In this episode of Mastering Business Skills, hosts Sharon Savage and Erin Alli sit down with Humza Adam, founder and CEO of H-Factor Solutions, a revenue growth acceleration firm specializing in B2B sales training, sales and marketing strategy, and high-value sales systems. Humza shares how he’s helped organizations generate over $5B in revenue, and how small and mid-sized businesses can use the same strategic thinking, systems, and skills to sell more effectively and sustainably.

• The “revenue triangle”: Strategy, systems, and talent
• ICP and UVP: The foundation of a sales system
• Client acquisition, metrics, and “sharpening the saw”
• Anti-fragile sales systems

• Website: H Factor Solutions
• LinkedIn: Humza Adam
• Course on building amazing sales presentations (60% off for podcast listeners)

In this episode of Mastering Business Skills, hosts Sharon Savage and Erin Alli talk with Debra Angilletta, a former Wall Street trader turned fractional CFO, about how to turn “cash chaos” into cash clarity using simple systems that make profit predictable. Debra shares how to uncover hidden profit leaks, manage cashflow intentionally, and implement practical money management habits that help small business owners pay themselves more and grow sustainably.

• How Debra went from Wall Street to a fractional CFO
• Hidden profit leaks you probably have
• Simple systems to use for predictable profit
• How to do your 30-minute profit check
• Mastering cashflow at each growth stage

• Website: Next Level CEO
• LinkedIn: Debra Angilletta

In this episode of Mastering Business Skills, hosts Sharon Savage and Erin Alli sit down with author, speaker, and small-business champion Shawna Suckow. They talk about how small businesses can stand out, show up more human, and attract their exact right customers in today’s noisy marketplace by moving away from stiff “performative professionalism”. How instead using real stories, personality, and values to connect with their audience. Shawna shares practical and simple exercises to identify what truly makes you memorable, explains her “brandships zone” of being differentiated, trustworthy, and unforgettable, offers real-world examples and mindset shifts that help you lean into your authentic voice, and shares when and how to pivot your marketing, especially when old tactics stop working, while also touching on choosing one or two aligned platforms, showing up consistently, and her own journey from reluctant speaker to CSP and author of Small Is Your Superpower.

Highlights

• Why sounding “professional” is actually making you forgettable
• Choosing the right platforms (without burning out)
• When and how to pivot your marketing
• Small is your superpower

Connect with Shawna

Website: The Buyer Insider

Book: Small Is Your Superpower

LinkedIn: Shawna Suckow