198: The Top 12 | Why Every Small Business Needs Business Infrastructure with Alicia Butler Pierre.

This was the second episode to ever air on the Business Infrastructure podcast in 2018! It’s one of our Top 12 most downloaded episodes to date…

Being insane isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially when it comes to managing fast growth in your small business. Find out why in this episode as Alicia Butler Pierre makes the case for insanity in your business operations and why business infrastructure is vital to not just talking about taking your business to the next level, but actually doing it!

Learn two real-life examples of how the original founders of now popular business software products not only recognized the importance of business infrastructure in scaling their businesses but made strategic moves to ensure it happened. Both are to be admired for this recognition and decisive action.

But one founder enjoyed success unparalleled and the other, well, you can be the judge of that.

Monologue: Alicia Butler Pierre, Founder & CEO – Equilibria, Inc.

Location: Atlanta, GA USA

Air Date: April 17, 2022

Resources

Books:

Behind the Facade: How to Structure Company Operations for Sustainable Success: a book by Alicia Butler Pierre.
The E-Myth Revisited: a book by Michael Gerber.
Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can’t Get a Date: a book by Robert X. Cringely.

Video:

Something Ventured: a documentary about the genesis of the venture capital industry.

Websites:

Small Business Administration: data statistics about small businesses in America.

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Credits

Producer & Host: Alicia Butler Pierre
Podcast Editor: Olanrewaju Adeyemo
Video Editor: Gladys Jimenez
Transcription: Jodie Maquiran
Sponsor: Equilibria, Inc.

Bios

More About Host, Alicia Butler Pierre:
Alicia Butler Pierre is the Founder & CEO of Equilibria, Inc. Her career in operations began over 20 years ago while working as an engineer in various chemical plants and oil refineries. She invented the Kasennu™ framework for business infrastructure and authored, Behind the Façade: How to Structure Company Operations for Sustainable Success. It is the world’s first published book on business infrastructure for small businesses. Alicia hosts the weekly Business Infrastructure podcast with a global audience across 55 countries.

More About Sponsor, Equilibria, Inc.:
Equilibria, Inc. is an operations management firm specializing in business infrastructure for fast-growing organizations. Our mission is to provide access to tips, resources, and proven frameworks that revolutionize the way small businesses operate. We do that through original podcast episodes, blog posts, videos, presentations, workshops, and coaching sessions.