The Business Behind Your Business
Hosted by Paul Sweeney · Paul Sweeney
5.0from 4 ratings
- 308
- Episodes
- 72
- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 75K
- YouTube views
About The Business Behind Your Business
Conversations to help your business grow and thrive — like having your own board of expert advisors in your pocket. The Business Behind Your Business is the go-to podcast for small business owners who want practical guidance, clearer decision-making, and strategies that actually work in the real world. Hosted by Paul Sweeney, each 15–30 minute episode takes you behind the scenes of how small businesses grow, lead teams, manage money, and solve the problems that keep owners up at night. Whether you’re running a team of one or twenty, you’ll find relatable stories, expert insights, and tools you can put into action straight away. From improving cash flow and pricing for value to building systems, reducing overwhelm, and preparing for long-term success, our guests share straightforward advice without the jargon. What you’ll learn: * How small businesses make money — and where they lose it * Leadership and team-building strategies that actually work * Smart marketing ideas for busy owners * Financial planning and forecasting explained simply * How to scale without burning out * What successful businesses do differently behind the scenes If you want your business to run better, grow stronger, and give you more freedom, this show gives you the practical steps and confidence to make it happen — one smart decision at a time. Subscribe and join thousands of business owners who are building better businesses, not just bigger ones.
- Publisher
- Paul Sweeney
- Category
- business · business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jul 2020
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
72 of 308 episodes have a transcript.
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Why More Revenue Won’t Fix Your Profit Problem
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They started as their father was a plumber, they're a plumber, now they've got 20 trucks, and it's a $10 million plumbing business, right? Sort of self-taught. In many cases, so good at so many things, delivering well for the customer, building a great team, delivering with excellence, growing revenue, but sometimes one of the missing pieces, not always, but maybe in a third of cases, is just not really understanding how to convert revenue into profitability and then profitability into cash flow. It's interesting because we talk about being good at what we do. So the plumber, the tradesperson or the entrepreneur, they're good at what they do, but they're not necessarily good at understanding how to make a business profitable, how to run that. […]
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- Ben Hansen
- Lara Hamilton
- Elysia Krstevski
- Shelly Kul
- Jellaine Dee
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 74,930
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 79
- Social presence
- 100
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 81
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Who hosts The Business Behind Your Business?
Paul Sweeney host the show. Published by Paul Sweeney.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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