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Gratitude Geek | Business Education for Gen X Women Solopreneurs

Gratitude Geek | Business Education for Gen X Women Solopreneurs

De : Kandas Rodarte | Gen X Growth Coach for Women Solopreneurs
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 Gratitude Geek is the podcast for Gen X women solopreneurs who've faced major life challenges like cancer, divorce, or loss—and are rebuilding their businesses and lives with strategy, systems, and gratitude as a powerful business tool. Host Kandas Rodarte—a Gen X metastatic breast cancer thriver, growth coach, and digital marketing pioneer with 30+ years of expertise—interviews inspirational Gen X women entrepreneurs who've transformed adversity into wisdom and business growth. Each week, you'll discover practical strategies for marketing, productivity, building genuine client connections, and creating a business that fits your life. Whether you're starting over after a difficult season or simply ready to grow your business with more authenticity and less hustle, this podcast will help you learn, grow, and foster the connections that matter most. Join the Gratitude Geek community and turn gratitude into your competitive advantage.2013-2026 Kandas Rodarte. All Rights Reserved. Direction Economie Management et direction Marketing et ventes
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  • The Difference Between Capitalism and Commerce | Becky Mollenkamp

    The Difference Between Capitalism and Commerce | Becky Mollenkamp
    Apr 28 2026
    The business rules you've been following were never written for you. In this episode, Kandas Rodarte sits down with business coach and author Becky Mollenkamp to explore what it actually looks like to build an ethical, human-centered business as a woman solopreneur — without replicating the extractive system most of us are trying to leave behind. Becky makes a distinction that will stick with you: capitalism is about more, more, more. Commerce is about enough. What's enough to make you whole? That one reframe changes how you price your work, build your network, and show up for your community. This conversation is for you if you've ever burned yourself out chasing a finish line that kept moving, felt like the "build your empire" playbook wasn't built for your real life, or wondered whether there's a way to run a sustainable business without becoming the thing you left corporate America to escape. In this episode:✅ Why leaving corporate America doesn't automatically free you from hustle culture✅ The practical difference between capitalism and commerce in your everyday business decisions✅ What ethical business growth looks like — pricing, visibility, collaboration, and community care✅ How to build your network like a spider web instead of a personal asset✅ Why "enough" is not settling — and how to know what enough actually looks like for you RESOURCES MENTIONED📚 Liberate Your Business by Becky Mollenkamp: https://amzn.to/4vPgvSB (affiliate link)🎙️ Feminist Podcasters Collective: https://feministpodcasterscollective.com/🔗 Becky's website: https://beckymollenkamp.com/🌴Paradise TV Show: https://www.hulu.com/series/paradise🌹Nikki the Death Doula: https://www.nikkithedeathdoula.com/ ABOUT BECKY MOLLENKAMPBecky Mollenkamp (she/they) is a business coach, author of Liberate Your Business, and founder of the Feminist Podcasters Collective. She co-hosts the podcasts Messy Liberation and Feminist Founders. ABOUT GRATITUDE GEEKGratitude Geek is the podcast for Gen X women solopreneurs building genuine, lasting connections with clients, colleagues, and community. Host Kandas Rodarte believes gratitude is a business strategy that transforms how we show up in our work and lives. 🎙️ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gratitude-geek/id820738086🎙️ Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/27dh0T1PbwsWXxfmNWZPy8🌐 Website: https://kandasrodarte.com📧 Weekly Email: https://kandasrodarte.com/subscribe WORK WITH KANDASAre you a woman solopreneur over 40 who's experienced something difficult like cancer, divorce, or loss? Kandas helps women rebuild their businesses and lives with strategy, systems, and gratitude as a business tool.🌐 https://kandasrodarte.com/start-here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 min
  • Inheriting the Family Business | Lesle Lane

    Inheriting the Family Business | Lesle Lane
    Apr 21 2026
    Lesle Lane wasn't supposed to take over her family's photography business. Her brothers were the obvious choice. Commercial and industrial photography in the early 90s wasn't considered women's work — and her family wanted her shooting weddings instead. She said no. And then she spent the next 33 years proving that was the right call. Lesle is the owner of Studio 13 in Indiana, and someone in her family has been taking pictures for 95 years. In this conversation, she talks about what it actually looks like to inherit a family business without a real succession plan, survive every disruption thrown at a small business in one lifetime — recessions, a pandemic, the digital revolution, the sudden death of her longtime employee — and build something flexible enough to outlast all of it. We also get into the real cost of cheap photography (and what it means for your business when the low-bid vendor bails three weeks before the event), how she transitioned from one W-2 employee to a team of 15 specialized 1099 contractors, what woman-owned certification has — and hasn't — been able to do for her business in the current climate, and why gratitude isn't a mindset practice for Lesle. It's just the only logical response to still being here. "When you've been on your knees, there's no place to look but up." Connect with Lesle Lane:Website: https://studio13online.com LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/studio-thirteen Mentioned in this episode: Olan Mills Photography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olan_Mills Episode with Adam Zuckerman on Succession Planning for Solopreneurs: https://kandasrodarte.com/256 Show notes: https://kandasrodarte.com/320 Gratitude Geek is hosted by Kandas Rodarte — business education for Gen X women solopreneurs who want sustainable growth without the hustle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 min
  • Public Relations for Small Business Owners | Lauren Kwedar Cockerell

    Public Relations for Small Business Owners | Lauren Kwedar Cockerell
    Apr 14 2026
    Do you think your story is too boring to share? PR strategist Lauren Kwedar Cockerell has spent 23 years helping purpose-driven businesses uncover the story only they can tell — and she's here to help you do the same. In this episode of Gratitude Geek, Lauren breaks down what public relations for small business owners actually means (hint: it's not social media), how to stop leading with the surface-level answer everyone else in your industry gives, and how to build a "why now" hook that gets media and podcast hosts to pay attention. We cover: Why earned media is worth 3–10x more than a paid ad Lauren's Thread methodology for excavating your real story The one question that unlocks your most compelling pitch 5 reasons to actually send a press release How to pitch podcasts the right way — and what not to do If you're a Gen X woman solopreneur who's ready to get visible without feeling like you're bragging, this one's for you. 🎁 Lauren's free podcast pitch guide: https://www.kwedarco.com/freebies🔗 Connect with Lauren: https://www.kwedarco.com📖 The 5 Whys method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrlYkx41wEE🎧 Full show notes: https://kandasrodarte.com/319 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 min
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