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The Founder’s Margin

by Juliana Hayes

The Founder’s Margin with Juliana Hayes is a business and entrepreneurship podcast for founders, entrepreneurs, and ambitious business leaders who want to build smarter, more profitable, and sustainable companies. Hosted by Juliana Hayes, each episode explores the decisions, strategies, challenges, and lessons behind building a successful business. From startup growth and business strategy to leadership, marketing, profitability, scaling, and founder mindset, The Founder’s Margin goes beyond the surface-level success stories. Juliana speaks with entrepreneurs, founders, executives, and business experts about what it really takes to grow a company—and what happens behind the scenes when the pressure is high and the decisions matter most. Whether you're launching your first business, scaling an established company, or looking for better ways to lead and grow, The Founder’s Margin delivers practical insights, honest founder stories, and actionable business lessons you can apply immediately. Listen to The Founder’s Margin with Juliana Hayes for real conversations about entrepreneurship, business growth, leadership, strategy, and building a company that creates lasting value.

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Episode 10 - What Successful Founders Do Differently When Everything Is on the Line

What separates successful founders from entrepreneurs who struggle when the pressure is highest? It is rarely a single skill, strategy, or business decision. The differen

Sep 14
20 min

Episode 09 - From Busy to Profitable: Rethinking How You Run Your Business

Being busy can feel productive, especially when you are building a business. But a full calendar, long working hours, endless meetings, and constant activity do not neces

Sep 14
17 min

Episode 08 - The Growth Strategy Every Founder Should Understand Before Scaling

Scaling a business is not simply about getting more customers. Before expanding, founders need to understand which growth strategy is working, why it is working, and whet

Sep 14
17 min

Episode 07 - Building a Business That Doesn’t Depend on You | How Founders Create Scalable Companies

A business can be successful and still depend too heavily on its founder. When every important decision, customer relationship, approval, and problem eventually comes bac

Sep 14
17 min

Episode 06 - Why Good Businesses Stop Growing—and What Founders Can Do About It

A business can have a strong product, loyal customers, talented employees, and years of experience -and still reach a point where growth slows down. When that happens, fo

Sep 14
17 min

Episode 05 - The Founder’s Mindset: How to Make Better Decisions Under Pressure

Every founder eventually faces decisions that do not come with easy answers. Hiring someone, entering a new market, changing a business model, investing money, letting so

Sep 14
16 min

Episode 04 - Profit Before Growth - How Smart Founders Build Sustainable Businesses

Revenue growth is exciting, but revenue alone does not determine whether a business is healthy. A company can generate more sales every year and still struggle with cash

Sep 14
8 min

Episode 03 - The Hidden Cost of Growth: Why Scaling Too Fast Can Break Your Business

Business growth is exciting, but growth without the right foundation can create problems that are difficult to see until they become serious. More customers, more employe

Sep 14
17 min

Episode 02 - What It Really Takes to Build a Successful Business | The Founder’s Margin with Juliana Hayes

What does it really take to build a successful business? It is easy to look at a thriving company and see the revenue, customers, team, and growth. But behind every succe

Sep 13
16 min

Episode 01 - Welcome to The Founder’s Margin with Juliana Hayes | Business, Entrepreneurship & Growth

Welcome to The Founder’s Margin, a business and entrepreneurship podcast hosted by Juliana Hayes. This podcast is for founders, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and ambi

Sep 13
6 min