Is your business set up to be trusted online? Dani Wallace talks to Sooz Young, founder of Technology Coaching, about the digital foundations every small business needs: building digital trust, auditing your tech stack, staying compliant when most advice comes from the US, and getting ready for an AI-shaped future. Sooz shares 22 years of tech training experience, from Apple to a global law firm, plus the simple exercise that saved her team hundreds of pounds.

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0:00 Trailer0:42 Welcome to The Festoon 500 Interviews2:27 Meet Sooz Young: From Apple Trainer to Digital Skills Coach6:02 Why Founders Need Structure Sooner Than Ever10:42 "I'm Not Techie" Is a Mindset, Not a Skills Issue12:02 AI, Vibe Coding and the Fear of Being Left Behind13:55 Digital Trust: Why Customers Check You Before They Buy19:10 Where to Start: Audit Your Small Business Tech Stack24:39 The Unsexy Work That Decides Which Businesses Survive26:34 Female Founders, Diversity and the AI Bubble29:51 62% of the Internet Is Bots: Why Real Voices Win33:36 How to Work With Sooz and Technology Coaching

Your business is making money, so why is there never any left for you? In this episode of The Festoon 500 Interviews, Dani Wallace sits down with Jason Withers, Profit First Professional, to talk about why profit on paper doesn't mean cash in the bank, and why so many founders pay everyone except themselves.

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Jason has spent 30 years working on money in business, always on the client side, and he's on a mission to take the fear and judgement out of founders' conversations about money. He explains the Profit First method by Mike Michalowicz, why it's really about "founder owner first", why the six and seven figure "more, more, more" hamster wheel leaves so many businesses with no cash, and the simple 1% bank account rule you can start with today, even if you're in debt.

You'll also hear why businesses don't fail because of losses (they run out of cash), why looking under the rock beats the anxiety of not knowing, and the number one reason business owners don't pay themselves as much as they could.

If you run a founder-led business and you're tired of being the last person to get paid, this one's for you.

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CHAPTERS0:00 Why Profit Doesn't Mean Cash (Trailer)0:41 Welcome to The Festoon 500 Interviews3:24 Meet Jason Withers, Profit First Professional7:49 What Is Profit First? Profit vs Cash Explained10:57 Founder Owner First: Pay Yourself Before Anything Else13:49 When Should You Start Profit First? (Even With Debt)18:20 Why Founders Avoid Looking at Their Finances20:04 Businesses Don't Fail From Losses, They Run Out of Cash24:31 How to Get Started With Jason27:41 The No.1 Reason Business Owners Don't Pay Themselves Enough29:48 Join the Festoon 500

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Free parenting downloads from Rebecca: https://www.kindercoaching.co.uk/resourcesTry My Mindset Mentor free for 7 days: https://www.skool.com/my-mindset-mentor-6473Join the Festoon 500 community: https://highlevel.thebigfestoon.com/festoon500 Why do so many capable, successful people suddenly lose confidence when they become parents? In this episode of The Festoon 500 Interviews, Dani Wallace sits down with Rebecca Claire, an NMC registered health visitor, children's nurse and founder of Kinder Coaching, to talk about matrescence, the fourth trimester and the real transition into parenthood. Rebecca explains why the problem for new parents today isn't a lack of information, it's an overwhelm of it, and how all that noise drowns out the instincts parents already have. You might have read all the books, but your baby hasn't. Dani and Rebecca also talk about why high achievers find early parenthood such a shock, how to support a friend who might be struggling, why postnatal depression can affect dads and partners too, and why it's completely normal not to feel an overwhelming rush of love the moment you meet your baby. Rebecca also shares her journey from health visiting to running an early years nursery for almost ten years, and why she now offers independent health visiting and family support, both in person and online. If you're expecting, a new parent, or you love someone who is, this conversation is a reminder that you're doing better than you think. REBECCA CLAIRE, KINDER COACHINGWebsite: https://www.kindercoaching.co.ukFree parenting resources: https://www.kindercoaching.co.uk/resourcesMy Mindset Mentor (7 days free): https://www.skool.com/my-mindset-mentor-6473Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kinder_coachingInstagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaclaire83Instagram (My Mindset Mentor): https://www.instagram.com/mymindsetmentorrebeccaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/KinderParentalCoachingFacebook (My Mindset Mentor): https://www.facebook.com/MyMindsetMentorRebeccaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaclaire JOIN THE FESTOON 500The Festoon 500 is Dani Wallace's community of founders and good people doing good things in the world, built so we can show up, wise up and rise up together. Membership includes tickets to The Big Festoon, meetups and referral parties.https://highlevel.thebigfestoon.com/festoon500 CHAPTERS0:00 Trailer: Matrescence and New Parent Confidence With Rebecca Claire0:50 Welcome to The Festoon 500 Interviews2:58 Meet Rebecca Claire: Health Visitor and Mindset Coach4:25 Why Successful People Lose Confidence When They Become Parents6:46 Matrescence and the Fourth Trimester Explained9:53 Why New Parents Hide How They're Really Coping12:37 How to Help a New Parent Who Is Struggling15:09 Postnatal Depression in Dads and Partners18:51 What Is an Independent Health Visitor?24:46 Not Feeling Instant Love for Your Baby? You're Not Alone26:27 Realistic Expectations, Going Back to Work and Parenting Later in Life29:29 Where to Find Rebecca and How to Join the Festoon 500