{"podcast":{"title":"Humans of Growth: Stories & Strategies Behind Business Growth & Business Development","slug":"humans-of-growth-stories-strategies-behind-business-growth-business-development-7523269","podcast_index_feed_id":7523269,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/perisson/feed.xml","website_url":"https://perisson.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21394849/Podcast-2000x2000.jpg","author":"Aly Hathcock","episode_count":54,"summary":"Behind every business & its growth is a human in the trenches. On Humans of Growth , host Aly Hathcock interviews CEOs, CMOs, and marketing executives driving business development, demand generation, and brand strategy. These aren’t surface-level chats about lead funnels and KPIs. They’re raw, insightful conversations that reveal how real leaders build marketing engines, scale revenue, and create lasting customer relationships. Expect candid stories about leadership, growth marketing, sales enablement, brand positioning, content strategy, customer acquisition, and everything in between. From scrappy startups to enterprise marketing teams, we explore the playbooks, mindsets, and human decisions behind business growth. If you care about branding & positioning, marketing strategy, sales & customer retention, or the future of growth, this is your podcast.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:19:05.422619+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-of-growth-stories-strategies-behind-business-growth-business-development-7523269"},"episode":{"title":"Operations Systems: How to Delegate Without Losing Control","slug":"operations-systems-how-to-delegate-without-losing-control","published_at":"2026-04-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-of-growth-stories-strategies-behind-business-growth-business-development-7523269/operations-systems-how-to-delegate-without-losing-control","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-of-growth-stories-strategies-behind-business-growth-business-development-7523269","url":"https://perisson.podbean.com/e/operations-systems-how-to-delegate-without-losing-control/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/shx7tte3y4xhmfty/Brandon_SMBTeam.mp3","summary":"You’re not too busy to grow.You just don’t have the right operations systems in place.In this episode of Humans of Growth, I sit down with Brandon Bowers, COO of SMB Team, to unpack what actually keeps founders stuck in the day-to-day — and how to fix it. We break down delegation, documentation, hiring triggers, and the systems required to scale without burning out.Inside this conversation, you’ll learn:✔ How to create standard operating procedures without overcomplicating them✔ Why Loom videos are the cheat code to documenting your brain✔ The role of capacity planning in knowing exactly when to hire✔ How to build hiring triggers based on real data, not panic✔ Why recruiting is sales & hiring KPIs matter just as much as revenue KPIs✔ The CEO/COO dynamic that makes sustainable growth possibleIf you’re a founder who feels like growth requires more hustle…If you’ve hired too late (or too fast)…If your business can’t run without you in the room…This episode is your blueprint for building a company that scales with clarity instead of chaos.______________________RESOURCES:Get help finding the right marketing partner. Learn more about SMB Team here.","meta_description":"You’re not too busy to grow.You just don’t have the right operations systems in place.In this episode of Humans of Growth, I sit down with Brandon Bowers,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2716,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/humans-of-growth-stories-strategies-behind-business-growth-business-development-7523269/episodes/operations-systems-how-to-delegate-without-losing-control/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/humans-of-growth-stories-strategies-behind-business-growth-business-development-7523269/operations-systems-how-to-delegate-without-losing-control.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}