The Unscripted Small Business Podcast
Ditch the Script. Find the Value.
Off-the-cuff, honest interviews with small business owners and the experts who serve them. No rehearsed talking points — just real founders talking through the wins, the scars, and the decisions that actually moved the needle.
Browse Episodes →Be a GuestWhy we made this show
Most business advice is polished, scripted, and forgettable. We wanted the opposite. Every episode is an unscripted conversation — our hosts get comfortable, get curious, and let the guest take them somewhere real. We never know exactly where a conversation will go, and that’s the point: the most useful insight usually shows up when nobody’s reading from a slide.
What you’ll get from every episode
No fluff, no infomercials. Practical takeaways you can actually use.
Real Founders
Owners and operators who’ve done the thing — not gurus selling a course. Their lessons come with receipts.
Unscripted Conversations
Expert hosts who explore instead of interrogate, so guests open up about the parts most interviews skip.
Actionable Insight
Concrete moves you can apply this week — on marketing, operations, hiring, pricing, and growth.
The Human Side
Burnout, doubt, delegation, and the personal cost of building something. The stuff that doesn’t make the highlight reel.
What we talk about
Across dozens of industries — trades, e-commerce, agencies, SaaS, creative, and more.
Who’s behind the mic
The show is part of the Unscripted Podcast Network, founded by SEO consultant and serial small-business builder Jeremy Rivera, and powered by a growing bench of expert hosts who each bring their own lens to the conversation.
It’s produced the same way we help clients build authority at SEO Arcade — turning real conversations into content, links, and visibility that actually compounds.
Come on the show →🎧 Recent Episodes
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A Toaster Oven and Five Items: Rachel Smalling on Two Motels, a Speakeasy, and Running on Constraint
Rachel Smalling bought a closed motel on a joke, a second one to block a competitor, and opened…
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Burnout Is a System Problem — Francie Jain on Group Coaching, Retention Math and the “Sophisticated Middle”
Terawatt founder Francie Jain on the marketplace insight that coaches need leads too, why group coaching reaches the…
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The Infinite Seat Theater: Jeff Revilla on Building a Risk-Free Stage for Podcasters
Jeff Revilla went from selling blank skateboards to running a 70-million-view dealer content operation to opening a live…
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84% of B2B Sales Start With a Referral — Brandon Barnum on Building the Partnerships That Produce Them
The “King of Referrals” on going from $20K to $200K in 18 months, the exact script for formalizing…
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Samantha Prestidge on Simplifying Your Business, Trusting Your Boundaries, and Getting Help
Auxo Business Services founder Samantha Prestidge on the three buckets every business has, choosing your pond before you…
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Beyond the Truck: Rachel Eisaman on 17 Years of Helping People Actually Survive a Move
Joli Residential founder Rachel Eisaman on move management as project management, why 60% referral business is both a…
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We’re always looking for small business owners and experts with hard-won lessons to share. If that’s you, let’s talk.
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