What if the moment you finally decide to bet on yourself becomes the exact moment everything starts to shift? In this week’s episode, I sit down with Chelsea, the owner of Familys Creations, the handmade wood-art brand known for its stunning multi-layer illuminated animal pieces and custom wooden U.S. travel maps that families treasure for generations. Chelsea shares how she moved past imposter syndrome, elevated her branding, strengthened her storytelling, and stepp...

What would it look like to bring your brand to life through a powerful in-person event... one that connects your community, celebrates your culture, and creates lasting impact? In this episode, you’ll hear from Catalina, co-founder of Heliconia Boutique — a Latina-owned handcrafted jewelry brand that blends design, Latin heritage, and women’s empowerment. From growing up in Colombia to starting a business, the struggles of growth, and finally breaking through and hosting a sol...

How do you infuse legacy, healing, and empowerment into something as simple—and powerful—as a candle? In this episode, you’ll hear from Funmi, the founder of Limoké: a lifestyle brand creating candles and affirmation products designed for self-compassion and self-love. Funmi shares the evolution of her business, which began as Candle Lux Co back in college before transforming into Limoké—a soulful rebrand inspired by her grandmother’s name and legacy. We dive into how affirmations became a ...

In this episode, Kimberly from KBella Crafts reveals how she went from just 35 Etsy sales over 5 years… to over 135 sales in a period of five months, shipping to 19 U.S. states and the U.K., and more than doubling her revenue in 2025 compared to 2024—all through rebranding, smart systems, and embracing a true CEO mindset. If you’re ready to be inspired to dream bigger with your business, this episode is for you. Kimberly shares: How a personal tragedy sparked the creation of KBella CraftsThe...

So many product-based business owners wonder: Are grants really worth pursuing? How do I find them? And what actually makes a grant application successful? In this episode, you'll learn from Tanisha, a grant expert with years of experience in higher education, nonprofit administration, and grant management. She helps small business owners understand the grant process so they can access free money to fuel their growth. What you'll learn in this module: - What a grant really is (and why it’s ...

Tune in to the PBA alumni who prove to you that you CAN grow your online sales even if you are working part time, full time, stay at home mom, wife, are brand new to business, have been in business for a while, and more. These are real small business owners that joined PBA at all different levels of business and with different levels of responsibilities in life… and they’ve used Product Biz Academy to grow their business even further, no matter what stage they were at or what responsibilities...

Are you dreaming of seeing your handmade products on the shelves of your favorite store one day? If yes…. Then this episode is going to light that fire even more. In this episode, I sit down with Nancy, owner of a small business called Brighter Day Pigments, who shares how she turned her lifelong love for art into a thriving handmade watercolor business—and how that journey led her to land a dream collaboration with Anthropologie. Yup, you heard that right! And the best part is… Anthropolog...

Are you a handmade product-based business owner ready to step into your next level of impact and income? In this final bonus episode of the digital product series, you’ll discover how to launch a digital membership, course, or coaching program—even if you're starting from scratch. From hormone-healing masterclasses to joint venture webinars and thriving monthly memberships, this episode highlights how handmade small business owners have use the knowledge from running their handmade, physical...

What if your handmade or product-based business could become the foundation for a thriving digital empire? In this special bonus episode of how product business owners can create another revenue stream with digital products like memberships, courses, or coaching programs, we sit down with James Wedmore—creator of Business by Design—to explore how physical product sellers are expanding their businesses and their impact through digital offers. James shares how the online education market is bo...

In this 3rd episode of our series for small business owners that wants to diversify their revenue streams to make MORE money & impact MORE people with digital products (like courses, coaching programs, or memberships) we sit down with Sioux Storm, an intuitive artist who turned into a spiritual coach, to explore how she transformed her passion for watercolor animal totem portraits into a successful digital business. From selling at wellness expos to hosting international retreats and laun...

We’re onto episode 2 of our 3-part series specifically for handmade and product-based small business owners who want to create ANOTHER revenue stream in their business... through digital products. In this episode, you’ll hear from Lindsay, the owner of A Touch of LA. From the beginning of her business journey, she knew she wanted to diversify her revenue streams. She started selling customized party decor on Etsy and then pivoted to selling printable party decor that her customers would cust...

We are kicking off a brand NEW 3-part series specifically for handmade and product-based small business owners who want to creare ANTOHER revenue stream in their business... through digital products. Our first guest is Kristin from Hillside Studio, a successful polymer clay earring maker who built a thriving handmade earring business — and THEN scaled her expertise by creating an online membership that now brings in an additional $2,000/month, where she teaches others how to make polymer cla...

What would you do if your the majority of your business disappeared overnight? That’s exactly what happened to Rachel, the owner of Balanced Home Apothecary, when her Etsy shop was suddenly shut down — no warning, no explanation, just gone. In this episode of the Product Biz Podcast, Rachel shares her story of turning this setback into a breakthrough. You'll hear how she went from losing everything on Etsy to experiencing 495% growth on her website, and how she got the clarity, strategy, and...

There’s a powerful connection that most struggling small business owners don’t realize… which is the connection between your self-worth and the business success that you see. When you value yourself, honor who you are, respect yourself, LOVE yourself… it creates an energetic, unseeable, ripple effect that amplifies your income, the opportunities that come your way, the level of ease you have in business, and the impact that you make. This is fact simply because every...

Does this sentence give you the ICK when someone says it to you? “Wow, you are so lucky!” Seriously, how does that sentence make you feel if someone mentioned that to you about your business, your life, your circumstances? For most people, it creates an automatic survival mechanism of thinking to themselves: “Luck? What luck? I created this business from scratch! With all of my hard work! With a lot of hustle! There was no luck.” And if thos...

We live in a very masculine world and as business owners this shows up as always feeling the pressure to do more, work more, hustle harder, fill every single hour of our free time with work on top of our existing other responsibilities like a family, kids, partner, work, and to just work as much as humanly possible because it’s the “only way” to reach your goals…. And it can feel like there are never enough hours in the day to make the progress that you want. In this episode, we will dive i...

In this conclusion to our three-part series on the hidden secrets to success, we dive deep into the importance of healing the past to build trust in yourself, your business, your current circumstances and your future…. And how finding gratitude in past struggles can transform the way you handle any challenges or obstacles that are thrown your way today. During this episode, you will learn how to embrace ANY challenge with peace of mind and build the resilience that’s needed to thrive as a sma...

In the second episode of this series, we’re diving deep into a mindset shift that could completely transform how you show up for your business. If you’ve ever hesitated to send an email, post on social media, or pitch your products because you don’t want to feel “salesy” or “pushy” or “annoying”… then this episode is for you. We’re going to dive into the hidden connection between judging others and the mirror it’s reflecting on our own business success — like feeling annoyed by other ...

During this 3-part mini-series of the podcast, we are unveiling the hidden secrets to success that most people never discuss— the exact reasons that keep them stuck. In the first episode of this series, I reveal a game-changing mindset shift that successful small business owners understand: the crucial difference between what you can control vs. what you can’t in your business. Learn why focusing on the internal, rather than the external, leads to real results. Here’s what you’ll discover: ...

Self-confidence is often looked at as a trait that some people are simply born with…. But today’s podcast interview with Whitney from Cleansed reveals how much confidence anyone can build in just one year and the incredible business results that come from it. Whitney’s journey started with trying to find a solution for skincare products that wouldn’t irritate her daughter’s extremely sensitive skin. She began creating her own skincare line that actually worked for her daughter and, before sh...