Small Biz Catalyst

About Small Biz Catalyst

Hello and welcome to Small Biz Catalysts. This show is for struggling small business owners who want to be able to earn a consistent 6 figure salary from their businesses and the economic development professionals who support them. Explore with us as we delve into innovative strategies, success stories and actionable insights to empower small businesses as catalysts for economic resilience. Your host, Ayisat Abilogun is a Certified Entrepreneurship Development Professional and the CEO of Financial Leadership Club of America. Ayisat loves helping small business owners stay resilient so that their business can move past stagnation to growth phase. In the last 5 years, Ayisat has empowered over 20,000 students and business owner through financial leadership courses, workshops and curriculum. Let's help your business move from wistful to wellspring. Stay with us as we delve into today's topic.

Publisher

Ayisat Abilogun | Small Biz Catalyst

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jul 2024

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 78 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Is your City Supporting Small Businesses? Check out Plainview TX | Mayor Charles Starnes

   What happens when a small Texas city suddenly loses its largest employer and 2,200 jobs? Mayor Charles Starnes of Plainview, Texas shares how the city turned a major economic setback into an opportunity to rebuild, attract new businesses, improve infrastructure, and create better jobs. From a new business park and workforce training programs to an upgraded downtown and expanding opportunities in manufacturing, distribution, aviation, and logistics, Plainview is taking a different approach ...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   From Ashes to Heirlooms: How Adelle Archer Turned Grief into an Austin Diamond Company

   Adelle Archer lost her mentor and couldn't find a meaningful way to honor her, so we built one. In this episode of The Small Biz Catalyst, she shares how Eterneva grew from a personal act of grief into an Austin company that turns ashes into diamonds and landed a top 5% Shark Tank valuation from Mark Cuban. What You'll Learn in This Episode How a deeply personal loss became the foundation of a company (and why founders shouldn't be afraid to let their story lead)The mid-pivot moment that t...

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   22 Sept 2026

   Why Entrepreneurs Are Choosing Rockwall TX to Build and Grow | Mayor Tim McCallum

   What makes a community a great place to start, build, and grow a business? In this episode of Small Biz Catalyst, we head to Rockwall, Texas, with Mayor Tim McCallum to explore what is happening behind the city's rapid growth and why entrepreneurs and established businesses are choosing to build there. Rockwall offers more than proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. We talk about the city's growing business community, workforce, quality of life, commercial development, infrastructure...

Inside a recent episode

What if entrepreneurship wasn’t an elective with Jeff Meade #61

Published 28 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You tell us a little bit about that title. What it, what it especially means for you and for Paul Quinn College. Right. No, that's a great question. So, you know, in many schools, they have entrepreneurship centers, venture labs. And for us, we want to signal to the students exactly what we were doing. And so it really is about every quinine, you know, our name is Paul Quinn. So every quinine is an entrepreneur. And so that sets the bar of what we're trying to create at the school. They know they are expected to think and act like entrepreneurs. And that's been very powerful for us. And, you know, as much as we are working on having students build businesses. […]

Who has been a guest on Small Biz Catalyst

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

• Jeff Meade
• Greg Wasserman
• Mayor of Irving TX
• City Manager
• Asst City Manager

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

294

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100

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

Quality

94

Social presence

90

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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