in your head cost roughly $11,000 to $14,000 in margin every time you step away</li><li>Why the relationships you personally maintain are the hardest break to recover from</li><li>The three-move fix: documented decisions, defined authority, distributed relationships</li></ul>After you listen, queue up The 5 Numbers That Tell You If Your Business Can Run Without You. That episode is the exact diagnostic follow-up to this one. Notebook of a COO is operational thinking for builders who want systems, not slogans. Hosted by JT, fractional COO and CMO to entrepreneurs for the last 15 years, from first-time founders to billion-dollar operators.New episodes every week.

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What is Notebook of a COO?: This isn't another business podcast. This is for operators.

Notebook of a COO delivers the systems, frameworks, and decisions that determine whether a business scales cleanly or collapses; from 15+ years of COO, CMO, and CFO experience.

Weekly episodes on marketing, operations, finance, AI, and the psychology behind real business growth. No hype. No hustle culture. Just operator thinking.

Start with the free assessment at notebookofacoo.com, then explore B3 courses and The Operator Academy.

85% of businesses fail due to operations. We fix that.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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